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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1902
Page
6
The Iowa legislature considers railroad taxation changes to shift assessment toward stock and bonds values. Bills also address biennial elections, state labor rules, factory inspections, and public spending limits, with attention to war claims, compulsory education, and stricter child kidnapping penalties.
A 12 year old girl, daughter of William Gallagher, was assaulted on a public highway and may die. She accused Ed Davidson of Pekay. he was arrested and later escaped custody, triggering a mob near the jail. Davidson was hurried to Ottumwa for safety.
Burglars blew open the Brooks bank safe and its door was blown off. The explosion alarmed citizens who gathered with shotguns and rifles and fired toward the culprits, who fled into darkness unharmed and without stealing anything. Two men were later arrested on suspicion.
Mrs. John Seelman, wife of a Liberty township farmer, drank carbolic acid when she believed a neighbor with a gun planned to shoot her. She died about 12 hours later. She had suffered from melancholia for some time. A month earlier a fortune teller warned of a great misfortune.
At the eighth biennial convention in Des Moines of the Pioneer Lawmakers association officers were elected. President was J. R. Reed with district vice presidents including William Harper Samuel McNutt Thomas Knapp L. T. Ainsworth William G. Thompson I. E. Perry John Scott W S Dungan L W Ross J L Kamrar Rodney A. Smith executive committee members listed B F Gue Hoyt Sherman G L Godfrey and secretary.
A lone engine collided with the Iowa Central passenger train No. 4 south of Eldora, killing four men: William Frade and John White engineers, Bud Ogle and Frank Patten firemen. Property valued at $30,000 was destroyed.
George Curry Jr a 19 year old of Washington township south of Colfax killed himself by shooting. He had been with his sweetheart Miss Fleming 16. After she refused his suit he went to the porch and shot himself.
The Mount Ayr jury convicted Matthew Hunter of second degree murder for shooting Tomer Solland, a champion Iowa college athlete, during a gambling dispute over lost money.
Governor Toole honors Cummins requisition for Marcus Westrom who is held at Butte. He is wanted in Des Moines for forgery and by Adams Express Co for a similar charge.
The executive committee of the Towa State Bowling association chose Dubuque as the host city for the state tournament set for May 6 to 8. The story also notes multiple suicides, accidents, and notable deaths across Iowa towns, including Martinsburg and Carroll, with various obituaries and incidents.
Reports from Barcelona indicate improving but still threatening conditions as Friday efforts aim to resume normal life. Martial law in Tarragona, widespread work stoppages in Lleida and Cardona valleys, and clashes near prisons left many dead or wounded. gendarmes dispatched to multiple towns amid rising distress and alleged funds from London.
London reports a detachment of the Scots Greys faced a Boer attack at Klipdam. Maj. C W M Feilden and Capt. E H Ussher were severely wounded. two men killed. six wounded. forty six captured. Gen Gilbert Hamilton failed to dislodge the Boers before marching toward Nigel.
A brick wall collapsed at the George I. Smith Steel Casting company plant in Milwaukee during a fire Wednesday night. Two firemen died Christ Matteson and Edward W. Kinsella, and two others were seriously injured but survived. The blaze gutted the plant with estimated losses around 50 000 dollars, partly insured.
Harry Z. Wilson and Fred Buell, structural iron workers on the Scofield building at Erie street and Euclid avenue, were killed when a timber from an elevator tore its floor free and sent them plunging fourteen stories to the ground during a descent Tuesday afternoon.
In Rome on February 21 the pope marked the twenty fifth year of his pontificate. The main jubilee celebration is set for March 8 with jubilee and coronation festivities. Thursday saw Te Deum sung in St Peters and numerous congratulatory messages from all quarters.
London, Web. 21. A Daily Mail correspondent reports seismic disturbances at Shamaka have resumed and a fresh volcano began erupting last Wednesday. The death toll in the Shamaka district is now estimated at 5,000.
Three men were struck by a suburban train at the Lessing street crossing in Chicago's North Western system Friday night. Two were killed instantly and a third is fatally injured. Names listed include Robert T.B. Elbee and Wilson Young.
In Wichita Kansas in district court a motion was filed Friday asking that a receiver be appointed for the Modern Tonties, a fraternal insurance organization, on the ground that the order is insolvent.
Miss Ellen Stone the American missionary captured near Salonika last September was released and arrived at Strumitza Macedonia with Mme Tsilka and her baby. The trio were reported safe and expected to travel to Salonika, while U S officials awaited further confirmation from Constantinople.
A deadly fire in New York City at the Park Avenue hotel and Seventy first regiment armory killed nineteen guests and damaged property worth about 750000 dollars. The list includes Col Charles L Burdett and Col Alexander M Piper among others with several bodies shipped to homes in Denver Chicago and Hartford for burial.
Sistersville West Virginia reports the drowning of Mr and Mrs Daniel Kennedy of Coc ransville Ohio while crossing the Ohio River after visiting relatives Their bodies were recovered within twenty minutes Officials note ice broke near the riverbank and Mrs Kennedy was first to fall in despite Mr Kennedy’s rescue attempt A second item details a brutal double tragedy in Kickapoo Illinois and a fatal train collision near Summit Lake Wisconsin A separate note mentions possible Supreme Court vacancies from impending retirements of Justices Shiras and Gray
The jury in Chillicothe Ohio after a night of deliberation found George Woods guilty of murder in the second degree for the August killing of Jacob Bosley. The verdict carries a life imprisonment sentence.
Louisa de Champ died in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin at age 104. She was the first white woman born in Wisconsin and the oldest native born woman in the state.
In Des Moines routine senate business and wide ranging bills are reported including fishways, street railways, stock records, divorces across states, and taxation limits. House actions span health powers, education, municipal finances, and railroad fare rules with several appropriations and administrative reform measures.
Mayaguez Porto Rico February 24 the municipal loan of two hundred thousand dollars has been awarded to J M Ceballos Co of New York at par. The firm holds one million San Juan loan and two hundred thousand Ponce loan and will likely secure one hundred thousand Arecibo loan Monday. It is believed J M Ceballos Co are taking up the loans for a syndicate.
The Sigma Nu fraternity house in St. Paul Minnesota burned early Saturday. Fourteen residents escaped in night shirts and saved a few coats shoes and a piano. The loss to the house was about 10 000 with property damage estimated at 4 000.
Gen Joseph Wheeler told a Philadelphia boys brigade he hopes there will be no more wars. Mrs Shaw notes log cabins scarce and great men unsure where to be born. William Stamsey buys Westover and plans restoration. Chicago Chronicle says Carnegie plagiarized in epitaph on surrounding himself with wiser men. Emperor Frederick recalls his father as great for surrounding himself with greater men.
Rural free delivery will be established in Iowa on March 1 with multiple routes across Story, Polk, Butler, Greene, and Warren counties. Post offices at Rosendale Mackey Wilmar Fern Lear to be supplied by rural carriers. Allison Allison Dike Clermont Norwalk Clarksville New Sharon also added with designated carriers and route lengths.
The board of control filed January finances listing inmates and costs across institutions. Total inmates 877, total expense 141,400 with cash on hand 68,262. Convict population fell by ten in January to 877. Fort Madison 451 and Anamosa 426. Insane inmates rose 214 to 3,100 for the year ending February 1, 1902.
The Soo Gin club and the Soo Rod and Reel club of Sioux City ask the legislature for multiple changes to the game law. Proposals include restricting spring duck and goose shooting, adding a one dollar license for every gun, banning sale of game, limiting quail and prairie chicken seasons, and protecting rabbits season dates. They seek to maintain turtle dove and plover seasons in July and August, abolish trout lines, make fish dynamiting illegal, and prohibit fishing near dams. They request licensing power for wardens to permit seines removing buffalo, carp and suckers from lakes and potential state purchase or river passage rights for the Bonaparte dam.
The state encampment of the Sons of Veterans met in Mason City for the unveiling of a Patriotism statue. Prominent veterans attended and spoke including James E. Blythe of Mason City and Col. C. J. Ames of Cresco. Officers elected were Blythe as captain, Whipple as first lieutenant, Buchanan as second lieutenant, Pickett as sergeant, Jackson and Bennett as council, with Merriam and Buchanan also noted. A banquet at the Anderson featured toast master Harry Greene of Decorah.
The attorney general holds that individuals who leave Iowa and become insane before establishing a new residence retain their Iowa residence. The county of origin must pay their support. Mere removal does not establish domicile without intent to change from Iowa to another state.
Harry Hortman sentenced to be hanged January 28, 1903, in Cherokee for shooting Florence Porter on November 30. Porter broke their engagement due to Hortman liquor addiction. Hortman is held in the Anamosa penitentiary awaiting execution.
Walter Packard of Marshalltown, a second year University of Iowa law student, has returned home distressed by over study and his brother’s recent death. His father Roy Packard of Louisiana plans to send him to a private insane asylum for treatment.
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