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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1905
Page
7
The article portrays Abraham in Ur facing a priestly choice between Chaldean worship and the one God. Abraham chooses truth over power, leaving Ur rather than entering the temple priesthood, trusting that God will reveal Himself and guide his path.
Des Moines dispatch reports President Roosevelt settled Iowa’s diplomatic tussle over Hangchow and Amoy posts by moving George L. Dobson to Hangchow and reassigning George Anderson from Hangchow to Amoy, ending a delegation dispute. Also notes death of Judge Lot Thomas of Storm Lake, a long-time public figure and former congressman.
State Auditor Carroll releases annual statement detailing 1904 fire insurance activity across Iowa. Totals show 458 million in risks written and 6.83 million in premiums with 2.92 million in losses. The report notes 1904 losses were lower than in 1908 and excludes the Sioux City conflagration.
In his report Mr Carroll calls for a separate bail insurance law due to yearly loss differences and shifting membership. He notes several states have enacted such laws and the auditor backs passing one in the next Iowa legislature. He urges a standard policy form for all cases.
Gov. Cummins chose J. L. Kennedy as judge of the fourth district to succeed the late George W. Wakefield. The contest with David Mould was high profile and personal, and Kennedy’s life story from a poor boy to a Sioux City law graduate in 1588 underscores his long Woodbury county political involvement. Kennedy’s supporters celebrate the decision.
H H Carr of Chicago organizes Iowa farmers by townships to oppose line elevators while W H Gentner of Farmington promotes a 40000 retailer corporation spanning Iowa and 11 other states centered in Chicago. The plan builds agencies in major centers to buy goods from members and seeks freight and passenger rule advantages, following grocers’ cooperative success. Trade journals are cited as opposing the plan.
The Iowa state convention of the Woodmen of the World completed organization of a new head camp after a four hour ballot. Sovereign Commander J. C. Root installed officers including Head consul Winny S. White Sioux City and Head adviser W. H H. Boenk Davenport.
Officials say the Rocky Mountain Limited wreck near Homestead was caused by robbers who escaped. Six injured, none fatally. Rail spikes removed along much of the track, embankment 36 feet wide, soft from thaw and rain. engine mail car and cars slid down the embankment.
The Iowa Telephone Association convention in this city urged a united front of independent telephone workers to resist capital pressure. Elected officers include B. S. Lichty of Vinton as president P. C. Holdoegel of Rockwell City as vice president and C. C. Deering of Boone as secretary and treasurer.
Sam Carr, a farmer in a drunken spree, beat his wife with a beer bottle, set the house and barn afire, and chased neighbors with a shotgun. He attempted to shoot his wife again, then killed himself with a revolver in the yard.
Warden Jones reports to the board of control on prison reading habits at Fort Madison. Fiction dominates the collection with the highest number of volumes. history and travel follow, tied for second.
William Kerns, longtime companion of Delilah Pails, completed a ten year sentence at the Iowa state penitentiary for aiding in his father's murder. Public interest resurfaced after Delilah Pails fled Cedar Rapids, violated parole, and was sent back to the women's reformatory to serve the rest of a 20 year term.
Superintendent Stevenson opposed recognizing high school athletics stating that football and cigarettes, basketball and billiards, track and beer are the bane of education and that the evil outweighed the benefits.
Iowa's state geological survey co operated with the United States survey to compare Iowa coal with Illinois Pennsylvania and West Virginia samples. Tests show Iowa Hawkeye coal delivers similar or better energy per pound, suggesting Iowa coal should be priced comparably to Illinois coal and not favored by import bias.
In Spring Valley Prairie township the only family with children in the county schools moved away causing the local patrons to seek homes elsewhere and questioning which pupils still belong in the district.
Iowa will join a Chicago conference of six states Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan and Minnesota in early April to pursue uniform fish and game laws. Organizers hope a composite bill will be drafted for Iowa's next session to pass. Other member states share similar hunting and fishing concerns and will discuss related legislative issues.
Census work has begun at the state house with cards from enumerators sent to the secretary of state’s office to be adjusted. Each resident’s information is written on a single card and the flow continues from the countryside. officials estimate the full census will be recorded and the statement released in about two weeks.
Reports of fatal injuries from a mad bull near Shell Rock and a pitchfork accident near Jere mis township. drownings and house fires in Nebraska and Iowa. notable deaths including Frank Bacon and former Congressman Lot Thomas. A hermit with a wild animal menagerie near Muscatine and a jewelry store diamond theft in Des Moines are also noted.
A March 21 dispatch reports Japanese cavalry and infantry near Machantzy blocking a Russian retreat toward Harbin. Linovitch faces a two-front risk while Kawamura's force, linked to Oyama, appears set to press the Russians. Estimated Mukden losses reach 60,000 dead or wounded with 26,000 prisoners captured at the south gate.
Chicago March 23 Judge Humphrey instructed the special federal grand jury in the United States district court to probe charges of violations and to leave no stone unturned. He emphasized the solemn duties of jurors and ordered secrecy outside the grand jury room as the investigation into the packing industry began.
Senor Don Manuel de Azpiros, Mexico's first ambassador to the United States, died Friday at 4 56 p m at the Mexican embassy in Washington surrounded by his family He had been ill since last fall his death attributed to a relapse caused by exposure at the inaugural ceremonies on March 4 Despite medical advice he attended the ceremonies and nearly fainted during the event.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of the criminal section of the Valentine anti-trust law in Columbus Ohio. The court had previously ruled the civil section constitutional.
Rev. Elmer H. Capen president of Tufts College died at his Medford home from pneumonia at age 67. He had led Tufts since 1876 and is survived by a widow, one son and two daughters.
Hutchinson Kan March jest J K Bowles one of the oldest river captains in the west is dead here aged 74 He was born at West Wheeling Q and ran a packet on the Missouri river as early as 1868.
Des Moines reports Senator Allison says President Roosevelt will call an extra session starting October 1 to consider railroad rate issues. The move extends the regular session by two months to address the matter.
Dover Delaware March 21 Gav Lea signed a bill abolishing the pillory as a punishment. The old instrument of disgrace and torture was halted at 10 o clock Monday night ending the practice in the state.
Funeral services were held for over 50 victims of last Monday's explosion and fire in Brockton Massachusetts. Twenty thousand workers from the shoe factories joined the citywide mourning as sixty factories closed and streets quieted. The procession moved from the theater to Melrose Cemetery where caskets were placed in vaults awaiting interment. A final death toll estimate lists 58 dead with 55 bodies recovered and three missing. nearly all identified so far.
Roanoke reports a severe early week tornado sweeping Randolph County and surrounding areas. Homes were demolished, deaths occurred including J C Payne of Roanoke and a white girl at a Lucas family store, with several injured.
Bralo Wisconsin report says two siblings aged under five set a fire in their parents absence and burned to death. In Alanson Michigan two more children, a one year old girl and a four year old boy, died when the roof collapsed as the mother found flames and called for help.
A movement by the American Anti-Saloon league seeks to redeem the Fourth of July from misuse by organizing patriotic temperance meetings in every county on July 4, 1905 and annually. National Superintendent Baker says about 20,000 meetings are planned and likely to succeed.
Alonzo J. Whiteman of Danville New York and a former Minnesota legislator was acquitted Thursday night on a grand larceny charge. Five indictments remain against Whiteman including three counts of grand larceny forgery and attempted larceny connected to the same trial.
John Till, a Black boxer, died in a Philadelphia hospital from injuries suffered in a six round match against Kid Dorsey at the Broadway Athletic Club. The bout occurred Thursday night and Till died Friday.
In Muskegon Michigan on March 24 police suspect murder after Mrs Cynthia Martin 65 was found dead with $450 missing from her person. Authorities believe she was drugged and left in a snowdrift to die near Mears.
In Topeka Kansas on March 4 the bottle ship Kansas will be christened by breaking Kansas crude oil over its bow replacing champagne in the traditional ceremony. The plan is attributed to Goy Hoch.
Westcliffe Colorado March 24 The body of Mrs Henry Fall was found Thursday three miles from Junkins Park. She had been frozen to death. Her 13 year old son lay beside her frozen stiff but still alive. They left Junkins Park to walk to Westelife and were overcome by a blizzard.
Volcanic activity on Vesuvius has decreased with only occasional light puffs and smoke, according to Naples briefed observers on March 24.
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