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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1896
Page
4
All business letters and advertisements for publication should be addressed to the Tribune Publishing Co. Editorial correspondence and manuscripts should go to Borter Tribune. Entry at the Dillon post office indicates second class mail transmission.
A fragment from a 1800s Montana paper notes Havana tobacco origins and U S gold outflow. It reports Helena aldermen clashing, Dillon hotel bets, and Dillon’s likely new hotel. It mentions Chief Justice Pemberton’s legacy, Senator Foraker’s rise, Cuban restraint, and a Butte powder explosion anniversary. It also cites army officer views, public school funds, Armenian cruelties, Cincinnati saloons funding a Democratic convention, and widespread vagrancy concerns.
Readable notes report night thefts in Butte with two Finlanders jailed for clothing theft at Cowboy Mary's. It cites multiple mining accidents with fatalities in Magna Charta Old Silver Bow and Nine Mile, plus cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever. Also mentions public notices, local industry plans, and Dillon area newspaper praise.
Local papers laud the Dillon Tribune holiday issue of twelve pages with bold enterprise and attractive illustrations. The edition features views of public buildings, residences, courts, streets, and new hotel, highlighting Dillon’s business activity and resources.
Wall Street News details a rapid process for moving two or more million dollars in gold abroad in a single day. Currency is exchanged for gold coin at the subtreasury, packed in 225 pound kegs holding 50 000 dollars each, then ferried to steamers for ocean shipment, marking the end of government responsibility once handed to the shipper.
In 1886, Vance warned in the U S Senate that continuing the attack on silver coin would demonetize it and shrink all property, especially harming workers' wages. He argued debts and gold would rise as other values fell, calling the plan to remove 54 percent of money supply a globe spanning calamity.
The Fifth Judicial District of Montana fixes regular term dates for Beaverhead Jefferson Madison counties. Beaverhead begins on the second Mondays of March June September December. Jefferson on the first Mondays of January April July October. Madison on the third Mondays of February May August November. Filed January 4 1886. Frank Snowenrs Judge. Copy for changes in display ads.
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