21 May 1896
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1896
Page
1
A historical note recalls Fiji islands once inhabited by cannibals and records a 1895 donation of $25,000 in cash to a foreign missionary effort.
A collage of notes covers global trade shifts from bicycle surpluses to gold note counts, debates on woman suffrage led by Salisbury and Vaughan, plus railway projections and local Idaho names. the piece mixes humor, politics, and economic trivia.
The piece mocks urban progress with jokes about tramps riding in box ers and foraging squads organized by padrone systems. It notes Langley’s and Bell’s flying experiments as evidence that mechanical flight may be viable, citing Langley’s spiral ascent concept and Bell’s witnessing.
Minnesota state geographer J W Brower disputes Red Rock lake as the Missouri river source. He claims the river's longest upper branch rises from a Montana Idaho border mountain hole near Henrys Lake, flows through state and county areas, forms a Y shape about 20 miles from origin, and journeys to the Gulf of Mexico past extensive western terrain.
May 14 The river and harbor appropriation bill passes the senate totaling over 75 million dollars. Port Huron Michigan life saving station and Illinois river bridge near Grafton Illinois authorized. Rinaker Downing election case referred in the house. A five person liquor traffic investigation commission proposed. May 15 Dupont senate seat dispute over Sleury A Dupont. Private pension bills 58 favorable. International coin adoption preliminary proceedings reported. May 16 Senate rejects Dupont Delaware claim 31 to 30. Tariff revision urged by Gallinger. Private pension bills pass 100. May 18 Cuban question returns. Morgan urges belligerency resolutions with presidential approval responsibility.
Week ended 15 shows exchanges at leading clearing houses totaling 1 019 009 278 dollars, down from 1 135 053 412.US business failures numbered 22, versus 238 prior week. American Protective Association session elects J. W. Echols president and removes blacklist on McKinley. Republican convention delegates counted with 564 for McKinley, 46 Reed, 62 Morton, 56 Quay, 41 Allison, 16 Bradley, 83 uncertain. total 918 of 460 needed.
In East news Bernard Koch of Irwin Pa drowned himself after poisoning his brother in law. Baseball percentages for the National League week ending the 17th list Cleveland 63.6 Boston and Baltimore 62.5 Cincinnati 62.5 Philadelphia 60.9 Pittsburgh 59.1 Chicago 56.0 Washington 48.0 Brooklyn 45.8 St Louis 46.0 New York 30.4 Louisville 20.0. Gov Morton of New York marked his 76th birthday at home. A New York electric exhibition featured a world telegraph message to Tokio and back totaling 28 600 miles via Chicago San Francisco Vancouver Montreal and Canso.
Wisconsin Prohibitionists meet in Eau Claire and nominate a full state ticket led by J I Berkey for governor with resolutions backing woman suffrage free silver and prohibition. Louisiana’s legislature backs Gov Foster reelected. West Virginia Republicans elect McKiley delegates and back protection sound money immigration limits. Washington Republicans choose gold standard and McKinley delegates. Bishops Foster and Bowman retire at Methodist conference. Newport Kentucky Scott Jackson found guilty of murder with death penalty. Sumner Bank in Wellington Kansas closes. Oregon battleship sets 16.75 knots and gains bonus. Robbery at Portland Indiana during circus. A widow immolates herself and four children near Ripley Kentucky. Mayfield Kentucky five Lyons children die. Chicago murder case linked to Alfred Fields.
Rear Admiral Thomas H Stevens U S N retired died at his son in laws Rockville Maryland at 77. A cyclone swept Sherman Texas and vicinity killing over 100 people with Sherman itself hit hardest. The death toll included eight at Stone ten at Gribble Springs and two at Justin. Fires wrecked large areas of Blue Island and Atlanta. Oregon?
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers opens its Ottawa convention with Chief Arthur presiding. General Gomez orders concentration of insurgents to march on Havana amid desertions. Rio Janeiro congress opens with a pro congress of American republics. An explosion destroys the Emir Meleki palace at Lida, killing 200. Reports from Constantinople say travel obstacles for American missionaries in Turkey are removed.
A Kansas City Methodist conference adopted a resolution forbidding members to use tobacco or alcoholic liquors. Other notes include May anniversaries of the Baptist church in Asbury Park New Jersey and business losses in Lansing Michigan and Torreon Mexico.
A deadly weekend tornado sweeping northeastern Kansas and parts of southeastern Nebraska left 18 dead and 36 injured. towns including Seneca Sabetha Oneida Frankfort Reserve Baileyville and others suffered severe destruction across both states with widespread property loss and dazed communities.
Cardinal Gibbons replies that Catholics deserve civil and religious rights under the constitution and warns against un-American party alliances. The A P A supreme council discontinishes the advisory board, establishes Washington as HQ, names Kansas City for the next meeting, and pledges to defeat McKinley amid a McKinley lobby influence claim.
May 19 reports describe brush and forest fires in North Reading Massachusetts destroying seven houses two barns a large mill and over 25 outbuildings with losses exceeding 25000 dollars. Fires also blamed for 50000 dollars in Winsted Connecticut and ongoing blazes in Colbrook Chapinville Lakeville New Hartford and Torrington. In West Gloucester Massachusetts the Magnolia fire continues driven by strong westerly winds toward the city. A Take Walden forest fire near Concord has burned over 1000 acres and destroyed hundreds of cords of wood amid extreme drought and high winds.
From Asbury Park New Jersey to Kansas City Missouri and Washington headlines cover the 19th annual Baptist Home Missionary society meeting the tobacco ban at a Methodist Protestant conference a 20 percent bank dividend in Nebraska a Supreme Court win for Hettie Green and a fatal boiler explosion at Rynder s mill in Waverly Jacksonville Illinois with engineer Prince Walkington among the dead and injured
A fierce blaze swept a main commercial block opposite the Smithsonian in Washington on Monday night. It destroyed numerous warehouses and stores along Louisiana avenue and Ninth to D streets, with at least two firemen killed and several injured as crews battled exploding kerosene and gas. Authorities say losses may exceed $200,000 and many tenants are missing in the wreckage.
In Chicago at Central Music Hall Frank Ives lost to Albert Garnier in the first of a six game series with 300 to 297. Garnier averaged 113.27 with a high run of 53, while Ives averaged 11 with a high of 51. The match used 18-inch balk-line with restricted play. Nearby Detroit reports a 300 mile homing pigeon record set by Fred Knoft's bird in four hours fifty four minutes, beating the previous mark by speed.
In Washington on May 19 confirmation of Frank W. Joplin as postmaster at Elizabethtown Kentucky ends Emily Helm's tenure. Helm, sister of the late President Lincoln, had held the office for years amid a heated bid from friends. The post pays 1400 dollars annually.
A Kansas City taxidermist finds pure gold in the teeth of two deer heads sent from Colorado. The gold likely came from a local gold mine area near Cripple Creek, with the source still uncertain whether salt licks or dust fed the deer. The finder plans to quit his business and prospect deer trails for riches.
The article extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a stimulant for the stomach's work to nourish bone brain nervous and muscular tissue. It also claims cures for malaria biliousness kidney complaints nervousness and constipation. A Boston Courier quip praises the product with humor.
The advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs as a safe choice for women under all conditions. It instructs buyers to seek the California Fig Syrup Company name on the package and notes availability from responsible druggists. The snippet also includes a light humorous cartoon caption and a Shakespeare quote fragment.
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