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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
1
Astronomers have created a trust to support space observation efforts, with members predicting the public will face higher costs within a year to access telescopes and sky programs. The move aims to stabilize funding for research and public education initiatives.
A New Jersey corporation has secured a 900 year lease on a traction and lighting plant. The long term agreement could justify stable settlement and permanent improvements at the facility.
The text notes Prof. Goodspeed of the University of Pennsylvania found that light rays radiate from the human body to varying degrees. It suggests this may explain why highly brilliant people are reported more often than actually seen.
An English inventor claims a car may reach 100 miles an hour, a feat seen as plausible in England rather than this country. Meanwhile Cuba reports a strong start to its new government with $500,000 in treasury and a $3,000,000 surplus after year one, with debts and expenses cleared.
A St Louis judge set attorney time at 150 dollars per hour and the supreme court ruled that advice to clients in ordinary cases cannot be held for error of judgment. These decisions suggest law schools should open full classes next fall.
After a 48 year trial New Hampshire adopts local option and high license law ending statewide liquor prohibition. Maine Kansas and North Dakota remain as prohibitions.
English shipyards reject German claims to fastest ocean liners. The new Cunard passenger ships will carry 65,000 horsepower each, 23,000 more than the Kaiser Wilhelm II, the swiftest German ocean greyhound.
Paleontologists from the University of California report bone and polished stone implements in Chester County California. Bone specimens from numerous extinct animals were also uncovered. The region's caves are a rich field for scientific investigation.
An officer at Fort Leavenworth discovers that his marriage to a Filipino woman, once viewed as temporary, is legally binding and will affect his engagement to an American girl. The Filipino wife has arrived to pursue her rights, causing him embarrassment.
St. Clair McKelway argues journalism should be a profession with special education. He asserts experience is the true credential, calling the university of experience the real degree in journalism and stressing its enduring value.
Chicago reports Joseph Leiter proposes settling with remaining creditors for twenty cents on the dollar. Once called the Napoleon of finance for the wheat corner of 1897 98, Leiter allegedly earned millions only to be aided by the Leiter family to cover about ten million. The proposed payout marks a muted end to a dramatic financial rise.
A Crow tribe sailor named Great White Bear serves in the navy after attending Carlisle School. He joined to serve his country and enjoy a sailor’s life, and his early naval record is noted as solid. He credits Carlisle graduates as good Americans.
A California entomologist shows that the nectarophora rosae Linn grows wings through chemical stimulation alone. He argues if a simple insect can sprout wings by magnesium salts in food, a chemical could theoretically trigger such organs in higher life, including humans.
The nations news summary notes 29 344 suicides with a male majority. A W Machen, Washington postal official, jailed on bribe charges of 22 000 dollars. April export of manufactures tops prior years except March and May 1900. Memorial Day observed nationwide as post office staff face salary cuts amid scandal.
Convention backing Roosevelt endorses reelection and tariff status. Ex president Cleveland speaks at New York mass meeting condemning Russian Jewish massacres. Dennis Connolly dies at 108 in Elmira. A Newcastle mob lynches W C Clifton, killer of John and Mrs Church. Spanish American War veterans encampment set in New Haven. A secret group plans a southern negro exodus from Boston. Burke declared mayor of Burlington. Julia Wardling and three children perish in a New York fire. Pittsburg ball park riot injures one, kills another, two fatally shot. Philadelphia textile workers strike. wholesale business awaits crop and labor developments.
President Roosevelt in Poeatella Idaho expresses hope for the Indian and notes growing evidence of the race's civilization. The report surveys political nominations, trials, floods, labor actions, and civil unrest across the nation, with multiple named figures and places.
A Montgomery grand jury was told by a Black man that he worked over a year on a chain gang earning six dollars a pay, and that a woman was killed by hanging from her wrists.
A British steamer Muddersfield sank after a collision with 20 drowned. An Asiatic Turkey earthquake killed 2000 in Melazggherd, later estimates at 860. Shamrock T T sails for the America’s Cup challenge. A Prussian ferry capsized near Dem bro with 20 drowned children. London Times correspondent expelled from St. Petersburg. Fires destroy 50 buildings at Mariesville. England’s free trade policy urged to be abandoned by Balfour. Macedonia leaders threaten plague inoculation of Europe. Peru’s election returns show Manuel Candemon president. Philippines leader Roberto Nos sentenced to hang with 27 followers.
A nationwide roundup notes severe shortages in Kansas City and heavy flood damage in Topeka and Missouri. It records a high death toll from Gainesville cyclone, mass textile strikes in Philadelphia, and a Ha waiian manslaughter ruling. Also listed are bank note circulation, May mint coinage, and US debt figures.
Frosts in April reportedly destroyed about half of France’s vine crop. John D. Rockefeller donates 50 000 to the Washington Young Men’s Christian Association. Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace near Hogenville Ky to be sold next month. Irish agriculture department to exhibit Irish industries at the St. Louis fair. Police Commissioner Greene says he will enforce the law on Sundays. Actress Agnes Ethel Tracey, once known as Agnes Ethel, dies in New York. The next treaty with the United States and Cuba concerns coaling station terms as Captain C J Barclay becomes commander at Puget Sound yard. A. W. Longfellow to design a library on the Wadsworth Longfellow estate in Portland Missouri. Minstrel George Primrose retires after 35 years. Southern Pacific Rock Island deal blocked by railroad commissioners. Samuel Cupples plans to enlarge Washington University in St Louis to host engineering and technology. A major New York fashion show opens September 1 at Madison Square Garden. El Paso residents report a smoldering volcano near Casas Grande in the Sierra Madre showing recent eruption signs.
Flooding across Kansas and Missouri states causes at least 50 deaths in Topeka and Kansas City areas. Thousands homeless, dire shortages of provisions, relief trains and federal aid discussed. Rescue efforts continue as water recedes slowly.
Ruperto Rios, leader in Tayabas, convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Twenty seven accomplices also convicted and given imprisonment terms. Also notes the death of Daniel H. Sumner, former congressman, at 66 due to paralysis. Railroad strike ends with Like Shore & Michigan Southern granting about four percent raise effective June 7. Banco Agricola in San Juan secures a $3,000,000 Paris loan to aid Porto Rico farmers.
Des Moines reports the Des Moines and Racoon rivers receding with the river stage under 20 feet. East Des Moines business district is drying and relief bureaus aid victims with food clothing and cash funds reaching 6000. Floods have displaced 6000 to 8000 residents amid sickness and continuing rain.
Sixteen cotton hands from two families perished when two skiffs capsized near Pecan Point forty miles north of Memphis after a passing vessel created large waves. Only one member of the party survived.
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