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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1898
Page
1
A long-winded digest notes nominations for U S offices William McMicken named surveyor general of Washington I P Gey confirmed as U S attorney for the district of Washington. It records fires losses in Winnipeg the Nara Maru sinking off Pescadores and many other events across politics crime and industry.
In Hillsboro Oregon on February 5 Gus Waehlin was hanged for the March 19, 1894 murder of rancher John D Ledrick of Washington county. Waehlin had prior livestock theft in Ledrick’s farm and fled to Portland with stolen geldings before vanishing for two years.
In Omaha Feb 4 during the U S case against the South Omaha Livestock Exchange ex President Rich ard Gilchrist testified. He admitted the exchange monopolizes local stock sales and requires $1000 membership. He described a rule used to freeze out growers and farmers who tried cooperative farming.
Fort Hall Idaho Feb 4 C G Hoyt of the Fort Hall Indian commission reports a nearly finished treaty with the Bannock and Shoshone tribes for 525000 dollars. The agreement provides 75000 dollars to compensate for relinquished hunting rights in Jacksons Hole. One fourth of the land is prime farming ground with the rest mineral. Ratification is expected before congressional adjournment.
Mining men in El Paso report a rich silver ore find on the Rio Grande Sierra Madre & Pacific line in Mexico, about 100 miles away. Francisco Consado located the deposit three miles north of the railroad, samples from which assay at 26 000 ounces of silver per ton.
In West Bend Wisconsin on February 4 Carl Lindback and Willie Klants high school boys settled a feud with a glove contest. Lindback collapsed in the fourth round after a severe blow and died face down on the floor as friends rushed to help.
In Havana on February 4, insurgents dynamited a passenger train near Caracas, damaging the engine and derailing cars. A Spanish cavalry detachment fought an insurgent force under Colonel Lazo at the Aguyo plantation, with seven Spanish wounded and insurgents reportedly captured.
San Francisco February 5 The Alaska Commercial Company and the Southern Pacific railroad join to capture Klondike travel. Under the plan through tickets from eastern points will be sold to Dawson City via San Francisco with preference on Yukon river boats from St Michaels to Dawson City.
Funeral services for the late Hon. J. P. Smith director of the bureau of American republics take place at his Urbana, Ohio home Tuesday at 2 p.m. Friends Dr. S. M. Musgrove Captain William S. McGinnis and Hon. G. B. Hamlett accompany Mrs. Smith from Miami with the remains. Ice in winter and banana skins in summer have much to do with the downfall of man.
Western Washington resumes shingle milling with most of 207 mills back in operation. Reports touch on plans for a steel plant at Port Angeles, elk river logging, and a test of vitrified brick pavement in Tacoma. Exports from Tacoma include 6,000,000 bushels of wheat valued at $4.2 million.
A Canadian government order has mobilized the mounted police to be ready for temporary duty in the Yukon. Major Steel is to be relieved by Major Dean at McLeod, and five officers were sent north yesterday. The move follows friction with the United States over provisions shipped into Alaska under claimed relief but intended for sale.
The Call reports Japan plans a sudden Klondike descent with 5000 able bodied laborers for Dawson City within a month. A Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer will bring them, though landfall is outside U S shores, risking British involvement. A syndicate would transport the workers and predicts Klondike trouble. Also noted is the death of shipbuilder Captain W G Hall, a leading Pacific shipping figure.
In San Francisco on February 5, machinist Max Panty at Union Iron Works, unable to solve aerial navigation, killed himself. The incident ends his attempts to master flight problems while his work ties remain unknown.
Eastbound Northern Pacific passenger train derailed on a trestle near Connell Washington. Four hobos beating their way were involved. two killed John Galvert and P J Leland, one seriously injured Peter Smith, one slightly bruised. Coroner collected bodies. relatives sought. Damaged cars lie in a ditch. remaining cars returned to Pasco for reassembly and eastward travel.
The Colfax area reports a foul murder after EK Loyd found two white shirts a shirt with blood and five knife holes near the Palouse river. A pocketbook with two Spanish bank drafts and a torn certification suggest a crime tied to John Schiess and a deceased man possibly identified if a reader熟 Spanish is possible.
Sam Martino vitch, a miner from Butte City Montana, was found dead in his hotel room in San Francisco February 7. He appears to have been asphyxiated by gas a draft for 600 dollars was found in his pocket and there is no reason to suspect foul play. death likely accidental.
Victoria dispatch notes Queen departed with 500 miners for the Yukon yesterday followed by the Danube with 200 more today. A wry aside on fortunes and memory closes the brief.
A Savannah blaze began in a hay warehouse on the wharf at Jefferson Street and spread to Bay Street, gutting three brick buildings. The Cathedral of St John the Baptist, valued at 22,000 and insured for 60,000, burned to ruins after engines failed to arrive promptly. Charles Conklin & Co. suffered heavy losses with 100,000 in stock and 75,000 insured. The city faces a spate of fires and talk of firebugs.
Frank Belew confessed to killing his brother Louis Belew and sister Susie in Dixon after disinheritance and seeking his share of their estate. He implicated himself in a double murder and poisoning of Bruno Klein, with initial motives debated between revenge and cupidity. Police report Belew admitted guilt after a jail delay, while officials dispute the exact motive.
Senate leaders among the public business debate Corbett seat validity for Oregon, and passage of an agricultural bill and Beau mont Texas public building project. House approves fortifications funding, while discussions touch McKinley prosperity and annexation issues. Senate adjourns session ahead of Monday.
Detroit attorney Fred A. Baker answers a Oakland county circuit suit challenging the Bland Allison act. The case centers on a mortgage paid in silver dollars, with Baker demanding bullion-equivalent value before canceling the mortgage. Leading Detroit lawyers are involved.
Laconia New Hampshire February 7 The Winthrop knitting mills at Lakeport resume full time operations after several months of closure signaling renewed activity at the plant and potential relief for workers.
Providence Rhode Island February 5 The Rhode Island locomotive works filed a petition in insolvency listing assets of 518000 dollars and liabilities of 616700 dollars.
The Anaconda Standard reports the sale of the Montana Union railroad to the Northern Pacific from New York sources. The line links Union Pacific near Butte with Northern Pacific at Garrison, completing a through St Paul to coast route via Butte and Anaconda. W. H. Burns, Montana Union president, has left for New York awaiting formal transfer.
General John Cochrane died last night at his home in New York. In 1864 he was nominated for vice president on the independent Republican ticket with John C. Fremont as president candidate.
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