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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1898
Page
3
The great electric searchlight at Fort Monroe rises to guard the Chesapeake entrance. It features a nine foot beam capable of illuminating objects 100 miles distant and visible on clouds at greater ranges.
The town is named in honor of de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos who served as captain general of Cubs from 1816 to 1819 and oversaw the town's founding during his rule. The English translation of the name is hundred fires.
A new duograph device has been introduced in France to enable direct correspondence between blind people and sighted readers. It functions like a typewriter and prints letters in relief, making them visible and touchable for the blind.
The island discovered by Columbus in 1493 was named San Juan by him and kept that name until the eighteenth century when it became San Juan de Porto Rico. It is now generally shortened to Porto Rico, meaning a rich port and pronounced Porto Reek-o.
Prince Henry of Prussia leading the German naval expedition to China met the emperor and empress. Report says the emperor seemed nervous and trembling while the empress showed strong leadership and command, fueling native suspicion that she governs the Yellow Kingdom.
Captain SIGIBEE is one of the few American naval officers allowed to wear a foreign decoration. The German emperor awarded him the Cross of the Prussian Red Eagle for services in the invention of a deep sea sounding machine esteemed by the German navy. An 1882 act of Congress was required to permit acceptance.
Mrs W D Sloane plans a vast palace at Fifty second Street and Fifth Avenue in New York. She will join her sister Mrs Elliott F Shepard’s former residence with a neighboring mansion. The project is expected to cost about half a million dollars.
The text notes volunteers earn about 13 per month while a common Russian soldier gets three rubles per year about $2.25. It describes day rations of two pounds of suchary a coarse rye bread dried for storage, plus a small amount of salt and soup.
In the regular army the drum is used only in concerted music while all calls are by bugle. The bugle is compact, less likely to go out of order, and its clearer sound travels farther. Drums break easily and do not function well when wet.
A Pittsburgh man bought a toppled hill with a ruined house after lightning scares. Within six weeks he located a rich iron ore vein and, over 12 years, the operation has paid for the entire plant four times over through annual ore yields.
The war era makes the half military greeting widely accepted even by women. Ladies prefer the gesture to the old hat tipping and bows, finding it more reverent and dignified. Initially awkward, the new salute becomes the favored social greeting.
Grave diggers unearthed a lead coffin and several undated remains in Westminster Abbey while digging Mr Giladstone's grave. Among them was a worn skull, likely of a young man, with preserved bones browned by age, and deeper skulls preserved only by dry soil.
A European hunt for boots and shoes worn by famed figures grows as collectors across royalty and nobility bid high. The Italian queen owns pieces once belonging to Marie Antoinette and Mary Stuart, with Empress Josephine, Queen Anne, and Catherine the Great also named among illustrious owners. Lady Ermyntrude Maden, wife of Britain’s Berlin ambassador, features a rare collection including Lucrezia Borgia’s embroidered slipper. Carmen Sylvia supports a specialty in boots linked to celebrated soldiers.
On the Dauntless off Santiago de Cuba the American fleet bombarded the forts guarding the harbor. Fortifications atop the hills were wrecked and many batteries destroyed. Naval gunners reported no fleet casualties as Rear Admiral Sampson ordered silence then continued bombardment until fortifications were reduced. The fleet ceased firing after 38 minutes with praise for the crews.
About 16 000 American troops aboard 37 transports reach off Santiago de Cuba. Landing was not set, with Rear Admiral Sampson noting a delay of several days. Gen Kalisto Garcia hosts Gen Shafter on Seguranca and welcomes U S aid in Cuba libre. Cast results suggest no disease fears for Cuban troops. local telegraph link to Camp McCalla established. Ramsden confirms Hobson bombardment no incident.
In Grand Rapids on Tuesday the middle-of-the-road populists nominated a full ticket led by Sullivan Cook of Hartford for governor. The platform denounces fusion in strong terms.
In a commencement address at Lawrenceville College on June 22 ex-President Cleveland voiced opposition to the United States annexing additional territory.
Columbus Ohio June 20 Judge E P Hammond of the United States court sentenced William Nethercutt of Wells ton to three years in prison for passing counterfeit nickels on a slot machine.
The report covers June events with U S forces leaving San Francisco for the Philippines, Cuban battles near Santiago, and naval actions around Guantanamo. It notes American landings, Admiral Sampson and Dewey activities, and plans to reinforce Shafter, plus prisoner and stockade notes.
June reports show the House approving the Hawaiian annexation resolution by a large margin and sending it to the Senate. The Senate received the measure, referred it to Foreign Relations, and discussed the issue in open session with a decisive test vote on adjournment. The New lands resolution for annexation was favorably reported, and other bills including the bankruptcy report and Hobson gratitude were noted.
Collingwood Ont saw half inch snowfall. Garwin Ia business district burned. Illinois building at Omaha exposition dedicated. Temperance lecturer Luther Benson died in Rushville Ind. Bandits abducted sultan's sister in Constantinople. Wisconsin Democrats set Milwaukee convention for August 31. Orleans County N Y windstorm destroyed hundreds of orchards. Second Arkansas district Democrats renominated J S Little. Greater Republic of Central America elected Andrew Uriarte president. Ebenezer Poe Ohio auditor died in Columbus aged 52. Grant opera house in Albuquerque burned, loss 200000. Earthquake shocks in eastern Tennessee caused no damage. Irvin P Wanger renominated in Seventh Pa district. Arkansas Democrats in Little Rock nominated Daniel W Jones for governor. Ten gold seekers die at White Horse rapids Alaska since navigation opened. Sloop Senorita declared lost. Pellico mines Kentucky Tennessee transferred to English syndicate. Mrs John P Sawyer shot and killed at Moline Kan by husband.
Across June 16 to June 22, Congress moved a general deficiency bill totaling 224.0 million dollars with most funds for war expenses and pensions. The Newlands resolution for Hawaii annexation passed 209 to 91, establishing a five member commission with two Hawaiians, assuming public debt up to 4 million dollars and banning Chinese immigration. The president gains authority to direct provisional government actions until Congress acts. Additional measures strengthened revenue administration and focused on currency standardization with metric weights. A claims bill and pension measures also surfaced during the period.
Forty people, mostly children, die in Antwerp hospital after consuming poison laced ice cream. A cloudburst in St Charles county Missouri washes away bridges floods farms near St Charles city. W W Hamilton of Denver lowers one mile unpaced bicycle record to 1 5 4 5. Railroads earn 224 761 111 for five months, up 29 962 830 from last year.
In London on June 22 during the launch of the new British battleship Albion at Blackwell the surge of water submerged a yard lower stage and inundated nearby spectators. Five men eighteen women and eleven children were recovered dead with estimates that around fifty people drowned.
Dubuque Iowa June 20 General C H Booth a pioneer resident of Iowa died Sunday aged 82 He helped originate and build the Dubuque and Sioux City railroad and served for many years as an officer of the company An inventor of note he contributed to the development of railroads and other interests in the northwest.
Samuel L Lindsey a bookkeeper for Hargadine McKittrick Dry Goods was shot and killed Tuesday evening by his brother in law Herbert G Everingham in St. Louis authorities say the killer claimed vengeance after the daughter of Everingham accused Lindsey of assaulting her and the father acted in response.
A street car on the Akron to Cuyahoga Falls line derailed Tuesday afternoon, tilting onto its side. Nearly 20 people were injured and two remained in critical condition, facing possible fatalities.
In Defiance Ohio on June 20 Alice Stitzel and Mamie and Minnie Corner drowned after entering deep water while bathing in the river near the town.
In Manila reports from June document Spanish resistance shrinking as insurgents under Aguinaldo and U S forces surround the city. Surrenders of Pena and others prune Spanish strength. Manila could fall within 24 hours of troops arriving, with foreign residents fleeing to ships.
Charles Sargent and his sister Goldie drowned when their buggy horse bolted on Buckhart bridge five miles south of Dawson. Goldie fell into the river and Charles jumped after her. both were lost in the Sangamon.
D J Thayer of Chariton Iowa a well known civil engineer blew out his brains while insane in a sleeping car berth on a Burlington train as it entered Burlington on Tuesday morning authorities reported.
The collections of internal revenue for May totaled 14,098,117 dollars, up 3,281,225 from May 1897. The net increase in receipts over the last 11 months stood at 19,938,808 dollars.
Four alleged colored burglars accused of murdering William Gordon and his wife William Carley and setting their home on fire were taken from jail by a mob in Wetumpka Alabama on June 18 and hanged.
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