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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1904
Page
3
A compact weekly digest reports on industrial field news personal and political items and notable happenings at home and abroad. It highlights market trends political developments and social events affecting communities and industries.
Winnipeg reports Jake Knox of Jackson Minnesota and John Crawford of Lakefield Minnesota drowned while hunting. In Cromwell Kentucky a fire destroyed eleven stores burning about thirty thousand dollars. A Wisconsin woman dies after learning her brother was killed by a train in Sherwood.
Tyner appeals to President Roosevelt to withdraw censure. McKinley of Champaign named for Congress in Illinois Nineteenth district. Western Maryland sale promoter wins 1,100,000 dollars commission verdict in New York. Illinois Democrats nominate Stringer for Governor and back Hearst at the national convention. Mississippi Democrats instruct for Parker with potential delegation change. Louisiana Purchase exposition pays 195,057.04 to the U S sub treasury as first loan payment. Red Cross elects new officers. W K Van Ruypen named president.
Four hundred Salvation Army members depart New York for Europe to attend the congress in London from June 24 to July, with most returning by July 26. Raisuli demands involve Perdicaris and Varley, while Armenian villages in Sassun are reported destroyed with up to 3,000 dead. Maj. Gen. Henry C. Corbin to command the Philippines division in October.
A long casualty list from the Slocum disaster shows 632 dead and 6559 identified. Other updates include a sheriff shot on an Omaha train, and the Varangon battle toll and Port Arthur actions.
The Iowa supreme court sustains a law prohibiting sale of oleo colored to resemble butter, aligning with the federal decision that the rule aims to prevent fraud. It holds the product is a manufactured article and may be regulated by the legislature. Also reports show livestock value falling while overall property value rises, with detailed county figures.
Special Correspondence notes Iowa supplied three admirals to the U S Navy though common belief cited only two. Rear Admirals John Grimes Walker and George Collier Remey are joined by Rear Admiral Arthur Sewall Kenny born in Burlington and serving from Iowa. Kenny, once chief of a bureau, is linked with Walker in Panama Canal construction.
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