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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
6
In Newton Louisiana, a masked bandit forced Agent B. W. Yates into a box car after robbing the depot safe of $60. The eastbound train was halted when the block block was not set, and Yates was later found half frozen in the box car.
Des Moines reports that Democratic legislators plan to push a bank guaranty law next winter. The bill will be drafted by leading Democrats. Chairman Price will not attend to push it, while ex-Chairman Miller will be on hand to lead the fight.
Des Moines reports Representative Thor O. Hanson of Humboldt County will re introduce his bill to restrict salaries and expenses of mutual hail and storm insurance companies. He cites a firm example from last winter where large salaries were paid despite no payouts and notes it has since gone out of business per the state auditor.
Davenport reports Mike Jeny proprietor of a local chop suey shop was robbed and bound and left by a railroad track in Rock Island. He remains in critical condition as police search for unknown assailants.
Glad G. Gill, a former Colfax banker, was sentenced to 18 months in the penitentiary by Judge McPherson in federal court yesterday for writing letters to Fausta Hill 18 daughter of Colfax Tribune editor. The letters invited a camping trip to attend the Epworth League assembly. Gill, then married, has since divorced. The judge gave him a severe scoring.
A Nov 28 tornado swept Delaware County wrecking outbuildings killing livestock and injuring several. Hines school near Manchester collapsed burying teacher Miss Barringer and five pupils. two Pickett children severely injured. A woman and daughter hurled from a car along a highway were badly hurt. Telephone wires down, details sparse.
Mason City Iowa November 28 The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the district court ruling in the Lehigh Portland Cement versus Northwestern States Portland Cement case. The decision awards the John Mayne farm to Lehigh Portland for the construction of a new 2 million dollar cement plant.
Webster City Iowa Nov 2 C Dowell the bachelor senator from Polk county who has served in Iowa legislative halls for nearly 15 years will this winter introduce a bill to pension school ma ams He will offer a measure establishing a teachers retirement fund association in districts with 10000 inhabitants or more Every teacher when she accepts a position becomes a member The school board will set aside monthly per capita amounts loaned only on first mortgages on improved farms
Chicago reports Stratford hotel manager Tyrrell was drafted as the fourteenth guest at a wedding dinner last night. Dinner guests numbered eighteen before the party refused to face the hoodoo. Carl W. Zeipprecht, son of a Dubuque physician, married Catherine Glab, daughter of the president of the Dubuque Brewing company, in the afternoon. The party found the fatal number as they prepared to seat guests.
Florence Ohio November 28 Miss Mary Isabella Mead died from fright after a cat brought a mouse into the house. She screamed and a sudden heart pain followed. The physician said valvular heart trouble caused death and fright hastened it.
Washington, D. C. November 28. William Reyburn, Philadelphia mayor son and Pennsylvania assembly member, and Rogers K. Wetmore, Rhode Island senator son, are rumorously at odds over Miss Georgia Ur y from a long Virginia family. Reportedly Reyburn challenged Wetmore to a duel.
Auditor B F Carroll reports that about 1.5 million dollars may be available for extraordinary appropriations by the Thirty third General Assembly. He notes high expenditures for soldiers monuments historical building and institutional rebuilding have reduced future needs while reserves remain.
Rockwell City Iowa November 26 A motion for a new trial has been filed in the manslaughter case of John M Brown convicted in the Brown murder at Manson The motion cites 82 alleged errors by the court The hearing is set for Monday November 30 by the court in Rockwell City Ta
An interview with Hon. D. W. Hamilton says he does not intend to challenge the election of Hon. N. E. Kendall to Congress in the Sixth district.
Creston Indiana on November 26 reports that George Vincent a reporter for the Advertiser disappeared Sunday night leaving a note to his sister saying he would swallow strychnine and jump in the lake. A local druggist sold him strychnine but his death by his own action is doubted. Heavy debts are blamed for his disappearance.
Thomas Dunn was arrested in Council Bluffs on November 26 charged with stealing 38 pounds of butter and a case of eggs. Police found him in possession of $1,940.06 in cash wrapped in a shabby wallet, while he appeared to be in abject poverty. Dunn travels through Iowa Nebraska and Missouri.
Des Moines announces Governor Cummins commuted Frank Novak's life sentence to 26 years. The impact allows Novak to be released near the end of September 1911.
Caracas dispatch reports President Castro to depart for Europe for an operation by skilled physicians. This marks his first exit from Venezuelan territory aside from brief trips into Colombia.
Importation of cigarets in Germany declines briefly as the rise in the duty from any marks to 70 marks is held back. The temporary halt slows the expected price increase and preserves lower costs for consumers.
A clash between a marshal's posse and Bulgarian railroad workers in Murray Iowa left one deputy dead or dying from a crushed skull and several beaten. Three Bulgarians Joscer Goergross Bely Nenoos and Kancho Elis were arrested on assault with intent to murder after a two hour exchange of fire.
Edward Haynes returns to Waterloo after nine years away. He has taken his 15 year old daughter Phoebe to Des Moines where he claims lucrative work and a plan to provide a good home. His wife files for divorce and custody of the two minors.
Merwin Heiserman, 50, while hunting with two companions a few miles east of West Union, discharged his shotgun injuring his left arm. The gun slipped while being drawn from his pocket and the arm was amputated at a farm. He was taken home after surgery, but did not recover from the shock.
Harry F. Pierce of Council Bluffs Iowa filed for bankruptcy and was adjudged bankrupt with liabilities of 575447 dollars. George W Holdrege of Omaha is the largest creditor owed 400000 dollars in a trade involving uncumbered Nebraska ranch properties for Perseverance Mining Milling stock. About 650 creditors are named including Wm Barker of Pierce with a 60000 dollar claim. Pierce was once reputed wealthy.
In Muscatine Iowa Vera E. Smith seeks 15000 damages from L D Hendrix for alleged criminal assault. A prior trial awarded 11000 to the plaintiff but Judge Jackson granted a new trial on newly discovered defense evidence. A heated legal battle is expected.
Lewis Hanen of Webster City Iowa died in Presbyterian Hospital Chicago from a neck wound received during the Springfield race riots last August. The bullet struck him in the neck and lodged near the heart after glancing downward.
The notice highlights former editors of the Davis County Republican who rose to prominent political roles. Gov eled B. F. Carroll Congressman A. T. Hull Hon John Hamilton and General J. B. Weaver are cited as examples of this career path from local paper to the wider political arena.
Des Moines Iowa November 25 Ora Williams will replace John Briar as secretary to Governor Garst and will stay on for the brief term. Briar departs for Washington to continue relations with Senator Cummins. No other changes occur in the governor's office.
Rockwell City Iowa November 24 a jury found John M Brown guilty of manslaughter in the August murder of his son in law's wife Emma Brown. The trial featured lengthy deliberations with two ballots and questions over a bread knife prior to the verdict. The sentence follows an eight year maximum under state law with potential board of pardons adjustment and possible motions before December.
Dr. J. G. Van Ness, treated in an Iowa City hospital for throat cancer, has recovered from surgery and is regaining his voice. Surgeons had warned he might never speak aloud again, but his vocal speech is nearly as strong as before.
In Mason City Iowa on November 24 Thomas H. Hill a wealthy Clear Lake farmer assaulted Charles Boettke his hired man over corn husking wages. Boettke was knocked to the ground rendered unconscious and may die. Hill was bound over to the grand jury after waiving preliminary hearing.
Victor Nelson, an oatmeal mill employee, shot and killed himself in Cedar Rapids on November 24. Neighbors said he had been acting queerly and is thought to have been demented.
Des Moines residents are told by officials that soldiers from Fort Des Moines confessed to highway robberies. Two suspects John Wilder and Robert Halil admit slugging James Smith of Adair on a downtown street Tuesday night.
Council Bluffs Iowa November 23 John Kirk indicted for bigamy pleaded guilty to avoid trial and was sent to Fort Madison prison for an indeterminate term amid prison condition complaints about Pottawattamie County facility.
At the Iowa society of New York annual meeting a committee was set to arrange a monument in Iowa for the late Senator Allison and another in Washington. General Samuel S. Clarkson was elected president succeeding General G M. Dodge.
In Lake City Iowa on November 23 14 year old Willie Richards attached a nose wire to a long distance phone line with an empty tomato can to hear the conversations. The prank disrupted communication between Council Bluffs and several towns for about portions of an hour as two search teams investigated the fault location.
Webster City Ia November 23 John Winters of Frazier shot Marshal Jelson of Dayton twice during a drunken resistance arrest. The marshal fired back wounding Winters in the arm. Winters in custody. both men likely to recover.
Des Moines Nov 23 A lawsuit seeks to dissolve an injunction blocking the sale of the Tribune Building after the Capital City State Bank claimed a lease existed with the Tribune. Defendants Gardner Dow Harvey Ingham George Huffman and G F Rinehart deny ever signing such a lease and were ordered to explain affidavits in court.
Waterloo Iowa November 93 The State Dairy association adopted resolutions urging the state legislature to appropriate at least 10 000 yearly for dairy short courses and statewide education meetings They asked for a provision allowing owners of cattle after testing and condemnation for tuberculosis to be deemed unfit for dairy work They called for no discrimination in payment for milk cream and butter by creameries and urged Congress not to impose duties on dairy and farm products
Des Moines November 23 decisions announced by the supreme court affirming Thompson vs Rake Betts vs Howard Sieberts vs Spangler Luedecke Des Moines Cabine Co Des Moines Union Railway Co City of Des Moines Kerker Bettender Metal Wheel Co with several reversals and one modification to Luedecke case against Des Moines Cabinet Co and City of Des Moines reversed in part.
London November 23 The daily record of violence and seditious acts in India shows unrest increasing rather than abating. Opinion grows that the situation is more serious than officially admitted. The viceroy Earl of Minto has suddenly decided to cut short a province tour and return to Calcutta in ten days.
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