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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1897

Page

3

Year at Home and Abroad Bank Failures Figures

A detailed ledger lists numerous banking failures and suspensions from January to December across states including Nebraska Ohio Minnesota and Illinois. It notes bank names locations and dates of failures with larger concerns involving liabilities often surpassing $500000 and occasional notes on city and national banks and trust companies.

Exchange Greeley Center Awifth Avenue Savings Columbus Bank of Neb Momence Ill Bank of Wilton Durham Maurice State Cit- Sizens Connersville Ind Flemingsburg McCague Savings Omaha Central Trust and Savings Chi- Owen Apple River Sherman County Goodland Kan Bloomfeld Commercial and Savings San Jose Cal Midway First National Morris, Minn Farmers Decatur Chadron Tex Mayles New England Mancheste Lake County Chicago Ingham County Savings Lansing Mich U—Security Duluth Black River Falls Mutual National New Orleans Bank of Commerce Bennett National New What Wash Midland State Shellsburg Wis National Troy N. Y Pawnee Mapleton Minn Argonia State Bank Tribune Mount Pleasant Ithaca Security Trust Co Nashua N. H Nddy N. M Marine National Second National Rockford Bank of Emmerce Buffalo Merchant’s Atlanta Bank of Pukwana S. D Marion Big Rapids Mecosta Savings First_ national Holidaysburg Martinsburg Williamsay National Bank of Flnois Dreyer & Co Wesmansdorff, Heinemann & Co Bank of Minnesota Union ,Dockyards Bank St. Paul Bank of West

Vast Casualty Ledger Catalogs Dreaded Death Toll

A bleak chronology lists disasters and fatalities across the United States from January to December, detailing fires, explosions, drownings, cyclones, floods, mine accidents, boiler blasts, and other calamities. Names of places like Columbus Ohio and Buffalo New York recur with counts, highlighting the scale of tragedies in a single year and noting notable violent incidents and public calamities alongside a separate section on criminal accusations and offenses.

Startling crime ledger shows multiple family tragedies

A compiled timeline lists numerous homicide suicide cases across the United States from January to December, detailing partners, children, and victims. Notable incidents include fathers killing families, women poisoning or killing children, and self-inflicted deaths amid financial and personal turmoil.

Large Fire Losses Across U S Dominant in 1900s

A compiled list of devastating fires and losses across multiple cities from Feb to Dec. The figures include two million dollars in Philadelphia involving the American Baptist Publication Society and related groups, and extensive damage in industrial centers such as Minneapolis, Cripple Creek, Chicago, St. Louis, and Norfolk. The record notes dozens of burned buildings, factories, wharves, and bridges, with totals often reaching hundreds of thousands or more.

Security Mortgage &Trust Co Wallas Tex Atlas National Chitaco Bank of Superior Wis Scandia Minneapolis McCoy Banking Co Independence Philadelphia Solicitors’ Loan & Trust Co Keene, Sutterbee & Co American Savices and Loan Association William Foster, Jr New York Louisville Belle of Nelson R. & H. Adams Columbus Northern Fire Association Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co Holyoke Mass Albion Paper St. Paul Patrick H. Kelly New Haven Conn Pack Bros., & Co Archer & Pannon Ales Dria Ind Ant Exandria Union Steel Co Hilton, Hughes & Co Atlantic City P. Whitmey Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railway Co Sefe Place Clough Bursesville R. T G. A. Wells Malting & Elevator Co Chicago Norton & Co Millers van Nortwick Batavia American Baptist Publication Society American Baptist Historical Society G. W. van Duren & Co Brunswick Cripple Creek Col Quincy Ill San Francisco W. A. Fuller & Co Elyria Ashland Nashville Union River Iron River Camp Union Ontonagon Mich Chicara Chicago & Pacific Elevator Co Chester Ark Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Doege Somerset Polyclinic Hospital Potsdam N. Y Miami Fla Snow Hill Aetna Mills Cal North Port Wash Gypsum Kan Benton, Ark Rockford Dorchester Neb Dagsboro Del L'Anse Cottage Grove Venn Whitehouse Marengo Malvern Trout Run Hillsboro Gladis Ontonion Poplar Grove Springfield Spencer W. Va Mercer Flippen Weston East Corinth Jamestown

Year of Global Conflicts and Assassinations Timeline

Chronology lists battles in Africa and Asia Minor, massacres of Armenians, political upheavals across Europe and the Americas, notable deaths in arts and science, and major imperial crises from January to December. Key events include Armenian massacres, Cuban and Philippine tensions, Italian Abyssinia war, and political resignations.

Jameson Transvaal Aintab Asia Minor Harpoot Diarbekir Greenway Manitoba Martinez da Campos Cuba Lord Sir Frederic) Highton Royal Academy London John Hays Hammond Dole Lilloukalani Constantinople Malatia Armenia Barcelona Senate Spain Marquis di Rudini Gen Ricotti Adewa Khalifa Egypt Nazir-ed-Din Shah Persia Teheran Nicholas Alexandrovitch J. W. Leonard Pretoria Island of Yesso Japan Sir Charles Tupper Ottawa Ont Poririo Diaz Mexico Kemah Erzingan William Morris Czar Czarina Russia Paris George du Maurier Trilby Turkey Egin San Jose Weyler Pinar del Rio Mamouret-Al-Aziz Antonio Maceo Venezuela Holt Maceo Adolph Dancher British Isles

Amnesty Granted for Armenian Prisoners in Constantinople

Amnesty waives death sentences for Armenian prisoners in Constantinople on December 22, while authorities report the Mohammedan rebellion in northern China has ended.

Constantinople China

Nationwide labor unrest and strikes span 600 to 16,000 workers idle

The record lists numerous wage disputes and labor actions across the United States from January to December, including Westinghouse employees in Pittsburgh striking Jan 16, coal mine idleness in western Pennsylvania Feb 1, major clothing and textile strikes in Chicago and Minneapolis, and factory closures in Lowell and Braddock. It notes riots and martial law in Leadville and Cleveland, widespread wage battles, and December resumptions across U.S. plants, including Pittsburgh Plate Glass and other major employers.

Pittsburgh Westinghouse Electric Co Pennsylvania Chicago Lawrence Manufacturing Co Lowell Mass Indiana Milwaukee Middlesex Woolen Lowell Mass Minneapolis Braddock Mahoning Valley Ohio Brown Hoisting & Conveying Co Cleveland Brotherhood of Tailors New York Niles Mich Brown Brown Floisting & Conveying Co’s Wheeling W. Va Riverside Iron Works Johnstown Cambria Iron Works Coronado Mine Leadville Col Cleveland (O Boston Hocking Valley Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Painter & Song Hoop Iron Jones & Laughlin Illinois Steel Co Joliet Niagara Iron Foundry Ironton N. C Arcade American Wire Nail Anderson Nut and Bolt Anderson, Ind Dowagine (Mich.) Co Whitaker Iron Works Wheeling Stee and Iron Co Ohio Falls Car Works Jeffersonville Ind Ensign Car Works Cancel W. Va Phoenix Furniture Co Widdcomb Furniture Co Nelson & Matter Co Grand Rapids Brush Co Grand Rapids Porter Brick Yards Chesterton Ironton Fire Parker Fire Coal Grove Ashland Steel Co Norton Nail Works Ashland Norwich Norfolk Peninsular Car Works Detroit Probst Construction Co Hast St. Louis Packing Co Alexander Smith & Song’ Carpet Co Tapestry Yonkers N. Y Ohio Iron Co Zanesville Crescent Type Foundry Meyer Bros Decker Bros Superior Wis Rock City Falls Willis A. Meyer's John M. Novas Shoe Co Barrie Union Dry Goods Co Sioux City Heather & Co C. C. Adams Xcelsior Machine and Boiler Works Co White

Record of storms and notices sweep across the nation

A sweeping list of weather events from Feb to Dec details gales, snowstorms, cyclones, and tornadoes across Illinois Indiana Iowa Missouri New England and beyond. The chronology includes floods cloudbursts hurricanes and wind damage with multiple towns named and losses listed, alongside obituaries and notable deaths throughout the year.

Auburn W. Va Bittsburgh van Wert Anthony Steubenville Fort Wayne Ind Tiptown Bourbon Iowa Mongoller Graham N. M Illinois New England Paducah Cobden Michigan Minnesota Ohio Wisconsin Deadwood Savannah Brunswick Florida Georgia Sea Islands Syracuse N. Y Pennsylvania Reading Alexandria Edmond O. T Blue Mountain Lake Coney Island la Fayette County Jefferson County Ark Wilmington Del Woodbury N. J. Sana Hamilton Wash North Dakota Waco Tex Northwest Montana Wyoming Dakota Tunica Miss Ralston Chippewa River Cairo Anna Pittsfield Virginia North Carolina Smith Lake Minn Dunbar

World-wide telegraph message travels 28,600 miles in 50 minutes

A message sent from New York's national electrical exposition reached Tokio and back visiting Chicago San Francisco Vancouver Montreal and Congo in 50 minutes covering 28 600 miles. The listing notes numerous political appointments elections and proclamations across the United States from January to May including Utah statehood and Cuban belligerency resolutions.

Rufus W. Peckham U. S. Supreme Court Asa Bushnell Foraker Rep U.S Ohio W. Thi. Hatch Chicago National Dairy Union I. M. Drake A. J. McLaurin Gem Miss John W. Griggs N. J William Lawrence National Divorce Reform League Boston U. S W. B. Allison I’. J. Cannon Ren Utah Arthur Brown L. Bean H. D. Morey R. H. Thomas National Editorial Association St. Augustine Pla Susan B. Anthony National Woman Suffrage Association Washington District of Columbia Territories Ohio Supreme Court HW. F. Uhl Germany Senate Iowa Ballington Booth New York Kentucky House Ambassador Bayard England Gov. Lippitt Gen Pitt- Hugh Lee Havana Foster Louisiana N. Y Greater New York Brooklyn Methodist General Conference Cleveland J. W. Echols Supreme Council American Protective Association Tokio San Francisco Vancouver Montreal Congo

Century of bicycle records and races across 1890s events

A dense列chronology lists cycling marks from January to December detailing wins, records, and notable performances. It includes Frank Nelson in New York, Joe Donoghue and Peters Maher boxing, Derby at Churchill Downs, liner voyages, and various endurance rides, with other sports and public notices scattered through the year.

New York Frankie Nelson St. Paul Harvey Davidson E. C. Andrews Galesburg Mendota Chicago Burlington & Quincy Joseph Donoghue Newburg Washington Joe Donoghue Robert Fitzsimmons Peter Maher Coahuila Mexico Nashville H. D. Elkes J. W. Showalter U. S Emil Kemeny Churchill Downs Ben Brush Southampton Das Denver G. Card Harvard - Cornell Columbia Pennsylvania Hudson Poughkeepsie N. Y Cornell Smith Tom Linton Wales Catfird Iihror Toronto Ont Tom Cooper Walter Sanger W. H. Chadwick Detroit Holman South Jersey Sandy Hook Newport R. L R. D. Wrenn Bent Milwaukee G. W. Whittaker London Jacob Audawur Medford Mass Star Pointer Wood Cammack L. I Marietta Portland Jupe John Ft. Genahs Louis Gimm Pittsburgh Johnson Baltimore Cleveland J. Michael Lexington Miss Rita A. E. Smith Memphis Tenn John Lawson Frank Walter Princeton Yale San Francisco Tom Sharkey Fitzsimmons A. Gardner Cunard Servia Europe Boston Hale Carlisle Isconsin University H. Estby Clara Spokane Wash Dixon and Love Kreetz Lantua

Minerals and Metals Production in 1896 Declines Slightly

The Engineering and Mining Journal reports United States values for minerals and metals in 1896 at 653,311,468 dollars, down about 3 percent from 1895. Metals rose to 242,311,481 with non metals at 410,099,987. gold reached 57,000,000, up 10,169,800, while pig iron output was 8,768,869 long tons.

New York Engineering and Mining Journal United States

Banker's death follows public attack amid bank crisis

William A. Hammond second vice president of the failed National Bank of Illinois killed himself at the Dempster Street pier in Chicago after weeks of mental strain and a sensational accusation of wrecking the bank. His body was recovered by two boys and an inquest held.

Chicago William A. Hammond National Bank of Sinois Evanston Dempster Street Lake Michigan Church Street Otto Wasmansdorff Mr. Hammond National Bank of Bank of Inois Iciter Schneider Weiss Berger

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