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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
2
A compact review of seven days of events covering the industrial sector, personal and political items, and happenings at home and abroad. Highlights include notable developments in business and world affairs, with brief notes on domestic events and public interest topics.
Three hundred New Jersey state convicts at Trenton wear light gray uniforms replacing stripes. Other items note Mrs. Layman’s fifth divorce case in Los Angeles, Schwab resigns from U S Steel, Jett testifies in Kentucky murder trial, and Roosevelt’s gift of $100 to Theodore Roosevelt Signet.
Russell Sage age eighty eight in New York. Joseph Saxton age 73 longtime uncle of Mrs. McKinley died in Canton Ohio. Thomas Hargis former Kentucky chief justice died in Springfield Ohio. William Judson state oil inspector died at his Ann Arbor home Michigan. Maj Joseph Rowland governor of Leavenworth Soldiers Home died at 73. John Gilbert Shanklin long time Indiana Democrat and former Evansville Courier editor died in Evansville.
The Cuban commission chaired by Gen. Gomez completed a list of 50 000 revolutionary soldiers entitled to pay. The Cuban treasury held 5 500 900 on July 31, up 400 000 from June.
The report notes Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, commander of the army, retires after reaching the 64 year age limit. It lists contemporaneous events including fires destroying 20 Biggs California businesses and several international upheavals.
Commandant C. C. Horton reports at Marshalltown soldiers' home urging changes to the last general assembly pension law. He notes that inmates twice convicted of intoxication may receive funds on demand and under depositor consent. Horton favors a year of sobriety with progressive pension steps leading to full control, while noting 102 deaths and 760 inmates as of June 30, 1903.
Chairman Cownie reports the Cherokee farm grows to 960 acres after purchasing 120 additional acres west of the current institution farm for 85 per acre, with 3 per acre rental in 1903 reducing cost to about 82. Cownie urges more land at Eldora and Mitchellville, noting potential dairy expansion at Mitchellville and sandstone vein found at Anamosa for the historic department cannon base. The Anamosa cob pipe factory nears completion with new shop building finished and machinery being installed.
Assistant Adjt. Gen. Newman of the state G A R has received the department badge for Iowa veterans traveling to San Francisco for the national encampment. The badge funds department expenses, not individual costs, and features a white cross bar with Iowa in blue, a buff ribbon with G A R badge likeness, a Gov. Cummins likeness in a silver shield, and a reverse Iowa coat of arms.
Special correspondence notes Harvey Reid of Jackson County recounts Gen Samuel Chandler’s role in the 1837 Canadian revolt. He was sentenced to death by Britain, sent to Van Diemen’s Land, escaped on a Yankee whaling ship, and settled in Maquoketa. His daughter Jessie’s 1400 mile journey to Quebec secured a reprieve. Jessie later married Jesse Wilson in Maquoketa.
State Dairy Commissioner Wright reports from creamery men farmers and others that Iowa dairy business is excellent this year with more milk and butter produced than last year or the year before. Pasture conditions are cited as the cause of higher production and prices have fallen slightly but are offset by the greater output.
The Franklin county semicentennial event at Hampton on September 15 will attract many old settlers now living in distant parts of the union. Prominent state and national leaders connected with the county's early development are invited to participate.
Last winter El mer Printy was arrested in Keokuk for stealing Dr. W. B. Ochiltree s buggy. Tried he served in Fort Madison penitentiary. Parole efforts cite his worsening spine curvature and failing health, noting he spends most time in the prison hospital.
Gov Cummins reports a Washington notice stressing that naturalization records must show the applicant not opposed to organized government and not advocating violence against officials. The point adds to existing law as of June 2 and targets Iowa courts with naturalization power.
Special correspondence notes Col. Al Swaim Iowa consul at Nottingham spoke in Portsmouth praising England for its wartime friendship. He recalled aiding the Oregon at Montevideo when a Scotchman offered coal to help the ship, illustrating enduring cordial relations between the nations.
Special correspondence notes Gen. Grenville M. Dodge of Iowa argues in the Army and Navy Journal that blockhouses protect lines of communication, proving effective and defensible. They were not used as trocha in the Civil War. the first western blockhouse appeared in 1862, and Gen. Grant ordered lines along key railways.
A Jersey Ridge fruit farm owner reports apples growing sessile on trunks and large branches. W. F. Warnebold notes blossoms appeared on trunks last spring and fruit remained to mature, often several feet from the ground.
John Whicher of Sacramento traveled to the Iowa statehouse where he recovered the sword once carried by his father Isaac W. Whicher a captain in the Fourth Iowa infantry. The sword had been given to Adjutant General Baker and was found with Maj. Hume’s help after a visit with Capt. Amos Brandt.
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