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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1903
Page
3
An unknown teenaged Black man was lynched near Santa Fe Illinois after an attempted assault on a child. A mob then attacked a nearby Black tent colony building fires and exchanging gunfire with defenders. several were wounded but none killed. Police guard Santa Fe as tensions flare.
At East Ninth street in Bloomington on April 27 thirty eight unmasked men broke into a house and assaulted Miss Rebecca Stephens eighteen and Miss Ida Stephens sixteen along with Joe Snively fifty caught with barbed wire and brass knuckles. Rebecca and Ida suffered injuries though not life threatening as warrants likely to be sworn out for several assailants.
In Beggs, Oklahoma Territory, two store buildings were destroyed by dynamite. A recent arrival family of four Black men from Alabama had invested $10,000 in property and stock, ignored warnings, and last night a dynamite blast wrecked one end of a building.
News from Carthage Texas reports a mob lynched Hensley Johnson, a black man accused of assaulting a four year old white girl. He was captured. released on bond before a mob hanged him on the public square, his body later found by morning. In Lexington train incident a passenger fought on the Louisville and Nashville line, was arrested, fined, and released.
A posse of vigilant citizens in Michigantown Indiana engages six would be bank robbers in a running pistol fight many shots fired but the would be robbers escape Delivers Verdict and Dies in Hamilton Montana a jury foreman J McGinley dies of heart disease in court after delivering a verdict in a damage suit
The Reliance was taken out for a two hour trial in Bristol, showing strong speed and overall performance. The craft reportedly beat competing vessels and demonstrated notable rise and handling qualities.
A devastating explosion at the Northwestern Star Oil Co plant on Sixth Avenue in Minneapolis kills ten people eight men and two women and injures several. The blast tears through the building trapping occupants as flames consume the structure with no immediate cause determined though oil tanks and possible sparks from a switch engine are suspected. Firefighters face fierce resistance as they await the flames to burn out and recover bodies.
Brigadier General Manning reported a British defeat in Somaliland with 10 officers and 180 men killed from a 220 strong force. Colonel Plunkett led a bayonet square charge until ammunition ran out, then he and many others were killed or missing.
The reichstag voted 70000 for purchase and maintenance of motor cars for the German army, more than France’s 4000. The war minister plans a trial of heavy vehicles for military transport toward year end.
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports a summer trial of a pulp wood camp near Gilchrist Michigan. If successful the project could transform pulp wood cutting and prevent shortages.
A short springtime verse notes soft skies sunny noon and coming warmth. Robins, willows, grasses, and brooks awaken as the season nears, with observers praising nature’s renewal. The piece appears as a poetic excerpt attributed to Louie Lewin Matthews in National.
In St. Louis on April 27 the National and International Good Roads convention opens for a three day session. President W H Moore presides as delegates from nearly every state attend. Welcoming remarks come from Mayor Wells and Governor Dockery. Expected speakers include General Miles General Fitzhugh Lee Andrew Pattullo William J Bryan and others. President Roosevelt is slated to speak Wednesday afternoon to close the event.
St Louis dons gala dress as the Louisiana Purchase exposition dedication nears. An estimated 450000 people will pack the World’s fair gates with 150000 visitors and 300000 locals expected to attend. The Arkansas monitor arrived in St Louis harbor to mark dedication week, drawing crowds along the levee and Eads Bridge.
Two thirds of presbyteries vote for revising the confession and the declaratory statement on chapters three and ten. The general assembly in Los Angeles next month will finalize the overtures from the presbyteries.
Prices drifted lower on the board of trade with late wheat rally closing firm. May wheat 77 1/4 cents, July 72 1/4, Sept 69 54. Corn May 44 1/2 percent, July 45 1/4, Sept 44 54. Oats May 33 3/4, Sept 28 4. Pork May 18.70, July 17.25, Sept 16.97. Lard May 9.42, July 9.50, Sept 9.52. Live cattle and futures dislodged by weaker provisions. cash wheat No 2 red 68 7/8 to 75, No 2 cash corn 45, No 2 yellow corn 45, No 2 white oats 36 37.
Cattle receipts total 26 200 with Texans active and ranges from 1 50 to 6 00 per hundredweight for cows and calves. Hogs receipts today 47 000 with prices from 6 65 to 7 30, bulk 7 00 7 05. Sheep receipts 16 000 with lambs 4 50 to 6 50 and western sheep 4 60 to 6 00.
Cattle receipts 8000 steady to 10 cents lower with varied prices for beef steers and cows. Hogs receipts 7200 with prices mostly 6.60 to 7.02 and top at 7.05. Sheep receipts 6600 generally lower with native lambs 4.25 to 7.10 and stockers 3.75 to 4.20.
South Omaha cattle receipts 8,700 with native steers from 4.25 to 6.25, cows and heifers 3.30 to 4.50, canners 2.00 to 62.00, stockers and feeders 3.50 to 5.00, calves 3.50 to 6.75, bulls and stags 3.75 to 4.70. Hog receipts 5,600 with weights. Pigs 6.00 to 6.75 and bulk 6.90 to 6.95. Sheep receipts 2,100 with yearlings 4.75 to 9.00, ewes 3.75 to 4.25, lambs 6.25 to 6.15.
President Roosevelt addresses a capacity crowd at the Coliseum and a banquet at the Ak Sar Ben club in Omaha after a windy day journey from Grand Island to Lincoln and then Omaha. He praises Nebraska prosperity and honors General Grant on his birthday.
Word reached Toledo that Stuart Robson fell ill at Auburn and the remainder of his season dates were canceled.
A local appeal urges keeping a reliable remedy for colic cholera morbus as deaths occur in many neighborhoods. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is touted as lifesaving and dependable, with Central Pharmacy as the seller.
An old ad claims purifying blood cures scrofula and syphilitic poisons with Acker's Blood Elixir. Central Pharmacy advertises the remedy as a universal cure and sells every bottle with a positive guarantee.
The Tribune Publishing Co announces agency for Southern Montana for the American Sales Book Co. They can supply sales books printed or plain on short notice. The Chicago typewriter is promoted as the best low price. Contact Tribune Pub Co Dillof Call and see it.
Official directory page lists congressionals senator and representative names, state executives, judiciary, district and county officers, and city offices. It enumerates governor J Toole lieutenant Frank Higgins secretary George Haya treasurer A Barrett attorney general James Donovan superintendent W W Welsh and several justices, clerks, sheriffs and commissioners.
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