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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1899
Page
3
A new women's club in London will admit only members six feet tall or taller. A relief expedition has departed toward the north to search for Walter Wellman, with another expedition planned about a year later to pursue the first.
Three Seminole women killed an elderly white woman in Indian Territory claiming she was a witch who brought them misfortune. The incident centers on an act of vengeance tied to superstitious beliefs about witchcraft and bad luck.
A concise note observes that the word Hello appears in all languages as the standard telephone greeting. It notes its universal usage wherever telephone lines exist and its meaning remains the same as in English.
The text notes that the idea of the copper penny as a disease carrier is a late argument. It recalls that when cents were larger like half dollars, objections existed but not on disease grounds. It suggests the disease-carrying fad can be pushed to extremes.
Nebraska state entomologist Prof Lawrence Brunner leads a planned campaign against grasshoppers in Kansas Colorado and Nebraska. The strategy reportedly involves inoculating grasshoppers with a disease and releasing them to spread the epidemic.
A grave near Boston in Mount Auburn Cemetery bears a white marble cross with fern motifs and the inscription Fanny Fern. The monument honors Mrs. Parton, a literary figure from four decades earlier, erected by Robert Bonner.
Speaking to a women's convention the Colorado governor remarked that in biblical times God sent a woman judge Deborah to rule Israel for 40 years and bring rest. He added he is unsure if the rest followed her rule or her reign's end.
Prof Gif ford leads forestry efforts at Cornell University Ithaca tracing work after returning from the Adirondacks where improvements on the 30000 acre estate have been made. Over a million new trees of various kinds were planted in the past year on the Cornell land.
Secretary of State at Springfield issues a license to Towarzystwo Mlodziezow Sw Kazimierza Krolewiczaprzy Kosele Sw Stanislawa Biskupa I Meczen nilla W. Chicago Ill a not for profit social and benevolent corporation with officers Wladislaw Kowalski Jan Szczech Frank Pawlowski. Objects of the society clearly stated in its name.
A Boston party of 13 fortune seekers sailed to the Arctic gold fields, rounding the Horn in 165 days. One man died in a storm near the Horn, scurvy struck the crew, and they lost their ship in Resurrection Bay. Returning broke, they should have known better than to start with 183 in the party.
The nation wide drive for a La Fayette monument in Paris gathers $45,694 from all states with Illinois giving the most pennies $6,461 and Ohio $5,499 for second. An additional $100,000 is hoped from La Fayette souvenir coins. Seven John Brown raiders exhumed from Harper’s Ferry graves are reinterred at North Elba New York beside John Brown.
Cyprus has a stormy history with rulers from Persians to Greeks, and later English control after 1878. The island, about 148 by 38 miles, changed hands through Romans and Crusaders, ending under British rule in 1887. Inland population is about 200,000.
Commissioner Evans reports fiscal year disbursements of 138 million leaving 1.857 million in treasury and 991,519 pensioners. Otis to stay in command in the Philippines with Lawton as successor if needed. Otis cites insurgent letters, Europe’s possible recognition by August 31, and U S aims to overthrow current administration. Garcia proposes Cuban militia organization and talk of volunteer calls and more tropical duty troops.
Week ending on the 11th saw total exchanges at leading clearing houses reach 1.576 billion dollars, down from 1.597 billion last week. U S business failures numbered 136, down from 182. George H. Wheeler former Chicago City Railway president died in Plattsburg New York at age 58. West Point hazing ended by Col Albert L. Mills. Cambria Steel cuts wages 70 to 80 percent in Johnstown triggering likely strike. In Maine Mabel and Wizzie Weston ages 18 and 15 and Lizzie Dodge 14 drowned bathing.
A sweeping bulletin notes the yellow fever epidemic near Hampton Virginia is nearly over. The report lists multiple violent deaths and incidents nationwide including lynchings in Georgia and Mississippi, a baptism of other crimes and disasters, a bankruptcy filing in Ohio, and a planned saw mill trust with a $50 million capitalization in Wisconsin and Michigan.
The brigantine Enterprise with an 18 man crew is reported lost at sea off Bunedin New Zealand. Torres learned his nephew was killed by the Yaquis and ordered 40 prisoners in Montezuma Mexico executed. A London dispatch says General Kitchener plans to visit America.
The Olympia with Admiral Dewey sails from Naples toward Leghorn amid warm feelings toward Americans. Wrecks near Rockingham and Rottnes claim 22 lives. Labori is shot in Rennes but survives. Mercier testifies in the Dreyfus case amid crowd hostility. Arctic whaling falters. West Indiana hurricane deaths rise to about 2,000. American forces seize San Mateo near Manila with 3 dead and 13 wounded. Dewey arrives at Leghorn. Patroclus sinks off Lowestoft with five drowning victims.
Dreyfus shot and recovering in Rennes as witnesses including Casimir-Perier and Gen Zurlinden testify. Tropical storm forms after West Indian hurricane. Dewey ill on Olympia at Leghorn. Hong Kong reports 23 plague deaths and 25 new cases. Fire at Cass Lake destroys 15 buildings. China steamer arrives San Francisco with Schurman aboard. Philippine regiments fill with 13 010 enlisted. Hartman killed by train near Eder Md. Bay City shipyard dismantling. Canastota tragedy as three men and a boy die crossing tracks. Quingua clash ends with American casualties.
London editor N H Brown tours the globe nine times. Milburn NJ inventor claims perpetual motion solution. Lloyd Tevis will leaves 15 million to his widow. Cincinnati society girls form an anti kissing league. Richards new American Whist League president learned whist at six. David Henderson bankrupt in NY. A modern American sawmill may rise in China. Arch bishop Williams owns 7 million in Catholic church real estate. Cologne Gazette urges German business to attend Philadelphia exposition. Capt Davis Dalton, famed life saver, drowned near Far Rockaway after saving 278 lives. Bamberger & Co sells 25 000 tobacco cases to American Tobacco Co for 1 060 000. Cash Mosby promotes ex slave reunion in Chattanooga. US peace delegates offer to erect peace chapel near The Hague. Pressed Steel Car orders 2 500 cars for several railroads, contract worth 2 750 000.
Reports detail a suspected royalist and anti-Semitic conspiracy to trigger a general crisis in France with a planned assault on Labori after threats and a warning to police. Labori shows slight improvement after the shooting. his wife aided at his side in court.
The Brotherhood company incorporated at Columbus plans a large cooperative venture with stock distributed in small amounts and life insurance protection. It includes education efforts, colony building near Wake Erie, and cooperative farming communities. Mayor Jones of Toledo and J A Johnson of Washington are among incorporators with strong financial backing.
Aug 15 Manila reports a clash near Quingua and Bustos as US forces from Quingua and Balinag assault a roughly 500 strong insurgent body. One US soldier killed, insurgents scattered, possible plan to damage Bocave and Bigaa rail lines. Minor naval update from Manila on Gilmore and 12 others held at Vigan.
The Journal reports democratic leaders in states were asked if they would send a Bryan or anti-Bryan or Bryan and silver delegation to the 1900 convention. Thirty-eight replies show thirty for Bryan, seven leaning Bryan, one choosing Bryan second. States listed include New York to Texas with Pattison as Pennsylvania’s favorite son.
Plattsburg New York August 15 President McKinley will not attend the New York reception for Admiral Dewey citing public business pressure and a belief that his presence would divert honors from the admiral. His decision came after careful consideration and weighing justice and propriety.
Cleveland officials say the business men's anti boycott committee will hire lawyers to prosecute civil rights violators and detectives to arrest dynamiters placing explosives under street cars. A $10,000 fund backs the crusade. In Michigan the American Shipbuilding company plans to dismantle Wheeler's shipyard and distribute machinery to Wyandotte Lorain and Cleveland. The yard employed 1,800 workers and paid about $50,000 in wages every two weeks. In Muscatine Iowa natural gas is found on the Roberttee farm near the city, vein 170 feet deep.
Rennes Aug 15 The Dreyfus court hearing was halted after M Labori leading counsel for Capt Alfred Dreyfus was shot in the morning session. Gen Mercier was recalled as Casimir Perier defended his conduct and Dreyfus sought to explain a claimed itinerary. The trial resumed with disclosures about confessions and diplomatic notes as the court investigated the affair. hours later Berea Ohio suffered a major fire destroying 21 businesses with about 100000 dollars in losses.
A wealthy American in Paris mocks European ways and a friend tells him of a city with 125000 people that lacks a livery stable. The joke urges the man to invest and visit Venice to bring “horse sense” to the town, making the prank legendary though no report of the visit exists.
Washington on August 15 reports 13 010 men enlisted for the ten regiments for the Philippine islands leaving only 80 to complete the units. It is decided to send 400 recruits of those raised to the Philippines for the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh regiments.
Columbus Ohio August 15 Governor Bushnell declined to interfere in Bruno Wirves case. Wirves a Dayton man under sentence to be electrocuted for killing his daughter is to be electrocuted Thursday night.
A Burlington Hawkeye anecdote recounts Ananias Fisher confessing childhood bashfulness and a long social dilemma at a Topeka dinner. He hid his nerves until midnight when a 280 pound hostess sat on his hat, revealing the prankish truth and ending his bashful streak.
Mark Twain and Rev Joseph H Twitchell planned a Hartford to Boston bicycle trip but after 12 to 15 miles admitted they preferred the train. They told a Boston acquaintance their route and arrival time and later rode enough to demonstrate the feat. The exchange ends with Twain noting they rode far enough to demonstrate it could be done.
A customer letter extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing menstrual pains and backache. The testimonial from Mrs Dell a Remicker of Rensselaer Minnesota praises renewed health after two to four bottles. The ad urges women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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