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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1906
Page
7
A veteran con man tours Michigan and the Northwest using soap grafts to swindle merchants and circus crowds. He palm-loads large bills into soap wrapped in twenty or one hundred dollar notes, then drives demand with staged demonstrations and taunting bets, leaving victims convinced they bought genuine money wrapped in soap.
A traveling con man offers soap that cleans anything in minutes and hawks it at 26 cents a cake or three for 50 cents. The crowd buys, guttering him with coins as he extols wealth through economy. After he leaves, a livery foreman notes the gullible town was fooled by tar soap in place of grease.
The piece extols the Japanese ascent as a swift adoption of Western civilization, noting Japan’s military prowess and governance under an emperor. It contrasts China’s enduring unity with Rome’s rise and fall, asserting the Chinaman’s superior mental and physical endowment and praising Japan’s modern empire.
The article celebrates Hamilton White and his wife Leonora Gill White on their golden wedding anniversary. It notes White's claim that great work comes after sixty and shares family anecdotes about longevity, a planned diamond anniversary, and White's remark to be "70 years young." The reception room displays their photos aged 69 and 70.
New York advance sheets show steam railroads reaching 212349 miles by end of 1904, a net gain of 5014 miles. The Southwest led with 1716 miles of new construction. Missouri earned 418 miles Arkansas 202 Texas 318 Kansas 31 Colorado 147 New Mexico under one mile Indian Territory 260 Oklahoma Territory 279. Gross earnings rose 69780 dollars over 1903, about 3.06 percent.
A WVU football player reportedly attempted self harm after a defeat by his team. Some observers question whether football players are labeled as crazy.
State Supervisors' association meets February 6 to 8 in Lansing with discussions on the new tax commission law. Prominent figures including Gov Warner and Justice Blair are invited to speak. Critics question the commissions power to review assessments and set rates without appeals, and a move to form a legally represented state association is anticipated. Also noted is Thomas Garfield, brother of the late president, living on a farm near Hudsonville at 83 with limited mobility yet continues to work fields.
Judge McAlvay will sit as chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court during Judge W J Carpenter’s illness. Carpenter, long a member of the court, would normally be chief if fit, with the new rule placing seniority ahead in rotation for the two year terms.
State Highway Commissioner Earle discusses road plan inspections under the state reward law and calls for repealing the labor clause allowing farmers to pay taxes with road work. He vows every road built this year will be repaired if needed before new projects proceed. St. John, longtime superintendent of the state industrial school for boys, dies. praised for his management and 12 years as superintendent.
At Attorney General Bird's request Senator Burrows and Congressman Townsend will introduce a bill in Congress to free Michigan from paying a large interest claim. The federal government recovered a judgment of 68000 dollars against Michigan for funds in the state's hands when the Soo canal was transferred to federal control.
The Attorney General held a hearing with coal operators of Saginaw to hear their position against his proposed move to restrain mining under city streets. He promised West Side residents he would sign the bill of complaint but will listen to the operators first.
Adjt Gen McGurrin said Congress will be asked to fund army maneuvers next year and if approved Michigan may skip a state encampment. With Congress promising economy, questions arise whether the bill will pass.
Officials at the Sault Ste. Marie canal office report total net freight tonnage for the year at 44,270,080, a 40 percent rise from last year’s 81,646,106. December alone saw 1,270,207 net tons, with all but 109,122 through the Michigan canal. The gains reflect more passages and lockages, driven in part by larger ships now requiring single locking.
The Michigan supreme court denied Judge Beach of Saginaw a mandamus to force County Treasurer Kent to pay $2,500 extra for services as circuit judge during illness and after Judge Snow’s death. It held salary attaches to the office, and supervisors cannot vote extra compensation for judicial work.
In Eldora Iowa George Cramer, once very poor farmer, reports 12 babies born to his family. His father sent $1000 after the first birth and promised to match each future birth, totaling $12,000 with interest and earnings now in Cramer's bank account.
William L. Carter, a professional bondsman, was arrested on an indictment charging him with the murder of Edward J. Gresser, a farmer living south of Des Moines. Gresser was shot through his home window after last being seen October 2, and authorities say Carter sought to acquire the Gresser farm. Carter claimed he was negotiating to buy the Grosser farm.
Local judges of the Odd Fellows held a fiftieth anniversary observance of Gen Grenville M Dodge joining the fraternity. Former Congressman Thos Bowman gave the main address as Dodge, then Colorado & Southern railroad board chairman, is noted as commander in chief of the Army of Tennessee.
Snyder a former banker at Olin who cost creditors $100,000 fled to St Louis was arrested and sentenced to pay a $100 fine plus costs. He pleaded guilty to fraudulent banking while creditors sought clemency though he faced several indictments. county attorney dismissed others after the plea.
Miss Sadie Crance sues Charles E. Banfield for damages up to 10000 claiming injuries from a ride where she was his escort. She alleges the harness was defective and that the escort had no right to drive such a fiery team during the drive in Waterloo.
One year old Frettag was stabbed to death by twenty year old Otto Shaumberg during a scuffle in a butcher shop. Shaumberg was arrested after the stabbing.
A Benton county list records G. Eddy of Clinton found dead aboard a train near Bellevue. Multiple obituaries note Frederick Weisbard in Cedar Falls and John Ensign near Urbana. Council Bluffs announces Zenatta Ball-Sweney’s unusual two husbands honor. Other items include Henry Hogan’s Fairfield appointment, and Sioux City reports John Southwind frozen to death.
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