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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1888
Page
7
A Montana item mix reports on silver and lead prices, Democratic conventions favoring Cleveland, Sen Voorhees apologizing in the Senate, and various political skirmishes. It notes Tom Browne’s nomination for Para Maribes, Grant memoirs dispute, Irish and Methodist discussions, civil service reform talk, Shurz in Germany, and editorial feuds in Bozeman and Helena. The column ends with a toast to Methodist harmony in Montana.
The Senate passed a mining bill aimed at Montana and nationwide prospector interests. It lowers annual placer work from 150 to 50 dollars, caps one patent at 100 acres, fixes August 1 noon as the work year start, and requires county affidavits. It permits road rights of way across claims and forbids locating more than one claim on a single vein to curb repeated locations.
In New York the Methodist General Conference upheld an amendment excluding women from seats in the current conference and deferring eligibility to future meetings. The vote, 249 to 10178 Nays, sparked debate over women’s roles amid broad church support for female workers.
The article calls for Wednesday May 36th as Decoration Day with graves of Civil War soldiers to be bedecked with flowers and tears. It urges sacred observance, honors living and dead, notes future survivors fading, and praises those who fought to preserve the Union.
The Senate ratified the Chinese treaty without a division after an executive session. Senator Teller of Colorado and Senator Mitchell of Oregon spoke against it but did not demand a vote.
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