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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
2
After ten years of work the Stockholm parliament building on a small island is completed. The project reflects a major urban landmark and government seat for Sweden.
German soldiers will wear new tunics cut like a blouse featuring a low stand-up collar. Officials will test the visibility of bright buttons on the tunics from varied distances to assess signaling effectiveness.
A historical note claims King Leopold II vowed never to sign a death warrant after promising his dying mother. The statement attributes the policy to his reign and regards the prohibition as an enduring royal pledge.
Champion Straight Tip an Irish terrier and last year’s King's Cup winner at King's Lynn England has been sold to an American fancier for $2000 a new breed sales record.
A project to build a 20 mile automobile speedway in Mercer county New Jersey is under consideration. The track would be 60 to 100 feet wide and options on the needed property have been obtained.
The American Physical Culture Association met at Columbia University to endorse recognizing dancing as part of education for the body. The declaration calls for integrating dance into physical training and overall health programs.
A lone spectator watched Hans the educated horse perform in Berlin. When asked how many were present the horse kicked the observer in the face, replying with one. The spectator sustained serious injuries.
In a statement referencing the 1900 disaster, it is said that before June 30 the government will complete a six mile concrete sea wall at Galveston to secure the city and prevent a repeat catastrophe.
The article notes electricity now carries 40,000 volts in many installations and a Montana system built to transmit 890,000 volts. Electrical engineers, once doubting such feats, are confidently exploring the feasibility of 100,000 volt lines.
Pennsylvania, with a soft coal region larger than West Virginia, mines 40 million tons of soft coal and 60 million tons of anthracite annually. For years it has outproduced all states, but coal men estimate its beds will be exhausted in about 40 to 50 years.
The Honduras market, though small, is nearby and should be controlled by American manufacturers. Implements and tools for manufacturing or farming can find a ready market if their usefulness is demonstrated publicly.
The Droojba well in Baku yielded 1.5 to 2 million gallons daily worth about 55000 dollars. Oil rose over 200 feet in a dark oily fountain that hissed and roared like a Niagara, burying nearby houses and workshops under grease soaked sand.
A historical survey lists coal areas by region with Britain at 12 000 square miles, Russia 20 000, New South Wales 24 000, India 35 000, Canada 65 000, the United States 200 000, and the Chinese empire leading with 222 000 square miles of coal veins.
California ranked as a top crude petroleum producer with an estimated 28 million barrels for 1994, per the California Petroleum Miners' Association. The figure exceeds New York and Pennsylvania combined and surpasses Ohio and Indiana together, and is more than double West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee. The note adds that actual production may not reflect potential in the Golden State fields.
Philadelphia May 24 to 26 reports detail Mayor Weaver removing the two top officials, Director David J. Smyth and Director Peter E. Costello, amid a heated dispute over a 75 year gas works lease to United Gas Improvement for 25 million dollars.
In Hendricks Magoffin county Dora Arnett fatally wounds her husband Dudley Arnett with a revolver during a domestic dispute. It is said he had beaten her and was trying to take the weapon when she fired.
Lansing Mich May 23 The supreme court declared unconstitutional the 1888 law creating a commission to draft a standard fire insurance policy form. The court held the Legislature erred in delegating power to a commission.
William Stephens of Ross Valley Marin county shot his wife and five children then wounded a milkman before killing himself. The children aged one to eleven died. two others succumbed to their wounds in hospital. Neighbors report a sudden mental collapse with no clear motive.
A boiler explosion near the Hocking Valley railroad roundhouse on West Mound street in Columbus on Monday afternoon killed six workers and damaged nearby structures. Debris scattered for hundreds of feet and several men were hurled by the blast. One man is missing, thought to have been carried into the river.
Washington May 24 August W. Machen, already sentenced to two years for postal frauds, pleaded guilty to another indictment charging conspiracy with Crawford and Lorenz to purchase letter carriers satchels. He received an additional two-year term. Several more indictments on similar charges are expected.
The coroner's verdict finds J. M. Specht died from a shot fired by his cousin Mrs. Emma Swaim after she testified she believed he was a burglar attempting to enter her home near Orland.
It was semi officially announced that Ivan Kaleieff who killed Grand Duke Sergius at Moscow February 17 was hanged at three o'clock Tuesday morning in St. Petersburg on May 24.
Thebes Illinois opened Thursday a new Mississippi River bridge connecting five railroad systems and two regions. The steel bridge spans 651 feet on the central channel and 521 feet for the other spans, totaling 3,817 feet with approaches and 4.7 miles including grade paths. The structure rises 231 feet and cost about 3 million dollars with ceremonies attended by the Missouri governor and railroad officials.
At the Carnegie Hero Fund commission May meeting three silver medals and six bronze medals were awarded for heroism. Three widows received educational grants, and a $10,000 grant was made to support dependents of victims of the Brockton Mass disaster. Since 1904 the fund has processed 407 cases, with 239 refused and 159 awaiting investigation. An extended rail and industry policy discussion followed, highlighting Interstate Commerce Commission views on rates and regional development.
In Canton Ohio on May 26 a passenger train on the Pennsylvania railroad struck Mr Gust Miller of Louisville Ohio his wife and Mrs Howell and her daughter Anna South Bend Ind while they were riding. All four were killed instantly the three women dying on the engine front and Mr Miller found farther back. The accident occurred just outside the village of Louisville a few miles south of Canton.
The Goldfield Bank and Trust Company failed with liabilities of 78 227 dollars. Assets found total 4 821 dollars including 4 800 in notes. The vault held 16 dollars and a five dollar gold piece was located under the counter.
May 23 report from London states plague in India has killed three quarters of a million this year. From January 1 to April 1 mortality reached 471,744 with 215,961 additional deaths in the four weeks ending April 29.
Dominic I. Murphy of the District of Columbia is appointed consul of Bordeaux France to succeed A. W. Tourgee deceased.
The Lockesburg Colony in Sevier County Arkansas and the Loring Colony in Sabine Parish Louisiana offer about 30 000 and 24 000 acres respectively on the Kansas City Southern Railway. Prices range 7.00 to 15.00 per acre with easy terms for actual settlers. Lockesburg emphasizes general farming stock raising and fruit growing while Loring suits fruit truck tobacco corn and cotton. Read with K C S Ry literature and Current Events Magazine. Kansas City Missouri.
An old ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot sweaty calloused feet with a free trial offer. It directs readers to address Allen at Olmsted Le Roy N Y and warns against substitutes. The snippet adds a moral quip from The Commoner about wasted time preparing to die.
Mrs Sarah Kellogg of 1628 Lincoln Ave Denver writes to Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass praising Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She claims a five year tumor vanished over seven months with improved health and urges others to use the remedy.
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