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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1897
Page
2
In Ursana on Friday morning four people died and ten were wounded as a mob stormed the jail and hanged Charles Mitchell after he was brought from custody for criminal assault. Militia fired on the crowd. four dead, ten hurt, amid daylight lynching and public fear.
Urbana residents woke to a changed scene as mobs dissipate and militia and sheriff vanish. Sheriff McLean and Captain Leonard are missing, rumored to have fled toward Springfield or Dayton. Citizens condemn the sheriff for militia shootings and the captain for ordering fire, while many guardsmen leave town and a court martial looms for nonparticipation.
Ponca Nebraska submits a definite proposition to Donald McLean organizer of a transcontinental railway to locate the eastern terminals between the Missouri River and Los Angeles. The city pledges a 10 percent tax on assessed valuation, a river right of way, a bridge site, land for the terminals, and influence on taxes from Sapere town.
In Washington a patent attorney Charles Barber shot Miss Dorothy E. Squires and then killed himself. Barber, once linked to Ben Butler, had a history of threats after leaving her stenographer job. Squires survived. Barber had faced peace-bond limits amid growing eccentricity.
William B. Foley stands trial for the March murder of his mother and sister in Liberty. The case draws a crowded courtroom as prosecutors rely on strong circumstantial evidence and a motive to divide the Foley farm amid the prominence of the family in Olay county. Over a hundred witnesses anticipated.
Chicago voters backed Republican tickets in a judicial election on Monday winning delegates by about 12 000 in the city and 4 000 in the county. The ticket included 14 sitting circuit court judges eight Republicans and six Democrats with endorsements for Magruder and Brentano in the higher ranks.
The Modern Woodmen head camp stayed in session until midnight to finish week long business. They revised laws installed officers and voted 75000 dollars for a headquarters building in Rock Island with immediate construction planned. Rules were set for representation by state camps based on camp counts.
Wheat closed at the top of a four point rise as shorts and weather fears spurred buying. Prices for July contracts rose with corn and oats also climbing while pork and lards showed mixed gains and cash quotes for No 2 red wheat and other grains were listed.
Cattle receipts total about 3,700 with strong native beef steers at 4.10 to 4.00, western and Texas steers near 3.20 to 4.25, canners to 3.00, stockers and feeders 3.75 to 4.70, calves 3.00 to 6.00. Hog receipts around 4.4 to 4.3 with heavies 3.27 to 3.43 and lights 2.22 to 5.37. Sheep receipts near 1,000 with natives 3.70 to 4.10, westerns 3.65 to 4.00, lambs 4.00 to 5.25.
Kansas City cattle receipts reach 7200 with steady tone. Texas steers fetch 3.00 to 4.00 per hundredweight, native stockers around 3.25 to 4.95, and bulls about 2.60 to 3.70. Hogs total 1700 plus. prices range 3.15 to 3.90 for various hog categories. Sheep receipts at 6000 with lambs 4.00 to 5.30 and muttons 2.79 to 4.70.
Fragmentary OCR record notes price levels and elevator activity for grain in St Louis with references to cash bids and quality grades. Appears to mention No 2 red and general cash prices amid market chatter.
Manrio June 7 The queen regent confirms Senor Canovas in his ministerial powers and keeps the cabinet intact. All leading senate and chamber members consulted, plus three marshals, urge recall of Captain General Weyler from Cuba. Opposition factions express surprise and displeasure.
The St James Gazette calls Hawaii a corrupt little republic run by American filibusters. It questions whether the United States will protect its protege as Japan appears ready to strike, risking armed action and a confrontation with a white power.
A Havana report says starving reconcentrados in Matanzas have petitioned the United States, seeking inclusion in relief funds after US measures for Matanzas citizens prompted pity in General Lee and Mr. Calhoun.
Havana reports a Spain cabinet crisis relief as Senor Canovas receives renewed confidence from the crown. La Gaceta prints the queen regent reforms while Senora Jose Congesto, Spain’s Ruiz investigation representative, sails to New York.
At yesterday's cabinet council the minister of foreign affairs, the Duke of Tetuan, read a dispatch from Washington announcing that President McKinley had given assurances of sympathy with Spain.
June 9 report from the reservation notes Sheriff Gibb and party due tomorrow to aid in arrests of White Bull and his band. A band of about 30 Indians found near Praton ranch on Rosebud Creek, with other groups off the reservation. The county attorney seeks cooperation from Washington, while past prosecutions failed to convict Indians due to lack of evidence.
In Chicago the Congregational association voted to admit Rev. C. O. Brown to fellowship by year, despite his recent posting in San Francisco. The decision was greeted with applause as Dr. Brown will remain preaching at the Green Street church. Paris Green in water poisons Owensboro family. Jerome Smeathers and wife with seven children felled by toxin. one child dead and others gravely ill.
The Allen bill, amended, passes the Illinois house authorizing 4 cent fares and a 50 year extension of all street railway franchises in the state. Governor Tanner is not expected to veto. Budd wins Dupont Trophy with 91 to 78 over Beck after a 100 bird shoot. Derby at Epson reports 1597 stakes won by Mr J Gabbins' colt Claite More.
Washington June 8 The senate rejected Wests bid to place white pine on the free list by a 20 to 28 vote. The divide split party lines with eight Democrats opposing West while Carter Cannon and Mantle Silver Republicans supported him. The Wilson schedule was rejected and the sugar schedule postponed for tobacco schedule consideration.
The house passed senate bills authorizing a steel bridge across the St Louis river and a bridge across Pearl River Mississippi. By a 191 to 7 vote the chamber adjourned until Thursday with Democrats opposing the adjournment in the interest of Cuban and bankruptcy questions.
The Senate Republican caucus voted to unite on all tariff schedules and to report a revised sugar schedule. The new plan raises refining duty to 1.95 cents per pound and adjusts molasses testing duties. It also covers sugar drawings, sweepings, tank bottoms, syrups, and bounty-related products, with Philippine and Java raw sugars admitted at slightly lower rates. The abrogation of the Hawaiian treaty was discussed without conclusion.
In Washington on June 9 the Senate approved Bacon's amendment placing raw cotton on the dutiable list at 20 percent ad valorem. The vote was decisive 42 to 11, marking the first time cotton faced a duty in tariff legislation. The debate featured sharp partisan exchanges as the sugar schedule was cleared and the agricultural section advanced.
Interviewed officers of the steamer Hupeh report that 25 Catholic monks were roasted alive by rebels in the Philippine islands, not by Spanish troops. A To r o resident and a foreign consul corroborate the account, noting rebels retaliated against monks seen as sympathetic to the Spanish.
In the Thames, the steamers Buttern and Ystroom collided while en route to Amsterdam. Ystroom foundered with two passengers dead. The remaining passengers and crew were taken aboard the Buttern, which was damaged. the Buttern's second officer and the carpenter drowned.
A way freight on the Omaha road traveling 15 mph struck a work train backing east at 85 mph near Hudson Junction Wisconsin. Five men died, three burned in a boarding car fire, plus fireman Herman Rey. Engineers Brogan and Seittleman injured, others hurt or fatally injured. Wreck caused by disobeyed orders of Engineer James Owen and conductor. $60,000 damage.
A 5 mile race near Passaic New Jersey saw 20 riders crash after hitting a 10 ton stone at a steep hill corner. Sixty cyclists started. half were at the scene aiding the injured as spectators fainted and rescuers worked to extricate riders.
A match dropped at M. Shure's fireworks factory near West Van Buren and Halstead caused a major explosion after 6 pm. Many workers were hurt and debris injured by glass and falling beams. Several passersby on street cars and sidewalks sustained injuries as rockets and candles flew through the area.
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