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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1894
Page
1
The Express notes 2680 miles of new railway laid in the United States last year, the smallest total since 1877. An Indiana woman later regains speech after twenty three years mute. Snow seven feet deep near Tacoma challenges gardeners as coast folk seek sun.
The Chicago Tribune readers saw a transposed space alter meaning from A Fight with Outlaws to A Fight Without Laws. The sentence letters remain correct and the shift changes interpretation. The note highlights how spacing can invert intent in print.
Ambitious joker prints a Chicago newspaper job ad luring laborers. Eight hundred applicants show up the next morning only to discover they were duped. The prank is described as cruel and not funny.
The late Lucy Stone was cremated at Doston following her stated wish. The event attracted little comment, reflecting how people have grown accustomed to cremation as a method of disposal.
The note compares spans of major bridges: Brooklyn Bridge at 1595 feet, Firth of Forth bridges reaching 1700 feet, Oxus span of 2004 feet, and the proposed Hoboken Bridge with a 2850 foot single span. It highlights competition for the longest single-span bridge.
During the 1808 season navigation on the Great Lakes resulted in 125 deaths from 133 vessels lost. Vessels carried 24 258 tons and were valued at 1 040 400 dollars. Partial losses from strandings collisions and fires raise the total to 2 112 58S. Lake Erie accounted for about half the fatalities, with Lake Huron second.
General Policarpo Jonilla captured Cnotreca after Vasquez was held near Guscaran by General Herradora. A march on Tegucigalpa is planned, and Bonilla may declare the Nicaraguan revolution over if that move also falls.
In December last 11,262 immigrants landed in New York with Italy leading at 8,784, Germany 1,821, Russia 1,492, Hungary 755. Among arrivals 4,259 earned over £30, total $166,778. Italians $45,98], Germans $84,026, Russians $215,101, French $13, OS4, Swedes $441, Austrians $8,539, Hungarians $,224, Danes $6,154, Irish $5,004. The piece notes rising insanity linked to grip, urging a physician to find a cure.
The National Mary Washington Monument Association appeals for 15000 dollars from American women to complete the monument memory of Washington's mother. A shaft stands near Mary Washington's home in Fredericksburg Virginia but the plot and shaft are in ruins. The project is to be funded exclusively by women.
The oldest is George S. Boutwell elected in 1850 and the youngest to hold office. Surviving ex governors include Nathaniel P. Banks elected 1857, then William Claflin, William Gaston, Alexander H. Rice, John D. Long, George D. Robinson, Oliver Ames and John Q. A. Brackett. William E. Russell may join soon. Boutwell’s election leaves eight ex governors who have died. New York has three surviving ex governors Cornell, Cleveland and Hill.
A Chicago man obtained a divorce on grounds he was led to the altar blindfolded and married to a woman he had never seen. He separated the day after the ceremony, and both were eager for the break. Friends plan to reintroduce the pair, hoping no affection forms. The court allowed the divorce to sever the reluctant spouses.
The Netherlands high court held that kissing a person against her will is not a crime, describing it as a mark of sympathy. The decision contrasts with US practice where courts have imposed fines from one to thousands for such offenses.
In Washington the Senate discussed but did not act on a bill repealing federal election laws while the House debated tariffs. A resolution on navy orders related to Hawaii was favorably reported. Reports cover Hawaii investigations, tariff remarks, and executive business with nominations.
The net treasury balance settled at 75,618,655 in gold, a record low. World gold production for 1893 is estimated near 150 million dollars. Treasury bonds may be issued under the 1875 law unless new legislation passes. Clearing houses show over 1.006 billion in weekly exchanges, with 474 US business failures and improving overall outlook. Presidentsial correspondence and 1893 breadstuffs exports are noted.
In Buffalo William H Curtiss shot his wife and elder daughter while insane. Joan L Sullivan was knocked out in a Buffalo hotel by his wife with an Indian club. In Harrisburg the Democrats nominated James D Wancock for congressman at large. A clothing firm in Plainfield assigned with liabilities of 179548. Wintrow Warnkee and relatives crushed under stone at Somerset. Flames in Erie Railroad car shops cost 100000. Drawbridge collapse near Brooklyn killed seven. Sailors drowned in Baltimore harbor. Our savings bank at Meadville Pa closed its doors.
A report lists events across states: Baltimore patterns and mill machinery destroyed valued at 200 000 and 15 000 respectively. Charles Bensnett, famed Boston catcher, fatally injured by a train in Wellsville Kansas. AMAX uncovers 85 in gold coins in a cabbage head in Elmwood Indiana. Ed Dansey hanged in Ocala Florida for deputy sheriff Binnicker’s death. John Carroll Power dies, Lincoln monument custodian since 1893. A Woodward Alabama accident kills three, injures one. Sherman Wagoner lynched near Mitchell Indiana for wife murder. Des Moines announces Frank D Jackson sworn in as Iowa governor. Delphi sawmill boiler blast kills three, injures one. Indianapolis appellate court rules Sunday theaters unlawful. Grover Burgess dies after forty eight hours of sleep on his wedding day in Caro Michigan.
Reports recount 4900 dead after a Kassala battle between Italian troops and dervishes, a Charlottenburg mill blaze causing 400000 marixs in loss, Sao Paulo fight with 500 government troops killed, Vaillant's death sentence for firing in the Paris chamber, a move to sovereign Hawaii, a ten second earthquake in Godeboute Canada, Canton and Foochow fires, a Walpole Island fire death of Thomas Johnson and family, Ningo temple fire deaths, Hungarians near starvation, tea-laden Clan Grant lost en route from Amoy to New York.
United States Senate rejects William B. Hornblower of New York for associate justice to fill the Blatchford vacancy. House debates tariff under five minute rule with a Cochran Reed clash as destitution grows in Winnipeg. jam breaks in Alabama, Cuba boat wrecks, and a Georgia bank reopenings noted.
The debate centers on the 1890 tariff act and proposed changes. Mr Wilson’s Democratic side argues for protection and steady revenue while demanding equal rights and opposition to tax burdens. Republicans counter with warnings of economic collapse and call for continued protective duties, emphasizing impacts on industry and farmers.
In St Louis on January 10 authorities report final action transferring Western Union Building and Loan associations Nos 2 3 4 and 5 to assignees after months of effort to straighten tangled affairs. No 2 and 4 go to A A Woerheide and No 5 to R F P Kilgen while No 8 is jointly held. No 1 remains with Judge G A Castleman as receiver. Assets and liabilities show mixed solvency across the four units.
In Marietta Ohio on January 11 a burned body identified by a watch is found in ashes near a barn after a triple murder. Bleeding stains between house and barn and an empty pistol suggest a struggle and possible son killing his father and mother before self immolation.
A mob in Corato in the province of Bari attacked the mayor's office, smashing windows. Troops fired on the crowd after efforts to disperse them failed, killing seven rioters and wounding many others.
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