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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
3
Report notes that during the last two years American horses and mules saw war service in four foreign lands. The statement outlines the animals’ roles across multiple theaters and reflects on the logistics of military animal support.
The latest government report states Japan has 46,000,000 people. This figure highlights the nation's population size and situates its demographic profile within global context.
The nation rushes to speed mail as Uncle Sam’s post office reports sales of 52,000,000 special delivery stamps in the last fiscal year. This indicates strong demand for faster service amid a hurried national pace.
A German scientist claims the earth weighs about 11 913 000 trillion pounds with a margin of a few pounds. The statement notes that even those who desire the earth would not object to this figure.
The German Society offers a prize for designs of an electric railway enabling trains to run safely at 125 miles per hour. While designing may be straightforward, putting the concept into successful practice presents greater difficulty.
Tientsin, at the Pei Ho river juncture with the Grand Canal, is a major trading center in North China, handling 600 to 700 vessels yearly and an import trade around 33 900 dollars annually. It serves as the port of entry for Peking.
The English parliament provides annual pensions to royal women. The queen dowager receives $300,000, the dowager Princess of Wales $200,000, other widows of royal princes $30,000, and the land Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz $15,000.
The speaker mocks how a girl walking 5 000 miles on a wager is labeled pretty as newspaper beauty. He notes if she traveled by handsprings or boxed continent wide the description would remain the same with added praise like refined and educated. The comment exposes superficial judgments in media portrayals.
Since 1880 US silk manufacture has grown 250 percent and Paris reports the American silk exhibit may win a prize superior to the French. The piece credits American capability across diverse climates and talents.
An actress staying in Colorado is said to have killed a large bear after a tense battle using several cartridges. The report notes public interest but questions whether the deed occurred, contrasting with typical stage legends of diamonds or surf life-saving by actresses.
The author notes that recent wars broadened geographic awareness. Two years ago few knew details about the Philippines, South Africa, and China, but now these places are familiar to readers who consult maps and reference books.
Alexander Dunsmuir, premier of British Columbia, is famed as the silent Scotchman for never speaking in the legislature. His father built vast BC coal fields that formed Canada’s richest family fortune, and his son entered politics to defend those interests despite ongoing hostile legislation.
Reports from across the United States note no difference in treatment of Chinese residents after murders in Peking. Officials and observers say no indigities or violence are seen, arguing American safety for Chinese is intrinsic to being in the United States.
Experiments with torpedo cats off Portsmouth England support naval opinion that the vessels would be of limited use in major battles. They could not approach fortified posts within two miles without discovery and their speed was so reduced that smoke from funnels was easily seen, exposing unarmored craft to rapid destruction.
Reports confirm Spain will cede the islands of Cibitu and Cayayen left by the Paris treaty as a Philippine possession. June exports reach 108.36 million dollars while imports total 60.81 million. Census estimates place US population at 76 to 77 million and foreign trade tops two billion for the year ending June 30.
A plan to release inmates from the western penitentiary in Allegheny Pennsylvania was uncovered. The report also notes weekly exchange totals across leading clearing houses reaching 1.337 billion dollars, down from 1.472 billion, with a 9.7 percent drop from the prior year period.
Reports mark New Orleans as under martial law after the killing of two policemen by Charles sparks a deadly race war with at least four dead and twelve wounded. Other items note political nominations, disasters, and notable incidents across the nation.
Dispatch reports an identical Chinese appeal for mediation received by all powers. In Mindanao American soldiers killed nine Filipinos amid a murder case of a colleague, while Admiral Remey cites heavy reinforcements in Peking preventing capture without overwhelming force. Prince Tuan reportedly killed near Peking. missionaries massacred. foreigners in Peking deemed safe. Panama dispatch notes a peace treaty between government and revolutionists signed.
Edward Bowen of Lincoln Nebraska reaches Paris on his bicycle journey. Across world news, reports say German troops advance with vengeance orders, Middleburg falls to the British, Kruger visits Barberton, a London storm causes heavy deaths, and fears of a China war grow. In the Philippines, Americans suffer casualties while Filipinos die in action. In London, Lady Randolph Churchill marries Lieut. George West. De Wet seeks surrender terms refused by Roberts. King Humbert of Italy is assassinated in Monza by Angelo Boressi, whose motive remains unclear.
Dispatches report Macdonald in Peking saying Legationers alive on July 21. Consul Fowler Chefoo notes foreigners safe on July 17 and attack ceased. British American forces at Tientsin ready to advance on Peking within 48 hours. Various crimes and political events follow: Powers trial in Georgetown and other murders. Commissioner Root sends artillery to China. Corbett McCoy boxing match planned. Church burned in Shoal Creek. Colorado Democratic convention set for September 12. Assassination attempts and King Slumbert mourning.
Petroleum fields open in Japan. Atlanta jury finds wife liable for husband’s burial costs. Nebraska land rush leaves few good acres. Gettysburg battlefield adds two miles of avenues. Kansas City plan to sell eggs by weight. Chittenden Hotel in Columbus sold for 650000 to Cleveland investors. Gen Sternberg seeks 100 medical officers for Philippines and China. Miss Lillie Ray becomes deputy marshal to her father in Hawaii. Western census likely disappointing due to limited migration. Belgium abolishes death penalty in practice. Grand Forks judge grants divorce to Princess Halverson. Major publishers form national association. Russian cruiser Varing tops 24 knots in first speed trial. Korea contracts 1 million dollars for cemetery move. Fifteen miles set for relocation of dead queen’s spirit. Westminster Abbey burials honor three wives of famous men.
King Humbert of Italy was shot dead at Monza after a prize distribution event for a gymnastic contest. The assailant, identified as Angelo Bressi of Prato, Tuscany, fired three shots and was captured amid rising crowd hostility.
King Jiumbert of Italy was shot during a festival in Monza. Bressi rushed the escort and fired three times. The king died before doctors arrived, sending Monza from festival town to mourning city. The motive remains unknown and the assassin is presumed insane. The queen is prostrate.
King Humbert II of Italy, born 1844 in Turin, married Helene of Montenegro, faced an assassination attempt in Naples after his 1878 coronation, and governed amid the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austro-Hungary. The notes describe his tenure, the alliance’s impact, and his charitable public acts. Also reported are the cremation of William Case’s remains, a hotel fire in Fort Worth, and a Kansas City fraud fugitive.
A flurry of cables from London Berlin and Tokyo report imperial edicts urging peace with foreign powers while viceroys and governors guard territories and face penalties. Massacres of missionaries are claimed around Pao Ting Fu and Kwang Ping Fu as diplomats seek reliable word amid rising tension.
Ten people were injured with two fatally from a premature discharge at Camp Lincoln in Springfield Illinois. Private Jesse Rupert and Corporal Charles Balsley died. The blast followed a cigarette or lighter igniting powder near a cannon as Rupert and Balsley prepared to ram home a charge. Dozens, including civilians, were burned or blinded. Witness Harry Peters cited a possible boy as the source while others blamed a uniformed man.
Cape Town dispatch says Gen Christian Dewet offers to surrender so his followers may return home unmolested but Lord Roberts rejects anything but unconditional surrender. Broadwood watches Dewet near Reitzburg as FP Dewet surrenders at Isroonstad.
A fragment from Detroit Journal and Chicago Daily News jokes comment on speed and wit. Max O'Rell quips Paris moves quickly with quicksand in hour glasses while a proverb notes the risk of a liar losing reputation.
The text describes a sudden weakening of the mucous membranes that line the body leading to disease. It notes the vulnerability can occur in lungs head throat stomach or bowels and claims a single cause behind varied organ involvement.
An advertisement extols Pe-ru-na as the sole remedy for catarrh and winter illnesses. It claims catarrh weakens the system and inflames the delicate mucous lining, causing pneumonia and colds, and argues only Pe-ru-na reaches the right place for a cure.
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