26 Apr 1900
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
1
An advertisement proclaims the Kin Hee Quick Coffee pot as a modern marvel. It offers free samples of Kin Hee Mocha and Java brewed in the 1 2 and 3 quart pots at Hennessy’s Basement Bazar for a few days to prove speed and quality.
Dispatches relay news from London and Bloemfontein on April 25 26 about General Cronje reportedly killed in the Wepener vicinity and Boer retreats in a running clash with British forces under Generals French Pole-Carew Chermside and Rundle. Reports also note native women seized by Boers and returned after mistreatment amid the Mafeking escape.
An explosion at the Begbie works used as a government arsenal in Pretoria last night destroyed walls and caused a blaze through surrounding structures. Ten workmen died and 32 were injured including manager Herr Grunberg. The works employed about 200 people, mostly French and Italian. Red Cross aid aided the injured.
Washington reports the United States pressed for mediation as Chile and Peru clash over issues stemming from the recent war. Officials stated that mediation aims to ease tensions and prevent further deterioration of regional ties.
Boston April 26 The National Association of Manufacturers endorsed the congress pending bill to encourage the American merchant marine. Resolutions urged a national charter for the association and sending measures to a congressional committee. The group praised the open door diplomacy in China and urged reciprocal Canada US trade terms to aid American manufacturers. Competing cable links to Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines were also supported.
Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister in Boston for the National Association of Manufacturers meeting, said China knows America not Boston or New York. He noted many old Chinese trading houses failed, while other nations like Germany keep smart, active representatives.
A minister struggles to identify a mysterious group of boxers linked to a motto about profits. He guesses an athletic society, possibly boxing, and downplays sensational tales of missionaries harmed, noting limited prior knowledge of IT in China.
A Washington dispatch reports persistent talk that General Joseph Wheeler and Mrs. George W. Childs plan to marry. Wheeler confirmed he would seek Mrs. Childs’ permission to discuss the matter and expected an imminent answer. Mrs. Childs, recently widowed, has a grand K Street residence. Wheeler holds adjacent Arlington quarters and was recently brevetted brigadier general before retirement.
Special to the Inter Mountain Helena April 26 The damage suit of Albert Fisher against J C Adams proprietor of a Craig to Augusta stage line and Cascade county citizen ends with a five hundred dollar verdict. Trial of Dr Kellogg continues with debate over a dying statement from Mrs Herella and corpus delicti evidence Brooke testified most of day Slander suit Wallstin vs Spaulding for five thousand damages opened in district court Proprietor of Homer Block lodging house alleged by plaintiff to have stolen coal
United States Charge dAffaires Grisom delivered a note to Tewfik Pasha in Constantinople outlining instructions from Washington on American indemnity claims. The note calls for prompt payment of the indemnity and will be discussed by the fourteenth council of ministers today.
Twenty two pinned employees of the New York Central railway shops and guards went out on strike this morning in Buffalo New York. They demand wage increases and reinstatement of workers reportedly discharged recently.
Indiana dispatch details a heated Republican state convention in Indianapolis with governors’ nomination battles among Dodge Griffiths Durbin Hogate Haggard Posey and others Ballots show Durbin and Griffiths rising figures as adjournment looms Boston delegates to the national convention elected as Gillett spoke Knowlton's platform summary endorses gold standard federal reforms banking flexibility and liberal international commitments including the Isthmian canal and Pacific cable with Lodge McCall Plunkett and others chosen as delegates at large Remarks touch on Senatorial contests and procedural debates amid broader party unity efforts
In Washington on April 26 a Perkins sponsored resolution urging the secretary of the treasury to forward to the senate the monthly import data and duty rates under the 1898 reciprocity pact was adopted. Pettus spoke against the resolution and asserted Nathan B. Scott should keep his seat as West Virginia senator. He submitted a minority report on the Beott case as the sole committee member not signing the majority. Pettus referenced handler's Quay case remark about some senators voting against Mr.
Washington April 26 The house resumed consideration of the postoffice appropriation bill An amendment by Towney Minnesota to raise railroad postal clerks class A salaries from 1200 to 1400 was adopted 88 to 32 Debate covered special facilities funds from New York to Atlanta New Orleans 25000 from Kansas City Missouri to Newton Kansas and Southern mall subsidy arguments with opposition from Little Alabama and Williams Mississippi who condemned the scheme as awkward and partisan.
A massive fire in Hull Quebec across from Ottawa began in a mill and spread rapidly across the Ottawa river. By 1 pm hundreds of buildings burned on both sides, including Eddy company works in Ottawa, Victoria and Burrows wharves, Central Station, the Supreme Court building, and Canadian Pacific sheds. Ottawa authorities requested aid as fires jumped Victoria Island and threatened western districts.
The Grand Central hotel a two story frame building in Anaconda caught fire at noon from a defective flue. Sixty roomers were housed, some in bed, as firemen saved the structure. Lower floor flooded with water, losses around two thousand dollars in insurance. Pipeman M C Meyers injured by falling glass.
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