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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1899
Page
4
A fragmentary OCR lists assorted grocery items with dubious prices and misspellings. Items include apple butter, baking powder, coffee, cocoa, mustard, cod fish, honey, syrup, starch, and preserves. It reads like a shop ledger or catalog page with quantities in quarts, pounds, and gallons.
Navy officials witnessed the Holland submarine midshipman test in Peconic Bay. The Holland completed its submerged two mile run with torpedo targeting marks and surfaced twice for observation as officers evaluated maneuvering and diving performance.
Suffolk is mentioned as the stay location before transfer to Washington next week. Inside route favored by Captain Lowe with crew consent for an outside passage. Trials occurred today amid fair seas, with no impact on the Holland while submerged.
San Francisco, Nov 7. Owners fear for the two masted schooner Rattler which left Kodiak 28 days ago en route to San Francisco. They fear it may be disabled after storms off Alaska. The bark Ferriss 8 Thompson and schooner American Girl, both left Oct 8 for Puget Sound and have not been heard from. The Cyrus Wakeman is 121 days out from Port Stanley after repairs, with 20 percent reinsurances paid. it is believed to have followed the Charl en Fy Moody around the Cape of Good Hope.
The Times reports a $200,000,000 combination to unite rubber, bicycle, and aeromobile firms into a single giant concern. An informal meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria is set to perfect the plan, with participation by already formed companies. Studebaker and Kik er are named as key patentees and major backers in the Wilmington automobile line.
Washington dispatch reports war department officials express disappointment that General Wheaton's expedition will not reach Lingayan Gulf until tomorrow. General MacArthur advances while General Lawton stays idle due to heavy rains. Officials fear Aguinaldo may escape the anticipated Manila crackdown as delay unsettles plans.
A London dispatch reports Britain's naval preparations advancing with a four-ship service squadron due to complete today and join the coast patrols. The Channel squadron rests at Gibraltar while cruisers patrol the route to the Cape and Suez activity continues with ongoing vessel movements.
A historical notice from San Diego dated November 7 outlines a railway franchise granting a right of way 100 feet wide along the bay. A.K. Grant, Geo W. Marston, George Li. Patton, and M. A. Lice receive rights to build a line from San Diego Bay to the Colorado River and eastward to form a continental route. Grantees must finalize conveyance by January 1900, with an alternate route via Salt Lake City suggested.
Nov 7 report from Hong Kong via Get & received describes a great Canton fire on the 2nd at a riverside theater. More than 10 persons perished as boats overturned in a chaotic rush to escape. Fires spread to flammable material as spectators fled, with many burned or drowned.
A disputed report claims the Toyo Kiss Rush line was absorbed by Pee Vue Mall Steamship, denied by OC Murnington who said no development occurred. The Hoover line reportedly works with bars, maintaining a common rate to Seattle.
Nov 7 4:20 am report from Tundon describes South Africa hostilities with minimal moves beyond Colenso and Stormberg evacuations. Possible diversion of landing to Durban or Delagoa Bay. Buller may move Lord Metthuen’s division to Natal to aid. Essex of stores redirected. Rife with evacuation rumors of Roremeade Naauw Noort and Queenstown stores.
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