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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1896
Page
3
A collage of brief items notes a teacher punished with a rubber hose, a dietary and economic talk on grain and pork, new tramp definitions, Sara Bernhardt praising American women, Moscow coronation deaths, and California voting rights for children of Chinese and other aliens born in the United States.
A New York mayor performing weddings faced scorn after delaying a bride’s salute until the ceremony finished. A leading paper taunts him for neglecting ceremonial courtesy, urging resignation if he is too old to greet brides. The public reaction condemns the dereliction of official duties.
The piece argues wheeling unites husband and wife through shared exercise and open air, promoting strength, health, and lasting companionship on life’s journey. It cites Mrs Annie Dyer’s London execution as a remarkable criminal case with many child victims and societal indifference. It also mentions Miss Ray Rockman, a Californian actress linked to Bernhardt, who seeks European study, and reflects on disasters like Johnstown and St Louis testing man’s engineering.
Reports from Washington detail Senate finalizing naval and Indian appropriation bills, House action on the Aldrich Underwood case, and adjournment sine die. Highlights include bank closures, whisky distilleries halting, elections, and notable deaths across states, with multiple criminal and civic events threaded through the week.
May losses in the United States and Canada totaled 10 018 000 dollars, with 58 235 800 dollars lost in the first five months of the year. Appropriations by the Fifty fourth Congress reached 515 759 820.49 dollars, vs 989 239 205 for the Fifty third. The Austrian representative in Washington shifts to ambassador. A Senate inquiry into government bond sales opened in Washington led by Mr Harris. Clearing house exchanges for the week ended the 12th totaled 937 886 005 dollars, down 6 5 from a year earlier.
The news notes W A Stone being nominated by Republicans in Pennsylvania's Twenty third district at Logan's Ferry. It also lists drowning deaths of Sylvester Ryan and brothers Al bert Ryan and Patrick Lehigh, a fire at the American Horse Exchange in New York, and other regional incidents and figures from the period.
A sequence of violent acts and accidents across the Midwest includes John Walter shooting his stepdaughters in Chicago after they refused to buy beer, a 300-strong mob in Bryan, Texas burning to death Whitehead Johnson and Reddick after assaults, a fatal house fire in Whiting Indiana killing Homan family, a jealous death by Bertha McKelvey and the killer in Chillicothe Ohio, a racing feat in St. Louis, a probate judge’s suicide after felony charges in Grand Forks, a St. Joseph crockery firm’s bankruptcy, and drowning deaths of three Milwaukee youths.
The Russian ruler gives 75000 to charities marking his coronation. Havana discusses Cuba's future with home rule concessions. Johannesburg reform leaders Hammond Rhodes Farrar and Leonard freed on 125000 fines. UK-US arbitration talks on Venezuela. Mexican revolt attacks Freemasons in Oaxaca. Bona Venture sinks 70 sunstroke casualties. Havana water supply damaged by insurgent actions. Cuban generals suspend operations due to rains.
In Las Vegas New Mexico the Democratic convention chose free silver delegates to the national convention and endorsed R P Bland of Missouri for president. Other items include a large fruit crop forecast near Niles Michigan and a fatal ball injury in Pataskala Ohio.
Vice President Stevenson and Speaker Reed receive unanimous thanks on closing day of the Fifty-fourth Congress. The Senate adjourns sine die after signing the D C appropriation bill. Gibson widow pension granted. valedictory delivered. The House ends a quiet session amid few notable measures and a few pension bills.
A huge Pittsburgh audience packed Saengerfest hall for the final concert featuring Frau Klafsky and A. L. Guille. Many could not gain admission, some were injured in the crush, and outfits were ruined. The program included Fest Director Zoellner’s Midnight of Sedan and performances from Klafsky and the chorus. The national sangerfest closed with a business meeting forming a permanent sangerbund with a 40 member minimum, 10 dollar initiation, and 25 cent yearly dues.
R J Dun Co reports speculative reactions unchanged and prices aligned with demand and supply. Government wheat yield expectations shrink yet fail to move markets. cotton outlook improves slightly with a weekly price decline. Railroad earnings up 4.1 percent, wages disputes linger, boots and shoes demand upticks, textiles stagnant, print cloths at record lows, and widespread market dullness persists.
Washington to Mexico treaty allows armed forces of either nation to cross the border in pursuit of deserters and other fugitives as a formal diplomatic accord. The agreement marks a key step in bilateral security cooperation and broadens cross-border military actions under agreed terms.
The House, with Turner and Dockery leading a Democratic push, passes a resolution thanking Speaker Reed for impartial leadership. Reed ends the session by praising the House for dignified conduct and announces adjournment without day. Cincinnati chosen as next fest city by petition over 3,000 signers.
At the charities and corrections conference general session Justice C B Grant of the Michigan Supreme Court argued for stricter enforcement of laws and longer sentences for hardened criminals. He supported prison congress ideas for youths and first offenders as work continued in nine conference sections. Toronto was chosen as the next meeting site.
John Yodler aged 16 died from an electric shock in Pottstown on Sunday. He climbed a foot bridge over the railroad to the Philadelphia Bridge Works and grasped a live wire to steady himself, receiving the full current and collapsing dead on the floor.
Pretoria reports four members of the reform committee John Hays Hammond Mii onel Phillips Col Francis Rhodes and George Farrar will be released only if they pay fines totaling 25900 pounds each. If unpaid they face banishment from the South African Republic and must refrain from political interference.
Three people died in a Whiting Illinois fire that begun in the Joseph Homan saloon destroying two adjoining houses owned by Mrs. L Neville. The victims Annie Homan Mamie Homan and John C Homan were Chicago migrants who had moved in about 12 hours earlier and perished as dawn broke. The loss is about 12000 dollars and investigators say arson is likely.
The river is cleared to aid border rangers and troops in tracking offenders who fled across into Mexico. The United States has long demanded the concession, but it has previously been refused.
Havana reports two dynamite blasts damage Christina and Concha bridges and Fernando Septimo aqueduct. Insurgents aim to cut water supply as Madrid suspends Cuban operations due to rains amid rising prices, fever and food shortages.
The Spectator notes rapid German population growth tied to rising manufactures. Census figures show 52,244,503 in the empire versus France at 39,000,000. Germans add about 5,000,000 every decade, likely ensuring a larger army and pressure to emigrate or seek new lands. The piece discusses emigration as escape from official rule, not replacement abroad.
In England, many young graduates abandon law for medicine. The London Telegraph notes that if barristers’ earnings were evenly shared among all counsel, practicing and honorary, each would receive only 12 guineas a year, highlighting low incentives in the field.
Three attractive posters drawn by W W Dens on Ethel Reed and Ray Brown will be sent free of postage to any address on receipt of One Dollar. Limited quantities available, marketing as a rare opportunity for collectors. Address H Hearford Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway Old Colony Building Chicago Illinois for sample or purchase. Sovmnarp credits butterflies for color mastery as a source of inspiration. S Smiles
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Association announces first class round trip tickets to all Florida and southern points. Valid on June 15 16 and July 6 7 20 21 plus several August September and October dates, 31 days from sale. Fare is one fare plus 2 dollars. For details contact C W Humphrey or C L Stone. PROSPECTIVE CONTESTANT The testator was a very ignorant man and drew the will himself.
Starting Sunday June 7 the Regular Sleeping Car from Indianapolis via the Monon Route will be carried on the Fast Mail Train leaving Chicago at 2 45 a m and arriving Indianapolis 8 a m. The sleeper will be ready at Dearborn Station Polk Street Depot at 9 30 p m offering Chicago theater options. City Ticket Office 232 Clark Street Chicago.
A humorous aside features Miss Soveleaf lamenting age while a companion suggests relief, as a scene from a Sketch piece plays out. The text juxtaposes aging concerns with a tout of Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters claiming rapid cures for biliousness constipation malaria rheumatism kidney complaints and nervousness.
A promotion explains that many feel ill due to a clogged system and that Syrup of Figs offers a simple cure. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company, it is sold by all druggists. A quoted Chicago Record remark questions a borrowed book etching.
Classified notice seeking dependable men to act as agents for Estey & Camp pianos and organs in all counties without representation. Promises good earnings and requires excellent habits and first class references. Address 233 State St Chicago Illinois.
Notice fragments advertise a new musical comedy at McVicker's Theater Chicago under Jus C Duff management. Other items cite patent remedies and products with brief testimonials from various locations and dates.
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