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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1894
Page
4
Across Europe secret marriages are often illegal or restricted by law. Authorities scrutinize such unions, citing concerns over legitimacy and consent. Legal frameworks vary by country, with some nations imposing formal ceremonies and registries to prevent clandestine unions.
A Vermont volunteer has been awarded a government medal for bravery on the field of battle in 1564. The honor recognizes his actions as a civilian defender noted in a dated government record.
Advertisement reads for sale a bull terrier two years old. It states the dog will eat anything and is very fond of children. Apply at this slice.
In Japan children learn to write with either hand yet overall communication appears awkwardly unbalanced, as if written with both feet. The remark notes flexible writing habits but critiques the broader writing style.
The Order of Odd Fellows was established in Baltimore seventy-five years ago in the United States. It now counts 700,000 members nationwide.
Stringent efforts are under way in Switzerland with more than forty million young trees planted over the past seven years. Official reports note continued nationwide afforestation.
A Missouri judge jailed two men for three weeks. One man, previously illiterate, learned to read during the sentence, while the other taught the offender to read.
The three or four week old Bulgarian crown prince has been declared prince of Tirnovo and granted the titles of duke de Saxe knight of two varders and honorary chief of the Fourth infantry Fourth cavalry and Third artillery regiments.
Ga Hamilton denounces women seeking the ballot calling it a movement backward toward men and prehistoric eras, until the meaning is clarified. The remark frames suffrage as regressive in the speaker’s view.
A U S Army lieutenant seeks release from duty as a military instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology claiming he cannot bear the derisive treatment from students who mock him as "civilized savages."
The French government issued a decree forbidding alliances between its diplomats and American women without prior permission from the secretary of foreign affairs a month before publication of the banks. The measure faces no opposition here as American women are desired for American men.
Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte has quit the Russian army and will wear his uniform again only if war breaks out. An exile with no home, he cannot return to France, and the villa of Prangins near Lake Geneva is closed. His aim to be a great soldier was denied in France, so he went to Russia and now plans to travel.
Sundays once crowded with orchestral concerts in five west end clubs now only one remains. Sunday discussions on theatrical matters reportedly attract less support than Thursday night smoking concerts.
Harrington reports a working telephone between two temples at Pauj about a mile apart. He claims the system has operated there for over two thousand years. Egyptologists note wire communications between early temples but do not specify whether telegraph or telephony was used.
The passing of John Barkley, long time messenger for major bankers, mourned as deeply as if a Gould or Vanderbilt had died. He transported millions without loss, though not bonded to honesty. Patrons plan an imposing funeral, recalling the line Better is a food name than much riches.
Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris will take a house in Washington and hopes her mother will also make her home there. She is wealthy with an income from property left by her father-in-law of $30 000 a year. Her eldest son Algernon remains in England for Oxford graduation. Mrs Gen Grant also well off with $24 000 annual income and lives with her family in California.
Killian Van Rensselaer house across from Albany New York is claimed as the oldest inhabited dwelling in the U S. Built from Helland bricks and featuring loop holes used to shoot at Indians and wild beasts, it dates to 1642 according to an Albany commemorative plate. The structure remains in good repair after over 250 years of continuous use.
Mrs Potter Pacer of Chicago heads a pioneering project valued for women worldwide. Former president of the Woman's Auxiliary at the World's Fair, her leadership built the Woman's Building and curated an unmatched display of women's work. She is now authoring a two volume history of the fair's women's efforts.
Henry 8. Ives, known as Napoleon of finance, rose from $2 weekly wages as a New England office worker to railroad president in five years. He crashed in 1887 with a $20 million failure, then rebuilt wealth through sharp dealing. He died in Asheville, North Carolina, of consumption, still under thirty.
The article chronicles debates and votes on the tariff bill in the U S Senate and House from April 21 to April 26. It notes speeches by senators, district issues in the District of Columbia, and various legislative actions including post office and diplomatic appropriation bills. It also records notable incidents and deaths across the United States and mentions regional events in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Oklahoma.
Free losses for the week ending the 21st total 2 229 000 dollars. U S visible grain supply on the 238d Wheat 68 425 000 bushels corn 14 546 000 oats 2 665 000 rye 371 000 barley 300 000. A manifesto warns commonwealers to stay away from Washington and vows strict enforcement. William McGarrah dies at 66 in a Washington hospital tied to the New Idria mine claim. District officials bar Coxey’s army from open air meetings. McKinley Tariff league calls a July convention for colored Republican clubs. Odd Fellows observe 75th anniversary with over 1 000 000 members. Iron ore production 11 507 607 long tons in 1893, down 29 percent from 1892.
The Deweese Wood-iron plant in Pittsburgh closing for an indefinite period leaves 1,000 workers unemployed. Elbert B. Monroe dies at his Tarrytown home while serving on the U S Indian commissioners board. A Saranac Lake house burns for a loss of 125000 dollars. An explosion in a Mount Washington blacksmith shop kills 17 year old Andrew Hugo and fatally injures Michael Gallagher and his son. Over 5000 cotton weavers strike in New Bedford. The three SchneIDER children die in a Scranton area house fire. Gasport near destruction from fire. William C Green of Adams NY shoots and kills a woman then kills himself.
A coast schooner wrecks with four drownings off north California. Chicago police barred commonweal army divisions. A coal miners strike expands with about 140,000 idle. Fires hit Hocking Valley mines. Terre Haute florist M A Hunt dies by suicide amid his wife’s insanity. Denver faces closure of gatling houses by police order. Ex lieutenant governor McBurney dies in Lebanon. Gilchrist Texas hit by waterspout and tornado destroying all but one house. Mrs Claudia Herrera dies aged 120 in San Francisco. Mrs Edward Hofacker commits suicide in Kalamazoo. Indiana lawyer Albert T Beck found dead in Indianapolis. Democrats elect H W Ogden to Congress in Shreveport. May wheat hits record lows in Chicago. Huntington boiler explosion kills Elmer Anson and injures two. Gasoline explosion in Carondelet kills two children and injures several. Indiana Republicans nominate Charles L Henry for Congress. Jealous act by Edward Workman shoots wife and himself in South Lebanon. Floriston business district wiped out. Omaha editor Edward Rosewater jailed for contempt. Coxey army incident ends with US marshal order.
Reports from Atalanti and surrounding areas raise death tolls to 160 with 8 villages destroyed. Other updates note 227 total deaths in Greece, and 150 injured.
The Senate debated the tariff bill with Aldrich’s immediate vote defeated while the House passed twenty-one private pension bills. Major reports include a $2,450,000 agriculture department appropriation for 1895, weekly grain exchanges totaling 858,568,059 dollars, and 180 US business failures. Notable events: Samuel Vaughan hanged in Fayetteville for a 1591 murder. Gen Grant’s 72nd birth anniversary observed. ex-governor N S Berry dies at 98 in Bristol. a fire in Talequah destroys 14 business houses. famine fears prompt aid appeals in Iron Mountain. Epwix Turner dies at 105 in Clinton. Greece earthquakes devastate Thebes and Atalanta. bankruptcies include Henry Newman & Co of New York and La Porte Martin & Co of Montreal. Burlington Indiana residents burn a saloon. 74 horses perish in a New York stable blaze.
Senators from New Hampshire Mississippi Indiana and Oregon clash over the Wilson tariff bill. Critics warn of job losses and higher costs while supporters tout income tax benefits and reciprocity boosts. Debate covers cotton wool lumber paper and coast industries with calls for protection and reform.
A mob of 300 Hungarians marched on Hold-Mezo town hall to demand release of seized socialist pamphlets. Police ordered dispersal. rioters repelled baton charges and stones. Troops fired blank then live rounds, wounding six. Hussars captured sixty rioters and jailed them as streets remained guarded.
A mob of about fifty women led by the prisoner's wife attacked Sheriff’s deputies in Uniontown Pennsylvania after a striker’s arrest. Deputies fought back using blunt weapons and a revolver as chaos erupted with injuries and calls for restraint amid a growing strike by miners.
In Cherokee Kansas on April 24 Jeff Tuggle a colored Alabama miner charged with the murder of Fred Haman at his home near Schwab mines was seized by a mob after Mrs Haman identified him. The crowd strung him to a cottonwood tree two miles northwest of town.
Henry Worley, a Murray county farmer and former gang member, was shot dead by moonshiners in his field after being suspected of treachery. The gang, numbering about 700, had earlier strung him up but he escaped and fled toward Atlanta to name members to Gov. Norris. Six deputy marshals were sent to arrest ringleaders.
On a ridge road near Wayne county two robbers stopped William Balangee on Sunday night and stole $100. Balangee identified the attackers as Ella and Tina Gore, daughters of a respectable farmer, noting they appeared as women in disguise.
The Winamac county commissioners rejected Kay and Kirch plans and adopted Kush of Grand Rapids design for the courthouse. The red sandstone building will cost 100000 dollars after a bitter dispute among the judge, commissioners, and local legal fraternity.
Miss Mary Gilmartin of Sligo county Ireland is shot by Father Dominick O Grady on Chestnut street as she tries to board a streetcar. O Grady had followed her from Chicago and sought to resume a relationship despite church disapproval. He fled Ireland after elopement rumors and bought arsenic before returning to Cincinnati.
In St Paul on April 27 officials said all efforts to settle the Great Northern strike were abandoned setting the stage for a power struggle between the American Railway Union and company forces. President Hill sent the first freight for two weeks, manned by brotherhood workers and guarded by deputy marshals as the clash between unions and the railroad intensified.
Antrimp Norway April 26 The Walter Wellman led expedition sails from Antrimp on the steamer Ragnvald Jarl bound for Spitzbergen. The vessel is hailed as the best ice boat in Norway by local experts, as the mission begins its Arctic venture.
At a special South Park Board meeting on April 27 the world’s fair buildings were sold outright to Graff & Co, housewreckers of the city, for 87500 and will be torn down in a few days. The state board of regents decided to erect at the site.
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