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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1897
Page
6
Reverend Talmage urges a shift from constant complaining to cheerful talk, prudent Christian giving, and a great spiritual awakening to lift national finances. He warns that doom and envy drain confidence, advocates generous tithes, and links revival to prosperity while stressing eternal priorities over wealth.
Des Moines dispatch notes Gov. Drake’s serious fall injury and his decision to decline a second term. It lists GOP candidates including Hull Des Moines Parrott Funk Roberts Culbertson Harlan Irwin Rothrock and others. It also covers Iowa crop statistics, the silver service gift to the battleship Iowa, Populist convention plans, and militia camp locations for 1897.
Des Moines Iowa July 22 23 Gov Drake formally withdraws from the Republican bid for Iowa governor citing medical illness and fatigue preventing campaign activity. He thanks supporters and urges party to choose another standard bearer while expressing continued patriotism and loyalty to state and country. OO M Draich
Sioux City Iowa reports a surge of tramps camped near town prompting heavy police action. A 75 tramp camp at the riverfront sparked a rush to a Milwaukee freight train with arrests scarce and patrols intensified. Assaults on children and robberies blamed on hobos, while Orlando Leming faced lynching threats before police hid him in Sioux City jail.
The Labor World notes four painters unions in Brooklyn and a 1200-member Brooklyn K of L assembly. It cites the IX of L codifying New York labor laws and a Cleveland laundry girl serving as vice president of a central union. Proposals to build a Gulf of Mexico to San Diego railroad under labor exchange plans are discussed. Atlanta women aim for a half holiday for clerks on Saturdays. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners now covers 37 states a district and Canada. Duluth waiters plan a semi monthly paper promoting union restaurant patronage. Railway Servants in the Amalgamated Society presented wage and hours proposals to railway directors in the United Kingdom.
The thirty fourth annual Knights Templar conclave in Iowa elected officers at Templar park Spirit Lake. R W grand commander Sir F H Loretne of Waterloo. W I deputy grand commander Sir George W Bower Cedar Rapids. J H Pettibone grand generalissimo Burlington. D M Brownlee grand captain general Sioux City. Thomas B Greene grand prelate Cedar Rapids.
Attorney General Remley sustains State Auditor McCarthy over the cross state insurance clash. Iowa excluded three Minnesota firms for nonconformance while Minnesota Insurance Commissioner Dearth barred 11 Iowa firms. Remley finds Dearth’s stance untenable but offers no next steps.
A Methodist church at Mount Jope and the pastor’s barn were burned amid local unrest. Suspicions point to a grudge against the pastor. Harriet Somers, a married servant from Sioux City, was caught in the act and is jailed, believed hired to start the fires.
Miss Lizzie Hink of Denison who recently fell and broke her neck has nearly fully recovered. After a month a padded feather collar was removed, the bones have fused, and she now has full head and neck movement with no sign of infection.
Aaron Johnson and two women Miss Della Nevins and Miss Mabel Yoke were riding home to Belle Plaine when the team ran away near Bussey. The carriage overturned, Nevins was killed instantly, Yoke died within hours, and Johnson died after explaining how the accident occurred.
Over the last week cattle in the area have contracted a disease resembling pink eye and local veterinary surgeons cannot name it or halt its spread. Animals grow blind within days and the illness defies immediate diagnosis by practitioners.
David Myers is missing from Eldora after cashing a pension in New Providence. A Latimer fire destroyed the Johnson & Son elevator. Dr. J W Derr of Grinnell died suddenly. Alfred Bingham found $300 on his farm near Alvord. The Benton steamer wrecked on a Missouri River bridge at Sioux City. Thefts occurred near LeMars and at various towns. A new alarm signal for railroad crossings was invented. Banks opened and failed trades were reported in Decorah and Griswold. St Vincent's orphanage work began promising a Coe College presidency in Cedar Rapids. Concerted division battles surfaced at Corpus Christi, Fort Dodge.
Albany Journal reports in Los Angeles that William J. Bryan jokes about McKinley’s envoy mission to Europe while Europe tilts toward bimetallism. English leaders such as Balfour and Salisbury show favor, and French and American embassies may back international coinage efforts.
The report notes Bryan's 1900 renomination campaign and a potential Mexico trip to study labor and currency. It cites Gen Powell Clayton on Mexican wages and living conditions, comparing 37 cents daily to U S wages and illustrating the silver standard vs sound money debate. The piece predicts Bryan's visit may yield silence on currency outcomes.
Opinion snippets debate Bryan era policies and tariff fate as miners seek benefit from free coal and fear free silver. Calamity cries fade amid rising wheat profits in Ohio Kentucky Indiana and Kansas. Tariff remains a political issue in flux with revenue goals guiding future changes.
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