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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1904
Page
1
A column of humorous and brief items from The Express of Monticello Iowa remarks on Russia Manchuria relations Emperor Nicholas Britain peace and other light notes. It mentions Oyama Kuropatkin Buffalo Bill and a Chicago court ruling about solvency plus curious bits on Belgian polar expeditions and American chauffeurs.
The methodical coal companies maintain their routine monthly ten cent per ton price rise despite weather conditions, continuing their regular adjustment of the coal price.
Actors and actresses bitterly oppose a proposed ten-year marriage idea calling it outrageous and impractical. They argue the requirement to be married to one partner for a decade would hamper personal freedom and professional collaboration.
Gen Kuropatkin appears inclined to postpone relieving Port Arthur this year hoping the task may not be needed next year. The decision reflects a strategic theory that postponement could avoid future action.
It is alleged the Baltic fleet’s error in the North Sea stemmed from Admiral Rojestvensky losing his head. The outcome may later be explained in the same way.
The mikado marks his third birthday since April 1, with subjects likely giving him fine presents as part of the traditional celebration.
A Beloit, Wisconsin man who was wed by a Rockford preacher for ten cents illustrates the light treatment some weddings receive. The event emphasizes that marriage is not always treated with proper seriousness.
The text notes Japan is no longer cheap. rents have jumped 200 to 300 percent. Europeans once paying $6 to $12 monthly for a full house now rent a single room, and food and drink prices exceed those in Europe.
A breezy Port Arthur feature shifts from recent hardships to lighter scenes of daily band concerts and moonlit strolls by lovers. The piece notes even amid conflict that each malfunctioning Japanese shell that misses its mark becomes a shooting star for the night.
A New Jersey farmer sent two bar rels of pears to New York. Each bar rel sold for 50 cents. freight and cartage cost 98 cents and the shipper received a two-cent postage stamp for the balance due. The tale ends with a wry comment on farming for pleasure.
The author muses that what is a luxury today may become a necessity for the next generation. He notes a future where a poor man could own a $50 car to go to work while the wealthy neighbor enjoys a $2,000 airship, implying rising expectations and social change.
The steady withdrawal of Russian troops from the western frontier is seen as a tacit bargain between the czar and the German emperor. England warns this signals bad faith and endangers world peace, while Germany claims no real aid accompanies the understanding.
Automobilists must unite to suppress the Scorcher or risk danger to sport and personal safety. Most car owners do not feel a right to run down others, but a few are reckless with self driven carriages. Decent riders and walkers share concern in forcing better behavior.
The writer notes spring poets praise youth and contrast it with the Weather. With minor autumn color, spring poems could be repurposed into autumn styles. The piece wryly observes poets should save their ammunition for the fall.
Summary of scattered items from Washington and beyond including land patents in October the highest for a month Fairbanks Indiana tour denial of senate stay Vermont House vote on women taxpaying suffrage Roosevelt defense against Parker accusations and Cortelyou charges department of commerce and labor budget 14.34 million rail revenue projection 1904 crop transport and Louisiana Purchase exposition admissions totals.
Rescuers recovered nine bodies of ten miners killed at the Auchincloss colliery in Nanti coke Pa from the sump at the shaft foot. All were crushed and mangled in the tragedy.
Reports from across the Midwest and West recount a string of tragic events. Afton Iowa finds the emaciated body of Tom Wall from Chicago. Marshall Missouri reports the murder of Ron Buts. Cottonwood California sees a masked robber seize cash and checks. Michigan towns suffer fires and a fatal shooting. Ohio upholds early poll closings. several other arsons, robberies, and deaths are noted alongside industry and court actions.
In dominion elections the Liberals won decisively and Sir Wilfrid Laurier was sustained while Conservative leader Robert Borden was crushed in Nova Scotia. Germany supports U S arbitration efforts and a treaty is expected. Philippine commission grants eminent domain to railroad charters. British battleships sail from Gibraltar to patrol the straits. Illustrious and Jupiter ordered to sea.
Britain and Russia agree to ask the United States and France to appoint naval officers on the court for the North Sea investigation. Negotiations begin for a Germany US arbitration treaty. The report notes the Gironde sinking and Port Arthur casualties, plus political turmoil in France and measures at Vladivostok.
A mixed batch of brief notices reports Cornell Preston dying after a poisoning incident in New York, James Marr designer of the harvesting machine, and a king’s gift arriving in New York. Also listed are fatalities in Chicago and Michigan, political jail terms for Curley impersonators, counterfeit arrests in Cleveland, funding for colored colleges, and other dispatches on theater, industry, elections, and notable deaths.
Minor items report a Memphis four story building collapse killing Winters Parker and injuring three others. Alaska man William H. Joy dies on Denver glacier when handing a rifle to his son. Pfister Vogel tannery begins a 180000 addition in Milwaukee to become the world’s largest. Chicago professor Mrs. J R Green visits to promote Irish manuscript editing. Helen Soderstrom dies crossing tracks in Chicago to keep safe. Wynne signs a money order treaty with Hungary cutting rates by half. Chicago population estimate reaches 2934048. Lane College in Jackson Town burns, main building loss 15000 with 7000 insured. Old John Street Methodist Church in New York marks 186th anniversary. San Francisco October shipments to the Orient value 3837302 vs 1393395 year ago. John Skala of Chicago shoots wife then kills himself. Chicago merchants gain millions from World’s Fair stopover privileges.
Reports from St Petersburg and Paris indicate Port Arthur is near collapse with Gen Stoessel's garrison heavily reduced and defenses giving way. Japanese forces gain ground along the Liaotishan ridge as bombardments and desertions reshuffle the siege dynamics.
At Gibraltar on November 5 British battleships Victoria and Magnificent sailed to patrol the straits. Illustrious and Jupiter were ordered to sea immediately and are believed to head westward.
Paris November 6 Paul de Cassagnac prominent Bonapartist deputy and journalist died suddenly Friday ending a career marked by dueling notoriety in France.
Tampa announces the midwinter exposition and south Florida fair running November 14 to 26. Florida products will be on display and amusements will rival New Orleans Mardi Gras in scale and festivity.
Nov 8 in Sandusky Ohio Capt Hemrick a famed lake navigator and Mrs John Keller were found dead in a Daisy O Dell house room from fumes of a small gas stove.
A collision near Herbillon 23 miles from Bona between the French steamers Gironde and A Schiaffino caused the sinking of the Gironde. Of 110 aboard at Bona, 100 Algerian natives perished.
The steamer Germanic owned by Hutchinson & Co of Cleveland valued at 45000 burned to the water’s edge at Stag Island in the St Clair river on Sunday. It was insured for 40000.
George Connor of Anderson Indiana killed himself at St Francis hospital in Columbus by diving head first from the fourth floor into a shaft housing a circular stairway, Sunday.
In Walford near Iowa City two suspects wearing yellow sweaters attempted to blow open the Savings bank safe. Citizens drove them off, the pair fled in a buggy, leaving burglar tools behind. Officers have no clue to the culprits.
E H Thayer longtime editor of the Clinton Age and noted Democratic politician died Monday in Clinton Iowa. He was 72 years old.
Springfield Ill November 8 the hoisting engineers union of Illinois ends the strike after a referendum 750 to 315 in favor of returning to work They plan a referendum on joining the United Mine Workers of America and are likely to switch Mines to reopen Wednesday with a 514 percent pay cut None face discrimination for striking Some northern state coal miners resume work while Springfield and Chicago Alton subdistrict mines remain idle except independents with terms.
Russia has accepted the telegraphic draft of the Anglo-Russian convention to form a five member international commission for the North sea incident inquiry. The commission, to sit in Paris, will include Russian British American and French representatives with a fifth member chosen by those four nations. The convention outlines the inquiry while granting wide latitude to determine all relevant facts.
Prof. T J Gifford a Decorah resident and church worker is under arrest on a first degree murder charge for the death of H A Bigelow. Bigelow died from a crushed skull after a dispute over property when Gifford struck him with a hoe. Gifford allegedly dragged Bigelow onto his lot and left him. Bigelow, a pioneer of Winneshiek County, died a few hours later.
Edward Howard a pattern maker living at 501 Fort Street East was shot and killed by his son Arthur 21 after a quarrel over money. The mother and wife both say the elder man was constricted to the floor before the shooting which they claim was accidental.
Heavy losses from a Monday night blaze in Oil City Pennsylvania strike the Smart and Silberberg three story brick block at Center and Elm. Building losses reach sixty thousand dollars and stock losses one hundred fifty thousand dollars. George J Veatch art dealer reports thirty five thousand dollars in losses and Petroleum Telephone Company twenty thousand on their central offices. Total losses approach two hundred seventy five thousand dollars with roughly one third covered by insurance.
Secretary Woodson released figures on campaign mailings showing 43,049,743 documents sent. English 19,603,134. foreign 8,382,095. congressional 7,309,150. German bureau 7,400,864. Commercial Travelers' union 405,000. lithographs 1,822,500. buttons 2,174,595.
Montgomery reports rain Wednesday across central Alabama ending an eight week drought. Weather officials noted the rainfall as a relief for farmers and communities previously affected by dry conditions and heat.
Victim of heart disease in Kansas City at age 51. Dwight, a wealthy real estate owner, died suddenly at his home. He previously worked in banking in Independence and Columbus, Kansas, and Leadville, Colorado, over the past two decades.
Detroit electricians James H. Foote and Alfred Gaines drowned while duck hunting at the St. Clair Flats on Sunday. Their bodies were recovered in the North channel in shallow water about 150 feet from shore. In Burgettstown Pennsylvania an explosion at a gas well killed Paul Gillespie, 24, and seriously injured Samuel Gallagher, 45, at the J. W. Farrell farm three miles from town.
In Redding California on November 5 a masked gunman robbed six men at a Cotton Wood saloon. He forced faces to the wall and hands up while taking $500 in cash and $1,800 in checks. No injuries reported.
W J Hill of Concord declares Dean's Kidney Pills effective for irregular kidney secretions and backache. He reports improved health after using the remedy and no more back pain after the last dose. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertises the 50 cent boxes sold by all dealers.
Amusing anecdotes unfold from New York while Fritz Kreisler learns slang from two American girls. Marshall Wilder and Jim Corbett are mistaken for each other by a passerby. A polite applicant for citizenship misstates his long name, revealing that he owns the entire family.
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