14 Jul 1892
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1892
Page
1
A government party has left Tacoma to measure the essence of Muir's glacier in Alaska and to survey the surrounding country. The expedition aims to assess conditions and report findings back to authorities.
A New York daily prints a coupon entitling the holder to a ten minutes consultation with a lawyer named on the coupon, with the newspaper covering the lawyer’s fee.
A Caricaco newspaper estimates the United States will spend 22.5 million dollars to elect the next president including convention expenses. It states the funds will be used for legitimate ends only.
A group argues the 24 hour day should end. The day would have ten hours with ten decades per hour. Each decade holds ten minutes and each minute ten seconds with ten flashes per second. A clock based on this system has been built.
Dr A T Pierson, who filled Spurgeon’s pulpit for eight months and has just returned to America, is said to have drawn larger average attendance and secured larger offerings than any corresponding period in the London Tabernacle’s history.
In Putnam Overton Fentress and other mountain counties Tennessee wells are bored in places where petroleum was once found before its value was understood. The development marks a shift to oil producing and natural gas ventures across the region.
Daniel Mc Corry a bronze colorer at Carey Brothers wallpaper plant in Philadelphia earned a famed distinction after years among acids and bronzes turned his hair emerald green. Once blonde, his trade altered his hue and gained him exceptional recognition.
A substitute for India rubber and gutta percha uses Manilka gum with five percent Auvergne bitumen mixed with ben zine and after five or three days with five percent resin oil. The product is claimed to have suppleness elasticity solidity and durability of the best rubber.
A Mr Batnarp of San Francisco owns a $5 coin coined by the Mor mons in 1849. That year Brigham Young established a mint and produced about $11,000,000 in five dollar gold pieces. The coins entered circulation in California and wore away quickly due to the coin’s unalloyed soft and pure gold.
Crude petroleum and a heat of 5000 degrees burn white wet flues to reduce about sixty tons daily of gar bage in Chicago. Ashes from decayed fish meat fruit dead dogs and other refuse are removed in ten days by a single cart. Process claims to be odorless.
In a London court a woman claimed another threatened her with “ther ten com mandments” and a magistrate was perplexed until it was explained the phrase meant scratches with ten fingernails. The incident was tied to Shakespearean language.
A new company is formed in Rio de Janeiro Brazil to charter a steamer with accommodations for 10 first class passengers. The voyage includes a forty day visit to the World's Fair. The ship departs August 1 and plans to cover about 60 000 miles by sea and 8 000 miles by land before return.
A mysterious toxic substance linked to some ice cream is causing summer illnesses. Experts question its identity origin and the best treatment, with no clear handling approach achieved despite extensive ice cream consumption nationwide.
The Danish king, visiting incognito, bought costly gifts for the queen and discovered he lacked sufficient funds. The shopkeeper suspected swindle and a hotel official had to be summoned by phone to resolve the situation.
In a Grand Ronde river camp in Washington seventeen marriageable Indian girls attract white suitors. A father offers two hundred head of horses to a young man of good character who marries his daughter. The elder warns that the suitor must be well mannered and capable of providing a comfortable home.
Residents of Indiana township Marion county hunt for Joe Bachman a prosperous farmer who rode from Knoxville on horseback and vanished. His hat and notebook were found in a lonely wood and signs of a struggle suggest he was killed for his money and body hidden.
John Norris, a colored prisoner once jailed in Des Moines for robbing the Clarkson post office, was sent to the penitentiary after trial in Ixocokuk. Released, he was later jailed in Indianola for store burglary, escaped, and killed himself when cornered by a sheriff's posse in the woods.
In Dahlonega township Wapello county Constable Ed Lowenberg and his brother Bill were seriously wounded when Carl Krueger opened fire accusing the Lowenbergs of assaulting him the prior night Krueger said he was on his way to have them arrested at the time of the shooting and claimed self defense
A powerful wind and rainstorm rolled 19 miles north of Davenport in a cyclone like blast. For over five miles crops and outbuildings including horse and hay barns and corn cribs were completely wrecked. Century old cottonwood trees were uprooted and carried long distances across a half mile wide storm district.
A freight train on the Iowa Central road derailed near Oakville after being struck by a drove of horses. Engineer John Anderson died, drowned under wreckage in a pond. Other crew escaped with minor injuries. Anderson left a wife and children in Keithsburg Illinois. The engine was a total loss and the company faced heavy damages.
The board of world’s fair lady managers gathered in Cedar Rapids and formed a permanent organization selecting Miss Ora Miller as president Mrs. N C Deering as vice president Mrs E G Rhoades as secretary and Miss Mary B Hancock as treasurer An effort will seek to raise 1100 000 for their exhibit.
A special providence seemed to watch over the north bound Rock Island train as six miles from Ottumwa Sugar Creek crossed. The swollen torrent caused the bridge abutment to fail and the superstructure to break apart just as the last car passed. Trainmen were horrified by the collapse.
John Pallister Frank B Thrall and George A Jones depart Ottumwa bound for Windsor Canada then Kingston along the old Canadian road. They plan to reach Montreal Quebec cross St John valley and proceed to New York and Boston returning via Niagara Falls in a grand cross country trek.
The column cites 268,690 Union deserters from the Civil War and estimates 2,500,000 deaths in the last thirty years with a total toll of $18,090,000,000, about $3,200 per fatality. It also notes Yarrow brothers building a stern wheel steamboat for France, 160 feet long, 18 inch draft, to carry 490 troops for Dahomey natives.
The world’s largest starch factory is under construction in Des Moines. Other Iowa items note a fatal bolt strike at Stoltenberg Lindt in Durant, 150 plus buildings planned for Le Mars, a $2,490 damages verdict for Amos Van Winkle over his son’s death, and various civic incidents across the state.
In WaLLaRon Idaho on July 12 locked out union miners fought guards at the Gem and Frisco mines. Six killed and dozens wounded as dynamite destroyed the Frisco and Gem mills valued at 200000 dollars. Unionists gained control of the field. truce declared. 60 surrendered. The conflict stems from a 350 per day wage demand and ongoing lockout since April 1 by mine owners seeking non-union labor.
In St Louis on Sunday night Lawrence Noonan a boilermaker struck his partner Tarzie Butler 32 with a fist. Butler collapsed and died an hour later. Noonan was arrested and says the blow was accidental.
Thomas Lee, 43, proprietor of a small machine shop in Benorr Wisconsin, was killed when an emery wheel exploded in his shop. He left a wife and one child, and the incident occurred on July 12, with local authorities investigating the accident.
Cyrus W Field died Tuesday morning in New York at age 71. Attending were David Dudley Field and other relatives. funeral at his house Thursday with interment in Stockbridge Massachusetts. Field helped launch the first transatlantic telegraph cable and chaired enterprises shaping modern global communications.
Paris reports a devastating landslip at St Gervais Les Bains Savoy after Biennassay glaciers detached. The disaster buried Le Fuayet and surrounding houses. over 180 bodies recovered with many more believed buried. Authorities fear the toll will rise as debris remains unrecovered.
Trown's City Directory for the year ended July 4 1892 publishes its 106th issue with 393 224 names and addresses an increase of 13 223. Using a ratio of 414 to 1 the directory estimates New York city population at 1 760 508.
Washington July 13 The house committee on pensions reports a substitute bill amending the 1837 act granting Mexican war pensions It extends benefits to participants under proper command even if not regularly enlisted and increases all pensions from 6 to 12 per month.
A blast at the Giant Powder Company and San Francisco Chemical works in Highland 12 miles from the city killed six people three whites and three Chinese and wounded many others. Property loss tops $200000 as shocks shattered windows and sent crowds into the streets.
New York July 11 The last day of the convention opened with a prayer meeting at Madison Square Garden led by My H B Pennel of Boston attended by about 10000 delegates. Afternoon session under President Clark drew 15000 despite heat with reports from committees and speeches by Sankey Woolley Young and Barrows. Next year slated for Montreal.
Maj. H. A. Rust vice president and trustee pledged $59,000 toward completing the $1,000,000 subscription for the University of Chicago. The goal was reached by noon Saturday after conditional large contributions.
Secretary Foster has signed regulations to govern treasury officials in registering the Chinese population and enforcing the exclusion act. Copies have been sent to all government officers charged with enforcement.
The senate voted to appropriate funds for widows of high court members. Chief Justice Waite would receive 10,500 dollars, while Justices Willer and Bradley's widows would get 10,000 dollars each.
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