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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1897
Page
1
Prospectors report at least 50 men up the main Kettle river and west fork seeking minerals. Locations have been claimed and ore samples brought for assay. Exposed ledge runs 1000 feet on the main river with open land increasingly pre empted for agriculture and pasture.
William Selover of Portland leads a syndicate of Milwaukee financiers visiting Seattle to win a site and incentives for a 1,000,000 smelter and refinery. A city committee including Mayor Wood and C L Webb rejects cash inducements but offers a 20 acre site. Officials say a plant may soon begin construction in a leading BC or Washington city.
The North Star group including North Star O K Dreadnaught Buckhorn and others forms the flagship mine in Fort Steele. Located June 1892 by Joseph Bourjouls, the property is now a major silver-bearing galena body with about 5000 tons of ore at the river landing awaiting shipment to the railroad.
The Deer Trail No. 2 mine reports 10 teams hauling ore to Davenport with one working tunnel system totaling about 4500 feet. A pay body 200 by 400 feet at four and a half feet thick could yield $100,000 after costs. Coal and oil potential are highlighted, with Canadian Pacific interests and Crow's Nest pass railway plans noted.
The Old Ironsides company in Bound ary creek district has been floated. The old company organized two years ago completed road building erecting buildings and sinking two shafts one feet and 70 feet plus prospect holes along the vein. The new organization includes men from Spokane and Quebec and is valued at 150.00 dollars. The Knob Hill adjoining property has also been floated with some of the same investors involved.
In northeast Kendrick Idaho about nine miles discoveries of copper bearing ore have sparked a general prospecting movement. Food samples of ore are being brought in and some parties have started men on claims. The Ruby Creek district, excited in 188, is being prospected again with many moving into the area.
In the Pierce district, placer miners reliant on melting snow and rain report a shortage of water and are shutting down. Those working along streams will continue for some time as springs feed the supply. June is typically wet, enabling remaining miners to persist with limited water.
Seattle reports a mining craze as ore specimens and talk of mines fill the city. The spotlight falls on the Silvert on camp and the Monte Cristo district about 49 miles east of Everett along the Everett and Monte Cristo road.
Cascade reports more than 200 mineral locations have been staked around Christina Lake in the past two weeks with substantial development work underway.
The Ontario adjoining Mannamead on the North Fork of the Salmon has been sold for 15000 dollars in a private transaction.
Vancouver Wash June 1 Silas Tuckers 38 year old daughter fell from a scow into Lake River about six miles from here and drowned before parents nearby could rescue her though she was in the water only a few minutes.
Reports from Miles City and Lame Deer agency describe mounting Indian trouble after a shepherd’s killing by Cheyennes in Montana. Settlers arm themselves while authorities plead for restraint. casualties include Horses and postmaster George Walters and stockman Lou Anderson. Cavalry and infantry ride to the scene as fear spreads.
Four hundred delegates gathered in Paris for the annual meeting of the national bimetallic league. Deputy Fougel roI presided and M Threy outlined the year’s key event the election of McKinley as favorable to the movement. The report urged pushing a definite issue before McKinley’s term ends.
In Washington on May 31 the tariff bill advanced through Senate debate with amendments on plate glass rates. Senator Jones of Arkansas unsuccessfully sought reductions on unsilvered cast polished plate glass and silvered glass. Other proposed cuts on silvered and un silvered cast polished glass were defeated 18 to 2 and 19 to 26. Committee amendments on various glass plates were approved before the Senate adjourned until Tuesday.
Havana May 28 official dispatches say General Godoy and Colonel Struch with Armendariz gunboat attacked near Gayaguleje Puerto Principe Pinar del Rio. They battled at Linera s Animas El Cusco and Brujo destroying ships capturing ten boats arms and 3000 cartridges. Insurgents suffered 77 killed and recovered many bodies. Spanish losses were five killed and 27 wounded.
In Hermantown near Duluth on May 27 Frank Lucek a farmer, was thawing dynamite over a fire when it exploded destroying the house. Lucek and his two young sons were killed. His wife and another small son were badly hurt but survived. The house and remaining structure burned.
Orrow W. Clapp once wealthy board of trade operator and his son Dwight O. Clapp were arrested in Chicago at the New York police request. They are charged as fugitives from justice for allegedly transferring property to defraud creditors.
San Francisco sees the death of Frank Mce Coppin a longtime postmaster and prominent Democrat after an operation. He served five years in the role and his passing follows the recent surgery.
Brig Gen John K R Brooke named major general and Edwin Y Conger nominated envoy to Brazil. War promotions, land cases, and a Virginia constitutional vote figure amid international tensions. Greek Turkish disputes, Cuba policy, and labor strikes mix with disasters, politics, and notable indictments.
A long interview reprinted in the federationist notes Gompers on Sovereign's dream of forceful labor groups. Reports from The Industrial Advocate and others detail capitalists recruiting idle workers, labor disputes, wage cuts, and union splits. Memphis contractors, Detroit molders, and Philadelphia printers feature in the broader labor tumult.
John Sloover, missing from John Barringer's ranch, was found two miles from the ranch with two bullet holes. His dog lay nearby. The killings are attributed to Indians, who are reportedly preparing for trouble as settlers grow uneasy.
President McKinley joins National Cemetery ceremonies in Washington for Memorial Day. 21 gun salute marks the event as the G A R and marine band lead a wreathing of the Unknown Soldier tomb. Other observances follow at Grant's Tomb in New York, Lovejoy memorial in Alton, and Robert Gould Shaw monument in Boston.
John Swanson drowned in the Skykomish River a mile and a half above Gold Bar while attempting to cross in a boat. Companions F. F. Randolph and T. H. Lee escaped unharmed.
Sacramento reports Theodore Durrant to be hanged on June 11 at San Quentin after Governor Budd refused clemency and ordered death watch. Trial spanned two years with a largely circumstantial case, culminating in a 1890s jury verdict and repeated legal delays before the final sentence.
Jim Parker the train robber and murderer, who escaped jail weeks ago, was found asleep in a camp by A S Preston and nine Navajo Indians near Tuba City. He surrendered after a gunfire wake up, and sheriff’s deputies escorted him to Flagstaff with a $2500 reward pending disposition.
In Mountain Home Idaho Mrs Joseph F E Kensler was convicted a second time of murder in the second degree for killing her husband John Kensler on October 17. Alfred Freel the hired man was convicted of murder in the first degree.
Seattle May 31 Charles Johnson August Miller and John Olson laborers on the Great Northern work train were buried in a slide near Cascade tunnel Saturday, Olson possibly fatally hurt. The injured were brought to Seattle and placed in Providence hospital.
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