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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1907
Page
5
A jumble of satirical notes touches on Rockefellers worries over wealth and wigs, Dewey’s lordly rhetoric, Brazil’s dreadnought chatter, czar and douma tensions, and sentiments on warships. It also mentions German ambassador pay, Mme Lehman’s lineage, Boni de Castellane’s costly divorce, and historic gunpowder era fire. It ends with Iowa reform talk and penny lunches for poor children.
A simple proposal suggests maintaining strong sea going vessels at life saving stations to pick up wrecked seamen at sea where land救 reachable. It notes several winter cases where lives were lost to exposure or washed overboard before aid could reach them, losses this plan could prevent.
A Baltimore man proposes employers pay waiters five percent of guest bills as a fair system. He argues waiters gain from larger tips, customers still receive good service without tipping, and employers not allowing tips could cover the commission easily.
The text argues that Canadian northwest development will likely rely on the Hudson Bay route, with rail links to bay harbors possible. It notes Hudson Strait as the key uncertain bottleneck, while internal navigation is generally safe and some harbors stay icefree in winter. Three months is the uncertain margin for access.
The author Zangwill was asked by a daily paper to prepare a two column history for next morning. He sat with a stenographer and dictated a resume of famous trials from memory covering the last two centuries.
A teacher who whipped a boy at an Oklahoma school was killed by other students. The incident raises questions about whether manslaughter courses should be added to school curricula to address rising demands for safety and accountability.
The king of Italy and John D Rockefeller are cited as the world’s greatest coin collectors. The king pursues only the rarest pieces, while Rockefeller amasses every coin he can acquire.
Captain Daring may have achieved a pole voyage using an airship though the article does not confirm if the craft was hot air or not.
A New Jersey farmer claims his goose is 72 years old while boarders insist they have eaten the entire vintage. The discord centers on the extraordinary age of the fowl and the meals reportedly served.
Colton California reports 23 dead after the Sunset express wreck in the Colton yards. Eight seriously injured are at Colton hospital, with over 50 others lightly hurt taken to Los Angeles. Victims include Albert W. Shie Los Angeles and George L. Sharpe Muncie Indiana among the dead.
Reports say a planned rescue of Abraham Ruef from Elisor guards is feared as headlines note magistrates and prosecutors intensify the bribery graft case. Officials confirm guards are instructed to shoot Ruef in any rescue attempt and divert fire toward would be liberators. Rudolph Spreckels pledges ongoing funds to finish the prosecution beyond $100,000.
James Henry Smith known as the silent man of Wall Street died in Kioto Japan while traveling with his bride the divorced wife of William Rhinelander Stewart. He inherited over 50 million from his Chicago- based uncle George Smith and formerly lived in the Whitney mansion on Fifth Avenue. The couple wed in New York on September 13 last year and were accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Manchester.
A major blaze in Newberry South Carolina destroyed 22 residences ten stores and two churches. Loss estimated 150000 to 200000 with insurance about 85000. Fire began behind the Newberry hotel at 1130 am during a gale blocking railroad access and overwhelming the town water supply.
The General Education Board distributed 625000 in conditional gifts after receiving John D Rockefeller's 32000000 grant. Yale University received 300000, Princeton 200000, Bowdoin 50000, Colorado College 50000, Millsaps College 25000. The board also approved an additional 42500 for colored schools, names kept private to avoid deterring further external gifts.
Galusha A Grow, longtime congressman from Pennsylvania and father of the Homestead Act, died at his Glenwood Pennsylvania home after a long illness. He was elected in 1851 as the youngest member, served as speaker from 1861 to 1863, and reentered Congress decades later before final retirement. He never married and left a legacy in western settlement policy.
American ambassador Lloyd C Griscom and wife narrowly escape as fire sweeps Palazzo del Drago. Attic beams burn after opening attic door. roof collapses central ballroom ceiling. Firemen control blaze after two hours. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars covered by insurance.
A dynamite explosion at the Dreifontein mine in Johannesburg Transvaal killed four white men and 50 natives instantly and wounded three whites and 16 natives on a Thursday night incident.
The Corbin Banking company, assigned for the benefit of creditors to George C. Austin. The assets exceed liabilities by over 1,000,000 with principal assets in real estate not easily sold and potential full payment to creditors. Austin Corbin Sr. long controlled the Long Island Railroad. estimated liabilities at 1,700,000 and assets at 3,000,000.
President Roosevelt will speak at the April 12 dedication of a Rough Riders memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. The cornerstone laid on Wednesday contained Roosevelt’s history of the Rough Riders, a U.S. flag, and 1906 silver coins. Attending were Mrs. Allan K. Capron and Mrs. Towne.
Washington reports Salvador has expressed a desire for peace in Central America and seeks Mexico influence to end the war among Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Diplomats see this as a sign the conflict nears end, as Honduras lacks strength to continue alone. Creel plans talks with Nicaragua's Corea and possibly Secretary Root on Mexican US efforts to restore peace.
Carmel New York Jennie Burch accused of killing baby Wilbur Winship was found not guilty by reason of insanity and ordered confined at Matteawan asylum for criminals by the court.
Joplin Missouri state senator and mining magnate Thomas Connor died Friday at a San Antonio Texas sanitarium at age 52. His remains will be transported to Tiffin Ohio, his boyhood home, for burial.
Madrid physicians attending Queen Victoria believe confinement may come sooner than expected and urge King Alfonso to shorten his Cartagena visit.
A Rome dispatch reports Russian writer Maxim Gorky seriously ill in Rome with consumption. The Exchange Telegraph Company notes the condition endangers his health and future writings.
At a Wednesday meeting of the international YMCA committee it was announced that Mrs Russell Sage increased her recent gift by 100000 dollars, adding to a prior 250000 dollar pledge for the committee's home project.
Troy New York Dr Reed Bontecou a renowned Civil War field surgeon died Wednesday night at age 83 He served with distinction in the war and was a notable medical figure in the city for many years.
Special Judge McMahon on Thursday granted a permanent injunction barring Laporte from paying funds to the Laporte Water Supply Co. The ruling holds the water plant as the property of the city of Laporte Indiana.
Seven prisoners overpowered guards and escaped from the United States jail in South McAlester Indian Territory on Thursday. One man was recaptured.
A. L. Sutton chief of the bureau of exploitation for the Jamestown Exposition company resigned Wednesday at the board of governors request amid charges filed by a tourists' bureau in Norfolk Virginia.
In Pueblo Colorado thirty sacks of gold valued at ten thousand dollars, reportedly stolen from the Rhyolite Nevada mines, were seized at the local Wells Fargo Express office.
In Montgomery, Alabama, William West a Louisville and Nashville engineer fatally shot colleague Fraser after an alleged diamond theft, then killed himself when escape proved impossible. West faced a Wednesday trial on the ring theft accusation.
Minnesota Supreme Court upholds Great Northern railroad in its claim to issue $60 million in additional stock. The decision reverses an injunction and finds board action valid without prior railroad and warehouse commission review. Chief Justice Start authored the unanimous opinion.
Mrs. E. Loveland, niece of the late Collis P. Huntington and beneficiary of his will, was killed in Oneonta New York on Sunday while operating a newly delivered car. In turning around on Chestnut street she pressed the accelerator, the vehicle jumped the sidewalk, slid over a 20 foot embankment, and she was thrown from the car with a fatal neck fracture.
Four people riding in a buggy were killed instantly when their group was struck by the Alton's Red Flyer westbound from St. Louis at the Fifteenth street crossing two miles east of Kansas City Missouri. Two men and their wives died in the incident.
Quarantine on the room at the White House where Archie Roosevelt was treated for diphtheria was lifted Thursday as danger passed. Archie had improved enough to be taken out for a drive in the afternoon.
Columbus O C M Kinnaird of Crystal Ice and William F Holley of Franklin Ice found guilty of entering into a conspiracy in restraint of trade and each fined 1000 dollars.
Lincoln Nebraska senate on Friday passed a statewide direct primary bill with amendments. house concurrence removed state county and city nominating conventions.
Charles S. Stahl known as Chick Stahl in baseball circles killed himself Thursday in his West Baden Springs hotel room by swallowing four ounces of carbolic acid.
William A. Proctor, president of Proctor & Gamble and son of a founder, killed himself with a gun Thursday afternoon in Cincinnati. Details indicate a self-inflicted head wound ending his life. The tragedy removes a leading executive from the company and prompts inquiries into the circumstances.
A spark from a hammer struck a quantity of set pieces in the finishing room. The blast tore a man to pieces, fatally injured a boy and two girls, and burned seven other workers at Graniteville S I on Wednesday.
About 850 brewery workers walked out of 23 St. Louis breweries on Friday to press for higher wages, as members of the United Brewery Workers union enforce their demands.
A column of French troops occupied Oudja at ten in the morning on Friday. The Moorish governor met the French commander and assured him of the population's friendliness.
A Thursday blaze swept Danville and South Boston destroying tobacco factories and other structures. The fire threatened extensive damage to Danville, with losses estimated up to 1 million dollars.
Miss Bertha McNally aged 28 ends her life with carbolic acid on the eve of her wedding to Emil Knolle, a Pittsburg policeman who had died six weeks earlier.
The body of Paul J. Weller of Chicago was found in a swamp near Johnstown New York on Sunday. A bullet hole was found in his head and a revolver lay beside the body indicating a possible self inflicted or foul play.
Wheeling telegraph operators in West Virginia threaten to strike if wages are cut when the new eight hour law enacted by the recent legislature takes effect.
Brussels reports J Pierpont Morgan of New York has bought Jules Van Den Pere boom's unique collection for 1 200 000 dollars. The sale includes furniture pictures arms brasses ancient engravings and chimney pieces.
William B Thayer a member of Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods company died Sunday night in Kansas City Missouri at age 55. He conducted a department store here and was known in local business circles.
In Rome Cardinal Merry Del Val writing for the pope commends Archbishop Quigley of Chicago for the progress of Catholic clergy and laymen in the archdiocese.
H W Goode former president of the Lewis and Clark exposition died Sunday at a hotel in Atlantic City New Jersey from Bright's disease and pneumonia. He was a resident of Portland Oregon and led the exposition project.
Mrs M Dr Wight of Auburn Maine describes 1901 birth complications and long illness followed by relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She credits improved strength and recovery for herself and the baby, noting a rheumatism episode also eased by the remedy. The ad notes availability from Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
The greatest demand now is for autographs of English literary celebrities with some selling for thousands of dollars. Keats and Shelley fetch high prices and sell especially well abroad. In London Berlin and Paris autograph sales occur continually during the season, The Circle.
Daily through April 30 1907 Union Pacific offers one way colonist tickets from Chicago at fares from 30 to 33 dollars to Ogden Salt Lake City Butte Anaconda Helena Spokane Wenatchee Everett Fairhaven Whatcom Vancouver Victoria Tacoma Seattle Portland Astoria Ashland Roseburg Eugene Albany Salem San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego and other West Coast and Northwest points. Contact W G Neimyer G A 120 Jackson Boulevard Chicago IL for details.
The Maine Journal notes that June icebergs in the north Atlantic largely originate from Labrador ice fields, formed in winter along that coast. July icebergs come from near Baffin Land, August from even farther north. though fewer, they are larger. An endless procession moves southward until melting in warmer waters.
Leslie notes round figures: 284000 Indians in the United States with 91000 in Indian Territory and 15000 in Oklahoma as part of the coming state. The five civilized tribes Cherokees Creeks Choctaws Chickasaws and Seminoles have managed their own affairs for two generations and are prepared for citizenship.
A Michigan woman writes that eight years of nervousness and bilious attacks faded after she swapped coffee for Postum. She reports better sleep appetite and energy within four months and credits the book The Road to Wellville and the Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan for the improvement.
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