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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
1
In six months American apples totaling 2,500,000 barrels have been shipped to Europe, illustrating the rapid growth of U S exports in recent years.
Harvard University declares a $2.5 million needs boost to expand its educational department not for baseball or football. The statement aims to counter impressions it funds athletic programs with the grant.
A new nickel in the slot X ray device allows an observer to insert a coin and operate a lever, then place a hand into an open-sided box to view through a fluorescent screen that serves as the top, enabling direct inspection.
Hamburg Pennsylvania residents wrote to Mr. Carnegie about buying a pipe organ for a new church. The letter asked for a thousand dollars to aid construction. Carnegie replied that he would provide the funds.
Twenty British workers have finished inspecting labor conditions in this country and Germany has sent 46 farmers to study American agriculture. The note suggests establishing technical schools to educate the rest of the world.
An eastern paper states the Reading railroad will post a larger surplus for the year ending June 30 than the prior year, easily offsetting coal strike losses. Consumers report lasting losses and added anxieties from the strike.
James B. Marcum, a prominent eastern Kentucky lawyer, was shot from behind and killed in the Lexington courthouse corridor. He is said to be the thirty first victim of a feud tied to an election contest in a mountain Kentucky county, with sixteen killings occurring in the past year.
The article notes John D. Rockefeller is now classed as a billionaire and the richest person globally. It recalls an 1900 English list placing Alfred Bell of Kimberley as the world’s only billionaire, with Li Hung Chang and John D. Rockefeller Jr. following with vast fortunes.
Evidence shows Britain settled disputes with Russia by conceding a 30 mile coastal strip. The long-standing agreement was unchallenged until gold discoveries in the Klondike heightened Canada’s interest in a seaport in the region.
The Statistical Abstract of the World from the Bureau of Statistics compares global commerce. It notes U S imports rose from 436 million to 903 million dollars and exports from 376 million to 1,355 million dollars. In 1902 the United States ran a trade surplus larger than that of all other nations combined.
Gov Brady says Alaska residents favor a state named for Lincoln and another for Seward. He notes Seward peninsula reflects his idea and predicts it will be years before two states form from Alaska, but a lasting Lincoln namesake is desired somewhere in the union.
The Methodist church mourns the deaths of Bishop R B Foster in Newton Massachusetts and Bishop J T Hurst in Washington. Foster was regarded as the premier theologian among bishops, known for deep and penetrating theological discourse. Hurst led organizational efforts and drove the push for a Methodist university in Washington.
Paul B. Du Chaillu, a pioneer in African exploration and science, died in St. Petersburg. He is credited with early discoveries about gorillas and Africa’s peoples, overcoming ridicule as his findings were confirmed. He remained a fascinating writer until the end.
The postmaster general dismissed A. W. Machen, superintendent of the free delivery system, and appointed M. S. Fosnes to the position. The piece notes an expected focus on financial legislation as the first priority for the upcoming extra session of Congress.
Seven day totals show 2 018 355 707 in exchanges with a 27 3 percent drop from last year. Other items note 175 US business failures, a 4 million peanut combine, a found body in Niagara Falls area, and various labor, crime, and political items across the nation.
A wide array of brief items covers fires near Sulphur Springs Ind, a Cumberland church stopper patent valued at 1,000,000, editor J A Barager’s death after surgery, Chicago bakers raising prices, a flower parade in Los Angeles, and polit ical murder guilt in Georgia. Also noted are a Grand Junction quake, drownings in Whitehall Mont, a Chicago court stenographer’s death by suicide, a police shooting in Ta, a Booker T Washington address on race relations, a Prentice Wis lumberman’s accident, Illinois budget totals, a senator Lucien Baker widow’s death, a Jackson Ky murder capture, a Francis Silas Chatard jubilee, bucket shop ban in Wisconsin, Bookbinders damages in Chicago, a Dix on high school discus fatality, popular election momentum for US senators, and a new Indianapolis area traction line and Chicago terminus trolley project.
Interviewed DNC members reveal a majority opposing Grover Cleveland's candidacy. The piece notes regional splits with the South backing Judge Parker and New England backing Olney. A mob at Fremont, Ohio seethes over the Otto Mischke murder and Albert wounding, halted by Sheriff Mason's two hour stand at the jail doors.
Robert Mills aged 71, justice of the supreme court of Ontario, died suddenly in Ottawa. A report notes a fierce fire in Ottawa destroying hundreds of houses and millions of feet of lumber with a loss around 600000.
President Roosevelt spoke in San Jose urging respect for public notices and warned against wasteful ad practices. He predicted US control of the Pacific this century and announced M. Sackett of Gouveneur, NY, as U S consul at Prescott Ontario.
The United States Weather Bureau runs 1 400 trained observers at 150 stations. Sugar prices drop five cents per hundred pounds in New York. Germany bars American potatoes and preserved feet. Michigan Central raises clerks’ wages 10 percent. Kings Aethelwulf Canute Edward visited Rome. Andrew Carnegie named Venezuelan benefactor to humanity. Turkey grants concessions to Americans through Minister Leishman. Wellesley College endows music chair with 25 000 from Robert C. Lillings fund. Vanderbilt Jr. enters Paris Madrid auto race with start May 23. Col W H Dewey dies at 80 in Nam pa worth 1 250 000. Ireland now has three British field marshals. Montreal cancels Carnegie library offer of 140 000. Geneva treaty changes to widen Red Cross use proposed. New York Court of Appeals upholds 100 000 damages in Park Avenue tunnel death. Don Luis Terazas, Chihuahua governor, pledges to curb prize fights and gambling.
A box with 100 pounds of hazardous material and a clockwork explodes device was found on the Cunard liner Umbria pier as it prepared to sail for Europe. Detectives, warned by a letter signed by Pietro de Martini, treated it as a possible demonstration of a secret society aiming to sink British ships. The box was soaked and opened away from crowds. the ship ultimately sailed after a thorough search.
In Yazoo City Mississippi on May 11 T A Kelly was killed and his brother wounded in a duel with RF Birdsall editor of the Yazoo Sentinel and Gibbs and Doyle Dorsey. Doyle Dorsey died later. Ted Up reports New York strikes and lockouts tying up 75 million and 100000 workers in Greater New York and nearby areas.
Secretary I R Conaway forwarded Iowa maps of principal crops to the Bureau of Plant Industry in Washington. W J Spillman acknowledged receipt and said the maps will help depict Iowa crop production in the St Louis exposition garden map. Six acres will host a map of the United States with state lines and state crops.
Auditor Carroll releases 1902 insurance report noting Iowa fire companies paid 32.6 percent losses to premiums, down from 41.6 in 1901. Non Iowa firms averaged 50.7 percent in 1902 and 64.8 in 1901. Pennington resigns as state insurance examiner citing limited work and low five dollar daily pay.
The April reports to the board of control show 53 inmates fled Mount Pleasant hospital and 11 escaped Cherokee hospital. At Independence state hospital Superintendent Crumbacher ended all mechanical restraints, allowing near total liberty for patients, a reform praised by Judge Kine after an inspection.
Edward C. Davis of Des Moines who wrote the Lincoln funeral march is remembered for knowing Lincoln and having the score used at Springfield. The march was later printed by a St. Louis firm. Davis remains active in music with a popular grand army memorial march. Des Moines hosts a state convention of town auctioneers July 16 and 17 with D B Marshall of Mt Ayr as president. The group aims to push a bill for licensing auctioneers, previously killed in the last general assembly.
Citizens of Dubuque subscribed bonds totaling 1000000 toward an Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin electric railway project to cost 750000, with Eastern Securities of New York to construct if the full amount is raised, and Archbishop Keane contributing 5000 in bonds.
W. S. Bainbridge, recently named United States representative on the Venezuelan claims commission, leaves Council Bluffs for Washington to assume his duties. He was in China during the Boxey uprising handling U.S. citizen claims arising from that episode.
A Min prail mosque near Sofia exploded May 2 killing about 200 Muslims who were buried in the rubble. The assailant Popov shot himself, described as a member of the Macedonian Knights of Death. Reports cite Bulgarian engineers behind recent blasts and a tense Salonica harbor with ten foreign warships.
Dispatches from across the country report growing momentum for amending the U S Constitution to elect senators by popular vote rather than state legislatures. Twenty one states have passed resolutions calling Congress to act. fourteen oppose. ten have not yet acted. Two thirds of states must apply to Congress to trigger a constitutional convention.
A donor in Lorain has sent 4000 dollars to J J Mahoney of the Knights of Columbus to boost the bounty for identifying the Reichlin murder suspect. The county already offers 1000 dollars and organizers seek more contributions from locals and Reichlin family friends to attract experienced detectives. A Cleveland agency detective arrived to pursue clues. Bloodhounds once used are now owned by J F Sharp who says the purchase bears no special meaning.
In Cleveland on May 11 one man died, another fatally crushed, and a third seriously hurt in a street car crash en route to Euclid Beach. The deceased is named Galvin from Cleveland. The fatally injured, Mc Sweeney, 20, is said to be from Brooklyn New York, and Frank Riley, 17, also of Brooklyn, is badly hurt.
Col Abraham Gruber repeats Irish humor at a public dinner describing a citizen who visits Ireland and mocks the vast size of the United States. The tale claims America is so large you could drag England across the states without leaving a mark and Ireland could be hidden in its inland seas to escape Scotland.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway published a book on South Dakota covering agricultural and stock conditions, latest stock reports, present opportunities, and ample illustrations. Sent on receipts of two cents for postage. F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. Also a Club Woman quip about enjoying relaxation and cleaning house for a good time.
Fragmentary ad copy and quotes from various sources offer incomplete notions of Texas future prospects and promotion. The text includes requests for a book and pamphlet, a Chicago Daily News remark about freshness, a foot powder advertisement, and a Sir H. Taylor life retrospect line, all presented as miscellaneous clippings.
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