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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
3
Chicago and CuicaGo report mixed losses and gains as wheat climbs 14 to 15 cents on crop damage complaints. Corn and oats edge higher. pork and lard advance. Cash quotes list weak values for several grains, while Chicago live stock markets show steady cattle, robust hogs, and steady to higher sheep prices amid strong receipts.
South Omaha live stock sales on March 27 show receipts of 1 100 cattle with active bidding and firmer tone, hogs 2 100 with stronger demand, and sheep 5 000 with steady to active demand. Cattle include native beef steers at 6.0 to 8.0 per cwt, western steers at 4.75, cows and heifers 4.25 to 8.50, calves 0.75 to 4.00, bulls stags 2.60, and stockers 8.00. Hogs average around 3.00 to 5.67, sheep 4.00 to 4.60 for yearlings and western muttons, with lambs at 8.60.
H Miller and Thomas Scott reached Skagway in ten days from Dawson, breaking the record by 48 hours. They report vast gold flow into Dawson from various creeks, forecasting the Klondike will yield about 15 million dollars this season. Gold Run creek and French Gulch claims are productive, with pans on Gold Run up to 175 dollars and a French Gulch claim yielding 70 thousand dollars. A seven pound nugget valued around 200 dollars was found, and new quartz findings near Dawson revive the mother lode search while Alder creek gravel in Porcupine district yields about 40 dollars per day per worker.
London gossip recalls a May 1892 scene at the Gaiety where a mounted officer rushed a performer off stage following a quip about policemen. The crowd hissed and a tumbler was thrown but the officer reappeared with the arrested party and the victim turned out to be a Cosmo trio member. Separate Alabama vignette follows.
A Manila dispatch reports American forces under MacArthur crossing the Maribo river on a pontoon bridge and advancing northward. South Dakota volunteers led a brigade assault near Marilao, suffering 10 killed and 11 wounded, with Garcia and 1,000 riflemen opposing. Insurgents repulsed at Marilao, 16 prisoners taken, and surrounding maneuvers faulted by heavy fire.
Washington dispatches report three days of fighting near Manila with American forces advancing to Marilao while Aguinaldo’s troops fall back toward Malolos. The engagement is described as a chase with bridges burned and communications disrupted, as engineers repair routes for artillery and troops.
General MacArthur's division rested at Newennayan then moved toward Malolos after reconnoitering the front. Claim of 35 prisoners suggests the main body of the enemy retreated to Malolos with over 80 villages in between. In Paranaque the Monadnock fired and destroyed half the town causing casualties and church damage.
At 9 10 a m Filipino stronghold burns in Malabon while retreating insurgents flee toward Malolos. General MacArthur pushes toward Malabon as American forces prepare to strike Malolos. Malabon is described as desolate with Americans limiting entry to prevent hidden dangers. Forty prisoners taken and rebel casualties around twenty. Insurgents destroyed their own guns when abandoning them.
American forces moved along the railroad west of Polo destroying key positions as they pursued entrenched Filipino troops. The day’s fighting centered on storming successive trenches where unseen defenders repelled volleys before withdrawing into woods and jungle. Seven Americans were killed with several more wounded.
Washington March 29 The war department released the casualty list from recent fighting. The killed include Private H S Plumer of Twentieth Kansas and Sergeant Fogarty among others from Third Artillery Second Oregon First Montana and Twenty-second Infantry. Wounded names follow with severities and body parts noted for many soldiers from First Nebraska First Colorado Thirteenth Minnesota Twenty-second Infantry and others.
The surrender of Paul and John Zeltner, charged with murder of Lawyer Westenhaver, occurred at their Hoyt's Corner home after 18 hours of pursuit. Citizens and militia kept order. the Zeltners trusted protection by the sheriff and were escorted to jail with no violence. Mrs Zeltner and her three children were not harmed. she remained at the home.
The transport Crook, which left Santiago March 23, is due at New York today. The quartermaster’s department prepares for reception and will identify bodies for relatives. Unidentified remains will be buried at Arlington. The ship carries 1,800 dead. after unloading it will return to Santiago for the rest.
The United States colonial commission led by General Robert P. Kennedy and Major Charles W. Watkins arrived at Ponce and met merchants and prominent citizens to hear about local conditions and needs. They planned to inspect Puerto De Jobes and Guaymas by the revenue steamer Blake. The reported uprising in the district is deemed insignificant.
Congressman James Hamilton Lewis predicts McKinley and Roosevelt as Republican leaders for the next race while Bryan and Schley would head the Democratic ticket. He also weighs in on party chairs with Mark Hanna for the Republicans and Senator Gorman for the Democrats. The Twelfth New York arrival from Matanzas Cuba on the transport Meade is celebrated in New York with strong enthusiasm as troops look well.
Unknown source reports John Sherman moved on March a5 to Sawmiaco. Details on route or reason are unclear in the fragment.
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