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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
8
An persuasive ad urges readers to buy Ivory Soap for home use. It claims the product offers comfort benefits for both men and women, notes its floating property, and argues it is cheaper than yellow soap for general cleaning.
Whillis area residents report festive Christmas trees bringing happiness to many children. Father Van den Broeck held mass at Hon J A Browne’s with a large turnout. Alois Fassler visited Jacob Hartwig over the weekend and Dillon visitors included Miss Evalyn H King who will return to Dillon for Normal studies after the New Year.
Special correspondence notes Bell Telephone Co extends a branch from Melrose to Gen J A Browne's pay station easing local calls. Browne plans to extend to Browne's Lake next summer. Miss Esther Robbins leaves for Salt Lake City to attend St Mary's Academy. Cartier Gava Bail arrested for horse theft denied. bail posted and freed.
Boulette accuses Cartier of stealing him and a war rant is issued for Cartier’s arrest. Padley serves the warrant at Jackson on the Big Hole. Cartier’s preliminary examination is scheduled before Judge Olson next Thursday.
Dillon Cash Grocery Co. advertises goods while Farley Grocery Co. offers life’s necessities. Maxey Lewis returns to Big Hole basin to resume Normal studies. Public schools chief H Tyree visits Mis soula.
German warships gather off Venezuela as foreign vessels converge, with reports that Berlin intends to blockade Venezuelan ports to starve the country into submission. President Castro remains firm, while Venezuela may rely on guerrilla resistance as Germany contemplates La Guayra and Maracaibo occupations.
Lord Kitchener reports from Johannesburg that Dewet led a night assault on Colonel Firman at Zeefontein destroying two guns and likely heavy casualties among about 200 Yeomanry. Light Horse pursuing the Boers as Dewet’s Christmas hold on the Orange River Colony tightens amid blockhouse fortifications between Vereeniging and Kroonstad.
An explosion at the old Sharpsville furnace in Pennsylvania killed three workers and severely injured a fourth. The deceased are Martin Clary Howard Dickson and James Bartlett. James Donnelly sustained injuries from the blast as the men worked atop the furnace.
Senator Sorghum recalls a near loss in an election comparing it to a poker game where opponents stacked the deck and dealt from the bottom. He says the tactic nearly cheated him, but he still found a way to win with a cold deck ring-in reference. The attache asks how the game went.
Manila reports Captain Schoeffel with 18 men of Company E Ninth Infantry repelled a bolo-armed force at Capday island in Samar. A handtohand fight left seven Americans dead including a sergeant, corporal, and five privates. Captain Schoeffel was wounded but not dangerously. one private slightly wounded. No property loss.
Washington dispatch reports the civil service commission notified historian Edgar S. Maclay that his removal from the Brooklyn navy yard was not a violation of the civil service act. The letter from Commission President Proctor responds to Maclay’s inquiry.
Grain prices rebounded after early losses with May wheat at 82 1 2 cents and corn at 66 1 4 cents as oats rose. Cattle receipts reached 18 500 with primes around 8 75 to 9 50, hogs 28 000 and lambs steady to lower in a broad Chicago market report.
Cattle receipts 4 000 up 10 15c with choice beef steers at 6.00 to 6.75 and natives 3.25 to 3.75. Hogs receipts 9 000 with top at 6.00 and most sales around 6.15 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 2 500 strong with fed lambs 4.25 to 5.75 and wethers 8.75 to 4.50.
South Omaha report shows cattle receipts at 2700 with native steers 4.00 to 6.75, western and Texas steers mixed, hog receipts 5400 note higher bids with heavy hogs 6.80 to 6.85, pigs 4.50 to 5.75, and sheep receipts 3200 with fed muttons 3.80 to 4.25 and fed lambs 4.50 to 5.75.
United States Senator William J. Sewell died at his Camden home after a two year illness. He suffered from diabetes combined with stomach and heart trouble and had been unconscious for some time before death while family gathered at his bedside.
Washington dispatch reports Governor Rogers died at 8 o clock last night in Olympia. General Miles resumes duties in charge of the army at the War Department and plans for the future remain unsettled amid ongoing controversy.
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