22 May 1900
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1900
Page
1
Delicately crafted shirt waists in fine materials described as the season’s most refreshing sight. The copy extols the cut fit and finish as the acme of perfection with sweet designs featuring the latest effects.
An open air meeting of Pretoria Hollanders discussed safety for women and children if the city is besieged. A committee was formed to secure a safe place for them. Dr Heyman disputes rumors about President Kruger health and says he is well and handling presidency duties. Government circular allows inhabitants to decide whether to leave farms if enemies take districts, while men stay with commanders.
In May a roughly 25 percent rise in ocean freight to Australia followed the formation of a London and New York backed steamship bloc. The United States and Australian Steamship company, the Tyser line, and the London group will operate largely independently, with Bucknall Brothers and Houlder Brothers among the London firms.
New York May 22 William R Hearst, recently elected president of the National Association of Democratic clubs, replies to numerous inquiries with remarks on the organization and its aims.
Senator Nathaniel P. Hill former United States senator from Colorado died at noon after a long illness. He was 68 and had led Denver and Colorado financial and social life for nearly eight years. Hill owned the Argo smelter now the Boston Colorado Smelting Co interests in oil fields at Florence and the Denver Republican, with holdings in Colorado and Montana. He refused wage cuts at the Argo after the 1893 panic and backed free coinage of silver and a postal telegraph system. He taught chemistry at Brown University before turning to mining ventures. He leaves a wife and three children Crawford Hill Mrs. Charles B. Berger and Miss Tsuhel Hill.
The National Association of Democratic Clubs plans to move its headquarters from Washington to New York while maintaining branches in Washington and Chicago to keep in touch with the national committee and congressional campaign. Every Democratic club nationwide is urged to unite in the political battle this year. Cities will plan July Fourth celebrations to mark the Declaration of Independence and receive news from the national convention, with banquets or mass meetings in various locales.
Washington releases a Havana dated 1805 report detailing reasons for building a short railway from Triscornia to connect with Cuba’s inland railways. It notes Cuba’s yellow fever and malaria prevalence, condemns using existing buildings as barracks, and argues for new hospitals and storehouses east of Havana Bay. The board urges time for construction before deploying troops to Havana to avoid infection risk.
Washington reports General MacArthur’s casualties with multiple names and dates across infantry, cavalry, and artillery units. Entries list soldiers such as Ray C. Parking, Howard McCall, Hugh W. Thompson, and others with dates ranging May 6 to May 21, including deaths, typhoid, malaria, accidents, and a case of death by own action.
Mazatlan dispatch reports the Mexican government is sending a sizable force into Yaqui country to reinforce General Torres’s troops. Two regiments have left Mazatlan as the summer campaign to quell the Indians progresses with vigor.
Fire devastates Point Claire, Quebec, destroying most buildings. About 200 residents left homeless as flames sweep through the village sixteen miles from Montreal, with fatalities reported. Emergency crews struggle to contain the blaze.
Washington May 22. Boers envoys visited the White House to pay respects to President with no official status or credentials. They were received in the blue parlor with Secretary Cortelyou present. Talks ranged, admiring Washington, then stating the U.S. stance against interference in South Africa. The president recalled offering peace mediation to England, which was declined, and the envoys departed with best wishes.
At the Northwestern University Alumni banquet in Chicago the Rev Frank M Bristol urged a college spirit to back alumni seeking public church offices. He cited the need to show interest beyond campus and praised alumni like Congressman Houtelle. Presidents Crawford of Allegheny and MeEnglish of the University of the Pacific spoke on achievements and honors in a toast heavy with college pride.
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn released an official statement detailing that the six miles of government railroad connecting Havana harbor piers to Havana’s line cost 342611.54 in total. He notes the price exceeds the board president Hetker’s estimate by about 110000 and cites military necessity and haste as factors.
Fragment shows figures for grades, ballast, and total costs. Documents list per mile costs of 000 and incidental sums of , totaling 41,870.10 and 36,124.07. Road cost appears incomplete with a stated 92. Details unclear due to OCR garble.
Editorials in the Call and the Chronicle accuse San Francisco health officials of fabricating a plague scare for political ends. They allege the board is trying to vindicate previous actions after reporting no new cases and delaying inoculations amidst claims of fresh plague cases.
Pekin May 22 authorities realize the Boxer movement is too serious to ignore. Troops are being sent to the disturbed area with orders to suppress. Six leaders of the movement in Pekin have been arrested.
The credentials of senator Wed Clank, appointed by Lt. Gov. Sprigus, were presented by Senator Cuca and allowed to remain on the table.
Washington May 22 The treasury comptroller ruled against Dudley and Michener seeking equitable compensation for an alleged 1898 contract to supply 20,000 rifles and three million cartridges. Evidence rests on a June 1898 directive from General Ager to deliver within five weeks, but the order was countermanded on August 1 the goods not delivered.
The Moose Lake district copper mines, named the Senate group, reportedly sold to a French syndicate for 250000 dollars. Key figures include W A Clark and AL Stevens who located the main vein, with Frank Lacey and others as early partners. The lease and bond were previously held for 125000, and development sped under J R Walkup G W Collins and A W Burnett. As ore quality rose with depth, experts saw high copper content and valuable metals, though the sale was not yet completed.
Thicago May 22. Dr J W Hamilton and D H Moore were elected bishops today by the Methodist Episcopal general conference.
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