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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
4
Congressional World News Summary Remains In Brief
Senator Spooner argues for Philippine governance by the president after insurrection. Alaska and Cuban affairs dominate the Senate and House agenda. Attacks and accidents claim lives in New York Westfield and St Louis. Royal, British and French events, Dreyfus case attempt, and Boxer Rebellion pressure feature in dispatches.
McKinley. fires, legal actions, and deaths across the nation
A breadth of 1899 events spans fire disasters in Nashville area Forest Mississippi and Shipshewana, riots in St. Louis, electrocution at Sing Sing, and a wave of political and legal changes. Notable notes include Supreme Court ruling in Kentucky, post office suspensions in Cuba, and labor upheavals with Knights of Labor leadership resignations.
Governors and Senators Elected and Nominated in Key States
Gov elect W W Head was inaugurated in Baton Rouge. Louisiana legislature chose ex Gov Murphy J Foster to the U S Senate and reelected Samuel D McEnery. Nathaniel P Hill former U S Senator from Colorado died in Denver at 68. Kansas Democrats instruct Bryan support. Fifth Ohio Democrats nominate John S Snook for Congress. South Dakota Republicans name McKinley delegates and Charles N Herreid for governor. Henry Sheets of Lexington named by North Carolina prohibitionists for governor. Foraker to nominate McKinley at the RNC. Rousseau O Crump renominated in Michigan Tenth district. Senator Hanna denies resigning as RNC chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Head
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Murphy J. Foster
United States Senate
Samuel Douglas McEnery
Nathaniel P. Hill
United States
Colorado
Denver
Kansas
Bryan
Ohio
John 8. Snook
South Dakota
McKinley
North Carolina
Cholera and upheaval mark distant wars and disasters
Reports detail cholera in famine camps in India and a railway wreck near Guadala jara Mexico killing 11. Other items note German trade hopes, Mafeking relief, Baden Powell promoted, Kruger peace rumors false, Foo Chow wreck with 140 dead, Luzon governance limits, Transvaal defense, Vryheid ambush losses, Tarlac surrenders, Madrid postal pact, and Roberts’ advance toward Pretoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Guadalajara
Mexico
Lord Roberts
Mafeking
Baden- Powell
Kruger
Foo Chow
Gen. Bell
Gen. Otis
Luzon
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Vryheid
Methuen
Tarlac
Liscum
Spain
United States
Pretoria
Vaal
Senate credentials for Maginnis from Montana presented
In the Senate on the 25th credentials of Martin Magin nis as senator from Montana were presented and tabled. The Philippine bill and the sundry civil appropriation bill carrying 65812930 were reviewed.
Minor News Items Spark Various Local Interests
Paderewski sails home with 171500 dollars. San Francisco’s Japanese population nears 20000. Actors' Fund eyes an actor's home in New York. A tobacco firm with 25 million capital forms to challenge trust power. Staten Island residents seek severance from New York City over taxes. A Kansas City baker sues for slander over bread kneading claim. State Dept to gather colonist settlement data in Central and South America. Ohio bequests exempt from collateral inheritance tax. John F. Gillion dies in Weymouth at 97, WWI survivor. Army expansion debate to July 1 1901. Boston clerk selects 17 year old Annie Riley as messenger. Kraenzlein sets broad jump record 22 feet 8.5 inches in practice. Murray links Welland canal plot to Fenians originated in New York. Bergen Norway builds paper church seating 1000. Boyd rules express firms not liable as brokers for money orders taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paderewski
San Francisco
Actors’ Fund
New York City
International Tobacco Company
Staten Island
Kansas City
State Department
Ohio
John F. Gillion
Weymouth
Mass
Congress
Philippines
Donovan
Boston
Annie G. Riley
Kraenzlein
University of Pennsylvania
Murray
Welland Canal
Bergen
Norway
Boyd
Labor Legislation Report Urges State Eight-Hour Rules
The industrial commission urges states to enact eight hour limits for workers 14 to 21 in factories and bans child labor under 14. It calls for cash wages, limits on mines and telegraph work, color vision tests for engineers, and a general labor code with union and nonunion equality. Conciliation laws favored. arbitration warned against. Minority views oppose uniform laws and uphold private contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
The
Industrial Commission
E. A. Smyth
C. J. Harris
John W. Daniel
Smyth
Harris
Marquette Memorial Group Forms in Chicago
Officers and trustees of the Marquette Monument association met in Chicago with leaders from Milwaukee Detroit and Chicago. The group organized under Michigan law to build a national memorial to Father Marquette at Mackinac Island with funds raised by subscription and a projected cost of 25 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marquette Monument Association
Northwest
Franklin MacVeagh
Peck
Milwaukee
Peter White
Marquette
Maybury
Detroit
Ireland
Bishop Davies
Michigan
Edward O. Brown
Father Marquette
Mackinac
Michigan Park Commission
Decline of the Rough-Coated Greyhound in Scotland
The rough-coated greyhound has nearly vanished even in southern Scotland. Despite varied opinions on beauty and use, this ancient breed remains the oldest, with Arrian the younger Xenophon noting greyhounds 2000 years ago and evidence of the breed's long history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
British advance near Transvaal front amid Boer retreat
London reports from Wredefort indicate Lord Roberts and Gen. Hamilton linked up advancing British forces. Boers retreat south of the Vaal river with 5,000 crossing to the north bank. Dispatches note damaged railways and tight censorship as fronts converge toward the Transvaal frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Curzon
India
Queen Victoria
Rhenoster
Roberts
Kruger
Johannesburg
Chamber of Deputies
Dreyfus
Philippine Islands
China
London
Lord Roberts
Wredefort
Hamilton
Viljoens
Vaal
War Office
Transvaal
Bennett Burleigh
Daily Telegraph
Vaal River
Erste Geluk
Vredefort
Becket
Krause
Klinke
Schutte
Steyn
Bethlehem
Free State
Rundle
Trommel
Baptist Publication Society reports record sales and growing deficit
Detroit May 26 Friday sessions of Baptist missionary anniversaries highlighted the American Baptist Publication society. The seventy fifth annual reports showed year sales of 672 617 dollars up 29 211 from the prior year. Missionary receipts were 103 418 dollars with the deficit at 11 900 by year end. The society employed 66 colporteur and 34 Sunday school missionaries plus 8 district secretaries and 6 chapel cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Baptist Missionary
American Baptist Publication Society
Baptist
Belmont gifts toward St John the Divine chapel project
At a trustees meeting in New York on May 26 it was announced that August Belmont has given between 150000 and 200000 dollars to build one of the seven chapels for the Cathedral of St John the Divine in memory of his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of
Will Nominate Bradley At Philadelphia Nomination Meeting
Cincinnati May 26 The call of states for vice presidential nominations at Philadelphia next month includes W S Taylor a Kentucky delegate at large and former governor who was recently unseated by the courts presenting the name of former Gov Willam O Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Philadelphia
W. S. Taylor
Willam O. Dradley
First Greyhound Origins Tied to Ireland and Royal Favor
The essay notes Ireland as the likely origin of greyhounds in western Europe and that the breed was a favorite of early British monarchs. It explains the name origin, suggesting the prefix gre denotes gradus or degree, not simply gray, and that the dog held a premier position among dogs of that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Europe
First Boston church built in 1632 on State Street site
A thatched log church, the first in Boston, was erected in 1632 on State Street just south of the old statehouse on Brazer's build site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
State Street
Old Statehouse
Brazer
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Digestive Renewal
An advertisement asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla restores stomach digestion improving appetite and strength. It cites a testimonial from Mise Otie McCoy of Lebanon Indiana who claims weight gain after four bottles and recovery after grip illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Mise Otie McCoy
Lafayette Ave
Lebanon
Ind
Knickerbocker Line Sparks New Train to New York
The Knickerbocker heritage inspires rail lore as the Big Four launches a New York and Boston Limited leaving St. Louis at 8:00 A M and arriving in New York at 2 55 P M next day. The service earns praise for comfort with a strong demand noted after a month's business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Knickerbocker
Washington Irving
New Netherlands
the Hudson
Albany
Manhattan
Rip van Winkle
New York City
Irving
St. Louis
Father Knickerbocker
Big Four
Boston
Cincinnati
Western couple marvel at Waldorf Astoria sights
A western couple visiting New York stay at the Waldorf Astoria and spend their first day admiring the hotel decorations. They tour the room and Astor gallery and leave breathless by the grandeur, while the husband quips he would not blacken or gild his shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Astor Gallery
N. . Tribune
The Maid-Marriage Promotion Review
The Chicago Evening News discusses a promotion around a maid marriage concept, noting public reaction and potential theater or entertainment impact. The item reads as a brief column remark on social promotion and its commotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Evening News
Carter’s Ink Holds Value Across Dealers
A concise ad notes Carter's ink as a quality choice available through all dealers, claiming equal or better performance at no extra cost compared with poorer inks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
A Girl's Estimate of Men
A brief humor note from the Atchison Globe compares a girl's view of men to what she reads in novels, suggesting fiction shapes opinion more than personal experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
AD druggists offer a two shilling tablet that promises to cure a cold in a day. If the remedy fails to cure, the store refunds the purchase price.
Classified Fragments From Chicago Newspapers
A collage of brief sayings and ads including a “Wanted” notice for sixty girls at Mathews Agency in Chicago with room and board offering $16 monthly. Also quotes about work and madness from Ally Oper and Chicago Democrat and Daily News captions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews Agency
N. Clark St
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Claim
Advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for women and claims it strengthens women and lifts burdens. It asserts widespread endorsements with letters of gratitude and offers free advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Massachusetts.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congressional
Spooner Wis
Senate
W.W. A. Clark
Montana
House
Cuba
Charles F. W. Neeley
Messrs
Spooner
Allen and Bacon
Alaska
American Baptist Mission Society
Lake Shore
Westfield
N. Y
Reagan
Leighbody
Ray
William McKinney
Charles Haynes
Laurens
C. Frankfort
Taylor
Indianapolis
Presbyterian General Assembly
Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
Kan
T. T. S Timson
Buffalo
Peninsula Bank
Williamsburg
American Anti-Saloon League
Price, McCormick & Co
McFerrin
Covington
Tenn
Gov. Stephens
Herbert Noyes
Clevenger
Hay
Thomas Brody
Nashville
Smith
E. G. Rathbone
Bristow
Shipshewana
Benjamin Wagnitz
Ace
Great Britain
Women’s Baptist Home Mission
So-ciety
J. N. Crouse
Methodist General Conference
David Hi. Moore
John W. Hamilton
Calvin Kimblern
Pueblo
Col
Forest
Miss
Reeves Bros
Alliance
Frank Shaw
Harry Wetzell
Oakland
Cal
Cumnock
James M. Lynch
Syracuse
International Typographical Union
Charles W. Neely
Lake View
Ore
Associated Press
John Wons
Knights of Labor
Martin Maginnis
Akron
Miles
Gen. Corbin
Fredericksburg
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Bank of
South Africa
Monsey
Richard Lea
Pennsylvania
New Alexandria
John J. McDowell
Niagara Falls
J. K. Montgomery
Greene County
Virginia
Cullman
Nolan
Walsh
Toronto
Manila
Peyton C. March
Thirty-third Infantry
Aguinaldo
Labor Legislation
Equity
Island of Mackinac
Greyhounds
Arrian
Xenophon
America
Chicago Democrat
Chicago Daily News
Lydia E. Pinkham
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