22 Apr 1901
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1901
Page
1
The Pittsburg area faces more rain and a renewed rise in the Allegheny with warmer temperatures and snowmelt. Officials estimate flood losses range from 1 to 3 million dollars, with widespread damage to plants, railroads, and workers awaiting resume of operations. Forecaster Ridgeway doubts a repeat flood in the near term.
Cincinnati reports the Ohio River at 49 feet with a four inch hourly rise. Rail access to Grand Central Station is waning as 58 feet threatens Newport races and 56 feet floods the baseball park. Backwater floods Covington and streets, sewers, cellars fill, and trains may halt soon.
The Weather Bureau reports river levels on the Ohio at Pittsburg Davis Island Parkersburg Cincinnati and Louisville with forecasts of rising stages and when the danger line will be exceeded. Flood crests are expected at Parkersburg and Cincinnati with rises also anticipated at Louisville and Pittsburgh. A separate Potomac river bulletin notes a 9.5 foot rise since yesterday at Ferry and predicts riverwater intrusion in Washington cellars tonight.
A Chicago storm kept many ships in port as Weather Bureau warnings prompted mariners to heed the danger. Winds up to 52 miles per hour damaged trees and power lines while delaying vessels on Lake Michigan. No disasters reported as boats instead sought shelter in nearby ports.
The Rev. George D. Herron lectured at Park theater in Brooklyn denouncing the modern church. He argued the church uses brute force contrary toChrist and suppresses individual freedom, claiming Christianity does not acknowledge the gospel and that English pulpit supports wars while the American church aids government oppression.
Manila dispatch quotes Aguinaldo describing near stand at Calumpit during the war with the Americans. He says he abandoned Tarlac with 1500 riflemen, planned to retreat to Nueva Vizcaya, slipped through Lawton's cordon with 250 men four hours before the landing party, and contemplates future plans and federal peace agents.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Tay will appoint an immigration inspector in a few days to investigate fraudulent admissions of immigrants to the United States. Reports say steamship lines to New York carried few immigrants, with some seeking to dodge inspection by entering via Canada and then crossing from the border, using Mexico as a base for Chinese entrants.
Washington April 22 The United States Supreme Court denied the application of former Captain Oberlin M. Carter now in Leavenworth to be admitted to bail. The court issued only a bare announcement of the result with no reasons and no reference to Carter's motion to strike a brief. An opinion was handed down in Bedford vs. Eastern Building and Loan Association of Syracuse on stock and mortgage issues. The court affirmed a state police power to quarantine cattle shipments, upholding a Texas quarantine against interstate movement.
Senator W A Clark has secured an option on a copper property at Silver Bow through Whitmore and is sinking a drive shaft beneath thick quicksand to reach a rumored copper vein. The project has been secret for over a month with 16 men at work and a 150 foot under-surface formation complicating excavation.
Liv ingston chief Peter Nelson arrived by Northern Pacific with John Burgstrom to chase his runaway wife and an 8-year-old son. Burgstrom suspects an outside influence lured his wife away after a boardinghouse quarrel with his brother’s attentions. The pair were last seen near Muir with plans to reach Armconda or Oregon Short Line routes. authorities aim to intercept before they leave the state.
New York reports orders for seventy bridges and a 1278 foot structure for the Great Northern extension into Canada over the Rainy River. Contracts total about 200000 dollars with four 105 foot viaduct spans. Also, portable steel houses being shipped to Venezuela due to earthquakes and timber scarcity.
English horse breeder voices complaint as government purchases stock in America. Lord Kitchener's messages provide limited facts, leaving investors wary about bond bidding and international finance dynamics amid wartime pressures.
London reports from Pretoria note limited detail on South African campaigns as British progress remains unclear. Prisoners, horses, wagons, guns, and ammunition fall to Russian forces while British leaders debate campaign plans. London discusses buy English horses, war loan reception, and expectedly high consols rates.
The president announced new posts including Edward B. Moore of Michigan named assistant commissioner of patents under Interior. Charles O Neil named chief of the Bureau of Ordinance for Navy with the rank of rear admiral Luther Van Wedey kent named surgeon with the rank of lieutenant John Barrett of Oregon former minister to Siam named U S delegate to the international conference of American states in Mexico City.
A farmer Arlere and his family suffered a horrific night as two tramps invaded their Chartres farm. Five children aged 7 to 14 were killed in their beds with knives and cudgels, while the father was left for dead amid the resorted robbery. The attackers fled as the father returned to the scene.
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