03 Mar 1892
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1892
Page
1
A senate bill seeks to curb the green goods crime while a measure to protect foreign exhibitors passes for the World’s Columbian Exposition. House action covers an eight hour law inquiry and pension protests amid tariff debates and a flag desecration bill. Multiple incidents follow including murders in Missouri, fires in Baltimore and Indianapolis, and a California labor holiday decision.
A new political combination arose at the St. Louis industrial convention with a presidential ticket to be nominated July 4. A joint committee from the industrial conference and the people's party called a national convention in Omaha on July 4 to nominate candidates for president and vice president. President Harrison and family traveled to Virginia Beach for a week of recreation. Mrs. Grex and George W. Cullum (retired) died in New York, aged 73.
A sequence of fatal accidents and upheavals spans Cheekheaton England and Monterey Mexico with mine ore findings, shipwrecks, mine explosions, and public unrest. Deaths from town disasters, storms batter coastal towns, and international conflicts echo across Europe, Africa, and North America.
The senate discussed an amendment to fight lynching in New Orleans and a post office aid bill testing rural mail delivery. The house passed the Indian appropriation bill as other measures on free wool binding twine and cotton barging were reported. A northern Michigan district creation was introduced. Queensland banned immigration. Storms damaged New York area shores. Atlantic Highlands set a new height title. Lima National Bank halted operations by the Comptroller. A reformatory fire at Indianapolis freed 350 inmates. A Milwaukee train switch caused seven deaths. The public debt stood at 972,282,890 with cash in treasury 182,162,204 and debtless cash 540,120,686, February drop 1,708,403. William Boone of Hudson turned 100, claiming Washington’s sighting in 1797. London murder of Merr the shoemaker noted. A jailed Indiana man released on bail as jurors were insufficient. Three men injured in Liverpool scaffold collapse. Washington received claims totals of 2,065,000 for sailors injured in Valparaiso riots.
Milwaukie March 2 Seven laborers and mechanics die when a Watertown passenger car crashes into a shop train in the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul yards. Switchman Frank Bartels confessed fault and surrendered to police after the crash.
In the quo warranto case begun by Ohio Attorney General Watson nearly two years ago, the state Supreme Court declares the trust agreement among Standard Oil and allied oil firms illegal while upholding the company's original incorporation. The decision is hailed as one of the court’s most significant.
The March issue of Wide Awake features Miss Brastow's A March Mood with snowy depictions, Mrs. Harriet Maxwell-Converse's Iroquois life chapters, Indian Firefly Song, Lieut. Col. Horndike's One Man's Adventures, Jael Brereton's Three Months Service, Abd el Ardawan's Lance of Kanana, and poetry by Herbert Ward Elsie Kendall Clara Bates. The Men and Things section highlights entertaining items. Price 20 cents per issue or $2.40 yearly from Boston publishers.
Twenty four hours time ahead of competition into Portland from Chicago, Omaha or Sioux City as the Union Pacific’s Overland Route runs daily. You can lay off one day along the line and still reach Portland faster than rivals. See your Union Pacific Agent or EB Lomax in Omaha for details.
Prominent Da kotians praise sheep raising in Dakota in a pamphlet issued by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Copies available free from J H Hiland Genl Freight Agent Chicago. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway will enter the World's Fair grounds from the south west over B and O tracks, after an incomplete plan to route via Pennsylvania tracks at the south east corner.
Denman Thompson and his New York company present The Old Homestead at McVicker's Theater starting Monday March 7 with a limited engagement. Matinees only on Saturdays. Beecham's Pills sold by druggists for 25 cents a box.
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is advertised as a tonic that stimulates the liver, purifies and enriches blood, restores digestion, builds flesh, and treats blood taints and lung scrofula when taken in time. It claims year round efficacy unlike sarsaparilla, with a money back guarantee if no benefit.
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