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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1903
Page
2
The Herald notes Uncle Sam will inaugurate the Panama Canal with a 40 million dollar dig. It mocks Bolsgin unrest, jokes about the czar proclamation, and quips on whisky trusts and crossed fates of law and society. It comments on press, public figures, and sensational cases with wry humor.
The Rothschilds began with a small art store and little knowledge of painting yet attracted the old masters, who soon sent their works their way.
A trolley syndicate is incorporated in New Jersey with capital of 50 million dollars. Reports note that Japanese labor tested in Colorado and Utah is deemed a failure. The Japanese costume fills easily with snow causing workers to become logy.
The remark expands on his claim that bad cooks drive drunkenness and provoke harm, including profanity and violence, by their own actions.
A Western husband seeking divorce on the ground that his wife hypnotized him into the marriage will not prevail. The court ruling suggests that accepting such a ground would let any husband obtain a divorce on similar insinuations.
The article notes Secretary Shaw's concern over a looming $50,000,000 Panama Canal payment, comparing its urgency to settling a tailor's bill. It emphasizes financial pressures and the administration's focus on large obligations.
The note states lances will be discarded and all lancers and dragoons will be armed with carbines and swords. The remark questions whether this represents progress toward universal peace.
A Tennessee lawmaker proposes making kissing a misdemeanor, reflecting a veteran figure's stance amid a long life with limited personal happiness and diminished affection for youth.
Mr. Tottell, the English bruiser who was jolted into the land of dreams by Mr. Forbes, says he has recovered enough to state that the people of this country “lack clawss.”
The Sultan of Muscat has been ruined by expenses from organizing the customs service on the advise of British American and French consuls. Too many cooks.
A Boston dry goods house proclaims Beautiful things in spring shirt waists. Our local stock matches the display and quality, speaking for themselves without further advertising.
A French inventor promotes a boat designed to prevent seasickness claiming its motion is as gentle as a street car. The statement suggests a smoother ride than typical ships, though the metaphor raises Chicago street car comparisons.
The Austrian archduke who relinquished his title to elope with a music hall singer was deserted by her. Without title and fortune he appeared a different man to the singer, highlighting the collapse of their fragile liaison.
President Roosevelt arrives in Chicago on a cross country 14 000 mile trip, attends Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, receives LL D, and delivers a forceful Monroe Doctrine speech to about 5000 citizens. The crowd boos boasting and cheers admonitions, with Harrison and MacVeagh presenting, as the president greets a patriotic audience and emphasizes courteous foreign policy.
The president spoke for about forty minutes delivering a prepared Monroe Doctrine focused speech with occasional ad libs and gestures to engage listeners. He praised Americans for fighting skill, urged strong action, and warned against weakness toward others while noting shipboard training contrasts.
Manila reports the Moros show restraint as Datto Pagui man Hassan meets Col. Wallace and vows no fighting. No demonstrations against Americans occur. The government aims to abrogate the Bates treaty, establish Moro governance, and set a clear policy. Military controls fugitive slaves and major crimes but leaves slavery, polygamy, and tribal customs to local norms.
Washington April 3 Officials probe a post office department ring as evidence mounts. Clerks papers and files are examined and a broad shakeup is anticipated. A. W. Machen heads rural free delivery and denies retirement under fire amid talks of removals as detectives gather facts for the postmaster general.
Washington reports official figures showing oleomargarine receipts and taxed quantities plummet under the 10 cent per pound levy. Eight months under the new law yielded 288,538 dollars versus 1,908,461 under the old regime, with only 6 million pounds taxed versus 74 million previously, reflecting sharp retailer declines.
Washington reports the navy department received a dispatch from the naval station at San Juan announcing the death from typhoid fever of Second Lieut. Alonzo C. Baker of the Illinois National Guard. Baker, attached to the battleship Maine, was a native of Illinois and promoted from the ranks.
London reports a cabinet insider says Parliament will dissolve at session end for a general election next autumn. A plan to greatly extend local government in Ireland includes a Dublin legislative council with power over water, railways, and similar works. Ireland’s police would move to local control. customs and post under imperial. Lords Iveagh and Alderman Pirie pledge 2.5 million dollars to build a nationwide light railway and electric network to aid farmers, with horse-drawn wagons during construction.
Federal grand jury returns four indictments against A. S. Rosenthal Martin L. Cohen and Charles B. Browne in silk cases. One indictment accuses Rosenthal and Cohen of importing goods at less than the duty rate and another charges them with presenting false invoices.
Richmond April 3 An ATLANTIC COAST LINE yard conductor T D Wood died in a railroad accident after leaping in front of a passenger train to throw a switch and avert a catastrophe. Investigators say he acted to save others and had no time to escape.
Mrs McKinley’s carriage ran away in Canton on April 3 as she drove toward the cemetery. At West Fifth street hill a horse fell and the team stopped. No injuries were reported though the procession spooked streetcars near the public square, breaking a yoke strap.
Judge Murphy said the Pennell death inquest will be held at the medical examiner office next week. The inquiry will be brief and his Burdick case findings influence the Pennell proceedings.
Retail coal dealers in New York mailed notices that the April price is fixed at 5.85 per ton and will be the year's low. Prices will rise 10 cents monthly for five months starting May 1.
Washington April 3 The secretary of the treasury has accepted the invitation of the faculty of Cornell college at Mount Vernon Iowa to deliver the commencement oration on June 18. Miss Enid Shaw eldest daughter of the secretary will be among the graduates taking the degree of bachelor of arts. Mrs Shaw plans to spend the summer in Paris and Switzerland and will be accompanied by her two daughters and sail after the commencement exercises in June.
Gold silver and minor coins totaling 18 403 723 pieces were minted in March at the United States mints with a value of 8 777 627 25 dollars. Double eagles accounted for 5 868 880 dollars, 1 026 325 silver dollars were produced, and 1 552 000 one cent pieces were minted.
The ninth annual Southeastern Iowa Teachers' association opened in Burlington on April 3. Principal speakers were Supt. S. J. Finley, president of the association, and Nathan C. Schaeffer state superintendent of Pennsylvania, who addressed Does Education Pay.
Leland Leatherman of Little Rock was acquitted after ten days of impeachment proceedings in the Arkansas Senate. The House had filed charges, but the judge was cleared of all accusations and released from further proceedings.
The state department fills the Guatemala City post with A. A. Winslow of Indiana. The prior secretary J. W. Bailey of Kentucky, who accompanied young Godfrey Hunter when Fitzgerald was shot, received indefinite leave and remains in the United States.
Prominent scientists from nearly every region attend the opening session of the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. The gathering runs through Saturday with about thirty-six papers to be read, spanning nearly all fields of scientific research.
Elmer Arney, a Ferguson, Iowa merchant, shot and killed himself in Marshalltown on April 8. A sheriff arrived an hour later with a warrant charging him with forgery.
After a long campaign the DC board of commissioners approved a rule forbidding expectorating on sidewalks. Violators face a fine of 1 dollar.
St. Paul April 3 The senate passed the house bill confirming the state's title to the land where the present capitol building sits. A fear arose that moving the capitol might cause the title to revert to heirs of the original landowner. The old site is valued at over $500000.
Marlette April 3 A passenger train on the M C and the Ohio Central extension derailed at Na pier twenty miles from here. Officials say the derailment was apparently the result of an attempted robbery. No injuries reported. Authorities investigate the incident and search for suspects across the region.
Washington April 3 Abner Taylor former representative of Illinois shows improvement says his physician He is expected to remain in his room for a few days and then resume activities around the house and halls of the hospital or In his room in a few days according to the report
Washington April 8 Spencer Eddy secretary of the United States legation at Constantinople has arrived in Washington on leave from his post and paid his respects to Secretary Hay and Assistant Secretary Loomis
Judge Eliott denied the motion to quash the indictment against former Mayor Ames over alleged grand jury irregularities. The defense then demurred to each of the seven indictments, and the court overruled the demurrers.
Carnegie donor pledges 8000 dollars for a public library in Spring Valley Minnesota conditional on annual city support of 800 dollars for twenty years. The city has now met the condition, completing the agreement.
Washington April 8 Commissioner Richards of the general land office has taken the final step in settling the long dispute over ownership of Everglades lands. About 3,000,000 acres within the frostless belt will go to Florida and be placed at its disposal for development. Also by Interior direction, 1,175,000 acres in Colorado between Del Norte and Durango, including the San Juan mountains, were temporarily withdrawn from public sale to study possible forest reserve boundaries and watershed protection.
Butte Montana April date details describe James Matt an employee of the Great Northern Railway who after a year with paralysis stroke regaining speech. Doctors who attended him found him dying but he rose in bed condemning them and shouting Nars then began speaking clearly and has improved rapidly since.
In Budapest on April 3 Deputy Rubik former Deputy Orgoszy and two others ascended in a balloon. A squall caused the craft to collide with a factory chimney. Orgoszy jumped from the car and died. The others were seriously injured when the craft struck the ground.
Venice reports the ancient viaduct from Udine to Palmanouvia, built during the republic’s height, has fallen. The structure, long hailed as an Italian national monument, lies ruined beyond restoration from an unspecified cause.
Captain and Mrs. O W Rennie of Buffalo New York were rescued after clinging to the pilot house of their yacht Mystery for forty hours off Hawkins Point Chesapeake Bay. They faced no food or sleep as seas swamped the pilot house while their vessel grounded.
In Bromberg on April 8 a riot broke out between strikers and police as masons and carpenters attacked Italian workers imported to replace them. Police charged with drawn swords, wounding several and arresting nine.
Berlin April 3 Princess Louise remains at Lime denau castle with her parents and will depart after the birth of her child. She is on friendly terms with her parents and Emperor Francis Joseph, who disapproved of King George's manifesto, has forgiven her.
Fifteen hundred men and boys at three Shamokin collieries walk out over shortened dinner hour. Workers protest reduced midday break at the mines operated by individual operators in Shamokin Pennsylvania on April 8.
The schooner Isabella Gill arrived in Savannah on April 3 with Cant Dix and eight crew members of the H. Weaver, a schooner that was lost off Charleston.
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