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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
2
The Express notes that foreign hardware makers struggle in South American trade due to packaging. It mentions new paper from rags wood alfalfa and straw, and says furze has not been used. It also reports a Brooklyn firm winning a large government contract for 2 million dollars worth of dirigible electric torpedoes.
Charles Denby new chief clerk of the state department says the Chinese boycott on American goods cannot be carried to seriously affect our commerce in the Orient after his 20 years in China.
The latest religious census shows no fewer than 145 Protestant denominations in the United States. Among these, Presbyterians split into 17 bodies, Methodists into 12, and Lutherans into 14, reflecting deep denominational diversity.
Rev Dr Parkhurst says he possessed evidence for ten years detailing modern insurance industry methods and refrained from using it as it would be like placing a dynamite bomb under Satan. Personal crisis reports suggest imitation drives a spree of successive suicides, as later cases mirror earlier ones.
In France M Santos Dumont continues airship experiments with various shapes and his latest patterns resemble a fish. Lebaudy airships are also tested. Cents with them were made at Moisson to improve vertical stability of airships.
The Prussian minister for railways has stationed at key railway centers a splendid car to transport the sick. Fitted from sanitary plans the car includes spring beds medical devices and comforts for patients. It features fire safes gas stoves attendants rooms and noise muffling devices for smooth transit.
An English bulldog mauled a pony in the stable of Attorney F C Perkins in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. The dog resented the children favoring the pony which had replaced him as the pets of the young Perkins family. The pony sustained severe injuries likely requiring euthanasia.
The article notes that world population, cultivated land, livestock, and industries expanded over 30 years while sheep numbers fell. It cites a total drop of at least 8,000,000 sheep since 1873, about 2,000,000 fewer yearly on average, attributing the decline to widespread consumption.
A public man in Georgia was killed by his wife who shot him at night mistaking him for a burglar. The home had a shotgun kept for protection, prompting questions about the harm from keeping firearms for safety.
The speaker notes that since the nation’s founding about 23,000,000 immigrants and their descendants now form roughly half the population. They claim immigrants have seamlessly assimilated and occupy roles in the Senate, House, state governorships, city halls, and business life.
Last fiscal year 1,027,421 immigrants entered the country to set a new high, with many alarmed by the figure and potential impact. Deportations also hit a record 11,568 as law dictates that admitted immigrants are deemed acceptable. The surplus population is framed as both a boon and a burden for consumers producers and public services.
The Arm strong committee hearings reveal payments to informers and agents tied to life insurance firms. W. S. Manning is described as Depew's ally. Nichols testifies Manning received 450 a year for not opposing the Equitable Society. Platt notes annual 10,000 cash contributions from major insurers to the Republican fund.
Newton C. Dougherty pleaded guilty to five forgery counts before Judge Worthington and received concurrent sentences of one to 14 years in Joliet penitentiary. The indicted former bank president embezzled about 500000 from Peoria school funds over 27 years, kept the books, and controlled deposits. Bail set at 108000. he could not post it. O J Bailey was indicted for malfeasance. Burnham and Lines, former bank directors, died amid the scandal.
Senator Foraker presents draft to Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to amend the interstate commerce law. The bill seeks to enjoin excessive rates and unlawful discriminations while avoiding giving courts power to fix rates. It targets passes, rail documents access, and complaints on export and import freight.
Atlantic City November 24 The National Grange adopted a resolution asserting every man may work as many hours as he wills for pay and that energy thrift and activity deserve compensation. The move appears aimed at labor unions over an eight hour workday and could spark a clash between farmers and organized labor.
In West Philadelphia an elderly man, David K. Rowe, was shot four times by Caspar Cooper, his son-in-law, who then killed himself. Rowe survived and was hospitalized for his injuries.
J Marion Boesberg, connected with a local business, pleaded guilty in Judge Tarrant's court to offering a bribe of 1500 dollars to supervisors over a county hospital contract. He was fined 1000 dollars.
Fire in Cherryvale Kansas Monday night caused by burglars dynamiting a safe at the Long Bell Lumber company office. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars.
Four suspects including three men and a woman were arrested after silk valued at 10 000 dollars was stolen from the William Skinner Manufacturing Company on Green and Bleecker streets. Most of the loot was recovered.
Constantinople reports the porte has rejected the powers' proposals for international control of Macedonia's finances. The decision comes as tensions mount over the region's governance and economic supervision.
Postmaster General Cortelyou sent to the treasury secretary figures for the 1907 fiscal year. Total postal estimates reach 19 million dollars, up 12 million with rural delivery and railway mail services requiring larger appropriations. Rural delivery needs exceed 20 million, up 3.6 million. railway mail also up 3.6 million. Deficit for 1905 ended June 30 was 14.57 million.
Four inmates seized weapons and nitroglycerin in an attempt to escape Jefferson City’s state penitentiary. A running street battle left gatekeeper John Clay and commissary officer E. Allison dead, and convict Hiram Blake dying of wounds. Deputy Warden R. E. Lee and convict Harry Vaughn were wounded.
Belmont appointed August Belmont of New York as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee to succeed George Foster Peabody who reportedly resigned due to illness. Boers move to Texas as Gen Viljoen seeks land for a new colony near El Paso. Murderer Jones dies by suicide after shooting two Brittons. A Japanese Bank in Los Angeles is robbed of about 15000 dollars.
Marshall Field Jr the son of Marshall Field was accidentally shot while examining an automatic revolver. The bullet hit below the ribs on the left side narrowly avoiding vital organs, perforated the liver and spleen, and left him in critical condition. Doctors at Mercy hospital performed emergency surgery hoping for recovery.
Mrs William McWilliams and her five children were found murdered at their farm six miles south of Independence Iowa. William McWilliams the husband is under arrest in Independence charged with the crime. Authorities describe the killings as brutal with the mother killed by hammer blows and each child murdered in a similar manner as they were found at work on the farm.
London officials report 128 dead from the London and Southwestern Railway steamer Hilda wrecked off the French coast Saturday night. The toll includes 21 saloon passengers 80 French onion sellers and 27 crew.
A St. Petersburg dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram says mutiny rumors persist in the Black Sea fleet and that parts of the Sebastopol garrison have killed the chief of staff and wounded a colonel.
Reported to Brooklyn police burglars broke into the Pratt Institute and carried off jewelry and antiquities valued at fifty thousand dollars. In London, Foreign Secretary Lansdowne accepted President Roosevelt’s invitation for Britain to join the Jamestown 1907 naval and military display.
At Standard mine No. 2 in Saginaw Michigan two miners Alex Mercy aged 45 and Charles Toole Jr aged 21 were killed when a mass of slate buried them.
The warships of the powers set to demonstrate against Turkey arrived at Piraeus on Wednesday and exchanged salutes. Commanders of the vessels await further instructions as officials conduct visits.
Meridian Mississippi November 23 A man named John Brown a Black man formerly from Birmingham Alabama shot and killed his wife and her parents at their home on Wednesday night and subsequently escaped.
A head on collision between a work train and a gravel freight train in dense fog near Albion Indiana kills five men and injures one fatally. Engineer Odenkirk Fireman Deitch Brakeman Cross and two Roumanian workers die. Fire department prevents worse fire.
Miss Maud Reese aged 25 was killed during a burglary at her flat 200 Evanston Avenue Chicago. She confronted the intruder and in a struggle through dark rooms, died from a bullet to the heart as he fled through a rear window into a vacant lot.
United States Steel corporation plans a 20 million dollar steel facility on 2500 acres along the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan. The plant would employ 5000 to 6000 workers and be the world’s largest composite steel facility, intended to meet western demand and supplement the Illinois Steel works at South Chicago.
Governor La Follette issues a special session call for December 4 to address the United States senatorship and the governorship. The session will also consider the state capitol rebuilding issue under current law.
Granville Gwin, cashier of Hayti Bank, Fredericktown Missouri, has vanished and is alleged to have absconded with eighteen thousand dollars. A five hundred dollar reward is offered for his capture.
Washington November 25 The comptroller of the currency reports the First National Bank of Leesville Louisiana has closed its doors by order of its board of directors. No cause is given.
Tokyo dispatches report Count Katsura’s cabinet will resign en masse if the government rejects the proposed administration of Manchuria and Korea. The plans are currently being prepared for the region.
Henry White the American ambassador to Rome was selected to represent the United States at the upcoming Moroccan conference along with Minister Gumere of Tangier.
A letter from Mrs. Anna Potts of Hot Springs Arkansas praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female troubles that hinder pregnancy. She claims the tonic eased backaches headaches and bearing-down pains and helped her have a healthy child. The ad invites other prospective mothers to write for free advice.
The fragment notes two names Fritz and Hans linked to waltz music and romance. It references a translation for Tales from Meggendorfer Blaetter and mentions musical composition and waltz time. The brief item echoes an artistic, lightly musical tone without further context.
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