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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1899
Page
4
A garbled sale list shows varied goods with prices listed such as 16 pounds of oranges and lemons, grapes, white potatoes at 1.20, bread flour by the ear, and hats priced around 1.00. The OCR yields many unreadable fragments and mis-spellings, but indicates a sale catalog style with multiple items and unit prices.
The Juneau convention delegates propose expanding judiciary and civil codes for the Alaska territory. They seek two additional district judges, a delegate to Congress, probate judges, and magistrates with specific civil and criminal powers, plus updates to laws and procedures for territorial governance.
The article discusses Samoa falling under US sovereignty with a naval governor and a coaling base at Pago Pago. It notes Commander B.R. F. Tilley may become Tutuila’s first governor. It also addresses German attempts to acquire Danish West Indies and says no official talks have occurred with Denmark, with the US preferring territorial purchase if needed.
A violent incident in New Orleans leaves Captain Imboden and Cold dead after a sudden gun attack by a prominent local figure. Captain Imboden, son of Confederate General Imboden, had resided in Spanish Honduras and worked in mining. The killer's identity and motive remain unclear as officials offer little detail.
San Francisco reports the Vitoria has finished trading horses and mules for Manila and may sail today if the bar is smooth. No orders yet for Flintshire and Westchester, both fitted as transports. Captain Barneson received orders from Washington to dispatch Grant to Manila on Sunday with the Forty-eighth Infantry, last unit under orders to save the Philippines. Zenlandry and City of Para have been discharged from transport service.
Chicano Dee and V-Governor Me Ay Otero of New Mester, with Selumon Lana a Republican committeeman, traveled yesterday toward Washington. Both say an overt will be made to push admission of New Me during the current session of Congress and remain hopeful it will be accomplished.
A special dispatch from Washington says Secretary Hay and Lord Princeforenau Herr von Holleben are finalizing arrangements to execute treaty provisions for a partition. The report, sourced by a New York Herald special, notes ongoing coordination among high officials.
An old advertisement proclaims Scott's Emulsion as a fat producing food that helps wasting diseases in both young and old. It claims weight below average causes fatigue and that users gain quickly, continuing after stopping intake. New York’s market is noted.
Jui n Nelson died instantly after a strike at the mill in Tacoma Washington while working at the Paul and Tacoma mill. He had worked there eight years and died a few minutes after the incident.
A garbled report notes the French ship Lonte Pasteur believed lost after days at sea. Fraudsen Dee referenced, with insurance payout discussed. Mention of the ship Blainea as a related loss, and fear for the crew persists amid unclear details.
Report indicates Tertland, Ove, Dee, and Ye Four were seen off the Columbia River last evening. One may be teeshin 81, Enoch, en route from Panama. The vessel took a pilot on November 17 and has not yet arrived.
The battleship Town and cruiser Philadelphia sail today for the south coast. Cruiser Albamarte will meet them at Magdalena bay for a month of target practice.
Major General Edward Ferrero dies at his home in New York aged 68. Born in Spain to American parents he raised the Thirty-fifth New York Rifles in 1861 and led them in Burnside’s Roanoke Island expedition where the regiment captured a besieged fortification.
A new sugars refining group led by James Wolcott and partners including Hughes and Wolcott drew attention in New York. The proposed Delaware charter envisions an authorized capital of 100 million dollars and rights to refine sugar in the United States and overseas colonies, with possible connections to Matthiessen, the Doschers, and Arbuckles. Headquarters likely in New York and Chicago. incorporation not yet completed. statements indicate a distinctly different venture from American Sugar Refining.
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