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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
5
M A Berger manager of West Granite Street Nutte City Montana announces subscription rate details dated Thursday March 21 101. The notice provides pricing terms and contact points for readers to subscribe.
Republican ticket lists candidates for mayor J C Sullivan treasurer B E Calkins Pax Police Magistrate R F Turner and aldermen by ward: First Ward Thomas Kelly Second Ward Charles Caddy Third Ward George Wedekind Fourth Ward Hayes Cannon Fifth Ward Jos Archambault Sixth Ward Henry Kroeger Seventh Ward M Manchester Eighth Ward Jos Bryant.
The Republican platform denounces the Democratic city government of Butte for health, morals, and police failures. It pledges clean streets, a competent police force, fair taxation, strict law enforcement, and municipal improvements to make Butte the metropole of the West, urging citizen cooperation for Republican electees.
The Inter Mountain comments on yesterday’s Democratic ticket nominees for mayor and other offices. It notes Davey’s business focus and lack of formal experience for mayor and regrets Tom Boyle’s nomination for police justice, praising his big heart and loyal friendships while suggesting limits to their suitability.
The piece argues against the treasurer candidate Medin for lacking police magistrate suitability. It claims the alderman slate mirrors the party machine, and a victory would prolong corrupt practices, deepen vice, and reduce taxpayer returns under Democratic control.
The Butte Democratic Party in convention praised the past two years of city governance and the police department, pledging continued administration if elected. It omits strong reforms, mentions only water and smallpox, and ignores enforcement issues against gambling and immorality. The Inter Mountain urges voters to study both platforms.
The defeat of Mayor McCarthy at yesterday's Democratic convention is portrayed as treachery by rival factions. The piece accuses insiders of betraying him to favor the Republican national administration and argues the city’s ills stem from Democratic neglect and open gambling. It urges Republicans to vote straight next month, citing public improvements and police efficiency as contrasts.
The San Francisco Chronicle explores how wind sun and wave energies may replace costly fuels and machines, predicting wind and solar motors bringing affordable power to common communities and detailing waves and liquid air innovations as future energy sources for industry and society.
The excerpt notes Brutus had his inning at the democratic convention yesterday while criticizing the democratic view that all men are equal before the law except the sharpers and thugs who are immune. It comments that platform statements are overlooked elsewhere.
The Rocky Mountain Husbandman reports during the State Horticultural society session in Kalispell that irrigation could raise 40 bushels of wheat and 60 of oats per acre, contrasting with current yields of 20 and 30. Sutherlin advocates irrigation strongly yet others doubt irrigation's necessity, noting Flathead farmers often claim crop failure at 30 bushels of oats per acre.
The Missoulian asserts the University of Montana will stay in Missoula, supporting consolidation within the state’s institutions. It notes public pride in the university and expects funding for new buildings via the bonding bill, barring an unlikely gubernatorial veto.
Livingston Enterprise argues that Montana should honor Lewis and Clark at the 1905 Portland centennial. It cites Montana’s agricultural strength and geographic proximity to the Pacific, urging a creditable state exhibit to attract visitors. The piece emphasizes Montana’s double mission of tribute and advertising to draw tourism and attention eastward.
A state legislature measure titled to protect horse owners and require inspection of horses is discussed. Critics claim its provisions extend to inspecting owners of horses shipped out of state, prompting debate over scope and enforcement.
Detroit Journal quotes Pluto warning that those who profit from attending to rooms will become pushy knockers and lies are afoot. The phrasing satirically condemns permits and shady dealings in a business context.
A164 personal items list philanthropist Mrs. Whitelaw Reid funding a Manila hospital and Prince Eugene of Norway, a Paris painter by trade, Signor Zanardelli’s leanings, and A. J. Balfour’s indoor hobby Musse. US sailor Chapman Shenandoah, Oneida aboard the Atlanta, Hamp ton Institute graduate. William R. Moody heads evangelistic tours with Rev Meyer. revival meetings begin in Richmond. Albert Smyth to deliver Glasgow jubilee Latin oration. Smyth and Tower to attend anniversary events. Missouri Speaker Whitecotton is famed for his toothpick habit, wagered by friends, maintained nightly between lips.
A New York Herald item humorously notes a parishioner named Smithers who swapped his long fishing pole for a jointed one and now hides it under his coat on Sundays, prompting playful questions about changes since joining the church.
A captive denies being a British officer. The Boers shout in triumph, exclaiming Kitchener himself as the moment erupts in the Philadelphia Press account.
Roomer argues comfort lies in closing the door as landlady replies that a small flat will be sufficient once the door is kept shut. The exchange sketches cramped lodging and a wary landlord tenant dynamic.
A folding bed is opened while the door is closed, described by Denyer News as a noted domestic mishap. The item notes the act of extending the bed with the door still shut, highlighting a potential hazards in compact living spaces.
A compact excerpt from the New York Herald explores wit and love with quips on when to depart, pride in sharp words, the beauty of being in love, and the relief of being out of it. It playfully comments on women's vanity and heaven.
The Bultan proposes paying debts by purchasing a war ship while the vizer praises the plan as a defense of the faithful. The judge narration notes the coming navy.
The fragment presents a lyrical plea for sleep and restful dream imagery. It invokes night, cool touches, purple spaces, and gentle awakening, framed as a personal, intimate meditation on longing and slumber.
National Conservatory trustees announce relocation from East Newton Street to Huntington Avenue opposite New Symphony Hall. The three story Grecian building will house 60 recitation rooms and two auditoriums and establish a school of opera orchestral playing organ and church music along with composition conducting and instrument instruction for pianoforte and violin.
Senator Abril, editor of La Democracia, has gone to New York to buy a printing plant for a new federal party newspaper in Porto Rico. Senor Muloz Rivera, who will take over May 1, will edit the paper to foster a more intelligent interest in Puerto Rican affairs. A wedding occurred at Casa Blanca last night as Captain Latrobe of the Porto Rican native regiment married Senorita Maria Ponce, daughter of a Spanish captain, with the bride given away by Lieutenant Colonel Buchanan.
Internal revenue officers raided an illicit distillery in a seven story tenement at 111 Hillis Street. Landlord A Lowenstein and janitor Joseph Levy were arrested and arraigned in 2,500 bail each. Two new stills capable of 350 gallons daily were found in operation and 2,500 gallons of mash in basement fermentation stages.
New York reports that on March 21 the American Bureau company, aided by Chas EB Cosgrove and State Senator McCarren’s nephew, was arrested in Mexico City on a charge of embezzling fourteen dollars.
A telegram reports the judge handling Cosgrove’s extradition case discharged him without notice to the company, enabling his escape. Cosgrove is said to be traveling toward Vera Cruz with a surety representative pursuing closely, aiming to capture him before leaving Mexican territory for extradition.
Richard Clawson the famed New York jockey connected with W C Whitney Stable is hospitalized in Phoenix Arizona with consumption. He has ridden Whitney's colors to over 150000 prize money in the past two years while often riding in ill health, driven by nerve and endurance even as he collapsed after winning drives.
W T Sapp, the ossified man famed from Lebanon Kentucky, died in Albuquerque New Mexico where he had lived in a glass exhibition for 36 years. He wasted from childhood, with every joint except left shoulder and hands solidified, leaving him a statue-like figure.
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