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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
6
A compact weekly digest lists home and foreign items across industry politics and social happenings. It surveys personal items and notable events from around the world and within national affairs in a concise, period voice.
The report lists U S grain stocks by type with wheat at 48218000 bushels corn 11451000 oats 5869000 rye 625000 barley 350000. It notes Klondike gold output at 20000000 dollars up from 15000000. multiple violent incidents across states including Monroe Prairie Mississippi, Corinth Mississippi lynching, and deaths from street fights.
President McKinley and his wife arrived in Washington from Canton Ohio. Henry Lippert ex fire chief aged 69 died suddenly at his Milwaukee home. International Typographical union meeting in Milwaukee opposed indiscriminate boycotts. George Griffin and third wife arrested near Wilson New Jersey on charge of starving Griffin’s four children. Storm in eastern Illinois damages broom corn crop valued at 500000 dollars. James J Hill calls year end June 30 best for western railroads. Samuel Amidon killed by a pitched ball in Ashtabula Ohio. Confederate Association protests Gen J B Gordon attending G A R encampment in Chicago.
Obituaries note deaths of Robert Kingston Scott and others in the reconstruction era and beyond, including Steinitz, Huntington, and Mrs. Prime. Political items cover Washington Republicans nominating Frink for governor and Cushman, Jones for Congress, the Liberty Congress backing Bryan, and party conventions in Iowa, Indiana, and New York with candidates Crane, Houk, Crozier, Fowler, Schweppe, and Rumple. Roosevelt plans a campaign tour to the Rockies.
Reports from Gen. Chaffee place allied forces 33 miles from Peking at Ho-Si-Wu on the tenth, with hopes they have reached the capital. Other dispatches mention Chinese massacres, peace talks, and transfer-location disputes as international pressure mounts during the Boxer upheaval.
Reports say two hundred people drowned in Japan by floods. Washington officials believe diplomats and the foreign contingent were rescued in Peking via an armistice demanding submission of negotiators to the allies. London activists demand overthrow of the sultan to halt Armenian massacres. Columbia, British Columbia, was destroyed by fire. The United States trails France in expositions with 2,500 grand prizes won. Dewet allegedly evades pursuit to join Delarey. President Steyn reportedly dies from wounds.
Dispatches report Peking captured by American, British, Japanese and Russian troops with ministers under guard. Empress Dowager and Emperor Kwang-Hsu flee to Hsian Fu as allied bombardment and street patrols intensify. Reports also note other global incidents from train wrecks to financial losses.
The state board of control reports July financials with $94,342 on hand in support funds, up $6,915 from July 1 to August 1. July expenditures totaled $66,818, $7,232 less than June. Prison populations declined with Anamosa at 978 and Fort Madison at 487, while total insane numbers fell by 24.
Charles M Best, recently selected Drake University football coach, will arrive from Pennsylvania to begin preliminary practices. The season opens October 6 with Grinnell at Des Moines, followed by Penn College of Oskaloosa, Nebraska at Lincoln, Iowa State at Iowa City, Simpson at Des Moines, Iowa State Agricultural at Des Moines, Missouri at Des Moines, Omaha Medical at Omaha, and Grinnell on Thanksgiving Day in Des Moines.
Charles Stickles, who secured a railroad charter by a daring 1849 stunt in Davenport to Iowa City, died in Oneonta New York. He ran a half finished line over ground ties and loose rails, was celebrated by cheering crowds, and had served as a railway engineer for 52 years.
H. S. Colby of Post Junction reports theft of 3440 while en route to Plainville. On Salina to Sa lina line he changed cars, five men jostled him and left. He later found most of the sum was a draft with payment stopped.
The great League assembly ends its two week session at Clear Lake with unanimous praise for the program. Attendees enjoyed lectures concerts dramatic readings and moving pictures with no weak spots observed throughout the event.
A Bloomfield party camping on the Des Moines river near Eldon engaged in rifle practice when a young Miller woman accidentally shot her sister in the head as the bullet passed by. Her recovery is doubtful.
A deal closed in Dubuque consolidates the street railway and electric light plants. A new company is formed with $1,000,000 capital and a 50 year charter. Officers include F. D. Stout as president W. S. Molo as vice president E. A. Engler as secretary and George Kiezel as treasurer.
D C Rook and son George of Oakley announce a two month old calf with two perfectly formed bodies and three tails. They plan to exhibit the creature at the county fair from September 26 to 28.
Workmen on the Chicago Fort Madison and Des Moines railway are removing old tracks from the Batavia trestle to Ottumwa. Two to three weeks ago a connection was made with the Burlington at Batavia, enabling trains to run to Ottumwa over the Burlington from that point.
G A R Thirty Fourth National Encampment in Chicago runs Aug 27 to Sept 1 with Aug 25 to 29 excursion tickets at One Fare Round Trip. McKinley will attend. Tickets may extend to Sept 30 for 50 cents. Inquiries to Great Western agents or F H Lord Chicago office.
The notice urges buyers to inspect Marinette County farmland along the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul line praising crops, markets, climate, water, and long terms. It argues buying is cheaper than renting and directs readers to contact C. E. Rollins, land agent, 161 La Salle Street, Chicago.
Advertises cheap rail excursions from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City with one night stay. Tickets priced at a limit plus two dollars for a round trip, return limit unspecified. Promotional booklet “Colorado” available free from John Sebastian G P Chicago.
A brief note from the Philadelphia Press recounts writing to Borrows-Easy Graphter-Well asking for two dollars. The author misspelled two as t double 0 and forgot to cross the t, then received a $100 payment.
An OCR fragment promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel activity and liver and kidney benefits. It also mentions a cure for aches and lists a price of 25 in an unclear currency.
A dialogue excerpt from the Chicago Evening News contrasts love and wealth with Maude and Clara debating marriage. Clara values love, while a hypothetical million alters her view, reflecting social ideas of the era.
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