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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
5
A collage of brief items notes Parnell’s death anniversary in England with ivy worn by followers, a St Louis fire, a polyglot German obituary, New York’s millionaire count, a canal plan from Massachusetts Bay, price worries, Boni de Castellano scandals, and Carnegie’s jab at football.
William K. Vanderbilt Jr notes a road without a speed limit as a motorist dream while the Philadelphia North American calls it a stern reality for others.
Three autograph notebooks once owned by the poet Shelley were sold in London for 15000 dollars. A large part of the manuscripts had not been published previously.
In the first six months of 1906 Italy sent 458,618 emigrants abroad, over half to transatlantic destinations. The drain greatly exceeds the natural population increase, signaling a significant demographic shift.
Newfoundland hosts about one third of the island's area as lakes. There are 687 named lakes and up to 20,000 unnamed ones. The island also features roughly 4,000 miles of sea coast.
Roy Knabenshue plans a pole expedition by balloon starting in Toledo, with possible better start from New Orleans. The route would include stopovers in Florida California and Samoa to ensure comforts of home during exploration.
The passage notes that in the three R's and art girls outperform boys in American schools. It cites the Royal Academy in London where women painters and models dominate honors this year and cites Washington’s Bureau of Education figures showing girls excel in ability taste and color discrimination.
William J. Rolfe, a veteran Shake sreave authority, marked his seventy ninth birthday at his Cambridge home. Even at his age he remains prolific, producing substantial work without a secretary or amanuensis.
Prince Fitel Frederik, the German emperor's second son, swims across the Rhine at Bonn during college years. He crosses a broad swift river with dangerous eddies, completing a difficult feat and drawing attention for his daring athletic act.
The piece notes India’s high usage of talking machines with natives seeking devices that play native songs. It cites American machines leading the field and suggests growing demand in India for both records and players.
The shah owns the most costly pipe in the world, used on state occasions. It is encrusted from bowl to amber mouthpiece with diamonds rubies and pearls and valued at 300000 dollars.
As the Ohio River climbs to 61 feet with more rising, darkness spreads from broken gas mains and flood damaged plants. Rail and traction services fail while thousands flee homes in Ironton Portsmouth Newport and Manchester. Shawneetown braces at 44 feet with levees sound. Pittsburg reports Monongahela at 21 feet nine inches and falling.
President Roosevelt proposes granting the Interstate Commerce Commission broader powers to address the car shortage. The ICC has prepared a preliminary report from Northwest investigations and will urge Congress to pass remedial legislation, potentially including reciprocal demurrage to penalize delays. The White House discusssion also covered interchanging cars to meet regional demand and an investigation into coal car holds in Minneapolis and Chicago. An urgent deficiency bill of 344 650 dollars was approved and salaries for top officials were raised to 12000 or 7500 dollars effective March 4, 1907.
The state board of public charities adopted a report finding the Peoria state industrial school for girls mismanaged and citing cruelties by the superintendent. It directed State's Attorney Scholes to seek annulment of the institution's charter in Peoria County courts.
The United States sues in California Supreme Court to compel a Japanese child’s admission to a public school under the treaty with Japan. A federal suit in the U.S. Circuit Court names San Francisco school board members, the superintendent, and all primary and grammar school principals as defendants.
Hancock county grand jury reports 939 indictments against Standard Oil entities and officials for conspiracy to restrain trade. If all convictions stand, potential fines could total 58 million dollars. Prosecutor David notes actions delayed to match county salary law. several prior indictments against Rockefeller and Ohio Standard Oil officials were nolled.
Col A K McClure, aging editor and former club president, urged that old age holds no fear as death nears. He recalled Andrew Carnegie offering 200 million dollars for a lease on life, noting Carnegie would trade ten years for more time, while McClure joked about being buncoed at that price.
D. P. Dyer Jr., son of the U S district attorney and a local subtreasury teller, was acquitted by a federal district court jury Friday night on charges he embezzled 61500 in government funds. The five hour deliberation ended with cheers as Dyer claimed he knew of a book shortage but did not control or report the discrepancy.
St. Petersburg reports Count Nicholas Tolstoi administrator of imperial estates in Moscow province died in a house fire near Moscow. A woman and two provincial officials guests and two servants also perished. The count saved his wife then reentered to save imperial funds and burned to death.
A typhoon struck the islands of Leyte and Samar on January 10, causing at least 100 deaths on Leyte. Barracks and officers quarters on Samar’s east coast were destroyed, and overall property damage estimates are unavailable. Shipping routes reported no damage, and communication with the affected areas has been severed for six days.
A Santa Fe passenger train No. 4 the Chicago Limited was wrecked Friday night at Hutchinson Kansas. The engineer was killed and a number of passengers were injured according to a report reaching Topeka.
The Cincinnati area faces worsening flood damage with homes lost and 20 000 displaced in Cincinnati and nearby cities. Walnut street warehouses collapse amid gale winds while rivers rise to 67 feet threatening more crossings and isolating Kentucky towns.
Mrs. Jennie Cowan of West Bay City Michigan credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing her after a grip left her weak, pale, and short of breath. She reports improved strength mood and color after following treatment and says she uses the pills to stay well. The pills sold by druggists or mailed 50 cents a box six for 2 50 by Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady New York.
Danish writer Sophus Banditz pens a striking novel with Shakespeare as its hero. Queen Alexandra read it in the original and urged an English translation. The translator prepares an English edition to be dedicated to the queen, herself a Dane.
Washington produced 10.5 billion shingles in 1906, 68 percent of U.S. output. The state has 459 mills with a daily output of 47.94 million, 18 percent higher than 1905. No other state approaches a yearly output near one billion shingles.
In Philadelphia the orphan court declared the late Congressman Robert Adams Jr a defaulter for 70 000. The finding arose in surcharge proceedings against H Carlton Adams executor and trustee of the Adams estate. The case stems from claims by his stepmother and stepsister that bonds valued at 70 000 belonging to the estate were misused for Adams own purposes.
A 90 mile an hour gale battered Buffalo for 18 hours causing 1.5 million in shipping damage. Five lake liners broke from moorings and were driven aground.
Chicago federal grand jury returns a true bill charging John R Walsh in 35 counts with misapplication of funds from the Chicago National Bank which failed earlier.
Manila reports the insular government demands 19514 dollars in gold from the Standard Oil company as duty on oil brought to the Philippine islands before 1901 where proper tax was unpaid.
Des Moines reports Gov Albert B Cummins was inaugurated governor on Thursday. This marks the third time the honor has been bestowed. Warren Garst was sworn in as lieutenant governor.
A large blaze damaged the Bristol and Sweet wholesale house in Fargo on Broadway Wednesday, with losses estimated at 150000 dollars. The fire reportedly started from a furnace in the block, one of the city’s best sections.
The sultan of Turkey has conferred the grand cordon of the imperial order of Nichan-i-Chefakat on Mrs. McCormick wife of the American ambassador to France in Paris.
A Nebraska senate bill introduced Friday would ban tipping and make individuals or corporations that demand or accept tips for waiters or servants a misdemeanor subject to a fine.
Boise Idaho The house in committee of the whole voted to pass an anti pass bill with immediate effect upon passage and gubernatorial approval.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee, who commanded the battleship Maine during the Havana explosion in February 1898, was retired Wednesday on account of age.
Twenty one Korean students in Tokio face destitution as aid from home ends. They petition the government at Seoul and send severed finger cuts from a hand of each student as a protest.
Frederick C. Fairbanks of Springfield Ohio son of Vice President Fairbanks pleaded not guilty in Steubenville Ohio court on Thursday to the charge of subornation of perjury. He was bound over for five hundred dollars.
Federal grand jury returns indictment against John R. Walsh at noon Friday. The 200 counts include alleged misapplication of funds from the Chicago National Bank under section 5209 of the revised national banking laws.
A robber in Barstow, California stole a box containing 6500 dollars in gold bullion from an express truck bound for the San Francisco mint during a early Friday incident.
Local business men appeal to the Great Northern railway for coal as Finley N D has not had a local freight train since December 21. Freight trains travel the line daily, but not to the town.
Pittsburg Pennsylvania experiences an extended blackout with daylight absent for over 36 hours and forecasts of continued darkness, according to the weather bureau.
Indianapolis officials discuss a resolution at the United Mine Workers convention reflecting on James Epperson’s record as Indiana state mine inspector.
The United States Rubber company raises prices for 1907 by five percent to the trade. Crude rubber reaches the highest level since the Civil War, signaling tight supply amid ongoing demand.
Bank of Midville was dynamited early Friday by three robbers but the blast failed to open the safe and no money was taken. Cashier C. W. Powers was seriously wounded by the robbers.
In Evansville Indiana a kitchen fire started by a can of oil used by Mrs. Chas Grim to light the stove badly burned her and severely burned her baby while Mrs. Jas Young suffered fatal burns. The incident occurred Friday when the oil exploded during cooking.
A major blaze Sunday in Youngstown, Ohio, caused by crossed electric wires in a basement destroyed the H. L. McElroy furniture building and the adjoining J. N. Euwers Sons dry goods store. The Eastman hotel on Commerce Street also burned completely. Estimated total loss stands around 700000 with about two thirds covered by insurance.
Five Indians died in a fire that destroyed the jail at the Umatilla Indian reservation agency in Pendleton Oregon early Sunday authorities reported no other inmates escaped the blaze and the cause was under investigation.
In Medford Massachusetts a fire razed the Medford Boat Club boathouse leaving Otto Mietzner fatally burned and Nicholas Sand Stone a 27 year old tanner from North Woburn fatally burned. The blaze appears to have started in the boathouse area and investigators are examining the scene.
Lewis Pennis 38 shoots wife and three year old daughter at 17 Auburn Street on Thursday and then attempts suicide. Both victims feared fatally injured. Pennis likely to die.
Taunton Mass George Poole a leading Taunton merchant and head of Taunton Silver company was fatally shot by his son Howard M Poole on Thursday night. He died two hours later in Taunton.
A Sunday night blaze at the American Creosoting works in Norfolk, Virginia consumed the facility covering eight acres. One man died as a large force of sailors and marines from the navy yard guarded the burning plant.
Mohammed Ali Mirza was crowned shah of Persia in Tehran on Saturday afternoon at The Museum palace apartment. The ceremony was followed by city lights and night illumination.
The Red Star line steamer Vaderland from New York January 9 bound for Antwerp collided with and sank the Dundee steamer Na Worth Castle four miles east of the South Goodwin lightship.
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