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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1897
Page
2
The piece notes a busy railroad outlook with cheap steel rails and long delayed lines finally moving. It blends social quips about a red headed woman and a white bicycle with a tongue in cheek postal delay comment and a Boston writer on ether theory inviting skepticism.
Stratton, a Cripple Creek millionaire, comments on money making plans and says his aim is to keep his income within the bounds of decency.
The supreme court decision upholding the Sherman anti trust act of 1890 declares railroad trusts in restraint of trade unlawful and confirms the act as valid applicable and constitutional across monopolies.
Reports claim the Arctic air is so clear that people two miles apart can converse easily. At Gibraltar it is said the human voice could be heard ten miles away. San Francisco fears Japanese immigration and pushes for Chinese exclusion act application. California papers warn of possible orientalization.
The Kansas farmer Brandt added a few pounds of powder to his stove to blow soot from the chimney and bricks flew about as onlookers dodge debris. The correspondent omits Brandt’s fate, suggesting he may still be uncovering the outcome.
A doctor questions why a man relaxes in odd poses noting longer endurance in an upright posture. A US fish commission scientist claims fish can change color, perhaps turning red from anger when escaping hooks, contrasting with fishermen’s exaggerations.
The passage lauds New Jersey as small yet brainy for proposing to spend $1,000,000 more on road improvements. It argues richer states could replicate the effort to boost commerce, noting that poor roads hinder business for long periods in many places.
Records show three months ending March 1 brought heavy losses with ships founders and over 30 American vessels adrift in peril. Civil service figures reveal 173,717 federal employees earning 99,589,827 annually, with 91,609 unclassified and 57,108 in classified service subject to exams and discharge rules.
A recent blast on the Russian turret ship Cizoi Veliky at Cannea harbor shattered the turret and killed all inside. The vessel, launched in 1895, measured 848 feet with 17 inch armor and a seven foot deck redoubt, displacing about 8889 tons.
The United States Senate discussed credentials for John W. Henderson from Florida and the arbitration treaty. the bankruptcy bill was read. In the House, four days of general debate on the Dingley bill ended and tariff pages were disposed of under the five minute rule.
The president signed a joint resolution authorizing the secretary of war to furnish tents to flood sufferers on the Mississippi. In other notes, fishermen Hevelow Wolfe and Mustard drowned near Lewes Delaware when their boat capsized. Spain’s Cuba policy discussed in Washington. US business failures totaled 291 in the week ending the 26th, wheat crop 1896 at 2,428,393,000 bushels. McKinley moving to send a special Cuba fact-finding commissioner.
The New York legislature approves the consolidation charter merging New York Brooklyn and Long Island City. In Philadelphia the Surety Building and Loan association assigns liabilities of 100000. Weekly exchange totals at leading clearing houses fall to 887 million from 957 million. Grant monument dedication set for April 27 with President McKinley to speak. Fatal explosion at Dupont Chemical in Gibbstown New Jersey kills Carl Wright John Trenderson and Thomas Stiles. Depositors to be paid in full as Buffalo Exchange Bank liquidates. Writer William T Adams dies at 75 in Loston known as Oliver Optic. Fire destroys Col A C Tyler home The Ilms in New London Connecticut valued over 300000.
A survey of events reports bank closures in De Kalb county Missouri, a fatal house fire near Laddsdale Iowa, widespread Mississippi floods in Illinois and Kentucky, and wide river conditions from Cairo Illinois to Hickman Kentucky. Other items note a whiskey death in Peru Illinois, a boxing challenge between Fitzsimmons and Sullivan, a Tennessee good citizens convention in Nashville, a Des Moines curfew, and a fatal shooting near Mount Gilead Kentucky.
Reports cover a range of incidents and political moves. Sentences note Joseph J. Luiz’s 18 month jail term for filibustering and a $500 fine, drownings of Kansas families, capture of Gen Ruiz Rivera, Judge Day chosen to Cuba envoy, Greek army leader Vassos war stance, Dana’s voluntary assignment, ongoing floods and cyclone losses, Pensacola drownings, Vienna opening of the reichsrath, the kinetoscope prize fight bill, nominations to Austria and pensions, flood relief funds, Hawaii annexation debate, and tariff discussions.
Fire across Portsmouth Virginia displaced 50 families and caused about 200000 dollars in damage. Separately the Illinois supreme court at Ottawa ruled the indeterminate sentence law unconstitutional in effect.
Dispatches from Constantinople report 700 killed including Greeks in Tokat. Germany not joining a Greek port blockade prompts powers to withdraw from the concert. Montreal is shaken by an earthquake causing evacuations at newspapers and the post office. Canadian parliament considers bills to ban labor import under contract.
The mills at Manchester New Hampshire are producing cotton goods for China. The Philippine Islands area is California sized with about 7 000 000 people. Massachusetts House defeated a monument to Gen LB Butler in the statehouse yard. Vermont maple sugar yield expected to exceed prior records, around 5 000 000 pounds. Reading & Southwestern railroad orders mustaches and beards removed. Lyman Ephs dies at North Elba New York. a noted music teacher and former slave from the prewar era. Joseph Murdock of Scott County Virginia returns home after 25 years. Bud Lindsay served 21 years in the Virginia penitentiary and has died. Senator West remains the sole surviving ex Confederate congressman in public service, and his pension bill passes the Senate. Secretary of State Sherman reportedly thanks Senor Dupuy de Lome for Spain’s release of American citizens in Cuba. The US seeks 100 000 dollars from Britain over Edward J Ivory branding as a dynamiter. Mrs Elizabeth Stilson dies at Flatbush New York aged 75. she aided Union troops in Ohio during Civil War days.
Widespread floods sweep Texas with wrecked bridges from Cleburne to Morgan on the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe line. Trinity River floods Dallas area towns drowning John Gist and Ruby Smith near Era. Levee battles continue as Helena and Laconia brace for further rises and new breaks. Mississippi levels fall at Quincy and rise elsewhere as snowmelt feeds the flood.
United Press of New York directors assign the business for the benefit of creditors to auditor Frederick G. Mason, who will run operations pending court and creditor consent to a readjustment of press arrangements with newspapers previously served.
Dr Joseph Luis was convicted in federal court of conspiracy and sending an armed expedition against Cuba. He was denied a new trial, sentenced to 18 months in Baltimore jail and fined 500 dollars. A bail pending appeal was also denied.
Washington reports the Japanese diet may pass a government coinage bill to shift value from silver to gold. A gold yen would be 40 cents, with a 32 to 1 gold to silver parity, and a five yen smallest coin. The silver yen would continue as subsidiary coins and be redeemable in gold. Immediate impact uncertain, with factory and cotton interests reportedly opposed.
Washington dispatch lists Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee nominated as commissioner of pensions. The president also names Charlemagne Tower to Austria Hungary and Anson Burlingame Johnson to Puchan China among other nominations including William S. Shallenberger and James D. Gill for federal posts. Thomas Ryan is named first assistant secretary of the interior.
Des Moines reports show the senate passing a printing and binding bill saving the state 15000 to 20000 in two years. It rejects osteopath exemptions from medical act and approves a fish and game bill with a warden and nest protections. Other items cover railroad accident reporting, road laws, insurance, building and loan appeals, and an onerous army bill.
An explosion at the Repatri nitro glycerine works on the Delaware River near Lincoln Park killed three men and injured several others. Victims are Thompson Stiles of Woodstown Charles Wright of Paulsboro and David Hamilton. Injuries are non life threatening and caused by flying debris. The blast was felt ten miles away and cause is under investigation.
Consul General Lee reports from Havana that C F Crosby of New York, Chicago Record representative, was killed watching a clash near Arroyo Blanco on the Puerto Principe Santa Clara boundary. Crosby arrived Jan 30 and was a St Cyr graduate.
Consul General Dekay in Berlin reports Prof. Linde of Munich has developed a cheaper method to liquefy air for industrial use. The system uses compressed air for cooling, with the pump re cooling incoming air without chemicals until a water like liquid forms. It reaches 273 degrees below zero as the air liquefies under pressure.
Four toll gates in Garrard county were wrecked Sunday night by about 150 masked men who threatened directors and gatekeepers with death if tolls continued. Armed raiders are said to roam the area as Mercer county tolls halt and officials warn of possible dynamite attacks on gates.
The article notes Gladstone’s 32 bites per mouthful and claims over 7,000 have signed a temperance pledge in Boston. It mentions Frederick Saunders as the oldest living librarian at the Astor Library with Washington Irving nearby. Cecil Rhodes is cited in relation to Kruger’s South African Republic, while Stead deems Rhodes the greatest man since Napoleon. Bismarck is described as tired and without purpose, finding agriculture politics and life uninteresting.
A Dry Goods Economist notes a display of plaid silk shirt waists with linen collars and white satin vests under jet boleros. Fichu capes, jack satin fronts, and various trimmed capes appear beside mousseline neck ruches, striped satin ribbons, and beaded embroidery on gowns and gloves.
A collection of aphorisms on kinship troubles distrust in good men and social behavior. The pieces joke about Monday activity, men’s assertions in wives’ presence, women whispering when men near, and sincere prayers cooled by a cold room.
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