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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1898
Page
6
Harry H. Kramer died suddenly in Ames while attending college. Evidence of morphine poisoning found. He was the oldest son of Senator J. L. Kramer. The death occurred in Wester City on April 2. local authorities investigate potential cause and circumstances.
While sinking a farm well in the county Wil Mayce aged 26 was overcome by gas and died before help could reach him. His parents live in St Joseph Missouri.
A group of 29 Iowa residents has arrived at Warterville Washington on April 5 and will mostly settle on nearby lands. Local correspondence indicates further Iowa groups are expected to relocate later this year.
Burlington Iowa April 4 a petition urging Congressmen to use influence toward a peaceful solution of the Spanish trouble circulated widely among Burlington business men The refusal to sign it was almost universal among local merchants and officials who favored restraint and diplomacy.
It is settled that Joseph Morgan long time private secretary to Senator Allison and current co owner and publisher of the Daily Times will be the next postmaster of Dubuque. Several candidates were in the running.
The program committee of the Iowa State Bar Association met in Mason City to plan the annual meeting set for July 7 and 8. About 150 lawyers from across the state are expected to attend.
Sioux City April 2 The Northwestern Lumbermen Association began its annual session with about 200 lumbermen in attendance. J W Derace of Sibley was elected president and J F Rath of Cherokee was named secretary for the ensuing year.
Ireton Iowa April 2 Chaplain Jessie Cole a well known northwest Iowa orator and current pastor of the Methodist church here and former Presiding elder in this district has yielded to friends solicitation and will be a candidate for congress in the near future.
Des Moines April 3 The Iowa Legislature adjourned sine die a few minutes before 6 pm after finishing final appropriation bills and approving a $500 000 emergency war fund measure pending requisitions.
Des Moines March 31 A statewide organization effort is planned to form the American Railway Loyal league with branches across Iowa. A meeting will be held this week in Boone or Des Moines to establish the new railway employee group.
Washington April 1. The president sent to the senate nominations for Thomas H. Bolton to be surveyor of customs at the port of Sioux City Iowa Samuel L Overstreet attorney general for the territory of Oklahoma Walter H Faulkner of Texas to be consul at Durango Mexico
Fort Donear April 4. Miss Lizzie Healy started for Philadelphia to enter a convent. She is sister of Hon. D Healy senator from the Tenth district and M F Healy former state central committee member of the democratic party.
At a meeting of Presbyterian officers in Missouri Valley on April 3 it was decided to proceed at once with the construction of a new church replacing the old inadequate building. They have about $4,000 on hand and hope to raise a $7,000 to $8,000 fully paid project when completed.
About a thousand students of Cornell college and Mount Vernon citizens attended a mass meeting. A Spanish flag was burned and resolutions were adopted pledging support for the administration and offering moral support and service in defense of the country and its flag.
Ex Governor Drake remains in Excelsior Springs Missouri with conflicting reports on his health. He is not better than in January but not worse. He plans to reach Des Moines around mid April for an urgent trustees meeting at the university.
JAGrInN LL Iowa April 4 Mayor Smith Davenport accepts invitation from Iowa college authorities to plan pioneer day for the centennial celebration. Colonel Price, a college graduate and former war soldier and U S consular representative, was in Davenport and invited to preside on Pioneer Day.
Fred Day of Council Bluffs sues Henry Metcalf in California for $20,000 damages claiming bodily injuries from a recent assault. The filing was reported from Los Andos, Cal. on April 5.
Adolph Koppel, a Baker Overall salesman from Sioux City, killed himself by stepping in front of a train at Rapid City South Dakota. He was decapitated in the fatal act.
Robbers broke open the post office with tools stolen from a blacksmith shop in Coon Rapids Iowa. They took about $100 in cash and stamps. Police conducted an investigation and searched for suspects.
Des Moines reports both houses passed a bill appropriating 500000 dollars to be used in case of war and placed at the disposal of the governor.
A petition from Mars Hattonn Iowa asks the state fish commissioner to stock the Iowa River above the dam with trout crappies wall eyed pike and black bass. The river has seen no attention for about 20 years.
Des Moines April 4. It is estimated the recent 82 day legislative session cost the state 141 752 dollars. It made appropriations around 500 000 dollars plus a war appropriation of 500 000 dollars 50 000 for providential contingencies and the regular statutory appropriations that continue yearly without reenactment.
Des Moines April 4 Governor Shaw received a telegram from Congressman Hull noting the president appreciates Iowa’s wartime appropriation of 500000 and predicting war’s culmination this week Auditory McCarthy departed for Hampton Roads to bid farewell to his son Albert signal officer on the battleship Massachusetts in the flying squadron.
James Cunningham and Miss Ida Hepp faced a preliminary hearing for the murder of Hepp’s four week old child. They were held to the May 17 grand jury amid surprise at bail. The infant was found March 1 at the fair grounds and testimony spanned two to three days with direct, distressing detail.
Record from Stanhope Iowa notes H M Lucas who lives near Stanhope has finished his 100th term of teaching. He began at Fairview school and taught 17 different schools across Hamilton Webster Boone counties, with about 1900 pupils.
Funeral services for Attorney John Ledwich were held yesterday afternoon from his residence in Harlan. A noted western Iowa figure, he had lived in Victor Avoca and Harlan and worked as justice of the peace, merchant, postmaster, insurer, agent and lawyer. He is survived by his widow and son LeGrant of Omaha, with a brother in Seattle a sister in Des Moines and a stepson in Omaha.
The Interstate Sheriffs association plans its next gathering in Council Bluffs on June 21 and 22. Sheriff W C Davenport of Woodbury County mails the annual report and urges members to attend. The Omaha meeting added about sixty names, bringing total to twenty. Officers for 18% are J E Stout Des Moines president J J Trompen Lincoln first vice president W C Davenport Sioux City secretary treasurer.
Iowa exposition committee reports a total $30,000 fund for the state exhibit after recent $25,000 appropriation and $5,000 remaining from an earlier $10,010 grant. Secretary Chase notes architects are drafting plans and bids will be requested within about 10 days as the gates approach.
Des Moines to Kansas City and Southwest lines run daily at 4:16 am and 10:33 pm. Cedar Rapids route offers morning and Sunday services. Special equipment includes free, Pullman, and dining cars. For rates and details contact J. A. Ecos, Agent, Marshalltown, Iowa.
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