14 May 1896
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
1
Tax plans drift and sea themes frame a breezy summer notice. Filibustering steamers, a sea serpent vacation, and resort chatter mingle with a Boston paper’s remark on American Indians. Two eastern college women reportedly take to baseball amid lighthearted caution.
The tale of the shah's assassination and the new shah's inauguration circulated widely in U S. cities as soon as it reached the streets near the palace. The telegrams bind the world. Florida orange groves, killed by frost a year ago, now regrow with shoots eight to ten feet high and expected bearing next year. The groves show remarkable recuperative power.
The New York World sketches Delmonico's history noting the founder arrived half a century ago with two dollars. If alive today he could scarcely buy a toothpick at Delmonico's, illustrating how progress has advanced us.
Worwerp emperors and kings in Europe and Asia, surrounded by body guards, envy the president of the greatest nation on the globe who rises at four a.m. takes fishing tackle gun and bait and slips out the kitchen door for a quiet outing.
As the good ship left its pier in New York on a Tuesday, passengers sobbed and wailed while Paderewski stood at the rail waving with his left hand. His right hand rested in his inside pocket fondling 280000 dollars in American currency.
The battleship Massachusetts reached 16.15 knots, .54 faster than her sister Indiana, boosting U S naval prestige and equipment. The piece notes a need for more sailors to man new ships and comments on societal rights for women in title claims. It also mentions luncheon hosts and guests among notable wives and contemplates New York elevated rail ideas including a double decked eight tracked system with a bicycle track and tolls.
Homes argues before execution in Philadelphia that persistent evil thoughts shape the body and mind. He claims constant fear of disease can manifest illness, and the maxim Think no evil is gaining scientific credibility as well as ethical acceptance.
The piece urges patriotic Americans to support home mission workers nationwide and to aid in Americanizing educating and Christianizing millions arriving from Europe and Asia. It emphasizes that quiet church labor benefits the state and nation beyond sectarian aims.
The states of Honduras Nicaragua and El Salvador join to form the Republica Mayor de Centro America with 103,844 square miles and about 1,577,000 people. Honduras would contribute 450,000 Nicaragua 350,000 and El Salvador 777,000. Guatemala and Costa Rica oppose consolidation.
The text argues a proposed scheme to move 40 000 unmarried women from eastern Canada to the northwest territories and British Columbia to address a shortage of marriageable women. It likens the plan to a similar exchange from France to eastern Canada centuries ago, notes Britain’s vast northern territory, and mentions opposition from prominent women to the scheme.
The May sessions report Senate finance investigates bond sales by the treasury secretary. The House adopts adjournment for May 18 and approves many pension bills raising Mexican and Indian wars veterans widows to twelve dollars monthly. Additional measures authorize deportation aid and clerks for committees. The river and harbor bill advances with Santa Monica harbor remaining.
President Cleveland extends civil service rules to the interstate commerce commission, bringing the total government positions under civil service to about 85,200. Week ending the 8th sees lending exchanges in the United States totaling 1 135 083 412, up from 982 885 511 last week. US business failures for the seven days ending on the 8th total 238, unchanged from the prior week and up from 227 in 1895.
The East reports New Jersey prohibitionists at Trenton selecting delegates to the national convention and Montpelier Vermont nominating Rodney C. Whitmore for governor. Other items note a Windsor to Buffalo rail time, Holmes execution in Philadelphia, New Jersey Democrats at Trenton naming delegates, a Boston area derailment, a Rome New York life sentence for J Watson Hildreth, guilty pleas in manslaughter for Iris companions, various National League baseball percentages, a Trenton shooting suicide case, and a Chester textile mill fire with $130,000 loss.
A string of items reports including a farmer shooting, political renominations in Ohio and Tennessee, a major railway fire in Kentucky, Detroit and Indianapolis political moves, an execution in Indian Territory, a fire in Kentucky, and a Methodist conference ruling on women delegates. Names include Charles Sorrison Ida Welsh Harry Smith Clifton Beach Robert L. Taylor and others. The era centers on party platforms sound money and silver parity.
At the Cleveland meeting officials urged every Methodist church to fly the American flag from its steeple. The conference also debated temperance measures and church governance as part of its agenda.
A blaze in Heidelburg Germany devastated the university riding school killing four suffocated and burning twenty seven horses perished. The report notes other events including political resignations and international indemnity transfers.
The cortes in Madrid praised relations with foreign powers and said Spain has fulfilled promises to Cubans since the first rebellion. Montana Republicans elected uninstructed delegates in Butte. Illinois Sixth District nominating Hopkins for Congress. Drowning at Minnesota lake. Boiler explosion near Vicksburg kills 11. New York law delayed to 1898. Train wreck near Anderson injures 40, one child killed. Sunday shaving banned ruled illegal by Illinois Supreme Court. Bunner of Puck dies at 41. Louisiana legislature meets. Edward Conery Jr. involved in a $445,000 matter. Dr Salmon dies in London at 106. Witt lynched after killing in Guatemala. Mob hangs accused in Kentucky. Fire at Paterson brewing plant causes $300,000 loss. Senate discusses river and harbor bill. DC business discussed in House.
The Philadelphia report: H. H. Holmes was hanged at 10 12 Thursday morning. He died after a 16 minute wait with a fall not breaking his neck. He spent his final hours writing letters and receiving last rites from Fathers Daly and Macpeak. He proclaimed innocence regarding the Pitzel family killings and died amid solemn prayers and a note of defiance. His life and elaborate confessions were widely debated, with investigators doubting his stories and tracing his crimes to a single murder in Philadelphia on September 2, 1844.
Four people fell into the pond when a boat capsized in South Chicago. Mary Derry and Michael Welsh drowned. two others were rescued. The mishap followed Welsh’s amusement rocking the craft until it tipped over.
Omaha May reports Bryan writes Secretary Carlisle accusing him of reversing finance views since 1878 and challenges a joint debate one proposition at a time. He warns Carlisle against cowardice if avoiding the face-off. Democratic conventions in Tennessee and Vermont also note gold standard and prohibition planks, with Taylor and Whittemore as nominees.
Archbishop Ireland of St Paul spoke at a Planters' house banquet in St Louis advocating for war as a spur to patriotism and opposing the move toward universal arbitration. He argued the Civil War settled humanity’s destinies and proved democracy’s stability beyond arbitration. The address drew loud applause.
In Cleveland on May 9 the Methodist general conference approved a committee report by 425 to 95, endorsing that women may vote in the convention and retain their seats. The constitution would be amended to read lay delegate rather than layman, making female participation legal. A memorial proposed flying the American flag from Methodist church steeples was also introduced.
Berlin May 9 The emperor accepted Chancellor von Hohenlohe's resignation effective September due to age and ill health. He served since 1894 succeeding Caprivi and is a Bavarian. His wife and daughter will receive the Order of Louise. Resignation surprises amid military tribunal reform disputes.
The Philadelphia Mint will start producing double eagles soon while gold bars valued at 2,000,000 are stored for coinage before the June 30 annual shutdown lasting two weeks. Silver dollars and subsidiary coinage will continue under existing orders.
From Managua Mr. Baker the U S minister reports Daniel Norton a U S pensioner is in a serious demented condition at Matagalpa. Norton came from California three years ago and has some money but no known relatives and no local institution to care for him. The State Department seeks information on Norton. An Anti-Tramp Convention is planned in Madison Wisconsin for May 22 after a letter from W D Cornell of Fon du Lac to Mayor Dye indicates support and council approval.
In Cairo and Alexandria health officials report 23 cholera cases and 16 deaths on Sunday in Alexandria, with three new cases in Cairo. The update highlights the spread of cholera in major Egyptian cities.
A Madrid dispatch reports five men captured on the schooner Competitor have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal. Alfredo La bord, Owen Milton, William Kinla, Elias Bedin, and Theodore de la Maza are named. President Cleveland and Secretary Olney discussed the case with notes to Madrid urging protection of prisoners and warning against summary executions under the 1877 treaty.
Well known reformers gathered at Music Hall Baltimore on May 7 for the National Municipal League annual conference. Delegates from across the country heard James C. Carter president of the league preside and deliver the year's address praising the growing municipal reform movement and its bright outlook. Charles Morris Howard of the Baltimore Reform League spoke on Baltimore’s revolt and its lessons while Thomas L. Johnson of Cleveland and Merritt Starr of Chicago presented papers on civil service and commerce reforms.
Berlin May 11 The twenty fifth anniversary of the 1871 peace treaty between Germany and France was observed in Frankfort with Emperor William and Empress Victoria greeted by officials. Delegates from southern and central universities attended. the emperor unveiled a monument to his grandfather and sent a telegram to Prince Bismarck praising his services to the empire.
Ferdinand Schu macher president of the American Cereal company known as the oat meal king turned over his property to his nephew Hugo Schumacher and Attorney J A Arbogast for the benefit of creditors. Assets include 1 100 000 in stock and real estate with a potential 2 000 000 value if liquid. Liabilities expected at 1 500 000. Assignment follows heavy losses in Marseilles Land and Water Power and Illinois River Paper companies due to the Marseilles stockholder's failure.
Hamilton Disston of Philadelphia boosted his life insurance by six hundred dollars weeks before his death. A company representative in Pittsburgh confirms the move and expects no litigation, suggesting an error in reporting. The Disston family, including wife and brother, is heavily insured totaling near two and a half million.
A Washington Star account recounts Choctaw execution in the old Indian Territory where a condemned man calmly works until his hanging date. The story illustrates enduring stoicism as an exemplary trait of Native Americans, noting many murderers faced death without flinching.
The piece notes Russian rail stations sit about two miles from the communities they serve due to fire risk. It explains that small village houses are often straw thatched, influencing station placement decisions.
The digging fish stays in lakes and rivers of Central Africa. As the dry season nears it burrows two to three feet into mud, goes to sleep, and waits for the wet season’s return.
General Manager P. Macgowan of Walter A Wood Harvester Co St Paul Minn says business is excellent and the firm will liquidate all indebtedness this fall and emerge from receivership in prosperity. He notes that influential stockholders of the St Paul and Hoosick Falls firms are pursuing a reorganization to restore solidity and progressiveness and push machines globally.
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