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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
3
The Express Monticello reports a variety of short items: a gem discovered in the U S. Berlin to see an American musical comedy. food preservatives failing in the body economy. coal mine safety upgrades in Germany. a St Louis poet’s suicide over dreamer reality. a 100 year old climber in Switzerland. a New York marriage to evade Sing Sing. a Boston waitress inherits 200000. a western doctor claims a new milk germ.
A Washington jury awards 2100 dollars to a woman who lost her voice after catching a cold while waiting for a car. The piece notes women share in progress and cites a Chinese dowager empress edict forbidding men of evil repute from provincial assemblies.
Official charting places the Philippine Islands at roughly 2600 in number. Earlier surveys varied from 1200 to 2000 as the count. Many islands are too small to appear on standard maps, making precise counting impractical.
The canal report notes that the concrete needed for the locks could build over 22,000 eight room city houses, illustrating the scale of the project. The remark emphasizes concrete volume over abstract progress.
The Dutch system assigns able-bodied paupers to one of six model farms on a 5000 acre public land tract. There they learn agriculture and may rent a small holding. Holland also operates a forced labor colony where vagrants are compelled to perform farm and other work.
The report of the commissioner of internal revenue notes only ten stills exist in the country for denatured alcohol. It remains a commercial and mechanical boon, but establishing a new industry takes time to create a system linking consumer with producer.
A writer jokes that Christmas funds were tight and a woman appreciates cut glass as a gift. He explains the idea that like attracts like, noting she, like cut glass, shows new beauty the more it is examined.
Henry Farman, winner of the $10,000 prize for a Paris aeroplane trip, receives invitations to repeat the feat in European capitals. The public wants practical air navigation before accepting flight as solved.
A well known Riverside Drive chamber under Prof. Isaac C. Rice, carved from rock, hosts quiet cable matches with England and college tournaments. Solomon Schinasi has bought the house but preserves the room for chess, keeping its silent tradition intact.
Nebraska Democratic leaders rally around William Jennings Bryan at the state convention in Omaha. The platform endorses Bryan as the ideal American and commits Nebraska’s 16 Denver delegates to vote as a unit for his presidential nomination. Kansas Republicans name Taft delegates. Minnesota Democrats back Governor Johnson and set May 14 for the state convention in St Paul to choose national delegates.
United States Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont died after a week long illness described as grippe that progressed to pleurisy with pneumonic heart complications. He was 76. Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor and family were at his bedside as Congress adjourned in respect. Proctor served as Vermont governor and secretary of war, and recently acquired Italian Carrara quarries. Funeral held in Proctor Union church after arrival of trains from Washington.
Brussels report states the Congo annexation treaty is submitted to parliament after Premier Schollaert motions to send it to committee without debate. The treaty requires King Leopold to relinquish the crown domain, Belgium to assume Congo debts of 21 million dollars, and continue the king's Congo revenues during his life. It also preserves concessions granted to two American companies in 1906 in which Thomas F. Ryan is involved.
The Russian Duma unanimously adopted an interpellation to Finance Minister Kokovsoff demanding reasons for persuading the emperor to issue a ukase authorizing an 83 million dollar international loan, bypassing Duma approval of budget actions.
In Portland Maine the American Trust company acting as trustee filed equity bills in the U S circuit court for foreclosure of mortgages on the Consolidated Steam Lines of Maine and the Metropolitan Steamship company. The Consolidated lines stake is $60,000,000 and the Metropolitan stake $2,500,000.
The body of an Italian man believed to be Dino Pietro of New York was found in the Moosup river Thursday afternoon marking a brutal murder discovery. Salvatore Capagello, 20, Italian, allegedly involved, is in custody after his wife accused him of the crime.
In Laporte circuit court Judge C. Richter appointed George F. Mull of Indianapolis as receiver for the Chicago New York Electric Air Line Company the Co-Operative Construction Company and the Goshen South Bend Chicago Railroad company representing stockholders with 2000 shares Wednesday evening.
Waterbury, Connecticut, reported that Monetti Montrezza, a noted local musician, and his young son died Friday after ingesting carbolic acid. A six-year-old daughter was found nearly dead from the same cause.
B F Bush president of the Western Maryland railroad was appointed late Thursday receiver for the line serving Baltimore and surrounding area.
A violent gale struck the British Isles on Friday causing numerous wrecks of small craft. Many vessels foundered mainly off Ireland and about twenty lives were lost in the storm.
The body of Miss Rice Hill, an Indian woman, was found in a room at the Best boarding house in Black River Falls Wisconsin on Wednesday. Death caused by a stab wound inflicted by an unknown assailant.
J. W. Greenwood a Washington Iowa capitalist visiting his son G G Greenwood cashier of the Hollywood YIunk dropped dead of apoplexy while eating dinner at his son's home in Hollywood California
Lave Martin, 60, shot and killed his wife in Kirtland Ohio after a quarrel and after recently applying for divorce. He then killed himself, ending the tragedy.
Fire devastated the central Girardville district killing seven houses and a store while causing minor damage to additional homes. Pottsville reports the blaze Thursday afternoon in a mining town nearby.
In Collinwood Ohio 167 youngsters aged six to fifteen died in a blaze that trapped them in narrow hallways and inward opening doors. Fire drills failed as corridors collapsed and the building burned to its brick shell.
A Friday blaze in Newburg Indiana threatened to wipe out the town. The fire destroyed a tobacco warehouse three store buildings and a residence. Insurance coverage was listed for the $50 000 loss.
United States troops ordered to Goldfield Nevada three months ago to quell mining riots broke camp Saturday and returned to their quarters.
France’s President M. Fallieres plans a summer trip to Russia as part of a broad travel schedule. The itinerary includes reciprocal visits with Sweden and Norway and signals sustained diplomatic outreach.
Elmira reports 200 to 300 boilermakers at Lehigh Valley railroad shops in Sayre Pennsylvania walked out on Wednesday in a large industrial strike.
The report to Secretary Cortelyou outlines a government investigation ordered by President Roosevelt. Federal experts conclude a large portion of the nation’s milk supply is impure and poses health hazards.
The senate passed the army pay bill granting officers increases from five percent for lieutenant generals to 25 percent for junior officers. The act also aims to raise the average pay of enlisted men by 40 percent from existing levels.
J C Hinde, named by Judge Moore as receiver of the Tri City State Bank in Madison Illinois, assumed charge Thursday after the bank closed two weeks prior. He will oversee the bank’s affairs as it reopens or settles.
The steamer Yuma broke from its moorings in the Maumee river and struck the city bridge, tearing out a span and dropping wreckage into the river. No injuries are reported.
Mrs Harriet Hathaway widow of Alton in Virginia died suddenly at a Nashville hotel while stopping for the night en route home from Florida.
A Portland jury found George, Fred Terry, and Henry W. Boshan guilty on both counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States government, returning the verdict late Thursday in the high profile indictment.
In Kewanee Illinois Mrs Bridget King of Sheffield is dead and her son John aged 15 is fatally burned after a lamp exploded in their home on Thursday.
London reports a special dispatch stating China apologized to Japan for hauling down the Japanese flag when the steamship Tatsu Maru was seized near Macao. Pekin notes no formal understanding yet between Japan and China on the seizure.
At Deer Lodge Montana three life convicts led a breakout attempt injuring Warden Frank Conley who was stabbed and cut but drew his revolver. First assistant Warden John Robinson was killed with his throat cut. Convicts Hayes and Rock were shot by Conley after he was wounded.
San Diego wireless station at Point Loma relayed a navy dispatch from Admiral Evans aboard the Connecticut to Magdalena bay after leaving Callao Peru on February 29. Signals were indistinguishable, so the position of the Connecticut could not be determined and the message contents were unknown.
Over 200 short line railroads join a petition to Congress seeking a just apportionment of government recompense for carrying U S mails by rail. The effort aims to readjust pay rates reflecting their service and costs.
David Waldo, a prominent Kansas City horseman and former race track owner, was killed in a runaway accident near Independence Missouri. The death removes a well known figure from the American horse industry with national recognition.
Toledo Ohio report says Frank Taylor of Sylvania a conductor on the Toledo and Western Traction line was thrown from a box car and killed at Franklin Junction Sunday.
New Orleans Congressman Adolph Meyer, once an assistant adjutant general in the Confederate army, died at his residence Sunday.
Lima reports the Colombian charge d affaires Ramirez Arbelaez died in the city. The diplomat, identified as the acting head of the Colombian mission, is noted in official dispatches as having passed away in Peru.
Kalamazoo Mich fire tore through the storeroom of the Superior Paper company Sunday. Damage is estimated at 100000 and the blaze may take several days to extinguish as it burns among a mass of rags and old papers.
Charles Aldrich curator and founder of Iowa's state historical department died Sunday from grip and kidney trouble. Born in 1828 in New York state, his death marks a notable loss to Iowa history preservation.
One thousand blank money orders stolen from station 129 in Chicago are being passed on merchants across northern Indiana southern Michigan and eastern Illinois with recorded values from 25 to 60 dollars.
In Rapid City on a Saturday quarrel over a trivial matter led Mrs. Charles Barbour to shoot and kill her adopted daughter Rose Adams aged 17. Police report the fatal shooting occurred during the dispute.
Daniel Queen of Burrell Street Salem Virginia recalls years of back pain and kidney trouble. After a long period in bed and failed remedies, Dean's Kidney Pills slowly restored his health. He claims the first box brought a small change and the second left him well at 81. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The state to open irrigated government land in the Big Horn Basin under the Carey Act. A May 12 drawing will determine settlers at low costs with easy payments. A free report with maps and plots is available from the Irrigation Department in Chicago.
One way tickets at special low rates valid for March and April from all points on The North Western Line to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Puget Sound. Daily tours in tourist sleeping cars via the Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line. Double berth only $7.00 through from Chicago. For details write S A Hutchison Manager Tourist Dept 212 Clark St Chicago or contact nearest ticket agent.
A music teacher uses an apple to teach note values to Marion. Cutting the apple yields halves then quarters, but when asked to divide a quarter further to show eighths she quips that it is a bite.
The Rural New Yorker editor endorses Salzer seeds noting Earliest Potato tops 464 bu per acre and Salzer's Early Wisconsin 736 bu. per acre. Send 10 in stamps to John A Salzer Seed Co. for the original seed catalog with samples and a 14c offer for new farm seeds. K. & W.
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