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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1899
Page
2
The proposed Nicaragua canal would shorten the New York to San Francisco route from 14 850 miles via Cape Horn to 4 928 miles across the isthmus, representing a major reduction in voyage length.
A warning notes that using alcohol to remove stains from clothes may lead to fabric damage and, with prolonged use, ruin clothing and furniture. The text cautions against repeated application and highlights risk to textiles and household items.
The speaker notes that leaders like the cotton, railroad, and mining magnates often started as poor farmhands. They observe that about 9 percent of people begin life with nothing, prompting reflection on origins and success.
Rev Dr Rainsford notes a 64 percent decline in delirium tremens in Norway under the Gothenberg liquor regime The claim says government rum is superior pushing Norwegians to emigrate to obtain the real D T in this country.
William T. King, the only single member of the Delaware lower house, had a resolution ordering him to marry within 30 days or host an oyster supper for the assembly. He chose to buy the oysters.
Thomas I. Pender, a white house guard, served 61 years guarding the executive mansion. He was on duty the night Lincoln left the mansion alive and was the last to bid farewell to Garfield before his assassination at the railroad depot.
Capt John W. Surratt, son of Mary Surratt who was hanged for Lincoln’s murder, remains employed by a Baltimore steamship line while out on $25,000 bail after a jury failed to reach a verdict. His own 1857 trial lasted ten days.
The legislature sees a bill to repeal Connecticut’s long held blue laws. These antiquated statutes are described as curious relics honored more in the breach than in observance. The piece notes the annoyance but says they remain in force.
France adopts a law allowing divorces at no cost with the Paris court holding four hour sessions on Thursdays. In a recent session 294 couples obtained decrees, averaging more than one divorce per minute. The applicants were mainly from the working class where divorces were rare before the law.
Gottlobrink claims a motor driven by gravity can operate a railroad lift. He asserts heavier cars boost the motor power, passengers’ weight increases efficiency, and freight pay scales favor heavier loads. He hints at incentives for travelers.
Before Senator Morrill of Vermont left the senate for good, a silver soup tureen taken from the Spanish warship Cristobal Colon was given to Capt. Clark of the Oregon. The dish bore the ship's initials C C and Morrill claimed they stood for Charlie Clark, who now possesses the tureen.
Surviving Civil War veterans note steady losses as the four decade mark since the war ends nears. Washington reports the death of Col Sexton, a lifelong participant wounded three times and longtime leader of the Grand Army of the Republic. The nation mourns this esteemed comrade and commander in chief.
An Argentine practice fines confirmed drunkards by eight days of street sweeping. The piece argues U S vagrants prefer jail to winter hardship and commit petty crimes to secure short-term confinement.
After 1859 Napoleon III crossed the Alps to aid Italian unity and Austria conflict. Italy raised funds for a monument and Barzaghi sculpted an equestrian statue. Political shifts left the statue in Milan palace courtyard for years pending proper site selection.
A digest of the U S Congress activity with the Senate debating the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill and the House handling the sundry civil appropriation bill. Minor bills passed by unanimous consent as the session closed and pensions granted to Letitia Tyler Semple and John M Palmer.
President McKinley appoints Brig. Gen. Wade Brig. Gen. Davis and Col. Gillespie to a court of inquiry into Gen Miles charges against war affairs. He signs the peace treaty and releases the war department commission report finding no fault and approving army beef supply and camp conditions. George P Fisher of Delaware dies in Washington at 51.
Maj J C Cravens aged 61 longtime University of Missouri curator and noted lawyer and politician dies at his home in Springfield Mass. The report notes his prominent role in Missouri’s legal and political scene and his university service.
The report lists numerous calamities including murders near Port Gaines Georgia, a $100,900 fire loss at Mans field O, the Alamo survivor Mime Candelaria's death in San Antonio, and fire in Pleasant Mills. Other items mention quakes in Mid and Chesterton Ind, a $150,000 loss in Cleveland Kelly block, deaths at Yankton insane asylum, and a $338,816.92 US war receipts since July 1898.
In Chicago Michael Nolan aged 87 John Currens aged 2 and Matthias Caas aged 80 who had lived together all their lives died within hours of each other. Cold weather is blamed for crop destruction in Colorado. Michael O Reagan aged 88 and his wife aged 78 died within hours of each other in Ottawa Wisconsin after 60 years of marriage.
American forces conducted a short assault on Caloocan with minimal own losses and heavy Filipino casualties. Troops later seized Malabon after a tough fight with two Americans killed and nine wounded.
The U.S. Senate approve the office of admiral of the navy along with an agricultural appropriation bill and a civil war disability repeal. In the House, time was spent on the sundry civil bill with 59 pages completed. Lincoln's birthday was celebrated nationwide.
Various short items note changes and discoveries including a missing treadmill in prisons, five million British women in paid work, expulsion orders for Asiatic traders in the Transvaal, Rochester joining a baseball league, Helen Gould reading law, a planned telegraph line across Africa, open careers for Jews in England, rich ore findings in Montrose county, Col John W Price leaving a Baltimore prison after 93 years, platinum finds in Yukon, Lord Dufferin decrying alcohol, Nebraska endorsing McKinley era views, Jesse I Bunnell’s death, Carnegie Steel denial of Rockefeller lake interests, trolley travel in Egypt, and Westinghouse supplying Cairo streetcars.
Manila Feb 14 United States forces under Brig Gen Miller captured Iloilo on Panay island after a bombardment. Rebels set the city on fire and evacuated as Petrel and Baltimore shelled the town. No American casualties were reported.
A four day blizzard from New York to Washington shuts streets, blocks rails, collapses markets and leaves thousands destitute. Heavy snow drives three to ten foot drifts, heating failing, crowds reduced, and many deaths reported in New York Philadelphia and Chicago districts as coal and provisions grow scarce.
A letter from Wetaskiwin Alberta dated April 5 1998 to Immigration Commissioner W F McCreary in Winnipeg praises Canada as a land of opportunity for poor farmers. The writer notes many U.S. settlers report good crops and better living, cites wheat and oat yields, and predicts a rush of settlers this summer. He mentions plans to return to the States for stock and thanks officials for past favors.
An old advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It explains Eustachian tube inflammation as the cause and promotes the remedy from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
The Louisville Air Line launches a season long sleeping car service to Jacksonville, Fla, via Southern Railway and other lines through Louisville Lexington Chattanooga Atlanta Macon. The service promotes Florida travel via Asheville as a premier year round resort. R A Campbell General Passenger Agent St Louis Feb 19. Moe Vicker theater in Chicago hosts Sporting Life run, a major theater event.
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