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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
1
A digest of odd facts and anecdotes from 1896 includes murder and execution rates, Mississippi post office openings, wealth claims about Senoxa de Cousino, Dr. A Stephens tales for boys, a southern train halted by a washerwoman, a kite safety remark, Chinese court customs, a dowager princess punishing a prince, and a bold mudstone ad offering proof by bite.
Robert Cornwell, eastern Barton county farmer Missouri, reports a potato that develops without tops potentially eliminating the Colorado potato beetle threat. A New York bacteriologist cites 11 disease colonies on one public school book leaf, challenging classroom hygiene. San Francisco Christian Endeavor events filled four blocks of open air meetings along a wide avenue, validating a biblical prophecy.
Cc. F. Jones known as Give-a-dam Jones was acquitted of celebrating the Fourth with firecrackers. The report notes El Paso bans firecrackers on Independence Day, a rarity nationwide.
Mrs Alexander Campbell died at Bethany West Virginia at age 85. Her death recalls the church founded by her husband, a sect that now lists about 1,000,000 communicants and once influenced a presidential election as it expands across many states.
The piece notes renewed agitation against lynching with 81 cases since January 1 1897, most in the South, lists state counts and mentions three in the North. It also covers a proposed Maj Robert Anderson memorial sanitarium at Castle Pinckney Charleston harbor to aid disabled veterans, supported by Congress. It laments Klondike rushes with travelers seeking passage by balloon or on foot.
The British government declines to intervene as Mrs. Maybrick receives a life sentence for allegedly poisoning her husband. The case hinges on weak evidence from a nurse who found arsenic, while Maybrick’s long history as an arsenic eater is noted. Her American nationality has drawn American interest and renewed appeals.
The piece cites a 77 000 068 US population estimate from Washington and notes a Belgian king chosen as arbitrator in the Japan Hawaii dispute. It adds Secretary Sherman’s stance on enforcing arbitration terms and N E Young resigning as president of the National Baseball League after 31 years in treasury service.
Senators Cullom Nawley and Wetmore sailed from New York for Europe. A fire at D Jayne & Sons in Prankford Pa. caused $100000 loss with multiple burn injuries. A rail crash near Rockland N J killed two children and fatally injured six others. A jealous man shot Kate Scollon and killed himself in Philadelphia. A stand collapse at a Lancaster race track killed two and injured several. National failures numbered 237 in the seven days. Danversport rubber works destroyed by fire. Clearing houses reported $1 141862763 in week ended on the 6th, up from prior week. Baseball percentages show leaders Boston and Cincinnati near .69 and .65. A Fieldsborough NJ mother killed by husband in sleep attack. H T Reed and sister Blanche murdered in North Adams MA.
A monument to Edmund Kirby Smith, last full general of the Confederate Army, was unveiled at the University of the South in Sewanee Tennessee. The long list of other incidents includes a fatal Chicago elevator collapse, a Cincinnati restaurant fire, and a Virginia attorney general dying of typhoid.
J M Fowler founder of the Canfield Dispatch and among Ohio’s oldest printers, cut his throat at Youngstown while temporarily insane. In Tennessee, at a Chattanooga railroad crossing, Herbert Nicholson and Edward King were killed in a separate incident.
Reports from Vienna claim the Bulgarian poet Constantinoff was assassinated. Spain’s Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo was killed in Santa Agueda by an anarchist. A Bulgarian cartridge factory blast in Nustchuk killed 46 and wounded many. Britain prorogued Parliament after a throne speech. A British envoy named arbitrator for the Venezuela tribunal. A balloon expedition news pigeon seized at Gradisca.
Obituaries note artist William Lamb Piecknell dies in Marblehead at 45. Reports from Constantinople describe Armenian agitators killing 200 within the Migriki tribe. Other items include deaths of Carl S Neuberger in New York and Captain B B Bradley's towboat Frits explosion near Cairo Illinois with ten missing.
A survey of brief items notes Kansas City planning a 100000 convention hall. Wyoming plant shaves 3400 sheep by 50 workers. Denver salaries climb to 50000 monthly with proposed cuts. German engine drivers earn medals and 500 every decade. Paris tests horseless carriages at 25 mph. China may embrace American life insurance. Martinique bans oleomargarine. Flintlock guns flood dark est Africa markets. lawsuits probe law taxing unnaturalized labor. Holland forms Historical Christians party favoring secular education. Admiral Keppel age 88 remains active. Uncle Jimmy McGaughey recalls long life from chewing tobacco. Ex-Senator McConnell’s varied career spans mining, banking and more. Mortality lists record 15 union generals this year.
Sensational drop in silver on the London market with bar silver tumbling to 25 1/2 pence per ounce, the lowest level and fastest decline since 1893. New York and City of Mexico prices fall sharply as traders fear continued weakness and anticipate government action.
Dun and Company notes July failures at 7.12 million the smallest since 1892 with manufacturing and trading reductions. Wheat yields and prices boost optimism while cotton prices rise. Wage settlements and coal strike progress aid employment. pipe contracts for oil fields signal demand growth amid modest price declines. Wedding frolic ends in fire deaths in Cincinnati as beer, cigarettes, and an up-ended bathtub contribute to suffocation. <This line kept to 2 sentences due to content>
Union Pacific officials announce a new long distance run by engine 890 under engineer Thomas Grogan from Evanston Wyoming to Omaha Nebraska covering 1055 miles in 24 hours including stops. The final sprint from North Platte to Omaha 291 miles was completed in 279 minutes at 63.49 mph. Albany NY August 4 John Flanagan hammer thrower broke exhibition record with 157 feet 4 inches. surpassing his own world best of 150 feet 8 inches though not a world record.
Three Thousand Sinin Buenos Ayres Aug 5 The latest official advices from Camidos Brazil state 2000 government soldiers were killed in the recent big battle there. Rebel losses about 1000. Wounded numbers unavailable as reinforcements search for injured hidden in forest and huts amid shortages.
The comptroller of the currency and the Bureau of Statistics unveil a joint diagram tracing national banks growth from 1864 through 1896. It charts capital, loans and discounts, deposits, and circulation, with per state and regional views, and notes peaks in 1873 1892 and declines by 1896. The chart is sent to banks and newspapers.
Four lives lost at the Northwestern elevator on Indiana street after a Thursday night fire. Three firemen died and one unidentified man was blown into the river. 51 firefighters injured including Chief Swenie and assistants. Elevator contents valued at 135000 bushels of grain, losses total around 367500 with substantial surrounding property damage.
London August 7 Parliament prorogued after a throne speech reviewing Britain’s global relations. No note of the U S arbitration treaty or Behring Sea seal conflict. Kings Greece war regret noted. peace treaty expected with minor frontier changes and indemnity. Gratitude voiced to colonies and India for loyalty at jubilee ceremonies. Canadian fiscal laws cited as proof of attachment. L A W Meet Philadelphia August 5 wheelmen stir. meet opened with a ten mile run to Andorara nurseries and back.
Washington reports that there is no change in instructions to Minister Sewall or Admiral Beardslee regarding the Hawaiian question. The admiral is instructed to protect American interests and to establish a protectorate only if serious disturbance occurs or an overt act is committed.
Albert Schaffer president of the Alemania bank of St. Paul was tried in district court after being indicted for overdrawn accounts at bank failure. The jury acquitted him after court guidance finding the bank owed him money instead of the reverse.
In Parkersburg West Virginia Judge Jackson granted a sweeping injunction on August 5 restraining Eugene V Debs and associates from interfering with the Monongah Coal & Coke company or its employer. The writ blocks trespass and any effort to incite a strike and suppresses peaceful assembly near the mines. Debs denounced the order in Pittsburgh and warned of further actions. Deputies guard mine properties and a broader strike campaign across Western Pennsylvania and Central Pennsylvania is planned with about 8000 workers.
London reports the British government will likely reply to the American bimetallic commission in October. Sir Michael Hicks Beach says the decision requires careful consideration, with extra time needed to confer with India. The delay does not discourage the American envoys who expect India mint openings.
Washington August 7 Secretary of State John Sherman said the US will not guarantee the arbitration terms with Japan if the arbitrators decide against Hawaii. He noted the issue is bilateral and that a ratified annexation treaty before arbitration ends could render the arbitration void and leave Japan's claims to Congress for possible legislation.
The banking house of James G. King's Sons, founded in 1815 and once a leading New York firm, is going out of business. What remains will be absorbed by Baring Magoun and Co.
Governor Tanner reports no new word from Sheriff Randle as Coffeen Pennsylvania faces a 600 strong strike, with troops requested but not yet dispatched. Pickets guard entrances and martial law-like measures persist amid fears of dynamite and clashes with deputies.
Washington August 9 The pension roll of the United States has almost reached the million mark at the start of the fiscal year 983,528 pensioners. During the year 50,101 new pensions were granted 3,971 restored to the rolls. Deaths totaled 31,960 with other losses from remarriage non-claimants and other causes. A storm in Newro e Ky caused two deaths and drownings. The National Democratic Association of Colored Men meets September 23 in Columbus Ohio. Germany faced deadly storms with 105 killed in Silesia and up to 180 in Saxony with losses over 150000 marks. The Grand Army of the Republic encampment opens August 23 in Buffalo New York.
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