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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
1
The column reports major moves in the Philippines and Cuba policy. It notes nearly 70,000 troops for service in the Philippines by November 1 and the enlistment of 90,671 regulars since the Spanish War began. It mentions a treasury note overhaul and a census linked to Cuba’s political future.
The Kansas City World asks if Admiral Dewey fired on the German fleet at Manila and states the fleet remains afloat with no such action recorded. The item suggests a rumor or question rather than a confirmed event.
Sir Charles Tupper proposes a Yukon railroad for exclusive British use. If built, American miners may end up using it for a toboggan ride before the last spike is driven.
The piece notes John Smith’s gubernatorial nomination in Maryland and comments on his broad recognition in the English speaking world. It cites Chauncey Depew’s remark about why there is room at the top, noting the idea that many strive for ground floor access.
The text recalls that John C. Calhoun served as vice president from 1825 to 1833 and remains the last VP renominated. It states that only John Adams, George Clinton, Daniel D. Tompkins, and John C. Calhoun were reelected as vice presidents.
The government published 114 volumes of the Rebellion Records without completing the story. The total expense has reached $2,600,000. Despite low readership, officials insist on the necessity of continuing the publication.
Elihu Root becomes the eighth secretary of war linked to New York. Earlier state-born successors include John Armstrong, Peter B Porter, Benjamin S Butler, John C Spencer, William L Marey, John M Schofield, and Daniel S Lamont spanning Madison, Adams, Jackson, Tyler, Polk, Johnson, and Cleveland administrations.
In Caney Kentucky two Candle Bros. merchants who married twin sisters now have twin children so alike that families struggle to keep the babies from being swapped. The tale highlights remarkable family resemblance across generations.
La Para Granda, the world’s largest grapevine and long time pride of Santa Barbara, California, has died and will be cut down. Its massive trunk measured 6Y feet in circumference, with branches spanning a trellis as high as a man’s head and 60 feet square. At peak it yielded four tons of grapes annually. the trunk will be preserved as a relic in the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce museum.
New York congressman and Alaskan boundary commission member Payne returns from a two month visit. He declines to discuss the boundary question but says the trip clarified Alaska is marvelously rich in minerals and will be a great wealth source for the country in the future.
Residents weigh buying the former Oliver Wendell Holmes residence as a summer resort and memorial. The plan envisions a surrounding park with walks named for characters from Holmes' books, currently the summer home of Chief Justice I. Holmes of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
The report says Cuba will conduct its first true census with U.S. supervision and most work by Cubans. It will form the basis for future voting lists for an election to decide Cuba’s independence or annexation, attracting global interest.
The text recalls the Manila and Santiago gunfire drawing world attention and notes Little Hayti's interest. It credits a prompt redress for an American citizen and contrasts past hawkish attitudes toward the United States with a now serious, businesslike stance from the Uncle Sam of today.
The forthcoming Bureau of Navigation report shows a record growth in the merchant marine for the past fiscal year, second only to 1891. It notes 1,429 vessels totaling 320,876 tons built and 22 foreign ships receiving American registry, with 141 more vessels from Spain, Germany and Britain granted registry in Manila. The stars and stripes are set to appear more on the high seas.
Harrisburg reports Lieut. Col. James Barnett of the Tenth Regiment as the Republican convention’s choice for state treasurer with the MelKinley administration endorsed. Weekly financial data show New York and U.S. exchanges totaling 1.5277 billion, up from prior. business failures count fell to 153. Fire at Sparkill convent endangers 500 children. Abbotts trotter pace top New England mark at Readville 2.06 percent mile. new Commercial Travelers and Hotel Men's league of 6,831 members forms at Binghamton to oppose U.S. trusts.
An explosion of dynamite at the Margaret Mining mill near Carterville Missouri killed five miners. Other items report drownings of Joseph and Marry Becker in the river above Grafton Illinois, and the death of Dwight H. Baldwin founder of Baldwin & Co in Cincinnati.
Boston rider Tom Butler set a new ten mile world bicycle record at Ravenswood Illinois with a time of 16 minutes 57 seconds and five fifths.
Edward Bedloe US consul at Canton suspended and returning home to answer charges of aiding Philippine insurgents. Third Cana dian Cup race won by Genesee Yacht, Rochester, N Y. Chile reports over £1 500 000 in storm destruction. Third Cavalry 715 men 15 officers left Seattle for Manila. Routledge of Routledge Sons dies in London. Acre declares independence as a new South American commonwealth. Ohio transport arrives Manila with 726 soldiers 11 officers. Philippine revenue to July 31 amounts to 5 249 411. Gold-bearing quartz found near Mine Center Ontario. Kruger reportedly concedes to Britain. Gen Otis thanks troops in Philippines. Goethe’s 150th birth anniversary observed at Frankfort.
The dispatch reports diverse events from Manila to New York including infantry arrivals in Pittsburgh, McKinley’s parade address, a San Domingo insurgent success, a fire at St Agnes Convent in Sparkill with 5 dead and 25 injured, and a $205000 loss from Oliver Bros. bedstead factory fire in Lockport.
The column notes Manuel Garcia of Spain as the world’s oldest living music professor at 94. It mentions a Glasgow man copying a Bible manuscript, Wichita twins Wilbur J and John F Stiles, and the death of printer William H Bodwell aged 67. Also covered are Russia’s education ukase, Salvation Army limits in Philadelphia, Italian quarry towns, Niagara Falls illumination, the American Automobile Company, Fessenden on Earth’s age, naval commands, and US mineral production rising to 679.58 million in 1898.
At Rennes on the sixth session of the Dreyfus court martial, Capt Freystaetter accuses Col Maurel of reading all documents and commenting on them, labeling Maurel a liar. MercierProvokes crowd with insult, while Capt Valerio links the bordereau to forged writing and Dreyfus defends himself amid heated exchanges. The day ends with claims of Dreyfus’s guilt and ongoing tension in the courtroom.
A fierce electrical storm in Little Rock Arkansas on August 28 killed millions of English sparrows that took shelter in trees. After the lightning ceased the dead birds covered the ground in piles as residents witnessed the scene. In Frankfort on the Main the 150th birthday of Goethe was celebrated with large crowds, Goethe Platz and statue adorned.
Reports from New York and Caribbean towns detail growing Dominican revolutionary activity. A government surrender reportedly occurred in Santiago de Cuba while Duarte forces regroup near Monte Christi and Garrido's troops desert in AD 192? events. Jiminez ally Jiminez arrives in Santiago de Cuba but is blocked from landing.
In Chicago on August 29 twelve 33 ton steel arches for the Coliseum on Wabash avenue near Fifteenth street collapsed. Nine workers were killed and two men feared trapped under wreckage. Dozens were injured as the last arch fell after the derrick was removed. most fatalities occurred 40 feet above ground.
At the Presidio San Francisco recruits are being readied for Manila. The Puebla sails today with 650, the Warren on September 1 with 1,200, and the Columbia around September 5 with 800. Ten transports will depart in two weeks with two more due from the Philippines, while Lieut. Warner reports Funston in Manila awaiting orders to sail home with the Twentieth Kansas.
In Burlington Iowa, August 29, Conrad Falscraft aged 20 shot his wife aged 19 and wounded himself. The husband is fatally hurt while the wife survives and recovers.
Lawrence Kansas reports a letter from Col. Wilder S. Metcalf now in Manila states many men reenlist in other regiments and that not more than 800 will return with the Twentieth Kansas, with about 700 likely to be the actual number.
Walter Wellman, leader of the Wellman polar expedition, has arrived in London after returning to Tromsoe Norway on August 17 and completing explorations in Franz Josef Land.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports President McKinley and Governor Stone addressing a vast crowd as the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers return from the Philippines. McKinley praises their service, recalls Dewey’s victory, and honors fallen leaders, while Stone chairs the welcome and the crowd erupts in patriotic cheers.
A linen-dustered stranger in the city declares plans to gain wealth and invest wisely. He argues rich men fund schools libraries and science, then jokes about a mam moth marble refrigerator in each town to cool tempers during July and August. The exchange occurs with a stern police officer.
A senior partner pressures the manager to fire Whippleton claiming the habit of arriving early. The manager asks if Whippleton shirks work, but the partner insists the real issue is Whippleton outpacing him to the office each morning for 20 years.
An elderly man near death jokes with his wife about angels before suddenly hurling a boot jack at a nearby brass band, startling them and miraculously improving his condition. The comic moment ends with the man returning to bed apparently well.
A distant war general asks his government for a ton of acorns to plant large oaks, hoping shade and comfort for troops in hot trenches. He notes the jungle choir interrupts his thoughts with a round robin, then walks away.
A five year old girl lost her pet spaniel and recovered it through an advertisement. Her Sunday school lesson on the lost sheep prompted her remark to Miss May asking why the shepherd did not advertise in the paper.
A reader recounts two years of fatigue dizziness backache and digestive troubles after childbirth. Six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound plus remedies improved her condition she now feels youthful and plans to seek Pinkham's help again if weakness returns. The notice promotes Mrs Pinkham’s medical correspondence and invites women to write for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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