23 Nov 1893
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1893
Page
1
The Express notes total paid attendance reached 21,477,212 with about 44,820,425 entering on free tickets or not attending. It observes Europe sent only 22,000 and compares U S tourist flows to Europe. It questions petrified human beings as mere humbugs with a Smithsonian expert denying any recorded petrifaction.
A historical remark notes that in Henry VIII’s reign beggars faced severe punishment for begging with 300 people executed for this misdemeanor in a single year. The account contrasts the so called good old days with the brutal treatment of the poor.
Report notes 23 478 patents granted to American inventors in the first nine months of the year. Odd as it is the elusive collar button remains a daily nuisance causing discomfort to many, especially those of ample size when tying shoes.
A remark notes that the world tends to pay most for killing generals and nobles, then for entertainers, while those who preach teach or write for newspapers are comparatively low paid. The quote contrasts wages across professions.
A California editor reveals he ran out of money and cooked meals in the sun for three weeks. He writes of living in a sunlit portion of the state where the coal baron fears are irrelevant to the poor, and day’s bright orb serves as his kitchen.
Tur farmers in Kansas discover that wild sunflowers yield a strong pliable wrapping paper. The fiber proves superior to straw, offering a durable material for packaging.
A late contest twist sent a Brook lyn bartender to the New York state senate though he viewed the bid as a joke. He was nominated partly in jest and campaigned for the rival, yet the landslide made him Senator George Owens. The piece notes U.S. ownership of two Pacific islands near Hawaii for potential coaling stations and recalls Rupert L. Reade and Josie Mansfield's estranged marriage.
Medical journals warn of increasing liquor addiction among women and the growing opportunities for indulgence. They stress that once a woman yields to drink she seldom reforms, urging society to pay careful attention to the issue beyond medical circles.
Con. Epitup Rice of the United States army who commanded the Columbian guard at the world’s fair has a 33 year active service record. He enlisted from Massachusetts at war start, became captain at nineteen, and rose to colonel by war’s end. He organized 3000 recruits into the disciplined guard. A French inventor proposes towers with explosive charges to break tornadoes by remote detonation, but effects are unknown.
Francis H. Weeks, a New York lawyer and estate trustee, was brought back from Costa Rica and pled guilty to embezzling over 1 million dollars. He received the maximum penalty of ten years at hard labor with potential release after six years and six months. The Centennial Exhibition finance board in Philadelphia dissolved after seventeen years, unable to wind up affairs due to a small remaining fund.
The life saving service reports 427 disasters and 8 542 people saved with 23 lost during the year. Property at risk valued at 8 008 075 with 1 655 570 lost. Vessels totally lost total 88. Clearing houses show 1 016 417 201 in week state to 092 853 717 prior. U S. business failures total 24 in week to 17th with 861 prior and 205 in 1892. 597 bank suspensions in ten months. Fifty percent of national banks reopened. 26 percent state and 17 percent private.
The cruiser Columbia on an unofficial trial near Boston logged an unprecedented 22.87 knots, surpassing prior speeds. Other items include Thurber-Whyland grocers failing for 800000, executions in Auburn, and Knights of Labor meetings in Philadelphia accused of misusing 30000.
Fergus Falls flouring mills destroyed by fire causing a $100,000 loss. Edgewood seminary near Madison Wisconsin ruined. two deaths by suffocation. Gogebic iron mines shut leaving twenty thousand starved. World’s fair grounds to stay, no park admission. A husband killed his wife and two others then suicided at Deadwood. Brooklyn Wisconsin business district burned. SLEDGE wager whiskey binge in Brenham Texas. In Chicago an insane domestic arrested after chase. Florida governor blocks Corbett Mitchell prize fight. Gen Theodore Hunt dies in New Orleans at 80. Garriard Hunt served in the Confederate army. World’s fair history to fill twenty five volumes. Selph brothers wreck trains near Houston. Freight depot destroyed at Owensboro. Fidelity warehouse fire in Chicago. Consul Diaz of Spain commits suicide in Baltimore. Diaz’s death noted. Diaz was Spanish consul. Don Carlos Diaz’s suicide described. Ohio election returns listed with McKinley leading. Utah legislature Republican. Alexander Anderson dies in Racine at 100. Joan Rutherford hanged in Georgia after prison escape attempt. Randolph County stills and moonshiners captured. one killed, two fatally injured. Oklahoma population estimates by governor.
Reports detail a hurricane disaster in East Prussia with many fishing boats lost and eighteen drowned. Mexican revolutionaries seize Ascension and Comalitas forcing Americans to depart. Mormons seek 8 million acres in Chihuahua. Diaz government endangered by Mexico uprising. Troops protect Americans at border. A cigar box containing 60000 stolen from the National Bank in Mexico City. Emperor William pledges friendship with the allied powers and peace. Robert Grant arrested in Brazil. Toronto population 188,914. English coal miners resume wages. Brazil proclaims for Count d Ices son. Okayama flood toll 644 dead and vast destruction. Czernowitz boiler explosion kills sixteen. Fraser wreck claims sixteen lives. British storms drown 800+. Hawaii reports queen not restored. Willis meets provisional government.
Annual report of Mr. Drummond head of the secret service notes extensive counterfeiting of the Columbian half dollar. Fire in Reno Michigan destroys lumber valued over 200000 dollars owned by William Peters of Toledo. Actress Miss Sannin McAllister dies in Springfield Kentucky weighing 695 pounds after touring as a museum freak.
In England a deep snowstorm blocks rail lines, trapping a Cambridge bound express near Rogerston and killing at least one, while work crews dig out trains buried in 20 foot drifts. Across the North Sea, heavy gales flood the Channel and North Sea ports, sink ships, drown crews, and strand fishing smacks from Hastings to Yarmouth. More wrecks and fatalities are reported along Belgium and Holland coastlines.
President Barrios of Guatemala issues a decree proclaimed as emancipation of the laboring classes from slavery. Military agents previously seized workers at will, sending them to various employers. The measure, reported by Henry Stuart, consul general at Guatemala, takes effect March 15, 1894.
A Times dispatch from Meshed Persia reports a severe Friday evening quake at Kachan in Khorassan. Two thirds of the town destroyed with many lives lost. The event impacts the northern Ala Dagh region near Meshed.
Chairman Bland of the committee on coinage weighs a bill to reenact the 1887 act confirming silver dollars and other denominations as legal tender by nominal value for any amount. In other notices, a Chicago Grand Trunk rail shop fire at West 50th Street and Kedzie Avenue destroyed the repair shops and storehouse, causing about 100000 dollars in losses and layoffs. Jouret Illinois Steel restarts operations with 900 workers after an eleven month shutdown, with plans to expand as demand allows.
Wreck and disaster sweep the coast as communications with America fray. Dozens of ships ashore or lost, including the Cintra at St Ives and the A. C. Bean off Donegal. Lifeboats rescue crews while towns report damaged piers, houses, and chimneys. Many fatalities and missing sailors.
Reports from Burraro New York dated November 21 describe two men seen in a boat in Niagara River rapids near Goat Island. The craft stranded on a rock and occupants are missing. Earlier, two duck hunters from Port Day failed to return. A body search is underway below the falls. Separately, a Minneapolis man aged 26 died from escaping gas in a boarding house. In Boston, the cruiser Columbia on its trial trip reached 25 knots, signaling a potential $600,000 builders’ prize.
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