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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1905
Page
2
A German statistician notes that over the last five decades European longevity has risen more for women than for men. Other items include a ferret invading a Frankfort zoo cage frightening a lioness and cub, debates on music versus cooking for women, and shifts in Highland whisky drinking.
Old mining men in the Rainy river district and Seine valley had already gathered diamonds from Indigenous and French Canadian wanderers. The diamonds, found along valuable waterways between the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay, were known for their hidden wealth long before formal geological confirmation.
A Vienna project contemplates a rail route connecting European cities with the Far East to rival the Siberian line. The plan would cut travel time to Peking and Shanghai to eight days from Vienna, backed by Dr Snatzer and prominent financiers.
A boy living about a mile from Corvallis Oregon near the Willamette has doubled his weight and grown from 12 to manhood in six months. He has commenced beard growth and has become a man in physique though still a boy in years. The case is described as without parallel in medical annals.
Nebraska Homeopathic association seeks a bill to require thorough physical examinations for all marriage license applicants. The measure aims to curb disease spread by barring unions of those deemed diseased. Homeopaths plan to lobby in the next legislature to pass the proposal.
The Jewish World revisits the idea that the Japanese are the last ten tribes of Israel. It notes inevitable searches for ties, citing Japanese engravings claiming Jewish landing sites in Nippon. Described images include an ark procession with priests in biblical hats and Solomon receiving gifts from the queen of Sheba.
A newly formed lake in central Nebraska spans about 20 miles in length and 3 to 5 miles in width. It rises from mud flats six months earlier to waters 10 to 50 feet deep and climbing, with overflow carving a stream toward the Missouri River. The region is known to have an underground water underflow.
A Rhodes trustees and British association expert, Randal Maciver, studied Zimbabwe ruins and nearby sites last April. He concludes none of the southern Rhodesia ruins are older than the 15th or 16th century, contradicting the longstanding idea that King Solomon’s mines lie there.
Grand jury returns true bill against Oliver J. Bailey chair of Peoria school board finance committee for malfeasance and allowing Newton C. Dougherty to misappropriate school funds. Indictments also count against Dougherty for embezzlement and forgery. Bailey, longtime city figure, denies guilt and notes Dougherty’s trust. Dougherty reacts from county jail cell. Nelson Burnham dies of shock following news of the defalcations.
Sir Henry Irving, esteemed English actor, died Friday night in Bradford after a Becket performance. He collapsed at his hotel after the show and died before medical help could reach him. The death ends a celebrated career marked by iconic stage roles and a strong influence on English theater.
The article reports a proposed federal bill to regulate life insurance as interstate commerce with support from President Roosevelt and Senator John F. Dryden. It also notes Walter R. Gillette testimony that Mutual Life contributed to the Republican committee’s funds in 1904 and spent on clerical luncheons in New York.
Judge Eason awarded Capt. Elmore F. Taggart a divorce and custody of two children, Culver and Charles, with the mother allowed visitation. Trial lasted seven weeks after starting in July 1904 amid allegations of cruelty, neglect, and excessive drinking. Taggart cited army habits as a factor and named several officers.
The Harry A. Berwind is believed to have been mutinied off the coast with Captain Rumill and four crew members killed and thrown overboard. The Blanche H. King brought in three imprisoned sailors after docking at Southport, while the Berwind’s other crewman bodies were found aboard or later discarded.
Prince Sergius Troubetskoy, noted liberal figure in Russia, suffered apoplexy Thursday night while with M Glasoff at a conference in St Petersburg. He died two hours later. He led Moscow zemstvo congress and headed the delegation that presented the zemstvo petition to Emperor Nicholas in June.
Jacob Weinstein a local tailor is jailed on a Chicago woman's charge of having three wives. He says he married two women and believed one had died before a second marriage.
Chicago reports Mayor Dunne’s municipal ownership contract plan defeated at the city council meeting on Monday. The mayor faced a stinging setback and personal humiliation as the proposal failed to pass. The story also notes a separate sea incident and a death in Portland.
Ogdensburg New York October 14 a syndicate formed to merge all Canadian starch factories due to competition between Prescott Ontario and Edwardsburg Ontario firms.
In Middleport a dispute over corn division between John and Arthur Myers led to a pitched battle. William Haag, a bystander, was killed and John Myers was shot and seriously injured after twelve shots were exchanged.
Dermott Arkansas October 13 fire in Warren wiped out eight business houses valued at eighty thousand dollars. Authorities suspect incendiaries caused the blaze.
New York Oct 13 Harry A Leon ard, a young bank clerk who stole securities worth 359000 from the National City bank using a forged check, was indicted for grand larceny in the first degree on Thursday.
Snow fell Tuesday afternoon in northeastern Minnesota with light Duluth snow and rain mix while the Mesaba and Ver million ranges saw heavy snowfall. A separate Alamosa report notes the bank failure assets exceed liabilities by about 150000.
Washington reports that Judge Francis E. Baker of the Seventh Circuit faces possible prosecution for accepting campaign contributions. The Civil Service Commission cites testimony from Goshen Indiana post office clerks who were pressured to pay funds, with one clerk urged to forgo clothes to meet the 5 percent demand and others borrowing money to comply. The case now rests with the Department of Justice.
In the second quinquennial election three women and five men won Hall of Fame tablets at NYU. Maria Mitchell led American scientists with a lone selection among Americans, while Louis Agassiz and John Paul Jones tied for foreign born honors. Statesmen John Quincy Adams and James Madison also earned tablets with strong vote tallies.
Toledo reports Joseph Ramsey Jr loses bid for control of the Wabash system, is ousted from the board and barred from management. Sioux City notes W Brown of Storm Lake gets five year prison term for fraudulent banking in U S court.
Dr. James A. Egan, secretary of the Illinois state board of health, ordered the quarantine against yellow fever infected points to be discontinued on Tuesday, October 17, in Cairo Illinois.
Evansville Indiana October 12 Engineer George Burke of the Evansville and Newburg railroad leaped onto the engine pilot to save eight year old Stella Peters from certain danger on the tracks as the train sped down grade toward the city. Gold shipments from Yukon territory for the 1905 season are reported closed at about six million dollars.
Detectives pursue Edward George Cunliffe after a $101000 Adams Express robbery. Cunliffe, a money clerk, signed for a $100000 package on Monday and disappeared before the office opened Tuesday, leaving $1000 missing and prompting a citywide alert. Authorities band together machinery to track him.
Luke E. Wright, governor general of the Philippines and head of the Philippine commission, will retire around December 1 due to dissatisfaction with the situation. He plans a six month leave then return to Nashville to resume law practice. President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft have roughly chosen his successor, who will not be currently connected with the commission.
The Missouri state building in Portland’s Lewis and Clark exposition burned Friday night. Nearly all of the Missouri display including art and statuary was lost, with estimated damage above $50,000 and only $5,000 insured on the art exhibit.
President Roosevelt will make railroad legislation the main issue in his December message to Congress. He will not push tariff strongly, preferring to subordinate it to the traffic measure, believing public opinion cannot back both issues at once.
Fire swept through the Berger Bedding plant on Market street in Milwaukee and spread to Weinbrenner & Peffer boots and shoes and the Germania bindery. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars. Rome reports a 10000 dollar donation from J Pierpont Morgan for Calabria earthquake relief.
A late night blaze in Marinette Wisconsin nearly leveled the Mari nette and Menominee sulphite paper mill. Fire crews from Marinette and Menominee prevented total destruction, with losses estimated at 150000 dollars and fully insured.
E Scott C. Bone, longtime managing editor of the Washington Post, resigns from his post effective immediately triggering a leadership change at the paper.
Public notice promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure and guide for adolescent girls entering puberty and women’s health. It includes letters from Myrtle Mills and Matilda Borman praising relief from headaches irregular menses and dizziness and invites others to seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
The excerpt paints Korea as miserably poor with an aristocratic regime, rampant bribery in justice and officialdom, and social cruelty. It claims fertile land, beautiful scenery, and a compliant peasantry while noting public censorship, restricted women, and forced loans to the nobility amid a seemingly healthy climate.
A Mansfield woman describes years of numb hands and pain until Dr Williams Pink Pills restored function. She reports better sleep and two years of good health after using the pills, which claim to feed nerves by building rich blood. Sold by druggists or Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady N Y.
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