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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
4
The Express Monticello Iowa offers a stream of wry observations on topics from football and boxing to economics, space, romance, and politics. The column riffs on Kissing as proposals, Balkan unions, lunar craters, budget woes in France, and a joke about a dead dog howling.
The top record of American building permits in October shows Seattle 1347, Brooklyn Borough 1325, Philadelphia 1253, Chicago 986. Brooklyn and Chicago costs are similar while New York County builds fewer but larger structures, ahead of the rest.
French aviators ascend in a monoplane to 1345 feet and in a biplane to 1181 feet. Public interest grows as flying machines prove their value though many remain unfamiliar with the technical details.
The policy requiring a foreigner to reside in China for 20 years before naturalization favors reflection and slows government absorption, but it hampers rapid colonization of a foreign vote and tightens control on newcomers.
A youth attacker stabbed Premier Yi of Korea twice in the abdomen and once in the lung while he rode a jinrikisha. Yi, ex‑education minister and prime minister since May 1907, was taken to hospital in critical condition. The assailant, a Christian and longtime U.S. resident, was arrested.
General Estrada defeats government troops near Rama and captures Rocreo after a long line advance. About 1800 casualties reported on both sides with Gonzales among surrendering Zelaya forces. Two Americans killed and wounded. Surgeons arrive from Des Moines to aid the injured. Tatumbla falls after a bloody assault near Recrea.
Cincinnati reports Charles L. Warriner the defaulting treasurer of the Big Four was sentenced to six years at hard labor after pleading guilty to embezzlement by prearrangement with the county prosecutor and his lawyers.
United States Senator A J McLaurin died suddenly at his Brandon home after a heart attack. He was seated in a rocking chair before the fireplace when the fatal stroke struck.
Abraham Bennett Jr. of Brooklyn shot his sister in the hallway of their home on Thursday after she refused to give him money. He then killed himself, leaving the incident likely fatal for the sister.
Beaten by a mob near Winslow, Lafe Dedman was dragged from his home and attacked with switches and pickets before being ordered to leave the neighborhood by white cap members.
Bert Owens of Bedford Indiana aged 27 was arrested Wednesday on a grand jury indictment charging him with the murder of George B Moss a merchant who was found dead in his storeroom on Thanksgiving morning.
The Hartford Connecticut strike by tiremakers expanded to 350 workers as of Wednesday. Officers refuse to meet with the strikers as an organized body, leaving negotiations unresolved.
Baroness Vaughan left Belgium quietly after the government hinted expulsion. She packed Leopold II gifts and traveled to France as Princess Louise entered Brussels with royal honors. A crowd witnessed the king's body laid in St Mare Church burial vault amid state funeral pomp.
A gas explosion at Chicago and Carterville Coal Company mine A in Herrin Indiana on Thursday killed seven men including the civil engineer and his helpers. Four bodies recovered. gas hindered rescue as crews fan and recover remaining victims. Wives and families of about 300 miners gathered at the mine mouth in distress.
The Uttsh, touted as a premier US battleship, was launched at the New York Shipbuilding Co yard in Camden New Jersey. Miss Mary Alice Spry of Salt Lake City broke champagne on the keel and named the vessel, which will be one of the all big gun dreadnought class ships upon completion.
A London blaze at the Arding & Hobbs drapery store in Clapham destroyed its five floors and a hundred departments, killing at least three clerks and injuring many. the fire is blamed on a broken electric light bulb amid celluloid goods.
John L. Collins convicted of forging several checks and accused of leading a clever swindling gang. He received a 14 year sentence in the state penitentiary.
In Delaware Ohio Anna and Albert Darst aged 17 and 16 were struck by a Hocking Valley passenger train Tuesday. Children of Emory Darst a farmer they sustained likely fatal injuries.
Mancock and nine other Chinamen were arrested in the copper country for violating the exclusion act and were ordered deported by United States Commissioner Olivier of Hancock on Tuesday.
A fire destroyed the north wing of the Northern Hospital for the Insane in Jacksonville Illinois freeing more than 1500 inmates. Guards fought to prevent escapes as hundreds roamed the grounds in thin clothing and panic spread while firemen were injured by falling debris.
Edith L Len wife of Philip Alden Jr charged with conspiring to conceal property handed to them by Alien since his involuntary bankruptcy. Also linked are Addie Jackson sister in law and Guy Roe of Winona Minn. Arraigned before Commissioner Blake they pleaded not guilty and bound over for January 4 preliminary hearing. Bail of 5000 each could not be posted and they remain jailed.
A federal grand jury indicts multiple Arbuckle Company employees in sugar frauds. Bench warrants issue. once arrested, names will be public. Fraud involved bribing government weighers to report short weights. Also reports a man killed by an express train at Grand Central during Christmas rush.
Budapest reports Emperor King Francis Joseph appointed Ladislaus von Lukacs former finance minister as Hungarian premier. In Ashtabula Ohio port, G Lawrence a Marquette & Bessemer No 2 car ferry porter, believed drowned after the wreck, reappears at Conneaut office after weeks away in Port Stanley.
The Ethiopian government on Wednesday officially announced that King Menelik still lives, though his condition is grave. Addis Ababa, Abyssinia, remains the scene of the updates on the monarch’s health.
In St Paul Minnesota two conferences led by Northern Pacific vice president G T Slade with Great Northern General Manager J M Gruber and others aim at ending the switch men's strike. After talks vice president Slade and Perham refused to state results but indicated another meeting is planned Thursday. A compromise is reportedly in sight between strikers and railroad officials.
Sheriff Cashel keeps an armed guard at the Belleville jail where Will Clark, the Negro accused of killing Motorman H V Goudey, is held. A coroner’s jury found circumstantial evidence points to Clark, with blood-stained trousers identified as his.
Chicago banker Walsh, whose five year imprisonment is under appeal, receives a temporary stay allowing him to remain at home for Christmas. He will pursue a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn or modify the judgment.
Chairman Alexander of the House Rivers and Harbors Committee says a general river and harbor bill will be reported around February first. He expects the measure to cost well beyond thirty million dollars and to be a reasonably large sum.
The inquest into the St. Paul mine disaster of November 13 was postponed to January 4 delaying the reopening of the main shafts and keeping miners restless. President Taft and most of his cabinet attended a solemn high mass of requiem at St Matthew's Catholic Church for King Leopold of Belgium.
J Pierpont Morgan recently paid 40 million dollars for a pair of soup tureens obtained in Paris. The purchase includes commissions and incidental costs. The buyer is identified as the financier in New York.
Oliver Eaton Cromwell, renowned American yachtsman, died in Washington on Tuesday after a stroke of paralysis last week. He was 63 years old.
In London the house of lords ruled that a trades union cannot compel members to pay levies to fund its parliamentary representatives.
Grim winter storms lash New England causing millions in damage as wires fall, trains stall, and power cuts hit cities from Boston to New York. Three deaths occur in Everett and Chelsea with tidal flooding on the Massachusetts coast. New York reports widespread transit disruption, coastal flooding, and at least three fatalities with dozens injured.
Managua reports President Madriz moves to stabilize affairs after Zelaya left a drained treasury. Aides Joaquin Pisses and Ernesto Martinez are jailed over misappropriation and unsigned currency. Francisco Baca drafts decree to revoke monopolies granting large profits. Santos Ramirez faces charges for ordering troop withdrawals via telegram.
Washington reports President Taft issued the final ruling on whisky labeling under the pure food law. Neutral spirits used to make whisky are considered whisky when reduced to potable strength, aligning with British royal commission conclusions and reversing prior opinions by Roosevelt Bonaparte Bowers and Dr Wiley.
A trolley car jumped a switch along the Nauga utric river and plunged through the river ice during Sunday’s storm in Seymour Connecticut. Motorman Fred Beard and Conductor Marcus Donovan drowned as five passengers escaped unharmed. King Manuel Visited Storm Region at Lisbon and inspected affected areas after the severe storm.
In Bloomington the 15 year old Loran Biddle was fatally shot in the head by his older brother Lloyd during a rabbit hunt northwest of town on an early Sunday. Lloyd slipped and his gun discharged as he fell, causing the accidental shooting.
Danbury Connecticut artist Frederic Remington died Sunday at his Ridgefield home after an appendicitis attack progressed to septic peritonitis.
A Boston man reports 25 years of severe scalp and neck skin humor, spent on doctors and hospital care without relief. After trying Cutiura Remedies, he says he was completely cured in a short time, citing his address and date of Oct 12 1909.
Wm. J. Sadlier of Philadelphia writes he recovered from pimples after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for ten days. He had consulted doctors for months with no results before this quick improvement dated May 1 1909.
Mrs. Jeanette Ryder, an American, has spent ten years in Cuba doing humane work and is credited with more influence than any other person in suppressing bullfighting and cockfighting on the island.
An advertisement touts LaGrippe remedies including a half pint whiskey mix with balmwort and glycerine to cure colds. It also promises quick relief for piles with PAZO ointment claiming cures in four days or money back.
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