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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1899
Page
4
Prices posted for Witte potatoes and large red potatoes with onions beets and flour and other staples. Sacks of flour bread flour sugar bowls finest French mustard syrup and hay prices listed with per hundred and per gallon measures.
Ursuline Convent located fourteen miles west of nenamnat sta Cascade on the Montana Ural Railroad advertises extensive grounds, fine mountain scenery, and a healthful climate. It offers English and classical courses, art, music, and modern languages with moderate terms. By telephoning the Convent a conveyance can meet pupils at Cascade. St. Joseph's Academy is a separate boarding school for boys under 14. Address Mother Superior.
A devastating four story hosiery plant fire in the city traps hundreds of female workers. Many leap from windows as doors reportedly locked. One death, fifty seven injured, extensive property loss estimated at about 150000 dollars with insurance near 150000.
May Not be Chosen as successor to de doy Hall at Firth avenue Presbyterian church due to strong opposition. Pulpit supply committee delays questions while congregation may vote next Sunday. Nine members of the session met with Rev Robert Booth to investigate feelings of about 2400 members, with Dr Moreau and Trahm to report at the next session.
In San Francisco in December the chamber of commerce adopted resolutions protesting Senate ratification of a treaty seen as reducing tariffs on certain fruit products. The action warns the delay would harm fruit industries in northern California and impact local workers.
A Washington dispatch to the Herald reports President McKinley, in conversation with Senator Wellington, voiced support for reviving the grade of vice admiral to honor Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley. The move is presented as the simplest solution to the current naval leadership question.
The passage discusses the Sampson Schley controversy with Senator Wellington preparing a bill to create two vice admiral posts without names. The president stated he would nominate Sampson and Schley in that order if lawfully enacted, a plan both leaders feel would gain broad bipartisan support.
A Chicago woman Miss Goodland died in the ill fated launch Paul Jones near Indianapolis. Mayor Taggart left for St. Louis to testify in a dispute over Henry Yocum estate tied to the cruise that vanished with the three schoolmates and his daughter Miss Tagbart and Miss Goorland. If Yocum drowned first his estate would pass through his daughter to relatives. if she died first the estate would be divided accordingly.
A fragmented report from New York outlines a Belgian outreach amid tense negotiations. It mentions a Belgian milestone and potential support, with references to Leopold, PVE, and tensions over railways and trade. The text references American ports and Helgian products, plus visits by unidentified delegates.
The Ida B Wells Woman's Club in Chicago condemned the burning of a Black man in Maysville. Resolutions urge Christian unity to condemn lynching and support the National Anti Lynching Bureau led by Mrs Ida B Wells. They call on Kentucky officials to act and circulate pro resolutions through local papers.
Milwaukee man James P. Kelley using alias James Rulsen was arrested in Chicago on suspicion of taking part in the Cheney residence shooting at Racine. He is jailed at the renta station as two witnesses in Racine claim to have seen two men near the Cheney home shortly before the incident.
A puzzling report from Kenosha Wisconsin identifies a man named James Lonengan as connected to a years old disappearance and a murder case. Authorities say the person previously sentenced and imprisoned under a different name was involved in the hit linked to Pulivenwa Veinalawh Tul.
Telegraphed briefs from Seattle report meetings by Cape Nome Wilders, aiming to influence corporate favor and opposition. Preparations for major gambling house and theatrical enterprise in Cape Nome, costing about 60000 dollars, include a 6 by 10 feet building, three stories high, with North 4p talent and prominent names. Sharkey offers training to James J Corbett as Champlin Jeffries prepares.
Advertisement copy promoting cod liver oil as the best fuel to strengthen nerves muscular power and digestion. Claims Scott's Emulsion improves vitality and supports body forces with a price of four dollars and chemists in New York.
Reports from London describe strategic moves around Ladysmith and Natal. General Methuen contemplates shifting camps as weather and river conditions disrupt supply lines while Boer forces face delays and nervous sentries. Baron Loch cites Transvaal tensions as Kruger hints at further political strain.
Faris dispatch reports M Besnard, architect in the University of California competition funded by Mrs Phoebe Hearst, failed to sue Compagnie d Orleans over design rights for the New Orleans station. He claimed 78000 francs while the company offered 15000. court ruled the offer insufficient and ordered payment.
The Société des Artistes Français plans an annual prize of 600 francs to be awarded by the Salon jury for the best painting, open to men and women, French or foreign. The prize will be first given next year.
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