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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1898
Page
2
The Express reports The Cramps, a leading American shipbuilder, proposing to spend several millions on a Seattle shipyard. A new Pacific era opens quickly as plans unfold.
A North Dakota court grants a divorce to Don Eugenio de Faria y Gonceles de Tiexerra. The ruling ends a marriage presumably linked to the Brazilian noble name and stops disputes over shared property or titles.
Kilgoorlie introduces a new placer gold district in Western Australia with gold found on bed rock beneath 25 to 75 feet of soil. Despite hard conditions, Americans favor Alaska.
The resumption of work by the large window glass factories after a lengthy lockout marks a major industrial event. An advance in wages ends a costly dispute that had significant cost for both sides.
Official dispatch dated July 13 reports Andree last seen in a balloon that sailed eastward rather than north. If alive, he would likely be wintering in a remote Arctic wasteland as search efforts continue.
Col John Jameson who died in Brooklyn was present at Ford's theater the night Lincoln was shot and later at the Baltimore and Potomac station when Garfield was shot. He had formerly served as superintendent of the railway mail service and died at age 56.
Secretary Long states the navy is not a mere war function but a great state function. He argues the navy acts as a civilizing force, supporting commerce exploration navigation and science and bringing nations closer in peace.
In Maine the close season prompts stocktaking amid no moose or deer skull counts released. Fourteen citizens and hunters were shot by mistake and many others wounded. The era of long range firearms raises safety concerns in popular hunting grounds.
The United States saw embezzlements rise from 9465921 to 11248084 in 1897 while educational and charitable donations held near steady. The year’s total gifts reached 33612814 with 10203450 to colleges 14785626 to charities 5023738 to churches and 1218000 to museums and public galleries.
The passage notes China’s foreign trade at about $258 million yearly with Britain at $172 million Japan $25 million and the United States $16 million leaving $25 million for all other nations. It implies Europe and others lack significant trade with China and hints at imbalances.
In Pawnee court four chiefs were granted divorces from their wives for neglect. Pipe Chief testified his wife chased fashion and ignored Indian customs. She refused to attend the sun dance saying she would not associate with dirty squaws. The article notes the rise of the “new woman” among the red men.
Miners returning from Dawson City report scarce provisions and a more dire issue. Light is in short supply with oil at $45 a gallon and candles costly. Alaska is praised for rich mineral wealth and abundant petroleum potential. If necessity drives invention, Klondikers may bore for oil to reap greater rewards than Bonanza claims.
The creation of the city of New York merges Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Richmond. It reaches a population of 3,350,000, surpassing Paris by 850,000 and doubling Berlin. The metropolis dwarfs several European nations and rivals colonial era populations.
Eight rear admirals and five brigadier generals are slated for retirement by age in 1895. Retirements include Rear Admirals Beardslee Selfridge Kirkland Norton Sicard Matthews Miller Dunce on various dates and Brigadier Generals Bell Weeks Breck Graham Coppinger on specified days.
A summary of congressional activity and federal debates. Key items include a favorable Senate report to raise artillery strength by two regiments, House bills on patent law, Indian Territory joining Oklahoma, currency reform plans, and direct senatorial elections. Also discussed are civil service debates, a proposed constitutional amendment for federal judiciary election, and a Gettysburg Lincoln statue appropriations bill.
An appeal issued by the central Cuban relief committee appointed by President McKinley seeks contributions to aid 200000 Cubans facing death from starvation. Other items note counterfeit ten dollar gold pieces found in Washington and shifts in mail delivery and church union talks.
The seven days ending on the 7th saw 322 business failures in the United States, down from 395 the prior week and 471 a year earlier. Clearing houses reported weekly exchange totals of 1.418 billion dollars, up from 1.188 billion the previous week, a 23.6 percent rise versus 1897. Nicola Tesla claims vacuum tubes can produce light as bright as the sun. Rev Dr John Hall resigns after 30 years at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. A boiler explosion on the towboat Percy Kelsey near Glenfield, Pennsylvania, kills five crew and injures four.
The supreme court confirms a twenty year sentence for ex State Treasurer Bartley of Nebraska for embezzlement. Reports list multiple executions including John ONeill Jr in Greenfield Massachusetts and Thomas Cyrus in Atlanta Georgia. Other items note lynchings in Mississippi and Alabama, a $100000 robbery in Chicago, a Memphis shooting, a fatal nitroglycerin blast near Toledo, and deaths of Albert G Boynton and Moses Handy. Jackson Day speech by William J Bryan in Chicago.
A spate of violent deaths and mob actions are reported: Mrs. John Ripke killed in a Cedar Rapids runaway. Mrs. Christine Eichert dies in church in Eau Claire. Marshal Chadwick lynched at Colfax by a mob. John Rh McCaun in Bedford shoots his wife and himself after divorce. Markus McGessey and Palmer Simpson burned at the stake by a mob for alleged crimes against Mrs. Jane Simmons near Wewoka Oklahoma.
Dispatches from Peking report Germany has secured a fifty year lease on Kiaochau Bay. Britain vows concessions for a new Chinese loan enabling open treaty ports for all nations. Also notes health related resignation of Lady Henry Somerset.
Senate discussed the Tiawanan treaty in executive session. A house memorial urged death penalty for train wrecking and robbery crimes. Reports covered governors inaugurations, murders in Brookfield and others, drownings near Coulee City, electoral cases, and notable deaths including Edison and Carr.
A mob captured Seminole Indians J Markus McGessey and Palmer Simpson near Maud Oklahoma and burned them alive for the assault and murder of Mrs James Simmons near Wewoka. The killings sparked fears of retaliation and a potential Indian uprising as authorities seek to quell the unrest.
Mrs. Katie Ammon of Vandalia township Cass county inherits 3 000 000 from uncle Silas A Trabos who died at Jackson Mississippi. Ammon named guardian for two minor heirs and orders probate with attorney Stuart McKibbon of South Bend. He plans to travel to Jackson to finalize claim.
The boiler of the towboat Percy Kelsey exploded near Glenfield Pennsylvania on Saturday morning while towing nine coal barges, killing four instantly, two missing and presumed dead, and injuring seven, four fatally. The vessel valued at $25,000 and owned by W H Browns Sons.
Reports state the Louis from Cardiff to Marseilles with coal foundered on January 1, 25 miles west of Marseilles near Bauduck. Four bodies recovered. fourteen or fifteen crew members are missing or presumed drowned.
Secretary of State John Sherman issues a formal proclamation calling on Americans to donate money or supplies to relief efforts for Cuba. The Cuban relief committee based in New York coordinates contributions, with Red Cross, the New York chamber of commerce, and religious representatives backing the effort. The plan seeks shipments via Havana and free duties on eligible goods, aided by Spanish government cooperation.
Judge Albert G. Boynton longtime political editor of the Detroit Free Press died at the Alma sanitarium after two years of kidney illness. Born in 1837, he practiced law in Detroit since 1857, served as acting city attorney and police judge, then joined the Free Press in 1872 becoming its principal editorial writer. He leaves a widow three daughters and a son.
Captain Wood of the north west mounted police warns travelers en route to the Klondike that crossing Tagish house requires at least 600 pounds of provisions per person. In related news William Byrne of Chicago has both feet amputated after freezing on the Lewen river while his uncle James E. Maguire travels in a dying condition toward Chicago.
Paris reports Dr Thomas W Evans leaves 20 million francs to Philadelphia for a museum named in his honor and a statue costing 1 to 2 million francs in a public square. city may receive bequest or share with heirs if refused.
Senator Davis openings the ratification debate on the Hawaiian annexation treaty with the Senate voting against open sessions. Gray argues for public discussion while opponents warn of wider diplomatic implications and Monroe Doctrine references. Annexationists claim 59 votes, opponents project 3 to 5 short of ratification.
A Brookfield farmer Francis D Newton his wife Sarah and their ten year old adopted daughter Ethel were murdered in their beds by an ax. A hired man called Paul is missing and authorities search for him after neighbors noted the crime from cattle noises.
The United States Circuit Court in New York granted injunction and accounting in The Hostetter Company vs Isaac Sommers and Louis Joseph for trade mark infringement. The opinion affirms protection of Hostetter's reputation, profits, and exclusive rights against unfair and deceptive use.
A pompous bishop, mid portrait, asks the painter how he is faring. The artist, focused on work, tells him to move his head right and close his mouth. The bishop protests as the artist explains he intends to remove some cheek.
The Cuban scare unsettles Spain related tensions but Wall Street expects no major complications. The piece predicts possible illnesses like biliousness and endorses Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia malaria kidney trouble constipation and nervousness.
A dialog from Somerville Journal notes Mrs. White asking if a daughter speaks fluent French and Mrs. Brown replying she speaks something fluent that does not sound like English, suggesting it may be French.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a pleasant liquid laxative that cleanses apotony and relieves colds headaches and fevers without unpleasant after effects. It quotes a moral maxim about love and notes a testimonial by George 8 Merriam.
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement praises Lane's Family Medicine for daily bowel movement, gentle action on the liver and kidneys, and curing sick headache. It lists prices of 25 and 50 cents and cites a Chicago Daily News quotation about blind justice.
Chicago Daily News advertises McVicker's Theater presenting The Sporting Duchess with an all star cast and lavish settings. The note includes patent medicine pitches for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets St Jacobs Oil and nostalgic lines about marriage and cures.
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