08 Mar 1894
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1894
Page
1
The piece notes Caspian Sea as the deepest Depression, MONMONT refers to Moneta and Juno, mentions Supreme Court color commentary about Gray Brown White on the bench, and cites Pearl values rising from 1884. Mona Cairn criticizes modern marriage as enslaving women, provoking discussion.
Report describes Whalebone 18 produced from animal hair pressed under hydraulic force. Proponents claim it matches the genuine article in all respects and heralds a lasting invention.
A fragment notes Miss Susan 2 ANThoNY experiences heart palpitations before speaking and muses that giving her heart to a good young man in youth would have spared this fear.
Rope walker Blondin marked his 70th birthday in London with a reception at the Crystal Palace. He walked a tight rope carrying one of his children, with the load noted as about 150 pounds, as his wife and five children joined the day’s honors.
Russia totals about 124 million people at year start. European fifty governments hold about 89 million, Vistula count 8.9 million, Caucasus 8 million, Siberia 4.75 million, Asia 6.1 million, and Finland 2.38 million.
Oklahoma City newspapers accuse Sam Smaug of aiming to run for the United States Senate once Oklahoma gains statehood. The territory divides over him as he pens fiery editorials and conducts nightly revival services amid the controversy.
Lord Hoveuron the lord lieutenant of Ireland gains the Crewe estate after Lord Crewe death. The heir's salary is $100,000 annually and Crewe Hall stands as a grand country seat among England's stateliest mansions with an estate rental near $800,000 yearly.
It is noted that despite greatly increased travel in 1893 there were ninety-nine fewer deaths from accidents than in 1891 and 115 fewer than in 1890. The record is described as remarkable and creditable to railroad management given more trains and higher through speeds.
Miss ElizaserH Bullock of Salem Massachusetts died at 77 after not leaving her house for over forty years. She had been engaged to a young man who broke the engagement and went west just before their planned marriage. She vowed never to leave her home alive and upheld that pledge.
The shift to cable and electric power on street railways has left tens of thousands of work horses unemployed and depressed their value. Good carriage horses still fetch normal prices, but draught horses are cheap, and there is little protest from the horses over their reduced employment.
In Tiflis the aristocrat Prince Rikadze was condemned to death after stabbing a police officer during a quarrel at a station. The officer died hours later. An appeal to the czar for clemency was rejected. Also noted: Cornelius Vanderbilt personally resolved a depot clock failure in New York, addressing staff and workers.
Yale professor Newton notes a meteor on January 2 appeared over western Vermont at about seventy miles altitude. It moved southwest for two hundred miles from Whitehall to Scranton and exploded twice, once over the Hudson and again near Scranton, with fragments possibly reaching the ground. Diameter estimated two to five feet.
A weekly digest notes petitions against wool duties and tariff changes in the senate, a national university bill, and house probes into judges in railroad cases. It records the Bland silver seigniorage bill passage, a tariff commission proposal, Spinner statue, and large pension measures including a 101 year old veteran.
From Washington the public debt increased by 40 064 215 during February. The treasury cash balance stood at 787 075 834, leaving total debt less cash at 1 007 356 015. Clearing house exchanges for the week ended the 2d totaled 538 528 166, down from 601 491 780 last week. Business failures in the U S for the week ended the 2d numbered 264, compared with 288 prior week and 206 a year earlier. A temperance petition is being prepared by the World's W C T U to be presented to rulers on earth.
William Ryan a 25 year old potter shot his wife Christiana at Trenton New Jersey and then killed himself with a self inflicted bullet Gov Flowry signed a bill consolidating New York with Brooklyn and suburbs.
Robberies and fatal incidents fill the brief with bank heist in Dexter Michigan. Six thousand miners quit in Jackson County Ohio over wage cuts. Aged 107 Aunt Betsy Davis and 24 year old Miss Ella May Dickerson die in a Muncie Indiana poorhouse fire. Flames destroy Henry’s Opera House in North Baltimore Ohio for a six-figure loss. Ex governor John C Downey of California dies in Los Angeles from pneumonia at 67. Dawson and Rippy killed in a Warsaw Indiana planing mill explosion. Colby Bros livery barn fire at Fort Dodge Illinois roasts twenty eight horses. 110 year old Mrs Sarah Galloway dies near Alton NL. Nine Kentucky couples elope and wed in Jeffersonville Indiana. Commercial Bank of Milwaukee resumes business after seven months under assignee.
Fall of Gen Jubal Early in Lynchburg Virginia. Mine explosion near Leeds Missouri kills two, burns five, injures five. Bankers Water man Katz fail for 120000 at Port Townsend Washington. Colorado legislature adjourns sine die. A man fatally shoots two daughters and himself near Eugene Oregon. Mob skins Lon Tye in Harlan County Kentucky. Troops sent to coal mines in West Virginia as threats of martial law rise. Several hangings in Louisiana. Kansas farmers win 47000 damages over Texas fever. Bank doors close at Brookville Kansas liabilities 50000. Morgantown Indiana swept by a fire. Fatal train- track accidents in Michigan and Illinois. Public corruption cases in Louisville. Brewing company failure in Cincinnati. Windmill irrigation grows in Kansas. Death of Chicago ball player Ed Williamson. Lehigh Coal & Iron solvent in Milwaukee. Cincinnati population grows by annexation. Infant deaths in Chicago. Kosciusko Mississippi shooting. Political feud causes fatality.
Reports describe a clash on a frontier with casualties among Germans and Russians. England debates Gladstone’s retirement. Mrs. Allen Francis dies in Victoria. Mme Janet Monach Patey dies in Sheffield. Brazil names Moraes as Peixoto’s successor. Mexican brigands and police clash with deaths. Brazilian rebels lose 400 at Saranda. Victoria bank collapses with 400000 liabilities. Gladstone resignation confirmed. Rosebery becomes premier. Venus wrecked. 32 officers and crew drowned.
The senate met briefly on the 5th with talks on silver and a Bland bill amendment by Senator Stewart. Morgan proposed a tariff commission resolution as an amendment to the tariff bill. House pension bill debates continued with speeches by Dolver, Hepburn, Enloe and Cannon. Local Iowa elections favored Republicans amid broader national events including a lynching in Collins Georgia and a fire at Deadwood South Dakota causing significant losses.
A brutal double murder follows two burglars entering Moore Baker’s Franklin Park home near New Brunswick. Mrs. Baker and her infant were slain by Henry Baker and William Thompson, then Baker killed Thompson with an ax and shot another attacker. The scene left all three victims dead and prompted a coroner’s inquest. The killer Baker later died.
Rosebery assumes the de facto premiership in London on Monday after Gladstone’s departure. The queen prorogues Parliament and signs the local government bill while ministers meet and discuss new appointments with Lord Rosebery guiding Liberal policies.
A major Deadwood fire on Main street destroyed 32 buildings and razed pitch pine structures. One lodging house resident is missing, a fireman Warner injured after a ladder fall, insurance losses reach 33 500 and total fire loss is about 150 000 with swift rebuilding plans by Gib Stone & Co and Swift Bros. entities noted.
In Rio de Janeiro political prisoners are dying from yellow fever while Admiral da Gama’s fleet suffers provisioning problems due to the plague. George M. Rollins, who helped broker a liaison between da Gama and American merchants after the Detroit fired on insurgent ships, died Monday of yellow fever. Captain W. A. Sturgis of the Santa Fe warship, which towed the pirate destroyer, also died Monday from the same disease.
Berlin March 7. A gang of railway laborers repairing track at Charlottenburg stepped onto the wrong track to avoid a passing train. They were enveloped by steam from one train and struck by an oncoming train on the adjacent track. Six men were instantly killed and the rest injured.
A mosaic of light humor and slang from various papers features a Brooklyn girl’s philology lesson on the three kinds of bys, a doctor’s note about dinner, a love letter with a stamp quip, a Dusty umbrella purchase, a comic mishap on a train, and remarks on bats and hats. The snippets showcase playful wordplay and dated newspaper voice.
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