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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1900
Page
3
The State School of Mines at Butte Montana offers a four year program in mining and electrical engineering with two terms of 2 weeks each per year. First term opens September 1 1900. Tuition free to Montana residents. For information address N R Leonard Butte Montana.
Rev Tonge received a letter from A McFarland of Vincent Ohio seeking news of Walter Waterson whose mother, a widow, wishes to know his whereabouts. He traveled to Montana and was in Butte but has not been heard from in ten years.
California oil fields offer opportunities surpassing South Africa's diamond fields with wells continually striking and delivering profits to investors. The coming year is expected to bring a great boom as stocks sit at low prices, and a few dollars invested now could secure future comfort. Address A G Allan International Investment Co Dorothy Block Butte for details.
Members of Butte lodge No 1 A O U W announce the financier’s office moves from 36 North Main to 15 Wear Broadway via Thompson Investment Co. Office hours 8 am to 4 pm. H P Wales Recorder. Also notices of a $20 National Park trip, par ticulars at Orton Bros. Plus ads for wedding goods, news stand magazines, and a Sunday coursing event with rabbits arrived in fine shape.
Ongoing district court actions include quiet title suits over the North Star soda l mining claim with damages sought at 15 per month for each month in possession. Other matters involve a city street grade case, an estate inventory, a water pipe condemnation judgment, guardianship and probate filings, and petitions to sell estate assets.
Judge Lindsay held court to consider why Stephen Christian should not pay his wife Susan for the support of their six children. Mrs Christian testified she had not received money from Christian, who offered to take the children but would not provide funds. The court ordered Christian to pay 40 today, 50 by August 5, and 60 each month thereafter during the divorce proceedings.
Local column lists visitors and residents in Butte. H L Walker from Helena or W R Logan from Helena and other arrivals like G Murray from Salt Lake City in town. Albert Lawson and W O Howell from Deer Lodge, Mrs William Read from Columbia Falls, Henry Elling of Helena visiting, Robeson T White of Highland Boy smelter on a visit, M M Duncan from Virginia City in town, Dr Ergo Majors and party of 28 left for an overland National Park tour, Jesse D Searles back from Spokane, Mrs Lile C Tiernan and son from Kansas City visiting, Mrs Fayette Harrington back from the east with son Glenn, Abe Heyman’s family visit, Heyman remaining in Arizona until joining in Butte, etc.
J M Bowes, longtime Butte resident, died in Camden Maine on Tuesday July 24. Funeral for Thomas Cashion, killed at High Ore No 2, set from 700 Henry Ave at 9:00 a m tomorrow. Diphtheria reported on Ninah Street near Centerville. flag out. Only one scarlet fever flag remains in Butte. Rumor that Wm H Johnson former manager of Butte Art Stained Glass Works died of smallpox at Cape Nome. J B Oppenheimer secured extensive improvements permit for Oppenheimer Block from Park to Galena, two-story front on Galena. Southern Pacific passengers see large Pow Wow at Wadsworth Nevada with about 1200 Piute Indians. Tourist cars in high demand due to troupe movements. Dakota & Great Northern Railway to build from Dakota to near international boundary. James N Hill leads. John A Sargeant promoted to assistant gendas freight agent at Northern Pacific after under a year, lifelong railroader. Cascade tunnel completion near Jan 1 entails Great Northern spending ~6 million. Oregon Short Line passenger delayed two hours twenty minutes. frequent schedule slippage excuses about connections at Oxden. reliability concerns voiced. Grand Opera House to open tonight with Clay Clement L R Stockwell Co presenting No Thoroughfare by Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Fechter originally starred, with Stockwell as Joey Ladle. Clement to lead. Brockwell to reprise Joey Ladle. Summer pricing advertised.
The body of F J Collier, employee of a local airduction company, drowned in the Big Hole near Maiden Rock, is recovered. Shermans undertaking establishment hopes relatives can be located to give disposition instructions for the body.
An explosion on the fourth floor of Windsor Celluloid Collar Company at 125 Dearborn Street, Chicago, set the building ablaze and killed four women while injuring five others. Thirty five workers were in the plant. glass and flames forced escapes via front windows toward nearby Lichstein Tailoring. Dead: Ellen McLaughlin, Grace Peterson, two unknown girls. Injured: Etta Munsell, Jennie Munsell, B J Waller, and two unknown women. Loss about $3,000, partially insured.
Fort Scott Kansas July 25 The Democratic state convention swung to the conference committee report trading the office of associate justice for attorney general. Judge David Martin was nominated for associate justice by acclamation. John W Bridenthal of Topeka was chosen for governor with nominations to follow after a recess. The fusion slate includes Treasurer Conway Marshall Attorney General Hugh Farrell Secretary of State J B Goshorn and presidential electors L B Corsienxon P J Rosel J Bel Fugaile. Silver Republicans named Wibb McNall for insurance commissioner James Falloon and W J Turner for electors.
Washington reports Conger’s wire from Captain Thomas shows the American minister and likely other legationers alive on July 4 and challenges earlier massacre accounts from Shanghai. The July 6 massacre claim remains unconfirmed, with officials noting the later dispatch may have been false.
Kaviapel Mont July 25 One of the worst forest fires in northwestern Monians is burning in Swan Lake country on the Lewis and Clark reserve. Superintendent Gua Mosler says arsonists started the blazes and will be pursued. Within 30 miles along the river over 30 fires burn destroying wire pine and cedar. damage is hard to estimate as new fires flare as old ones die.
London July 25 Liberals renew charges against colonial secretary Joseph Chamberlain and criticize the South African war. Sir Laurier Lawson moves a reduction of Chamberlain’s salary as a mark of censure amid spirited debate in the House.
Washington reports Consul General Goodnow dispatch says Li Hung Chang will stay in Shanghai and conduct talks from there. Burling detainment hinted at by foreign officials, but not stated by Acting Secretary Hil. No word from Chinese legation or government on McKinley reply to the emperor. A second note to Minister Conger via Minister Wu may settle doubts about authenticity once replies arrive.
In New York, July 25, most Manhattan pants owners joined a strike demanding a ten hour workday and a ten percent wage increase. About five thousand workers in New York, Brooklyn, and Newark belong to unions linked to the United Garment Workers. The strike spread to over 300 shops as leaders notified branches by telegram, with branches set to follow New York’s lead. Workers report a shift back to task systems, where pay is tied to output, leading to earnings of a day’s pay only after working one and a half to two days.
New York dispatch reports Senator Hanna will not be in the city before Friday. A conference at Republican national committee headquarters will map eastern campaign work with Senators Hanna, Scott, Mantey, Bills and Gibbs. Speakers from McKinley and Roosevelt may tour the area. plans await August 20 start.
George Abram Free and John Edgar Free announce they have spent labor and improvements on the Chequito quartz lode claim in Summit valley mining district Silver Bow Montana. Co-owners John Thomas Nagle and Elizabeth Ann Nagle must contribute 33 1/3 dollars of 100 annually by ninety days after service or lose their rights to the claim.
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