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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1899
Page
3
The Express reports the sultan of Turkey denying rumors he drowns wives as punishment. He ridicules the idea amid a comparison to Connecticut law where kissing a girl could bring 15 days in jail. The piece notes U.S. exports in 1896 totaling millions of tons across corn wheat cotton and flour.
arry Walters of New York escaped Sing Sing 29 years ago and was captured recently to serve the remaining 38 months of his sentence.
Walter J. Farnsworth of Chicago asserts matrimonial rights equal to the sultan of Sulu but ignored obtaining a treaty with the government and acquired wives in a region where polygamy is not recognized.
The city is buzzing over pocket sized power capsules that can burn an electric light all night. Inventors tease future surprises as these compact energy units move from novelty to speculation.
An agricultural department expert abroad reports a remarkable French strawberry that bears fruit for months on the same plants. A small patch could supply a family for many weeks and months.
The South African republic spans about 120000 square miles, larger than New York state and New England, and bigger than France or Germany by a wide margin. The Orange Free State is smaller, but together the two sister republics cover roughly the size of Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois.
A curious ceremony united William Moore and Elizabeth Brown in Cleveland Ohio. Both spouses are blind peddlers and the event was led by Justice Palmer a blind officiant with an orchestra of blind players. All guests were blind.
A deranged woman jumped from a moving train near Waseca Minnesota at 40 miles per hour and remained unharmed. In Connecticut a physician died after a scratch from a surgeon's saw, illustrating fate’s strange decrees.
The Ohio centennial exposition movement of 1902 is praised for historic significance. Ohio’s 1802 admission to statehood is highlighted as an epoch year marking national expansion and the start of new western states. The event is seen as timely for states from the old northwestern territory.
Agreement defines a temporary boundary beyond Chilkat and White passes extending north of Klukwan. It centers on the highest points of Chilkat and White passes as the divide and tracks toward Slukwan. It keeps tidewater approaches and Porcupine district held by American miners and rejects Canadian claims to Waiga Skaguay Klakwan and Pyramid harbor.
Secretary Wilson proposes transplanting rubber trees to U S soil after noting their range from sea level to high elevations in South America and other countries He plans sending scientists worldwide to test feasibility and potential profits for the United States Also notes dispersion of stock in large corporations with many small holders including women holders at several railroads and companies.
Advocates for teaching children to seek the truth and understand that history contains flawed figures. Emphasizes recognizing honest motives behind errors and resisting judgments based on distorted facts in literature or history. Encourages critical thinking and measured judgment.
A roundup of national and international items from Washington. Notable notes include the Philippine commission on self government, mint earnings totaling over 3.26 million dollars, civil service exam results, a plan for a colonial bureau, Crowninshield on naval personnel, Dewey on presidential aspirations, rural free delivery reach, and U S monetary figures by June 30.
The leading clearing houses showed week ending totals of 1 922 525 003 dollars versus 1 790 487 197 the prior week. U S business failures numbered 183 in the week to the 3d versus 190 and 194 in 1898. Alexander Ef Frye of Boston named Cuba schools superintendent. James J Jeffries won after 25 rounds with Sharkey at Coney Island. Manhattan Pedding factory in New York burned. 500 000 dollars lost and three dead. Robert C Alexander editor of Mail and Express died in New York. President Harrison and wife returned to New York from Paris after six months away. Dr W B Newton quoted about Vice President Hobart’s patient recovery. A mine rush at Mahoning Plane Pa killed four men and injured two.
News briefs report shipwreck near Miller's Station with four lost, a Chicago coal merchant filing bankruptcy with liabilities of 5 million, and failed attempts to unite threshing machine manufacturers. Other items note deaths of Daniel D. Barnes and minister Samuel Boykin, a university inauguration, city fires, tolls from Klondike output, and legal ruling on Illinois flag law.
Fannie Hawthorne died in Bonham Texas at age 124 leaving one daughter aged 84 as a survivor. In St Louis George S Barthel manager of a sporting goods company killed his wife and then himself in a jealousy inspired double tragedy. In Kansas City Missouri a Jones Bros department store fire destroyed property valued at about half a million dollars.
Reports from Antwerp warn of 15 drownings at a ferry landing as a city marks disaster. US forces in Taizan provinces expand operations to oust insurgents threatening Aruinaldo’s army. Maj Gen Otis cites 39 462 enlisted men and 1 341 officers in service. Wheeler to return to attend opening of Congress. Tripartite Samoa alliance dissolving under US Britain and Germany. US secures Tutuila and Pango Pango. Ladysmith battle reports and White’s capture by Boers raise alarm in Europe.
British garrisons pull back south while Colenso Colesburg and Stormberg evacuee. Ladysmith believed surrounded though Gen White may hold. McKinley heads to Canton to vote. Amos Allen wins Maine seat. 250 rebels killed in Colombia battle.
Admiral Dewey has been unanimously reelected commander of the Naval Order of the United States. The piece notes other minor items including monuments, appointments, and education matters involving military figures and public figures.
Treasury reports for the year show increased receipts under the new revenue law with customs and internal revenue higher than any year except 1866. Gold coin holdings rise, silver dollars in circulation expand, and the treasury maintains a strong reserve despite war expenditures.
Lisbon reports persistent chatter that General Sir George Stewart White, British commander in Natal, has capitulated to Boer forces. Despatches from Brussels and London note contradictory claims about Colenso and Ladysmith, with fears of a major setback for British troops and continued shelling of Ladysmith from Groblerkloof hill.
Washington dispatches report General Otis launching a rapid new land offensive in Luzon with 44 071 troops, aiming to crush Aguinaldo before guerrilla warfare spreads. Transports and gunboats head to Dagupan area to push toward Manila while MacArthur’s and Wheaton’s columns seize Magalang and nearby insurgents.
Kansas City reports a major blaze in Jones Bros. department store causing $500000 in losses and damaging surrounding buildings. Heaviest losses include the Jones stock at $300000 and the Jones building $60000. Other substantial damages noted across Main Walnut streets.
London November 6 report the marquis of Yuafferin and Aya has been chosen lord rector of Edinburgh University defeating H H Asquith former home secretary.
A collage notes London ballet imports from America and a Jersey socialite woman aged and esteemed. Richard Mansfield objects to a photographer’s shot of the Shaw monument in Boston, while an Berlin actress faces a staged marriage reveal. A Berlin debut in a play titled Marriage stirs curiosity about its tone.
Sir Josiah Rees chief justice and judge of Bermuda’s vice admiralty court since 1878 died Saturday in Hamilton Bermuda He was born in 1821 and was knighted in 1891.
A wife receives a lavish set of gifts from her husband James including roses candy and an $80 overcoat delivered by messengers and a florist with two palms marked Olive branches preceding him The story notes his habit of absorbing Martigny cocktails and predicts he will be home by dark The Washington Post remarks on the prescience of the modern married woman.
A collection of short quips and wry observations from various papers. Jokes on work, dignity, humor, and human folly surface in brisk one liners and witty exchanges. Notable lines include remarks on plumbers poets egotists tardiness sun rise and ignorance.
A reader from Ackley, La. thanks Mrs. Pinkham for her remedies after years of kidney inflammation, womb issues, and ovarian troubles. After failure with doctors, Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash supposedly restored her health and energy, drawing praise for her improved appearance.
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