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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1892
Page
2
Titusville Pa endures a catastrophic disaster with fire and flood. Reports place deaths near eighty-five with many missing and property losses around one and a half million dollars. Oil City and surrounding areas report severe destruction and hundreds left homeless as rescue efforts continue.
A massive blaze wiped out Creede Colorado in the Gulch south of Brainard Beebe Hotel burning every building over two thousand feet. Loss estimated at 7000 with about 2100000 in insurance. hundreds of families left homeless. Fire started by coal explosion in Kinneavy block.
Six cavalry troops from Fort Robinson Nebraska are ordered to Powder River Wyoming with two Fort McKinney units joining. Six more from Fort Niobrara Nebraska move toward a camp between old Fort Fetterman and Fort Casper. The War Department states the move is for summer drill and World Fair preparations, not martial law or pacifying the region.
Telegram from General Wiley notes seventy dead and up to one hundred lost, with three hundred houses destroyed in Titusville. Request for money to acquire needed supplies and for authority to deploy Company D and K under arms for short drill, urgent dispatch.
Washington dispatches report Senator Sherman delivering a note free silver speech without notes to a packed chamber and galleries. The House took up the post office appropriation bill and debated free delivery amid quorum issues and adjournment. Other items mention agriculture funding, tariff, and several statehood and local political developments across Washington, Chicago, Denver, and Galveston with martial law and railroad notes.
The appropriation bill for the agricultural department’s 1892 year limits the monthly crop report to state percentages and totals with no commentary. It must be submitted to the secretary of agriculture for official approval before publication. Venezuela Rebels Win 2 Decisive Victory near Valencia.
The Transcontinental Traffic association voted at a Thursday meeting to ship exhibits to the world fair at half rates and return at the same price. Separately a double tragedy is reported in Chicago with two lovers found dead at 114 North Halsted Street. In Erie Kansas Captain C. G. T. Ewing of Ewing's bank faces three counts of false oath with a $1,000 bond. Minneapolis notes record flour output at 93,790 barrels last week and exports at 54,989 barrels. A ten round boxing draw between Charles Kemmick and Jack Wilkes ends in a stalemate. Dunkards convene in De Park Rapids for a German Baptist gathering expected to draw up to 15,000 attendees.
The Dillon Tribune states its filing location is the reading room for public access and reference.
Dairy and livestock markets show weakness across cattle hogs and sheep. Receipts and prices are listed for Union Stock Yards Omaha and Chicago with declines noted in cattle hogs and overall market softness in both locations.
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