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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
4
Emperor William plays the flute while German anarchists hide in the woods. High prices push broom and flaxseed as scarce as an artesian well. The horse may slow due to autos but speed is needed to keep pace. Heat drought and strikes strain daily life as Britain cancels its tennis team for international play.
A University of Kan professor asserts a controversial method to remove blackness by injecting leucitis. The claim targets pigment in the skin and proposes a medical intervention to alter race characteristics.
Asea eruptions near Healakekua suggest volcanic discharge pushing gumice stone to the surface. Water across miles strewn with the material. A War Department bureau document lists annual soldier costs: American $1,014.66 German $201.23 French $197.65 Austrian $194.54 Italian $192.23 Russian $155.75, with British cost omitted due to Boer War impact.
The death penalty has resurfaced in many states. Colorado, after restoring it last year, contrasts with Maine Rhode Island Michigan and Wisconsin where capital punishment is still banned or not in use. Only four states Maine Rhode Island Michigan and Wisconsin lack capital punishment.
Gov Aycock pledges a $400 reward for each conviction in lynching cases, noting the amount is the legal limit. The missive suggests skepticism about enforcement and implies delays between convictions in the state.
The Manila Times reports the opening of the city normal school with 420 teachers enrolled from 25 provinces and islands and 126 applicants awaiting enrollment. All enrollees are native Filipinos, reflecting strong interest in education and positive response to US educational efforts.
A British naval officer jailed for forgery claims at magistrate that he would not have committed the crime if not for his low state. An American would say it was his hunger that drove him. The passage notes slang entering common speech and evolving into literature.
A Burling ton road ends the service of a youth who read latest novels magazines fresh figs candy popcorn gum and fruit to travelers. The boy angered many riders by his bold selections including sermons and risque novels, yet kept a steady presence and provoked strong reactions from all aboard.
A Chicago court allowed a bigamous husband to be divorced from his first wife and the indictment was quashed on condition he pay alimony and remarry promptly. The deal raises a legal question if bigamy can be condoned by law and whether the settlement is acceptable.
A Washington special reports the surgeon general’s investigations into leprosy in the United States. Nearly 900 cases exist nationwide with New Orleans and San Francisco near 100 each, New York and Chicago about six, most states reporting at least one, and most patients being foreign born. The majority in the south are Italians and western states Swedes.
Government expresses sorrow over lynching of Italians in Mississippi. Treasury to refund duties on Porto Rico imports from end of military rule to Foraker act. Possible exhibit to the Russian fisheries expo. Schley court of inquiry approved with Dewey as presiding officer. Kimberley and Benham named. McKinley proclaims free trade with Porto Rico and civil government for the island. Death of US Naval Observatory astronomer George K. Lawton reported in Washington.
A Pittsburgh blaze killed Sophia Ratza and her three children. The disaster is part of a string of ills including a New York garment strike and legal actions by steel interests seeking court injunctions to curb strike disruption.
A compact roundup notes Charles E. Pickett of Waterloo Iowa elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks at Milwaukee. The item spans multiple incidents across states including crimes, fires, deaths and notable events from California to Iowa and Michigan.
In South Carolina Senator Mc Laurin has been read out of the party by the state Democratic committee, signaling a political rift within regional leadership. The move follows internal calls for party realignment and conservative stance shifts.
The Louise Adelaide schooner was wrecked at Stockholm Sweden. Captain Orr of Portland Maine reports ten crew members and four Swedish officials dead.
Report notes China will pay 450 million taels as indemnity with four percent interest, final payment due in 1940. The piece lists related world events including land registration in Oklahoma and various international and domestic incidents of the period.
The Amalgamated Association and United States Steel officials met in New York and Pittsburgh to renew negotiations over the strike. A proposed basis for settlement includes keeping nonunion mills open and allowing union organizing, with terms to be confirmed by the general executive committee. If talks fail, the strike may resume with greater intensity.
The battleship Maine was launched at William Cramp & Sons shipyard with Gov. Hill and navy officials in attendance. Miss Mary Preble Anderson christened the vessel as crowds cheered, marking the ship at 50 percent completion with transfer to the government expected in 18 months to two years.
A deadly fight at King's mines near Cambridge leaves Grant Taylor dead and others injured. Lawmen prevented a lynching of Lawrence Busby as townsfolk jail eight men. the clash follows a Friday and Saturday race and labor dispute between Hungarian and Slavish miners.
In Louisville an early Sunday fire at the Badgely Graham Photographic Supply building on Jefferson near Fourth killed cigarmaker Max Belovitch and police officer James Purden while workers struggled to rescue women and children. Seven firemen were injured in the blaze and the loss is estimated at fifty thousand dollars with insurance not yet known.
Mrs Antonia Van Oosten, an elderly Holland woman, collapsed on a Grand Rapids street Sunday afternoon from the heat while returning from church. A cloth pouch tied at her waist contained 1045 in gold and bills, raising questions about her finances after her death.
Weather bureau reports show a general drought end as showers hit Kansas Nebraska Missouri and Illinois. Topeka and Cincinnati logged record heat relief with cooler temperatures and several inches of rain aiding crops and pastures.
President William McKinley sent a congratulatory message to the Baptist Young People's convention at the Coliseum Chicago. Four thousand voices sang as banners from the United States and Canada entered the hall while Maine was absent from representation. Savannah Georgia's Duffy Street Church received the top all round work banner, with Minnesota earning the literature banner for the fifth straight year.
The Toledo jury found James White guilty of selling adulterated Ariosa coffee glazed to mask defects. State Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn hails the victory and notes plans to warn grocers and inform consumers that Ariosa is an adulterated coffee.
The Midland Queen departed Manchester for Chicago marking a new direct steamship service with a 3 000 ton capacity and full cargo. Charterers expect lower costs by avoiding interior transfers and proving Manchester as the ideal British port for Great Lakes trade. A gravel train wreck near Dayton Ohio killed four men including O D Chase and three unnamed workers with details sparse.
Martin de Bruyn, a tinner, shot and killed his wife in Peoria on Saturday morning and then fatally shot himself. The couple leaves five children as orphans.
A collection notes long cable lengths, height based weights, and historic events. It mentions Mos cow sieges in 1237 and 1293, Mozart composing 624 works, Bank of England capital figures, Swiss lake steamers, Danish agriculture, and Copenhagen's size. It contrasts paper money depreciation in the French Republic, boot prices, bicycle speed records, motor pace, vaccination in Germany versus France, and smallpox losses.
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