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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1899
Page
2
A digest of international and domestic items reports a Presbyterian conference adjournment, a cyclone near Milward Cooper, and injuries from a crane accident in Pindhing. The era notes fires, drownings, rail wrecks, political shifts, and public notices including civil service rule amendments and Memorial Day observances.
Multiple disasters and violent incidents appear in the report. A fire destroys 14 buildings in Upieire, Mass, and a cyclone devastates Kilnsley County. A tragic family shooting in St Louis leaves a wife and her mother dead and the husband dead by his own hand. Earthquakes and financial notes falter while political talks unfold at a bimetallic convention in Louisville. A stolen horse is recovered alive, and several sensational injuries and deaths punctuate the page.
Col David Wrench Boyd, president of Louwisiaa state university, dies in Nant Rouge at 64. In Boston state convention, Massachausetts Social Democracy nominates Winfield P. Porter for governor. Virginia's Frederick William Mackay Holliday dies in Winchester at 71. Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad president William Oden Mughatt dies at 74. Mrs Mary McGuan dies in Baraboo at 101 after birthday February 2. Flisha Daxter, tenth governor of Arkansas, dies in Batesville at 72.
Advices from Manila describe brutal acts against American Jed and wounded soldiers as Gen Lawton urges how to end hostilities. Officials note peace conference moves including proposals from Russia Great Britain Italy and the United States while U S cattle policy and Dreyfus case debates surface amid ongoing military action and guerrilla warfare.
Fragmented report notes Yamagata battles and peace talks in Hague. Gen Gris reports Woops still needed for Philippine control. Manila defenses commanded by Gee Tanto, troops ring the city. Also reports drownings in Little Current Ontario and various maritime and legal items with misprints and garbled names.
A garbled field of late 19th to early 20th century items mentions Otis receiving 10,000, Cuban war references, a McKinley era naval prize, a 102 year old from Morgan, and a train robbery. Names like Casimir Baptiste, Albert Topkins, and George K. Nash appear amid scattered notes on politics, crime, and society.
Obscure notes report Gen Bermudez Reina's death and Alaska military oversight shifting to Gen Shafter. A Minneapolis assembly votes next year’s Presbyterian meeting in St Louis. Mag Lund's Great Central orders locomotives from Baldwin. Dini Boone of Columbia Mo famed pianist, fortune around $300,000. Monitor pilot Slover dies in Easton. Gould’s wife famed as top unaided woman, spends $10,000 yearly on churches. Will L Unekoey of Kansas City Education warns debt. Expedition under Det Aa Nae Markt to Croenkud coast. Anulres missing from Helsingborg Sweden. Promoters of movement raise $60,000 honoring American valor, Dewey praised. Gov Stanly of Raney backs conditional pension plan. Pension $7 monthly for certain felons proposed. Debated Manila siege figures and private expedition to Cavite for resource study.
Reports from multiple towns recount devastating cyclones causing deaths and injuries. In Quah Nevada seven dead including a mother and six children, with extensive property destruction around Bijou Hills. NebraskaHamilton County storms destroy 75k to 100k in homes, church, school and bridges. Siou x City records five tornadoes with widespread damage across Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska, but no lives lost.
The disarmament committee adjourned with no agreement on new inventions in ornaments. The American delegation proposed an arbitration tribunal with one arbitrator per signatory power, a permanent central seat, and at least three non-native judges, sharing general expenses. Optional recourse and a mediation scheme were outlined, requiring nine powers to adhere for the convention to take effect.
Albert Pack, Detroit capitalist and former Republican candidate for U S Senator, died at his home from complications after gallstone surgery. A close friend of Gov. Pingree, Pack withdrew his candidacy before the vote.
The state supreme court affirmed a lower court ruling finding Frank Novak guilty of second degree murder for the Walford fire that killed Edward Murray on February 3, 1897. Novak, who had $27,000 life insurance, evaded police until July 12, 1807, then was arrested and convicted. The report also notes a Paris Dreyfus case update with Esterhazy arguments during a revision hearing.
Reports from Pittsburgh reveal another Dig order for two hundred six steel freight cars to the Egypt Ghia States railway, with trains of 50 cars heading to Jersey City before transshipment to the Nile land. Minnesota congressmen visited to discuss speakership, while canal commission estimates prompt new financial figures. A separate tragedy near Wisconsin notes the drowning of Katie Lee and Maud Anderson in a lake accident during a boating outing.
An advertisement touts Alabastine as a permanent ready mix for walls and ceilings, replacing lath or plaster. It markets as stone hard yet affordable, water mixable, easy to apply with a kalsomine brush, clean and healthful, with twenty years of tested durability. Sold by print dealers in 1940 packages with proper labeling.
An advertisement touts Ale Four Git War Album with 160 engravings from Army camps and battle scenes, including Cuban and Manila subject matter, plus portraits of notable military figures. It also promotes Cool Resorts of the North on Grand Trunk and Lehigh Valley lines with vestibule train service and requests requests for illustrated literature and rate info.
Fragmentary chatter shows Mrs Higgsley Clara pressed to send Mr Granley away after late night door close. Dialogue hints at him awaiting a declared confession. Also includes assorted 19th or early 20th century advertisements and brief quotes from various papers.
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