A Week's Record of News Condensed
A weekly roundup summarizing home and foreign items across politics industry and notable personal events. It compiles happenings from the past seven days with brief notes on domestic and international developments.
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
6
Congressional News Briefs From The World Press
A roundup of congressional action includes Porto Rico measures, fortifications and tariff debates, plus a soldiers relief hospital plan for Hot Springs Arkansas. Reports note internal revenue gains, mob violence in South Carolina and Nebraska, fires in Texas and Canada, and ongoing US foreign affairs from Cuba to the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Senate
Beveridge
United States
Spain
Miles
Corbin
Honolulu
Hot Springs
Ark
House
Committee On Post Offices
Illinois coal output tops records with 25 percent rise
The year produced 23,484,445 tons of coal marking a 25 percent gain over any prior year. News items note mass meetings, crime, politics, and industry shifts across the nation including Chicago killings and labor concerns.
Notable Political and Personal Losses Across Nation
Obituaries note the deaths of George R. Bartholomew at 59 in Lakewood New Jersey Herman F. Taubeneck long tied to the peoples party and former national chairman John A. Bingham ex minister to Japan ex congressman and Lincoln slayers prosecutor Charlotte I Mason died at 105 in Sandwich New Hampshire and Judge Kk L Cooper aged 100 Greenfield Illinois plus party nominations in Texas Delaware Minnesota and South Dakota and events honoring Admiral Dewey in Savannah Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Bartholomew
New York Daily News
Lakewood
N. J
Herman EF. Taubeneck
People’s Party
Seattle
Wash
John A. Bingham
Japan
Cadiz
Sixth
Texas
A. M. Green
Dallas
Congress
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Chicago
Milwaukee
Henry F. Baumgaertner
Kansas
Charles Curtis
James M. Miller
W. A. Reeder
Arkansas
South Carolina
McKinley
Charlotte I. Mason
Sandwich
Minnesota
B. B. Haugon
Fergus Falls
Delaware
Savannah
George Dewey
South Dakota
Chamberlain
Kk. L. Cooper
Greenfield
Ill
Boers Hold Strong Position as British Campaigns Continue
Reports from the war describe Prieska occupation by Kitchener and Boer fortifications around Bloemfontein area. Kruger returns to Pretoria amid preparations for further fights while Lord Roberts pauses to seek negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Transvaal
Great Britain
London
Lord Kitchener
Prieska
Modder
Bloemfontein
Joubert
Winburg
Kroonstad
Orange Free State
Ireland
Danube
Kalocsa
Lord Roberts
Free
Pretoria
Free State
India
Goebel murder case implicates Caleb Powers in conspiracy
Frankfort witnessed Col. F Wharton Golden testify about orders to recruit ten armed witnesses and mountaineer feuds to influence the statehouse, naming Caleb Powers Gov. Taylor and others in a plan to kill Goebel or swing the legislature. Golden described payments and movements of a large group, and threats tied to Goebel’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary Powers
Mr. Hirst
Mr. Golden
Frankfort
Bell County
Statehouse
Capt
Davis
Charles Finley
Golden
Taylor
Caleb Powers
Bull Culton
Gov. Taylor
Finley
Powers
Knox County
George Thompson
Laurel County
Legislative
Louisville
John Powers
Goebel
Caleb
Dick Coombs
Hackersmith
Coombs
Wallace
Adjutant General's Office
Attorney Campbell
Blakeman
Walter Day
R. J. Howard
Harlan County
Senate
la Grange
Beal-Steere zoological collection at Michigan Museum
The Beal-Steere zoological collection at the University of Michigan Museum, assembled by Dr. Joseph B. Steere in 1870 and 1876, includes corals, shells, insects, birds and mammals from South America, China, Formosa, the Philippines and the Moluccas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beal-Steere Zoological Collection
Museum
University of Michigan
Joseph B. Steere
South America
China
Formosa
Philippines
Moluccas
Englewood Board Requires Medical Exam After Absence
In Englewood Illinois the board of education orders students absent four days or more to undergo a medical examination by a physician chosen by the board before they can return to school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood
Chicago
Board of Education
Cedar Rapids dynamite plot leads to ringleader confession
Eight Cedar Rapids youths were arrested for placing dynamite on a Methodist church steps. Albert Kuba, the claimed ringleader, admits involvement with Charles Mettie in a prior plan to blow up Attorney William L. Cron’s home last Thanksgiving. Mettie is detained in Monroe Michigan as an officer heads there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Churea
Albert Kuba
Charles Mettie
William L. Cron
Mettie
Monroe
Mich
Kuba
Cron
Mr. Crow
Iowa Nationwide Bank Reserve and Loan Shifts Report
The February 13 condition abstract shows Iowa banks excluding Des Moines with a 26.07 percent average reserve, up from 24.03 percent. Loans and discounts fell to 43,020,535 while stocks and securities rose to 2,474,821 and gold decreased to 1,400,008. total specie climbed to 2,581,890 and lawful money reserve to 3,721,689. individual deposits dipped to 40,071,85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Banks of
Iowa
Des Moines
Attorney W B Barger shot while prosecuting in Lucas County
Chariton attorney W B Barger, prosecuting Lucas County, was shot in the head and seriously but not fatally wounded. Mrs. George Pyle, recently divorced, was arrested and confessed, though many doubt her story, claiming her mind is troubled. Barger is a well known state attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Barger
Chariton
Lucas County
George Pyle
Barger
Former Cass County Bank Chief Returns Home to Atlantic
J. C. Vetzer, ex-president of Cass County bank, has completed his penitentiary sentence and returned to Atlantic. He maintains his innocence of complicity in the fraud and plans to stay in Atlantic with no definite future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Vetzer
Cass County Bank
Atlantic
Sioux City Judge Rules Saloons Violating Liquor Law May Be Closed
Judge Gaynor in Sioux City district court holds that every saloon disregarding the mulci law can be closed and that any citizen may sue. He declares all Sioux City saloons have violated the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Gaynor
Sioux City
Gates Resigns as Grinnell College President
George A. Gates resigns as president of the Iowa college at Grinnell to take effect next November due to Mrs. Gates' health. The resignation is accepted and a committee is named to secure a successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Gates
Iowa College
Grinnell
Auditor Merriam Arrives in Des Moines to Resume Duties
Auditor of State Merriam travels from Texas to Des Moines, arriving after being met by state bank examiner Max Boehler in Kansas City on the way north from El Paso. Merriam is reported much improved and ready to begin office duties at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriam
Des Moines
Texas
el Paso
Kansas City
Max Boehler
State Bank Examiner
Local obituary and disaster notes from Iowa headlines
The column lists diverse Iowa events: E O Duncan of Dubuque dies of heart disease. Toledo farmers organize a draft horse company and buy a Percheron. Davenport Canning plant burns for a $150000 loss. Des Moines owes $651259.02 per February audit. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul collision at Hull kills conductor Mike McKeever and injures Brakeman French. Sioux City ministers campaign against Sunday baseball. Cedar Rapids forms an intercollegiate association with five colleges. May 18 field meet planned in Cedar Rapids with Clinton Oskaloosa and Creston to build new government buildings. Dubuque judge Shiras admits 15 attorneys. Cass county elder John Carey dies at 74 in Anita. Rev John Keiser declines Nykerk Michigan pastorate. Mason City runaway fatality. Ernest C Schlapp drowns after ice break. Fanton elevator burns 6000 bushels in Belle Plaine. Dubuque Street Railway barns lose five cars and $20000 in damage. Blanchard to get a yeast factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Toledo Draft Horse Company
Davenport Canning Company
Hanger
Des Moines
Mike McKeever
French
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Hull
Ministerial Association of
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Oskaloosa
Creston
Shiras
Dubuque
United States Court
John Carey
Cass County
Anita
John Keiser
Pella
Christian Reformed Church
Nykerk
Mich
Mason City
Charles Brandon
Ernest C. Schlapp
Biklen Winter Company
Burlington
C. D. Fanton
Belle Plaine
Cannibal King Ode Prompted by Royal Critique
A fragment from Dallimore American quotes a royal officer urging ritual violence to supply a poet laureate’s needs. The exchange mocks censorship and pressures the king to push literature to the extreme, referencing King Oombalenskago and the guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oombalenskago
Dallimore
Also Mentioned on This Page
AMES
Congressional
George Rittle
Carthage
S. C
Internal Revenue
Gretna
Neb
Louis Figg
Parkinson
Sheldon
Moundsville
W. Va
Jesus
R. G. Gilchrist
J. P. McIntyre
Oregon
D. Appleton & Co
New York
John Borden
Houston County
Admiral
Dewey
Macon
B. M. Foreman
Texarkana
Tom Jones
Ella Jones
Garner
N. C
Kan
Lillie Devereux Blake
Woman's Suffrage Association
Taterson
Hobart
Sloughton
8. C
Olga Nethersole
Sapho
Nogales
A. T
Agoncillo
Aguinaldo
Paris
Pavia
Cubat
Gatacre
Denetsdorp
Col. Plumer
Mafeking
Illinois
San Juan
Leonard Wagner
Sandusky
Thomas H. Benton
Missouri
University of Chicago
Frank Shadd
Manitowoc
Wis
Red Lodge
Mont
John Davis
War Root
Cuba
Bert Finch
Bob Fitzsimmons
Kid” McCoy
Sharkey
Frank W. Elliott
Troy
Chinatown
San Francisco
James IF. Frye
Armour & Co
Stock Yards
Seaton Schroeder
Leary
Guam
Bert Horton
Skaguay
American Baseball League
Western League
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Detroit
Cleveland
Thomas Pooley
Thomas Littlejohn
Lutte
Littlejohn
Topeka
Mr. Sheldon
United States Senate
Fitzgerald
Mass
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Washington
Root
Cape Nome
Emporia
Thomas Wilson
Central National Bank
Jerusalem
William Goebel
Hamburg
Reuben Griggs
Cumberland Court House
Adams
Kankakee
Til
Muncie
Vaal
Lord Methuen
Steyn
National Bank of
William J. Smith
Peter F. Bowen
John J. Grady
Walter Cotton
O'Grady
Lancaster
Louis Neubauer
William Young
Dunkirk
France
Manila
Pedro Paterno
National Assembly
Gen. Hughes
Panay
Negros
Cebu
Hughes
Bank
Alex Pate
Wellington
Queen Victoria
Mark Sellars
Rushville
Griquatown
Kimberley
Johannesburg
Witness Golden
Secretary of State
Iowa State News
Iowna National Banks
Home Again
E. O. Duncan
Reedmatism
St. Jacobs Oil
Security
Carter
Carters
Cascarets
Fred Wartman
Germantown Ave
Philadelphia
Ole Pra Ao
GURE
Bierling Henedy Company
Nowtreal
Search the Ames Intelligencer Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Ames Intelligencer?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.