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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1899
Page
4
A Times London report warns of a copper and securities gamble inflaming markets. It notes American cash flooding Britain, then shifting into foreign railroad shares and copper stocks. The piece predicts a looming market smash and major gains for the copper ring across the Atlantic.
A Washington dispatch says Senator Spooner believes Manila's situation will push the Senate to ratify a treaty quickly. He says ratification would complete the duty to preserve order even by force and prevent U S forces from being driven from the Philippines. Senator Platt urges action to save soldiers and affirm their right to fight back if attacked.
The Record reports New Farmers' Party organizers in Connecticut New York New Jersey Ohio Indiana South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming Iowa Kansas Missouri Kentucky Texas Arkansas and California are forming state branches and will send representatives to the national executive committee meetings. The gathering is planned for Chicago after a tentative venue in Av en.
Pittsburg dispatch reports 19 iron and steel sheet factories in Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Indiana collectively produced about 15 800 tons of steel and iron sheets annually under age revenue and output controls.
Dr. W. Gilman Thompson of the University of New York endorses cod liver oil as the best fat for preventing marasmus scrofula and rickets in young children. Scott’s Emulsion combines cod liver oil with hypophosphites to aid rich blood, solid flesh, bones and teeth.
The action is described as necessary due to the clustering of tin plate plants and is believed to be absorbed by the tin plate trust in time. The proposal aims to streamline operations and integrate competing facilities under a single industry control.
Chicago report notes Napoleon Campana known as Old Sport is confined at Alexian Brothers hospital with a fractured rib after a stair fall at Lincoln Turner hall. A 74 year old famed pedestrian, once world champion, his last public effort was a 1898 Chicago to New York walk for a $500 wager.
Negotiations near completion to lease the Roby Indiana race track and pool room site to a syndicate led by Browning Nichols of Rochester Minnesota. A large bicycle factory will be built on the Sec and Norfolk Virginia area. The transport Solace delayed sailing for Manila awaiting extra supplies for the mission.
Havana dispatch reports Major General J. A. Wilson says the province is quiet and that all destitute residents are regularly receiving government rations under the governorship.
Well known in civil life Washington Feb John M Comstock for 40 years chief of the customs division of the Treasury Department dies after several weeks illness.
An Englishwoman avoids disturbing her front garden bush for holly decorations before Christmas. A muddy tramp returns with a berry filled bush at a price, and she buys it, then finds her own bush gone next morning. A former servant’s Beotch cake from Edinburgh vanishes en route, leading to sharp witticisms on uncharity.
Fragmentary lines show Clarenes debating life choices with Lord Stony and Dutiful Sea, considering church, study, army, or marriage as potential futures.
Reports from Colorado and Wyoming describe a severe blizzard with record cold. Rail lines suffer major disruption as trains halt between Leadville and Glenwood Springs. stock losses mount across plains and mountains. Weather worsens, with four feet of snow on the Platte River line and cattle dying in Texas amid the deepfreeze.
In a lecture, a doctor tests student observation by pretending a bottle holds jalap and has them taste it. He reveals the trick after the class fails to observe his actions, noting the error of not watching and listening.
An English court doctor to a Rajah becomes indispensable to neighbors and befriends the prime minister. After prescribing a sedative for the Rajah he joins a hunting party while palace messengers report the medicines were stolen. He flees into frontier areas after a palace official hints at orders to seize him.
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