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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1900
Page
2
The article argues that anti Christian violence in China stems from Boxers who target missionaries and churches. It urges strong action by powers including the United States to suppress the Boxers, fearing further massacres and local complicity, detailing official indifference and escalating hostility toward Christians.
Old pledges from Henry Hart’s era are opened at Reeber's lumber yard revealing 1841 to 1851 pawn tickets and priceless oddities. Boxes held costumes, guns, furs, clocks, paintings, and a glimpse of prewar life before the Third Avenue railway. Hart’s heirs receive nothing from sale.
The piece traces the Society of the Big Knife in China from its origins protecting Shan Tul to a violent drift. It links Boxer activity to European influence opposition and notes murders including Rev. Sydney Brooks insult to missions. It cites growing violence, looting of schools and chapels, and rising anti foreign sentiment since last October.
The text notes that threats to protect city and property may lead to war. Boxers attack Christians and spread violent rumors to inflame ignorant villagers.
Sooboo Sooboonagam Amimal, a Hindu girl of wealth and piety, converts to Christianity after exposure to a Madras mission. Her mother and relatives confront the mission with a crowd and police, but Sooboo remains steadfast, aided by Miss Stephens. News of her arrival and the New York conference secretary’s involvement are reported.
Opinion by Ernest H. Crosby criticizing benevolent assimilation in the Philippines and its impact on colonial labor, arguing that Filipinos and other groups resist or struggle under American factory systems seen as traps, drawing on a visit to Egyptian cotton mills for contrast.
A narrator recalls Arab girls handling raw cotton under harsh dust with four a.m. starts and nonstop shifts, earning five cents a day. The piece questions the impact of adopting Western factory methods in the Philippines on wages and domestic industry.
No. 8 oO. 10 4:45 p o Leave Butte 12:45 a m For the East and West. Trains made up at Butte hence always on time. Arrive Ogden 6:35 p m First day out connecting with Union Pacific Denver and Rio Grande and Southern Pacific 8:40 p m Arrive Denver 5:40 p m Second Day Out Arrive Omaha 6:50 a m Second Day Out 7:45 a m Arrive Chicago 8:30 p m Third Day Out Only one change of cars at pe 7 21 5 p m At San Francisco 9:45 a m Second Day Out a Trains arrive at Butte from the East and West as follow No. 7 1:55 a m No. 9 12:45 p m Passengers leaving Butte at 3:45 a m may occupy Sleeping Cars at depot after 9 p m and arrive in Butte at 1:59 a m may remain in Sleeper until 7:30 a m For tickets sleeping car reservations and further particulars call on or address corner of Main and Broadway Butte Montana H C WILSON General Agent D B BURLEY G P & T Agent Salt Lake Utah
The Union Pacific touts its dustless Sherman granite track and speeds of 70 to 80 mph. It highlights luxurious equipment including Buffet Library Car, Barber Shop, Pullman and dining options, with three daily through trains to Chicago and points beyond via Salt Lake City and Denver. Contact agents H C Wilson in Butte and H F Clay in Salt Lake City for information.
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