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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
3
The article notes sunlight fails to reach 200 feet, leaving deep sea darkness at noon. It then reports agitation in France over an official commission to study bringing corn to France and methods for introduction in the United States.
The Chick esaws have five colleges the Creeks ten. The Choctaws have no colleges but 160 common schools teaching higher branches. Federal government bears the expenses of educating the Indians.
Two paintings valued at 3000 dollars were sent via Adams Express in Boston. They were lost and the owner sued for 3000 dollars. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court sustains the defendant, holding the receipt limited liability to 50 dollars and stamped value asked and not given.
Gold hunters in Russia must surrender all found gold to the treasury which pays miners a fixed rate. The rule may seem tyrannical yet yields a paradoxical advantage as claimants boast of riches only when official figures confirm their worth.
Over 13 years Germany’s population grows 14 percent while doctors rise 56 percent. If this continues, statisticians predict a future where every German becomes a physician and the nation lacks patients, forcing migration to areas with fewer doctors.
Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, a veteran of the Peking landing, is noted for his rapid ascent from naval academy graduate in 1861 to commanding naval officer at Peking. He was slated in 1898 to lead the Guam station but shifted to urgent orient duties. Concurrently, the piece notes a two decade decline in Great Lakes fish populations despite government propagation stations.
The empress dowager, about 60, is the sole woman defying Europe. For 48 years she has wielded vast influence in China directing affairs. She is the emperor’s second wife due to bearing a son, and she leads in precedence. Her education comes from the finest in China, backed by native wit and cleverness.
Engineers report color visibility varies with weather. In clear weather white is most visible followed by hussar blue light blue scarlet green dark blue. gray and dry foliage are nearly invisible. Cloudy weather leaves white blue green brown unchanged while tussar blue scarlet fade. Green rises in visibility and at night white becomes invisible. Navy blue remains acceptable.
The United States produces about 120 million barrels of petroleum annually while outside nations add enough to reach roughly 150 million barrels worldwide. Russia's output is lower due to limited enterprise and transportation. New deposits are being discovered almost daily in the United States.
The article notes that chromospheres and prominences photographed by Prof Barnard and Mr Ritchey at Yerkes during the recent solar eclipse are gas structures. It claims one prominence reaches about 5,000 miles high while chromospheres are said to rise to 300,000 miles in a remarkably short time.
The Postmaster General Smith removed Estes Gathbone from his post as director general of posts in Cuba. The government announces changes as ships and currency updates roll out. A new five dollar silver certificate with an Indian head design debuts in Washington. Battleships to bear the names Virginia Rhode Island and others are announced. A relief fund for Mrs. Guy V. Henry, widow of Gen. Guy V. Henry, reaches 18546 dollars.
At Coney Island Gus Ruhlin of Akron knocked out Tom Sharkey. The four mile New London boat race saw Yale beat Harvard. Three Boer envoys left New York for Havre. James H Merill mayor of Oshkosh died suddenly in New York.
Federal court in St. Louis issues an injunction restraining the street railway men's union from interfering with mail car operations. The report covers multiple political, social, and weather events across several states including notable deaths, elections, and disasters.
The Alabama Republican party nominated John A. Steele for governor amid intra party momentum. A separate Indiana Supreme Court ruling bans pumping natural gas from wells except by natural pressure, marking a major regulatory constraint on energy extraction.
Roberts reports the Cape uprising ended while a Berlin dispatch notes Arctic explorer Andree is safe. Boer activity grows as Roberts holds quiet, Manila releases nine Filipino leaders after oath of allegiance, Hayti adopts gold standard, Spain endures deadly rainstorms, Paris expo silk wins gold, and foreign missions suffer deaths in Tien Tsun Wei-Hen.
Reports say all diplomatic representatives and many foreigners are believed prisoners in Peking with fears of mass murder. Battles around Peking leave Chinese losses heavy as Admiral Seymour seeks access. Other items note fires in Pittsburgh and Hoboken, Roosevelts and McKinleys travel, and Oregon wreck damage offshore Chefoo.
A major disaster off Hoboken on Saturday left around 200 to 500 feared dead as three North German Lloyd liners the Saale Bremen and Main burned. Dozens were saved but many perished in flames and drowning as crews, passengers and Christian Endeavorers faced a swift, deadly blaze.
Pennsylvania's university eight won the intercollegiate race by under two seconds in a tight contest over five crews at Poughkeepsie New York on July 2. Wisconsin finished second, Cornell third, Columbia fourth, with Georgetown last. Official times: Penn 10 44 4 5, Wisconsin 19 46 2 5, Cornell 20 04 1 5, Columbia 20 09 1 5, Georgetown 20 19 1 5.
In Rainy lake region settlers fear an Indian uprising and appeal to Gov. Lind for protection. The Minnesota governor declined to reveal the message details but is believed pressed to deploy state troops to guard residents.
The United States transport McPherson reached Boston harbor with 124 women and 107 men aboard the first Cuban teachers bound for Harvard summer school. The transport Crook, carrying a second group, passed Highland Light at 9 30 Saturday forenoon.
Renominated unanimously by Sixth district Democrats in Macon Georgia on July 2 Congressman Charles L Bartlett secures renomination for the forthcoming election.
Official dispatches from Shanghai dated July 1 confirm the murder of Baron Von Ketteler, the German minister, on June 18 as he rode on Legation Street. Buildings including the German legation were burned and foreigners fear war or a vow to declare it.
Navy reports Captain Wilde confirms Oregon grounded 50 miles from Taku with Iris and another relief ship aiding. Pinnacle Rock near How Ke Light stands about 25 feet high. rescue prospects uncertain though salvage possible. Also notes related dispatches and other brief items.
A Paterson New Jersey boss carpenter once asked applicants, What are your favorite tunes? Those who whistled or sang work tunes like Old Hundred or Auld Lang Syne were rejected. Those who replied with Yankee Doodle or The Fisher's Hornpipe were hired on the spot and told to begin work.
The anecdote tells of Senators Benton and James Stephen Green with Congressman Hitt recounting Green as a brilliant yet charming figure. Green stayed at the National hotel, was popular, and joked about churchgoing claiming he wandered to an Episcopal church and found it heavy on journal readings rather than debate.
A Burlington railway eye inspection ends with a messenger delivering a tissue wrapped glass eye. A hurried note from Mike Donohue explains he feared blindness after work on a line, citing injuries and his missing eye while requesting examination.
A Senator West attribution to the Chicago Tribune recounts a Independence Missouri attorney J Brown Hovey who frightens a servant with a forceful knock and demand to see the master at once. The visitor departs in a flutter leaving the master to learn of the humorous incident.
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