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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1897
Page
2
The piece notes Brooklyn’s 1834 incorporation with 4,500 residents and a projected 1,142,000 population when it loses its separate city status next year. It also cites the American Grocer’s remark on alcohol spending and Vermont’s governor tapping maple trees for sugar.
A new Maine company aims to produce silk from spruce trees, arguing forestry should be a focus to supply the world with fine fabrics and paper alike.
By a narrow majority of 479 votes in a total of 32000 Toronto voters approved a three year trial to operate street cars on Sundays. The measure is held every three years and previous referendums chose not to adopt Sunday service.
A poem sent to the Minneapolis Journal is under police investigation after the other foot failed to appear. The report notes the piece opens with a tiny foot image, and the inquiry centers on the poem’s origin and meaning.
American manufacturers note German and Russian use of paper rails and wheels as proof of feasibility. Secretary Long outlines a plan to lay up naval vessels not needed now, retiring ships from active duty while keeping a reserve fleet and smaller ships in commission for peacetime duties.
A Union Point Georgia paper reports a girl claims her mother will pay $1000 to any husband if she marries and stays silent about the arrangement. The daughter offers to give $500 to the man who will marry her, urging suitors to step up.
Dr. J Mount Bleyer of New York has invented an instrument to graph sound vibrations in the atmosphere. He likens the invention to Roentgen rays and credits collaboration with Mr. Edison in perfecting the phonograph, inspiring a method to photograph voice vibrations.
The April loss totals for the United States and Canada fall to 10,833,000 from 12,010,600 in 1896 and 11,018,150 in 1895. Four months end with 1897 at 42,062,400 versus 47,620,300 in 1896 and 49,513,250 in 1895, with a downward trend of about 5,000,000 from 1896 to 1897. Col. Ainsworth estimates Civil War survivors will fall from 1,095,628 to 999,989 by 1900 and dwindle to zero by 1950, signaling reduced pension debt.
President Clark predicts the end of steam locomotives as electric third rail systems prove superior. Justice Stephen J. Field marks 34 years on the Supreme Court, surpassing all but Chief Justice Marshall. A string of European royal tragedies follows with Maximilian’s execution, Rudolph’s death, and the Paris charity bazaar blaze.
Senator Foraker submitted to the United States senate copies of Olney Spain correspondence on peace talks in Cuba with continued Spanish sovereignty. reports named but withheld for safety. The senate debated belligerency for Cuban insurgents and passed a pay bill for noncommissioned officers. The house approved a $50,000 relief appropriation for Americans. The Morgan belligerency measure faced opposition as Republicans aimed to avoid derailing negotiations for Cuba's independence.
The president will travel to Nashville for the exposition on June 12. In Washington Gen Horatio King former postmaster general under Buchanan died aged eighty six. US business failures totaled 248 in the week ended the 21st down from 264 and 277 in the prior year. The president selects Cherry Farm seven miles southwest of Washington as his summer residence.
Governor of New York vetoes the legislature’s graduated inheritance tax law. Included are reports on notable deaths and incidents across New York and nearby states, stock and league standings, and a long running strike in Pittsburgh with costly tolls and fatalities. The note recounts multiple events from 1896 to the week ending the 21st.
In Nashville the national good citizens convention adopts a platform for honest government. A gasoline stove explosion in St. Louis kills four, with three injured. Benito Lopez, 70, is hanged in Folsom for murder. A cloudburst in Asplin creek Wash. wrecks stock and bridges, $100000 loss. Forgery alleged in Logansport. Orleans bank closes with over $100000 in liabilities. Pearl Waters is convicted of murder in Missouri. George Hobson is found short $23464 in Cincinnati. Gen. James R. McCormack dies at 73 in Missouri. Fire destroys a negro girls school in Anniston. Banks consolidate in Kansas City. Australian swimmer Cavill drowns in Stockton. Rockefeller forbids Sunday labor on ore docks. Mob drags suspect from jail in Lindale. Bank president in Logansport confesses to embezzlement. Later: pepsin works fire in Chicago causes $100000 loss. Trench collapse in Fort Wayne kills four. Coats college trustees assign. Edmunds offered Spain post. Orilla boat race winner Gaudaur. Queen Victoria’s 79th birthday observed. Quarrel ends in two deaths in Kentucky. Des Moines to nominate same state ticket. Louisiana loses $250000 from the judicial stamp fund. McKinley congratulates Victoria. Three brothers drown near Smithland. Two killed near Kersey in Colorado. Johnstown bank closes. Greece-Turkey peace talks stance. Tillman announces Earle’s death in Senate. Cuban insurgent recognition debated in House.
A fire destroyed Christchurch at Savannah known as the oldest Georgia church where John Wesley preached before founding Methodism. In Chicago, ten year old Frank Quinn and eight to eleven year olds Charles Coates James Coates and the Svee twins perished in Mudlake. Also in West Virginia near Clarksburg Mrs Shreves Abe Donaldson and Miss Martin drowned attempting Beaver Creek crossing.
Fire wiped out John Eaton companys department store and stock valued at 250000 dollars at Toronto Ontario. Olaf Inansen United States vice consul died in Copenhagen. Spain rejects US intervention in Cuban affairs per Madrid chamber of deputies statement by Premier Canovas. Calhouns report cites murder of Dr. Ruiz American citizen in Tavana. Cabel Daniels shot and killed self after injuring Thanche Sutherland in Rossland British Columbia. Athens dispatches say Greece will not pay indemnity to Turkey. Imperial diamond valued at 1500000 pounds stolen from Hyderabad government treasury.
Brief items note a telephone density of one line per 192 people in the United States and the last Indian soldiers being discharged at Omaha. A 92 year old Withington man walked 15 miles for exercise to his son’s home. Maine enforces a cigarette age limit of 21. Seattle flour mills run day and night to feed breadstaff demand from China and Japan. Don Cameron of Pennsylvania gifts a horse worth 15 000 to President Diaz of Mexico. freight charges total 600 in gold. Cheatham, a colored appointee, becomes District of Columbia recorder of deeds and big property owner. European railways adopt American baggage checking. A Wilmington man is convicted for umbrella theft and sentenced to lashes and three months’ imprisonment. Canadian timber lands held by American firms reach 4 235 square miles with exports near 250 million feet. Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt tours 44 countries and formed 130 temperance societies. Maj S H Byers helped pass Iowa act making wild rose the state flower. Mrs Eliza D Stewart celebrates 81st birthday. she founded Osborn temperance union in 1873 and pursued crusade work since.
Athens reports Creel minister M. SkouLOUDIS rejects paying indemnity to Turkey and opposing frontier rectifications. Times notes a collective note to the Porte and possible ministry shuffle. A neutral zone 800 meters wide will separate the armies, with Phourka left to Turkish control and Col. Manos reportedly attempting suicide in Corfu before a court martial.
St. Louis millionaire Richard M. Scruggs and his secretary E G Langhorne were detained by customs on the steamer St Paul from Southampton. Diamonds and jewelry valued at about 8000 dollars were found. both men posted 2500 bail after waiving examination. Scruggs claimed the gems were for teachers of the St Louis Sunday School union.
Stockton California May 24 Charles Cavill famed Australian swimmer who recently swam around the cliff rocks and Gealdon gate was drowned while swimming in Jacksons baths He was attempting to beat his five minutes five seconds underwater Some say he suffocated while an inverted tube used to dazzle exhibitions may have released gas from natural wells causing death Examination finds lungs free of water Also notes death of Dr John Y P Atwater last Yale class member and other brief items including a Baptist fundraising drive and an execution date in Columbus Ohio
Ex president John F. Johnson, tied to the wrecking of the State national bank, was arrested in Logansport on forgery embezzlement and misappropriation charges. He faces a grand jury in Indianapolis with a $25,000 bond and plans to plead guilty at the federal court. Total liabilities and losses may reach about $500,000, affecting farmers and depositors.
London reports the theft of the Victoria diamond from Hyderabad’s government treasury. The 180 carat blue white oblong gemstone, valued around £300,000, disappeared with no trace of the thiefs. A paste copy misled observers, triggering a royal jubilee era sensation across the kingdom.
Fatally wounded by a vicious hog is reported from Mascoutah Illinois where Farmer George Criesbaum was attacked. The item notes other local occurrences including Exposition attendance in Nashville with large crowds and a British warship arrival at Tampa Bay for the queen's birthday celebration.
In Cienfuegos Weyler denounces Senator Morgan's Cuban resolution and warns that recognition may aid the Cuban junta while funding a Spanish loan. He says US professed friendship is hollow and criticizes consular plans to aid Americans in Cuba as interference in local affairs.
In Chicago on May 25 Rev Stephen M Merrill marked a quarter century since his consecration as a Methodist Episcopal bishop. An immense First Church audience heard his sermon. A Palmer House banquet honored him with speeches from bishops elders ministers and laity. A congratulatory letter from President McKinley was read and he received a silver fellowship cup.
The National Christian Citizenship League appeals to ministers and patriotic groups in Chicago to observe July Fourth with Christian Citizenship sermons and Saturday July 3 celebrations. They invite officials and leaders to request free literature and arrange a new consecration of the national holiday for a patriotism grounded in Christianity.
The National Bank of Commerce and the Metropolitan national bank unite with deposits near 10 million dollars. The Bank of Commerce will absorb the Metropolitan, paying around forty thousand for goodwill, under a policy aimed at trimming weaker banks.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with a 100 dollar reward offer for incurable catarrh. It cites Cheney & Co as proprietors and lists wholesalers Was & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin in Toledo Ohio. Testimonials are offered free. The Washington Democrat quote notes a quarrel quip.
The passage claims that when the stomach is weak it drains the body, but Hostetter's Stomach Bitters tones it to produce rich blood with nutrients for muscle bone and brain. It asserts improved digestion, regular bowels, and a well functioning liver, and even malaria is said to have no effect on a reinforced system. It also includes a proworker moral about a mechanic.
An advertisement outlines the Chesapeake and Ohio Big Four Route linking mountain resorts in the Blue Ridge and Alleghanies with ocean access to New York and Boston via Old Point Comfort and Fortress Monroe. It invites requests for tourist rates and pamphlets from Truitt N W P A C and O Big Four Route Chicago. A bevy of unrelated ads follow citing St Jacobs Oil and other taglines.
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