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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
5
The Express argues rural water sources lack sanitary oversight despite urban water investments. It cites 40 million rural residents and typhoid rates rivaling cities, noting city systems are easily controlled while rural supplies rely on numerous wells springs and streams. No practical remedy is seen.
The Philadelphia Record argues the immigration bill seeks to raise taxes per person while the main complaints focus on the supposed strength of immigrants and the value of literacy tests. It notes that education requirements for those over 16 are seen as unnecessary for low skill labor and warns states grant broad voting access, undermining illiteracy concerns.
The text notes the United States has the smallest standing army among major nations with about 60 000 in service including roughly 15 000 in the Philippines and small garrisons in Alaska and Hawaii. It also covers a Missouri preacher urging debt payment before missions and a strange warning about a nitrate explosive maker in a Pall Mall Gazette letter.
In a recent month 78000 letters and circulars that were improperly addressed were returned from the dead letter office to the senders, and there are still on hand nearly 750000 items to be examined.
The Interstate Commerce Commission hears sensational claims of Standard Oil corruption and a “school for crime” used to crush independent dealers and refiners. Former employees turned informers describe fake lamp tests that favored Standard Oil by manipulating wicks, flames, and lamp conditions in staged comparisons. The Cleveland session is set to hear the independents' refinery perspective.
In Zion City Chicago followers of John Alexander Dowie and William Voliva clashed at the Zion tabernacle as Dowie denounced rebel overseers and the audience denounced him. The riot followed Dowie’s accusation that Ruth Caniel died due to rebellion, with threats and counter accusations flying from both sides.
A new hearing reveals Standard Oil using deceptive methods to throttle competition and secret rates. Witness Hibbs describes lamp tests to mislead customers, bribery of railway workers for canceled contracts, and payments to obtain bills of lading. The commission asserts the six-cent rate had long been hidden from regulators.
The attorney general filed in the US circuit court for the district of Indiana a petition for an injunction against associations corporations and individuals forming the Drug Trust of the United States to fix drug prices in violation of the Sherman antitrust law. In New York the Proprietary Association of America holding its annual meeting questions the existence of a drug trust calling the claim absurd and misnomered.
Henry G. Goll, former Milwaukee First National Bank cashier, was sentenced to ten years for misapplying funds and false entries. He arrived at Leavenworth noting relief the trial was over. Warden McClaughry plans clerical work, possibly alongside ex-bank president Frank G. Bigelow, serving ten years for embezzlement.
St Johns Newfoundland The colonial legislature closed Thursday and the governor assented to all bills including the foreign fishing vessel act aimed at American fishermen.
Ministers and laymen of the Indiana district of the German Evangelical synod began their annual conference in Indianapolis. Telepaths are present from Indiana, Oslo and Kentucky.
Two more Indians die and six are in serious condition as the Florida water incident on the Duck Lake Indian reservation continues to unfold. Authorities report ongoing investigations into the cause and circumstances of the contamination.
On the voyage from India to Suva Fiji islands the steamer Faukla carried 124 sickened coolies and 61 deaths. The outbreak occurred aboard while en route and prompted medical attention and quarantine measures.
Mrs Jefferson Davis widow of the southern president is seriously ill with grippe in her apartments at the Hotel Gerard on West Forty fourth Street New York City. At nearly 80 years old officials fear the attack may be fatal.
Reverend Henry Sewell, a 52 year veteran of the Methodist church, died Thursday in Evansville Wisconsin at age 73. Funeral plans released by the Janesville, Wisconsin pastor.
After discussions led by President Keefe of the Longshoremen's Union and dock managers, the Great Lakes longshoremen strike is settled. Workers will return to the job on last season's wages pending a further conference.
A Wednesday fire in Indianapolis caused $15,000 in damage to the Masonic Temple at Washington Street and Capitol Avenue and a total loss of $25,000. Raper commandery and several Blue Lodges lost their paraphernalia.
The schooner Algeria sank about two miles from Cleveland harbor Wednesday morning. Captain Martin Eller and three crew members perished in the incident.
Berlin officials report the Reichstag approved a bill levying two to ten marks per horsepower on automobiles. An exemption for vehicles used in commerce and industry was rejected.
In New York H Milton Kennedy testified that State Senator Patrick H McCarren asked Kennedy’s backer for 25000 dollars in connection with a Brooklyn refuse and ashes removal contract. The testimony centers on alleged solicitation of a bribe during contract negotiations.
Carl Schurz longtime publicist and former cabinet member died at 4 35 am Monday from complications after stomach trouble. He was born in Libau Prussia March 2 1829 and fled after the 1848 revolution before coming to the United States living in Philadelphia and Watertown Wisconsin. He supported the Republican party in 1856 giving German language speeches in his first American political bid.
In St. Petersburg Vice Admiral Kuzmich, head of the port, was assassinated by a worker near the admiralty works after a May demonstration he opposed. The killer fled after stabbing him in the back and disappearing into a forge.
In Washington the House debated district interests as Congressman Gaines of Tennessee pressed for raising lawmakers salaries. He called colleagues moral cowards for not boosting their own pay while noting disparities and past opposition to other reforms.
Chicago pastor John Alexander Dowie on Monday assumed direct control to punish those who disrupted his Shiloh meeting on Sunday. He instructed attorney Emil C. Wetten to alert Judge Wright that the injunction terms against Voliva were violated and ordered his counselors to halt any talks of a triumvirate while court proceedings continue.
Pasaden a Cal a wealthy lumberman from Grand Rapids Mich Grover M Antrim died here at 37 years old He was prominent in business and died after a long illness or sudden incident reported in the news item
Coal operators in Ohio's middle district endorse the aggressive policy of the Pittsburgh Vein Operators' Association to press for a settlement of the ongoing coal strike.
Favorite Route East serves Chicago travelers to New York City Boston and intermediate points with three daily through trains. Modern Day Coaches and Luxurious Pullman Sleeping Cars provide through service to New York City and Boston. Dining options include club meals and a la carte choices from 35 cents to 61.00. All trains depart from La Salle Street Station Chicago. For details contact J Y Calahan General Agent 113 Adams St Chicago Ill.
A statesman declares he will give the investigation close personal attention to keep anything harmful from being made public. The exchange highlights concern over controlling information in a political inquiry.
A Cleveland leader announces a personally conducted CP Railway special train of Pullman sleepers departing Chicago July 16 for an East Coast tour including Detroit Toronto Niagara Falls St Lawrence River Thousand Islands Montreal Ottawa Quebec White Mountains Portland Old Orchard Portsmouth Plymouth Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. Contact A C Shaw Gen Agent Chicago for full itinerary and rates.
An article urges working girls to seek Lydia E Pinkham Veget able Compound and Blood Purifier for female ailments. Miss Abby F Barrows of Nelsonville sharing how the remedies improved her health, with Mrs Pinkham inviting correspondence from afflicted women.
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