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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
3
Dispatches describe rail and weather disruptions amid Boer incursions in Cape Colony. Reports note Lord Kitchener’s iron will, Roberts and Thorneycroft actions, and royal honors speculation as Britain faces a tense campaign.
New York observers discussed Tod Sloan after his ride on Vesuvius at a California track. Rumors centered on Meese & Co reportedly revoking a permit and whether Sloan would have ridden if offered a payment from the American Jockey Club. Skeptics question Sloan’s motive and gains.
A reader describes severe rheumatism leaving him crippled until using Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets. He credits the remedy with purifying the blood, boosting blood production, and restoring strength, noting prior failure with other treatments and improved health after twelve days.
In San Francisco a discussion unfolds among prominent figures about Sloan riding at Tanforan and its possible impact on his renewal. The Earl of Clonmel argues he should stay in the background and prove restraint for a year before seeking a license again, while Foxhall Keene says Sloan did little harm and remains in good standing until a new license is sought. Col Ochiltree is surprised Tanforan rode Sloan, yet doubts it will influence the jockey club decision.
Mrs. Huntoon, 26, of Concord New Hampshire, is accused of conspiring with intent to kill her divorced husband Walter C Huntoon. Police say she lured a stranger in Boston to kill him, supplying a revolver and decoy letters. Friends defend her as not responsible due to marital troubles and mental anguish.
A box of fifty gems found near Capitan on the El Paso and Northeastern line was delivered to a prominent railway official in Alamo Gordo New Mexico. The finder J J Blow formerly with De Beers Kimberley confers the stones may be real diamonds or close imitations and will be sent for final analysis after field testing.
A fire at 224 West Monroe street in Chicago left one woman dead and three others critically or seriously injured. Victims named include Mrs. Mary Kennedy, Abs Mary Mason with severe facial and body burns, and Louise Hannon who survived despite smoke exposure. her infant was also affected.
Dev Rey Father Job Welg a Catholic missionary, escaped Boxer mobs during the Liopuble episode in Shantung. He left toward Kitchou with a native escort, but boxers robbed him, stripped him, and attacked him with typhoid fever. A second band later threatened to bind him for authorities before release.
Public notices from the Helena land office and Silver Bow county report multiple filings. Dr Dodd eyes spoliist and local witnesses address final proof for a homestead entry No 1524 at ey bwm wi beg section 8 town 4 north range 7 west. Butte Land and Investment Co seeks a 140 acre patent for Helen Placer claim with Xenophanes Placer as adjoining, first publication Oct 26 1900.
New York December report notes Joseph Theodore White, an elderly merchant and Seventh regiment veteran, born 1812 in this city. He began business at age seven and by sixteen ran an agency for a New York firm in New Orleans. During the 1849 gold rush he went to San Francisco to engage in general merchandise ventures.
Thomas B. Wit He4 ex-member of the boat of gays 1 ornurs of the stick exchange, born at Pie Teides, Miss. died. Wititis was interested in the interstate of ooupings controlling 50,000 acres of oil property in Wyoming Cape Town Dev. A small party of Boers attacked Burgheraburg on Dec 24 but were repulsed after heavy fighting. Boers active, skirmishes reported in many places.
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