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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1901
Page
9
Rajanga March 2 The report notes mixed sentiment toward insurgent support and compares provinces in the Philippines. It mentions the First Protestant Church and reflects on civil government legitimacy, with references to General Grant and local commissioners predicting a future government establishment amid scattered military movements.
In New York March the ground is broken for a new church in the Philippines. Em Knox and Mrs Mary Knox Rollison have donated 30,000 dollars toward the building as a memorial to Charles Knox. The church will be named the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Mun tila.
Washington reports general casualty figures from the Philippines. Names include Thomas Knebel and Artificer Thomas Frank among others, with multiple sergeants and corporals listed as wounded or missing. Locations cover Sante Lucia, Cebu, Esperanza, Gulnobatan, Luxon, and Mariano with infantry and cavalry units noted.
The Call reports that executors of Col. Charles F Croker's estate will erect a $1,000,000 hotel on the former Calvary church site at Powell and Geary streets. The plans are drawn and the building, meant to rival Chicago's Auditorium, won’t be finished for two years.
Marreh 2 A special from Ennis Texas reports volunteers en route to the Philippines faced trouble at San Antonio with intoxicated men causing disruption as guards locked doors and stood on platforms. Several recruits were affected and the incident drew attention to travel to Fort Sam Houston.
Recruits arrived Wednesday night and were briefly free to roam. After excessive drinking and uncooperative behavior they fought among themselves. The officer's authority was resisted, leading to guards and eventual transfer of the rebels to San Antonio Post for custody.
The Joint committee on a Victoria memorial holds a second conference in New York with leaders from both parties and inputs from the Mayor of London Archbishop of Canterbury and other notable figures. King’s views are sought as the empire plans a universal appeal to all classes for a lasting homage, with Lord Salisbury and allies backing a permanent national organization.
Boston dispatch reports Rear Admiral W T Sampson writing a personal memoir about the Spanish American War. The work will mix official correspondence with his reminiscences and reveal the Schley Sampson controversy as part of his naval history from his viewpoint. Timing and publication plans are unclear.
A Times dispatch from Ottawa reports a heated House of Parliament debate over the Act of Settlement's Catholic declaration. John Costigan moved to abolish the declaration as offensive to Roman Catholics, with the premier supporting the move. R. J. Borden echoed a call for minor verbal changes as the discussion stretched on.
Washington on March 2 reports a conference on legislative executive and judicial reform. A new plan reorganizes the house of representatives staff to curb abuses found by a special investigation committee. It provides against salary divisions and requires each employee to perform the duties and receive the salary of their position.
Gen Powell Playton of Arkansas United States ambassador to Mexico is staying at the Fifth Avenue hotel in New York City. He will remain until Monday then travel to Chicago and home for a few weeks.
Chicago March 2 Theater operas and other users of the Illinois Electric Vehicle Transportation Company faced autos shortages after a strike by mobile drivers allied with the United Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. They protested a wage system changing pay from 2 dollars per day to 12 hours with 20 percent of gross earnings. The company offered 16 23 cents an hour for a 12 hour day. With president Samuel Taull absent in New York, Superintendent Jenkins said he could not authorize a settlement. The strike halted operations until a settlement is reached.
The executive board of the International Association of Machinists prepared an agreement to be sent to all employers within days. It sets one year from May 20 for hours and wages, seeks a 121 percent wage rise, and offers a one hour day or four hours weekly, overtime at time and a half until midnight and double time thereafter. Arbitration is planned if conferences fail, with night shifts paid overtime beyond fifty four hours weekly. It covers U.S. and Canada except where existing agreements fix rates, and refers disputes to arbitration when employers are IAM members of the breta manufacture association.
A Baltimore based consolidation of tin can manufacturers is reported as nearly complete with over 10 million dollars in funds placed in major banks in New York Chicago Philadelphia and Baltimore. Leading Maryland plants including firms like A Booth Co Norton Tin Plate and Can Co Black and Krebs and R Tynes Smith Can Co hold cash options on eight Baltimore area plants plus others in Hartford County and Havre de Grace.
New York reports directors of companies to be absorbed by United States Steel Corporation have prepared circulars detailing exchange terms offered by J P Morgan & Co. for stock, urging shareholders to consent. Hinted adds include Southern rivals Tennessee Coal and Iron and Slosa Sheffield Iron and Steel, with possible future entry by American Bridge.
London March 2 The Daily Telegraph reports a parliamentary committee on water tube boilers plans a key report. It declares the Belleville design not the most procurable and suggests a superior option for naval use. The Belleville may avoid wholesale condemnation and the report prepares Lord Selborne for naval estimates discussion.
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