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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1904
Page
2
A weekly digest covering home and foreign items, industrial sector updates, and notable personal and political happenings. Concise summaries highlight key events and developments from the past seven days.
Mayor Robert M. McLane of Baltimore Maryland killed himself at home after heavy overwork and hostile criticism. He left a bride married two weeks earlier. Memorial Day observances are reported nationwide with parades speeches and grave decorations.
Former President Cleveland backs Judge Parker for the Democratic nomination while Rochester, New York sees Timanus sworn in as mayor after McLane's death. Roosevelt stays clear of local contests as Wisconsin Republicans learn of his neutrality. The Supreme Court upholds oleomargarine law and limits Philippine jury rights. Bryan heads Nebraska delegation. Michigan anti-Hearst forces win. Georgia backs Parker. Young People’s Missionary Movement set for June in Winona Lake. 282 cases remain at term’s end. Pattengall wins Maine congressional nomination. Michigan prohibition elects delegates and a full state ticket headed by Samuel Dickie.
Lantern explosion ignites a Peoria Illinois distillery fire killing fourteen and causing 1 300 000 dollars in damage. Other items report a Oklahoma tornado death, peace in San Domingo, and naval battles with Oregon leading and Iowa third in target practice.
The French foreign minister telegraphed Tangier to press for the freedom of Perdicaris and Varley held by brigands after a U S request. The Moorish captors demand 55000 dollars for their release. Kuropatkin reports a clash with a 2500 man Japanese force near the railroad.
Rev A Wesley Meil of Valley Junction Methodist church will depart for Bombay India to take charge of the Bowen memorial church. The self supporting mission is one of seven Methodist institutions in Bombay. Meil, 36, Northwestern graduate, has four years in the ministry and will be joined by his wife and two children. The Bowen memorial church serves English speaking congregants.
Curator Aldrich of the state historic department has located Samuel J Kirkwood s manuscript address from the dedication of the monument to Adjutant General Baker at Woodland cemetery Des Moines The address is in Kirkwoods own handwriting and will be bound in the finest fashion for preservation in the state historical collection It is regarded as extremely valuable as one of Kirkwoods finest deliveries and a treasure of the chamber of archives in the hall of history.
The Iowa delegation to the Republican National Convention will set up in the Stratford hotel in Chicago. They secure the ground floor ladies parlor on Michigan Avenue and Jackson Boulevard, two blocks from the convention location.
Donald Campbell a veteran local businessman and buyer for Peilitier Dry Goods shot himself in his office after seeing a revolver in a pigeon hole. He died in hospital half an hour later leaving a wife and one child.
Samuel Connel sued Keokuk Electric Railway & Power Co for $25,000 over the death of his son Willie Connel after a sagging live wire killed him on May 2, 1903. The jury returned a $1000 damages verdict after 19 hours of deliberation in Keokuk district court.
Alonzo Bristow of Bedford reported to Chicago police on May 14 that he was robbed of 11000 dollars. The money was found in St. Joseph Missouri in the care of Ray Richards to whom Bristow entrusted it. His brother Charles Bristow was arrested in St. Joseph but likely no prosecution will follow.
The corner stone of St. Columbkill's Catholic church at Dubuque will be laid June 19. The stone comes from the cave of St. Columbkill in Ireland as a gift from Archbishop O'Donnell of Raphoe to Archbishop Keane. The new church is described as one of Iowa's finest.
Des Moines and Fort Dodge railway directors announced the road will leave Rock Island control January 1 and merge with another system. Hawley Hooley supporters controlled the Des Moines meeting.
Several Iowa items report on a potential relocation of the National Guard encampment from Des Moines because land costs are high. Other notes cover a scarlet fever outbreak delaying Memorial Day events in Dows and a forecast of a record hay crop in Iowa.
Cornell college one of the oldest west of the Mississippi marks its semicentennial June 10 16 with prominent educators and statesmen attending. Senator William B Allison will preside on Jubilee day and Leslie M Shaw will speak. The event honors a 400 student college and a total 765 in all schools.
The 76 year old Des Moines resident Mr. Gue died suddenly from heart failure while walking near his home. Born in Greene County New York, he helped found Iowa’s Republican party and served in both state legislature chambers. He was lieutenant governor in 1865, pension agent for Iowa and Nebraska, helped establish the State College of Agriculture, and authored a four volume history of Iowa.
The U S Supreme Court decides Elmira Nepper versus John A Sands in favor of homesteaders on about 22 000 acres in Obrien and Dickinson counties Iowa. The Sioux City St Paul Railroad sold the land but failed to build from Sioux City to the Minnesota line, so the railroads claim is rejected. The decision preserves the homesteaders title and denies the railroad’s earned land claim.
A memorial tablet honoring Thomas Drummond was unveiled at the Iowa college for the blind in Vinton. The event drew Gov. Cummins, state officials, and visitors from across the state. Senator Whipple presided as Cato Sells presented the tablet, which Cummins accepted with a brief, eloquent address.
Emery F. Merris formerly of Iowa Falls and a notable Hardin county figure killed himself in the Independence insane asylum where he was confined. He cut his throat with dull scissors, inflicted a ghastly wound, and reopened it as attendants attempted to staunch the blood.
Knights of Pythias lodges across cities prepare for the June 14 Pythian Memorial Day observance. Grand Chancellor F. M. Mossberry of Columbus Junction issues a tribute to the memory of fallen members and urges fitting tributes by all lodges in the grand domain.
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