19 Sep 1889
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1889
Page
1
A sweeping roundup notes events from Springfield Illinois to Brooklyn New York including the Coal Palace opening at the Sangamon County Fair and several distant incidents. It mentions an earthquake shock in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a fatal shooting in St Louis and a fire at a Missouri flour mill.
A powerful storm on September 10 along the Atlantic coast caused extensive damage from Delaware Bay to New York. Atlantic City and Ocean City faced flooding and isolation, with hundreds of thousands in losses and ships driven ashore. Noted wrecks include Coney Island and Rockaway pier, with many sailors drowned.
Samuel Sullivan Cox popularly known as Sunset Cox, a long serving New York congressman and national figure, died September 10. Born September 30, 1824 in Zanesville Ohio, he rose from Columbus editor to U S congressman for twelve consecutive terms and held key posts including chair of Revolutionary Claims and speaker pro tem. He authored several books and served as minister to Turkey in 1885 before returning to Congress.
Henry S. Ives, noted Wall Street financier, stood trial in New York last week for embezzlement after attempting to wreck the Chicago Hamilton and Dayton railroad. The court examined his peculiar methods in detail as the trial was expected to run several days.
On Sept 10 a policeman found a mutilated woman beneath a Whitechapel railway arch. Physicians say the murder took about an hour and the killer may have removed the head and arms. The body appeared nude and left near Cable Street, with speculation the crime was staged elsewhere.
Elijah Morse condemns John L. Sullivan's congressional aspirations as preposterous and warns Massachusetts parties against sending a brute to Congress. He cites past leaders like P. A. Collins and current rep Joseph H. O'Neil as proof of capable representation in the Fifth District.
Florence Wisconsin was jolted Saturday by what may have been an earthquake causing heavy damage to the Van Nortwich Rogers Company pulp and paper mill.
Chicago police pursue the fugitive Tascott with a crew from China. Two officers were sent to San Francisco to investigate but returned without locating the suspect.
Lena Hertzog attempted suicide by leaping from a ferry into the East River in New York. James Kelly, who had saved twelve others, battled the cursing water for fifteen minutes to reach her. She fought him viciously, scratching biting and pulling hair as he secured her with a rope and pulled himself ashore covered in blood and torn clothing.
Corporal James W. Tanner chief of the patents office resigns citing radical differences with the Interior Department over pension bureau administration. The President reportedly urged a timely resignation to avoid embarrassment and suggested another suitable post with similar pay.
The Dun's weekly trade review notes exports up 40 percent vs last year while imports rise, with money plentiful in Western and Southern centers and rising rates in Milwaukee and Chicago. Iron furnace output fell slightly from August. Wool and sugar are weak amid lower prices expected. Coffee and oil rise, hogs and lard decline. Business failures total 170 in the U.S. and 23 in Canada.
Secretary Windom orders Treasury Department closed at noon to honor the department centennial. The piece recalls Alexander Hamilton taking office September 11, 1789. General Order No. 69 notes withdrawals from Fort Lyon Colorado Fort Laramie Wyoming Fort Hays Kansas and the abandonment of Fort Sisseton Dakota. Klarath Oregon garrison sent to Vancouver Barracks with a guard left to protect property.
The report notes the Turkish income deficit will exceed 10 million dollars this year. Other items recount a bullfight near Havana with seven wounded, a Matazas band encounter in Santa Clara where one bandit was killed, and Edison donating 10 000 francs for Paris poverty relief before leaving Paris for Berlin.
Hot weather and recent rains have largely spared the corn crop from frost damage nationwide with 75 percent already safe. North and south regions report favorable conditions for thrashing spring and winter wheat, and oats. Missouri Iowa Kansas Illinois show strong yields with wheat mostly thrashed in southern and central Illinois and Missouri. Michigan thrashing progresses with fair bushel yields though grain is light.
Sporting notes show McAuliff KO’d Pat Killen in seven rounds in a San Francisco bout dated September 11 as part of league club standings coverage.
The rice harvest begins on Savane nah plantations with an estimated 730000 bushels. Lady Mandeville warns she will stage, unless her father in law pays debts. Sixty three millionaires live within six miles of Dobb's Ferry and Parrytown New York.
Brief notes report salt discovered near Bismarck while Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory votes on a half million dollar packing house. Dick Fisher, sought for horse stealing in Doniphon county Kansas, captured at Hiawatha Kansas. mob seizes constable’s prisoner and hangs him. Taylor's Falls jam abandoned after three weeks. 75 men release 75,000 feet from 40 to 50 million feet held up by water. Revival in Shantytown Cincinnati leads to 200 plus converts led by Ismael. Judge James Bombill dies on his wedding day in Asheville at 70 after apoplexy before he reaches his carriage. Brodie fake trip story linked to Maid of the Mist crew. Four men go down the road near Horseshoe Falls. only four return, driver spared.
William E. Brown, Burlington pioneer aged 82 who settled there in 1834, died recently. Thomas Harker injured fatally in a horse accident. Burglary at J.C. Gridley’s Victor store netted $75 in knives. A 9 year old near Peterson died from a plank fall. George Brenner injured after a 50 foot fall at McMichaels & Son elevator in McGregor. Multiple thefts, court sentences, and public notices follow across Iowa.
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