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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
3
The Express reports that a 96 concert tour by Americh Padér has grossed $200,000. A Philadelphia Bulletin editor notes a cultural moment as social rituals rise with favors and milestones. Yale's athletics cost $56,384.24 last year, matching revenue exactly.
In Williamsport Pennsylvania a sheriff keeps a prisoner in active athletic training so he appears strong when the time for execution comes. The note raises questions about crime and punishment.
General Arthur MacArthur has succeeded General Otis as commander in the Philippines. He is described as eight years younger than his predecessor and one of the army’s best tacticians, also popular with officers and men.
Report from Alaska states BC capitalists will tunnel the Chilkat Pass to build a railroad from Dyea to Lake Bennett. The project is expected to cost several millions.
Beginning July 1 dealers who sell imitation butter and imitation cream or other food imitations must label them clearly or face prosecution. The text argues plainly that honest labeling protects purchasers more than euphemistic naming.
Edward Clifford, hanged for murder in Jersey City, was described as lucky to have captured the famed train robber Oliver Perry who carried a $1500 reward. Clifford’s cash prize marked the start of a criminal spree that led to further crimes and the gallows.
Miss Elizabeth Cogley of Harrisburg Virginia retires after 44 years as telegraph operator for the Pennsylvania Railroad and will be placed on the pension list. She was 67 and sent a reply to Gov Curtin’s call for troops at the outbreak of the Civil War.
Enumerators are instructed to be courteous and conciliatory to avoid criticism while performing the census. Yet many people are expected to react with indignation at inquiries into their personal affairs, a stance the census bureau cannot change.
The piece reflects on the origin of the word candidate from Latin candidatus meaning white robed. It notes how Roman seekers wore white togas and contrasts that with American political fashion, imagining Washington as a center of universal whiteness with fewer dark suits.
The Methodist Episcopal Church lists Bishop William Taylor on the superannuated roll after 53 years of continuous preaching. He began as a street preacher in California, later serving in foreign missions across Africa Australia India South America Asia and many South Pacific islands.
George Foster Robinson, praised for saving Secretary of State Seward during the Booth assassination attempt, remained living in Pomona California. He guarded Seward in the sick chamber as Lewis Payne overpowered the secretary’s son, earning congressional thanks and a promotion from private to major.
The centennial birthday observance occurred in Torrington Connecticut at the old farmhouse where John Brown spent his first years. The John Brown club organized the event to preserve the house and displayed relics including handcuffs, the rope bolt, and his sword from the Kansas era.
The Celestial Globe 150 feet in diameter towers over the Paris exposition with zodiac signs on its surface. Visitors ascend via an elevator to a 30 foot Earth globe inside and watch the automatic rotation.
The text notes China’s Boxers killing foreigners and driving out Americans and Englishmen. It claims the empress dowager backs the Boxers against reforms favored by Americans and Europeans and has been warned to suppress the plotters or face invasion by the powers.
A weekly digest covers Congress activity from the 17th to 19th including post office funding to study killings and captives in the Philippines, a river and harbor bill pass, and Alaskan code debate. The war department notes Cuban revenue near twice expenditures while the House considers war claims and Confederate pay for seized property. A Grant statue ceremony marked by the Grand Army of the Republic occurred in the Capitol rotunda.
Mrs. Dewey opposes making the admiral president fearing health strain. Boer envoys received warm welcomes in Washington where a large audience attended a peace meeting for the Boers. President appoints William H. Hunt of Montana as secretary of state of Puerto Rico.
Railroads agree to a one fare round trip for the republican convention in Philadelphia. week ended data show exchange totals at leading clearing houses reaching 1,684,372,254, with a decline from last year. Immigrant arrivals at New York harbor hit 15,000 as business failures totaled 117 nationally. Baseball league standings list Philadelphia leading at .682 and Atlantic City captain Clark receives a medal for saving 654 people from drowning.
Reports from across the United States and territories recount smallpox prevalence in all states, Hawaii becoming a territory, labor unrest in St. Louis, and violent incidents from Alabama to Oregon. Elections and appointments unfold, McKinley messages to Congress, maritime disasters, and global war news color the era with multiple named figures and places.
In St Louis rioters clashed with police as a street car crew strike sparked clashes. In Paulding County Ohio Simon W Cramer accidentally shot his wife while attempting to kill a rat, investigators reported.
Foreign intelligence reports from Paris note an American corn kitchen opening during the Exposition. Pretoria announces Mafeking relieved after 216 days siege as Boers retreat before British forces. London foresees Boer collapse. Buller at Newcastle Laings Nek. Natal retreat and Laings Nek tunnel destruction. Cholera spreads in Indian camps. census fixes Venezuela population at 2,223,527. Ahmed Ben Massa dies in Tangiers. Manila reports 364 Filipinos killed in fights. 11 workmen die in Guadalajara wreck. Kruger cables peace terms to Salisbury. 6500 Filipinos ambush 80 American scouts. two Americans killed. German trade furious at American growth and tariffs pending.
Paderewski sails for home with 171400 dollars. San Francisco Japanese population nears 20000. The actors fund plans an actor’s home in New York. A tobacco company with 25 million capital to combat trusts. Staten Island seeks separation from New York City over taxes. A Kansas City baker sues for slander over a bread kneading claim. State department to study colonists in Central and South America. Ohio bequests exempt from collateral inheritance tax. John S. Gillian of Weymouth dies at 97, survivor of Waterloo. Congress to decide on post July 1 1901 army strength in the Philippines. Boston City Clerk selects 17 year old Annie Riley as messenger. Kraenzlein shatters broad jump record at 22 feet. Canadian Inspector Murray links Welland canal plot to New York and Fenians. Bergen Norway builds a paper church seating 1000. Boyd rules express firms not liable as brokers for money orders taxes.
Washington reports that the state department declined to intervene in the South African conflict. Secretary Hay met Boer delegates and reaffirmed neutrality, citing The Hague articles and the president’s policy. Arrangements in Kansas City for the Silver Republicans convention and other brief notices follow.
Washington May 22 The United States Supreme Court dismissed the Kentucky governor case for want of jurisdiction in favor of Gov Beckham. Chief Justice Fuller wrote the opinion with a strong dissent by Justice Harlan, while Justices McKenna Brewer and Warlan dissented on parts. The ruling says state election disputes are settled by political branches of government and state courts in line with state constitutions and laws.
In St Louis on May 22 a boy was killed and three men and a girl wounded as a mob confronted a streetcar line. Martin Zika, 18, was shot in the breast by a car passenger and died. Conductor Farley and Motorman Drake were arrested after Farley admitted firing the fatal shot. Minor injuries among others included Motorman Mullin and Minnie Krueger, with a crowd of about 250 mobbing the Thirteenth and Herbert streets area. Police eventually dispersed the rioters after a brief gun battle.
The Siamese admiral A Du Plessis de Richelieu arrived aboard the City of Pekin in San Francisco. He has led Siam's 26 year old fleet and also serves as a Danish navy lieutenant en route to Copenhagen and Paris expo.
A curious woman receives a quinine labeled package and consults a druggist who identifies the substance as arsenic. The tale prompts a broader warning to test medicines carefully, while praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for long standing cures of indigestion and related ailments.
In a Detroit Journal extract a man intent on self harm fails to drown as spectators laugh. He recalls his past life and reemerges from the water, taunted by the crowd while fighting memory.
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