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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
6
A Roman Catholic convent in Mason City Iowa burned to the ground at midnight after sparks from a burning chimney ignited the roof. Eighteen occupants escaped with difficulty. Loss estimated at $30,000 with $16,000 insured. The convent housed 260 students and eight teachers.
Stratford residents forced A. D. Bruner, a Stratford businessman and Methodist church choir leader, to leave town after alleged attentions to a choir member. Bruner fled to avoid further trouble while supporters say he did nothing wrong and the warning was based on fright rather than confession.
Local banking interests are not involved in the closing of Green Mountain bank owned by Dr. McDiarmid of Omaha who faces fraud charges. Smithland Bank is not controlled by the Omaha man and is instead owned by M. A. Clark of Sioux City.
A mechanical fire at the National Medical company in Sheldon Iowa caused about 300 dollars in damage on Wednesday. The blaze started in an office area and was contained with minor injuries reported. Local fire units investigated the scene and ruled the cause as accidental.
Ottawa County Superintendent announces the Mo Institute during Dr A Eix Mech 3 F Clark death of schools has won a County Normal to be held here for the week beginning March 30. Winship of Boston will deliver a lecture Sunday evening in the Methodist church. Institute time moved from August to March and all schools will close for the week.
A Senate Naval Affairs Committee discussion indicates the probe into battleship construction defects will broaden to related issues including whether staff officers like naval surgeons should command hospital ships. The debate centers on Admiral Brownson versus Surgeon General Hixey with the president backing Hixey for command of the hospital ship Relief in Washington.
Washington March 2 The Newlands waterways commission bill goes to a subcommittee of the interstate commerce committee. Senators Frye Depew Piles Newlands and Clarke of Arkansas will seek to perfect it in weeks and send it to the Senate. The measure would revolutionize river and harbor improvements and is referred to the war department for a report. It appropriates 50 900 000 to advance a comprehensive water highway program. An amendment to place execution with the engineer corps of the army is considered likely.
Washington Medh. 2 The president refused the petition for pardon in six Butte Mont members of a labor union convicted of violating an injunction against interfering with the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company operations.
Des Moines plan moves Cedar Rapids out of the special charter class leaving four cities of any size in it Dubuque Davenport Keokuk and Muscatine WaPello and a few others also have special charters Statewide elections occur on the last Monday in March March 30 with Des Moines and Cedar Rapids adopting the same date First and second class city lists are provided for reference and the election dates for special charter cities are not yet known.
Frederick Larrabee son of ex Governor Larrabee announced his bid for the Twenty seventh district state senate seat. A Fort Dodge resident since 1901 he surveyed Webster and Calhoun counties and found favorable sentiment to support his candidacy.
Secretary Taft to deliver an address at the Commercial club annual dinner in Council Bluffs on the evening of April 7. He will be in Omaha the night before April 6 to give another address, as confirmed from Washington.
Ida Grove February meeting of the Ida County Corn Belt Meat Producers hears a treasury of 205.54. Officers elected for the year include President W K Van Wagoner Vice President A C Garner Secretary George Orter Assistant Secretary John Preston Second Assistant Secretary Geo Clapsaddle Treasurer J Reed. Directors named Corwin Edson Hayes Pilcher Walter Smith Baxter Williams Schimerdoh.
Officials in Iowa and across the country seek telegraph operators as time limits take effect March 4. Railways plan to hire additional men and enforce stricter working hours to comply with the new federal regulation, with stations abandoning telegraph duties or needing qualified operators.
Nine head of cattle including six high grade cows and three yearlings were killed when a straw pile blew over. The property belonged to C. B. Smith near Archer, Indiana.
Perry Louisiana February 2 a collision between interurban cars at Moran Junction thirteen miles from town left six injured and two cars wrecked authorities say no fatalities reported at this time with emergency crews on scene
New York report says 14 year old Rose Schalck was found dead in her room before a chum Elsie Wund party. Rose had headaches after an afternoon outing and a headache powder administered by her mother preceded the nap that ended in death from heart disease, shocking the Schalck family and guests.
A telegram from Jefferson Oregon reports the death of Melvin J Campbell a pioneer Iowa banker. He led Sibley Iowa banks for twenty years and was the father of Mrs M Dutcher and Mrs C Crain both of Iowa City. His daughter Dr A Still Craig of Maryville Missouri is also mentioned.
F M Dyer a rancher near Wyandott Oklahoma reunites with his wife and son after 44 years. The Iowa veteran located his son J H Dyer in Spokane while his wife, long remarried to W H Simpson, learned of his existence and refiled for divorce to wed Dyer again. The younger Dyer, now 46, had believed his father was killed in the war and was raised by his mother and Simpson.
The Green Mountain Savings Bank, capitalized at 10 000 and incorporated a year ago, closed its doors with deposits around 11 000 and 20 000 in bills receivable. President Dr Stuart McDiarmid Omaha director BR 4 Collins and cashier D A Johnson, all of Omaha, blamed local factionalism but promised depositors would be paid in full. F F McElhinney of Waterloo acting for the bank sought sale to farmers. if sold it would be reorganized. The Smithland bank will be sold. same capitalists formerly owned the Rodney bank in Monona county.
Admiral Washington Lee Capps told the Senate Naval Affairs Committee that American battleships are equal to any in the world. He rebutted charges of low freeboard and gun height, armor belt placement, and argued armor should be vertical to keep shells out, noting a protected deck offers no true protection if a shell penetrates armor.
Norfolk Feb 29 Dr Edward D M Browne a New York Jewish rabbi stirred Norfolk audiences by arguing that Peter rather than Judas betrayed Jesus. He contended Judas did not sell Jesus to his enemies and presented the notion as a challenge to established gospel interpretation before the Jefferson Society.
An authoritative source says the United States will not demand guarantees from the Cuban government until after Cuba holds its final elections and a responsible government is established. The timing hinges on Cuba’s political transition and completion of electoral processes.
President Roosevelt has sent thirteen Hague conference treaties and a declaration to the Senate. An exhaustive report on the American delegation by Solicitor Scott accompanies the package with a transmittal letter from Secretary Root. The declaration prohibits dropping high explosives from balloons in war.
A Northwestern passenger train derailed two miles east of Aston yesterday afternoon. No injuries were reported as the train stopped near a 30 foot embankment before continuing to Alcester at 2 o clock. The incident occurred near Alton, Iowa, with unclear details on exact times.
Chicago February 29 g Two thousand five hundred women were among the victims of an alleged stock swindle by Benson Bidwell and Charles F Bidwell acting to state prosecutors who uncovered the secret hooks of the concern The list includes women from all over the country many widows and spinsters driven to seek vast dividends on small savings Nearly all investors are named in the prosecutors file
Jackson Kentucky coroner Nicholas Combs resigns after three years in Breathitt County amid about 50 violent deaths. He says he is a peaceful man and will not probe cases that do not concern him, noting he would have earned a fee only if suicides or murder mysteries arose.
Albany N Y Feb. 33 The senate refused to concur in Governor Hughes renewal recommendation to remove Otto Kelsey from state superintendent of insurance for incompetency. Vote 10 ayes 30 nays The senate passed an assembly bill allowing life insurance companies to enter reorganization agreements to protect their interests now to the governor.
Pierpont Morgan left New York aboard the Adriatic for Europe, with a plan to travel directly to London. The move was seen on Wall Street and in banking circles as a favorable sign that the financial situation has improved enough to permit abroad travel.
A report sketches the poverty of Governor Hughes's boyhood in Greenpoint where his father earned 84 dollars yearly in a Baptist church ministry. The family's larder often emptied and wages were late. A prayer meeting revealed the hardship, as the father admitted he could not invite others to dine due to financial strain.
Fort Dodge Iowa February 27 Society circles buzz over reports that Miss Augustine Duncombe daughter of Mrs John F Duncombe was married at Crown Point Indiana February 11 The couple reportedly planned to wed Thursday but Miss Duncombe denies the tale insisting the original wedding plan remains and will occur on the scheduled date Her prominence and social circle make the rumor notable in local society circles.
Horace Boies former Iowa governor spoke at a large California reunion at East Lake Park with several thousand attendees. Delegations traveled from San Diego Santa Barbara and Ventura as Mayor Harper also addressed the crowd. Registration shows about 20 000 Iowa natives in California.
In Pocahontas county Hon James Mercer withdraws from the June primaries to seek party harmony. Mercer defeated Democrat M Hakes two years ago for representative. Cedar township seeks one Republican candidate for county treasurer John Forbes.
William Lovelace of Fonda Iowa received thirty days in the county jail for beating his wife. The case notes that Lovelace has deserted his wife on multiple occasions during difficult times.
Mrs. A. F. Mextzer of Marion aged 46 is reported to have died by suicide in the Burkley hotel in Iowa City yesterday afternoon. Hotel staff broke open the door and found her body. A letter to banker Geo. W. Toms awaits coroner review.
Dr. Stuart B. McDiarmid of Omaha, president of Green Mountain Saving Bank, was arrested in Marshalltown on fraud charges for allegedly mismanaging a savings bank. State Bank Examiner Leland Windsor filed the charge. McDiarmid also co-owns a bank in Smithland, Woodbury County with Omaha capitalists.
A morning fire gutted the interior of ex-Senator O. L. Olson's new $25,000 Ta home. The blaze caused about $25,000 in damage with $8,600 insured. It was completed Saturday and the family planned to move in today. Origin of the fire is unknown.
Cedar Rapids Feb 27 Mrs Haos Riam aged 36 was burned to death after she threw kerosene on what she believed was a dead fire.
A jailhouse duel in Des Moines between two inmates over Josie Young used torn scissors as weapons. Martin Harney is dying at Mercy hospital and Thomas Cooney is badly cut. The fight occurred after midnight during a jail inspection, with the victor calling the jailer when he believed his foe dead.
W. F. Knight longtime general counsel of the Illinois Central railroad in Iowa and former state senator died yesterday at age T1.
Dr. Carl Richards of Frankfort Kentucky, a University of Iowa graduate en route to Panama for a government surgeon post, was robbed of 110 dollars between Rock Island and Iowa City on a train Sunday. He reported the loss upon arrival in Iowa City.
Frank Nichels of Albia has been appointed second deputy United States marshal in the southern district by Marshal Clark. He replaces A. D. Lyons who resigned. The appointment takes effect March 1.
New York February 26 Thomas A Edison inventor underwent an operation at Manhattan eye ear and throat hospital to relieve trouble in the left ear. Dr Arthur B Duel performed the procedure opening an abscess the case deemed not serious and expected to require about a week of rest Mrs Edison was with him at the hospital while he recovers and rests easily indicates a prompt though cautious recovery.
Augustus Hartje the millionaire paper maker John L Welshons hardware dealer and Clifford Hope former Hartje coachman now on trial in Pittsburgh charged with conspiracy It is alleged they conspired to blacken the character of Mrs Mary Scott Hartje Hope arrived from the Western penitentiary where he serves seven years for perjury in the divorce case Hope waived personal appearance and was excused by Judge McFarland
Mrs. Mary Sumpter reported thieves took thirty eight ten dollar bills totaling 380 hidden in a family bible she kept for ten years while working for her living. The incident occurred last night as house prowlers entered the Des Moines residence.
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