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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1907
Page
6
A collage of satirical and social notes touching on fashion, profanity, politics, and culture. Threads include Mrs. Carrie Catt on training a husband, large Bible sales, Niagara power impact on industry, Canadian immigration up 49 percent, and Mrs. Astor’s vast income and long life.
Marie Corelli asserts an unseen force drives her writing prompting Hall Caine to doubt its virtue. Dr Charles Harrington urges the president invite the hygiene and demography congress to meet in Washington in 1909 or 1910.
King Edward undertakes revision of the prayer book for the Church of England marking a notable shift in royal engagement with ecclesiastical affairs. The public would have doubted such a move in earlier times, but the king now pursues this serious scholarly task.
A Chicago man who has retired from business with only 5,000,000 saying he has enough faces sharp criticism. Critics urge him to continue work or donate to universities educational funds and libraries. The debate centers on wealth responsibility and public impact.
The excerpt notes Japanese generals criticizing Kuropatkin's late war history as self defense rather than factual. It also mentions a Mississippi Supreme Court ruling asserting a child’s right to climb a tree as part of the pursuit of happiness in a damages case from an injured boy.
A Kansas City Star report notes a local dealer struggles to move six buffalo robes left by a citizen unable to keep them. Five sold. $500 offers were made for the remaining robe, but the owner demands $600. The robes are not unusually large.
Mulberry plantations are being opened in India to expand silkworm production and to turn mulberry gardens into distribution centers for cuttings and young plants to the public.
The observed comet will not harm the planet beyond causing fear among the oversusceptible, a pattern long described in astronomical lore.
A London paper reports 16 Limehouse houses where tenants paid no rent for years because no landlord could be found. The piece notes a curious twist of fate with some people being born lucky.
A doctor warns women not to carry muffs as they can cause chest problems, noting the season will come when muffs will no longer be needed. The remark reflects concerns about health and comfort during colder months.
A balloon corps will be added to the army, offering rapid promotion and advancement to the fortunate individuals selected for membership.
Ironton Missouri reports former Kansas United States senator Joseph Ralph Burton is released from county jail after six months for violating a federal statute by acting as paid representative of a get rich quick firm. He plans a newspaper as a platform, promising a truthful serial about his case and broader criticisms of government. Burton, with Mrs. Burton, heads to St Louis en route to Abilene Kansas.
A grand jury returned multiple indictments in Freeport Illinois charging a dozen bridge companies with a pooling scheme to allocate territory. William H Shons a prominent local builder is charged with conspiracy to restrain competition. Homer Shons his brother and other associates including a Clinton Iowa firm and a Madison Wisconsin resident are named in bribery and related counts. Two road commissioners tied to a $12000 contract to W H Shons are also indicted.
A Friday blaze at the Bluff City Lumber plant in Pine Bluff Ark consumed the boiler room and spread to nearby cottages. Loss estimated between 700000 and 750000 dollars as dynamite razed several homes and large lumber stacks were burned.
Secretary Taft announced that Lieut. Col. Goethals will succeed Mr. Stevens as chairman of the Isthmian canal commission and engineer in charge of the canal work on April 1. The change places Goethals at the head of the project and its engineering operations in Washington.
Freeport officials James Shippee and William Cole, highway commissioners, pleaded guilty to corruption for their involvement in a bridge contract. They were fined $200 plus costs.
Fred Stewart received a 99 year prison sentence in Knox county circuit court for fatally shooting James Wiggins at Berths Kentucky last October. The case centered on an October shooting in Berths and resulted in a long term penitentiary term.
Three armed cracksmen who attempted to blow Morris Illinois post office safe were captured after a pistol battle. They were found hiding in an empty box car in the yards with the failure of the robbery ending in their arrest.
Telegraph reports from Czernowitz detail devastation across northern Moldavia with 400 farms ruined, 8,000 refugees crossing into Austria, and about 85 dead along with 150 wounded. Rioting at Vaslui and Piatra saw villages burned, hundreds of rebels killed or captured, and military forces fighting for hours.
Boston mourns author Thomas Bailey Aldrich who died after a surgical operation. Born November 11, 1836 in Portsmouth New York he graduated from Harvard and edited the New York Evening Mirror Home Journal and Atlantic Monthly. He leaves a widow and one son.
Oklahoma reports show record heat Tuesday with the thermometer at 102 degrees in Guthrie and 97 in Oklahoma City while Thomas reached 95. A stiff breeze intensified the heat as reports from across the territory noted similar conditions.
The steamship Northwestern formerly the Orizaba of the Ward line on the Atlantic wrecked on the south end of La Touche Island on the southwestern coast of Alaska.
An incendiary fire in East Grand Forks Minnesota destroyed the city hall fire station and city electric light plant early Friday. The loss is estimated at 50000 dollars and firemen narrowly escaped death.
In Hammond Indiana and East Chicago workers at Republic Iron and Steel and Interstate Steel have ended their walkouts by accepting a ten percent wage increase. The settlement follows plant protests and announced union negotiations.
Otis B. Benton a Cleveland lawyer petitions the U S district court saying he owes nearly 41000 dollars. Talbot J. Taylor of New York City is listed as the largest creditor.
Grand jury indicts 75 counts with 65 against Abraham Ruef charging bribery to secure franchises for United Railroads Home Telephone Gas & Electric and fight permits. Ten indictments target T V Halsey for pressuring supervisors against rivals. Some indictments not filed in open court.
A Friday blaze in Ironton Ohio destroyed the Ironton Lumber Company plant at noon causing losses near 100000. The fire spread to a frame stable on Fifth Street and several residences including those of W P Lewis Fred Henschell H Campbell Matt Anderson John B Stroebel and Leonard Hoffman were burned.
Thieves stole seven paintings rare bric-a-brac and silverware from Henry Siegel summer home in Mamaroneck. The total value is estimated above $50,000. Authorities investigate a bold daytime burglary.
Federal Judge Niles in Jackson Mississippi issued a temporary injunction restraining the Mississippi railroad commission from enforcing its order that establishes a two cent passenger rate.
Benjamin Parker of Mayfield Kentucky was indicted and jailed on charges of murder and arson after authorities linked him to the blaze at his boarding house in which the charred remains of a stranger were discovered among the debris.
The L. X. ranch in the Texas panhandle comprising 200000 acres was sold for about 1 million dollars to P. S. Allen & Co. of Houston. The buyers plan to subdivide the property into farms.
Hudson Maxim claims a perfected safety detonating fuse after ten years of tests that can make a steel shell explode at a chosen distance behind armor. He asserts this ends the armor’s dominance, speaking at a Canadian Club dinner for Sir Percy Sanderson in New York.
Washington sources say a Portsmouth England consul report describes a boy matching Marvin child’s description. Third Assistant Secretary Wilson notified President Roosevelt and forwarded details to Delaware Governor Lea, with pledge of state cooperation in the nationwide search.
Chicago witnesses reveal that John R. Walsh former president of the Chicago National Bank faces fresh federal indictments to be presented by the special grand jury impaneled before Judge Anderson in Indiana The ongoing probe covers Walshs role in the bank suspension of December 1905 and was kept tightly guarded by government officials informing Walshs lawyers only after the decision was made United States District Attorney Edwin W Sims orchestrated the disclosure.
American marines and Bluejackets landed from the U S gunboat Marietta at Trujillo and Leiba and possibly Puerto Cortes Honduras to safeguard American interests. Commanders reports were sent to the navy department and state department. Diplomats foresee possible joint U S Mexican intervention in the Central American war.
Ward M. Snyder, said to be son of Nicholas Snyder a Pittsburg oil operator, was indicted by a federal grand jury on bigamy and committed to jail in Sapulpa Indian Territory.
President Roosevelt on Friday announced disapproval of the acquittal ruling for Capt. Lewis M. Koehler of the Fourth Cavalry U S A who commanded at Jolo in the Philippine islands.
Brig. Gen. Theodore J. Wint, U. S. A., head of the Missouri department based at Omaha, died suddenly in a Philadelphia hotel on Thursday while here for medical treatment.
Thieves stole jewelry valued at $18,000 from the residence of Charles Morgan in Orange New Jersey. Morgan is the son of the founder of the Morgan Steamship lines. The theft occurred on Thursday.
News from Managua reports Choluteca captured and President Bonilla fleeing by boat. Nicaragua cites Salvadorean and Honduran forces defeated and steamers sent to pursue. Officials in Washington and Managua foresee Tegucigalpa falling soon, signaling the central American war’s practical end.
In Leavenworth Kansas on Sunday a veteran death occurred among about 900 old soldiers after tainted hash caused poisonings the previous day. The deceased is William J. Cook 64 of the Fourteenth Missouri cavalry leaving a widow in Mexico Maine. Roughly 75 veterans remain seriously ill but not expected to die.
In Los Angeles a special AT&SF train carrying scores of students home from Claremont collided head on with outbound No. 2 within city limits. Six people died and 17 were injured, several fatally, as both trains moved at a rapid rate.
The Oregonian reports a $50,000 investigation fund to bring Francis J. Heney and Special Agent Burns to Portland Oregon. They will examine transactions from years past to the present under scrutiny. The exact nature of the intended investigations is not specified.
Robert Abbott, son of a wealthy British subject, was kidnapped Sunday from his father's garden near the British consulate general in Salonika. The incident occurred in European Turkey and involves a foreign family. Local authorities investigate the abduction and seek clues.
The concrete dam and power house built by the Upper Iowa Power company seven miles east of Decorah sank into the river. The loss is reported at about $50,000.
A Sunday blaze destroyed the Union Brewing Company brewery and tenement houses of Thomas Wigmore William Jones George Reese and W K Shissler in Minersville Pennsylvania, entailing losses around 100000 dollars.
Thomas Hueston of St. Louis defeats Jerome Keogh of Buffalo to retain the world continuous pool championship in the final night of play.
Bucharest reports the conservative cabinet has resigned and a liberal ministry formed under President M. Sturdza. The move aims to restore order and end the country’s disorders.
Four miners died and four were rescued after an avalanche buried workers at the Britannia mine on Howe Sound forty miles north of Vancouver in British Columbia. The disaster occurred Saturday raising concerns over mining safety in remote operations.
The article notes several high ranking church leaders as enduring figures. Methodist Bishop Bowman remains active at 90 while Episcopal Bishop Huntington is 88 and Catholic Archbishop Williams is 85. Catholic Bishop McQuaid stands at 84 and Methodist Bishop Andrews at 82.
Union Pacific offers daily until April 30 1907 reduced one way Colonist tickets from Chicago with fares of 30 to Ogden Salt Lake City and 30 to Butte Anaconda Helena 30 50 to Spokane Wenatchee 33 to Everett Fairhaven Whatcom Vancouver Victoria via Huntington and Spokane 33 to Tacoma Seattle via Huntington and Portland 33 to Portland and Astoria or Ashland Roseburg Eugene Albany and Salem via Portland 33 to San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego. Also low rates to many California Oregon Washington Montana Utah and Idaho points. For full information contact W G Neimyer G A 120 Jackson Boulevard Chicago Illinois.
Recalling Captain Ronald Amundsen’s voyage from San Francisco to the east, a loyal dog accompanied him with special transport arrangements. The dog is described as the only of its kind to have made the north west passage, bound to the explorer as closely as any companion.
Prof. Lyon William Phelps of Yale praised Mark Twain as the greatest American novelist in the history of the nation's literature during a recent Connecticut lecture.
A Detroit machinist Robert Odbert describes two years of severe rheumatism with leg swelling heart pain and bed confinement. After trying doctors he improved rapidly with Dr Williams Pink Pills and says he is now cured and recommends them. Pills sold by druggists or mailing from Schenectady New York.
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