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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1894
Page
1
The Express comments on growing crematories with about 8,000 bodies cremated in 1893 and mentions a Congo railroad of 25 miles starting operations. It also notes diverse curiosities from postmistresses to a historical song and lists a long name as Martins most prominent citizen.
Over a million and a quarter dollars were realized from Moody and Sankey hymn book sales. Every dollar credited to the evangelists has been expended in religious and charitable work.
The text notes that in 1890 the U.S. spent 24 million dollars on police, 12 million on prisons and reformatories, and 28 million on the judiciary. It frames crime as an expensive national burden and luxury.
Fifty years have passed since the first telegraph line began operation and transformed communication. The author urges readers to imagine today’s world without that pivotal development and its impact on modern life.
Reports say runaway horses in Russia are halted by a thin cord with a noose tied to the dashboard. The mechanism tightens as the horse tries to run, stopping it instantly. The horses tolerate the bit, but cannot move without wind.
Witt Carretton earned a $20 reward for his pieces titled Over the Hills to the Poorhouse and Betsy and I Are Out. He contributed the editorials while a salaried writer and may be best known for these two works above all others.
A Chicago Unitarian minister severed ties with the denomination over insufficient liberalism and plans to establish a new church offering maximum freedom of thought. The St Paul Globe notes he may echo Mrs Partington who enjoyed churches dispensing with the gospel.
A Western genius unveils a simple device to generate gas for lighting from wood instead of coal. The setup includes a retort a purifying chamber and a gas tank and the inventor says it can power a household stove enough gas for a day with the heat used for cooking.
Rupert Waixruror, in his 86th year, counts nearly all U S presidents except Washington and Jefferson as acquaintances and stands as the oldest living ex speaker and longest surviving Massachusetts senator. At Latin School in Boston seventy three years past, he remains vigorous. The article also notes strong manilla rope made into paper from old fiber and a surge of Scandinavian emigration due to hard times, with cheaper steerage and competition among lines.
The Chicago common council passed an order forbidding any person firm or company from selling cigarettes containing opium morphine glycerine jimson weed belladonna or sugar within the city. The measure effectively prohibits cigarette sales as current products all contain some of these substances and the cigarette market may collapse.
A May session recap notes a bill to outlaw obscene literature and immoral articles by express. Senate debated tariff measures, with a claim that McKinley tariff lowers revenue. House discussed state bank tax repeal and a judge appointment.
Washington reports show eleven months fiscal year expenses at 340 million against receipts of 268 million, a 72 million deficit. Treasury cash balance is 117.9 million with total debt excluding cash at 505.1 million. May receipts reach 25.01 million, up from April but down from last May. Week ending May 1 saw 183 business failures, down from prior weeks. Exchange totals at leading US clearing houses for the week hit 711.1 million, down from 854.6 million prior week, a year-over-year drop of 21.1 percent.
Normania brings Count Herbert Imarck and family to New York while Captain Nathan Peters the 81 year old Mason dies in Amesbury. Lucania sets a new Atlantic record at five days eleven hours. Robberies strike Greenville Pa widow Elizabeth Williams, 80, losing 1100. Dr Henry Van Aernam dies at 75, ex congressman. Baseball NL weekly percentages list teams. Ex judge John M Broomhall dies at Media Pa. Nwab Dow disputes Maine prohibition results.
Reports describe Amos lynching a black preacher in Palatka Florida, riot warnings for miners in Indiana, a fire destroying J T Roberts’s livery in Galesburg Illinois killing twenty horses, a train derailment near Mannville Wisconsin killing six and injuring seven, a boiler blast at an Adelphi Ohio sawmill killing three engineers, extensive Pueblo Colorado flood displacing thousands with $100000 in damages, and Missouri Republicans renominating George Sulick while state convention nominates Ellen Morris and P C Yates with pro prohibition and universal suffrage planks.
A string of disasters and events reported: a Smiths Falls Ontario drowning tragedy involving Wu and family. Sicilian disturbances prompt sentencing of Giuseppe de Felice to eighteen years solitary confinement. Buenos Aires bourse firms suspend trading. British Columbia flood devastates the Fraser River valley with 2000 homeless and $8 million losses. train derailment near San Salvador kills 200 soldiers, with 122 wounded. London hosts the thirteenth international Y M C A conference. a Sierra Madre cloudburst kills ten charcoal burners. Berlin couple Kant Seier and wife commit murder-suicide after financial reverses, destroying their four children. a Yahualtica storm sinks homes with ten fatalities.
The tenth week of the tariff debate opened in the U S Senate with an amendment declaring conspiracies and contracts void as public policy. House discussions focused on a state bank tax bill. A $10 000 senate joint resolution funded the sugar investigating committee. Key results include Grn Charles M Grosvener renominated in Ohio Eleventh, railroad wrecks injuring many near Fisher's Lake Illinois, and strike violence among miners with militia action in Indiana. Oregon Republicans claim governor elect Lord by 5 000–10 000 votes amid a Republican legislature. Republican wins also include Merman to Congress First District and Ellis Second.
In Chicago on June 5 tens of thousands attended the public opening of the Field Columbian Museum. The dedicatory rites were brief with prayers by Rev. Dr. F W Gunsaulus and addresses by Director in Chief Skiff and Chicago Historical Society President Edward G. Mason. The museum will remain open daily for year round public access.
The thirteenth universal YMCA conference begins in London with about 2,000 delegates including 200 from America. A 21 000 seat Thames embankment pavilion serves delegates daily, and flags from numerous nations decorate the venue. The gathering marks the fiftieth anniversary of the YMCA founded by George Williams in 1844 and occurs every three years since 1855.
Officials formally opened the museum to the public and a vast audience quickly filled the building to inspect the extensive collections of relics and artworks gathered from around the world.
Washington reports government offices closed and parades with 16 000 Union soldiers buried at Arlington. National salute marks noon as graves are honored and President Cleveland attends without speaking. New York covers memorial parades, graves visited, and Grant tomb ceremonies with a Tenney address. London notes the Hewston case leading to a death from an umbrella clash.
Dun and Bradstreet summarize a partial economic rebound in finished goods while inchoate demand staggers. Iron furnaces shut from the Alleghenies to the Mississippi. many firms idle. Wheat hits record cash low. cotton stocks large. failures expected to rise toward 14 million. A distillery blast in Manhattan kills a child and injures others. wage cuts spark political inquiry.
Reports from Shelburn and nearby towns detail deadly exchanges as coal miners resist railroad operations. Four killed near Powellton in Kanawha valley. Indiana forces clash with strikers at Alum Cave and Shelburn with arrests and damaged infrastructure.
Quincy returns up to 1 oclock show Joseph N. Carter Republican elected to the supreme bench to succeed Judge Shope from this district by a 4000 majority with county tallies across Adams Brown Cass Fulton Hancock McDonough Morgan Pile and other counties. London reception tendered at the Guidhall honors George Williams founder of the YMCA with freedom of the city conferred by the lord mayor and city council.
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