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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1902
Page
7
Washington is set for an active week with the oleomargarine tax bill as a special order followed by tariff questions in the Senate. Democrats plan to press a broad tariff debate and Cuban reciprocity while Republicans back the oleomargarine measure.
In Antwerp on February 3, Captain Tartsch von Siegfield and Dr. Linke left Berlin by balloon. A gale carried the craft across the Scheldt. an anchor rope broke and the balloon dragged von Siegfield over Zwynndrecht, where he became entangled and died, his neck broken as peasants halted the balloon.
In Douglas on February 3 Charles Woodward, accused killer of Sheriff Ricker, fled with Sheriff Tubbs and was met by deputies at Orlin Junction. They escorted him to Casper where a lynching attempt was discouraged and Woodward is jailed awaiting quick trial and possible execution. He remained cheerful.
In St. Louis on February 4 a circular announced that D. Hardy was named general superintendent of the Missouri Pacific Railway and its leased lines in Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Colorado. He will oversee operations with headquarters in St Louis effective February 15 succeeding H G Clark who resigned.
Chicago police report Chief ONeill received a Casselton North Dakota telegram confirming Florence Ely and Frank Ely Rogers, the boy allegedly kidnapped from Evanston last July, are in Casselton. A second telegram says Miss Ely was paid to confess her identity.
London reports that despite a completed agreement with brigands the ransom cannot be safely moved now. American delegates return to make a new arrangement. In New York Mayor Low and the aldermanic committee announce Prince Henry will receive freedom of the city on February 25 in a rare honor.
The British minister Sir Henry Howard held a long conference with Dutch foreign affairs minister Baron Van Lynden and Dr. Kuyper at Kuyper's home about notes exchanged between the two governments. The U S Supreme Court adjourned without a decision in the Northern Pacific merger case, pushing ruling to after February. Ways and Means Committee authorizes report on war taxes with repeal slated for July 1 1902 and tea tax to end in 1903. Democratic amendments defeated to free trust-made articles and to keep bucket shops tax.
Autopsy concludes Ed Biddle killed himself with a self inflicted wound while Jack Biddle died from officer gunfire. Mrs Soffel and the condemned men sought escape from the Allegheny jail aided by the jail warden's wife. Officers plan to split $5000 prize money.
The document traces Abraham Lincoln's rise from frugal early years, debt during the presidential transition, and a life of defeats and triumphs. It recounts his 1832 Black Hawk War captaincy, multiple political defeats, and the 1856 Bloomington speech that elevated him, ending with his wish to return home in peace amid public criticism.
Lincoln stood 6 feet 4 inches, about 180 pounds, with muscular build. He carried black luxuriant hair, brown eyes, a long nose and a large mouth, traits noted as unusual in both appearance and character.
Nasal catarrh responds quickly to Ely's Cream Balm, which cleanses and heals the nasal surface. Sold in 50c sizes with a trial mail option of 10c. Proponents offer Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for atomizer use at 75c, including the spraying tube.
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