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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1894
Page
4
A Philadelphia court revealed a local money lender habitually charging 1200 percent interest for loans. The case highlights severe usury practices and regulatory concerns in the city.
Exiled for years Kossuts will have his bones laid to rest in the country he cherished after long sacrifice for its soil and people.
A recent craze for chrysanthemums yields a culinary note as the flowers are reported edible and can be cooked and served as a satisfactory substitute for cabbage in meals.
A white marble ledge sixty miles northeast of Phoenix at Rio Verde is described as a compact 110 feet wide. Early reports claim it rivals the finest Italian marble in quality and appearance.
The transfer from outgoing to incoming superintendent includes counting 50,000,000 silver dollars and 250,000 nickels and cents, and weighing 111,150 silver bars along with $16,000,000 in gold bullion.
Donatoy G MuiricHeLt known as Ik Marvel is 72 with white hair like a crown, avoiding publicity and living a quiet life on a Connecticut farm.
A man in Philadelphia woke up and killed his wife. He was arrested at 8, indicted by noon, tried and convicted by 3, and sentenced to three years in prison by nightfall.
The passage counts sixty seven queens of France and notes thirteen left no history. It lists eleven divorced, two executed, nine died young, seven widowed, three cruelly treated, three exiled, with poison victims and broken hearts among the rest.
President Exvier of Harvard issues a request that no punches or distilled liquor be allowed in any college room on class day or commencement day. Sophomores threaten continued harassment of freshmen, mocking enforcement.
Fine carriages with rubber tires arrive in New York offering a smooth silent ride. Each set of four tires costs about one hundred dollars and typically lasts a single season, appealing to affluent owners despite high expense.
Rev Arthur Pierson faced a setback in London after leaving Boston to lead Spurgeon’s large church. An election determined a pastor, selecting the founder’s son as successor, amid the upheaval surrounding the post.
Philip D. Armour and his party of tourists returned to Chicago after a thirty day absence traveling 7,300 miles averaging 265 miles daily. The piece notes that such distances seem small next to future advances from electrical force.
A Western self styled Messiah targets the pope the Vanderbilts and other notables in a plan to wipe them out. He fronts an organization called the order of Freemen and sells badges for two dollars each as a methodical means to recruit.
Competent authorities estimate that at least 400 million mummies were produced in Egypt from the start of embalming until its decline in the seventh century. Herodotus and Diodorus note three embalming grades, the first costing about 1,225 dollars, the second roughly one fifth, and the third cheaper than ordinary earth burial.
The article notes progress in naval construction with armor trials two years earlier and details the test of the first 15 inch gun at the Washington proving grounds. It is one of twelve guns ordered for the battleships Indiana Massachusetts and Oregon and may be unmatched in caliber if ironclads fail to replace wooden ships as in past eras.
A folk rule explains a math trick to reveal a woman's age and birth month from a total. It instructs multiplying the birth month by two then adding five, multiplying by fifty, adding her age, subtracting three hundred sixty five, and finally adding one hundred fifteen. The final digits show age and birth month.
The Water of Niagara Falls would power canal boats between Buffalo and Albany. The Cataract Electric Company would supply the electricity from the falls to run Erie Canal boats, replacing mules with dynamos and creating a long term monopoly for fifty years.
The text notes annual averages per 10 000 people for personal crisis reports in Germany 271, France 1.87, Austria 143, land and Italy 0.76 and 0.46. In the army Austria leads with 12.53 per 10 000 men, followed by Germany 6.35, Italy 4, France 3.33 and England 2.00. It attributes most cases to punishment fear and observes twice as many non commissioned officers as privates die by their own hand during the year.
Senate sessions noted no meeting while the house debated the post office appropriation of 87 million, with an added 20 thousand for rural free delivery trials. Death announced for Senator Colquitt of Georgia. funeral plans and adjournments followed in both chambers.
Alfred H Colquitt aged 70 United States senator from Georgia died in Washington from paralysis. He had served in Congress in 1859 governor in 1876 and senator since 1880. He leaves a widow one son and four daughters. The piece notes grain stocks and exhibits at the world’s fair as context and mentions Charles F Crisp’s appointment to fill the vacancy caused by Colquitt’s death.
Three ships Lewellyn Morse Edward OBrien and J B Walker set from Atlantic ports for the Golden Gate. Oscar MirceLt ordained in Boston as first colored Episcopal priest in New England. Gravesend inspectors tied to McKane plead guilty and sentenced. New York firms Wood Brown Co and Haines Co face liabilities 600000 and 400000. Southern fruit losses from cold wave and rail damage near 1 million. New York passes election law penalties and anti foreign flag measures. Deaths include George Ticknor Curtis aged 53 and Charles C Baer aged 58. Coke workers strike in Connellsville region.
Reports from many western and southern places describe damage to fruit trees and early vegetation caused by a recent cold wave. Other incidents note drownings, fires, deaths, political nominations, and social activism across multiple states.
Mexico seeks secure an international monetary conference to settle silver. Five people die in a parasine lamp explosion in London. Aeronaut Wurtrox falls 1500 feet at Cannes and drowns. Foreign powers seek united action against anarchists. Greece endures violent earthquakes with many deaths. Verney Lovett Cameron dies after being thrown from a horse near Bedfordshire. Louis Kossuth funeral held in Turin Evangelical church. An Athens hymn to Apollo is sung in Delphi after 2000 years. Hans von Bülow cremated in Hamburg. Koszelew coal mine shaft collapse kills eleven.
Washington reports the death of Georgia senator Alfred H. Colquitt at 7 10 am after a second paralysis attack. He died surrounded by family and aides. his body will go to Macon for interment with congressional escorts. He served as governor of Georgia and U S senator, with a long Civil War and political career.
An intense session in the house erupted over the Joy O Neill contested election case. The vote failed to reach quorum at 154 to 11 amid filibuster and clashes as Reed and Crisp clashed over quorum rules. The resolution directing arrest of absentees passed 164 to 3 and the house adjourned.
The senate was not in session on the 30th ult. In the house Mr Bland announced a vote to pass the seigniorage bill over the veto on April 3. Several other items were noted including Crisp declining a senate seat, Maryland enforcing gold cure treatment, a notable silver vein find near Virginia City Wis, a Peoria water tower collapse killing one and injuring many, and various legal and violent events across the nation.
President Cleveland's ruling upholds a conviction of employees at Carnegie Phipps Co who tampered with work to defraud the government. The original $400,000 fine is reduced to $140,000 as the executive action is announced in Washington on March 28.
The House Judiciary subcommittee will begin investigating Judge Jenkins anti strike injunction against the Northern Pacific railway employees in Milwaukee starting Monday. Members Boatner Terry and W A Stone will travel there from Washington, travel costs limited to 500 dollars hindering distant witnesses.
Representative Geary of California the author of the Chinese registration act expresses approval of the new treaty. He denies it abrogates the Geary law and views it as recognition of the registration principle. He sees the treaty as advancing the policy by allowing total prohibition of Chinese immigration versus mere suspension in the present pact.
The barkentine Tropic Bird returned from Tahiti after a 4,200 nautical mile voyage from San Francisco in seventeen days and twelve hours, claimed as the fastest time by a sailing vessel on the Pacific.
Denver California report changes the League of American Wheelmen meet dates from August 30 to September 1 to August 13 to 18.
Mr. Brody of Pekin township shot a magnificent American eagle Sunday. The bird measures 11 feet 7 inches from wingtip to wingtip and will be mounted for display at the Smithsonian Institution.
Atlanta March 31 Governor Northen appointed Speaker Charles F Crisp to fill the late Senator Alfred H Colquitt's seat and no formal presentation had been made to Crisp.
Warsaw reports a coal mine shaft collapse at Koszelew on Thursday causing heavy loss of life. Eleven bodies recovered, with more missing and several seriously injured.
Dr. George F. Peterson a renowned surgeon dentist in New Haven has been judged insane and committed to an asylum after threatening to shoot his family. Doctors attribute his condition to cigarettes and cocaine.
Augustus A. Brush former Sing Sing warden died after apoplexy at his Hopewell home. He was 62 years old.
Reports from Virginia Delaware South Carolina and Illinois detail heavy losses in early vegetables fruits and wheat due to a severe cold wave. Estimates exceed $1,000,000 along southern Atlantic rail lines with alarming damage to peaches apples cherries pears and grapes in multiple states. some areas report hope for partial recovery while others warn of total crop ruin.
Maj W D Bickham veteran editor of the Daytona Journal died at 3 30 pm Tuesday after a brief illness. Born Cincinnati March 30, 1827 he began in a Cincinnati newsroom and served with Gen Rosecrans staff as a captain in war. He later led the Dayton Journal a Republican paper earning national renown as an editorial writer.
The interior secretary has sent a $10,221,000 requisition to the treasury for the quarterly pension payments due April 2. Funds are allocated to agencies in Chicago and Des Moines and Milwaukee and Buffalo and Pittsburgh and Concord New Hampshire and Boston and Detroit with specified amounts.
An assignment for the benefit of creditors has been made by Wood, Brown & Co. and Haines & Co. as they liquidate both firms. Wood, Brown & Co. liabilities are about 600000, Haines & Co. about 400000, with a large loan from Drexel & Co. included.
Albert Youel was crushed to death at Shadeland Ohio when the chimney of his burned house fell on him during March 29 incident.
In Fleming Wayne County near Huntixetos Henry Collins and Hoke Napier quarrelled Monday evening. They drew revolvers and fired about a dozen shots. Collins was killed instantly by a heart wound Napier died two hours later from abdominal injuries. Both men left families.
John Hock of Waverly Iowa accidentally shot and killed his 14 year old son while duck hunting near the city. The tragedy occurred on the duck marsh as they pursued birds on a hunt. The incident is being investigated by local authorities.
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