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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1899
Page
4
A garbled OCR style catalog lists flour sacks bread items and various pantry staples. Includes references to Spanish products maple sap honey vinegar starch potatoes rice soap and baking powder with scattered quantities and prices. The text reads like a trade item list rather than a coherent article.
A proposed new corporation named the Shoe Machinery Company plans to consolidate major shoe manufacturing machinery makers, forming a vast trust-like entity to dominate global supply. Key players include Woodward, Bay State, Welt, and Shining Latis, with a capital structure of 3 million shares and a broad roster of directors from Boston, Lynn, New York, and Hartford.
A Washington dispatch says Acting Secretary Ains ordered the cruiser Newark to the Philippines where she opens fire at Mare Island. Captain H. B. McCall is in command. The tug Badger will require one day’s repairs. The Nashville arrives at Bowdoin to coal. The New Orleans heads to New York for repairs as the Brooklyn sails for Manila within days.
New York October 10 Wheat production for 1899 is placed at 685,050,000 bushels across 45,251,000 acres by the American Agriculturalist in a final report. The season saw substantial gains over last year with a winter crop estimated at 297,000,000 bushels and average yields around 115 to 125 bushels per acre.
The Chicago Day Banquet drew vast crowds to Au ditorium last night with President McKinley as guest and dozens of dignitaries from the United States and abroad. Elaborate pastry displays, silk banners, and electric lights decorated the hall while tables bore historic tableaux and scenes. Attendees included Vice President Don Tejahico, Premier Lacartes Manuel de Aspirage, and many high officials.
President Moimioy spends his last Chicago day with informal receptions and a series of official events. He is to be greeted by old comrades, attend meals, receptions at the Press Club and Royal places, a Canadian American reception, and a banquet at the Auditorium before departing for Evansville.
Washington Oct 10 Director Merriam of the consi g Dax Mediied fa appoint ape ein Agen te i AIL for the lagest cites for employment not to exceed 20 40 days. In gathering formation only as to manu factures. This step is intended to moot the requirement that the mrcchanical and manufacturings industries data be colleete d within two years from dude 1900.
Washington reports Major Valery Havard chief surgeon in Santiago and Puerto Principe sent a letter to Surgeon General Brernberg detailing an extended trip with General Wood through the two provinces. He notes many posts on the north coast and surprisingly low illness rates, with sickness under five percent, malaria being the mild concern.
Governor Rogers arrived in Frisco aboard a transport carrying Washington troops from the Philippines. He greeted regimental officers and enlisted men, thanked them for their service, and saluted the highly regarded regiments while crowds cheered. Local officials and dignitaries including ex-mayor Jon F. Gower sent regards, as the regiments disembarked and were honored by the city.
General Olishes' coded report lists casualties since last update across multiple units. Corporal Joseph M. Yailis Sixth Infantry. Pert Pope Twenty second Infantry. Samuel Alexander Second Infantry. J. J. Lewis Fourteenth Infantry. Cunningham Twelfth Infantry. James Austin Twenty Fourth Infantry. James Garfields Thompson Twenty Fourth Infantry. William Thomas Pyrhtth Infantry. Ole Gunderson Signal Corps. Henry Gayer Fourteenth Infantry. Julian Labadie Sixth Infantry. Frank H. Johnson Twenty Second Infantry.
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