20 Jul 1899
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1899
Page
1
A Wichita wedding ends in tragedy as a bride is killed and her husband and brother are seriously injured when a public charivari performance goes violent. The incident highlights a longstanding prank with dangerous consequences.
Estimates project a global bread eating population requiring 2.36 billion bushels of wheat while production is forecast at 2.38 billion bushels. The gap between demand and supply is minimal, suggesting a healthy balance for the period ahead.
A recent computation shows that only donations of 5000 dollars and more to U S charitable and educational institutions over six years average more than 35 million dollars annually.
Official reports note Dewey commanded 1 743 men while Montojo had 1 734 at Manila Bay and Santiago ships carried 2 400 American sailors against 2 125 Spaniards. Since January 190 colleges academies and seminaries and eight US art galleries have received 27 072 358 dollars in gifts, not counting gifts under 5 000. The six month total rises to at least 30 000 000, a record for any country or period.
Alexander Dewitt of Poughkeepsie New York after forty years in the same circle died leaving a forty thousand dollar fortune. He bequeathed thirty nine thousand to a nephew who once sent him fifteen dollars and was the sole relative shown interest in his welfare.
George F Hamlin a Linn county Kansas state senator in 1879 is linked to a grandfather named Europe who had brothers Asia Africa and America. Africa is cited as father of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin. Europe a soldier in the revolutionary war. Asia and America not noted. James Billings Brookville Pa runs a crow incubator delivering crow heads to a New York milliner at 25 cents each. He hatches 125 eggs per run. after 35 days the chicks emerge and eight weeks later are beheaded. He claims the only crew hatchery in the world though the business is minimal.
John E. Swearingen of Edgefield South Carolina graduates from the University of South Carolina at age twenty after four years of study. He has the highest academic record since the institution's founding, aided only by a roommate who read aloud his studies to him.
The government of Trinidad will use Marconi wireless telegraphy to connect with Tobago, a Windward Island. The 24 mile distance challenges the system, and a decade ago such wireless communication would have seemed insane to contemplate.
Prof. Dewar unveils a vacuum casting method that aims to produce harder, flaw free steel by eliminating air bubbles. If successful, the metal may surpass all prior steel in strength and quality.
A man sues for 100000 damages alleging his wife’s affections were diverted and seeks a court injunction to bar the defendant from contacting his wife. The judge grants the injunction, the defendant challenges free speech, and is fined 100 dollars and jailed three days for contempt of court.
A medical writer notes cleanliness is not essential to health and mental activity. The healthiest observed man, age 94, bathed only twice in history, both accidental drownings, suggesting extreme old age often accompanies a relaxed approach to ablutions and disciplined living.
A roundup from Washington covers Brigadier General Rosser on Cuba and U S flag sentiment. Seed distribution planned for Brazos valley flood victims. Volunteers show strong enlistment progress. U S merchandise exports total 1 227 443 425 and imports 697 077 388 in the last fiscal year. Post Office stamps and postal cards issued reach 5 162 020 525 valuing 92 659 167 reinforced by a 8 466 720 rise in value.
Conductors and motormen of the Big Consolidated street railway system in Cleveland struck again. The Olympia steamship arrived at Yacoma from China and Japan with 3 000 tons of new crop. Wagener town suffered near destruction by fire. Young People's Baptist union closed its Richmond meeting. Denver chosen as next year’s meeting site. Eleven travelers from Atlin to Dawson perished in Wind Arm on Bennett Lake.
Admiral Dewey arrives at Suez aboard the Olympia as a global outlook sends news of wrecks and deaths. The City of York sinks off Rottnest Island with 12 lost including the captain. Carlisle Castle perishes with all hands near Rockingham. A lion defeats a bull at Roubaix. a mine collapse in Westphalia entombs 60 miners. the Peary expedition steamer departs St Johns for Sydney with two years of supplies and 18 crew. poisonous gas stuns Takawa Gori miners killing 190. the Holbein arrives in Liverpool with Captain William Andrews who began a transatlantic voyage from Atlantic City.
Manila dispatch notes direct peace overtures by Aguinaldo and leaders to Gen Otis. Other items report the Army of the Cumberland reunion set for September 26 27 in Detroit Michigan the Toral surrender anniversary dinner in Santiago censorship protests by war correspondents and multiple regional disasters.
Week ended figures show clearing houses in the United States handling 1 939 946 835 dollars, up from 1 652 204 237. Bank failure totals rose to 169 in the seven day period, with a Middlesex County bank closing at Perth Amboy and a 165 000 dollar defaulter named. A drowning tragedy occurred for three girls in Connecticut and a bicycle trust effort collapsed. A Philadelphia pair plan a 90 day tandem ride to San Francisco on a 1000 dollar wager. Baseball league percentages are listed for several clubs, while Brooklyn wage strikes and the death of Chief Justice Field are noted. Tin plate workers return to work after two weeks of idleness. Railway mileage in 1898 reached 243 532 miles, up 4 088.
A broad regional roundup notes the Michigan attorney general ruling the one cent per pound state beet sugar law unconstitutional. It also lists political nominations, disasters, crimes, and notable deaths across several states, including a Wisconsin tornado aid appeal, a three cent Detroit fare trial, and multiple violent incidents.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis to settle permanently in Montpelier Vermont. Jerome Hall Raymond named president of the University of West Virginia, once a newsboy. A geyser in Yellowstone named Dewey honors the Manila hero. Pedro Ovizar, 14, who served on the Vizcaya, enlists in the US Navy. Confectionery sellers discuss a possible combination at Frontenac North Carolina. Yda Addie Storke jailed in Santa Barbara for anonymous letters. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern orders 15 ten-wheel passenger engines from Brooks. Hawaii to import 7,000 Japanese laborers, boosting Asian population. Metropolis Tunnel Railroad Co formed to build a 7 million dollar tunnel between Brooklyn and Jersey City. Commissioner Wilson bans stamping checks unstamped by banks. Two syndicates plan over 2000 miles of railroad in China. 1898 copper production posted 26 million pounds, a record.
Manila July 11 reports show American war correspondents in Manila unite to press Major General Otis for looser censorship and the right to cable all facts. They allege official dispatches abroad exaggerate success and hide real conditions including dissension and demoralization among Filipino forces.
A report from London Kentucky describes a fresh Clay county feud near Little Goose creek three miles from Manchester that left five men dead Rob ert Philpot TD Fisher Aaron Morris Jim Griffin and Hugh Griffin. The clash followed the arrest of Philpot and involved Philpot and Grail Philpot and Ed Fisher against Morris Griffin and others.
Eight year old Ralph Schelly dies after four playmates attack him during a dispute in Montpelier Indiana. Cliff Haskins Ora Borman Dock Borman and Herman Payne held and beat him with stones causing lockjaw and death.
Mansfield Ohio July 18 Daniel Miller a farmer near Lexington reports four masked men entered his house at 1 am bound him his wife and son and tied them to a bedpost. The robbers looted the safe of about 1000 dollars in bonds and money. Chilian Minister Dena Buenos Ayres July 18 Senor Inrique de Patron Chilean minister to this country is dead after two days illness.
In Chester Connecticut on July 18 Harry Chadwick of New Britain was killed by Joseph Hough who then tried to kill himself. Chadwick had visited Miss Mary Smith the prior evening. Evidence includes a bloodied ladder, Chadwick’s bicycle and cuffs, a dragged body trail toward the river, and Hough’s confession of killing Chadwick and throwing the body into the river. Hough remains in critical condition with a razor in hand as authorities search the river for the body.
The Matin cites Comte Wal sin Esterhazy claiming he forged the bordereau under orders from Col. Sandherr and sent it via Col. Schwartzkoppen at the German embassy. He says Schwartzkoppen never saw the document in Berlin and that ministers knew the forgery aimed to convict Dreyfus unjustly.
Washington reports Senator Chandler filed a formal complaint with the president against Civil Service Commissioner Brewer following clashes in New Hampshire over soliciting campaign support from federal officeholders. Details on removal or scope remain withheld.
A Bath physician recalls an itinerant eye specialist who described removing a patient's eye, scraping the back, and reimplanting it. He claimed the patient later had sharp vision without trouble, noting the record of using an unusual spoon shaped anaesthetic for the difficult procedure.
Archibald Bruce boasts of Scottish lineage and courage but faces a fearsome servant. After a tense Saturday dispute, Mrs. Bruce asks him to dismiss Mary Jane before he leaves for work. He vows defiant courage and instructs Mary Jane of a post‑departure talk.
A humorous exchange references a weather bureau connection as one man jokes about participating in a guessing contest. The dialogue highlights a professional status clue and a playful misunderstanding. The Ohio State Journal records the remark as a light minutiae item.
Epigraph from an Episcopal service about Here endeth the first lesson is cited in a Kansas City Independent joke. A playful exchange between Mrs. Henpeck and Mr. Henpeck imagines the funeral rite being read at the speaker's death.
A collection of brief humorous lines and observations from various editors and editors notes. The samples include banter about marriage pockets music thunder and life wisdom. The lines reflect a bygone newspaper voice and light social commentary.
Register Judson W. Lyons of the United States Treasury in Washington writes from April 23 1899 praising Pe ru na as an excellent remedy for catarrhal illnesses of summer and heat related mood decline. He notes his prominence, invites readers to request a free copy of Summer Catarrh from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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