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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
6
A Chicago money lender funded a clever land notes racket that used a book agent and a fake Philadelphia land dealer to lure farmers. The plan involved a $2000 note payable in two years, currency displays, staged fraud, and a backer who handled cash and forged repayment, splitting proceeds with two assistants.
The article outlines the growing appeal of concrete in construction. It notes cheaper floors and roofs, durable structures, and lower repair costs versus wood, with many modern buildings and churches using concrete. It traces architectural advances from arches to steel frames and the push toward taller buildings, exemplified by a planned fifty story New York hotel.
In a World To-day reflection Perry Alden notes funerals as a major event in poor districts where violent deaths draw crowds in varied attire. The piece calls morbid curiosity a harsh but enduring social force shaping communal life and sympathy.
London announces a cabinet headed by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman with Asquith Grey Elgin Haldane Morley Tweedmouth Lloyd-George Burns Sinclair Carrington Burton Bryce Crewe Ripon Birrell Fowler. John Burns gains $10 000 salary as first labor cabinet member, signaling radical party rise.
United States Senator Joan H. Mitchell of Portland Oregon died at Good Samaritan hospital at 11 40 Friday forenoon from complications after four teeth were removed at a dental office Thursday. A severe hemorrhage followed the extraction and could not be Staied by styptics. He had diabetes and other illnesses and weakened by illness, he lapsed into semi consciousness and died.
Omaha December 8 Pat Crowe has been acquitted on the charge of shooting Officer Albert Jackson on September 6. He is remanded to jail to await trial on highway robbery related to the kidnapping of Eddie Cudahy five years ago. The other trial should begin soon as no kidnaping statute existed at the time.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on December 1 a ceremony marked the dedication of Orchard Knob, a monument to the One Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania volunteers. A squadron of the Twelfth cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe participated in the rites.
Grover Mason age 18 died at his home in Russiaville Ind three weeks after suffering a head injury during a football game between Ridgeville and the local high school team. The death was reported December 11.
Milwaukee December 9 Former Alderman William Murphy was found guilty of taking an $80 bribe from Oscar Davis as a Common Council member to secure passage of a sidetrack ordinance. Sentence deferred pending motion for a new trial.
New York December 9 Mr W Bourke Cockran was elected grand sachem of Tammany Hall Friday.
The 1905 fiscal year yielded $697,161,269 in government revenue while expenditures exceeded receipts by $23,004,228, totalling $720,105,498. Secretary Shaw briefs Congress on banking activity, circulation, and debt, noting 5,831 national banks in operation and an outstanding debt of $895,158,940. He urges elastic currency and proposes issuing additional government guaranteed currency equal to 50 percent of bond secured currency, taxed 5 to 6 percent until redeemed.
President Roosevelt privately told friends he will travel around the world after his term. European chancelleries note the plan and imagine an extraordinary reception schedule including a royal dinner at The Hague. The proposed event could seed a Hague world peace conference with Crowned heads of Europe and potentates from Asia.
Ina Barry, holding town officials at bay from a Fort in a Frisco railway coach toilet room since Friday, was moved Friday before noon after partial ammonia exposure. She had fired a shot at her captors, but it missed.
Baroness Schwitz sister of the Marquise Demontiers visits Peoria to meet Bishop John Lancaster Spalding seeking reconciliation. Reportedly she will seek re admission to the Roman church after renouncing Catholicism a year ago.
Winter reports from El Paso Texas indicate the first snowfall on record for the season with snowballing and sleighing possible before Christmas. Snow extends north and east for hundreds of miles, though temperatures may not drop enough to harm cattle unless a freeze develops.
A blaze at the O'Brien Bros. factory on the northeast public square in Nashville caused damage to stock and building estimated at 75000 dollars. The fire broke out in the main factory area and prompted quick efforts by firefighters.
New Haven report says President Roosevelt purchased two top bull terriers from F. F. Dole’s string in the city. Each dog cost $150. Edgewood Seymour and Edgewood Ringmaster were the animals bought.
Buffalo, December 9. Fire gutted the Union Dry Dock shops and the Erie railroad transfer and freight house on Ganson street. Estimated loss set at $131,000. Fire departments battled the blaze through Friday night with crews from nearby stations aiding.
London dispatch reports a mutiny in Harbin as Manchurian troops, unpaid and poorly equipped, defect from discipline. Detachments looted, set fires, and massacres occurred as front-line units dispersed, with hospitals looted and civilians slain during a bitter winter uprising.
New York investigators move to press charges against Thomas F. Ryan for refusing to answer questions before the life insurance inquiry. The panel sought details of alleged Harriman threats to pry control of the Equitable from Ryan, who followed counsel Cravath's advice.
Secretary Taft's annual report shows on October 15 the U S standing army at 59 514 with 3 750 officers and 56 064 enlisted men. Yearly military cost for 1905 is 115 43 871.01 and 1906 estimates total 103 686 780 67 with 1907 estimates at 104 988 267 75. Militia strength totals 121 908 with 9 154 officers and 112 754 enlisted. Taft urges adding 5 000 seacoast artillery with officers, costing 3 000 000 per year, but recommends no cavalry reduction.
Centerville Missouri reports the jury found William Spaugh guilty of first degree murder and Mary Spaugh guilty of second degree murder in Sheriff Polk s death at the Spaugh home during a warrant service on May 25 Ironton. Mary Spaugh sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
New York December 8 Alfred P Fre lich a hospital pharmacist shot and killed his wife Fannie and her mother Mrs Anna Moerling in his Brooklyn home on Thursday He surrendered to police but refused to talk about the double killing.
Diamondville Wyoming reports that two more lives were lost in the No. 1 mine explosion last Friday night, bringing the death toll to 21. The tragedy deepens the worst mining disaster in the area this decade.
The Esch Townsend railroad rate bill is redrawn and reintroduced in the house. It specifies interstate commerce commission actions, adds publicity, and extends jurisdiction over refrigeration and terminal charges while prohibiting rate advantages from short term changes. The bill mirrors the former measure and echoes the president's aims for a stricter justice between carriers shippers producers and consumers. A Panama Canal construction appropriation of 11 million dollars is approved as a compromise between 16.5 million and just over 6 million estimates to push work into January.
A head on collision between a freight train and the Overland Limited eastbound near Rock Springs Wyoming killed ten and injured nineteen. Five bodies burned beyond recognition in the mail and dining cars. Cause cited: freight crew misreading orders and a high loss of life among cooks and clerks aboard the mail car.
Mrs Mary Mabel Rogers faced execution calmly at the state prison in Windsor Vermont after being convicted of murdering her husband Marcus Rogers in August 1902. Her last hour was free from panic and she met death bravely with officials relieved by her composure.
Wisconsin Governor La Follette announced he would accept the U S Senate seat elected by the legislature. He said he would resign the governorship and take the commission to serve as senator, either during the current special session or at its close.
Pickpockets stole six rings worth $6,000 from Mrs. William H. Crane of Staten Island during a trip to Manhattan. The stones were set in six rings she carried in a small handbag. Mrs Crane is married to a contractor.
In Marion Ohio on December 9, a boiler explosion at Fairbanks stone quarries instantly killed Joseph Coon 53. William Phillips 18 is dying and Henry Hector 45 was severely scalded.
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