24 Sep 1896
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1896
Page
1
The Express notes that Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua formed a Central American confederation with a central government. It also covers varied items including a marriage rumor about an American girl to a king, Brittany gossip, sunbeam telephoning, and a critique of holiday meanings.
Parents are urged to store matches safely to prevent fires caused by children. The text notes fires and deaths from carelessness, citing the destruction of much of Lignish on Prince Edward Island as a cautionary example and linking it to the sport of little people.
The piece notes that the stove pipe hat began in Paris in 1797 and will mark its hundredth birthday next year. It jokes that such a stiff head covering has endured oddly, but hints that practical fashion may soon dethrone it.
The article predicts crowded Japan will colonize northern Australia as a major exodus of people follows the trend of opening new lands. English officers foresee trouble but the lure of open territory drives a likely large movement from Japan to the north Australian coast.
A remorseful but chilling reminiscence describes a repeated violent prankster. He previously fired rifle and pistol balls at targets then admitted ignorance of loaded weapons. In Bridgeport, Connecticut he poured kerosene on a Black man and set him aflame, causing a fatal, agonizing death. the crowd saw the spectacle but the crime remains a grim record of cruelty.
At the Portaris funeral of Mrs Helen Gillson Hissam six women from the Royal Templars of Temperance officiated as pallbearers, carrying the basket to the hearse church and grave. The Austrian balloon tests showed a 68 by 46 foot craft at 2600 feet as shells fired with little damage, suggesting balloons could aid operations at distance.
The Royal Commission of 13, largely English, reports Ireland has funded England for decades. It states England has overpaid Ireland by about 13.75 million dollars annually for 50 years and that Ireland is owed roughly £100,900,000.
A mint bureau note shows August silver coinage at 2,650,000 dollars. Week ending August 18 exchanges at leading U.S. clearing houses total 906,208,258 dollars, up from 759,029,234 the prior week. Domestic business failures for the week reached 317 versus 315. Washington marked the 100th anniversary of the farewell address. Internal revenue receipts for August were 11,627,074 dollars, down from 12,162,855 in August 1895. R A Maxwell reports 70,360 post offices in operation, 66,725 fourth class and 8,685 presidential, with 2,046 offices established and 1,750 discontinued. total year appointments 12,090.
The New York Democrats nominate John Boyd Thacher for governor and endorse the Chicago convention platform. Maine returns show Dem governor candidate Frank leads with 84,841 votes against Rep Vowers.
The Chicago Indiana and Eastern Railroad suspended operations indefinitely after prolonged losses. Also noted were a series of political nominations in several states, lynchings in Georgia, riverbank bank closures, miner fatalities in Missouri, and a banker death near Baltimore.
Reports recount a series of fatal accidents and crimes from Ky to Colo. Included are boys falling into a sink hole in Kentucky, a pastor dying after swallowing false teeth in Iowa, suffocations from gasoline in Kansas, a mining explosion in Colorado, and a house fire death in Oklahoma. Also listed are bank failures, political rallies, hangings, mob violence, counterfeit arrests, and notable deaths in Missouri, Texas, and other states.
AL Amupla delegates met to ratify the treaty uniting the three republics of San Salvador Honduras and Nicaragua into one to be called Republica Mayor de Central America. The Cuban tobacco harvest is projected at not more than 45000 bales this year down from 137000 in 1895. The Turkish sultan faces abdication amid Turkish and Balkan shifts.
A sweep of late news includes the Indiana ship presenting a silver service in New York Harbor with Gov Matthews and a speech by Six-President Harrison. Leadville mine violence, a Dorchester cat boat loss, Hodgman Rubber bankruptcy, and track records set at Cambridge are noted alongside pension statistics and presidential nominations.
Bob Fitzsimmons was arrested at the Bartholdi hotel on a warrant charging a prize fight arrangement. He pleaded not guilty, posted bail, and was released after arraignment in general sessions court. Corbett, indicted jointly, remained at large amid ongoing training for a Sharkey bout.
The United States ambassador in Paris, James D. Eustis, received a letter from TL J P Tynan the alleged dynamite conspirator in Boulogne who claims American birth in 1888 and asks intercession to avoid extradition to England. Tynan says he traveled under an assumed name while shadowed by Scotland Yard and denies political involvement in France. Eustis notified the French government of Tynan’s American citizenship.
Washington report from commissioner Murphy details the fiscal year ending June 30 1896 with 43717 added or restored to the rolls and 44093 losses by death remarriage legal limits unclaimed pensions and other causes The total pensioners stood at 970678 and disbursed 138214761 dollars a decrease from the prior year Murphy urges higher survivor pensions for Mexican war veterans widows of pre 1861 service and codification of pension laws Other items note a fatal house fire near Cass City counterfeit arrests in Guthrie and consular reports from Brussels Beirut and Manila
A 60 mph wind storm struck Ogden and nearby areas starting Friday noon, blowing down trees and glass and igniting a Kiesel & Co. warehouse fire. The three story brick warehouse 560 by 100 feet fell, burning the contents after electric lines sparked. Damage estimated over $100,000. Utah & Northern train faced wreckage. repairs needed. Salt Lake City felt lesser effects with some wires down and trees uprooted.
New York Democratic state convention nominated John Boyd Thacher a gold Democrat for governor with other tickets for lieutenant governor and judge of the court of appeals. Electors named include Robert H. Bush and Benjamin Wood with a full slate of district electors. Wil liam F. Sheehan resigned from the state committee by telegram.
Veterans of the Blue and Gray marching to Antietam to dedicate a $15,000 monument. The Vermont granite shaft stands 51 feet 5 inches high on an 11 acre plot, with a 14 foot square base and a 28 ton die. Attendees include Gov. Lowndes and Maryland units with the Adjt. Gen. and Gen. Briggs. Inscribed panels mark the commemorative sides.
Mass meetings in Birmingham and other English cities call on the government to act against the sultan in Turkey. London reports urged Britain to take forceful steps, while Bristol proposals for unilateral action were defeated. In Constantinople Armenian rebels are blamed as 3,000 Armenians are detained and bombs found. foreign embassies prepare police entry into houses if needed.
The Whiz reports Maine official returns show Republicans leading in the congressional vote with Reed and Dingley among top figures. Reed secures a 10,539 plurality, Dingley 13,916, Milliken 12,802, Boutelle 12,234, and the GOP statewide about 49,491 with a large Reed plurality amid serenade celebrations. In the Second District Dingley leads by around 12,000.
Enoch Pratt a leading Baltimore banker and merchant died at his country home Tivoli in Baltimore county at nine o clock Thursday night. He was nearly the oldest active bank president in the nation and celebrated his 88th birthday last week. Pratt, descendant of Phineas Pratt of 1623 Plymouth lineage, gifted Baltimore a public library in 1882 valued at about $1,000,600, marking a major philanthropic milestone.
A canyon cloudburst near Rock Spring Wyoming Sunday afternoon flooded the town three to four feet, covering basements and Union Pacific tracks. The First National Bank and seven to eight major firms lost cellared merchandise, Tim Kinney & Co. building undermined. damage estimated at fifty thousand dollars with no lives lost.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina spoke at the Berks County Agricultural Society grounds after arriving from Pittsburgh. He denounced President Cleveland to a large Reading audience, who hissed and booed, forcing him from the judge’s stand before finishing his remarks. He later completed his address from a different stand.
The uniform rank of the Knights of Pythias is dissolved and renamed Knights Loyal after a Cleveland session. The former divisions become companies with no uniform change. The motto shifts from Honor and Purity to Honor Justice and Loyalty.
A Hong Kong dispatch reports rebels in Cavite seizing the monastery and killing the monks with knives. It also states that over 100 Spaniards’ captives were dumped in a dungeon in Manila and 54 were found dead from suffocation the next morning as Spain’s public executions aim to terrorize rebel supporters.
Dongola is captured as British Egyptian expeditionary forces push up the Nile from El Hafir and occupy the town before Dervish forces retreat. El Hafir also falls, placing both towns in British hands.
Albany Sept 19 Senator Hill says he will not confirm or deny reports he planned to back the Chicago ticket and will speak only in his own signature when he has a statement to make.
In Indianapolis on September 18 the fusion between Democrats and Populists collapsed. The Populists demanded seven of fifteen electors and Sewall’s withdrawal, while Democrats offered four electors and sought removal of the populist state ticket.
London reports that America’s foreign trade balance is nearly five times higher than last year. The result is expected to be continued gold inflows and a rise in the bank rate. Demand presently shifts to the Bank of France which is seen ready to meet demands and selling American eagles near the London rate.
A collection of short curiosities and anecdotes: Victorian Queen Victoria never attended Commons sessions. a hippopotamus hide can be two inches thick. a wasp sting eased with onion. New York apoplexy deaths up over 30 years. houseflies speed up when chased. Leonard Hartman of Dubuque has 11 sons and adopted nine nieces. a Chicago groom gave a costly bicycle to his bride who eloped four weeks later. A Marquette bicyclist ran over a porcupine. Newark boy names can alsimentary canals. a Lowell husband deserted, law corrected with police help.
A collection of odd beliefs and curiosities from 19th or early 20th century notices. Topics include tobacco and cholera, ear trumpets aiding deals, wedding rings on the left, park seats in Memphis, electric plates in London restaurants, Berne press crisis reports, spring freckles remedy in Lawrenceville, a Baltimore man infested with fleas and a comic entrapment with fly paper, and a Chicago husband tangled in a garden hose prank.
Carisbrooke Castle, once a prison for Charles I, to become a museum of Isle of Wight curiosities. Dr Gersin of the Paris Pasteur Institute reports a bubonic plague serum cure after experiments in Amoy and Hong Kong in 1894. An English maker builds a two story steel house on wheels with a collapsible top to clear bridges. A Danish crew reports a submarine mountain range in Davis Strait near Iceland and Greenland coasts after two years of deep sea exploration.
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