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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1901
Page
2
The Marine Review reports 31 steel vessels ordered for Great Lakes service with a total value of 67,750,000. All but four are planned as freighters, reflecting a surge in American maritime production.
The commissioner of navigation reports heavy October activity with 180 vessels officially numbered totaling 45 547 gross tons. Nine were steam steel vessels but seven of those nine were built on the Great Lakes.
Both houses set to study creating a permanent census bureau at the next session. The current census office estimates a saving of 750000 dollars on the next census if officials can apply the existing knowledge and experience.
The annual report of Commissioner Hermann shows 15,562,796 acres of public land disposed of in the last fiscal year, up 2,108,908 from the prior banner year. Net surplus from all land and forest administration amounts to $3,458,442.
Gov Davis abruptly releases all women confined in Arkansas state prison and declares no subsequent confinement will occur unless the legislature funds a reform school. He ties future detentions to creation of a suitable institutional facility for women.
The piece notes about 1000 penniless people in Nome Alaska who must endure winter there and rely on charity. It criticizes federal power to exclude likely paupers, urging similar authority to stop such residents from traveling to distant Alaska in hope of quick riches.
The official estimate of expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30 1903 is 135 885 596 dollars, about 51 600 000 more than 1893 actuals, a rise of over 61 percent in ten years. Transportation leads with 65 500 000, including 2 500 000 for domestic and international mail carrying.
The article notes growing numbers of foreign experts visiting the United States to study railroads forges mills and other American methods. They acknowledge progress in this republic and admit some things are better done here than elsewhere. It cites cup defenders as an example and hints at other achievements.
The rural free delivery superintendent requests 6.25 million dollars from the next Congress for next year to maintain and extend service. He cites 8,600 routes starting next fiscal year and about 2.5 million of the appropriation for extending the service.
A Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance near Lexington Virginia ended in disaster as many famed horses were killed or injured. McKinley the late president’s horse was among the victims along with Daddy Col. Cody’s trusted mount and other standout animals involved in the show’s dangerous acts.
The newly formed board of national administration in China forwards regulations to the U S State Department. They emphasize adopting western civilization to Chinese needs where possible and stress appointing men of character ability and reputation to official posts.
The commissary general of the army urges a full ration for troops in the Philippines with extra sugar. Experiments suggesting less meat in hot climates are rejected, as Washington concludes soldiers need ample, good food regardless of location.
A summary of varied topics from Washington to the East West and South. Highlights include Schley court of inquiry ending with congratulations to Admiral Schley and counsel, Dewey digesting evidence, and calls for a commerce ministry. Also reports on rural free delivery expansion 6000 carriers December 2, Bradford fire destroying city hall and stables 37 horses perished.
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania Rev S C Swallow a former prohibition presidential candidate was unfrocked by a jury of Methodist ministers. The report notes other political and industrial items including W H Lewis a Harvard ex center rush named to Massachusetts legislature and a $5 0000 diamond brooch incident involving Roosevelt's sister. Overall market data show weekly exchange totals and rising business failures with a Carnegie steel gift to Braddock workers and new ordnance production plans in Philadelphia. A dynamite gun test at Fisher's Island is highlighted as a notable development.
A broad digest of disparate events across the West and South includes a Victoria cattle sale at Chicago stockyards, bank robberies in Turin Iowa and Hinton Iowa, a Fort Leavenworth prison mutiny with fatalities, and obituaries of Catherine Skinner and Mary A. Bickerdyke. Also noted are a gas explosion in Indianapolis, a Scots Bank heist in South Dakota, two deaths from freezing near Gage Oklahoma, a Madison Florida lynching, John D. Sarnighausen’s death in Fort Wayne, a Chicago horse show high jump record, a family tragedy in Glenn Michigan, a paymaster robbery en route to Pensacola, and a McKinley monument dedication in Tower Minnesota. Additional items include church resignations in Chicago, fatal football injuries in Cincinnati Kirksville and a Georgia divorce bill proposal, plus student expulsions at St Stanislaus college Bay St Louis Mississippi.
In Pauline Kansas convicts fleeing Fort Leavenworth captured a sheriff and his deputy and used them as shields to escape a pursuing posse. In Campbellsburg Indiana robbers blew open a bank safe and secured between 12000 and 15000 dollars.
Li Hung Chang appoints Yuan Shin Kai viceroy of Chili province while Miss Stone and her companion remain in brigand hands and report cordial treatment. The king names the Duke of Cornwall as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. France and Turkey reach settlements, with Turkey accepting demands and France restored diplomatic ties. Off Japan coast the Tsuruhiko Maru wreck results in 50 deaths. A Portugal gunboat seizes an American schooner at the Azores. Kitchener plans a royalist levy to expel Boer forces in Cape Colony. Bulgarian authorities warned over Miss Stone’s safety.
The article notes Alabama voting to ratify a new constitution that imposes educational or property qualifications for non soldiers or descendants of soldiers. It also lists other varied news items including crimes, deaths, and political events across several states and nations.
Summary of brief items including telegraph costs to Yukon at four dollars per ten words, treasury silver stock around 42 million dollars, 1900 census showing 13 197 colored per 100 000 whites, Delaware unrepresented in the senate at next Congress start, a 2 5 million hotel planned on Park Avenue New York, November currency in circulation totaling 2 246 300 542, Grover Cleveland honored in Pittsburg, delay urged for St Louis fair, Rev J B Dunnody linked to Roosevelt family, preliminary US clay product capital 147 913 323 in 1900, Mrs May Preston Slosson noted as sole woman prison chaplain, Germany’s cautious stance toward St Louis expo, interstate commerce inquiry tied to Roosevelt, Pettus and Morgan oldest Senators while Bailey of Texas is youngest, and a 3000-year-old giant William McKinley tree named in California.
The Schley court of inquiry resumes with Mr. Hanna challenging a May 7 dispatch as a suggestion not a command and Capt. Parker arguing Admiral Schley’s steadfast leadership. Closing addresses beside Judge Advocate Lemly stress standard of conduct for naval officers.
In Washington on November 7 the Schley court of inquiry heard Rayner deliver a three hour peroration praising Admiral Schley and condemning his accusers. The crowd wept as the speech portrayed Schley’s naval triumph and endured persecution, ending with a promise to await posterity’s verdict.
Abstract of his argument circulates as the case rests in Washington. The lengthy trial spanned forty days, leaving a record that now moves to the court for ruling. Prosecutors and defense presented extensive evidence and testimony.
Mrs Archibald White wife of the president of the National Salt company was found dead in her West Ninety Sixth Street bathroom. A fall on a slick floor caused her head to strike a marble basin fracturing her skull and killing her instantly. The maid discovered her body after failing to find Mrs White in her room.
Leavenworth Kansas, November 9. Mrs William Textor killed herself at home early Friday by saturating her clothing with coal oil and lighting it. She had been injured three weeks earlier and her mind is believed deranged by the wound.
New York report states Dr C M Spalter of this city was accidentally shot and killed in Long Island Sound off New Rochelle while duck hunting. Dr Edward E Tull, also of New York, was passing a gun when it discharged. Spalter, about 27, had come from Keene New Hampshire.
A three man gang attempted to rob Farmers state bank in Darien Wisconsin. The raid failed when nitroglycerine overcharge caused a loud explosion, waking residents and thwarting the crime.
The Benedetto Brin, one of Italy’s largest battleships, was launched at Caste Namare in the presence of the king and queen. Displacement reaches 13000 tons with a launching weight of 7000 tons. In Russia two Riga banks failed and banker Smolian tried to kill himself.
Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor protested to President Roosevelt after Santiago Iglesias was arrested and jailed on arrival in San Juan Porto Rico. Gompers sought a government inquiry and urged support for labor reforms including reenactment of the Chinese exclusion act.
Gov. Beckham of Kentucky denounces Gov. Durbin of Indiana for refusing to honor interstate requisitions in the Goebel assassination probe. He accuses Durbin of violating the U.S. Constitution, aiding an infamous crime, and entering a political bargain. Potential mandamus actions may target Durbin in Indiana courts, with appeals to the Kentucky and U.S. supreme courts.
Maj. William L. Pitcher reports the Mindoro expedition garrison repelled a Sunday assault by insurgents led by Senocos at Abra de Trogo. Five insurgents were killed. one American wounded. Capt. Noyes captured a deserter in insurgent uniform. Pitcher also cites recent captures of officers and armed insurgents and a suspected illicit munitions supply.
The secretary of war orders a high ranking army officer board convening in Washington on November 25 to consider several army matters including military posts and reservations. The board comprises Lieut Gen Nelson A Miles Maj Gen John R Brooke Elwell S Otis S M B Young Arthur MacArthur Brig Gen John C Bates George M Randall and William A Kobbe.
Nearly 500 machinists at Fulton iron works resume duties after a months long strike over pay. They return on a nine hours' pay for nine hours' work schedule as negotiations conclude.
Chicago authorities report anarchists marking the four teenth anniversary of the Haymarket riot. The event is described as a celebration by radicals in the city on Monday.
The Honorable Alva Merrill of Chillicothe Illinois recalls a two year old testimonial about Dodd's Kidney Pills curing rheumatism. On a train, an elderly man recognizes Merrill from ads and thanks him for saving his life after using the pills to treat a severe lumbago.
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