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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
1
A New York house was struck by lightning seven times in one day last week. The incident invites reflection on luck and fate as the town reels from repeated strikes. Separately, Japan plans to import about one million barrels of U.S. flour this year while China continues robust wheat purchases from the United States.
A Southern California farmer recalled walking 300 miles while cultivating an orchard and 600 miles after selling his farm to move to town seeking employment. Lord Kelvin proposes an English plan to burn garbage for electricity and convert gases into fuel, promoting the idea that waste can be recaptured.
The Brooklyn directory shows an influenza department entry and several names such as Zmid zinski Zidnilski Zolotnitzki Zwet schkenbaum Yawhczyk Sychrodowsky Pfannen schmidt and Achtenflacht, indicating a crowded listing of residents with varied spellings.
Florence Nightingale’s name derives from Florence, Italy. her father adopted Nightingale after inheriting Peter Nightingale’s estates. An American on the Klondike reports deadly mosquitoes, and mentions New Jersey mosquitoes matching that danger this year.
A report notes the longest tunnel under Pike's Peak may hinge on railway lamping delays, while a new eastern society of college men seeks laws to electrocu te idiots lunatics deformed children and old people.
A Boston swimmer attempted to swim the English channel but fell short by about three miles. The feat tests the greatest strength skill and endurance. The English Channel spans twenty one miles with rough water and strong tides between England and France.
Reports say new gold finds emerge in Pennsylvania California Colorado Minnesota Michigan and Illinois while Kiondike is urged to share interest. A New York man claims a method to extract gold from Mexican silver dollars and a company forms to transmute gold from pate de foie gras in the White Mountains.
At Vienna the king of Siam was shown a large collection of stuffed animals killed by the late Crown Prince Rudolph. He asked if the prince killed them himself, and replied that he loved animals too much to kill them. He kept them instead. The remark condemns sport hunting as inconsistent with Christian and Buddhist ethics.
The Troy Times notes 40 people executed by electric chair in New York since 1890, with 230 hangings before 1850. It attributes the rise to juries favoring electricity over rope, and moving executions away from crime scenes, calling the shift a civilized progress.
A general migratory movement to Mexico is proposed by the Indians. The ban on polygamy by order of the government is said to spur it, but feasibility is doubtful. Uncle Sam may not object, yet Mexico probably would. Even if moves succeed, many might return. The red man now relies heavily on government aid. Mexico would likely offer none.
The treasury reports July exports totaling 36,045,278 dollars up from 1896 and 1895. The president will attend the Ohio state fair in Columbus starting August 31. Ethan Allen Hitchcock is named minister to Russia. Immigrants last year brought 3,541,241 dollars, averaging about 15 dollars per person. Corean leader Pam Kwang Soh dies in Washington at age 48. Seven day US business failures reach 239, down from 237 prior week. Washington DC bans horseless carriages citing horse fears and accident risk.
The East reports H A Willis of Taunton Massachusetts died in the hospital at state prison following a fatal shooting during an escape attempt. Across the nation commercial agencies note a steady rise in trade with weekly clearinghouse totals near 1.153 billion dollars.
A roundup of deaths and accidents includes Philip Korn the San Salvador coffee planter dying at Tallack Lake California, Harold Mosler at 15 in Kansas City, and a Milan Missouri train death. Also reported are a Montpelier Ohio shooting suicide, a Caddo Mills Texas train wreck, and multiple killings and drownings.
A report states Ethan A Hitch cock of St Louis accepted a ministerial post in Russia. Nearby at Myers Kentucky a Black man named George Wilson with a bad reputation was lynched by a mob. A storm at Hicksville Ohio caused extensive damage unroofing buildings and harming crops in surrounding areas.
Prince Bismarck pays tribute to Canovas in a telegram of condolence. Madrid holds funeral services for Spain’s late premier as a new cabinet forms led by Gen. Martinez Campos. Weyler’s resignation is reported from Havana while London and Normandy items note a steamer wreck near Alderney and a sword duel in France.
Associate Justice Stephen J. Field set a new length of continuous service on the U S Supreme Court at 3 years 5 months and 6 days surpassing former Chief Justice John Marshall by one day.
A lake of nearly pure petroleum spanning several miles in Alaska is reported. Other notes mention potential demand for Oregon plains horses in Japan, Klondyke mining town near Marion Missouri, and prospects for lead and azine. Also: Marconi reports a successful wireless test in London. Harvard graduates avoid theology. New York steamship lines see weaker outward business. dull book publishing season. valuable papers found in Carbondale Pennsylvania. Hecla Dakota sheep numbers rise. a Sedgwick Kansas divorce suit over a lover's fits. 82 year old Mary Hunt farms and manages her property in Maine. bullfighting investment planned in Mexico City. Bret Harte, once consul at Glasgow, now in London.
Michel Angiollilo was convicted by court martial at Vergara for the assassination of Premier Canovas del Castillo. He was sentenced to death and led away pale and manacled, with witnesses and officials detailing his premeditation and lack of accomplices. He claimed a path from Foggia to Marseilles, Barcelona, and Berlin, but the court ruled the act premiditated.
The George C. Heltzell & Co. worsted goods mill in Chester Pennsylvania says wages paid in 1892 will be restored on September 6. The firm had reduced wages by about 20 percent since 1892 and half time work until three weeks ago. Now, with new orders, hundreds of workers return to full time.
United States Senator H C Hansbrough of North Dakota married Mary Lerri Chapman of Washington DC at the Hotel Burlington New York. The ceremony used the Protestant Episcopal service and guests noted white azaleas ferns and roses in the decor.
In Tucksville Ohio on August 17 two masked men bound I C Humburger an elderly resident four miles west of town. They robbed him of about 1800 in cash 900 in notes and 1800 in bonds. The notes were dropped and recovered. Humburger is reported in critical condition. In Eldora Tennessee also on August 17 Frank Lane of Union was killed when earth collapsed in a gravel pit.
William C. Wilson, 55, owner of Wilson's circulating library at 1119 Walnut, was found slain Monday night. Thieves used a hammer to kill him and throttled him with a towel after robbing the shop. loot scattered through the bureau and closets as they escaped.
Washington August 17 Justice Stephen J Field of the United States Supreme Court established the record for longest service on the bench. His tenure since 1863 under Lincoln surpasses Chief Justice John Marshall's 34 years. At eighty one he is beyond retirement but continues in active service with no indication of retirement.
The 20 year old Virgil Gallagher is arrested after he killed his mother Kate Gallagher a longtime Galveston schoolteacher at Thirteenth and K streets. He then set fire to the bed and confessed to the crime claiming he needed funds to spend on a variety actress. The murder was described as deliberately planned and executed.
The body of Mrs. Kate Galla gher, a 12 year Galveston schoolteacher, was found in her home with her throat cut and the bed set on fire. The victim lived with her son Virgil at Thirteenth and JS streets. A suspect is under surveillance but no arrest has been made.
The Morgan line steamer Ll Rio under Capt Quick arrived from New Orleans in three days, 20 hours and 37 minutes, the fastest on record, beating her previous best by two hours.
Mills across Fall River Providence Lawrence and Salem resume partial and full operations as textile demand grows. Eddy woolen mills reopen with 300 workers. Lonsdale cotton mills hire about 5,000. Methuen repairs push toward full operation next week. Naumkeag steam mills return to 42 hours a week with 1,400 staff awaiting market strength.
In Mexico City on August 17 exchange to New York rose as silver fell to 181 and 140 asked. London exchange dropped to 21 34 pence, signaling a potential $2 million yearly loss on sterling debt. Bankers urge relief and lower interest amid a looming economic crisis.
Reports from upstate New York describe severe storm damage after a Monday cyclone. In Lewis County a sawmill valued at 20000 was destroyed near Copenhagen. In Fulton County three farms barns and sheds were razed while residents sheltered in cellars. In Hagaman Amsterdam a cyclone wrecked several buildings and barns with Mrs Harted injured and hospitalised. Overall crop damage and substantial losses noted.
Thomas Jefferson Sappington an old St Louis county resident who warned Gen Grant of a Confederate ambush saved the general from capture. He hurried to St Louis to alert Grant as they edged toward the farm, thwarting a plan to seize him. Burial followed near Sappington in St Louis County.
A Chicago Times-Herald item recounts a woman asking a bird storekeeper for nonpoisonous field snakes to place in her husband's boots. The plan is a test case to scare him into quitting drinking, though the storeman notes it may backfire.
In Cleveland Leader style a medium sized man and a short stranger ride in a caller car near the car barns. They point to a large brown house with a veranda and a porch running around it asking who lives there. The exchange ends with a hint of imminent trouble.
A Boston expressman explains his fall from respectability after delivering the Bacchante to the station. The Sympathetic Person questions his honesty and vocation as winter job prospects in Boston appear insufficient.
A dying man tells Parson he once beat a gang of robbers for a nickel fare on the Great Consolidated Street railway and says he would do it again. The reverend assures him of possible comfort as the man passes away peacefully.
A man at a club claims he golfed with his wife and is pressed for which round won. The exchange escalates as a quick joke about Turks or Mormons surfaces, reflecting a biased view, with the Buffalo Enquirer reporting the snapshot.
A silent ambush turns anticlimactic as the attacker’s plan collapses when the intended victim remains unaware. The would-be assailant’s expression shifts from menace to disappointment as the target remains beyond reach behind the screen.
Mrs Curtis of New York describes dull heat and tenderness in the side as a sign of early ovarian inflammation. The ad urges contacting Lydia E Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts for treatment and cites a testimonial from Mrs Annie Curtis of Ticonderoga New York praising the remedy.
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