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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
3
Rand Burbank hosts a Parisian style nobleman, Prince de Santre, at the Palmer Club dinner. The prince charms guests, wins invitations, and leaves a string of admirers while a wines scheme and rumored hotel bill issues unfold around Burbank and his circle.
In Chicago Record style reportage, a traveling salesman posing as a prince lures money from winery partners through promises of direct work and high pay. Investigations reveal he entangled several parties before being dropped after a New York report.
Elmer Struble cashier of the Farmers bank in Shepherd Michigan died after being shot while resisting robbers who looted the bank. He named three suspects before death as authorities pursued possible arrests amid mob talk and official plans.
In Seabright New Jersey on August 23 a spillway of surf pulled Miss Wilson under. Her companion grabbed her and towed her to shore while other bathers aided. The rescuer, a renowned Seabright beauty and expert swimmer, is married to Thomas D. O'Brien a Chicago broker.
Star Pointer defeated Joe Patchen in three heats at 2:02 2:04 2:04 with 16 000 spectators witnessing the event. The first heat tied closely with Patchen, time 2:02 the fastest harness heat on record. Price of silver falls in London and New York. Sarah Angel admits she was not Jay Gould’s wife.
In Clarksburg West Virginia Judge Nathan Goff sentences 27 miners to county jail for contempt of court for violating an injunction. Separate reports from Pittsburgh and Spring Valley describe clashes, mass relief for destitute families, and violent incidents amid the strike spreading through Illinois and surrounding areas.
A cablegram from the National Relief Association to the queen regent of Spain requests intercession for Senorita Evanglina Cossio Cisneros, a Cuban girl persecuted by Weyler agents, in the name of humanity. Signed by Mrs J C Burrows, Mrs J Ellen Foster, and Mrs Emily C Kilvert for the American Red Cross aid group.
Frank Webber of Buffalo Warren Bush of Chicago and Charles Glasner of Chicago hired a small boat at La Salle and were swept over the falls in strong current. Rescue efforts failed and bodies were not expected to be recovered for weeks. In Athens a crowd urged King George to reject peace with Turkey and renew hostilities, while most of Athens press opposed the move.
Canton Ohio funeral officer Charles Hemminger surprised burglars in a bank basement early Sunday. The attackers fired. Hemminger shot one burglar who died at the hospital later. The burglar’s identity was not disclosed. Bay State Republicans schedule state convention for September 29 in Boston.
Eleany Sullivan who was sentenced to twenty years for the rape of Sarah Lawson was seized by a mob from the Williamsburg jail and hanged from the Cumberland River bridge at about one o clock Sunday morning.
Charles Andrews, vice president of the C. & Andrews Company, dealers in coffee and spice, died suddenly in Milwaukee when gas was accidentally turned on in his room suffocating him.
A party of Klondikers arrived in Seattle on the Starr with 90 pounds of gold from five claims on Bonanza and Eldorado creeks. Lead miners Edward Thorpe George Stewart and Joseph Winter holen spoke of scarce food, favorable Dominion creek reports, and high hopes for Portland and early winter travel. They recount a perilous overland journey from Dawson with a pack horse loss and near starvation before reaching salt water on August 13.
Grand Army of the Republic week opens in Buffalo with trains of veterans. Thaddeus S. Clarkson arrives as commander in chief and visits Iroquois hotel. Camp Jewett opened. salute fired from Fort Porter. Linehan and Gobin emerge as leading candidates for next commander in chief with Cincinnati pushing for 1898 encampment. Richmond boomers begin recruitment for 1899.
Davenport ex state senator and former mayor John C Bills age 40, a leading Iowa lawyer, shot himself Monday morning amid health struggles. Other items note Spirita spirits price up a cent. James W Paul Philadelphia lawyer dies. A C Spafford Rockford banker dies abroad. Mrs Le Clair perishes in Green Bay blaze from lamp accident.
Chicago traders celebrate the first $1.00 September wheat on the board as Schwarts Dupee Co. buys. Morgan Keene Flower French and others reportedly net large fortunes from the surge. Cash wheat reaches dollar level in several cities and forecasts predict further gains while bakers warn of higher bread prices.
Five children aged eight to thirteen drowned when a 12 by 6 foot rough timber float capsized in Toronto harbor near Cherry Street. About 21 youths crowded the raft to bathe, three bodies were recovered and five remained missing as boats aided in the search.
In Nashville J B Rich a young white man shot and killed his wife at her mother’s home then killed his brother in law before shooting himself twice in the yard. He had filed for divorce recently and was jailed on a kidnapping charge as anger flared. The incident leaves him near death. In Cleveland a mission collection raised eleven thousand dollars shortly after a Christian alliance convention with gifts of jewelry also donated to the fund. In McKeesport Pa three thousand National Rolling Mill workers were informed of a ten percent wage increase effective September first.
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