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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1896
Page
2
In Constantinople on September 18 anxious circles discuss deposing the sultan as a British fleet looms near Thacos. The extraordinary tribunal acquits two Armenians’ killers, fueling foreign outrage and fears for safety while European powers threaten decisive action to resolve the Turkish crisis.
Demonstration in honor of John Daly, freed from Portland prison, greeted at Queenstown by supporters. Daly disavowed dynamite, said his dream is to fight for Ireland as a soldier and patriot, and refused to align with any party as Amnesty members hailed the ex-dynamiter.
London reports police arrests in Glasgow Rotterdam and Boulogne signaling a thwarted dynamite plot. Edward Bell J Wallace and John F Kearney Tynan were detained and seized devices and ciphered papers. Rotterdam detentions yielded infernal machines and plans including a possible attack on Queen Victoria.
The Union Pacific receivers gained permission from Judge Sanborn to pay coupons due February 1 1896 on the Oregon Short Line first mortgage 6 percent bonds and 6 percent interest from the default period along with November 1 1895 and May 1 1896 interest on Union Pacific Coal company first mortgage 5 percent bonds. Payment of January 1 1896 interest on Union Pacific first mortgage 6 percent Ovada is reportedly to be authorized soon.
The Italian bark Monte Tabor from Trapani to Boston wrecked on Peaked Hill bar at midnight. Captain Declacasca and mate Giavonni killed themselves by throat cutting to escape drowning. Cook Oliver Maniflo and seamen Hepplette Braggi Barnello Cappello also died. others were rescued and cared for by life-saving crews.
The Sons of Veterans at Louisville elected James L. Rake of Pennsylvania as commander in chief and chose L. P. Buckley Louisville as junior vice commander L. P. Kennedy as council in chief and F. L Heine of Nebraska as ex officio president Indianapolis will host the next meeting. A bridge collapse on the Mad River and Arcata road killed four aboard and injured ten others.
Li Hung Chang met with Vancouver officials and board of trade members at 6 am to discuss railway construction and Canada sending materials for Chinese railroad projects. He thanked the mayor for protection of Chinese residents and urged Canadian welcome of Chinese population. Firecrackers greeted the departing steamer for Hong Kong.
Wheat prices slipped amid continued strong Northwest arrivals. Dec wheat fell to 95 dec. corn and oats declined. provisions eased with slight losses. Closing quotes show Dec and May futures for wheat, corn, oats, pork, lard, and ribs, plus cash quotations for No 2 red wheat and No 2 corn etc.
Receipts at South Omaha show cattle, hogs, and sheep activity with varying prices. Native beef steers mostly $3.50 to $4.16, western steers around $2.50 to $7. Boneless rounds and canners noted, calves $3.00 to $3.25, cattle group pacing mixed values. Hogs receipts 3,700, prices $2.65 to $2.85 for heavy, $2.71 to $2.75 for mixed, lights $3.20 to $3.40. Sheep receipts 3,700, natives steady to choice $1.25 to $3.00, westerns $2.40 to $2.80, lambs $3.00 to $4.25.
Onrcaco September 1 hogs receipts 15 000 with light and heavy classes mixed in price ranges from 2.50 to 4.45. Cattle receipts 8 530 with beeves 3.10 to 5.06 and cows and heifers 1.10 to 5.75. Texas steers 2.24 to 2.95 and westerns 2.70 to 3.70 with stockers and feeders 2.03 to 3.73.
The Sept 10 issue reports Garrett Hobart formally accepting the Republican nomination while Bryan endorses the Chicago platform. It notes Hill elected as a New York delegate to back Bryan, Rourke Cochran declining a congressional bid, a 75,000-strong Iowa fair crowd, locomotive collision, Cambria Iron Works closing in Johnstown, Doody fatally stabbed in NYC, a stagecoach holdup attempt near Stockton, large Egyptian cotton crop projection, and multiple local tragedies and political notes across the country including deaths, disappearances, trials, and national figures.
A series of brief items report strikes at Siegel Cooper New York by nonunion marble workers and robberies in Thomasville Georgia. Other notes mention a Bank of Argentine cashier’s arrest in Kentucky, a bank books false entries pardon in Utah, jail breaks in Kentucky, a morphine overdose death in Illinois, accidental shooting in Arkansas, a streetcar fall injuring ex governor Brown, train collisions in Alabama and Pennsylvania, embezzlement case in St Louis, a Birmingham Iowa suicide, a teen girl's fall in Ohio, and a large coal shaft fire in Indiana with a $5 000 loss.
The Indian Territory Press Association sessions in South McAllister. Eva Toomey injured in Rochester. Colonel Norman Wiard dies in Reading. William Sogel in Chicago self harms after job loss. laundry price cuts in Chicago. Buckman murdered near Fay, Oklahoma. Clara Burton returns from Armenian scene. Colomb dies after poison attempt. jailbreak at Tex. Washburn at large. counterfeiters in Jacksonville. Hunter boy killed. Mikado Gold Mining reports first gold run.
In Dublin John Daly stated Patrick Tynan known as Number 1 of the Phoenix pick murder group was arrested in Boulogne by English detectives. The Western Editorial Federation held its second annual convention in Denver with twenty two states represented. a conspiracy case was unveiled.
A chaotic mix of reports includes the Ottoman crisis ending, Weyler’s dispatches from Havana, executions of 61 insurgents at Cabana fortress, sermons against sultanate misrule, and massacres of Christians. Fire destroys Kansas City Lead and Oil works. London/Chester political remarks on Armenians. Also notes accidents, crimes, and deaths across the United States and Europe, including drownings, electrocutions, and a royal Congo dispute.
The day reports include a brutal assault on Terry the nonunion miner in Leadville and a Valencia streetcar collision injuring 30 people with 19 serious. Other items note Bryan denying Capitol speech plans, Kilrain knockout, ex speaker Wagoner’s death, and various local crimes and accidents across the country.
The miners' union issues a card offering to lease and operate all downtown mines in Leapville Colorado. It would pay owners a 25 percent royalty and maintain the $8 wage scale for labor, plus provide a $100000 bond. City council instructs mayor to hire unlimited police and request troops if peace cannot be kept.
New York Sept. 16 Chief of Police Conlin is considering arrest of James J. Corbett and Robert Fitzsimmons. Testimony is sought from those at last Saturday’s meeting where they agreed to fight for ten thousand dollars a side to a finish, a move he regards as possibly violating the law. He is gathering evidence in case charges can be filed.
In Wyoming near the Colorado line A H Haston and Ben Culleton report a July find at Grand Encampment Creek with a 12 foot depth pay streak 22 inches wide and assays from 200 to 10000 dollars. The vein runs for miles with 40 to 50 claims staked and many parties heading to the fields. Editor McMicken calls it the greatest mineral region in Wyoming or northern Colorado.
Lieutenant Charles Young of the Ninth Cavalry, the only colored officer in the U S regular army, was refused hotel accommodations in Leavenworth Kansas and forced to seek lodging in Kansas City. A West Point graduate on duty as professor of military science at Wilberforce University he faced humiliation without complaint amid promotion examinations to first lieutenant.
Havana reports Maximo Gomez camped near Guasimas de Agramonte about 86 miles from Puerto Principe organizing cavalry for a suspected second raid westward. Insurgents burned the Lopez tobacco plantation near Artemesia in Pinar del Rio, valued at $150,000. The government names Joseph A. Springer as consul here in General Fitzhugh Lee's absence.
J J Stewart longtime leader in Fort Scott Kansas asks that his name be removed from the First Methodist church roll after resigning as a police commissioner He says he will withdraw the resignation at the governor s request The church sought enforcement of the prohibitory law to relieve the church of embarrassment
C J Devlin, manager of Santa Fe coal properties, buys all Santa Fe mines in Kansas including Osage Cherokee and Crawford counties and takes possession Oct 1. He already owns Marceline Missouri and Toluca Illinois mines supplying fuel. Sale ends Santa Fe coal holdings. price not disclosed.
The Armour & Co. packing house in Kansas City has secured an order from the Japanese government for 18 carloads of corned beef. The shipment should be ready in about 10 days and is one of the largest orders the plant has handled. It is thought the beef may be intended for the Japanese navy, though no confirmation is available.
Striking coopers in St Joseph refuse to return to work as owners offer compromise. Workers demand a 6 cent raise to match peers in other cities. One shop stays open and a barrel famine looms amid peak apple season.
The Denver Trades and Labor assembly will send a committee to Mexico to study labor conditions in a free silver country. The group led by I W Taylor and Charles N Monaghan departs next Thursday to counter claims that a Chicago delegation is swayed by gold standard advocates.
Cleveland dispatch notes Tom L. Johnson, defeated in 1894, announces he will not seek Congress this year. In a letter he explains his belief in a government issued currency without metallic basis and says a candidacy could injure the Democratic party.
The British fleet, reinforced, now anchored in Kavala Bay northwest of Thasos off Salomica. The cruiser arrived off Cavalon coast yesterday, signaling a stronger naval presence in the vicinity amid ongoing operations.
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