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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
2
A New York court holds that fraud in obtaining a marriage does not justify divorce. The piece notes the legal distinction between misrepresentation and contract dissolution, contrasting with broader social implications of deceit within nuptial arrangements.
Report notes brutal bull and lion fights held under American management in Juarez drawing Texas city crowds from El Paso while Mexicans shun attendance. Also mentions post office receipts for the quarter ending March 31 surpassing expenses due to excluding nonperiodical advertising sheets. Adds Washburn brothers line of three congressmen beside Senator William D. Washburn.
Santos-Dumont, famed Brazilian aeronaut, visits America to discuss airship plans for the St Louis exposition and notes the high costs and risks, saying 20000 dollars can vanish into ropes and twisted steel in an instant. He dismisses applicants seeking rides aboard.
Dr William Brooks director of Smith Observatory Geneva New York reports a new comet located in Pegasus. Recent observation gives position right ascension 23h 8m 10s declination 27° 25'. The comet moves about three degrees daily toward the sun. This marks the twenty third comet discovered by Brooks.
The Kaiser's yacht Meteor III nearly sank on its voyage across the ocean after a recent launch and christening in the country. It was towed safely to Southampton with weather damage deemed reparable, and the vessel reportedly behaved splendidly during trials, reinforcing its builder’s reputation for sturdily crafted ships.
The article notes a fortune awaits anyone who develops a practical rubber substitute as rubber tree forests shrink. A French engineer reported attempts to grow rubber trees outside 400 miles of Singapore fail, underscoring the urgency of new materials for the industry.
The U.S. Court of Appeals declares the peonage system used by Florida turpentine manufacturers illegal, ending a debt bondage practice that kept Black workers in servitude. It remains to be seen if employers will comply or continue coercive methods.
James Anderson of Springfield Massachusetts serves as a deputy sheriff and holds membership in both the Grand Army of the Republic and the Confederate Veterans. He fought for the Union in the Thirty First Maine and was invited to address Confederate Veterans at Petersburg where he earned their lifelong membership. He now owns both Confederate and Union uniforms.
A summary of recent congressional action and federal debates. Fifty seven congress pension bills passed in the Senate on the 24th. A bill to bar liquor sales in government buildings was introduced. Carmack spoke against the Philippine government bill while McCumber pressed food purity. The House advanced oleomargarine and agricultural bills amid tributes to late Representatives Stokes and Crump.
The senate committee on Cuba plans an investigation into claims that the sugar trust controls a large share of Cuba's sugar output. In Washington, Senator Mooney of Mississippi was arrested for assaulting a streetcar conductor. Congressman Gaines says Cuban citizens are not in distress and are financially better off. Carroll D. Wright’s statistics show rising living costs over three years. Secretary of War Root returned to Washington from Cuba after arranging the island transfer, set for May 20.
The seven days ended the 25th saw exchanges at lending houses total 2 655 150 526 dollars, up from 2 541 841 707 last week and down 5.6 percent from the same period last year. In the same span 212 US business failures occurred, fewer than the prior week. Coney Island mourns three deaths by asphyxiation in a hotel room: George Moore, Frank Miller, and Frank Falster. Railway earnings for April rose 5.2 percent year over year. J B Clarkson of Iowa sworn in as surveyor of customs for New York port. National and American league baseball standings show varied week percentages. Treasury secretary predicts a Greater United States in an Pittsburgh Americas Club talk. J E Wing’s Long Island auto record stands 105 miles in 2 hours 22 minutes. Roanoke Island wireless test proves 200 mile sea range. Boston dentists and photographers barred from Sunday work. Glens Falls district fire causes 500 000 dollar loss. Krebs Louisiana powder explosion kills five. Barklow schooner foundered near Put in Bay. Captain Robert Pardy and family drowned.
A Montana gold ore strike is reported to assay from 51 dollars to 28000 dollars per ton. The dispatches also note a fatality in Custar Ohio and a murder suicide in Butler Indiana involving a granddaughter. Not guilty verdicts arrive in Kentucky Goebel case. Three Caldwell Kansas men face charges over counterfeit currency. Nebraskas ex secretary of agriculture J Sterling Morton dies at 70. Chicago lawyers face jury bribery indictments.
In Florence D C Julius Gibbs a negro was hanged for assaulting a young married woman a month earlier. The report notes the execution as part of a sequence of crime news from the era.
In Manila May Waller and Lient Day were tried by court martial for executing natives of Samar without trial and acquitted. In London the Marquis of Queensberry faced bankruptcy exposure of 1 330 000 and a 100 acre estate. Porto Ricans donated funds to the McKinley memorial. A Russian general strike is set for May 4. A Manitoba fire killed four children. Peasants looted estates in Russia, and 15 000 were under arms in Poltava and Wharkodi. Filipino forces in Samar surrendered ending armed rebellion.
Amid legislative activity the Senate accepted house amendments to the oleo margarine bill and passed it. Other actions include the conference report on the Chinese exclusion bill adopted and the sundry civil appropriation bill under consideration. The house debated the agricultural appropriation bill and Gen. Smith criticism. the naval appropriation bill proposing six new navy ships was reported. News notes cover a Glen Rose cyclone death toll, a Joliet crossing train tragedy, and other political, military, and social items.
A Vienna paper warns that the Morgan steamship combine threatens world trade while Kaiser Wilhelm backs motor fuel from potato alcohol to aid German agriculture. Other items note New York theater owners may refuse non employee tickets, US Steel to reorganize for direct plant control, and Joseph Haworth’s 49 day world circuit.
A series of violent storms struck Joplin Illinois Bloomington Des Moines and Milwaukee on April 26 causing multiple deaths and extensive damage. In Joplin at least three killed six fatally injured and $300000 in property lost. Bloomington reported near-tornado winds and downed wires while Des Moines and nearby towns faced high winds and heavy rain. Wisconsin farmers welcomed the first substantial rainfall.
Chicago report says Post Office Inspector James Ik. Stuart arrested Louis Smith and seized over 100,000 postal cards printing presses and plates after a two week probe begun with a suspicious card. The case ends with the counterfeiter in private confinement at post office headquarters.
The house committee on pensions reported bills raising the monthly pension for the widow of Gen Lawton from 30 to 50 dollars and the widow of Rear Admiral Fyfe by the same amount.
Washington reports say President orders Gen Funston to cease talking about public matters and to refrain from criticizing or discussing Senator Hoar. The order was telegrammed April 22 from the War Department. Funston declined to comment on the directive when shown the dispatches in Denver. In Manila, April 26, court-martial proceedings continue with Maj Wade and Lieut Day acquitted for actions in Samar and Gen Smith’s case proceeding with testimony focusing on alleged instructions to kill and burn.
The Nebraska Supreme Court overruled Referee Ryan and sided with the real estate exchange in mandamus action against the Omaha city council. It orders the council to reconvene as a board of equalization and apply assessment rules equally to public service corporations and private property. The decision is described as far reaching and compares its importance to the Chicago school teachers case.
The White House received Col. Crowder’s report on shipments of horses and mules to South Africa from Chalmette Louisiana. The president concluded there is not sufficient evidence of neutrality violation and no intervention warrant. Crowder will add to the report and review the matter with the president and the attorney general.
Gov Gen Wood pardoned W H Reeves who had been sentenced to ten years in prison and a 35516 fine for involvement in Cuban postal frauds. Reeves was released immediately as a state witness. The pardon followed longstanding immunity promises linked to Estes Rathbone case.
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