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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1899
Page
2
Analyzed editorials argue the United States will bankroll 340 million for Cuban patriots while seeking to develop Cuba’s economy by population growth. The piece contends immigration, favoring Latin race settlers, is proposed to boost Cuba’s industrial and agricultural output, with white labor dominance implied as a goal.
The piece argues Cuba requires a broad reconstruction including sanitation railroads highways water transport and modern farming tools. It estimates a population around 800000 with equal splits of colored and white residents and Cuba’s land under cultivation at 2 million acres. It stresses peaceful social reform and the need to avoid class friction while expanding infrastructure.
A cautious report discusses a copper mine owners’ combine, noting it is not a full trust and unlikely to distort prices. It states demand keeps pace with supply, margins are healthy, and the move may risk a future monopoly that could hinder industrial progress. Also mentions Montana Attorney General Nolan Will and a Lewis and Clarke grand jury probe into bribery charges.
A wail from California frames bribery accusations linked to the state’s senatorial contest. The piece recalls the Gwinn Broderick battle and notes past scandals, suggesting investigations may find no foundation while highlighting the era’s reputational turmoil and repeated fraud allegations.
Sam Gordon lashes at Montana democracy linking corruption to local votes and political machinery. Henry Clowns notes banks backing industrial combines as copper trusts form. The tale closes with the death of Blanche Keith, nine, in Helena.
The Inter Mountain notes sympathy for a bereaved family as a Senate committee on privileges and elections orders a recount in the Geiger Whitesides contest. Whitesides holds a one vote lead and may be unseated if the recount in Flathead county reverses the result. a fair outcome is hoped.
A group of young men in Joplin Missouri plan to send Admiral Dewey a baseball mask as a memorial. They are preparing an illuminated note outlining their reasons, aiming to mail it to Manila. The piece reflects on war, industry, and the saw trade, concluding with a call to witness the era’s mechanized death.
M Carre’s contract let him sublet the tenor to Bordeaux managers for four months, earning 2000 francs for charity the tenor refused. A London dinner anecdote recalls Gladstone fielding questions on Methodism while a quip about Chester pies amuses him. A girl’s mother tells her room is full of angels before a frightened doll.
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