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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
2
Representative Perkins presented a report urging the House to deem any disrespectful communications as contempt and to lay on the table objectionable portions of the president's message about the secret service. Denby Tawney and others spoke as the measure passed 212 to 30.
Charles P. Taft quits the board of trustees of the Church of the Covenant in Cincinnati. He asks to be released as a guarantor of the pastor’s salary after estrangement with Rev. Robert L. Watson over a Chicago minister's pre election letter criticizing William H. Taft's liberal views. Mrs Taft withdrew her letter about a month earlier.
Rev Clyde M Gow was found guilty of second degree manslaughter in the death of Miss Lizzie Gleason a Missouri school teacher at Mexico Missouri. The Methodist conference had unfrocked him earlier. The jury imposed four years in the penitentiary.
Charles Frederick Kimball president of C P Kimball and Co a vehicle manufacturer dies in Chicago at age unknown. He led the firm during its growth and contributed to early automotive industry development.
A gas explosion at Josepa Leiters colliery in Zeigler Illinois killed twenty five workers early today. Foremen Willis Warner and Albert Kerr and thirteen others were among the dead. Leiter led the first relief party to recover bodies as crews plan to resume operations after a two month pause.
R G Dun Co Weekly Review reports firmer credit and confidence at New Year opening. Progress steady and safe. employment in mills maintained and rising as higher wages ease. Iron and steel mills busy with booked business and new orders. hide market steadier due to prudent price reductions.
Electors at state capitals cast votes for president and vice president. Advance tally shows Taft Sherman 321 and Bryan Kern 162. Next month the senate and house receive official returns, paving the way for Taft Sherman inauguration March 4.
Three fires broke out within an hour and one to two miles causing estimated losses totaling 1,250,000 dollars. The Lipton Tea building at 98 and 100 Hudson Street sustained about 500,000 in damages. A blaze at 143 Crosby Street damaged straw goods for 600,000. Bowery manufacturing firms at 113 Bowery incurred 150,000 in losses.
An ancient church near Sion Switzerland collapsed during divine services trapping worshipers in the ruins. Practically all present were killed or injured with about forty bodies recovered after an hour of efforts. Sixty were severely injured as worn pillars in the crypt failed.
Six night riders convicted at Union City Tennessee were sentenced to hang February 19 for the murder of Captain Rankin. Two others got twenty years in the penitentiary. Defense lawyers filed notices of appeal to the state supreme court. Death penalty targets were Garrett Johnson Tid Burton Bob Ransom Fred Pineon Arthur Clear and Sam Applewhite. Bud Morris and Bob Hefman receive twenty years.
Leading Democrats from across the country gathered in Chicago on Friday for the Jackson Day celebration. The banquet featured successful gubernatorial candidates from Indiana, Ohio, and Nebraska.
A New York expedition seeks to locate Dr Albert J Cook, who left New York on July 4 1907 to seek the north pole. Rev Dr John Lewis Clark of Brooklyn funds a 35000 ship outfitting effort. Dillon Wallace and Chester Becroft of New Rochelle will command if plans succeed.
The Interstate Commerce Commission cites the U S Supreme Court Harriman decision as limiting the commission’s questions to Harriman. The report condemns private accumulation from public railways and urges power to investigate wrecks for preventive measures. It notes 24 convictions in 41 rebate prosecutions.
The American Press Association announces new officers to replace vacancies from Major Orlando J. Smiths death. Courtland Smith becomes vice president and general manager. Hon Jesse Holden as president. William G. Brogan as assistant general manager. Albert Bennet as auditor.
Michigan minister Rev John Haveland Carmichael confessed to killing Gideon Browning at Battle Run before taking his own life in Carthage. He wrote a ten page confession claiming he cut up the body and burned it in a church stove while under hypnotic influence. He changed clothes at the church and traveled toward Port Huron before boarding toward Chicago.
In Lansing Kansas affidavits to the investigating committee accuse prisoner mistreatment at the state penitentiary with Ira N Terrill testifying that inmates were scalded to death. Miss Kate Barnard Oklahoma prisons chief defends her secretary and denounces the questioning as insulting while noting concerns over coal distribution to state institutions.
Major Francis P. Fremont of the Fifth Infantry faces court martial at Sagua La Grande. He is charged with making statements that misstate facts about a fellow officer.
Henry Miller's associate players bring Charles Rann Kennedy's The Servant in the House to Foster's Opera House Des Moines for four five night engagements starting Tuesday January 19 with matinees Wednesday and Saturday. The Chicago press hails it as a world class work and true art. Prices 50 cents to 1.50.
Travel to California via the Northwestern Line promises sunny skies and abundant flowers as a garden spot of America. Prospective settlers are drawn by outdoor life and opportunities, with Chicago Union Pacific & North Western Line touted as the best route. For details contact ticket agents.
Every backache and rheumatic pain warns of weak kidneys. DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills claim to soothe pain quickly and treat weak kidneys and bladder inflammation. Regular size 50c. Sold here by C. A. Gamble.
A reflection on how future generations may view our statues and public monuments. The speaker muses that celebrity glory is fleeting and questions the value of legacy in stone.
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