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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1906
Page
2
William J. Bryan argues that an open China and the burden on American workers would clash with Chinese boycott motives. He explains Chinese history of petitioning officials and using boycotts to prompt action, noting Chinese officials favor cooperative discussion and urging Congress to act beyond trade pressures.
A columnist argues for armed censors to enforce good taste and curb aesthetic offenses. He cites fashion and behavior examples and suggests a special court and legislation to punish offenders, warning that unpunished acts fuel violent responses. He calls for reformers to champion this idea.
One of the nation’s largest tobacco dealers reports chewing tobacco use has jumped about 50 percent in five years. He attributes the rise to the automobile, noting it is hard to smoke a cigar or pipe while driving and that sparks or ashes can pose eye risks.
Dr. Daniel Bella of New York, claiming 20 broken bones from a viaduct collision last fall, settles with New York Central for $20,000 at $1,000 per fracture, a notable advance in personal injury claim standards.
The text notes that Great Britain has conferred the garter upon the emperor of China, highlighting the flexible nature of this honor and its recent display in diplomacy.
A man was arrested on a charge of stealing gas valued at 26 600 dollars by tapping the gaslight mains over seven years. Officials note that the case implies the thief might have saved money using electric light instead.
An exuberant wireless telegraph proclaims future interplanetary communication with Mars, but warns there may be few or no Martians to respond and questions whether they will be willing or able to converse.
Des Moines reports a 5.84 percent wage increase for Iowa coal mining starting April 1, with miners assured against local strikes and operators protected from better scales elsewhere. By May 1 all mines will restart, lifting idle workers and enabling railroad contract bids. the move prevents a fuel shortage and boosts summer shipping.
H C Wallace A L Ames and Senator Brooks return from Denver as representatives of the Corn Belt Meat Producers association of Iowa. They met with cattlemen to oppose rising rates by commission houses and plan independent firms in Chicago Omaha and Kansas City. A committee led by Murdo Mackenzie aims to report May 29 and draft charters by laws and papers. Iowa fire insurers report no Pacific coast losses as no state company operates there.
Senator J L Bleakly of Ida Grove becomes the fifth member of the Iowa legislative insurance commission replacing Senator George W Dunham of Manchester. J H Jamison is a candidate for chair, with Kendall also mentioned. Kenyon Cox, visiting New York artist, arrived in Des Moines to supervise eight lunettes for the capitol dome, depicting the progression of civilization from hunter to artist.
Consternation rises in Des Moines as U S Supreme Court rules divorces granted without the defendant in court may be invalidate or affect subsequent marriages and property distributions. Attorney General Remey argues Congress lacks power to regulate divorce while states retain authority.
Professor Calvinfowa of University describes the earth's crust as under constant compression and crumbling along weakness lines. He notes the coast range is newly formed, still yielding to crustal strains, with millennia before stability. The area experiences frequent tremors and the danger of a tidal wave is deemed low since the disturbance is inland.
A Des Moines effort to install drinking fountains may hinge on a visit from L. M. Seaver, secretary of the National Humane Alliance, after a letter from a governor’s friend. The Ensign fortune left by Herman Lees of Derby, Connecticut funds the fountain project, if Des Moines secures the location.
Governor Cummins and Hon. George D Perkins spoke to about 1500 voters in Spirit Lake drawing large crowds, with hundreds turned away as the hall could not hold all attendees. The debate followed a set order with each delivering long speeches and audience reaction limited to applause. Abraham J Gran of Garfield township Ida county deeded seven sons a quarter section each to distribute wealth before death.
Judge Tracy voids the Harrison Monona drainage canal contracts after a three week trial. Florence W Woods sues the Harrison and Monona county boards and three ditch contractors. Supervisors ordered to advertise for new bids. Contract value about 3.4 million and over a mile of ditch completed under prior provisions.
Chicago lumber magnate W. T. Joyce plans a fine chapel in Lyons cemetery as a memorial to his late father and mother Both Joyce and Lions hold heavy financial interests and he also helped fund a Lyons bank building at a cost of $30 000 where he serves as president
President Roosevelt denounces slanderous yellow journalism at the cornerstone ceremony for the House office building. He condemned defamatory writers and editors and urged a progressive tax on large fortunes to curb business excesses and public-welfare threats.
After Saturdays school election seven of sixteen inspectors oppose Stevens' resolution and favor reopening the bondsmen liability probe for the Dougherty shortage. A test vote could yield a majority for suing the treasurers. Six of eight new members join the litigation faction. next meeting May 7. Separate item notes New Orleans sees total world cotton visible supply at 4,416,071 with American cotton at 2,865,071.
William Becker a 67 year old Milwaukee businessman died from a self inflicted gunshot in Mobile Alabama while visiting his nephew James Hagan. The death occurred Friday and Becker had been ill prior to his action.
The Empress of Britain, CP’s new steamship, completed her trial trip around Ireland from Glasgow to Liverpool. She faced heavy seas but delivered a splendid performance.
Richmond Mo. Skip Wilson proprietor of a wild west show is dead and partner William Duvall fatally injured after a battle with officers. The incident involves a deadly confrontation with law enforcement.
Frank Monnett former Ohio attorney general now represents independent oil operators of Kansas and Indian Territory and seeks a western investigation into oil trust activities.
Four men perished in a Sunday blaze that destroyed a stable and a row of three story frame flats on West Second Street near Park Place in Coney Island. Dennis McGrath 75 and his son Peter 35, along with John Brown 34 and James Garvin 28, died as they tried to flee the flames. McGrath and son were trucking partners. Brown and Garvin worked as their teamsters and stablemen. Bodies were found hours after the fire began, suggesting they woke from the heat and could not reach the doors.
President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress urging swift action on insurance legislation. He attached the insurance convention report from Chicago and urged enacting the bill with needed amendments to prevent scandals revealed by the Armstrong committee.
Theodore P. Shonts arrives in New York from the Isthmus and to Washington, praising Chief Engineer Stevens. He notes 17 681 workers on the canal as of April 1, 20 per 1 000 sick rate, 450 hospital beds vacant in March, and calls health conditions satisfactory. A U S circuit court of appeals reverses Morgan Jones versus Missouri Edison Electric Company.
Sunday was set aside to deliver eulogies for the late Representatives George A. Castor and George R. Patterson of Pennsylvania. The House convened at noon with Mr Dalzell presiding as speaker pro tem.
Judge Charles F. McKenna of Pittsburg resigns from the Porto Rico federal court and cables his resignation to President Roosevelt.
In Columbus Indiana Jesse Davis aged 52 shot and killed his wife aged 33 Wednesday afternoon and then killed himself. He learned she had filed for divorce and they were separated.
Alan J Haas of Bay Minette Alabama, a prominent sawmill owner, was robbed in Montgomery of securities estimated around 500000 dollars. Stocks and bonds were kept in a satchel during the crime.
The Kazan, a Russian volunteer fleet steamer bound from Odessa to Vladivostok with troops, ran aground on a reef near Colombo Ceylon and is expected to be a total wreck.
The opening ceremony was held in a sunlit Athens stadium with King George of Greece declaring the games open. Royal families and European dignitaries attended as 900 athletes paraded, followed by gymnastic displays. No American participants on Sunday, with Acropolis lighting marks evening.
In a special message to Congress President Roosevelt blasts Judge Humphrey for a Chicago beef packers trial ruling he says undermines the will of Congress and nearly makes the law a farce. The message, based mainly on a Moody letter, urges a declaratory act and a criminal appeal right for the government.
Fire has swept the town of Mariquina in Rizal province destroying two thousand dwellings and leaving thousands homeless and starving. The government rushes aid to the affected. Fire also destroyed Pasil near Cebu, with two hundred dwellings burned and many homeless.
The Universal Postal Congress awarded votes to Australia New Zealand the Transvaal colony and the Orange River colony a deliberative vote to Ethiopia and a consultative vote to China The next meeting is scheduled for 1911 in Australia.
Milwaukee Assemblyman Fred H. Hartung was found not guilty of accepting a bribe. He had been indicted by the last grand jury in 1901 over a county contract while serving on the board of supervisors.
Under bright sunshine in Athens on Sunday the Olympian Games opened with King George of Greece in attendance. The event featured ceremonial activities marking the start of the competition and drew spectators to the capital.
The American National Red Cross sent $10,000 more by cable to the Japanese Red Cross, bringing the grand total of contributions for the starving Japanese to $210,000.
Funeral services were conducted for two miners killed in Monday night rioting in Mon day night riots in Johnstown Pennsylvania. About twelve hundred men joined the funeral procession amid orderly conduct and no disorder reported.
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