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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
3
Foreign papers report crosses of granite and marble will be erected this year on 19 Italian mountain peaks to commemorate the nineteenth century of the Christian era. Each cross will be large and visible for miles.
John Brown, taken to Orange County New York county almshouse, previously manager of the same institution and superintendent of the poor for the county. Once well to do, he is now 78 years old, unable to support himself.
An impassioned orator asks what the nation requires as it expands trade and freedom. A rear-seat observer quips rubber boots, adding a wry note to the debate on national progress and material concerns.
An army paymaster notes soldiers on Panay and Negros islands have deposited about $200 000 of their pay as savings in the last six months. He adds hundreds plan to stay after service ends and start businesses, using the funds as capital.
In 1899 the national government redeemed 15 210 pieces of old fractional currency from all denominations, totaling 3 344 48. Over 350 million dollars in fractional paper currency have been issued, with about 12 million still unredeemed, roughly half of which is believed destroyed.
Less than two years after being a leading Kansas cattle dealer worth millions Gillette's fortune collapsed before Thanksgiving 1898. Creditors battle over his estate as banks and cattlemen fight for the remains, while Gillette now sells shirt waists to senoritas in Chihuahua, Mexico.
The report notes two men named William McKinley on federal payrolls. One earns $4,166 monthly as president, the other $100 as engineer at Louisville customs. It mentions 48 Bryans with three christened William, and two Grover Clevelands once in service now only one as Fort Peck assistant farmer earning $180 monthly.
Rochester engineer A A Putman recorded his will on a phonograph in front of friends. He then traced a wire on the wax and signed, with witnesses also signing the wax. Lawyers may find issues with the method.
A Chicago paper reports two about 17 year olds who traveled from Chicago to Baltimore by summer, then to London by cattle ship, and finally to Paris. With help from Consul General Gowdy they found paid work, learned the city and language, and now offer guiding services for American visitors to the Paris exposition. They plan to be heard from again later.
Boston continues its tradition of distributing thousands of trees each spring at no cost to residents. The program limits each person to a number based on the street frontage of their property, reflecting the citys proactive stance on urban forestry and public improvement.
Gen A W Greely told Worcester board of trade the signal service advanced with enterprise and adapted electrical apparatus. He said Gen Shafter in Cuba was never more than five minutes distant from President McKinley, and noted the English in South Africa model their field signals on the same system.
Two Derby women were held up by four men in the street. Miss Bertha Lynch grabbed a hatpin from her bonnet and jabbed at the assailants, prompting the robbers to flee. The episode is cited as a vivid example of hatpin defense in public danger.
A survey of congressional activity notes the Clark case in the Senate, a joint resolution to convert Chippewa Minnesota reservations into a national forest park, Pearson replacing Crawford in the House, and a favorable pure food bill. Navy funding discussions continue as Lodge urges immediate buildup. the House sets a record with 180 private pension bills and adjourns to the 14th. Manila liquor sales drop per Col Willis ton report. House not in session.
From Washington the April gross receipts at half the principal post offices show an increase of 255655 dollars over April 1899. Congress may appropriate 200000000 dollars less than two years ago. President and Mrs McKinley will depart for Canton to remain most of the midsummer after adjournment.
The steamer Quito ships 200000 bushels of corn to India while U S financial exchanges show a weekly total of 1651591839 against 1845882647 prior. US business failures total 192 as Corbett defeats Jeffries in 23 rounds at Coney Island. Camden fire wipes out market and 50 homes. Philadelphia tunnel crash kills seven. Mrs Hannah Newell Barrett marks her 100th birthday in Boston.
The national convention at Sioux Falls nominates Bryan for president and Towne for vice president with a 16 to 1 income tax platform. Tennessee Democrats renominate Benton McMillan. Detroit forms National Chair association with G W Cann president. McKinley delegates chosen in Colorado and Iowa. multiple violent events and criminal cases reported including hangings in Hinton and Augusta, a railway wreck near Clifton, and a large St Louis police order.
Judge Hook sitting in Kansas City issued a sweeping injunction amid the Metropolitan street railway strike troubles. Democrats renominated W. L. Cowherd for Congress in Missouri's Fifth District.
In the foreign intelligence roundup the British army nears Kroonstad after intense fighting with heavy casualties on both sides. Boer forces threaten from front and rear as Lord Roberts takes Kroonstad with Free Staters relocating to Lindley.
In a broad session on the 14th the United States Senate approved the naval appropriation and free homes bills and received a favorable report on the Nicaraguan canal measure. The House passed the general deficiency appropriation bill as the military academy bill remains to follow. The Supreme Court affirmed the inheritance tax constitutionality. Renominations for Congress in Illinois went to James St Mann William F E ONeill and Daniel W Mills. A firebombing attempt sought to burn Duluth business district. Bristow prepared to go to Havana to oversee Cuba postal affairs. Exports exceeded imports by 455 million in ten months. Fire losses for four months totaled 66.3 million versus 49.9 million a year earlier. Billy Taylor, famed pitcher, died in Jacksonville. Ex-President Cole of a Boston bank sentenced to eight years. St Louis streetcar strike neared end with 5 million in losses. Germans seized 3000 square miles in Congo Free State. Col Edward McClernand appointed governor of Cebu Philippines. McAllister killed his wife then suicide. Fire destroyed Fisher Michigan. Cuban census shows 58 thousand Civil War losses since 1887. Buffalo arrives at the Azores. Buller advances at Natal as Stoberts’ move is expected soon.
A list notes 1 008 libraries installed on American naval vessels by the Seaman's Friend society. Other items mention a San Francisco millionaire's wife pursuing opera, export values rising from 1860 to 1899, and various European and international topics.
Dispatches report Gen. Buller pushing from Sandysmith toward Helpmakaar Biggarsberg with heavy Boer fire repelled by British guns. Bethune and Dundonald’s forces rout Boer centers as Buller’s success prompts anticipated Dundee occupation while Cape front reports annexation plans and Mafeking relief rumors persist.
A Washington dispatch reports President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley will return to the Canton home after congress adjourns and remain most of the summer. They plan no fixed itinerary but hope to visit Palo Springs Maine in August for a fortnight or more and prefer hotel stays to leasing a cottage.
Charles H. Cole former president of the Globe national bank in Boston was sentenced in U S court to eight years in Greenfield jail after pleading guilty to multiple counts of misappropriating bank funds.
Renominated for Congress in Mexico Missouri where Champ Clark of Pike County was declared the nominee to succeed himself. Separate item notes Billy Taylor a former famed pitcher dies in Jacksonville at age noted, with career highlights including stints with the Athletics and international coaching. Mount Vesuvius again erupts near Rome prompting spectators to stay back at a prescribed distance.
The Cuban scandal widens with frauds across Havana and island offices. Postmaster Thompson suspended after investigations reveal embezzlement and arrests of stamp sellers Moya and Musenro, plus several others under tight supervision. Other developments include Neeley facing bail for embezzling over 150000 and Bristow replacing Rathbone as post service head amid related charges.
A Marinette Sentinel report says a noon fire at C. H. Worcester & Co. yards in Fisher Michigan reduced the town to ashes. Wind fanned the blaze destroying the sawmill planing mill schoolhouse 400 homes and a hospital leaving about 200 homeless. The Worcester plant will be rebuilt as timber lands are owned locally. No fatalities reported though injuries may exist. Mayor Utke sent aid.
A Marlboro Mass. Burlington employee Robert McMullen was stabbed to death during a fight between a railroad surveying group and tramps in Sidney Nebraska. A South Omaha assailant fled. Capt E J Kennedy owner of the Washington hotel in Galveston Texas was found dead in bed. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Christow heads to Havana to manage Cuba postal affairs while a suspension of Mr Rathbone is not confirmed. Lightning destroyed Hyley icehouses of the American Ice Co near South Gardiner Missouri with losses estimated at 60000.
Secretary Gage forwards the May 8 1900 House resolution asking for monthly duplicates of oleomargarine production data. Commissioner Wilson submits data on ingredients used and their percentages in the 1899 fiscal year, noting bulk size and transmission limits.
The Supreme Court announced five rulings under the federal inheritance tax and one under New York state law. It held national bonds are taxable under both laws and preserved the federal act’s scope to legacies or distributive shares, with progressive rates. Justice White authored the federal decisions and Justice Shiras the bonds cases.
A wave of arson in Duluth Minnesota on May 15 saw five fires in under two hours. A man named John Larson perished in a livery stable fire and five Hamm Brewing horses died. Property worth over 300000 dollars was endangered.
Philadelphia reports the full $100,000 pledged by the city to the national Republican committee for convention purposes has been raised. Also notes a Buckingham Palace drawing room with the Princess of Wales and American attendees, bubonic plague cases in Port Said, and Pittsburgh forming a $5,000,000 valve and construction company through five unionized steamfitting and pipe bending plants.
Birmingham May 15 H L Hargett pastor of the Gate City Congregational church has accepted the nomination for governor of Alabama on the prohibition ticket.
W H Kinkade of Alameda writes a long rebuttal asserting a genuine December 22 1899 letter contained facts about Assiniboia homesteading. He notes land costs 3 per acre for railway land, entry fees, and potential profits with labor, savings, and phased payments to own a 320 acre farm within ten years.
A historical notice urges coating interior walls of churches schoolhouses hospitals with a pure cement like Alabastine to prevent disease germs. It claims the coating is disinfectant and easier to renew and retint than inferior finishes with comparable first costs.
Travel pamphlet notice lists hundreds of Lake Country resorts in Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan including Fox Lake Delavan Waukesha Madison Minocqua and Marquette. For the pamphlet “Summer Homes for 1900” request from ticket agents with four cents postage. Publication cites Geo F Heafford as general passenger agent Chicago. A humorous quip about Admiral Dewey is included.
An old Chicago Daily News notice touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movements are necessary for health, with gentle action on the liver and kidneys and cures for sick head ache at 25 and 50 cents. A sailor notes the sea washes in dirty weather. Also promotes Glenn's Sulphur Soap for complexion and Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye at 50 cents.
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