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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
2
Public notice from Inter Mountain Publishing Company dated in Butte Montana. Manager M A Berger solicits mailing address details and confirms daily evening issuance except Sundays.
Advertises the Inter Mountain as the sole northwestern paper with a state wide carrier network reaching towns of 500 inhabitants and along the Northern Pacific railroad from Butte to Glendive. invites advertisers to inspect rates and service. Official paper of Silver Bow County.
The piece criticizes Charles Hartman for joining the Democratic Party, recounting his past shifts on silver policy, opposition to tariff and gold standards, and alleged treachery within the Silver Republican ranks. It argues his move harms the Silver cause and condemns his conduct alongside co-conspirator Towne and Colonel Chisholm.
The article argues that the Democratic convention yielded to expediency on the silver plank, insisting Bryan would not be nominated without it. It claims the West and East opposed a specific declaration for silver, and notes the final vote narrowly favored silver, aided by a Honolulu delegate, amid broader concerns over coinage policy and party unity. It lists states opposing and supporting a 16 to 1 silver declaration.
The article argues that democracy has moved away from silver coinage, suggesting silver Republicans and their delegates in Montana and neighboring states show Democratic sentiment. It criticizes the Kansas silver Republican convention as unrepresentative, noting many delegates are Democrats and predicting Towne may fail to fund a campaign.
A Kansas City paper mixed up delegates at a political convention, printing a counterfeit Mrs Cohen and prompting the real Mrs Cohen’s husband to demand an apology. The phantom Cohen sang in a masculine voice and was described as a delegate, while the real Mrs Cohen was a quiet, darker haired woman. The incident highlights gendered insults tied to political participation and domestic duties.
Eastern and northern Montana counties report strong cattle sheep and wool markets under Republican governance. Voters in Billings Missoula and Great Falls back Republican positions, hoping for steady markets and influence. Rumors of Oregon Short Line adding dining cars spark travel chatter as Ogden route to San Francisco gains appeal.
Forty six hopeful gold seekers arrive aboard the Sam Juan from Cape Nome on June 30 amid eleven cases of smallpox and many pneumonia cases. General Randall says typhoid fever threatens Nome. camp sanitation and orderly policing are urged as martial law continues.
Washington officials met at the Justice Department to discuss the case of C. W. F. Neely charged with embezzling Cuban postal funds. He is jailed in New York pending surrender to Cuban authorities for trial in Havana. Attorney General Griggs and U S Attorney Baird of New York led the talks to prepare the case for Judge to hear.
A fragmented notice lists popular young ladies from cities including Butte Anaconda Missoula Dillon Deer Lodge Livingston and Bridger with many names such as Helen O Neill Anna McDonald Maggie Sullivan Mamie Gates Jessie Hill Frances Brown Barbara Smith Jennie Holberg and Maud Hutchinson. The item appears to invite readers to vote for their city’s top favorite girl and mentions couponing from page two.
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