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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
4
Col Roosevelt addressed students and professors at the Sorbonne urging strength of character and the duty of citizens in a democratic republic. He warned that true liberty requires moral grounds, self-restraint, and dedication to the race's future, urging France and the United States to wield leadership with virtue.
Norman P. Cummings, prominent Chicago real estate dealer now living in Pasadena, vanished Wednesday after leaving his wife on an elevated train. He is believed to be carrying diamonds valued at 37 000 dollars and cash totaling 3 500 dollars, with Mrs. Cummings fearing foul play and notifying police at Chicago avenue station.
San Francisco reports the schooner Eva sailed April 2 and is ashore at Altata bar after reaching Altata, Mexico, according to the Merchant Exchange message.
In Birmingham the hunt continues for the 43 victims of the Mulga mine disaster as 26 bodies are found Friday. Rescue teams press the search with urgency amid dangerous conditions at the site.
Albert Wolter was found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Ruth Wheeler, a stenographer, at his New York apartment on March 24, by a jury.
Lawrence Swift and Elizabeth M Hurry wed at the Church of the Epiphany on a Friday. Elizabeth is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Randolph Hurry. The article notes the ceremony and families involved with a traditional society tone.
Dr Ida M Guthrie waived preliminary hearing on charges of dynamiting the G A Quick home near Prairie City. She pleaded not guilty and was held to the grand jury, seeking a defense attorney in Carthage as she has no funds. A charred glove found in her jail cell links to the scene, while sheriff notes its importance as evidence.
Des Moines reports a joint scale committee of Iowa coal operators and miners reached a sharp deadlock over the right to hire and discharge workers and disciplinary measures. The dispute intensifies as operators press a new discipline resolution amid ongoing wage talks.
The steamer Aurora, possibly the Grimsby owned sealing ship of the Consolidated Steamship and Ice Co., sank after striking an iceberg in heavy fog. All 187 hands are believed lost, with no wreckage found since April 1, as reported by sealing steamer Boothie arriving in St Johns, Newfoundland.
President Taft will travel Friday evening to Buffalo Pittsburgh Cincinnati and St Louis to deliver political speeches in each city except Cincinnati where he will dedicate a bust of Theodore Thomas under the Cincinnati May Music festival. Secretary Knox will accompany him in Pittsburgh and on May 4 he speaks to the farmers and the traffic club in St Louis. Louis Paulhan wins the first aerial derby prize in Manchester England earning Lord Northcliffe's $50 000 award and a hero's welcome after a London to Manchester flight with two stops.
Eight year old Paul Herrick, son of Mr and Mrs Orville Herrick of Cedar Rapids, was struck and killed by a car driven by Vic Hugo, proprietor of the Majestic theater, in Cedar Rapids on April 30.
A westerly wind fanned a fire that endangered Corydon’s south square for a time. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, with damage estimated at $500. local authorities reported no injuries.
Wesley Greene, secretary of the state horticultural society, says investigations this week show not all the fruit crop is lost in the state but that losses may reach 25 to 30 percent.
Mrs. W. Sawyer of Jamaica was fatally struck by a westbound Milwaukee Road flyer while crossing the track at Jamaica. The April 20 incident occurred as she attempted to cross, authorities reported a instant death.
Gen Nelson A Miles retired U S Army was thrown from a new horse in Potomac Park on Wednesday evening. He suffered one broken rib a scalp wound and bruises on his shoulder and side. Doctors expect the scalp wound to be minor.
An unidentified man, described as a tramp, was killed by a Chicago Great Western train near Dundee. The body, found by a track walker, awaits identification and burial in Manchester, Iowa.
Jacob Jacobson a 28 year old farmer of Clark's Grove Northwood Iowa was struck by a Rock Island freight train as he attempted to board it and lost both legs before dying within minutes authorities reported on April 3.
Savannah Georgia reports the death of Gen. H P Alexander a noted Confederate soldier and writer who passed away on Thursday in the South.
New York date line reports George W. Rose assistant receiving teller at Jefferson Bank Forsyth and Canal streets killed himself in the bank vault by cutting his throat with an eraser. Authorities note a salary reduction preceded the tragedy.
Joshua S. Wood, son of former Illinois governor John Wood and founder of Quincy, Indiana, died Wednesday in St. Louis City Hospital at age seventy two.
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