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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1899
Page
4
The largest and most complete line of shoes, fancy oxfords and slippers, with colors of the rainbow and new toe shapes. Spring shoes in kid and satin, including $2.00, $2.50 and $4.00 oxfords in tan and black, plus children's and misses low shoes and strap sandals. Call to inspect stock.
A Vancouver dispatch reports American and Canadian miners clashed near the Porcupine river off the Dalton Trail in Alaska. Four men killed, including one American and three Canadians, with about 40 Canadian and 100 American miners involved. Leaders named include G. Lewis and Charles Leitch of Los Angeles, W. Hawes of Minnesota, A. M. McCaughtry of Calgary, and S. Win Borough of Denver. The fight arose after Canadian claims on American territory followed by tensions over the border.
A chaotic shootout in Hot Springs Arkansas on March 16 left five men dead and several wounded amid a mayoralty contest. Robed by police and sheriff allies, the gunfight outside city hall involved Thomas Toler chief of police J Be Hart Thomas Goslee and John Williams. Louis Hinkle and Ed Spears were among the injured or killed, with the mayor rearranging police leadership after the incident.
An eminent scientist endorses cod liver oil as a wonderful remedy for wasting diseases. Scott's Emulsion mixes the oil with hypophosphites to rebuild tissues and enrich blood, advised for consumptives diabetics and nursing mothers. do not accept substitutes. In a separate report, Goslee fired at Williams. later a shooting spree killed the chief of police Detective Hart and two officers, with two wounded.
A Washington report states treasury gold totals have risen from 127 million three years ago to over 241 million today. National banks hold about 164 million more than the 1896 level, with additional gold in general circulation as gold payments outpace paper currency demand.
Washington dispatch says Seere Long han will appoint a board to overhaul navy regulations affecting ship machinery duties. Capt A B McCormick chairs the board with Commander G A Converse as a member. An engineer corps officer of high rank is expected to join.
The remains of James Cook Kingsley, son of the late William C. Kingsley famed for Brooklyn Bridge work, arrived from San Salvador en route to Brooklyn. A mining engineer, Kingsley died by his own hand in San Salvador after a prosperous visit, leaving a will and instructions for shipment home. A New York firm Ewarta Beaman and Choate handled the arrangements.
Scurvy rages among neospectors near Copper River Alaska with six men dead on Valdes glacier. Nearly 100 passengers arrive in Seattle from Copper River reports list victims Ehrhardt Miller Alleman from New York Dr Logan from Denver and others. Rescue parties found several bodies on the glacier while Dr Barrett sought the missing. Scurvy toll and hospital cases rise across the interior with patients named from multiple states.
Trustees of Montana Ore Purchasing company declare an extra dividend of 50,000 dollars at one dollar per share on outstanding capital stock payable March 20. Total dividends this year reach 260,000 dollars, with earnings at a million and a half per year. If copper stays above fourteen cents per pound, another one dollar per share may be paid monthly in 1899. Arthur P. Haines, secretary. Crystal Spring Stage to depart Livery stables thrice daily with fares of 50 cents each way, Langlois proprietor.
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