27 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1896
Page
1
A New Jersey judge weighs morals on adultery with a blunt view on objections. The piece notes myriad names on stage and quips about missing umbrellas. It also mentions a Mobile firm ordering flour for Spanish Honduras and a swell in trade with Honduras as a Louisiana merchant returns home.
A New York man received one year in prison for marrying fourteen women without divorces. The sentence draws sympathy as injured spouses cannot interview him until release. The tale contrasts with other notes on clever devices and oddities of the era.
The article notes Tsar Nicholas risks terrorism like his predecessors due to nihilistic plots. It comments on the heavy costs of protective measures, suggesting they could rival a nation's municipal budget. A tangent joke about bells on carriages and cows follows a rural accident in Indiana where a cyclist was thrown after colliding with a cow.
Uncle Sam's forces grow slowly, reaching within 600 of the 25,000 maximum as enlistments rise under a new recruiting method. Astronomer royal Ball notes a Lancashire thread factories effort could not bridge cosmic distances. 155,000,000 miles of thread daily would take 200 years to span to the nearest fixed star.
The explorer confirms the north pole voyage was a comparative failure though he traveled 15 miles farther north than prior trips. Likewise claims of Andree’s balloon sighting in British Columbia are dismissed as fake rumors. The public is urged to distrust unverified reports.
Italian statistician Morselli shows high crisis reports among widows and widowers. In Italy 100 of 365 men who died by their own hand were alarmed, 108 were badgiors, 352 were widowers. In France and Italy widows predominate among women who killed themselves. The conclusion: widows ought to remarry, as some philosophers suggest.
President Cleveland names Col. Charles G. Sawtelle to replace retired Gen. Batchelder as quarter master general. Washington reports a German immigrant barred from citizenship for failing to read English. Clearing houses report week totals of 12.96 million dollars, down from 49.06 million prior week. Mint director seeks higher monthly gold and silver coinage. US business failures total 250 in the week ending the 21st, down from 298 last week. Hoke Smith’s resignation as interior secretary, effective September 1, reportedly accepted by Cleveland.
A fire destroyed Frederick Faulkner’s Belvidere mansion with $125 060 loss. Mount Washington saw two inches of snow. Martha’s Vineyard witnessed three waterspouts. The American Bar association opened its 19th annual meeting in Saratoga. Olivia Clemens died in Hartford at 24. Ex-Congressman Dunham died in Springfield. Archer & Pancoast of New York went into receivership with over $800 000 liabilities. Lamson’s flying machine reached 500 feet at Old Orchard. Joe Patchen set a stallion speed record at Portland. Woolworth elected president of the American Bar association at Saratoga. Baseball league standings cited for week ending 23rd. Three Meadsville children killed by cars. Thinson Glass Co. receivership with $115 000 liabilities in Pittsburgh. John Chamberlain dies in Saratoga at 60. Exposition fire and track blaze in Buffalo cause $200 000 loss.
Reports from Iowa Missouri and Arkansas describe crop damage from heavy rains. A bank failure in Argentine Kansas with liabilities of 105000 pounds. A freight wreck near Topeka Kansas kills several. Railroad engine overturns kill two. Democratic conventions nominate Culbertson for Texas governor. Various deaths accidents and political notes across the nation.
Reports from Decatur indicate Isaac W. Higgs of Chicago named for governor and Daniel R. Sheen of Peoria for United States senator by Illinois nationalists in convention. Other items note disasters including Chickasaw fires, suicides, hangings, bank theft, and wreck fatalities across several states.
Reports from Cuba, Bolivia, Crete, and Behring Sea surface with mixed outcomes. Pearce Atkinson, presumed dead in Cuba, is found alive in Pinar del Rio. Bolivia proclaims Alonzo president amid peace hopes. Cuban filibusters persist as Spain bears heavy costs. An Irish dynamiter is released. Crete sees a flag signaling union with Greece. An Ontario blast kills three. a New York sailing craft is lost.
President Cleveland names David I. Francis as interior secretary replacing Hoke Smith. A Chicago Haymarket bank assigns liabilities of 200000. Louisville New Albany Chicago railroad receiver named as road faces 15985600 in liabilities. Several shipwrecks and deaths occur including a fatal street clash in Van Buren Arkansas and a fatal train wreck near Valencia Pennsylvania. Eighteen biennial Knights of Pythias session opens in Cleveland with optimistic reports.
Saratoga Aug 21 Lord Russell chief justice of England received the keenest ovation at the American Bar association meeting as he urged cooperation between the English speaking nations and warned arbitration cannot settle all disputes. He praised U S leaders and jurists for guiding modern international law and urged joint efforts for peace. The convention later elected Woolworth Hinkley Pawle and others and adjourned sine die.
The Stock Yards branch of the American National Bank on the Live Stock Exchange second floor was robbed of $2000 in cash Friday morning. The thief, described as quick and nervy, escaped during the cashier Boswell’s brief absence as hundreds of workers crowded the floor. The second floor hallways were nearly deserted at the time.
R G Dun announces political events had little effect on business. Exports rose 20 percent in two weeks while imports fell 21 percent. grain movement and early cotton marketing aid a banking syndicate managing foreign exchanges. Money withdrawals rise, loans tighten, bank clearings down 15 percent. rail earnings up 2.4 percent. Steel and iron decline, steel rails to Japan mark a bright note. woolen demand weak, cotton goods auction prices encouraging. weekly US pastures 280 vs 222 last year.
The War Secretary announced a detailed itinerary for Li Hung Chang, the Chinese viceroy and imperial special ambassador, entering New York August 28 aboard the steamship St Louis. Major General Ruger will escort him, with the Sixth Cavalry, and official engagements include Grant's Tomb, West Point, a Brooklyn East River cruise, meetings with businessmen and New York residents, a Brooklyn visit, Philadelphia entertainment, Washington and Niagara Falls stops, and a Vancouver departure with Canadian escort.
The Young People’s Christian union in Omaha heard Rev. George Morrison of India discuss needs there. Rev. A. Torrey and Rev. C. H. Strong addressed the gathering. John R. Alexander of Egypt spoke on educational work, and Rev. J. D. Rankin of Denver followed. Delegates donated several thousand dollars to missions as outdoor services occurred at sunrise noon and evening.
In Cleveland on August 24 the 18th encampment of the Knights of Pythias Uniform Rank opened informally with a formal dedication due this afternoon. Maj. Gen. Carmanhan inspected the encampment of about 2000 tents and accepted it. Supreme Chancellor Walter B. Richie arrived to preside over the week’s proceedings. The order now numbers near 500000 members and can field 50000 drilled in U S tactics if needed. The lodge will decide on German ritual disputes involving three lodges in Richmond Louisville and Chicago and may disband them if they persist.
A mob of 25 masked white men entered the Hillside home of five black laborers in Waco and shot Anderson Vaughan for not raising his hands. Vaughan died soon after. his companions were beaten. Police responded as theft accusations against the negros were cited as motive.
Russia rejects American fishing claims over sealing at Behring Sea. Washington reports brisk correspondence with St. Petersburg, with the czar’s government refusing payment where possible. The State Department maintains the American claim and questions Russia’s jurisdiction over much of the Behring Sea.
Washington reports that Lord Salisbury has yielded to Secretary Olney on including settled districts in the arbitration. The removal of this obstacle suggests the United States and Britain are closer to an amicable agreement on the Venezuelan dispute than at any time since the conflict began.
A group gathered at a Wayne County cross road store sparked a Saturday evening riot over the financial question. Harris Tomlins was killed by multiple stab wounds, and more than a dozen participants sustained injuries in the fracas near Ceredo W Va on Kias Creek forty miles south of town.
A Mogollen cloudburst left one miner dead and many missing. John Knight drowned in his Georgetown cabin. Two bodies recovered, one unnamed Mexican, found in a field on a ranch six miles away. About 100 families rendered homeless and 30 houses washed away.
Fire at John Felbach residence in Watertown South Dakota destroys the building. The father and two daughters Tillie and Hattie aged ten and fifteen die in the blaze. The mother and one daughter survive. The origin of the fire remains a mystery with lightning suspected in some reports.
George P Keeney national organizer of the silver party and member of its executive committee was named head of non partisan silver and bimetallic clubs. He scheduled a national convention for September 23 in Chicago inviting all unions leagues and clubs to unite under a common plan for the upcoming campaign.
The mail steamer from Labrador reaches St Johns and reports a total Labrador fishery failure. The coast up to Moravian settlements shows the same outcome with starvation feared for thousands next winter. The Newfoundland coast also reports a failed fishery overall.
The piece notes fashion trends favor sparse gathered ruffles, thin gowns knee length, and hats trimmed with tulle quills. High neck lines prevail with velvet ribbon neckbands and ribbon plaits at the collar. Underwear favors flax color linen batiste with Valenciennes lace and beading, while wash ties replace stocks for women.
A collection notes Lord Russell's planned three month American tour. Aubrey de Vere at two years shows interest in literature. The Duke of Wellington is gravely ill with dropsy at fifty, without children, heir brother. A schoolmate recalls Joé Chamberlain as a quiet student at University College. A Wales princess hairstyle is described as unchanging despite fashion shifts.
There are unique and repeated town names across the United States. Garibaldi and Shakespeare appear once each in Pennsylvania. Steubens and Steubenville appear 12 times. Columbus names reach 29 including Columbus Landing and Columbusville. Bismarck outnumbers Napoleon and Kossuth, with ten Napoleons and one Napoleonville and seven Kossuths. Lord Bryan once popular, now 24 towns bear his name or prefix.
The Detroit Tribune notes South Dakota offers extensive land east of the Missouri River within a day’s ride of Chicago and Milwaukee and highlights profitable cattle and sheep farming. It promotes diversified farming and dairy while inviting readers to contact immigration agents in Chicago for full information on relocating and purchasing land.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers half-rate round trips to southern points on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through October. Inquire at your local ticket agent or write C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Kentucky, or J. K. Ridgey, N W P A, Chicago, Illinois.
An 8 line clipping promotes Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Company with claims of health benefits for kidneys liver and bowels and mentions 60 cent and 1 dollar bottles sold by druggists. Additional items include railroad rate notes for homeseekers and harvesters and a Dr Kline nerve tonic offer. The fragments display a mix of advertisements and quips from various sources.
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