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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1904
Page
2
A compact digest reports progress in the Russo Japanese conflict in the Far East. Readers get a sweep of union news and the latest foreign intelligence from across the country.
The county grand jury in Cleveland Ohio returns indictments against Dr and Mrs Chadwick for forging Andrew Carnegie's name on a 5 million dollar note in May 1902. Dr Chadwick travels from Paris to New York.
Representative Crumpacker of Indiana abandons his bid to reduce southern representation. The House disapproves the idea of holding the inaugural ball in the Capitol. After a four minute session the Senate adjourns to January 4. The House adjourns at 12 39 until January 4 after Mr Mann objects to unanimous consent on the inaugural resolution.
A Chefoo dispatch notes eight torpedo boat destroyers escaped Port Arthur as a snowstorm rages. Japanese cruisers under Admiral Kamimura move to the China Sea to meet the Russian second Pacific squadron. Reports claim Port Arthur losses and a major Japanese assault planned before Chinese New Year.
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports a Philadelphian offering ten $1,000 Iowa bonds tied to a scheme involving a former U.S. senator to claim $20 million in southern state bonds. It also notes a landmark marble discovery near Charles City, with Floyd County stone praised for quality and national significance.
Prof P G Holden of Iowa State College Ames and George A Wells of Des Moines secretary of the Iowa Grain Buyers association have arranged a March tour of Iowa with the Chicago Northwestern Railroad to preach good seed corn. Lectures by Holden Wells and other agronomists will announce a 30 minute stop at each station with brief talks and a published schedule to reach every farmer. Other roads may follow the Northwestern lead to cover the state.
State board of control reports 3 580 insane patients in Iowa hospitals, up 278 from last year. New cottages planned at Clarinda and Cherokee. Inebriates decline to 81 from 107. State wards total rises by 100 to 7 884. Cash balances in institutions outlined. Riggs releases advance school sheets noting fewer male and 338 more female teachers, average wage up to 35 51, 10 000 more teachers than rooms, and school costs up about a quarter million dollars more than 1903. Summary of 1904 and 1903 statistics follows.
The census defines a farmer as any individual who owns and cultivates three or more acres of land. This criterion applies for census purposes to identify farming households and rural land use.
Henry Albert of the Iowa City state bacteriological laboratory says the statewide culture station system is about 50 percent finished. Four hundred stations report regularly and more can be added. He ranks Iowa's system second only to Vermont and plans to propose a pill at the next legislature to simplify physician vital statistics requirements.
Senator Titus, author of the Iowa bi annual amendment, points to Wisconsin supreme court decisions as support. He notes Badger state rulings favor amendments and doubts any challenge could succeed. Titus cites identical language in Iowa and Wisconsin constitutions and says omission of "of Iowa" is not worth the trouble.
Brazil’s foreign funded debt tops 230 million dollars. In Japan about 1 400 earthquakes occur yearly, only 50 of which are foreshocks. In Berlin 64 boys were jailed for two to ten months for misdemeanors. Birth rates fall in Berlin Charlotteburg Hamburg and Crefeld. Pickpockets surge in Madrid, aided by underpaid police. Dover anglers win a five hour fishing contest with a six ounce whiting prize.
Secretary Davidson of the executive council warns county auditors to accurately record the upcoming census. Instructions accompany the warning, outlining how assessors should collect general state data including livestock fruit vegetables and other produce. They must secure information on those who raise fowls animals or produce but do not come up.
The state department of agriculture maps the 1905 fair with a swine pavilion a steel grand stand and an administration building. A $15 000 draw from treasury cash is proposed. Iowa swine breeders protest management, arguing that industry size warrants larger prizes.
Special correspondence reports Iowa wins at Chicago's International Live Stock exposition. Iowa State College Ames team guided by Prof. Curtiss took first in horse judging, earning bronze horse and steer statues. Members E B Thomas James L Cutter J D Ashby J A McLean R K Bliss and C R Scott comprised the victorious squad. Canadian institution took second with Michigan Agricultural College third.
Winterset report says Amos W. Hanson stands trial for obtaining money by false pretenses after grand jury indictment. Proceedings have expanded to a substantial stage in the district court.
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