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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1899
Page
2
Subscriptions rates listed for West Granite Street Butte City Montana. Per year by mail in advance 7.50 by carrier per month 78 cents semi weekly per year in advance 2.00. Subscribers not receiving the paper regularly are asked to notify the office.
The Standard argues that exact ratio is not vital for silver restoration. It notes the ratio is a legal matter and has varied by currency and across countries. It references world exchanges as nearly fixing the ratio and cites Anaconda Standard from January 9, 1899.
In Silver Bow the Republican wings drift toward alliance key to victory while Democratic forces pull toward background on bimetalism. The article warns of infiltrating democrats within Republican ranks shaping councils to thwart policy aims, urging conservative Republicans to resist meddling factions.
The passage urges unity within the Republican party to oppose Democratic control in municipal affairs. It argues cooperation between party wings on fair terms, seeking a win at the polls to restore thrifty city governance, while noting disagreements on the silver issue but common ground on local public interest.
The Montana governor’s veto of the gambling bill is praised by many as preventing a system of tolls on gamblers via peace officers. An accompanying press interview reveals he would have supported the bill in principle, had it passed both houses, prompting debate over the state’s moral and political direction.
The Montana governor vetoed a relief bill for ex State Land Agent Page drawing strong criticism. Page had remained in office on AG advice until a successor was confirmed, then retired after rendering state services exceeding $600. The veto raised charges of personal spite and improper use of power. The piece also notes U S policy of neutrality regarding China.
The agricultural department at Washington plans to publish statistics on Philippine commerce showing 1898 total trade around 38 million dollars with exports about 60 percent. United States buys mostly native goods, faces competition from Britain Spain and Japan, and may gain advantage as open door policies take hold. cotton goods dominate imports, with potential growth for U S cotton mills, wines, wheat, canned goods, meats, kerosene and other items. The report argues Pacific trade expansion will benefit American industry and publics.
The article reflects on Rudyard Kipling after a grave illness, noting he is thirty three and born in India educated in England. It surveys his literary place with praise from contemporaries, calls him a prize storyteller and contrasts his successes in poetry with mixed verdicts as a novelist.
A child delighted by a candy cat gift tells her mother after the holidays she saved it until it went dirty and she had to eat it, recalling a humorous lesson in thrift and sweet endurance.
A collage of quotes and anecdotes includes a wartime boast about rationing, a widow challenging an insurer on her husband’s death claim, and a humor bit about Tighe Hopkins starting a newspaper career with little farming knowledge, aided by a Bible, Shakespeare and Whittall’s dictionary.
A tiny fly is calculated to make 540 steps in a single breath for a healthy man. A man with similar speed could run 24 miles a minute. Canada spans 237000 square miles to equal Europe, about 20 times Britain and Ireland, and 5090 square miles larger than the United States excluding Alaska. Thomas J. Lee of Missouri, nominated by President McKinley as professor of mathematics in the navy, first rose to prominence through discoveries on celestial heat altering the nebular hypothesis of Herschel and Laplace.
University course presents a Shakespearean lecture series featuring the Boston and Montana band donating services. March 7 opening night 8 PM with Genius of Shakespeare, March 14 Shylock, March 28 Julius Caesar. Tickets $1.50 for full course, 50 cents per lecture. season tickets via J H Leyson and box office.
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