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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1899
Page
2
The piece argues that the Chicago platform factions in New York clash over silver versus anti imperialism as the 1900 race nears. It claims Bryan’s stance risks dividing the free coinage movement, weakening the silver wing while boosting anti imperialist critics.
Alarmists warn that 50 million of British capital is being invested in Cuba with alleged understandings to influence Cuban governance in favor of Britain. They claim British credits and Spanish-speaking agents will shape politics, while Americans counter that British influence mirrors other foreign ownership and will not sway Cuban politics.
Under the July 1882 act the secretary of the treasury may issue certificates against gold deposits. Only ten million certificates are ordered and there is ample gold to back them. The treasury and its branches hold about $245 million in gold, New York banks hold $165 million, totaling $410 million in domestic stock, with estimates suggesting nearly double that amount nationwide.
The government plans to issue paper certificates backed by gold demand, with twenty dollar denominations up to ten hundred dollars. Banks will exchange these for legal tenders, aiding farmers and shippers while relieving monetary stringency. The move aims to facilitate marketing of a large crop worth about one hundred million dollars.
A wide view of imperial Russia weighs the czar’s possible resignation under pressure from Pan-Slavists. Reports suggest aggressive aims to seize Constantinople and extend power toward India, with disarmament talks at The Hague seen as insufficient counterpressure. Admiral Dewey’s modest reply to Trieste highlights cross‑ocean courtesy amid war talk and Puerto Rico disaster relief lingers as hurricane aftermath impacts.
The Inter Mountain congratulates Charles D. French on his appointment as deputy internal revenue collector for the Butte district covering Beaverhead Silver Bow Deer Lodge and Granite counties. Collector Charles M. Webster selects him after B B. Sargent vacates the post amid civil service and partisan shifts. French, a native Montanan from Virginia City, is praised as educated and honest with solid business experience and broad support.
Ex Senator Ingalls argues strikes concentrate in the north due to industrial wealth and harsh conditions. The piece notes the south’s few fortunes and lesser labor burden, while highlighting northern states as centers of capital and production. Dreyfus is referenced in a related jest about justice and sacrifice.
In science notes the origin of diamonds remains unsolved with small diamonds found in meteoric iron and claims of artificial formation. The article also discusses Bonney’s blue ground structure and Makaroff’s studies of Bosphorus currents and Formosa water conditions, proposing a daily temperature service and pilot boats to aid navigation.
A survey covers global temperature effects on instruments including the Yerkes telescope, glassy Bohemian stones debated as aerolites, and Parallaxes. Experiments show steel magnets lose strength, water purification via chlorate and sulphuric acid yields polozone, and a countable insect observed in New Caledonia. French researchers seek warfare against contagion, goats arrive at New York zoo.
Ex mayor Grace sent goats to director John B. Smith from Valparaiso aboard one of Grace’s ships. The herd, likened to Robinson Crusoe’s island goats, features a billy with a black beard and distinctive tail markings, plus a red black body and a bent horn. The female is smaller and red.
An educational note describes boring a new artesian well at Crystal Springs based on Pennsylvania coal oil field well principles. The plan invites visitors to observe sinking and machinery in operation with day and night work and electric lighting at the site.
W. T. Boardman of Bozeman offers Thresher and Lucan excursions to Yellowstone Park. Tickets and information available at 25 West Granite Street Room 1.
Co owners Patrick W Murray and the estate of Nicholas Ayers are notified that Michael Ward claims unpaid costs for labor and improvements on the Lotte quartz lode mining claim in Summit Valley Silver Bow County Montana. If payment is not made within days after service, their shares may transfer to Ward as allowed by 2324 Revised Statutes. Butte Mont June 1 1899.
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