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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1899
Page
2
M A Berger manager on West Granite Street Butte Mont lists subscription rates per year in advance and monthly options. Readers not receiving the paper regularly are asked to notify the office.
The Anaconda Standard argues that a precise silver to dollar ratio is not essential for silver's restoration. It notes the ratio is a legal matter and has varied across currencies and nations, reflecting broader exchange rate differences at the time. The piece cites world exchanges and the varied ratios observed in other countries.
Helena echoes a Democratic push to support a committee report favoring legalizing gambling despite the anti gambling statute. Critics assert police payoffs and political influence from gamblers undermine enforcement and city revenues, while some officials may need reform to curb corruption.
In a satirical critique, the piece rails at Flathead County naming figures like Whiteside and Garr, mocks legislative bills and labor issues, and humorously foresees secession as navigation on the lake opens, praising the county as an intellectual contender shaped by pastoral poetry and iron will.
In a blunt note, the Anaconda Standard withdraws a prior accusation that the Inter Mountain started the Spanish American war. It admits fault and explains the mistake arose from a heated exchange about influence on state affairs and political actions in Helena. The piece defends its own stature while retracting the controversial claim.
Editorial argues against legalizing sampling and the political debts tied to gamblers. It warns that reinstating gambling would damage Montana’s moral stance, deter eastern investment, and stain the state’s reputation, urging legislators to defeat the measure despite campaign pledges.
Dispatches report another decisive clash near Caloocan where Montana troops led the advance routing entrenched natives after a brief engagement. The earlier Manila fight earned Montana high praise, and the latest victory recalls that success while noting casualties may dampen triumph. Hurrah for Montana’s royal legion amid evolving events in New York and Montana.
The piece critiques a proposed democratic legislature to legalize gambling in the state and rebukes the Anaconda Standard for its uncertain claims. It highlights the Inter Mountain’s preemptive reporting during the Spanish American War and Philippine trouble, boasting speed and public access to war casualty lists, while accusing rivals of limited knowledge and reliance on unproven assertions. The column jabs the Standard’s alleged ignorance and contrasts it with prompt journalism.
A Philadelphia widow, Mrs. Ann Taylor, dies at age W1, linking Revolutionary War service of her father Jacob Ludwick and a Baltimore defense figure who backed the first railroad in Delaware. The page also recites verses about Kipling and playful notes on currency pieces, social scenes, and a Cleveland school observation with dialect humor.
Quips on pastors nap habits politics and correspondents stir Washington as reporters from Chicago trade jests. Representative Brosius denounces a press story while Hanna and Croker exchange cordial lines at the Gridiron club dinner in a lively national wrap.
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