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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1899
Page
15
The Home Market promotes 30x100 Toot lot for $100 in Empire Addition. This cheapest cash sale is pitched as a fast turnover, claiming the city’s immense copper mining wealth makes it the most prosperous place to own a home.
Advertising brief notes several rental options including a modern brick flat with four rooms near 928 50 and a furnished cabin. Also listed is a four room furnished house in South Butte with an asking price around 10 and 00, indicating monthly rent figures.
Pacific rail executives anticipate rapid rate cuts to boost westward settlement. Canadian Pacific hints at lowering to $10.00 while Western lines push for higher arbitrate charges on certain round trips. Northwest prospects cited by Miller and Whitney as key to development.
The case of Union Trust Company of New York against Union Pacific Railway et al. proceeded before Judge Sanborn. The court confirmed the sale to Union Pacific Railroad Company of grant lands mortgaged under the sinking fund mortgage with over 4 million dollars due.
Rio Grande Western earnings for the second week in March were announced at 59,700 dollars, up 6,100 from the same week last year. First two weeks totals reach 100,900 dollars, 6,700 higher than a year prior, despite snowbound delays and weaker March traffic.
A N Gray of Northwestern Trading and Transportation reports rising Klondike travel as season approaches. Early arrivals endure pioneer hardships and profit, while later prospectors enter better equipped for mining development. Stamp mills and quart milling will be central tasks for capitalists, though placer mining may endure for decades.
Officials of the Suo line oppose a cut in second class fares to the Pacific coast, while Northern Pacific and Great Northern push a $10 rate. The issue connects with Canadian Pacific aiming to overshadow the higher $25 coast rate. Expected moves may trigger further reductions by rival lines as the pace quickens.
George R. Blanchard, late commissioner of the Joint Passenger association, while opposing pooling on rates with J. J. Hill, aligns with Great Northern’s president on American shipping. In Chicago he spoke of a firm belief in leading the world’s commercial possession.
A voice urges expanding American shipping under the flag to avoid foreign bottoms on American cargo. Two US regiments from Rock Springs, Wyoming, ride tomorrow’s Short Line to Fort Assiniboine via the Great Northern. Great Northern routes run on schedule while Northern Pacific renovates offices and expands Pullman stock for Pacific coast service.
The district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South closed at Deer Lodge yesterday after a highly successful meeting. Rev. S. B. Tabor presided with Rev. J. M. Settle in attendance. Reports praised church prosperity. Epworth League and a Settle address drew large crowds. Citizens hosted lavishly, and the next session will be at Whitehall.
A reception for Mrs Frederick Tonge wife of the pastor of South Butte Presbyterian Church was held Friday. The event featured instrumental and vocal music readings and recitations by Endeavor members. Welcomes were offered by Miss A Pierce and Mr Beyer with Rev Tonge. An evening of refreshment followed.
Fred A. Bartlett was indicted by a U S grand jury and arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Meiklejohn. His bail was set at 2000 dollars. Bartlett sold his Lizzie block business to Ras Rochester for just over 6000 in cash and soon filed bankruptcy claiming repayment to the First National Bank and a balance to his wife, a claim creditors say is fictitious and that he perjured in the affidavit.
A slag handling incident at the Montana Ore Purchasing Company smelter caused severe burns to W. C. Ferguson, the crane operator, and damaged electric equipment. An Austrian worker tossed a large icicle into a boiling slag pot, triggering an explosion that showered metal onto Ferguson and sparked a small fire. The crane and building suffered extensive damage, workers were laid off pending repairs, and Ferguson was hospitalized at Wells Hospital in stable condition.
Nearly everyone agrees a mining stock exchange would benefit Butte, yet funding and organization remain hurdles. The Hewett Company offers central offices with blackboard space to list mining stocks and allow buy and sell offers in a regulated manner, charging a small commission only on trades until a formal exchange is formed.
A fragment notes interest in depreciating Parrot stock but suggests the statements will have little weight. The terse wording implies limited impact or credibility of the claim within the context available.
A roundup of worship times and events at First Baptist Church Calvary Mission Zion Mission and M E Church South. Details include service hours morning and evening sermons, Sunday school times, youth and missionary activities and special music by the Butte Conservatory of Music. Visitors are welcome at all services.
Literature and music note a Shakespearean recital by Dr Maurice Eisenberg next Tuesday evening paired with songs by the Silver Row G club directed by Alfred Paynter. The club, containing nineteen members, will perform Comrades in Arms by A Adams and Legend on the Rhein by H Smart amid refined bridge work.
An old classified item advertises Lynch & Bachelor for court bonds and other bonds at New Bee Hive building. It mentions Thompson Paint & Wall Paper at 325 South Main with a large stock, and Tassell's shoe sale offering savings. Telephone number 82 with three rings.
Copper shares barely moved on the Boston Stock Exchange with Boston and Montana rising from 363 to 37 by noon. Butte and Boston held at 90, Parrot traded between 45 and 45 1/4, closing at 45 1/4. Utah Con closed at 40 1/4. report notes Ben Tibbey, ex Parrot superintendent, in Boston working for Broker Lawson.
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