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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1890
Page
4
A compact digest of political commercial and industrial news from across the country notes fires accidents and crimes. The brief items capture notable incidents and developments with emphasis on clarity and speed.
The House and Senate consider multiple bills as part of the new code discussion. Proposals include $50,000 for a Sterling Illinois public building and $40,000 for the Marion Soldiers' Home branch with other public works allocations.
The President has sent to the Senate a slate of nominations for diplomatic and federal posts. Included are Charles Emory Smith as Envoy to Russia, Samuel Merrill as Consul at Calcutta, J Fenner Lee as Minister at Lisbon, Harry B Newberry as at Madrid, and James Don as Chief Justice of New Mexico. Also named are Cornelius Hanford as U.S. District Judge for Washington, John W. Schall as Postmaster of Norristown, Wm J Pettus as assistant surgeon in the Marine Hospital Service, and N Wiswell as Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Census supervisors Benjamin Upton Jr and Richard A Young are listed for Virginia districts. Additional consul appointments include Edward Bedles at Amoy, C I Croft at Kehl, J Danforth at Kehl, Ferdinand A Husher at Port Stanley and St Thomas, Frank D Hill at Monteverde, Henry R Myers at San Salvador, Levi Myers at Victoria B C, Felix A Matthews at Tangier, Frederick M Hill at Quebec, and L R Stewart at San Juan Porto Rico.
The case for the State of Illinois on indemnity for swamp lands in Champaign County goes to the Secretary of the Interior after appeal. The decision sustains the appeal and holds that lands enfit for cultivation due to swampy conditions at grant pass to the State. The ruling that indemnity for swamp lands located by warrants of scrip must be taken in the state where losses occurred is adhered to.
The offer by Andrew Carnegie to provide less than 1 million dollars for Pittsburgh libraries has been accepted by the council. The remaining steps are selecting suitable sites and adopting building plans, with the city committing 340000 per year for maintenance.
In Salt Lake City Utah the Gentile backed anti Mormon ticket won by about one thousand votes leading to a shift in control and described as the virtual overthrow of Mormon rule in the Territory.
Tax President signed a proclamation opening the Sioux Reservation in South Dakota and issued orders to establish land offices at Pierre and Chamberlain. The actions mark an official step in managing the newly opened lands.
The Rev. Hugh Francis Griffin, a venerable and renowned Maryland Catholic priest, died at St. Charles College from influenza at nearly 79 years old. He served for decades and was highly regarded in the community.
The visible grain supply shows Wheat at 30,755,758 bushels, down 733,435, and Corn at 13,036,437 bushels, up 1,117,990. These totals reflect the latest market data compiled for traders and investors.
Col W W Blount died suddenly at his San Augustine Texas home after a brief illness. He was the sole surviving signer of the Texas declaration of independence.
A shortage of 35000 dollars is found in the accounts of Ellis Bard cashier of the Lincoln National Bank in Lincoln Pennsylvania. The bank continues operations as normal and Bard’s bondsmen are deemed solvent.
The schedules of the insolvent firm Robert K. Davies & Co. of New York reveal liabilities of 795 759 dollars with assets of 202 798 dollars unincumbered and secured claims totaling 34 688 dollars.
Fire destroys the J. K. Hunt box factory Lewis and Pifer shoe plant and the Trix Company in Rochester North Carolina with about 100000 dollars loss fully insured. A Carnegie library offer valued at not less than 1000000 dollars to Pittsburgh. Blairsville glass works blown down killing superintendent Charles Barr and Mr Bierney from Tarentum. Eggs flood New York wholesale market prices slump. Ball v New York Evening Post ends no action in libel suit. Labor alliance forming to aid strikers amid eight hour law. Slater children drown after ice breaks near Binnewater. Mrs Tracy funeral at White House draws 5000 plus attendees. vast state funeral with officials diplomats and military present. A box resembling a railway torpedo found in Capitol. Tracy inquiry cites coal oil lamp explosion speculations and fire department efforts.
A San Francisco dispatch reports a derailment on a bridge in Oregon with ten killed and sixteen injured after a construction train derailed in heavy rain. Other items: a Northern Pacific hand-car collision near St Cloud killed three. Burke Idaho ravaged by avalanches with three dead. Minneapolis flour output down. San Francisco Episcopal convention elected W F Nichols as assistant bishop. international dispatches note Paris throne rumors, a British destroyer boiler accident, and floods in Honolulu and Oregon City estimating damages around 125000 dollars.
E L Duckworth Sharon Georgia postmaster complains of intense harassment by supporters of his predecessor. Wanamaker promises department protection and orders inspectors and a US marshal to Sharon. Also notes death of Isaac W Patt on New Orleans leader. Burrows located near Milton Florida working as farm hand.
Reports from Charleston detail a bribery probe linked to D. M. Hart with no conclusive ties to Fleming or Goff. A party-line vote defeated a resolution declaring Goff governor elect. Fleming’s claim later carried 40 to 45 amid shifts by Carr and Ford. Senate confirms Taft as Solicitor General and lists multiple diplomatic and census appointments. In Ohio, Wilson’s term ends as election results are announced and various federal nominations are recorded.
The report covers Senate and House actions with Democratic efforts for full reading of the formal and votes on motions. It notes the Senate’s passage of the Samoan treaty in executive session, a pension bill debate, and bills on Alaska animal protection, Oklahoma government, and Brazil relations. The House adjourned, passed joint rules, and addressed pensions and infrastructure bills including Montana land offices and a Missouri River bridge.
Faz Panitza and three mil itary officers arrested in Sofia face examination. The inquiry ties the assassination plot against Prince Ferdinand to Russian origins via M. Hurove of Bucharest. Four civilians linked to the conspiracy are also under arrest. Cardinal Pecci ill with pneumonia. Gen Salamanca dies in Havana. Ex King Milan rumored melancholia. Duc d Orléans arrested.
Two freight trains collided four miles east of St Thomas Ontario. Engineer John Cook was killed and several trainmen injured. Thirty cars were badly wrecked.
Dr Gravenigo of Padua reports a successful cornea graft in a human eye using a chicken cornea. The graft united quickly and produced a very transparent convex cornea.
At a New York public dinner Henry W. Grady watched Chauncey M. Depew who drank no wine. Grady noted Depew rarely indulged and decided to adopt the same rule for his after dinner speeches to make them worthy of recall.
A Memphis Times quotation denounces social and gender issues. The vent expresses fatigue with a woman losing emotion to intellect, men neglecting women, machine made clothes failing, and men disruptive at performances. It critiques public expectations and etiquette of dressing and behavior.
A sharp critic condemns busybodies who meddle in others affairs likening their nosiness to snoops at an imagined general resurrection. The remark underscores the nuisance of constant prying and public comment.
The note warns buyers to avoid diamonds in damp or foggy weather as flaws are harder to detect. It states that misty conditions reduce visibility and harm the diamond trade by obscuring quality assessments.
The 100th anniversary commemoration of the United States Supreme Court was held at the Metropolitan Opera House New York with Ex President Grover Cleveland presiding and justices in robes on stage. Speakers included William Allen Butler Henry Hitchcock Thomas J Semmes Edward J. P help and Chief Justice Fuller. A banquet at Lenox Hall followed with 850 guests and toasts to the President Supreme Court Congress judiciary states common law bar clergy university and clients.
House committee on military affairs gives earnest consideration to a bill to establish and define a United States sea coast reserve drawn from state militia units along coastlines. The term of duty capped at thirty days per year. favorable reports received from Secretary of War Schofield and Major-Generals Howard and Schofield.
A drunken revelry at a Marshwood mining village christening ends in tragedy when a lamp is overturned burning a man and a woman to death. Ten dwellings are destroyed with a total loss of around eight thousand dollars.
Leading U.S. starch manufacturers met in Buffalo New York with a secret aim that reportedly was to form a trust. The gathering drew attention as officials warn against anti competitive actions while industry insiders discuss consolidation.
Kingston dispatch reports Dennis Mooney injured at the Sydenham mines when an eleven inch steel bar fell from a bucket 150 feet above and pierced his skull. He lies unconscious and is not expected to recover.
Fragmentary text shows a church group seeking reform and moral correction within the community. The wording suggests a historical religious movement focusing on addressing perceived social or ethical failings.
A Popular Science Monthly interview describes stokers working four hours at a time in furnace rooms reaching 160 degrees. They rotate to air pipes, endure close quarters, and rest eight hours in the forecastle. A 28 year old veteran speaks of hard labor, diet, and caution about grog.
An Atlanta bride to be uses a deceitful plan to steer wedding gifts. She informs jewelers and shops to mark items she favors and ensure purchases by others, so on her wedding night she receives mostly satisfactory presents. The tale, relayed by merchants, illustrates a clever though duplicitous ruse.
Two young girls in the balcony caused giggles early but grew quiet as the drama progressed. Desdemona’s murder scene elicited a sighing reaction and whispered remark revealing empathetic laughter had turned to genuine applause at the end.
Universal verdict from users claiming cures for Bright's disease inflammatory rheumatism and kidney liver troubles. Testimonials include E Larselere of Albion Michigan and Mrs. M E Jones Prairie City Iowa. Product offered at $1 per bottle or six for $5 via Raeumatic Syrve Co Jackson Michigan.
During his third expedition to Albert Nyanza, Mr. Stanley identifies a southern lake nine hundred feet higher than the northern lake and names it Lake Albert Edward. The two lakes are linked by the River Sempliki, and the snowy range feeding fifty streams into Sempliki is noted. These findings help map the great lakes and geography of Central Africa.
Advert mentions Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as remedy and defense against rheumatic and neuralgic attacks. Claims the botanical medicine purifies blood, relieves nerves, and also aids malaria kidney dyspepsia constipation and liver issues with high sanction from practitioners.
The article explains digestion begins only after food warms to 95 degrees, arguing slow chewing transfers heat and reduces discomfort from cold meals. It notes fast eating dumps cold food, harming digestion, and that water with cold food worsens the effect, while hot drinks help prevent it.
A remedy recommended for patients afflicted with the influenza cough is Kemp's Balsam the specific for coughs and colds which is especially helpful in throat and lung complaints. Do not wait for the first symptoms secure a bottle and keep it on hand for use the moment it is needed. If neglected the influenza has a tendency to bring on pneumonia. All druggists sell the Balsam.
A Norwalk Record anecdote presents a father urging the editor to hire his son. The father lists tasks from early editing and mechanical duties to future usefulness in cleaning, lamp maintenance, and ash sifting, implying long term value beyond initial capability.
An ad notes The Mother's Friend shortens labor and eases pain while reducing danger to mother and child if used months before confinement. It directs readers to write The Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta, Ga. for details, as sold by all druggists.
State reservation commissioners publish annual report proposing projects to use the falls for manufacturing. They believe the public sentiment favors such plans. Last year a bill granting business corporations rights near the falls died after public attention was drawn to it.
Florence Alabama reports popular personally conducted trips by the Cubco and Western Illinois Evansville Route on February 4 11 18 and 25. For Alabama as It Is copies and more information request from William Hill Gen Pass Agent Chicago Illinois.
An anecdote describes a stern gateman at the L. and N. Depot in Cincinnati who refused entry without a ticket. A polite blue eyed woman flattered him by impersonating a high official, prompting a dramatic transformation as he stood tall and proud to welcome her inside, revealing his vanity.
An 19th century style medical advertisement claims Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery cures scrofula and blood disorders. It asserts weakened sufferers can recover, offers a money back guarantee, and touts Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as perfect.
A San Francisco Examiner report describes two highly trained monkeys and a family of white rats performing street entertainment. The animals handle routine tasks, dress themselves, and interact with a mock medical scene as they perform for paying crowds.
An 1880s advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures from J Cheney & Co Toledo with testimonials from Wist Tavax Walding Krinan Marvin and others. Also notes an appropriation for senators to hire clerks at six dollars per day and mentions Reagan’s wife sworn in as clerk and reappointed.
A curious column riffs on fads and follies from habits to debts, with slang about hangers on and a Pittsburgh youth driven to lunacy by debt. It jokes about a runaway horse, lottery tickets, and sensational phrases from the St Louis Magazine, ending with a quip about water dancing pumps.
The article notes that while French remains common for books and newspapers, many regions cling to local dialects and languages. Brittany uses Celtic dialects in worship, Basques speak Iberian tongue, Alsace Lorraine retains a Swabian style, and Walloon Provencal dialects persist south of the Loire. It estimates 14 008 900 people between the Loire and Pyrenees use Provencal variants.
The piece touts Kemp's Balsam as a standard family remedy for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and consumption. It claims rapid relief with safe guaranteed sale at price two and one dollar sizes free.
A playful scene has three girls pretending to be Mrs. Lincoln Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Garfield. Garfield visits Lincoln and Lincoln offers hospitality for the night. Garfield cannot stay because she lacks a nightdress and Lincoln jokes about borrowing Abraham's night shirt.
An advertisement promotes Hibbard’s Rheumatic and Liver Pills as scientifically compounded and safe for both adults and children. It claims effectiveness for sick headache constipation dyspepsia and biliousness and positions the pills as an unparalleled digestive aid. The note highlights an early European travel season spurred by favorable weather and fashionable New York departures to the Riviera.
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