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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1900
Page
1
The Catholic Church’s Bishop Vaughan condemns European leaders as responsible for widespread Boxer horrors, linking political actors to the violence. He urges moral accountability and calls for international action to end the atrocities.
London dispatch reports Vaughan cites a papal letter asserting European encroachment especially by Germany and Russia fueled the Chinese massacres. The note links foreign powers to anti Christian upheaval, condemning imperial policy and Empress Dowager actions as provoking the riot and violence against missionaries.
New York wonders about Rev. James LeBaron Johnson who vanished after leaving Watkins and the sanitarium. Once a fire department chaplain, he married Miss Mabel Vanrenssaeler in 1899 at Grace Church. He is believed to be somewhere in the West as relatives seek clues.
In a secret consistory held today Pope named several new bishops including Mner and others to serve in various sees. Dee and Tome noted among the appointees as Vatican officials announced the list.
Chicago fire at Foster hall on Sunday prompted female residents to form an improvised pitcher brigade. Coeds brought water, climbed to the roof, and poured it on the blaze until firemen arrived and tore off the slate roofing. Damage was small.
A Chicago man George Kis Waiter aged 40, formerly of Perth Amboy, N J, was arrested while trying to cash a forged $40 check. Police found 36 other forged checks in his possession stamped and signed with names of Chicago firms. He admitted guilt.
London December 17 The first issue of the London Sun under Rev Joseph Parker the City Temple pastor arrives this afternoon It features the usual betting column under Latest News with Wages of Sin is Death and other texts Then Parker urges magistrates to crush hooliganism and to whip out vice in society
Copper in paying quantities found two miles north of Roundbrook New Jersey. Mine developed by Josiah C. Reiff of New York. Secret operations for months with 1,509 feet of underground workings and about eight thousand tons of ore on the dump. Fifty ton capacity concentrating works built. Ore reported as fifty percent copper with silver ore six to ten ounces per ton.
An official dispatch from Malaga reports 314 survivors from 450 aboard the German training frigate Gneisenau which foundered at the entrance to Manga harbor while seeking shelter from a severe storm. The disaster cost over one hundred lives.
London reports that a fierce clash began at daybreak and lasted hours. Boer forces of 1500 to 2000 were surrounded at the Orange river and decisively defeated with heavy casualties. many were killed or wounded and several were captured.
Boston December 17 Helen Keller the deaf blind and former mute student at Radcliffe spoke briefly at a freshman luncheon in Fay Hall becoming audible in a modulated tone. With Miss Sullivan present Keller, 19, shows growing ability to form words and sentences as classmates applaud and marvel at her progress.
The Ellis Island immigrant station is to be used for the first time today, replacing the barge office with clean concrete doors and plaster walls. Spacious, well lit rooms improve conditions for officials though the hospital powerhouse and physicians' house will not be ready until February.
Bristol Pa December 17 military board of inquiry gathers testimony into the death of Oscar L Boos a former West Point cadet hazed by fellow cadets two years earlier The board led by Gen John Brooks Brig Gen Bates and Col Clouse arrives and is met by the Booz family at the Bristo lPA worshipping place where the inquiry opens with Oscar’s father recounting he entered the academy on June 1 1898 and letters from him described hazing.
Edward C Burns faces trial in White Plains for the murder of Herbert B Fellows station agent of Scarsdale on December 4 1899. Prosecutors say Burns murdered Fellows as he returned home rifled a satchel taking about 60 dollars. Burns was arrested at Madison Square Garden bicycle races. Defense contends hereditary insanity.
Washington December 17 This was the individual suspension day in the house Speaker Bradwell Ohio moved to suspend rules and pass the civil service commission reported bill giving preference to honorably discharged soldiers in executive departments It extends to Civil War Spanish American and Philippine War veterans and allows some disabled veterans to qualify despite impairment The bill was defeated after debate with a vote of five members dissenting
Washington December 17 The senate heard a resolution from Mr Carter requesting the judiciary committee to investigate and report on charges against Judge Noyes of Alaska The measure is more expansive than the house version and includes allegations prior to his appointment It was referred to the judiciary committee The senate then entered executive session at 1 20 p m to further consider the Hay Pauncefote treaty
Washington December 17 Soon after the house convened today a bill extending to homestead settlers on the Chippewa reservation in Minnesota the right to minutes entries were reported by Mr Nelson of Minnesota After a half hours discussion of the measure in an effort to make it general in its application it was recommitted to the committee.
Special to the Tater Mountain Ketena Dee 17 The board of pardons refused to interfere with the governor’s action pardoning John J. Ruse of Deer Lodge County who is serving 25 years for rape Nigernon J Sullivan may contest his father Col James Sullivan’s will cut off with ten dollars probate set for this afternoon but he has a year to contest Supreme Court decisions include Morrison v Willam A Clark affirming, and Rehberg v Sophie executrix affirming lower court mine property dispute and water rights on Ten Mile corridor which the court denied rehearing in Pigott opinion
The Montana Supreme Court ruled against Helena Water Works in an appeal over payment for water furnished since May 1898. The dispute centers on a $46,000 claim and the contract’s validity, with the city arguing a bond limit of $516,000 and the project’s authority to levy taxes for general purposes. Justice Ward wrote the opinion, addressing legality and debt limits.
Washington argument on two major cases tests whether Puerto Rico and the Philippines are part of the United States proper and if their residents are citizens under the Constitution. The Goetze import case involves tobacco duty after Puerto Rico was not treated as a foreign country, while the fourteen diamond ring case questions whether a city debt contract created a valid obligation under state law and constitutional limits. Courts debate whether debts arising from such contracts can be paid from general funds or must be funded by current revenues. The era's broader issue concerns the reach of U S sovereignty over acquired territories and the applicability of constitutional constraints to local obligations.
Danville reports a bloody train shooting incident near Jamies Stet in Ry Dist. Oleont the rhinent young men were involved as the fracas erupted aboard a moving train. The attack occurred several miles from town last Saturday. Actor Start Hohe Son and the company were aboard when shots rang out, leaving one man injured and another missing. Details remain unclear.
Article reports potential clashes over a 196 000 square mile region south of Portuguese Guiana Brazil and France contend for it, with arbitration seen as possible. France may seek purchase via French financiers amid expected U S challenge under the Monroe Doctrine as to implied territorial rights.
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