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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
4
Des Moines reports the state will start organizing for the good roads agenda with a fund plan to share costs among property owners county and state. Gov Cummins is expected to push a full revision of the criminal code including parole powers and the governor’s pardon authority.
State firemen's tournament set for July 28 to 31 at the Interstate Live Stock Fair grounds in Sioux City. Guaranteed purses total 3 2000 for volunteer and paid departments attract 2000 to 3000 firefighters. Des Moines park plans aim to add a cinder track and later host tournaments at the athletic park in Des Moines.
Boost movement spreads across Iowa to raise county teacher pay. Clarke County currently pays $285 to $35 per month, about five dollars more than a year ago. Twelve townships total, four voted last month to raise wages in all districts by five dollars monthly.
Warren Beebe a wealthy farmer living near Stratford Webster county shot himself after a dispute with neighbors over a township school location. He was found dead on the floor when his family returned from a funeral. Beebe leaves a large family and was well known in the community.
At the annual Mount Pleasant gathering the state Daughters of the Revolution elected officers. Regent Miss Penn Mount Pleasant. vice regent Miss Anne Bowman Waverly. recording secretary Miss Mary Wawkins Mount Pleasant. registrar Mrs John Knotts Jr Waverly. treasurer Mrs J I Coolidge Waterloo. historian Mrs John Bready Dubuque. librarian Mrs Oates Waterloo. law council two years elected Mrs Craig Allison Mrs Gi D Gibson Waverly Miss Alice Comstock Mount Pleasant.
The body of Gus Kreuger was found weighted with a stone in the Iowa River near his Granger area farm. Evidence including buggy tracks, a bleeding home scene, and a passer-by helping Mrs Kreuger pull a buggy out of the river led to her arrest in Cresco where she denies guilt.
After a ten day Davenport trial a jury found Dan Breen a veteran steamboat mate acted in self defense when he killed Charles Taggert and sons in July aboard the steamer Dubuque. The verdict bars double murder indictment and ends a $15,000 damages suit against the Diamond Jo Steamboat company.
The cornerstone of Poli county's new 400000 dollar court house was laid in Des Moines. The ceremony was led by officers of the Iowa Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. Joy Cumming delivered an address closing with a dedication to the highest ideals of goodness fairness and public righteousness for the court house.
A movement proposes converting the Anamosa penitentiary into a state reformatory for short sentence criminals and transforming Fort Madison penitentiary into a state prison for hardened criminals. The initiative aims to reorganize Iowa’s correctional system.
On a Keokuk visit, President Roosevelt was presented a silk banner miniature of the first American flag. The 15 star flag was crafted by Mrs. Rachael Albright of Port Madison, aged 91, a great granddaughter of Betsy Ross.
A major blaze swept through Melbourne in Marshall County burning about three blocks of business property. Only three buildings on the main street remain standing.
Local reports cover Cedar Falls commencement plans for June 7 to 10. Fatal shooting of Frankie Reese in Fort Dodge. Sac County Oil Company incorporation near Grant City. teacher shortages in Storm Lake. Odd Fellows anniversary in Des Moines. Leon Lesier and Ed Moore sentenced to three years for a January fake foot race fraud in Webb City. Edgewood four buildings burn for 25000 loss. Deed signed for 20 acres to Bishop Garrigan for a Catholic orphanage at Sioux City. Conrad Laufersweiler dies at 71 in Fort Dodge. Matt Hunter sentenced to 25 years for a Mount Ayr killing. A If Johnston dies unloading a piano near Angus. A C Sheets convicted of assaulting pupils in Neck Rapids. six girls testify. Jesse Pearce of Iowa Falls dies in Chicago by gas note on insurance forgiveness.
The local national military college board has deeded the collegiate building and campus in Mason City to the Sons of Veterans of the United States. The gift, valued at about $200,000, requires educational use and that no lien can ever rest on the property. The college opened this year with over 200 students and plans to enlarge the board of regents and pursue an endowment next year to ensure permanent success.
Town University announces a new gymnasium and assembly building in Town City with a stated budget of $150,000. The project aims to expand athletic facilities and student gathering spaces on campus.
A board of control report shows nearly a quarter of patients admitted to state hospitals have escaped. From July 1902 to April 1908 Mount Pleasant accounted for 225 admissions with 79 escapes, Cherokee 120 admissions, Independence 24, totaling 360 admissions with 94 parolees and 79 escapes.
Joseph Migeylen, missing for twenty years, was located in the Cherokee Insane Asylum after extensive worldwide searching. Authorities confirmed his identity and he is believed to be in stable condition.
President MacLean reported the board of regents shifted the annual meeting to April to review the president budget, calling the session among the most active in years. The budget requested 240000 for the university next year, with only minor reductions approved across departments.
The next general assembly may decide to relocate the Iowa school for the deaf from Council Bluffs to a central location, with Des Moines favored as the principal site. The board of control completed its semiannual inspection of southern state institutions and discussed needed appropriations for improvements in the coming biennial period.
Decomposed body found in the ice harbor at Dubuque identified as Michael Morgan from Allamakee County. He disappeared on November 7 while walking toward the river with two strangers. He carried money, but only 27 cents remained. murder suspected.
The veterinary program at the state agricultural college extends to four years of nine months each, making it the most comprehensive course globally. It notes that a decade ago similar studies were under two years in Canada and the United States and states the longer curriculum enables training for army veterinary positions.
Heylen, once in Sioux City since arriving thirty years ago seeking fortune, was found in Cherokee insane asylum after ten years of unexplained absence. The department of state relayed the news to Belgium’s foreign affairs, ending decades of family silence.
The state of Iowa case against Cal Baird for the 2 year old murder of Capt. Dundy is moved to Keusauqua for trial at the August term. Keokuk trials produced deadlock then conviction and 60 year sentence at Fort Madison. Appeal to Iowa Supreme Court led to reversal and retrial ordered.
Mrs. George A. Henkel, wed two weeks in Hospers, hires Sioux City attorney G. W. Argo for divorce and alimony. Henkel and bride went to Hospers after a Philadelphia claim. Carrie Brown, once at Sioux City resorts, is the wife. Henkel’s wealth allegedly mortgaged property prompts the split.
Frank Liddle drank two ounces of carbolic acid and died after undressing and getting into bed. Four years earlier he showed insanity and plotted to kill his wife and two children. he fatally struck his wife with a meat pounder, leaving her badly injured while the two children survived.
The grand lodge meeting, originally invited to Creston, is transferred to Council Bluffs due to size and cost. The event, with about 5000 dollars in entertainment expenses, was accepted after the invitation.
A massive rock slide from Turtle mountain crushed the Crow's Nest Pass village of Frank on May 1, killing 56 residents before dawn. The Canadian-American Coal and Coke plant was destroyed, a 10 square mile area devastated, and only 19 bodies recovered as others remain buried under rock and earth. The event created a 60 foot high debris pile and a wide fissure along the mountain's northern face.
A national industrial conference organized by the National Civic federation will meet in Chicago this autumn. Invitations will go to former President Cleveland Senator Hanna President Gompers John Mitchell and other labor and political leaders. The goal is to openly discuss capital and labor issues and avert future disputes. A plan proposes manufacturers of certain goods reduce working hours gradually by half an hour annually in exchange for unions not restricting production.
Springfield Illinois May 2 with 90 votes the Mueller bill passed the house and moved to the senate. Initial tally was 87 in favor with three more added by consent later. The measure allows cities to own and operate street railways on a three fifths referendum vote and may go to the governor. A joint resolution to adjourn on May 7 passed the house and was sent to the senate.
About 80 000 workers nationwide walked off Friday to demand shorter hours and protest conditions. The stoppages affect large direct and indirect totals estimated between 300 000 and 4 000 per SOUS. Medals for Spanish War veterans to be issued by the War Department, about 25 000 officers and men to receive honors. Bradford Pennsylvania reports Watsonville spared from predicted flames though nearby losses are large. Des Moines set to host Republican State Convention July 1 with George Perkins as temporary chair.
A Grand Trunk Pan American Flyer bound from Chicago struck a crowd of about a thousand at Dequinder and Canfield on Sunday evening killing ten to fifteen and injuring around thirty. Most victims were Toledo residents with Toledo visitors later aiding relief efforts as police and ambulances responded. By midnight four deaths had been confirmed.
Washington mourns Bishop John Fletcher Hurst of the Methodist Episcopal Church who died at 12:40 am. His daughter Ellen and son Lieut. Paul Hurst of the Third U S infantry were with him. another son John L. Hurst travels from Denver. Carl Bailey Hurst serves as U S consul general in Vienna. Born 1834 in Maryland, Hurst served Drew Theological Seminary, became president there in 1873, and was elected bishop in 1880. He had long been in declining health and suffered paralysis in London last September after attending an ecumenical conference.
An explosion at the Thor Manufacturing company plant at 64 Orange Street Cleveland on Saturday afternoon killed four people and injured 28 others. The factory building and nearby structures were destroyed with several victims in serious condition. The deceased are Maurice Cohen Ben Cohen Solomon Cohen and Harry Gluechman.
In Mississippi on May 4 both Bryant and Will Morris were hanged by armed farmers near Legg place after Bryant confessed implicating Morris in the murder of W H Legg over a robbery motive. The mob overpowered officers, taking the men to a thicket and executing them.
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