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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1900
Page
1
Paris crowds greet Mr. Kruger on arrival at 10 4 am. His party travels by train de luxe from Dijon. He thanks supporters at La Roche deputation presents address of sympathy. Spectators fill stations and streets as he proceeds to Hotel Scribe amid cheers.
Special to Inter Mountain Helena November 4 plans to transmit 4000 horsepower from Canyon Ferry dam to Butte. Amalgamated Copper will use half. company capitalized at 2 million with 500 thousand cash for extension. Line of 66 miles to connect Helena and Butte expects 200 thousand dollars yearly revenue per 50 horsepower.
United States Charge Griscom urged Tewfik Pasha to settle the exequateur issue for Dr. Thomas H. Norton to establish a Harpool consulate. The Porte remains firm against granting the exequateur.
State and city dispatches report Senator Davis still alive but sinking at his residence on the morning of November 24. Local physicians monitor his condition as news updates unfold from St. Paul.
The annual report of the board of ordnance and fortifications outlines rapid progress on coastal defenses with calls for trained artillery, new ranges, and pedal barbette mounts for 4 to 6 inch guns. It notes plans for yearly tests, a $1000 budget, and rearmament proposals while limiting light on sensitive topics.
In Bt Paul Minnesota on November 24 United States Senator Davis remained gravely ill through the night with reports indicating possible death before morning. At ten o'clock the patient showed slight improvement, but it was negligible and not worth noting.
The Philippine commission enacted the first provincial civil government act for Benguet, to govern the province with a appointed governor earning 1500 dollars. The governor will supervise town councils, issue ordinances, and serve as provincial treasurer, auditor, and justice of the peace. Electors must have six months residence, be 18, pledge allegiance to American authority, and may face three months in prison for refusing office. Ecclesiastics and soldiers barred. delinquent taxes yield road labor.
Special to Inter Mountain Helan Mont Nov 24 Governor Smith pardoned three convicts at Deer Lodge Thomas Saddler J A Manning and Everton J Patch Saddler shot Patrick OConnor in a Butte saloon during a drunken brawl health problems and impaired sight cited Manning escaped and was recaptured after serving most of his term his sister Migs Beckman campaigned for him Patch forged a draft at twenty an orphan with terms set to expire in 1901 pardons sought by Governor Bed Toole Leslie Connely and McTague and board of pardons to meet December 11
Governor Roosevelt declines to oust New York City Mayor Van Wyck, finding no proof of willful law violation in his stockholding relation to the American Ice Co. He urges that removal is extraordinary and that impeachment or voter appeal remains the normal remedy. The decision notes delays caused by the World’s counsel and procedural issues.
London reports hint at a Yangtze expedition provoking Chinese unrest under British influence. Gen Tung Siang’s troops guard Sian Fu while the Empress Dowager’s bodyguard remains 1680 strong. General Ma outside the city commands 5000 troops amid a famine in Shen Si with empty granaries.
A dispatch from Washington says the Isthmian Canal Commission will publish a report detailing the advantages of Nicaragua and Panama routes but will not advocate a single choice. Some members favor Nicaragua, others Panama, hinting at a compromise, with no route having unanimous backing.
In Huntington West Virginia on November 4 Pearl Newman was found guilty of a frat murder. The jury recommended life imprisonment for the defendant in the fatal incident involving an actor.
In a New York dispatch James J. Hill denies reports that he controls the Northern Pacific or that the Great Northern guaranteed anything for NP. He says the voting trust ends January 1, relations with Great Northern are amicable, and union depot plans in Seattle proceed smoothly toward unity of action.
Charles H Hoyt the playwright is buried in Concord New Hampshire after dying midweek Major H Reynolds of Helena a Civil War veteran dies at Santa Monica California T B Hogan seeks law license at December Supreme Court session Cold weather sickens British Indian troops in China Newport National Bank stockholders plan to reopen after a $200000 robbery The transcontinental association in St Louis debates stopovers Palace Hotel Anaconda suffers a heavy blaze Asquith criticizes England education system von Allman a tramp killed near Avon Montana Cork city adjourns over Kruger freedom offersixth victim jailed in Germany for criticising the emperor Von Waldersee allegedly bans war reports Art workers in Pittsburgh exposed to smallpox Kruger to publish Boer War letters Immobilien disputes over Dutch hulls England to pay damages for expulsion of German subjects Seattle jury to hire a free trip to San Francisco in a fraud case Morse vs Jundan.
London reports from Constantinople say no naval demonstration against Turkey is planned over American indemnity demands for Armenian damages. A Turkish settlement is expected next year without precedent, while talks include a Turkish warship contract and a Syrian to Medina road project. Oscar S. Straus declines comment on Harpoot exequatur. diplomats note Turks’ jealousy of interior consuls and mission centers.
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