28 Apr 1900
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1900
Page
1
Hennessy offers salad dishes valued at two dollars now reduced to one dollar each. The price cut applies to all salad options, enabling shoppers to save on meals. Limited quantities available at participating locations.
The Kin Hee Quick Coffee pot touted as the wonder of the age will be demonstrated at Hennessy’s Basement Bazar. Beginning Thursday morning visitors will receive a free cup of Kin-Hee Mocha and Java coffee brewed in the Kin-Hee Quick pot to judge its speed and quality. The device comes in one, two and three quart sizes and coffee costs 40 cents per pound. A free trial is offered to confirm its excellence.
London dispatches place Boer forces guarding passes near Thaba N'Chu and Denetsdorp with 6,000 troops and guns, while British operations aim to force the eastern outlet. Reports from London and New York note censorship and shifting formations as General Roberts conducts large-scale maneuvers with Brabazon and Chermside divisions, awaiting decisive results amid uncertain Boer retreat.
Washington April 28 General Merriam’s examination continued before the House military committee at Coeur d’Alene. He detailed his instructions and said he never received any “original instructions” beyond marching to Idaho to quell the insurrection. He testified he asked for original instructions twice, but none were furnished and he believed Secretary Alger in error. He also recounted Governor Steunenberg’s inquiry about saving the Tiger and Poorman mines if workers refused permits.
A Washington dispatch says Minister Conger has pressed the State Department for protection of Americans in China amid rising hostility toward foreigners. He seeks safeguards for traveling salesmen as Commander Burwell at Taku reports Wheeling ready to assist. Officials expect Admiral Kempff to lead forces in Chinese waters while Remey focuses on the Philippines.
A Richmond dispatch reports Virginia Democrats push for a constitutional convention to remove Black suffrage. Delegates to the Norfolk meeting are instructed to make the call a party issue as white counties join the demand for reform. The 1869 Underwood framework, rooted in Black and Northern influence, faces wholesale reversal.
The piece argues political conditions cannot continue and citizens seek a constitutional convention to remove black people from politics. It blames powerful corporations, local officeholders and Republicans, with some Democrats like Governor Tyler doubting the May 28 convention's success, citing illiterate white voters as a defeating factor.
Special to the Inter Mountain Billings April 28 Joe Guest a sheep herder drowned in Pryor creek south of here yesterday morning while fording the swollen stream on horseback. His horse arrived at camp riderless. Guest's body is not yet found. Walker a Northern Pacific freight brakeman was seriously injured three miles west of Billings last night when he was run over by the cars. He fell from a box car onto a flat car and then onto the track, his right side badly crushed and skull fracture. His arm was amputated at the hospital and he is faring as well as could be expected. His wife is due from Livingston on today's delayed passenger.
The House acted on routine business in Washington on April 28. Ray of New York renewed a request to print the Livingston related remand resolution and papers in Green and Gaynor case. Francis Lassiter sworn in as representative from Virginia's Fourth district amid a protest from James Selden Cowdin alleging a contested election. An agricultural appropriation went to conference with Wadsworth New York Henry Conn. and Williams elected as conferees.
The Senate convened with Clark case volumes on desks and a special order for May 19 to receive the Grant statue. Pettigrew’s resolution on Aguinaldo and Dewey was passed without discussion. Bills for Hot Springs veterans home and Rainy Lake dam were approved, and a foreign relations reference on the South African republic was debated. A roll call recorded 31 yeas and 11 nays, signaling no quorum later.
Dallas reports flooded rivers with Trinity overflow and extensive property damage. Waco notes up to ten deaths and losses exceeding 150000 dollars. Mood and hurricane losses estimated between 3 and 5 million. Telegraph lines down south of Waco isolate much of the state. rail movement suspended statewide. Galveston bulletin cites heavy rainfall statewide with six inches in Temple county.
Special to the Tater Mountain Helena April 28 Dr Kellogg was acquitted in district court of second degree murder in producing by abortion the death of Mrs Peter Hrella of Mast Helena. The jury was told to acquit due to lack of corroborating evidence and defects in the information. The county attorney said he would file another information and seek a trial at once. The morning focused on rulings and arguments over the instruction to acquit.
In Oltaa Ont April estimates show 50 000 out of work and 15 000 homeless after a Thursday fire. A citizens meeting urged the city to seek Ontario Legislature permission to borrow 100 000 via debentures to aid victims. Bodys total losses reach about 2 000 000 with 650 000 insured, largely in American companies.
The state committee of the Chicago platform Democratic Party met last night and ratified changing the state convention from May 21 in Albany to May 19 in New York City. The group urged delegates for the national convention, criticizing the regular organization as anti Bryan and not aligned with Democratic principles.
A building under construction at the Dimmick Pipe and Foundry site in north Birmingham collapsed, killing James McWharter and David White and injuring eleven others. Thirteen men were on the structure when the 200 by 100 foot framework fell from about thirty feet. William McWharter and D. Patillo were expected to die.
W J Rhodda known as Van Horn and son of a Denver ex mayor was arrested again on petit larceny after returning a marked five dollar bill to a bagnio landlady. In court he pleaded not guilty as other locals face varied vagrant charges and minor sentences.
Teo L Gottlieb through attorney Forestell petitions district court for a writ of review in M Grefig vs Leo Gottlieb. Judge Lindsay ordered case records to be presented at 2 PM on June 2. Grefig claimed DIN against Gottlieb for 82 60. trial in Justice Bliss court resulted in full judgment though payments noted. Petition asserts Justice Bliss exceeded jurisdiction and asks higher court to clarify.
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