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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1903
Page
3
On April 30 dedication night the fairgrounds will glow with a nations salute to the flag. Fireworks worth 55000 dollars will be launched during the expo week, lighting the sky in flaming colors.
A U S judge in St Louis imposes life imprisonment plus 20 years. Debates arise on jurisdiction over the extended term. The text notes $10,000,000 spent to announce Edward as emperor of India, suggesting cheaper private whispers could spread the same news.
The Prussian ministry of public instruction includes an aesthesiometer in its educational display at the St Louis exposition. The instrument measures skin sensitivity linked to brain fatigue, with sensitivity decreasing as mental weariness increases.
Leading universities will be represented at the St Louis fair through a systematic display of higher education showing growth and development and illustrating processes with working laboratories. Hawaiian education will be shown by a historical exhibit on internal, moral, and intellectual development of the people.
Minneapolis report states burglars entered the residence of Mrs Adelaide Anderson and stole 400 pounds of anthracite coal. Jewelry and plate were left undisturbed, and the incident is noted as an actual occurrence rather than a joke.
A London woman argues wives and mothers should be supported by taxation to end dependence on men. She notes men pay most taxes but finds the case weak and suggests letting wives and mothers levy funds themselves as in this country.
Salvation Army leader General Booth has practiced a vegetarian regimen for years. He avoids butter milk and fat cooked foods and survives mainly on cereals especially boiled rice. He cites two reasons for his diet: primitive man ate no meat and a long trial of the diet has made him feel much younger than his years.
The accord allows the U S president to acquire on behalf of the United States a land strip at least six miles wide from the Caribbean to the Pacific. The concession for a canal will be pursued unless Colombia insists on excessive terms during negotiations.
The president plans to leave Washington near the end of March for the Rocky Mountains to hunt through late April, then return to St. Louis for the world's fair dedication ceremony. He then travels to San Francisco May 7 as a guest of the California G A R and attends the Lewis and Clark exposition ground breaking in Portland in May before visiting the Northwest and possibly not returning to Washington before June.
The bill creates a five year register of volunteers from militia groups and trained men from the national guard or regular army. The president can call up 100000 organized militia, with state units coordinating with the regular army through joint encampments to avoid emergency confusion.
The narrative notes rapid settlement of the Colorado desert with new villages and towns arising amid the broad plain. It speaks of surprising growth due to moisture and transformation of the sage country, with soil described as fine yet dry, yet capable of abundance under irrigation for essential needs.
A roundup of national news covers Senate reports on McMillan memorials, Quay statehood, and a general staff bill. The House approves private claim bills and a mail money transfer system, while considering the post office appropriation and a constitutional amendment banning polygamy and fortunes over ten million. Eulogies for Senator McMillan from Michigan are observed.
John St Clair colored, convicted of murdering his sweetheart Daisy Maddox eight months earlier, was hanged at Washington. The report notes the execution as carried out following the trial and sentencing.
In Philadelphia the goal operators closed their safe after statistics were presented as the coal mine strike commission prepares for witness rebuttals. Across the U S weekly business failures totaled 243 down from 253 a year earlier.
The Wyoming legislature passes a memorial urging Congress to support the omnibus statehood bill. Eliza C. Hendricks donates 25000 for a memorial library at Ilan over college in Madison Indiana. Several crime and disaster items follow in brief.
J H W Rumple congressman from Iowa's second district died at St Luke's hospital Chicago at 61 from throat disease. In another item the transport Thomas with 349 marines four coast artillery companies and three field artillery batteries sailed from San Francisco to the Philippines. A separate report notes six emigrants drowned near Vicksburg when a car derailed into the river.
Major Edwin F. Glenn of the Fifth Infantry is cleared of unlawfully killing prisoners of war in the Philippines. The Venezuela dispute remains deadlocked after Allied refusals to grant parity to nation claimants.
The Senate debated the army appropriation bill and a statehood measure before adjourning to honor Iowa Rep Rumple. The House passed about 40 suspension bills led by a 1.5 million dollar grant for a new Agriculture building. Other items include the 78 million emvic appropriation bill, naval midshipman diplomas, fires on Malcolm Island BC, opera star Louise Searle's death, and various financial reports. The Avena disaster, trust legislation push, and Venezuela’s ministerial ultimatum also feature in the day’s notes.
A roundup of small items notes Mayor Low backing municipal street railway ownership. Prince Hugo Wohenlohe serves as a New York bank volunteer to study American business methods. Capt J Henry T Alen is named chief of the Philippine constabulary with brigadier general rank. Toronto reports Carnegie offering 350000 dollars for new public libraries. A Chicago man faces arson-like charges after biting his divorced wife's nose during a property dispute. Sixteen Chinese men in Ogdensburg are ordered deported for unlawful residence. Dr Merrill Wyman dies in Cambridge Mass at age 90. NY detectives probe robberies by testing lax servant discipline in a wealthy district. James J Hill sells Northern Steamship Co to the New York Central for 4 to 5 million dollars. Five thousand Brooklyn horses fed on molasses for cost and digestion reasons. Elmira pastor Mrs Annie F Eastman urges ministers be shot and mocks attendance. Hungary resists cremation policy as premier blocks crematory licenses. Amos McCartney’s will bans funeral services, suggests a band for mourners.
Four men die and several others are injured when a gas explosion destroys a large section of the Eckart Packing plant in Fort Wayne Indiana. The dead include John Foltz and Henry Piepenbrink. Property loss is estimated at about $15000.
Tangier Feb 2 The sultan s troops utterly routed the Moorish pretender s forces and captured Bu Hamara The war minister El Menebhi led the strike at daybreak last Thursday inflicting a decisive defeat on the pretender s following Another report from Fez says the pretender s capture is incorrect but confirms the rebel defeat
Two cars from a west bound freight train on the Queen and Crescent line broke away at a grade near Vicksburg Mississippi and plunged into the river. A combination freight and immigration car carried a family of six from eastern Alabama to Arkansas and all were drowned. Divers search for the bodies.
Eight companies of the Connecticut National Guard and five companies of the Second Regiment with two Gatling guns were summoned by Gov. Chamberlain to Waterbury Sunday night amid the trolley strike crisis. Rioting on Saturday and threats of further disturbances prompted the deployment.
The United States Senate introduced a constitutional amendment prohibiting any individual from holding more than ten million dollars. Excess wealth would be condemned and forfeited to the U S Treasury whether deemed a nuisance folly or peril. In other news the Avena wreck leads to corpses washed ashore at Lemvig Denmark with three boats lost and fears for rest of crew. Lynch's death sentence commuted to life penal servitude. John Mitchell declines Illinois state arbitration seat due to Mine Workers demands.
Des Moines report reveals examination of the defunct bank of Otoe owned by Cutting and Willett uncovers a shortage of 214491 dollars, far above the initial 34833 dollar estimate. The discrepancy prompts further scrutiny of the bank’s affairs and potential insolvency implications for stakeholders.
Indianapolis January 28 union delegates adjourned a smooth convention noting decisive actions. Key measures include a 124 percent cents flat per ton raise on run of mine coal, seven cent flat differential between pick and machine mined coal, scaled wage increases for inside and outside labor, anti socialist and anti government ownership stance, higher officers pay, child labor ban, anti injunction push, and a defense fund plan. Jan 27 opening reported 10,890.47 to cover railroad expenses for 745 delegates. Montana delegate led with 86.75. election results showed John Mitchell for president 55032 votes and W B Wilson for secretary treasurer 56125 votes. T. L. Lewis reelected vice president 39038 to 17249 over Nichols.
A London fire at Colney Hatch asylum in the Jewish wing killed 52 women inmates and burned five wooden buildings including dormitories and doctors’ apartments. The blaze spread rapidly and was hard to control, with all victims identified as female.
President delivers a notable tribute to the memory of the late McKinley at a Canton Republican League banquet commemorating his birthday. Surrounded by friends, neighbors, and associates, he offers an eloquent eulogy praised as one of the most heartfelt tributes to the distinguished dead.
Fire destroyed the Weinstock Lubin Co department store in Sacramento with extensive damage. Fireman Frank Rasebolt was killed by a falling wall and Al Pritchard suffered a fatal back injury. Estimated loss around 500000 with 300000 insured.
Bank robbers wrecked the Dexter state bank vault Sunday night and seized 1509 dollars before fleeing on a handcar, all without alerting local residents.
Hon David Meckison longtime politician and congressman credits Peruna with curing thirty years of catarrh after using several bottles. The ad promotes Peruna as the remedy for cold beginning catarrh and urges early treatment to prevent chronic symptoms. It also offers a free book titled Winter Catarrh and a Peruna Almanac.
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