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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1899
Page
8
A vivid real estate notice touts an expanding Ames city market. It promises easy home purchases with no irrigation needed to grow a family, positioning Ames as a thriving, never-bad boomtown for buyers seeking liveable, growing property opportunities.
Walter McLeod, recently moved from the pest house area, remains at the county farm as doctors dispute his diagnosis. Dr. Alexander deems him ill with waring old while Dr. Sullivan argues he has varioloid and should be confined. A commission of doctors may be appointed to settle the matter.
Horace BR Rane appeared before Judge Eivan this morning charged with obstructing the street. He pleaded guilty and was fined, the amount remitted. Mike Doe paid a peace fine of $10 for disturbing the peace.
The firm of Leroy Amos and H. P. Heidrick, barbers at the northwest corner of Main and Broadway, dissolves as of October 1. H. F Heidrick will continue the business and handle all bills. Leroy Amos retires from the partnership.
A Russian foreign affairs circular reopened the court dress question for American diplomatic representatives in St. Petersburg. It prescribes a dark blue evening coat with velvet collar and brass buttons, white or blue waistcoat, and blue trousers for those without uniforms. Similar moves may spread to Berlin Copenhagen The Hague and Brussels as officials note the change aligns with American views on court attire.
Local items note G Bates Asanes Montana Music Company offerings and Reynolds street ads. Listings mention Hamilton lunch, Butte Stove Repair, Heilbranner cigar emporium, and Inter Mountain edition. A boxing bout between D A McMillan and Louis Cannon is announced at Grand Opera House with rules and weight about 200 pounds. Miss St George Hussey's three act comedy draws crowd, Grand next Thursday through Saturday.
A Chicago district court case questions whether bankruptcy rules can shield a divorced spouse from alimony payments. Attorneys debate if bankruptcy can be used to evade support while maintaining assets. The dispute centers on whether discharge in bankruptcy releases a party from alimony obligations.
Captain Charles French of the Thirty sixth Infantry is reported dead from wounds received in yesterday's action at Florida Blanca. A resident of Great Falls Montana he previously served in the Philippines and led men under Colonel Beil and Colonel Kessler. His death is mourned by comrades who praised his bravery and fearlessness.
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Gage will push for gold standard enactment and banking currency reform to allow banks to issue notes against deposits and assets. He aims for a safer note system backed by greenbacks and silver certificates, with details to follow.
The author argues banks could issue notes against assets under strict regulations to ensure safety. This would allow extra circulation when money is needed and retire notes when excess circulation ends, preventing spikes in interest rates and avoiding money surges that lead to overspeculation.
In Hobart residence Vice President Hobart’s condition improves after a night with Dr. Newton and Mrs. Newton present. By 1 p.m. Hobart sat up and ate, with physicians noting nervous strain and heart stress from overwork, while skepticism remained about immediate death.
New York October 31 two lives were lost when the Pennsylvania ferry Chicago was struck by the City of Augusta in the North River. The dead are John Brison a 45 year old mail driver whose body was found in the river and J W Room a ferryboat fireman whose body is believed to be in the stokehole of the sunken ship. Brison’s mail wagon went down with the boat.
Washington dispatches indicate General Young’s column advances north and east of Wabanatuan toward Tatawaran and likely Aliaga today. The aim is San Jose and Carragian. Wet season hinders wagon travel and slows progress.
A judge tried a case where the accused spoke only Irish and an interpreter was sworn in. The prisoner whispered to the interpreter who replied nothing, claiming it had nothing to do with the case. The judge pressed, and the interpreter confessed the speaker hissed a warning about an old man about to hang him.
Notice to taxpayers in Silver Bow county Montana that 1899 taxes are due at the county treasurer’s office in Butte. Taxes unpaid after November 20, 1899 at 8 p.m. will be delinquent with a ten percent penalty. Dated October 11, 1999, by John G. Holland, County Treasurer and Collector.
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