21 Dec 1893
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1893
Page
1
Sir Edwin Arnold claims thirty thousand poets in England and the winter start debate loses relevance as the season is established this year. The tone notes general discontent and settles the timing of December's onset.
Advertising is presented as integral to daily news and a key driver of finance. The piece argues that the public, especially business leaders, should recognize advertising's value in economic activity and daily commerce.
In his annual report the secretary urges legislation requiring immediate destruction of any animal or carcass condemned by United States inspectors to prevent spread of disease.
Dependent relatives of Italians lynched in New Orleans secure a $5,000 judgment per case from the city in the U.S. circuit court. The ruling addresses civil liability for the mob killings and sets compensation for surviving relatives.
The commissioner's report notes that Indians are advancing in civilization and increasing their prospects of leaving a numerous posterity, highlighting concurrent social progress and population growth.
Coroners nationwide report an annual rise in deaths from fires started by children left in homes with roaring fires and kerosene cans while mothers shop or visit.
The piece notes a Missouri Supreme Court decision that dentists are not doctors, yet advises politeness toward dentists. It suggests when seeking urgent professional care one should use the title doctor as in the past.
Oklahoma reports population growth with the Cherokee strip addition raising total to 251,000, up from about 60,000 in 1890. Business and agriculture have developed proportionately, and the territory stands ahead of other territories in population.
One of Hungarys most gifted sculptors Leo Sessler was found dead in his Neapest room after starving himself for days. Sickness and want confined him to his room though his work was highly praised and many admirers assumed he lived in affluence.
A Cleveland teacher claims she frightened a footpad away by the schoolma am’s stare, and calls for readers to publish the ingredients of such a defense. The piece recalls the lineage of Judge Jeremiah Smith born 1887, noting his Revolutionary War father’s service and Bennington wound.
New York racing associations must pay 5 percent of receipts as a tax into the state treasury. The levy totals over 17 thousand dollars for 1893, derived from receipts approaching 350 thousand dollars. The horse race remains a strong financial draw for the public.
The piece notes thirteen stars thirteen letters in the scroll and many thirteen marks on the quarter dollar while admitting that people are glad to receive them despite beliefs about the number thirteen.
The French republic issued a decree for preliminary arrangements for the 1900 Paris Exposition. Alfred Picard is named general commissioner and a 100 member commission is formed, including colonial secretary, eight senators, twelve deputies and heads of departments. Seven departmental divisions will manage preparatory work under dedicated committees.
TuHhopore R. Timpy of Chicago now 71 says he invented the revolving turret for modern ships. He recalls the idea coming to him as a boy after seeing Castle William in New York harbor. He presented it to John C. Calhoun and senators, but a mixed army navy committee rejected it over cost. Timby patented the idea in 1843 and secured a broad claim in 1862.
The Tribune notes thousands without homes or meals relying on charity with many recent workers and fairgoers among the displaced. The article emphasizes a rising hunger and unemployment crisis, warning that the city faces a broad segment of vulnerable residents driven to seek aid.
Weekly summary of sessions in December detailing senate and house actions in 53rd Congress. Topics include Utah statehood with anti polygamy amendment, repeal of federal election laws, nominations and financial bills, and criticisms of pension policy.
Across the country the week ended January 9 saw fire losses estimated at 3 012 500 bringing annual losses to 127 300 000. An executive committee meeting is called for January 11 at the Arlington hotel. Secretary Carlisle ordered twenty four resignations in the treasury service as railways reach receivership figures.
A wreck on the New York and Pennsylvania road north of Dunkirk, N Y, killed eight and harmed several. Olympia on trial posted 21 67. The G A R will meet in Pittsburgh starting September 10. Firms D Gutjohn Co and Charles M Lamberg failed for 140000. Miller and his dog reached New York after 3200 miles from San Francisco. Republicans won both houses in New York and will form the constitutional convention. Maynard narrowly lost the court of appeals race by 101064 votes. Ex congressman John Cessna died at 72 in Bradford Pa. An express wreck near Nanticoke injured twelve. Crane Iron Co failed for 700000 in Philadelphia. Mrs Sarah Farley Van Nostrand died aged 105 in East Millston N J. Terminal Elevator Co buildings burned in Buffalo at 1 0000 000 loss. George H Babcock inventor of shrapnel shell and chromatic press died at Plainfield N J aged 62.
The item cites E L Duke in Durham failing for 500000, four lynchings in Selma Alabama, Joseph Sims in Dover Tennessee killing his wife and himself, Akron Iron in Akron Ohio entering receivership with 500000 liabilities, a marriage refusal in Mount Summit Indiana, burglaries in Paris Missouri, Sun Vapor Street Light in Canton Ohio entering receivership over 800000, Native Turban Indians in Kansas starving, Edward Handfield killing his sweetheart Ida Hall and then himself in Denver, and the death of actor Charles Robert Thorne in San Francisco.
Ayr Athens hanged for murder. Bunnen and Mrs. Childs reunite after fifty years. Earthquake shocks hit Carmi Albion Meansville and Mount Vernon with no damage. Nebraska farmers suffer crop failures. Indiana supreme court narrows property damage rule to saloon presence. Tarper dies at 105. Bridge collapse near Louisville kills 33. Lima man misreads piano contract. Kerrim Wires dies crying at Meansville home. Cattlemen conflict in Texas leaves four dead. Chicago police to curb roaming tramps. Tornado near Harrisburg damages area. Indiana gas belt unemplo yment and charity reliance. Courtsey and Taylor hanged. Robinson executed for murder. AFL reelects Gowpers president in Chicago. Texas cattle die of drought. Kentucky 750-pound Sallie McAllister dies. Drowning near Freeport and wreck near Louisville kill several. Givens lynched in Kentucky for poisoning stock. Mankato aldermen ban whistling After the Ball. Sioux City swindle ends in two homicides. National Carbon works destroyed in Cleveland by time.
In Hawaii provisional government fortifies against queen restoration. Paris cracks down on anarchists likely expelling foreigners. Mexican insurgents capture and hang Gen Vincente Vilada. Juarez forces lose to revolutionists. 125 killed. Ontario killer James Williams and family murdered. Japanese fires devastate 840 homes. Nagasaki tornado costs 43 lives and 2,235 homes wrecked. Sidney Nova Scotia yacht capsizes. seven drown.
Senate considered the president's Hawaiian policy and a foreign affairs referral. In the House, the Hawaiian message sparked debate while other news included Union Pacific Coal losses, a $10,000 robbery, a fatal shooting in Arkansas, and a financial gap in imports and exports. The president's case for responsibility and restoration of the queen was outlined with insistence on amnesty conditions.
The Louisville and Jeffersonville bridge collapsed during a high wind at 10 18 am sending over fifty workers into the Ohio River. More than twenty five were crushed or drowned. seventeen are still missing and many injured. The incident follows earlier caisson accidents and a troubled financing history of the Phoenix Bridge company.
New York reports John Y. Mc Kane Gravesend chief of police given thirty days in jail and a fine by Judge Barnard for contempt of court over refusal to obey an injunction on election day. A justice of the peace and three election inspectors share punishments amid threats and assault allegations.
A Thursday blaze in Burrap destroys the Arcade on Clinton and Main extending to Washington, destroying Robinsons Musee theater and Sheas concert hall, along with the Yersa block. Loss to $750,000. gas explosion near the Arcade boilers blamed. No serious injuries reported. Arcade once housed the Buffalo opera house and was a premier business site on Main Street.
R Patriel & Co bankers at 52 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh suspend operations. Liabilities reach 500000 assets 700000. Trouble began with money market stringency six months ago and failed Clearing House checks totaling 21000. Established 1847 this is first Pittsburgh bank failure in years.
In Mana Nebraska on December 16 an appeal from farmers in northwestern Nebraska cites three years of crop failure and unprecedented destitution. Food and clothing are desperately needed as starvation looms for isolated families across the prairie.
A collection of wry remarks from various papers. A man with a kind word draws mourners to his funeral. a coal bucket on a cellar stair leads to light humor. a professor notes the rooster as the proudest thing on earth. a cheerful pessimist saddles a new complaint. prosperity ties to productive hands and minds.
The House passed the Arizona admission bill by 185 to 61 and moved toward New Mexico while Oklahoma lingered over how to proceed. Discussion centered on five civilized tribes and potential federal actions, with Republican support wavering and a commissioner possibly sent to negotiate with tribes. Adjournment followed around 5:20 PM. The page also notes Hall’s Catarrh Cure endorsements and a Boston Transcript remark about a man wasting money.
Mrs. Eleanor B. Floyd and her sons Lou and Frank Floyd were indicted on complicity charges in the Bank of Minneapolis robbery of 25 000. Floyd was arrested on a bench warrant while visiting her son at the county jail. Scheig says Floyd received 350 for a Paris trip and other funds, while officers keep details about the bank theft secret.
Boston reports the death of Dr. David Thayer a long time homeopathic physician and abolitionist friend of John Brown He aided fugitive slaves and aided anti slavery efforts in Massachusetts and Missouri in his era He was born in 1813 in Braintree and credited with a gallstone cure in 1833 a point of professional fame
Mrs Matilda Harper a 105 year old colored resident of the county died in North Carolina born. In Omaha Neb Baron Henry Reiser died Friday at Presbyterian hospital after being shot by Mrs Rudiger on Oct 26 surgeons said his spinal cord was severed and death was expected. In Princess Anne Maryland two Negroes Courtney and Taylor were hanged for the murder of Captain Cooper of a small Chesapeake vessel.
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