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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
3
A young woman asks if there is luck in finding a mule's shoe and wonders about chances Wes replies if the shoe is not on the mule. The fragment hints at a lighthearted domestic note or advice column item.
A Rome mayor posts a ban on indiscriminate spitting across the city with a universal warning. The article likens the modern fuss over child rearing to the more drastic methods of the past and notes the sign reads E vietato da sputare.
The Railway Age argues trains are safer than home shelter noting 562 lightning deaths last year versus 239 rail accident fatalities. It emphasizes rail travel as the safer option for the public in its comparison.
In a Virginia murder trial Judge Portlock faced a dramatic display as attorney Marshall pointed a revolver at him to dramatize the killing. The judge asked if the gun was loaded and Marshall answered No then fired, a bullet striking the wall inches from the judge’s head.
The British cruiser Porpoise reports Falcon island in the Pacific is rising again after 13 years above the surface following a submarine eruption near Truga. It stood nine feet out of water at end of May and may now be a mountain, posing a serious navigation risk.
The article condemns the evangelist action while noting restraint, suggesting if he seized the boy’s father he might justify harsher measures. It argues the youth’s home surroundings and influences are to blame for the boy’s persistent misbehavior.
The piece notes that within about 25 years assassins killed three presidents Lincoln Garfield Carnot and two monarchs Alexander II Humbert. It cites further attempts on William I Victoria Queen and President Loubet amid a broader pattern of plots against great-state leaders.
An editorial notes another aeronaut’s death in a balloon crash and argues the danger attracts crowds to ascensions while shrugging at the fatal cost. It compares the lure to ancient arenas and questions public appetite for peril.
The piece argues military strategists ignore cars at their peril. It claims the automobile will surpass the bicycle in effectiveness, likening the auto to a modern war elephant and urging demonstrations in cities to prove its deadly potential.
The piece notes eight feet of snow in New South Wales and a climate swing from extreme heat summers to freezing winters. It laments the lack of a world spanning pipeline to equalize temperatures for residents. It admires the colony as enterprising yet acknowledges its drawbacks.
A obit notes Lucius E. Chittenden registrar of the treasury under Lincoln, the sole man who knew a mysterious wartime benefactor. It recalls Adams in London seeking to stop two Confederate ironclads, failing to raise 5 million in gold, and a nameless financier supplying it.
Mrs. Stanford adds ten million to its prior three and a half million endowment, making Leland Stanford Jr. University nearly the wealthiest in the nation. Only Girard College in Philadelphia remains ahead with fifteen million. Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Chicago and Yale follow in descending funds.
Summary of national movers with July postal receipts across 50 post offices totaling 3,338,683 dollars and a net increase of 253,392 over last July. Government crop reports show declines in most crops while officials predict dollar wheat. farmers urged to feed corn to block. Bank-note circulation has risen by 70,000,000 dollars since March 14.
Auction in New York sold the name building and other assets of the Harper Brothers for 1 100 000. Week of exchange activity shows 1 271 409 458 in New York and nationwide markets. Bankruptcies numbered 172 in seven days, with notable sports and industrial losses and a fatal omnibus crash in Slatington Pennsylvania.
A compilation of events includes a Wahpeton barn fire killing 149 horses, Wisconsin and Texas political nominations, Chicago heat deaths, a St Louis street railway company formed, a Columbus express robbery and messenger killed, Janesville train collision deaths, a Tallahassee hanging, Indianapolis census, Salem Keeler died, Seattle fair planned, Keokuk editor’s death, and other regional incidents from the period.
Reports detail European governments preparing measures against archists. Admiral Watson notes slow U S pacification progress in the Philippines while British gains and Boer plots emerge in Africa. Humbert funeral, Yangtsun siege, and a projected 50 000 strong international army poised for Peking action by August 15 are cited with American troop losses.
Reports recount massacres of Armenians and Christians in various locations as Turkish, Chinese, and colonial forces clash. Germany plans to send 20000 troops to China while Li Hung Chang is named peace envoy. Washington debates relief, peace terms, and extradition pacts amid naval incidents and colonial surrender.
Gen Chaffee in China says allies are at Ho-Si-Wu 33 miles from Peking on the 10th and seem to have reached the capital. Other dispatches report Russians massacred Chinese at Aigun ending the Manchurian uprising and 3,000 converts plus ten missionaries killed at Pe-Chee-Le.
English army experiments with a bicycle corps as defense noted as a success. Germany expected to take more first prizes at Paris expo. Alaska gold fields railroad planned over 400 miles. Iceland marks ninth century of Christianity. Topeka wife seeks divorce after 41 years. Massillon residents head to Oklahoma to homestead. Stage names spice up American theater. World revival plans urged by Methodists for early century. Sequoia chief Augusting dies in San Diego aged 143. Navy recruits depart Chicago for San Francisco. New life saving stations planned on Lake Michigan. Leprosy cases in the Philippines prompt military health board action. Comptroller rules common carriers liable for lost goods without bills. Baltimore work on Schley silver service begins. cost about 8000 dollars.
The United States tells Minister Wu no negotiations on stopping hostilities will occur until China meets prior demands for minister protection free communication and restoring order. Li Hung Chang named envoy to seek immediate cessation of hostilities and report back for approval.
A Lehigh & New England passenger train collided with an omnibus carrying 25 people near Slatington Pa killing fifteen instantly and injuring ten with several more expected to die. The coach returning from a funeral had no warning watchman nearby.
Official census returns show Indianapolis with a population of 168 915, up 63 479 from ten years ago, a 60.2 percent increase.
News from New Kensington shows nearly the entire Pittsburgh Reduction aluminium works plant wiped out by a Sunday tornado. Loss estimated at $100,000 plus. In Louisiana, a Southern Pacific wreck near Lake Charles injured 40 and reported several killed.
Faris Aug 13 During maneuvers off Cape St Vincent the first class battleship Brennus collided with torpedo boat destroyer Framee. Framee sank immediately with four officers and 58 men saved. At least 50 feared lost amid limited details. France, a 313 ton displacement ship, recently joined the navy.
George Landers alias George Brennan, wanted in Kansas City for swindling the Evans-Snider-Buell Commission in cattle deals, has been adjudged insane and ordered sent to the state asylum. A former wealthy banker, he vanished after a prior failure, was arrested near El Paso while traveling from Mexico, and confessed his identity as the Kansas City warrant traced him.
William Doepke, a steam engineer, his wife and four children, were returning from a family picnic at Fairmount when their four year old son darted onto railroad tracks as an Indianapolis excursion train approached. Doepke and the boy were killed while the father, carrying his two year old daughter, fought to save him. the infant is badly hurt and not expected to recover.
The West St. Louis electric railway strike ended with a unanimous employee vote on August 13, and the boycott against the St. Louis Transit company was lifted. The initial walkout began May 10, shortly after the city strike over the transit lines started.
Samuel M. Clark editor of the Gate City in Keokuk Iowa for 30 years died Saturday. He served as congressman from Iowa First District and was U S commissioner of education to the 1889 Paris exposition. Born in 1842 he was a native Iowan.
Noted astronomer Professor James E. Keeler longtime director of the Lick Observatory Mount Hamilton died in San Francisco at age 43. The Illinois native was a prominent figure in American astronomy and served as director for the last two years.
Charles R H Ferrell a former Adams Express employee was arrested in Columbus and confessed to killing Messenger Charles Lane and robbing the Adams Express way safe on Pennsylvania train No 8. One thousand dollars recovered. Ferrell planned the crime for money ahead of his upcoming marriage to Miss Lillian Costlow. He acted alone and was arrested at the Costlow home with detectives present. the confession described the premeditated murder and theft and the theft money was recovered from Costlow. Ferrell 22.
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad announces Homeseekers Excursion tickets to southern states including Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Texas One fare plus 2.00 for round trip tickets valid fourteen days outbound with twenty one days return and stopover privileges A new wide vestibule train runs daily from Chicago to Waco and Fort Worth with through Pullman sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars For details contact any agent or C L Stone G P and T Chicago Illinois
A maternal exhortation extols female duties of beauty and strength while urging care for children and home. It extols Pe-ru-Na as a revitalizing tonic to lift a weary world and restore vigor.
An advertisement extols Pe-ru-na as the world’s one medicine women can rely on. It claims the remedy treats catarrh of any mucous membrane and related inflammations, promising cures where other medicines fail and noting women are especially helped.
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