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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1896
Page
1
The text notes 45 states forming a 90-member Senate with three more territories. It mentions liquor laws hurting saloon property in New York City and a statistician’s quip about pipe smoking. It cites illiteracy at 13.3 percent, 235000+ schoolhouses, and $165 million annual schooling costs. Siberian scale comparisons follow.
The piece notes a $200 deposit rule for candidates and the risk of losing it if vote share is too small. It also recounts Tuer fox outwitting hunters near Falmouth Maine as hounds drown. An immigration probe finds 100000 Canadian workers cross the border seasonally and return with earnings, urging stricter limits to curb nonsettling labor.
A Dakota study attaches cards to Russian thistles to track windborne travel. One plant labeled and rolling across prairies covered about 390 miles. Seeds scatter acre wide as winds veer and plants drift backward and forward. An Iowa note claims wooden shoes spread, deemed cheap and dry for northern Europe and France.
The 1895 survey lists nearly all deaths in the United States at age 100 with two thirds women most were white. The oldest were a colored man at 125 and a white man claimed 140 with no proof. A white woman died at 220. fourteen people aged 110 to 125 appear.
A three day sweep of congressional action covers Senate votes on Cuban policy and silver bonds, with Tillman blasting President Cleveland. House actions approve pensions for veterans, consider a dependent pension act tweak, and pass a district tariff inquiry. Feb 1 3 notes include Dupont seating and Vicksburg park progress.
Washington reports January receipts of 2 237 670 and expenditures of 32 696 820, producing a deficit of about 3 459 16. For the seven months of the fiscal year the deficit stands at 18 852 67. Clearing house exchanges for the week ending the 31st totaled 890 980 970, down from 979 007 447 last week. Secretary Olney vows protection of Hammond and other Americans in the Transvaal. A court suspended Belva A. Lockwood's disbarment from practice before the pension bureau. Mint data show January coinage at 13 038 560 with gold 12 914 600, silver 35 000, minor coin 53 560. Debt rose 65 747 973 in January. cash balance in treasury 177 501 778. total debt less cash equals 953 046 237.
The East reports: Charles and Edward Shepard, aged 19 and 17, fell through Chester ice. A boiler explosion at Hollidaysburg Iron and Nail works killed six and injured about twenty. Dr. W U Hurness died at 90, a leading Unitarian. Dr. Alfred L Kennedy burned to death in Philadelphia. George Larnard killed himself at Fort Atanicis bank in Rome New York. Defender versus Valkyrie inquiry finds Lord Dunraven’s fraud claims unfounded. 15000 miners idle in western Pennsylvania coal fields. Rhode Island discovers fifty year gap in legal marriages. Waldoboro shoe firm Evans Belle Clark fails for 100000. Wayne Electric Light plant destroyed, losses 100000.
Detectives arrest Express Agent Krout of Colorado Springs and his father on charges of involvement in the $35,000 theft from Wells Fargo on November 11. Their home near Marshall Michigan is identified as the location of the investigation.
Foreign notices report Gen Weyler may demand eight days for rebels to surrender in Havana with a blood and fire campaign if refused. An American in Transvaal appeals to the U S for aid while disaster strikes North Queensland as a tornado and flood cause heavy losses. Lord Salisbury backs the Monroe Doctrine in London. Insurgents flee Sabinilla as Spanish volunteers execute 30 women and children and 16 men. Mexico’s total population is 12 542 057 and Mexico City houses 339 935. Terrell seeks 100 000 dollars indemnity for burning of American missions in Turkey.
Gen Harrison writes to John K. Gowdy stating he will not have his name entered as a presidential candidate. In Iowa a joint house resolution asks Congress to ban gambling in futures. William E Wheelock & Co and Weber Piano Co face large liabilities. Prohibition national call set for May 27 in Pittsburgh. Mary Jones and husband killed by a train in Mount Riga New York. US gold holdings and total money in circulation reported. Depew-led mass meeting opposes Salvation Army leadership change. Lynching case in Knosville declared a wrongful conviction. Senate not in session. several public works and postal probe bills discussed.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee reports a resolution on the Cuban war urging recognition of belligerent rights and urging Spain to accord wartime protections. Senator Morgan’s long account and a minority view by Senator Cameron are summarized, with calls for U.S. support for Cuban independence and a push to press Spain. Both resolutions await calendar action.
Senator Tillman denounces President Cleveland in a fiery senate address aimed at free coinage and treasury policy. He accuses the administration of undermining the law for moneyed interests, condemns civil service and calls for impeachment, alleging Jewish and Wall Street influence.
The national board of trade discussed money and currency resolutions. It recommends retiring legal tender notes and extending the national banking system. The bankruptcy report reaffirmed support for the Torrey bankruptcy bill and urged immediate enactment. A department of trade and commerce to inform the public on trade and ecommerce was carried unanimously.
Senator Vilas of Wisconsin delivered a forceful Senate address denouncing the house silver and bond measures as fraudulent. He urged a return to sound finance and warned that free coinage would harm pensioners and burden the public, contrasting it with Jefferson and Jackson era principles.
The bill to establish a Vicksburg national military park covering about 1 200 acres with cost not to exceed 50 000 dollars was reported by Rep Bishop from the military affairs committee. It provides 25 000 dollars for surveys roads and fort restoration, aims to mirror Chickamauga park, and notes troops from many states participated in the siege and campaign.
Republican George Todd was elected mayor of Louisville over Wattitun K. Johnson in a 20 to 15 vote. The election filled the vacancy created by the death of Henry S. Tyler, with one council member absent.
An old promotional note describes the Ladies' Aid Society hosting tea to compare German Coffeeberry with Rio coffee. It markets Salzer Seed Co catalogues from La Crosse Wisconsin, offering 35 packages of seeds for 1.00 and a free coffee seed sample with 15 cent postage.
The article touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces with a $100 promise, and urges readers to request testimonials from F J Cypagy & Co Toledo Ohio. Includes a note on Hall's Family Pills and a humorous aside about cigar stumps.
On March 8 the Monon Route will sell tickets from Chicago to Abbeville Decatur Chattanooga Jacksonville Memphis New Orleans St. Augustine Tampa Mobile and other points at proportionately low rates. For details contact L B Sessions Minneapolis or City Ticket Office Chicago 282 Clark St.
An advertisement touts Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising fits stop after first day and offers a $2 trial bottle with address at 931 Arch St., Philadelphia. Also includes testimonials on Piso's Cure and Brown's Bronchial Troches with quoted lines and literary quotes.
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