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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1895
Page
2
A wide assortment of incidents and upheavals across Iowa and nearby Illinois. Suicides, murders and trials light the page while burglaries, accidents and court actions unfold. Notables include Major Evans death, Carl Frazier injury, and Charles Carlson killed near Boone.
Reports from around the globe note Russia opposing Japan’s Corea occupation while a Memphis money convention backs gold standards. Tragedies unfold as a river body, a California nitro incident, and an Italian earthquake strike. The US Supreme Court annuls the income tax law, stirring political debates on silver and coinage.
In South Enid on May 22 the Oklahoma Republican League gathered with 230 delegates and leading party figures. A resolution backed free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 and a protective tariff on foreign bullion.
Washington May 21 information indicates that Minister Taylor in Madrid will present the full Spanish explanation and disavowal in the Alliance incident. Awaited receipt of this explanation is expected to close the incident and its publication is widely anticipated.
Rain spoiled day one of the Confederate Veterans reunion drawing about 8 000 inside and as many outside. Gen Gordon spoke after a rousing welcome as Miss Winnie Davis boosted the crowd with cheers for the Daughter of the Confederacy.
A Ringling Brothers parade in Fort Wayne Indiana turned deadly after a horse bolted into a crowd on Columbia Street injuring at least eighteen people and smashing six baby carriages. Mrs Eliza Lemay died and several others including Mrs Frederick Wehner and Harry Wehner aged five were fatally hurt. Suits will be brought against the circus proprietors.
In Effingham Illinois May 24 two young women Maude Myers and Katie Johnson and a young man Charley Wiley Austin college student drowned when a raft capsized near Knagga Bead one and a half miles from the city Sadie Oakley and Bertha Shinn were rescued Wiley's remains will be sent to Centralia for interment
Chicago May 24 Wheat soared to about 80 cents as bulls predicted continued rise. July contracts opened volatile around 7 41 to 75 and climbed to 77 with only brief dips, ending up 3 cents for the day, the largest daily advance since the surge began.
Adam Gross, 55, of South Bend Indiana, killed himself by drinking carbolic acid and water with soaked match heads. He left a German note reading Good night I forgive you all May the Lord Almighty send you blessing. Despondency from domestic troubles and unemployment cited as motives.
Grand jury adjourned freeing Dan Kelly an accessory in the Foust killing and officer Harry Paynter who killed Arthur Schneider in Alexandria. Kelly’s release cited Mrs. Bolton’s hypnotic testimony. Paynter’s bond controversy tied to Alexandria union support and pressure over a union man’s death.
A large blaze in Antigo Wisconsin razed the Opera House block the Vivant hotel and several other buildings early this morning. Guests leaped from windows and sustained bruises as fire crews battled the flames. Loss estimated around 20000 with fair insurance.
Newspaper dispatches from Minneapolis dated May 23 report that two days of hot sun have exposed frost damage in the Red River Valley wheat crop. Correspondents estimate damage as high as twenty percent across affected fields.
Buenos Ayres reports the public backs Minister Mendonca though some see his Uruguay aid remarks as undiplomatic. In Rio Grande do Sul the Brazilian congress keeps fiery war rhetoric alive amid regional turmoil.
The Venezuelan government through its Washington minister Senor Andrade asks U S mediation to resolve an international crisis with France. If reconciliation occurs Washington would act as intermediary with European governments on behalf of Venezuela.
In New York on May 24 ex President Harrison drew steady attention at the presidential candidates exhibit. He met visitors including Charles Emory Smith Col Fred Grant and various politicians such as Stuart Rathburn W B Clark Ferguson OBrien Carter and James S Hogg in the Fifth Avenue hotel corridors.
Oklahoma City and Guthrie rush toward the Kickapoo reservation as trains bring new recruits for the land scramble. A public holiday prompts banks offices and schools to close while omnibuses and carriages ferry hopeful settlers to the border amid a crowded free-for-all race.
Forest fires broke out near Topside forty miles east of Superior and swept through dense woods aided by a strong southeast wind. A settler's home and a valuable pine tract were reported lost. Telegraph operator at Ino fled as fires closed in, with nearby settlements in danger at the last report.
The state department was informed that Thurston, the Hawaiian minister, is persona non grata and will not return to Washington. The notice, sent via United States Minister Willis, states only the withdrawal without discussing merits of the case.
Paris reports the government will ask parliament for a special credit to erect a monument to the French soldiers who fell in the 1870 71 war. The structure will be unveiled on the anniversary of the Sedan capitulation, September 2, 1870.
Chicago May 22 Dr May Harris Thompson founder of the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children died suddenly at her home 638 Jackson boulevard after a two day illness. She was a leading figure in surgery and medicine.
Representative William Cogswell of Massachusetts died shortly after 1 o clock this morning after a long illness. Elected to Congress in 1886 from the Sixth Massachusetts district, he served continuously since.
A Madrid dispatch dated May 24 reports official confirmation in Havana of Jose Marti’s death after the Cuban rebel defeat in Eastern Cuba. Colonel Salcedo’s handling of the rout is praised while Spain notes twenty rebels killed and many wounded. Spanish losses are five killed and seven wounded. documents seized may implicate figures in Santiago de Cuba Holguin and Havana.
Oregon Missouri May 23 bodies of Charlotte Chambers age 17 and her 10 year old half sister found after drowning near Bartlett Iowa. Charlotte caught in a fishermans net and the younger girl found thirty miles south. Their father C M Chambers lived near Bartlett and the younger girl was a daughter of Mrs Woltenberger. Suspicion of foul play and self-inflicted death noted. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen plans expert audits to address a 78000 deficit and losses from a printing plant.
Lansing May 24 Both houses have passed a bill appropriating 25000 to move the homeopathic college from Ann Arbor to Detroit where it will join Grace hospital and await the governor's approval.
Yokohama May 23. China and Japan resume diplomatic relations with Count Hayashi appointed vice foreign minister to be Japanese minister to China.
Iowa inventors receive notices of patents allowed though not issued yet. Names include W P Jones Des Moines for an opening and cleaning device for wasted pipes in buildings S E Hennagh Ardale for a detachable horse shoe with removable toe calk Nick Weiler for improvements to a reversible compound lever jack O K Ascher Des Moines for a ball cock for flush tanks J Henry Perry for match safe and cigar tip cutter F Q Stewart Chariton for a type setting machine. US patents issued to Iowa inventors last week. Printed copies of drawings and specs offered for 25 cents. Valuable information for inventors free. THOMAS G AND J RaLpaoRNlord, Patents Solicitors.
The Chicago board of Trade released today’s quotation table from Chicago, May 1. The document lists the day’s price ranges across contract categories, reflecting market activity.
May 23 report that Frank P. Hastings presented credentials to the State Department sealing Lorin M. Thurston official service as Hawaiian Minister to the United States now closed and Hastings recognized as Charge d Affaires and representative.
Philadelphia May 24. Henry Disston and Company workers number 1700 and receive a 10 percent wage increase. Hamilton Disston, Republican leader, is chief owner of the big saw works.
Ogden Utah May 22 The jury awarded Robert Murdock forty thousand dollars in damages against the Union Pacific railway He lost both logs while serving as brakeman for the company An appeal will be taken.
Gail Hamilton remains alive but unconscious as doctors tell the Blaine home family the end may be near. The patient is at Mrs James G Blaine residence in Washington on May 20.
A frost struck Warren Ohio causing a car load of wheat to be sold at 80 cents a bushel to Homer Baldwin of Youngstown yesterday.
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