05 Jul 1894
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1894
Page
1
A satirical note laments bicycle ownership and dodge amusements while a graduate faces harsh reality. It jokes about banana peels cleaning tan shoes and misuses of sidewalk cleanliness. It mentions a Hamburg blacksmith Weber and his bullet-proof coat as a dream of a large stake.
A newspaper correspondent traveling in Lower California is reported eaten by cannibals, but the claim is dismissed as a mistake. The note jokes that reporters are tough and lean and no cannibal would risk digestion by eating one of them.
The text defines gold alloys by carat, detailing 24K as pure gold, 22K with gold silver and copper proportions, 18K with gold silver and copper mix, and 12K described as half gold with silver and copper portions. It reads like a concise glossary entry from a historical source.
The board of trade statistician places Britain capital at 10 037 486 000 pounds in 1885 about 50 187 180 000 dollars. An unofficial figure suggests wealth near 60 000 000 000 dollars.
The agricultural department warns this year’s peach crop will fail, repeating dire forecasts from years past. Critics note repeated assurances clash with ongoing market surpluses and question the accuracy and modesty of such predictions.
The Peary relief expedition has begun its voyage to the Arctic seas. It will not be long before a second expedition must be fitted to relieve the first, and a plan should include multiple relieving parties to follow.
A spectroscope analysis of the aurora borealis suggests the lights arise from an electrical discharge among meteoric iron dust particles in the atmosphere, according to a careful experiment. The finding proposes a specific cause for the vivid sky display and may influence future study of auroral phenomena.
A notable Roman Catholic death in Mobile Alabama left two thousand dollars for masses for his soul. The Supreme Court voided the bequest finding no living beneficiary. the soul is not a legal entity under law.
The Salvation Army reports establishment in 42 countries with 1,097 corps and 6,448 officers along with 10,828 local officers and 8,881 bandsmen. It claims 200,000 conversions yearly. An inventor in San Francisco pitches a phonautograph able to replace stenographers and typewriters, potentially enlarging the army of the unemployed.
Hon. Joan M. Vornpes, oldest of fifty sea captains, helped celebrate the Boston Marine Society centennial dinner. He has belonged to the society for over fifty years. The widow of a sea captain has received uninterrupted relief from the society for fifty-one years.
The New York World notes that a woman's subtle weapon is her listening power, timely brightness, and laughter at the right joke. It argues this tact strengthens her position by reinforcing her husband's, guided by many small wisps of wisdom and careful arts.
Census figures for Mississippi indicate 20.01 percent of the population in public schools, with more boys than girls overall. Total enrolled across all schools reached 14,378,670, including 12,957,468 white and 1,416,202 colored children. white boys 6,612,648 and white girls 6,344,820. colored boys 683,407 and colored girls 782,605. In common schools boys outnumber girls, while in church schools girls predominate.
The Detroit Free Press argues that grave crimes like the assassination of President Carnot should spur government action to protect civilization. It laments rising lawlessness and urges authorities to crush both anarchy and rebellion wherever they appear.
A week in review with nominations to the senate and cabinet, tariff and income tax debates, statehood possibilities for New Mexico, and a string of political and violent incidents. Key figures include Charles DeKay and prominent party names while events span Washington, Grand Rapids, and Illinois with outbreaks of lynching and labor strife. Districts like Tenth Georgia and Seventeenth Ohio figure in contested elections.
Weekly totals show exchanges at leading U S clearing houses totaling 761 049 579 dollars down from 847 978 101 previous week a 20 5 percent drop. US business failures for the week ended 29 equal 214 with six month total 6528 liabilities 82 555 000. Whisky and spirits price rose three cents per gallon by the trust ahead of a new tax. John McCartney and E R Chapman indicted for refusing to answer questions before the senate sugar investigating committee.
The East reports a 101 year old Hoosick Falls woman’s death, Vermont populists and Democrats naming gubernatorial nominees, a Syracuse cyclist breaking a world record in Boston, prohibitionists nominating state officers, a Yale boat race result, a U.S. court ruling on Japanese citizenship, Vermont Democrats’ governor pick, and a deadly warehouse fire in Brooklyn with heavy losses.
James Smith Allen, a farmer near Greencastle Indiana, killed his wife before taking his own life. In Des Moines, Iowa prohibitionists nominated Bennett Mitchell for governor and listed multiple state offices. National Republicans reelected W W Tracy as president and A B Humphrey as secretary. Congressional nominees were announced across several states including Indiana Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Ohio Kentucky North Carolina.
Foreign intelligence reports a mob raid in Lyons where a petroleum barrel exploded burning three men. In Ontario Sir Oliver Mowat secures a long premier term. London juries dismiss manslaughter charges against Gen. Hewston. India notes a wheat drop of 10 million bushels. Spain mine blast kills 57. Scotland miners strike. Santo to be tried July 28. France elects Casimir-Perier president. Anarchists clash with crowds in London. Shehan confesses to 1885 parliamentary plot. Paris inks 60 million franc Panama canal venture. Rome arrests a worker for threatening Premier Crispi.
The 80th ult. session of the Senate was not in session while House calendars cleared of pension and desertion cases. May US manufactured exports totaled 15.19 million dollars. NL baseball standings show varied percentages from Baltimore 0.712 to Chicago 0.327. A Vermont mother hanged her four children. Carnot’s funeral at the Pantheon. drownings in Chicago’s Lake Calumet. Provisional Hawaiian president Doty to be declared without vote. Arkansas and Tennessee windstorm. rail strikes cause food scarcity. Cleveland meat supply fears. New Orleans heat record. mint coinage for year ends at 78,554,284.06. Pittsburgh iron works closed, 4,000 job losses. Pullman strike expands. Chicago rail centers crippled. troops sent to Danville and Trinidad.
Massive labor action stops Illinois Central trains from Chicago to New Orleans and halts many routes nationwide. Debs and Howard lead the American Railway union as switchmen, towermen, and Pullman strikers flood Grand Crossing, suspending passenger and freight service with widespread road participation and threats of ongoing disruption.
Paris June 29 Casimir-Perier elected president of the third republic by the congress of both houses at Versailles. He received 451 votes on the first ballot from 853 national assembly members amid cheers. Dupuy the premier led congratulations while cabinet resignations were tendered and Sent Bailhan to form cabinet likely. Italians flee France as Marseilles Lyons and Grenoble exiles return home reporting brutalities and deaths. Santo trial set for July 23 in Lyons.
A series of three cyclonic windstorms swept from southwest to northeast across Southwestern Minnesota and eastern South Dakota. The storms caused multiple fatalities and injuries across towns including Milacs Pipestone Darwin St Paul Sleepy Eye Wessington Litchfield and Glencoe with lightning strikes and wrecked structures. The Knights of Labor urged Senator Kyle to seek a bill allowing Pullman cars to detach from trains.
Riotous strike action prompts Gov. Altgeld to deploy six companies of the Fifth Infantry to Danville and three to Decatur to free Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Wabash trains held by strikers. Telegrams report trains tied up, sheriffs paralyzed, and a demand for troops to protect travelers and property.
In Montgomery Vermont Merrill Baker and his wife quarreled on Saturday. Baker left upset and the next morning Mrs Baker, believed to have become insane, took and hanged their four children aged 1 to 6 to bedstead posts with cords, tying them to the frame.
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