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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1900
Page
4
London dispatch details Transvaal leaders Kruger Steyn pledging continued resistance after refusing unconditional surrender. Reports say Pretoria warns of defense of Johannesburg and Pretoria while British advances and relief efforts at Mafeking escalate. Notes on Bulter, Roberts, Milner, and international reactions echo tensions of the war.
Reported clashes over Johannesburg defense prompted a stormy interview with President Kruger. The Times notes Kru ger shifted most property to friends to stave off confiscation as rumors of seeking peace circulate. Kruger denies the peace bid.
Calvin Kimberlin, a black man, murdered two white orphans and wounded his wife in Pueblo Colorado, prompting a 1500 strong mob to seize him from a Denver train and hang him at Eighth and Santa Fe avenue after a failed rope attempt at a telegraph pole. Physicians found the bodies showed signs of rape, sealing the motive as rape and murder in the mob's view.
Vice Consul Murphy reports a German publication showing Germany relies on US trade for bread and wealth. Northern Germany exported about 15.1 million dollars to the United States in 1909, nearly doubling 1898 first quarter, with total empire exports around 142.8 million. Sugar trade, worth 10.7 million last year, could collapse if relations sour or meat laws spark retaliation, leaving Germany without buyers.
Chicago May 22 The Methodist general conference elected two new general superintendents after a week of ballots and settled the long disputed admission of women to the general conference The final action accepted the amendment substituting lay members for laymen and approved the organic law’s constitution The two new bishops were Dr J W Hamilton and Dr David A Moore The body adjourned after the day’s votes and will send the constitution to the 124th annual conference for final action.
New York May 23 There is every indication that a herd of nineteen starters will face the flag for the Brooklyn Handicap at Gravesend on Saturday next. Thirteen have been recent winners at Aqueduct or Morris Park and six are fit for the great prize. Jean Bevaud, owner of Wm Whitney’s horses, and Perry Belmont’s Ethelbert head the likely favorites with the Metropolis as a season start. Batten from the West, with jockey Spencer, is another strong contender. Tommy Burns will ride Waid Not if feasible. Probable starters include Imp 128 Clay Turner Ethelbert Maher Kinley Maes McCue Hatten Spencer Oden Tuafaella Half Time Us Jenkins 108 Bultmen Show Lothario The Kentuckian Wait Nat Survivor Knfenghtor the Garter 100 Stack Mitenell Advance Guard 96 Strathcona Burns Pickering
A notice states the Republican County Central Committee will meet Thursday night May 24 at 4, a call for attendance by members. The item notes chairman M. Gutts and includes a broader discussion of mate tea origins and preparation with historical context and health remarks.
Washington reports from the Philippines show a rising number of bubonic plague caves with thirty in Manila in January, forty in Corty-deh in February, and fifty-six in March. About one hundred leprosy cases were also found over the three months.
An advertisement touts French Tansy Tablets from AL Augendre Paris as a remedy for painful and irregular menses, claiming they remove obstructions and cure the cause. Sold by Newtro Drug Co. Butta Montana as sole agents at 22 percent price by mail, securely mailed.
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