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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1889

Page

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Epitome of the Week Domestic Recaps Tragic Deaths

A rapid Fire of reports from the week includes William Hracenxorr of the Milwaukee Sentinel dying after an artery burst in Louisville. W. W. Wells dies in Somerset Kentucky. Jacob Herrung, a brewer from New Albany Indiana, dies by his own hand after financial embarrassment. Fires calamities devastate towns in South Dakota and Kentucky. Lynching and mob violence occur in Tennessee and Virginia. A list of accidents, fires, strikes and societal reversals follows with multiple fatalities and notable losses across states.

William Hracenxorr Milwaukee Sentinel Somerset W. W. Wells Cincinnnati Southern Queen and Crescent System Jacob Herrung New Alband Decatur Ala Louisville & Nashville Brooklyn N. Y South Dakota Buck Newton Lebanon Tenn Perry Combs Martin Romano Coutts Abingdon CoLtonin Ricward Lane Chicago Allegheny City Harry Lteroy Decorah Quincy Pittsburgh Edward Dietz Dwicar L. Moopy Chicago Avenue Church Frsu White River Columbus Ind Downs & Finch New York United States Des Moines Fort Dodge Indiana Board of Agriculture Bear Paw Mountains Fort Benton M. T Isaac Rice & Co Boston Harrison Sth Attica Frankfort William Pray Frank Sorzer Wilkesbarre Sorber Trenton N. J Maggie Mitchell Henry T. Paddock Joan Wourixparcer Greenlee Rutledge Winamac Nrak Crescent Bay Ore Thompson Wabash Iowa Snell and Litchfield Bettie Gorman Lima, D Fordyce Ark Titus County Tex Frank Shhulze J. W. King Hubbard & Co Lewes Del Avere P. F. Pratt First National Bank of Anoka

Notable Figures in Politics and Arts Span Ups and Downs

Reports from Rochester to Washington list EowWin Boots facing possible career end after paralysis, W C Brury denying a Korean mission, Mrs Margaret Sargent dies in Boston, Rev Dr Edward Beucounr loses part of a foot, James A Vost reappointed as Post Office clerk, Idaho calls a constitutional convention, Robert Lincoln accepts England posting, Rhode Island election results show Davis leading with a plurality, Bricep Doopy and Daniel Bauch reach milestone ages, Joel R Erhardt named NY collector and Cornelius Van Cott postmaster, Abram Gale dies aged 93, Representative Ryan resigns to become Minister to Mexico, Pito Heminuwron of Remington & Sons dies at 72.

EowWin Boots Rochester N. Y W. C. Brapury Kentucky Corean Margaret Sargent Oliver Wendell Holmes Boston Edward Beucounr Henry Ward Beecher Brooklyn James A. Vost Maine Post Office Washington Stevenson Idaho Boise City Dubois Robert T. Lincoln England Blaine Rhode Island Davis Ladd Chace i Richardson Bripcet Doopy Mineral Point Wis Knockmahon Ireland Daniel Bauch Seymour Ind Ith President Harrison Joel R. Erhardt New York Cornelius van Cott Abram Gale Chicago Ryan Kansas Mexico Puito Heminuw Ron K. Remington & Sons Ilion Silver Springs Fla

Mixed world news briefs from Ottawa to Paris and London

Reports from February to March detail unopened mail at Montreal post office, Mexico city lard import decision, Peruvian bondholder payments, French treason charges against General Joulanger, a Boston pastor’s suicide in London, Stanley and Emin Pasha in Africa, a Dublin whisky syndicate, severe storms in Hungary and India, French League trial outcomes, Chinese embassy deportation talk, the Duchess of Cambridge’s death, drowning in Victoria BC, famine in northern China, Panama Canal line hunger, Belgian order of Bouanacer, Surat fire and cholera, and a Paris Eiffel Tower observation of forty mile visibility.

Montreal Tur Board of Health City of Mexico Chamber of Deputies General Joulanger Nev Cuarues Sipyry Harp Palmerston Unitarian Church Boston Euston Hotel London Explorer Stanley Wilds Emin Pasha Zanzibar Dublin Ireland Apviers Hungary India Hurat League of Patriots Paris Apviets China Wong Kwang Pei Washington America Duchess of Cambridge Queen Victoria Victoria B. C Panama Canal Bouuanacer Belgium Brighton Eny Surat Liffel Tower

Storm wrecks shipping as sailors perish in Chesapeake

Advicts report a severe storm sweeping the lower Chesapeake Bay causing heavy shipping losses near Baltimore. More than a dozen seamen died and thirty to forty vessels were wrecked.

Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Cheyenne Francis HK. Warren Wyoming Adame C. Tanner Canton Interior Department Washington Fine Arkwright Savannah George W. Sheckels Shelbyville Ind P. H. Sheridan New York Albany Louisville Louisville Bridge & Iron Company Macaig May Cannellton Coucu Winfield Kan India Rhode Island General Assembly Port Huron Mich R. F. Scion First National Bank Evansville Teasurer Grance F. Krewort Hoyt & Thomas Boston Peten Catholic Mansfield Trnn-Bucs Columbus Monongahela River Pittsburgh Daniel Kehr Shamokin

Virginia Coast Hurled by Furious Saturday Hurricane

A deadly Virginia coastal storm wrecked numerous vessels and caused widespread damage. Sailors were lost or rescued across Ocean View, Cape Henry, Willoughby Point, and Nansemond River while bridges and civic buildings suffered extensive harm. The total damage in Norfolk area estimated at $2,000,000.

Virginia Nonrook Virginia Beach Berryman Ff. Poole Providence Baltimore Zatack Station Emma Ff. Hart Nassau Boston Cape Henry Zatack William Lawrence Andrew Johnson Lie York River Old Point Chatham Willoughby Point Northampton Cherry Stone Creek W. P. Davis Crang Island Charles H. Sinnickson Ocean View Hester A. Waters Nansemond River G W. Covington Eva Osborne James Watson Peg Point Emily N. Burton Rising Sun West Norfolk Godfrey Carrie May Western Branch Smithfield Creek Scawell’s Point Pig's Point Old Dominion Guyandotte Virginia, Capes James Boyce Charles N. Briggs Lamber’s Point Fairwood Suffolk Salisbury John W. Covington Hiester A. Waters Hampton Roads Petrel Hampton Princess Anne Ida Portsmouth Watchful Pillner’s Point Naval Hospital Seaboard Roanoke Atlantic & Danville Christian Church Berkley Annie Fr. Clark Robert Nealy Mary A. Irving Berkeley Flats Anna A. Williamson Sleepy Halls Woodward Elijah J. Bercie Georgia Norfolk Rappahannock

Kasson Describes Samoan Conference Aims

John A. Kasson arrives in New York en route to the Berlin Samoan conference. The commission includes William Phelps, George Bates, and Kasson with Harold Sewall as clerk. They seek uncommitted ent to secure order, honor native independence, and avoid large force on the islands.

John A. Kasson New Yor Iowa Washington Berlin William Walter Phelps New Jersey George H. Bates Delaware Mr. Kasson Harold N. Sewall Maine Herbert John A. Kasson Bismarck Count Berchen Edward Malet England Kasson

Prof. William Glass Blazes Egg Eating Challenge

In Verndale Minnesota on April 9, Professor William Glass took a $40 wager to eat five dozen eggs in thirty minutes. He boiled eggs briefly and finished all 60 in eight minutes, eating 32 in 45 seconds and the remaining 28 in under two minutes.

Charlottesville Somerset Josefa J. McDowitl St. Louis Oklahoma Country Santa Fe Road Oklahoma Grand Army of the Republic Decatur Rmpert Key Steubenville Norfolk Chicago New York Briparr Curting Louisville Salt Lake City Wilford Woodruff Mormon Church Elizabeth Smith Bridgeport Conn Worcester Mass Autmost Smithfield N. C J. Laupermminch Lebanon George Rudolph Davis Junction Kokomo Ind Lynch Brothers Tur Canyon Diablo N. M Sth Virginia Bloomfield Mich Frank Harss South Dakota Firer Illinois George Washington United States Secretary of War On Denver Fort Logan John A. Logan Jacos Sanot Hugh de Payen Knights Templar Easton Willliam Simpson Kelly Atlanta Wisconsin Harrison Military Department of the East Department of Dakota Stanton George Q. Cannon Princeton Ghent N. Y William Glass Verndale Minn Masonic Temple Col Minnesota Gla

Indiana Farmers Boycott Binding Twine Trust

A large Anderson meeting on April 9 pledged to pay no more than fifteen cents per pound for binding twine and to shun any merchant selling twine above that price. They resolved to boycott twine binding reapers while the trust endures and said they will let hogs eat wheat rather than submit to the trust.

Indiana Binding Twine Trust Anderson Ind Twine Trust

Terrible Prairie Fire Wrecks Dakota Farm District

In Yankton County and surrounding areas prairie fires devastate farms and homes. Eloise Madison, badly burned, is rescued with others escaping through smoke and flames. Dozens of families lose possessions. Douglas and Brule counties report heavy losses and fatalities.

Pawn Minn Dakota Yankton County Rapid City E E. Bailey Eloise Madison G. E. Bailey William Ashton Mrs. Bailey Mr. Ashton Miss Madison George Hunt Freeman Douglas County William Cline Cline E. W. Cline Ashton Oakwood Lake Frank Goodfellow Chicago Wisconsin Woods

Proclamation Urges Centennial Observance and Prayer Hour

President Harrison urges nationwide observance of Washington’s centennial on April 30. He calls for a 9 AM hour of prayer and thanksgiving in churches and synagogues to seek providential blessings for liberty prosperity and peace.

Washieton Harrison Washington New York George Washington Republic Congress Benjamin Harrison United States of America

Wedding charivari ends in fatal shooting in Iowa

A Des Moines report says Wheelock was married at Chester Center Poweshick County. A charivari crowd used improvised instruments until about 1 AM when a young lady relative returned with a shotgun and fatally wounded Fred Bacon who died Friday morning. The incident marks a second such tragedy in the county.

Des Moine Wheelock Chester Center Poweshick County Fred Bacon

Furious storms sweep over states cause widespread damage

Storms lash Delaware Bay Norfolk and Lewes with high winds and floods. A barge Sunrise sank near Lewes on Saturday night, five people drowned. Norfolk reports a cyclone like storm with 54 mph winds, heavy flooding, and major property losses including cotton and coal warehouses. The Pensacola sank in drydock. widespread telegraph and infrastructure damage followed.

Delaware Bay Norfolk Lewes Del Norfolk Norfoirk John A. Gamage & Son Savage, Son & Co Commission House Cotton Exchange J. W. Perry & Co Opera House Masonic Temple Virginia Beach United States Pensacola Simpson Dry Dock Winchester Ricu Mono Washington Alexandria Fredericksburg Cincinnati

Missing Cashier Sparks Bank Scandal in Anoka

P T Pratt, cashier at First National Bank of Anoka Minnesota, disappeared with about 80000 in funds amid a tangled case involving a handsome woman and overdrawn accounts. Bank directors and the examiner moved to appoint a receiver as Pratt’s whereabouts remain unknown in Canada.

P. T. Pratt First National Bank Anoka Minn Canada First National Bank of Minneapolis Pratt Merchant's National Bank of St. Paul Chicago New York Jacobson Boston H. C. Ticknor Northwest A. C. Frauman Ei. L. Reed T. Woodbury W. Husaanon D. C. Durhuain M. Peck Merriam

Presidency of Woodruff Organized at Mormon Conference

At Saint Laverry Utah on April 8 the Mormon conference saw the first presidency reorganized with Wilford Woodruff as president and George Q. Cannon and Joseph T. Smith as counselors. Lawrence Snow becomes president of the Twelve Apostles. Woodruff, long head of the Twelve, delivered an inaugural sermon urging piety faith and obedience.

Brigham Young Woodruff Saint Laverry Utah George Q. Cannon Wilford Woodruff Joseph T. Smith Lawrence Snow Twelve Apostles John Taylor

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