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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
10
A collection of quips and sayings about men women and marriage with cynical humor. The remarks touch on appearance harmony homes homesickness and social expectations. The tone imitates a newspaper style with pithy lines and ironic observations.
President Henry Smith Writchett of MIT told a Columbia alumni dinner at Sherry's a Boston school anecdote illustrating science. A teacher asked who won the battle of New Orleans and a student replied Jim Corbett won because he had more science than the other guy.
The Rock Island System and Southern Pacific Company plan a Daily Limited service to California starting November 1, 1902 via the El Paso Short Line. The competition is open to the public with no fees. Sebastain, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago. Also advertised are parcels of land near Normal school and townsite acreage for sale by L. J. Prion.
Choice lot of Young Shropshire Bucks and Cottswold Grades offered. See at the ranch near Twin Bridges. Telephone 19.
Burlington passenger train No. 41 on the Billings line was attacked near Lincoln at 2 am by a five man gang. They blasted the express car with dynamite, took $30 000 to $34 000, and fled before authorities could respond. A $1 000 reward is offered for the robbers. Police with bloodhounds search the district.
The October 1 1902 crop condition report from the U S Department of Agriculture shows corn at 79.6 percent, down from 84.3 last month and well above 1901. The report lists state by state October 1 condition averages and includes preliminary yields for spring wheat and oats with regional comparisons.
Rear Admiral Bowles reports in his annual navy construction update that progress on new vessels over the past year has been unsatisfactory. Delays stem from nondelivery of structural steel and a ten month strike at San Francisco plus Seattle work stoppages on the battleship Nebraska. Armor delays for Maine Missouri Ohio and monitors Arkansas Florida Nevada and Wyoming further hindered completion.
The sultan of Bacolod Mindanao rejects General Sumner and calls for immediate war to defend Mohammedan faith. Moros report fortifications and rifles as American forces from Camp Vicars may be sent to capture the Bacolod stronghold. timing unspecified.
Boer generals Botha Dewet and Delarey were greeted with hearty cheers in Paris amid a large crowd. Senator Pauliat and pro-Boer supporters, speeches at the station, then a drive to a hotel followed by a buoyant but smaller demonstration than Kruger’s previous Paris arrival.
Washington reports the death of Major M. B. Wright a sixty year old Ohio native. He served as a member of the board of review in the United States pension office at his passing and was noted as the youngest major in the volunteer service during the Civil War with gallant service in the army of the west.
Minneapolis reports the season's first snowfall lasting about an hour on Oct 14. The event marks the earliest snowfall in seven years with temperatures dropping to 4 above freezing.
Delegates to the National Irrigation Congress elect officers and choose Ogden Utah as next year’s meeting site. Officers include President Colonel Edwin F Holmes of Ogden first vice president Governor L Bradford Prince of Santa Fe second vice president Ansop J McCune of Denver third vice president E H Libby of Clarkston secretary Colonel H B Maxson of Nevada. The convention approves a merger report and adopts resolutions praising Roosevelt and urging forest protection and federal state cooperation.
National Farmers Congress closes in Macon Georgia with Professor John Hyde lecturing on world agricultural products. The push to indorse the ship subsidy bill is voted down as west and south delegates sustain the adverse report and lay the resolution on the table by a large majority. Locations for the 1993 meeting are to be fixed by the executive committee.
In St Louis on October 14 delegate Julius Lehmann, convicted of perjury and under indictment for bribery, was captured by a deputy sheriff as he entered his home. He planned to surrender, with his case set for today. Lehmann faces a two year penitentiary sentence related to bribery tied to a birthday party distributing 47500 among house members.
Tracey Minnesota Oct 14 Ed Stricker shot and killed his wife and their young son seriously wounded Frank McCallister and then killed himself. Stricker and his wife had separated for two years. He followed her into Frank McCallister furniture shop and killed the wife then checked the boy and wounded the father in law L Harvey. McCallister wounded in the face and in critical condition expected to recover.
Cape Haytien Oct 14 General Deschamps, former Porto Plata Santo Domingo governor, has taken up arms against the provisional government. Riots reported at Monte Christo Dajabon Savanautt and Guayabin as he mobilizes forces.
A tornado hit Quincy Illinois and nearby areas causing extensive damage to homes barns and orchards. One man died at Camp Point another resident Henry Koetters fatally injured and Mrs Koetters seriously injured. Power was cut as smoke stacks were blown down and many towns reported widespread destruction.
An explosion at the Victor mine near Pawnee, Illinois, caused by excessive powder in a blast, killed two men and fatally injured four others. Victims include W. V. Overcash and M. Yorja, with many more seriously hurt, as the blast sent coal dust rolling through the mine shortly before day shift change. Overcash, worth $40,000 with no relatives, was among the dead.
A five minute hail storm in St. Louis caused $5 000 in damage and panic at the Olympia theater as hail rattled a tin roof during a late performance. The audience scrambled over seats amid darkness before ushers reassured them. Several people were bruised but none seriously hurt.
In Chicago on October 13 1900 Mrs J Ogden Armour and her husband report the operation on their daughter Lolita by Professor Adolf Lorenzo of the University of Vienna was a complete success He predicted the child would walk as well as other children when a plaster cast is removed next spring
A severe wind storm and heavy rain struck Lafayette Indiana late last night. West of the city barns and outbuildings were blown down and orchards ruined. In town streets flooded and fall festival signs and decorations destroyed.
News from Keota Missouri reports a cyclone destroyed much of the town six miles from Macon. Two men a woman and two children were killed while Edward Vail was pinned under debris and badly injured when his general store collapsed.
Aberdeen D. Oct 13 snow fell steadily for an hour yesterday after noon marking the first snow of the season in the city and surrounding area.
The G A R encampment selected San Francisco for next year and elected officers led by Commander in Chief General Thomas J Stewart of Pennsylvania and vice leaders William M Olin and James M Averill. A split arose over membership eligibility and Dyrenforth controversy. Four bodies recovered in Indianapolis tied in sacks fuel further detective work and grave robbing arrests rise to seventeen.
Wet weather and high cables drive a firm start on the Chicago Board of Trade with wheat up modestly in December while corn and oats retreat. December wheat closes higher, corn and oats finish lower, and pork lard and rib prices move in narrow ranges alongside cash quotes for several wheat and corn classes.
Cattle receipts 28 000 including 7 000 westerns steady to weak except top grades. Cows 1 50 to 4 75, calves 5 75 to 5 20, Texas fed steers 3 00 to 4 00. Hogs receipts 17 000 with futures up 10 to 15 cents. heavy and light types listed with ranges. Sheep receipts 40 000 with steady demand for choice and slower activity for others. lambs and wethers show varied prices across grades.
Kansas City reports cattle receipts 18 500 slow and weak with steer prices from 6 90 to 7 35 and stockers 1 25 to 4 55. Hogs receipts 3 800 with top 7 20 and most sales around 7 07 to 7 17. Sheep receipts 9 000 firm with native lambs 3 90 to 4 00 and western lambs 4 00 to 5 10.
South Omaha market totals show cattle receipts at 8 400 with steady to strong bids. native steers price 4.75 to 8.25, cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.25, western and Texas steers 3.00 to 4.50, stockers 2.75 to 5.00, calves to 3.00, hogs receipts 11 000 with higher prices 7.00 to 7.15, sheep receipts 9 100 with yearlings 3.50 to 4.40 and lambs 3.50 to 5.00.
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