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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
7
McKenna says government will not appeal the foreclosure suit and the railroad will be sold to the highest bidder with a guaranteed minimum bid raised from 45,765,059 to 50,000,000. The reorganization committee must meet the new bid, and sale proceeds will follow court orders.
Foreclosure sale of the eastern division of the Kansas Pacific to be held in Topeka on November 5. The property includes lands equipment and telegraph lines and will be sold as a single parcel with an upset price of 4 000 000 and a 200 000 deposit due five days before the sale.
The Kan sas City Stock Yards case ends in agreement on proceedings with Judge Foster, final hearing scheduled Oct 18 by Judges Foster and Thayer. Kansas shippers may recover excess charges paid under the new stockyard law. Horses show opens at East St Louis coliseum with 5000 spectators and 400 horses for sale as Bratton notes record quality.
Burrato Oct. 18. The first international convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew opens in this city with about 1,500 delegates from the Protestant Episcopal church and the Church of England. Prelates and laymen from around the world attend as sessions begin Thursday. One third of delegates arrive Wednesday for special services at St. Pauls church led by Rev. Charles G. Gore.
J Maloney reports rumors from the Klondike camps about Hunker Creek and Gold Bottom Creek yielding rich claims rivaling Bonanza and Eldorado. No. 41 Bonanza, owned by Ashley and Leake, may yield up to a million dollars. El Dorado interests could produce millions this winter.
Downpour across Kansas Iowa Nebraska Illinois Missouri Arkansas and Minnesota signals relief after weeks of drought. Rain eases stockwater shortages and pasture drought while fires threaten towns and winter wheat acreage drops earlier estimates say. Reports also note a violent clash between settlers and shepherds in Long Valley and a continuing courtroom examination of Mrs. Atkinson in Glenville.
Governor McLaurin from Brandon announces the appointment of Hernando de Soto Money to fill the late J. Z. George’s Senate seat with the term ending in 1898. Separate briefs report Bartley bondsmen proceedings and Holcomb telegram response, plus new Yellow Fever cases in New Orleans including Mrs. Leake and Hartwig Moss.
Thomas Taggart wins the Indianapolis mayoral contest over W N Harding by about 6 000 votes with Republicans conceding a Democratic victory. The rest of the ticket including six councilmen at large is elected by 3 500 to 4 000, ward councilmen likely four or fewer for Republicans. Taggart hailed as Democratic governor hopeful on a silver platform.
The September 1897 treasury report shows U S breadstuffs exports at 34690246 dollars, up over 100 percent from September 1896 and markedly higher than 1895 and 1894. Funeral of Peter Studebaker in South Bend draws large crowd as factories close. Lincoln image banned for a party ticket in Columbus court ruling. Charles Anderson and Edward Knoff kill each other in Crook County in a knife fight over cattle trespass.
In Chicago on Oct 12 grain markets liquidated across the board. Government crop report noted. weak cables and high visible supply pressured prices. Wheat Dec and May fell, corn oats and provisions declined. cash quotes listed for various grades. In South Omaha and Chicago live stock, cattle hogs and sheep receipts and price ranges are reported with mixed moves.
The New York Ledger describes popular styles for women including plain veils, oxidized silver jewelry, and soft Bronsclanée fabrics. It highlights corn colored hats with black lace, novelty hats in braided colors, and red accents with lace or chiffon. Garments favor a gilt belt, shoulder cape decline, and the surplice front for various figures.
The report covers Ashland Wilkes at 7500 dollars, Patchen Wilkes mares booked, preer Joe Jett 2 18 to New England, General Turner may prepare Ono quit 2 083 for a trip, a high price refused for Adbell 2 28, Gentlivre Bros booking Mary Centlivre to Directum, 2 0514, and more. It lists Mistianmage and Royal Victor connections, Nile trained by Alonzo McDonald, Belmont and Belmont lineage in Montana, Gambetta Wilkes and 78 performances, Barbee buying C F Clay for 400, Shadel and Lamott for Danish breeders, two service horses at Village Farm, Lexington stakes settled and entries close June, and Gilena 2 1414 now owned by P Crosby Kansas City.
Population ratios in Greece show 1000 men to 900 women. Marseilles drainage completed at 88 million francs. One new patriotic society aims to include descendants of colonial governors. Australian colonies report 4,328,171 people in 1896. Melbourne population fell by 42,486 since 1891. Weather bureau notes tornado damage five times higher in Missouri than elsewhere over a decade. British Army medical service faces unpopularity with only 31 of 35 vacancies filled.
The article notes vogue for Russian silver gilt works in enamel repousse and niellé, dainty silver rims for porcelain pie plates, silk and beaded swagger bags, gunmetal umbrella and parasol handles encrusted with gems, jeweled hat pins with varied stones, moire silk purses edged in gold and silver mounts, all featured in fashionable colors as circular fashion news.
Hartville College in Indiana credits a drastic health turnaround to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. President Alvin P Barnaby describes years of illness, then relief after six boxes leading to full recovery. Company offers pills at 50 cents per box or 2.50 for six.
An ad offering postal shorthand instruction under nin Graham and Pitman and bookkeeping and penmanship courses. It promises satisfaction guarantees and instruction on brass string and reed instruments, with access to modern commercial texts in bookkeeping, correspondence, and music at the college conservatory.
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