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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1901
Page
3
Concord Nebraska accepts Carrie Nation as law and prophets, granting her authority to govern the town for a year and giving her edicts the force of statute law.
The Baltimore Herald notes the mind struggles to grasp one million dollars yet claims limited experience makes the idea easier to comprehend than physical handling.
The czar of Russia is described as completely unnerved and may feel extremely nervous if he reads the newspapers. The remark notes that any gentleman who finds himself sleeping on a ton of dynamite would be pardonably agitated.
James and William Moore of Binghamton New York start a novel philanthropy by taking long paid up subscriptions. They recently subscribed to a local paper paying 219 years in advance with a check over 1400 dollars. This unusual habit aims to support worthy publications.
A Woods Run Pennsylvania priest surveys Russian migrants in the United States and estimates about 600 are true Russians. He notes thousands who speak Russian and belong to the Greek church are Slavic in blood only, not fully Russian.
Massachusetts prison commissioners propose committing habitual drunkards for an indefinite period and employing them in gainful state labor. They argue fines do not reform or deter drunkenness, while their plan could aid in reclaiming the offenders.
The report notes Andrew Carnegie saying he would endow a theater without loss of time if he knew theater management as well as libraries. He suggests no trivial obstacle should stop him and that hundreds of people could share theater or newspaper management guidance freely with him.
An official report to Ottawa states verified boundary lines place the Big Salmon river country placer gold districts in Alaska, not Canada. With a few knotty points left, the Alaska boundary dispute will near practical settlement.
In the French chamber of deputies a resolution passed 542 to 1 ordering the declaration of the rights of man to be posted in all schoolhouses. The move marks a century of renewed interest in the historic doctrines and signals ongoing ferment in France. The ultimate outcome remains to be seen in the future.
A jury in Indianapolis awarded Lilian Bonnifield 1500 dollars in her suit against James C. Wheat for 2000 damages. The charge states Wheat, while postmaster, embraced and kissed her against her will and failed to withdraw when she did not welcome it.
Abingdon liquor dealers jokingly nominated Rev. Windsor H. Wyman for constable. Rather than angered, he united church members to canvass the town and achieved the largest majority ever for the office. He pledges to enforce Sunday and midnight closing laws and demand saloon compliance.
Police Judge William C. Daly of Indianapolis devised a whipping method in court. After 12 year old Jimmy Hildeberg was arraigned for malicious mischief, Daly sentenced him and suspended the sentence on condition the father whip the boy in a jury room. Daly calls it a permanent court institution to curb juvenile cussedness.
A Chicago women’s convention declares pie making alive despite debate. The column recalls a 19th century Connecticut case where a woman was killed for alleged witchcraft after successfully making a mince pie without seam disclosure. It notes no statute yet governs restaurant pie crust practices and hints at possible blue-law penalties.
The report covers shifting alliances and talks in Europe and Asia as nations discuss Manchuria, peace efforts between Botha and Kitchener, and fresh insurgent actions. It notes the Philippines war fund losses, a Salvation Army birthday, naval arrivals, and bubonic plague spreading across Europe.
In Paris, Agoncillo asserts Filipino insurgents have chosen Gen. Sandice, a prisoner, to succeed Aguinaldo as leader. The item lists other global events including China Japan Manchuria tensions and US political shifts.
News items report J P Morgan & Co announcing a plan to combine large dry goods stores in New York and other cities, while the Morgan Hill syndicate seals a Burlington system deal to complete a transcontinental line. Immigrant totals, a ship fire incident, and other varied events are noted.
J Ogden Armour and Mrs P D Armour donate 1 million dollars to Armour Institute in Chicago enabling extended work. In Chicago 100 Armour Institute students arrested during celebrations for the gift. Other items note suicides, murders, and local incidents across the nation including Indianapolis Wells and Des Moines.
On the voyage from New York to Cherbourg gold bars worth £60,000 were stolen from the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. In separate action the Boers north of Aberdeen captured 100 British troops. General Plumer occupied Pietersburg.
The president and Mrs. McKinley will depart Washington April 29 for a six to seven week Pacific coast tour via Southern railway. The itinerary includes Memphis Houston Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle Yellowstone Denver and Chicago with 10500 miles across 23 states and two territories. The article also notes the death of Brevet Brig. Gen. J C Lynch in Philadelphia at 61.
Mrs Nation will run Medicine Lodge for a week with a programme banning saloons and smoking, disbanding police, and enforcing clean streets and other radical reforms as part of her trial governance in Topeka Kansas.
The transport Thomas arrived from Manila Sunday night with 70 cabin passengers and 1,644 members of the Twenty-eighth and Thirty-fifth regiments of volunteers.
A Sunday dawn accident on the Lehigh Valley rail line in South Wilkesbarre left Morris O’Connell and his wife, Mrs. Morris O’Connell, and Mrs. Frank Cranmer dead. Frank Cranmer survived with minor injuries while others suffered severe trauma. The group had visited relatives before attempting to cross a blocked crossing as a Buffalo express approached.
In St Louis on April 15 two men died and many injured as passengers crowded the dock boat to reach the Hill City steamer. Victims B Dillham and Ben Smith were swept away by the Mississippi undercurrent after the railing failed. Washington was rescued. coroner to investigate.
The Memson trial opens with shocking testimony as flour is shown to have been stolen from a government warehouse. Three commissary Sergeants and two others allegedly split the proceeds while Finnick, an American bakery proprietor, is implicated along with other businessmen. Gen MacArthur reports on Philippine saloons and social ills, and authorities withhold Aguinaldo information. Aguinaldo’s family visits are limited and a U S visit is deemed unlikely.
In St Petersburg two Kieff University students Piratov and Podgoretzyi were executed by a summary court martial after refusing disciplinary orders. A third student Kulakov faced death. The act follows the new administration under Gen Vannosky.
William H. Hussman an office employee of Barrett Manufacturing confessed to embezzling and forging about 4000 dollars over a nine month period. He disclosed the extent of his operations as part of the confession.
London reports a deadlock ending as two underground railways sign an agreement to install electric power concurrently. The deal aims to equip both systems with electricity under shared terms.
United Kingdom starts six month experiment to source only home grown beef for the army, affecting a small share of refrigerated beef imports from the United States. London notes the plan aims to help home industries and may simplify supply, with limited impact on American trade and prices.
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade reports improved general business this week with 45.9 percent higher New York bank clearings versus 1900 and 20.8 percent over 1899. Metals output nears record pig iron figures while wheat prospects support prosperity. Rail earnings rise 7.4 percent in March, with broader gains, and retail trade improves across many regions amid better weather and steadier demand.
King Oscar of Norway and Sweden accepts the role to determine claims by the United States Great Britain and Germany over Samoa. The German case is at Stockholm while the US case nears completion. The British file likely reaches Stockholm as well. He will decide both amounts and which claims arose from military operations during the uprising in Sathoa.
William E. Coffin of New York, former partner in Coffin & Stanton, filed for bankruptcy in the U S district court. He lists liabilities at 4 150 907 and assets at 25, with 2 986 172 secured claims. Largest unsecured creditors are Santa Cruz city 332 000 and Ironwood Michigan 115 000 on bond contracts.
Federal authorities reduced the Chicago river flow from 300000 to 200000 cubic feet per minute. The sanitary commission will act on the official order and will not raise the current until the channel is widened and deepened and all obstructions to navigation are removed.
The governor approves the Barratry bill, a major act of the Twenty-seventh legislature. It imposes heavy fines and imprisonment on lawyers who foment lawsuits against railroads and other corporations or who advance funds to clients to secure such cases.
Mr. W. R. Corser of Higginsville Missouri describes rich harvests and thriving stock in western Canada. He cites 600 bushels wheat from 15 acres and 15,000 bushels oats from 160 acres, plus healthy cattle and swine. Government agents offer information and ads are elsewhere.
An 19th century example describes a woman with multiple painful symptoms and a claimed spinal and uterine illness. It touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as uniquely effective and urges readers to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A vintage note lists number of European monarchs since Hastings, Russian serfs freed with payroll figures, Germany's first daily paper in 1924, potato versus wheat nutrition, and life expectancy for a month old boy with gradual increases by age.
Clarissa Minn April 15 LocalMrs Keys wife and mother in law of Charles Keys the local schoolteacher credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing neuralgia backache headaches and general aches. She says her 74 year old mother also improved after using them and notes the pills have a strong reputation in Todd County as a cure for Brights Disease Diabetes and Dropsy.
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