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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1898
Page
3
A sermon by Rev Dr Talmage denounces death by own action as the worst crime, condemning infidelity and atheism for encouraging suicide. He cites biblical examples, praises dissuasion of self harm, and argues self destruction betrays the life God entrusted. He presents historical Christian witnesses and urges a Christian life and afterlife.
Des Moines July 11 The state executive council begins a session as the state board of review to adjust county valuations under the 1897 code ensuring all property types are taxed to fixed values. The board must finish by August with county auditors applying changes, while debates arise over personal property and monetary assessments. The state tax levy is set from total valuation, likely above three mills due to floating debt. Creamery machinery testing yields reliable results with certified equipment and posted rights. abuses invite punishment. The state board of control reports reforms reducing salaries and enforcing efficiency, while inventory and dietary cost reporting improve. Mustering of light artillery units from Cedar Rapids and Burlington proceeds with officers named. training in camp delayed by equipment and fire discipline. War costs for Iowa mobilization near 125,000, with some items not billable to the government. Des Moines editor Lafe Young returns from front due to health problems. EW. BICKNELL.
Attendee Bertha Yerry wounded in the thigh as Frazer Nels Martin drew a revolver and fired three shots during a colored dance. He fled the scene but was arrested in a field south of the city and held to the grand jury after waiving examination. The girl is recovering.
A July Fourth ceremony in Keokuk drew about 15 000 visitors for the bronze statue dedication of Gen Samuel R Curtis. Capt Williams Grover unveiled it at 10 30 amid flags and excursions. Speakers included Gen Curtis comrades Col W A Moore Col A Stanton and Commander Terrill. The event honored Curtis and his role in Missouri and Iowa history.
State Superintendent Barrett distributes an important circular to county superintendents detailing new rules for disbursing the Institute Fund after July 4. It mandates warrants drawn by the county auditor on written orders of the county superintendent, with itemized bills sworn to and verified, filed until final settlement, and limits warrants to the available fund.
A pension fraud case centers on Samuel Birdseye who posed as his dead brother Frederick Birdseye, a veteran of an Illinois regiment, to obtain and collect pensions in Mystic near Centerville. The ruse lasted about twenty years until Birdseye’s death derailed prosecutions.
Joseph Bingham, a prominent Story County resident born February 16, 1812 in Pennsylvania, died near Ames after about five months of illness. He moved to Iowa in 1872 with his family and lived four miles north of Ames until his death. he had four sons who served in the Civil War, two of whom died in the conflict.
Official figures indicate six months total of 6480 cars and 370 483 head of live stock received at Sioux City stock yards. Compared to the prior year 5878 cars and 311 704 head, the gain is 602 cars and 58 869 head, exceeding expectations.
Auditor has received reports from most telegraph and telephone firms in Iowa, due May 1, with penalties of 100 dollars per day for late submissions. Western Union reports higher mileage and 600,000 dollar Iowa assets but omits state line receipts. Postal Telegraph shows similar mileage with 1483 per cent tax result. Town Telephone leads in state business with 15,098 miles and 46,880.67 tax from last year.
Reported casualties include Mrs J J Dillon and Mrs Anna Dillon Olliver wife and daughter of former Iowa Supreme Court justice and Des Moines official Judge Dillon. Judge Dillon, previously on Davenport town bench and federal court, served with colleagues Cole and Wright. He later joined Union Pacific as general counsel in Missouri. Mrs Dillon is presumed drowned. their daughter tied to former Town politician Miram Price now in Washington DC.
Supervisors plan to acquire updated township plats as surveys in the southern county are irregular. Many plots based on metes and bounds show larger actual acreage than listed. Oversized 50 acre tracts listed as 40 acres may prompt legal actions for fair division and new surveys.
A Dubuque Guardsman, William Reinecke of the Governor's Grays, shot a man near Jacksonville Florida while on patrol after the intruder ignored the halt command. The man carried papers identifying him as a Spanish spy and forty ounces of poison. Officers fear an attempted poisoning of Jacksonville water sources.
The fourth annual meeting was held in Mason City with Judge Wade of Iowa City presiding. Gov. Shaw Judge Waterman and others addressed the assembly. Officers chosen for the coming year include J. Q. Crosby Garnaville president I. C. Blanchard Oskaloosa vice president Samuel Wright Tipton secretary and George F. Henry Des Moines treasurer.
New Town Named Dewey in Victoria township Cass County Iowa marks the first town named for Admiral Dewey. Located five miles south of Mussena, it is largely settled by Germans and seeks a post office to establish it as a trading point for farmers.
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