04 Apr 1889
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1889
Page
1
President sent nominations to the Senate on the 27th including Lincoln to England Halstead to Germany Rice to Russia Egan to Chile Ryan to Mexico Hicks to Peru and Loring to Portugal. Hilad Halstead’s Germany bid was rejected 87 to 16. Multiple other nominations followed and several executions and crimes noted including hangings in Tennessee and arson deaths in Illinois and Massachusetts context.
Henry W. Raymond named Private Secretary to Secretary of the Navy Tracy. Thomas Keegan Irish rebel of 98 buried in Juniata Twp Pa at 108. Susan Youna Danish native dies at Rockford Illinois poor farm aged 105. Dr Joan Swineburne eminent surgeon dies in Albany NY. Richard Hiscock father of Senator dies at Preble NY age 91. Washington reports railway mail employees to be returned to posts. Harrison appoints commission to discuss Cherokee and Oklahoma opening. Prof C H Mircyenn Marietta Ohio dies of pneumonia. Daniel Bunn age 114 dies in Chicago. Mason Ruxo of Custer massacre notoriety dies in Washington.
Lmvie Frimnps died in the Paris Kentucky poorhouse on the 1st at age 101. He was a veteran of the war of 1812 and is listed among elderly residents in local records. The day also saw political results in Michigan with Republicans winning the Supreme Court seat and university regents. A constitutional amendment raised the governor salary from 1000 to 4000 dollars. Edward Avis of Milwaukee, a noted iron magnate, died after a brief illness at age 65.
Advices report a German ship landing party burning Kondutchi after a clash with locals in Zanzibar while anti German sentiment wanes there. Other items recount shipwrecks in Samoa involving American and German fleets, French political actions, and notable deaths and arrivals across Europe and North America.
A ticket formed entirely of women won the Cottonwood Falls mayoral race with Minnie D. Morgan elected mayor and a women’s aldermanic board to assist. The day also saw Harrison hosting Japanese royals, global events, and several regional incidents across the United States.
Henry M. Stanley details the 1887 88 expedition from Yambunga to Albert Nyanza through hostile territory. The 380 officers endured desertion famine and attacks, with deaths from dysentery arrows and starvation before meeting Emin Pasha and Jephson at the lake shore.
Reports from Loupon and Washington detail a Pacific hurricane that wrecked American ships Red Cross and Ada Owen, with crews saved, and sightings of Suakim wreckage. Calliope fate unknown as naval officers doubt safe arrival to Sydney. Samoa defense and fleet movements discussed.
In Fort Dodge area the river land dispute intensifies as settlers continue planting crops on farms from which occupants were evicted. Higman order to remove is resisted and the land holders vow resistance to further dispossession.
Alexander McCue former Assistant Treasurer of the United States died in Brooklyn at noon after a stroke. Born May 1 1826 in Matamoras Mexico to Irish parents who moved to New York, he graduated from Columbia College in 1846.
Jamestown authorities accuse John Lonngren editor of Wart Nya Hem and treasurer of the Swedish Orphanage of embezzling about 2500 dollars. He sold his paper and left the city Monday for the West.
The Picayune reports a severe wind storm hit Chipley on Monday evening, toppling chimneys and trees and destroying the Methodist church and other small structures. John Dickens, a Black resident, was killed at Greenwood by the same storm.
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning several workers on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad fought during a high wrestling event. Custer Dulski lost balance while dodging a blow and plunged seventy feet to the ground, dying instantly.
The Graphic claims U S special agents are examining the New York Pension agency books and have uncovered major frauds in the office. Also noted are obituaries and a county clerk theft estimate of $47 020 in Indiana.
Edward P. Allis died suddenly Monday evening in Milwaukee at 65. He owned Reliance ironworks, one of the nation’s largest, employing about 1,100 with a $700,000 annual payroll and $3,000,000 in annual output last year. The Reliance plant spans ten acres and his wealth was estimated near $2,000,000 with $325,000 life insurance.
Details from Bolinger County Missouri reveal Monroe Laseter and his wife, recent adherents of sanctificationist zeal, murdered their 18 month old daughter during a delusion of divine revelation. The couple, arrested and jailed in Marble Hill, face murder charges after the grisly act and ensuing investigation.
The President sent nominations to the Senate naming James N. Huston of Indiana as Treasurer of the United States and confirming his nomination on April 2. Also listed were Ellis H. Roberts as Assistant Treasurer in New York, William F. Wharton as Assistant Secretary of State, George H. Shields as Assistant Attorney General, M. Bradford Prince as Governor of New Mexico, Louis A. Walker as Secretary of Montana, and Drury K. Burchett as Marshal for the District of Kentucky.
Cramton Missouri April 2 John Boyles and his family attempted to ford Grand river after rain swollen waters overturned the wagon in midstream. Four children perished while the father saved his wife and two others. The eldest victim was a 14 year old girl.
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