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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1900
Page
4
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A Montana editorial argues Republicans must unite in facing pivotal state issues. It questions divisions sparked by internal critics, praises recent party consolidation, and endorses a guardianship role for leaders while endorsing the bond guarantee system to protect public funds.
William Steufer the Nebraska state treasurer elect fails to file the required good and sufficient bond of 3 million dollars under the tax law. He has applied to banks and financial institutions but has been refused, leaving him unable to comply.
The Mexican minister of France reports the republic’s cash hoard totals about 100 million dollars, with 50 million in banks. Nine tenths of Mexicans use only silver in trade and gold is absent, leaving per capita circulation under four dollars. Low domestic supply worsens as most of 12 million people are Indians and many families carry little cash annually. Demand shifts abroad, boosting Mexican dollar use in the Orient and elsewhere. Despite large silver output and cheaper minting, exports lower domestic silver by 10 to 12 percent.
Lord Curzon, speaking in Simla, compares the recent Indian famine to the 1770 Bengal famine. He cites lower mortality despite greater distress, praises swift relief, and says government effort sets a historic benchmark while urging lessons for governance of India.
The fragment cites Grover Cleveland and Henry Ward Beecher on whether the world owes a living to each man or a rope to hang the wicked. It then mentions child kidnapers and a Montana hunting party described in a Chinook Opinion fragment.
The Bankers' Magazine highlights a push by bankers to educate clerks without disrupting duties. A $10,000 seed fund from the American Bankers' Association backs a self guided course to master banking principles. The convention notes bankers often learn by doing and humorously admits leaders cannot instantly answer proposed questions. A Seaboard National Bank of New York officer jokes that managers want young staff to work while they collect salaries. The report also cites Kan e s banks with rising surpluses, deposits up by millions, and farmers a large share of deposits, in a national context.
The San Francisco Chronicle argues opponents of the Nicaragua canal fear foreign control of Panama. The piece asserts the aim is to speed U S Atlantic Pacific trade and connect the Americas with the Orient, suggesting two canals may benefit ocean commerce if the Panama canal remains aligned with Monroe doctrine principles.
The article argues the subsidy bill mainly benefits established shipyards and large steamship lines, leaving young shipbuilders and independent owners with little aid. It contends the reform would allow non-subsidized cargo ship owners to survive and continue building ships, reshaping the industry in favor of insiders.
The Chicago Journal comments on the vocation of pulpit and newspaper, condemning disparagement of editors who are clergymen. It argues gospel preaching remains spiritual while newspapers serve business, both able to do good without compromising the other. The piece critiques Rev Dr Parker’s view on English Christians and advertising.
Prescott F. Hall argues for higher federal head tax to fund better immigration inspection. He says private city watchmen are well paid while public guards at national doors deserve pay rises and higher salaries to attract capable inspectors, funded by increasing the head tax from one to three dollars, a point supported by testimony before the United States Industrial Commission.
A large silver tip bear shot northeast of Kalispell measured seven feet tall with a skin over six feet wide and seven feet long. The animal weighed at least 1,000 pounds, described alongside literary notes about DeWet and Mark Twain, and a Michigan writer’s poem. A separate snippet recalls a child named Libbie choking during dinner and passing after failed medical aid.
Several Montana newspapers mark Christmas with special editions spanning 32 pages in Butte Inter Mountain and editions from Butte Miner Anaconda Standard Kalispell Bee Helena Herald and other rural press outlets.
The Park County Republican notes pride in local newspaper reach and enterprise with the Butte Inter Mountain releasing a mammoth Christmas edition, featuring 42 pages and a color cover. It praises the Inter Mountain as one of the state’s best daily special editions.
The German Emperor reportedly wears two bracelet watches on his right wrist, one a small timepiece and the other a gold cable style. Plans to place a stained glass window in Winchester cathedral memorializing Izaak Walton overlook Walton's grave. Edmond Rostand, famed French novelist, remains largely homebound from heavy work and long writing days. A long line of Keppels in the British navy continues with Captain Colin Keppel since 1875, son of Admiral Sir Harry Keppel, born six months before.
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