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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1899
Page
2
A year after a Christmas Eve tale, a frugal mother with three neat children sees her house steadier as her husband John has abstained from drinking for a year. The family enjoys a tiny tree and a turkey, with hope for a brighter Christmas tomorrow in the two rooms back.
An ex age notes Chinese New Year forces settlement of debts and possible bankruptcy. Creditors may enter homes to seize goods if settlements fail. Families pool resources to protect business reputations. Pawnbrokers see crowded shops as people redeem clothes and pawn items to cover debts with government-backed high interest rates.
War department awaits word from General Otis in Manila as reinforcements race from Fort Leavenworth to San Francisco and via the Suez route. In Delaware, the legislature prepares to select a Republican U.S. senator amid factional strife with Addicks opposition in caucus.
A short verse wishing prosperity and community in the New Year. It urges smiling at strangers and welcoming kin, sharing toast, and helping others through hardships. Stay prominent.
A dispatch from Iloilo dated Friday reports fifteen hundred armed natives at Melo suburb and rebels across Negros awaiting orders. General Miller refuses delays, prepares to land forces, while foreign residents plead for extension. Newport departs as gunboats and transport ships mobilize amid rising unrest.
Don Matias Romero, Mexican ambassador to the United States, died after an appendicitis operation. The surgery was successful, but shock from the procedure and his prior wife Mrs. Romero’s death months earlier contributed to his decline. He had returned from Mexico after interring her body and never fully regained health.
London reports Johannesburg sours into unrest as Uitlanders protest measures. A Boer police officer killed an Englishman Edgar, bail set, mass meeting of 6 000 Uitlanders demanded British protection. Rand Post suggests war with Britain and calls for evacuation of women and children and razing the city.
Congressmen Dingley of Maine is critically ill at the Hamilton house in Washington with pneumonia. The aged leader of the Republican majority and chairman of Ways and Means is attended by a physician as wife and daughter nurse him after a grip last week.
The funeral services for Senator Morrill were held in the senate chamber with Rev. Mr. Levitt officiating assisted by the senate chaplain. The president cabinet and diplomatic corps attended as galleries crowded with mourners. Morrill will be interred in Vermont with a joint committee escort. they depart tomorrow morning on the Pennsylvania Railroad for Montpelier.
Advices from Quito report General Sagasta's forces have decisively crushed the revolutionists on the Peruvian frontier, breaking their resistance and scattering their ranks. Strong action by Sagasta's troops signals a sharp suppression of the uprising.
Mrs Cordelia Botkin was convicted in San Francisco of murder in the first degree for sending a box of poisoned candy to Mrs John P. Dunning in Dover Delaware. The jury imposed life imprisonment. The verdict followed a four hour deliberation amid rumors of juror sympathy for the defense. Botkin showed collapse after verdict but recovered.
In Washington the War Department orders a board of officers to examine beef quality and assign responsibility for the loss of 800000 pounds of refrigerated beef sent to Porto Rico during General Miles's expedition. Miles later says he supplied fresh beef from the island. refrigerated stock spoiled before Montauk Point due to delays in refrigeration.
The Afro-American council adopts a long address praising Black moral progress thrift and intellect and condemning mob lynch law. It criticizes the president for silence and discusses relocating the race to reduce southern congestion while opposing removal abroad.
The Toronto World editorial declares Canadians must act now to protect Canada as part of North America. It warns of a grasping annexation movement in the United States and backs England against European powers in a shifting global contest.
General Ludington announces arrangements to repatriate American officers and soldiers buried at Santiago Ponce Manila and Honolulu area. Graves identified by quartermaster officials with markers. Many metallic caskets are being manufactured and shipment starts around January 10.
A delegation delivered to the president a petition from the majority of Protestant churches worldwide. It calls for shrinking Christian nations armaments and avoiding bloodshed by urging international arbitration over war with U S government backing.
The Daily Telegraph reports from Cayenne that the governor of French Guiana denies any modification of the harsh treatment of Dreyfus. The Paris case continues to draw international attention as authorities respond to inquiries from London.
A historical account notes New Year’s Day as Scotland’s notable year start with Druidic rites, bonfires, and sacred mistletoe. It explains hogmanay customs, the Gaelic origins of the word, and evolving Christian and secular observances tied to fire and fortune for households.
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