15 May 1900
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1900
Page
1
English Cravenette rain coats suited for all weathers. Water resistant yet stylish, with Raglan sleeves, velvet collars, silk-hemmed shoulders, and double-stitched edges. Prices range from 20 to 85 dollars, including oxford cassimere and beaconefield diagonal styles in various colors.
Ready to wear men shirts offered in white and colored varieties with open back open front and back neckbands linen bosoms and cuffs. Prices include 75c to 2.00 shirts discounted to as low as 25c 50c 75c and 1.00 with large stock in Madras Ox ford cloth and silk options and Star brand at reduced rates.
Special to the Inter Mountain reports in Washington on May 15 that Clark of Montana delivered a prepared speech denouncing the privilege investigation as unfair and non judicial. He resigns and cites state conditions while Governor Smith seeks the seat amid gallery attendance by Hauser Murphy and others.
Reports from London dated May 15 indicate Dundee has been occupied by British forces. Boer forces evacuated Mequatling’s Nek and Brand’s Drift with many captured or surrendering. 2,500 men reportedly headed for Glencoe. Mafeking bombardment not heavy. refugees reaching Plumer’s Camp. Casualties heavy for Boers, with seven killed and 17 wounded at Mafeking. London confirms Buller’s move toward Biggarsberg with troops concentrated at Sunday River Drift.
May reports describe General Hild yard at Indoda mountain and third cavalry crowning Witheck hill. Bethune blocks Pomeroy road as Boer defenders retreat to Nek near Helpmaakar. Dundonald and Hamilton praised for leading actions. Casualties are small. prisoners taken, but weather hampers visibility from Berg.
The Vorland reports Denmark weighs placing the Danish West Indies under a chartered company flag to block Germany and the United States from possession. Diplomats in Washington expect action this session but note Congress must act for a purchase. Proponents have argued reform of expensive administration and removal of monopolies is needed.
The plan cuts the private bank at St Thomas and abolishes current customs rules, replacing them with new measures to raise freight traffic. A local steamship line will connect St Croix and St Thomas with side trips to Porto Rico, and another line will link the islands to the United States. Exports from St Thomas to St Croix totaled 107 500 dollars in 1897 and 1898, while 4 700 dollars moved from St Croix to St Thomas. Coal stations will be built at St Thomas on a large scale.
Chicago reports talk of seating Hawaiian and Porto Rican delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Each island would receive six delegates if supported by party leaders. Senator Jones cautions that seating decisions rest with the convention, while supporters argue this would declare Porto Rico part of the United States and equal to other unorganized territories.
The Tribune reports work on the Federal building to resume immediately despite labor union demands. Contractor Pierce will hire any capable man, regardless of union ties, with government protection expected for workers. Much of the stone for the post office will come from non union cutters.
The advance guard of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers arrives in Cincinnati for the conference. About 250 delegates are expected to attend the first session this evening at the Grand hotel with President Charles H. Morgan presiding. Mayor Taft will deliver an address of welcome.
Disaffection spreads through copper and iron districts as 27 000 Michigan workers face stoppages and 6 000 to 8 000 in nearby states. Copper and iron mines idle in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota belts. Streetcar strikes continue in Kansas City and St Louis while some transit lines resume service after conferences.
Fragmentary telegraph style items from May describe Anglophone and American events. Mentions Jack Moffat in Shivaee facing Al Nell, heat in an unnamed city, arrests for shooting birds, ex queen Liliuokalani leaving Washington for Honolulu, census work in New York City, Oneida yacht cruising from Greenwich, tariff changes affecting Cuba, and a brief note on the U S War Department announcing a public release.
The article notes tariff changes reducing duties on key imports to aid U S exporters. It highlights lowered salt and fish duties and a price shift in wheat and hour measures. Officials discuss possible effects and the limited remedies available for adjusting domestic prices amid these reforms.
Mrs Leland Stanford on the anniversary of her son’s birth delivered the deed to Bishop Grace for the Stanford mansion to become the Stanford Lathrop children's home. A $75,000 transfer creates an endowment fund for the institution in Sacramento California on May 15.
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