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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1899
Page
2
The Daily Inter Mountain edition from January 4 1899 in Butte Montana notes publication details and subscription rates. It lists address Granite Street Butte City and states official paper of Silver Bow County with manager M A Berger. Subscribers urged to report missing deliveries.
Governor Smith praises the state land department but condemns its policy of maximizing current revenue. He targets State Register Moore and warns that grazing land sales undermine future institutional income, urging more deliberate selection of agricultural lands to sustain state institutions. The piece also cites historical territorial acquisitions and weighs editor Hearst’s remarks on Democratic history and “small Americans.”
A critical piece by a Democratic-leaning paper, referencing United States territorial expansion and Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase, questions the party's stance. The text notes large historical land gains and cites figures related to the Philippines and U S area in 1803, framing expansion as controversial.
The Inter Mountain reports Thomas Jefferson Levy of Astoria Oregon and New York on Democratic splits over silver and free coinage. The piece notes anti free coinage and pro silver wings, preparations for the 1900 convention, and political maneuvers in Helena and the Midwest. It mocks the doodle machine and calls for impeachment actions in the governor’s message.
The Anaconda Standard the Butte Miner and the Helena Independent all back anti expansion yet avoid praising Bryan’s new stance. Editorials hint at dissolving unity to aid party reunification, while Judge Lindsay’s prudent conduct earns praise as Pemberton retires with an honorable record. Leslie's Weekly notes athletic training hinders soldiers in war, with many top athletes falling ill under hardship.
Henry Clews argues that rapid commercial growth over the past decade will expand wealth and prestige globally without imperial tyranny. Pennsylvania politics center on Quay’s renomination and anti-Clark opposition. Theodore Brantly becomes Montana chief justice, praised as scholarly and capable. Public concern over the smoke nuisance remains unproven against smelters.
London Chronicle reports growing temperance movement in France with 300 branches. A cheap temperance restaurant limits wine and beer with meals while banning all spirits. Support comes from educational institutions and notable figures like General Gallieni and the bishop of Nancy. The Parla & Mediterranean railway manager promotes the cause among railway workers.
London News reports Mr Bacon, famed for ballooning science exploits, will inhabit a desert island at Tamplin lighthouse under Trinity Church House approval. He plans long observations on sound at sea under varying weather, with liberty to depart when conditions permit. He even spent a night in St Paul’s Whispering Gallery to collect phenomena.
A Yorkshire man caused the banns of marriage to be published with a lady he was not engaged to and had no intention of marrying. Allegedly his credit had run low and banks were astonished as the publication revived his standing after he learned a rich continental lady was available.
A bride’s bouquet carried by the maid of honor in a recent wedding is described as modest yet costly. The bouquet was paid for with four ten dollar bills, illustrating that violets and their delivery can exceed cultivation costs.
A poetic scene describes listening to a musician named Heinrich as melodies from his shell bring calm amid urban bustle. The narrator finds restlessness fade as harmonics soften the day’s troubles and sorrow wafts away with each tremulous note.
In November flocks of robins invade gardens and fields around San Francisco Bay. Hunters armed with breech-loading guns kill thousands, leaving the wounded to die. Sunday gatherings see no mercy as birds are devoured at home. The piece condemns mass slaughter versus humane action.
A man at a North Sixteenth street restaurant overhears diners and waiters mutter cryptic breakfast orders like four nine and three eggs up, with the puzzled patron trying to parse the phrases as a waiter scurries to fill shipswrecked in mid ocean style orders of scrambled eggs.
Public sale of one fourth interest in Clarendon Hotel property Lot 5 Block 29 Butte City Silver Bow Montana. Bid by cash with 10 percent down at bid acceptance. balance on court confirmation. Sale after January 9, 1899 at National Park Bank Livingston Park County Montana. Administrator with will annexed of Jacob Reding deceased.
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