21 Feb 1895
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1895
Page
1
Report says three thousand car windows were broken during the recent trolley car strike in Brooklyn. The item notes widespread disruption and property damage across the city amid labor tensions.
Dispatches report Mme. Patti's illness in Vienna is costing $1,000 per day. She can endure the strain for several days without placing the affair in receivership.
Ex Senator Warren seldom strolls his vast Wyoming farm which dwarfs Rhode Island in area and hosts about 2000 horses 15000 cattle and 130000 sheep as a major grazing operation on the property.
Germany leads with 25 240 breweries followed by England with 12 874 and the United States with 2 500. The world total reaches 51 000 breweries. Malt liquors are popular worldwide, especially in Germany and England.
A wealthy New York man left a will that directs the killing of his horses and hounds to prevent them falling into cruel hands. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals questions the legality of such a provision and the man's right to make the will.
The record notes daily incomes for various rulers and leaders: Emperor of Russia $25,000, Sultan of Turkey $18,000, Emperor of Austria $10,000, Emperor of Germany $8,000, King of Italy $0,400, Queen Victoria $6,300, King of Belgium $1,640, President of France $5,000, and President of the United States $137.
New York legislative push to enforce compulsory education reveals about 150000 city children without school accommodations. The law allows arrest of truants aged 8 to 16 away from home without a warrant.
The sinking of the Elbe refuels discussion on naval rams. The unarmored Crathie reportedly sank a larger steamer, implying a purpose built ram could damage or destroy armored warships more effectively than gunpowder or dynamite.
Quotes about integrity and discipline shared at the Boston Press Club dinner. The remarks recall John Boyle O'Reilly and emphasize living by high standards in journalism and public life.
Iris recalls Ward McAllister’s shift from 400 persons to 400 households in New York society. The passage notes his emphasis on family and breeding over wealth. A London accident summary shows 6336 injuries and 172 deaths last year with bicycles a key cause, though rider counts are unclear.
The passage notes massive financial losses from severe winter weather. Wheat and orange yields fall with many crops damaged. livestock froze lacking feed. Despite shortages, nature may boost the value of on hand supplies as compensation to farmers.
The bicycle craze shows no sign of waning as old plants expand and new ones arise. A trade directory lists 208 manufacturers producing nearly 500 wheel names, with each factory set to make 1,000 to 30,000 bikes annually, plus many machines imported. Sparse growth in several counties noted, highlighting unsettled population patterns in the West and South.
Narie Joniaus, the Belgian poisoner, horrified the world by murdering her sister brother and uncle for life insurance. Under Belgian law she will be confined for life in a dark cell with food slid through a slit, denied light, voice, or human contact.
Recap of proceedings from the Second Session covering Feb 13 to Feb 16. Notes include proposals for 3 percent gold bonds, extended income tax returns to April 18, and House revenue plans. Senate debates on railway mail, gold reserves, and bond policy. naval and pension bills advance. criticism of administration over bond contracts amid a proposed industrial commission. Iowa Historical Society receives two condemned cannons.
Data from Washington shows the 12th grain stocks with wheat 82322000, corn 12883000, oats 7163000, rye 364000, barley 173000 bushels. James Betmune, known as owner and manager of blind Tom, died in Washington at 91. Financial totals at leading United States clearing houses reached 924,416,480 for the week ending the 15th, up from 790,305,040. 270 business failures occurred in the seven days to the 15th, down from last week and 323 in 1894. The Republican league national committee plans a Washington meeting on March 2.
The living doll Princess Paulina aged 19 died in New York weighing eight and a half pounds and standing 17 inches tall. A series of disasters followed including a Westchester children’s home fire forcing 200 to flee in scant clothing. A boiler explosion near Towanda killed two workers. Grand juries indicted New York officials and rioting suspects. A Rhinecliff locomotive accident claimed two crewmen. Mass meetings in Boston saw 25,000 attendees addressed by Jen Booth. A Philadelphia hotel room murder claimed comic opera singer Madge Yorke.
Reports detail Thomas K George dying of heart disease in Indiana with his six year old daughter buried in the same coffin. Other items include severe snowstorms in Texas Louisiana and Alabama, a capitol removal bill killed in South Dakota, a Newark sentence of twenty years for Ben Ward, gas asphyxiation of Casry Guiecony and George M Pole in Illinois, a church women crusade roughing by saloon hangers on, a new Knights of Labor in Columbus with 20000 members, mine flood at Bevier Missouri saving 150 miners, a Kansas City street killing from 1893, a Salt Lake City fire loss of 100000, and the death of William Mees prominent Great Lakes captain at Muskegon Michigan.
Reports recount arson and dynamite at Wheeling glass works and a fire fatalities in Kentucky. Other items note a presidential signing for a new federal building, a failed constitutional convention drive in Kansas, capital move talk in Minnesota, cold waves across the South, and a host of crimes and accidents from coast to coast.
In London 100 coroner inquests were held in four days, with intense cold the direct cause of death in many cases. Other notes include Isaac P. Gray's death in Mexico City from pneumonia at 67, Guatemala-Mexico war talks, a world ice trot record in Hamilton, a massacre threat on Java Island, a jealous murder-suicide in Ontario, and a French vote defeating church state separation.
The sundry civil appropriation bill reported to the Senate requires that government bonds be offered at public sale first. Other items include passage of the Mexican veterans pensions bill, debate on the naval and agricultural appropriations, and various tragedies and disasters across the country. Notable incidents: a mining explosion in Pottsville kills six, a tree fall near Montgomery, Minnesota, and several deaths from cold in Georgia and South Dakota. The National Council of Women begins its triennial session in Washington chaired by Mrs. May Wright Sewall.
In Washington on Feb 10, Senators Hill Wolcott Lodge and Teller clash with President Cleveland over bimetallism and gold bonds. Hill presses parity policy, Wolcott and Teller attack administration credit and foreign bankers, while Lodge backs Hill's stance on payments in best money.
At Columbus Ohio on February 16 and 19, 1900, Mark Wild accused McBride of bribery after a 600 dollar package was given to Wild. McBride denied wrongdoing, claiming operators urged the payment to aid coal haul disputes. The convention later expelled Wild, calling him a demagogue and unfit for honest men.
United States Minister Isaac P. Gray died in Mexico City on February 16 after a pneumonia illness carried from St. Louis. Born October 18, 1828 in Chester County Pennsylvania, he served as a Civil War lieutenant colonel and Indiana governor twice before becoming minister to Mexico after Cleveland's 1884 victory.
Dun and Bradstreet reports two main obstacles in current trade as farm products remain cheaply priced and industrial activity is restricted. Farm prices show little gain with corn up modestly and wheat down slightly. cotton remains unchanged amid large receipts. Short corn crops and oversupply in wheat and cotton keep prices low, while western and southern buying remains restrained. The money market strengthens modestly with more commercial paper. Domestic clearings expand 6.8 percent versus last year but fall 34.5 percent from 1893. February failures total 2,909,800 with manufacturing and trading shares. January’s totals show 15,637,082 failures, split across manufacturing and trading concerns, down from last year. Week failures reach 270 in the United States and 51 in Canada.
A mob of masked men, believed to be Hamilton County residents, seized Ben Galdworthy at Ernestron Missouri. They entered the jail to extract George Tracy who had killed his wife in January. Tracy was shot through the cell bars and died. sheriff resisted but was overpowered.
Chicago reports a heavy shortage after Rufus Ramsay died three months ago of heart disease while Illinois state treasurer. More than $500,000 in estate claims have been filed, with two Chicago bankers Blount and Carroll declaring a full shortage of $363,530.52 and seeking reimbursement from bondsmen.
Washington February 16 The Fifty third congress shows no progress on finance as the house rejects Springer banking and currency bill 162 135 and then blocks 65 million dollars in 3 per cent gold bonds 167 120 to replace 38 1 2 percent bonds used to pay Morgan Belmont syndicate for 3 5 million ounces of gold.
Lynn Massachusetts February 14 fire discovery in the basement of William Henry Hutchinson hardware on Monroe Street. After 45 minutes flames burst through the roof and the four story wooden building collapsed trapping eleven men. Capt. Skinner Thomas Murray and John Dolan died. others injured. Loss about $100,000.
A Galveston express collision with a stock train near Govan Oklahoma fatally injures engineer Charles Appleby and fireman Coldron. Dozens of passengers and rail workers are hurt, cattle killed, and losses exceed 50000 dollars. Justice H W Scott and Senator Scott injured among others. Through passengers unharmed.
News from Honolulu dated February 8 reports ex Queen Liliuokalani on trial for treason with not guilty entered and diary evidence expected to be decisive. Washington reports deny an alleged diary extract claiming a gift from President Cleveland. Senate finances also actions on sugar duties and reciprocity provisions with potential duties adjustments.
Judge Noble of the common pleas court ruled the Ohio statute barring sale of convict made goods from other states without an Ohio license unconstitutional. The decision held interstate commerce regulation rests with Congress and that the licensing requirement discriminates against interstate trade.
The region endures a harsh cold spell with Canton Mississippi at 5 inches of snow and Birmingham Alabama two feet deep. In Birmingham seventy families seek aid as cattle perish offshore. Arkansas River freezes, halting steamers. Gus Thomason from Winona Mississippi dies in the cold. The Reichstag backs a push for an international monetary conference to restore silver as money.
Field Marshal Oyama reports the complete surrender of Chinese forces on land and sea at Wei-Hai-Wei. He notes that Admiral Ting and two other officers died by their own hands after sending a letter from the Chinese flagship accepting Japanese demands.
At a district assembly 75 K of L meeting in Brooklyn on Saturday the strike was called off for all lines except the Atlantic Avenue system where workers remain idle. In Washington resolutions urged gold payments on new bonds to cut government interest by about 16 million dollars. Arizona Republicans in Phoenix push for immediate statehood in any plan before Congress.
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