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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1894
Page
2
A Creston safe robbery yields 150 dollars, Fort Dodge suicide, Ottumwa sanitarium fire with 25000 loss, and multiple bank burglaries. Iowa towns report shootings, legal actions, hotel and barn fires, thefts, and a dramatic company scare as investigators pursue a panhandle network.
Reports from New York to Argentina describe seven dead in a tenement fire, a worsening czar, two Georgia men fatally attacked with axes, Germany delaying meat imports, an Argentine earthquake destroying La Rosa and Del Arbordon with 2000 deaths and 20000 homeless, Caprivi resignations and Eulenberg’s disputed stance, a Seattle hotel fire killing sixteen with injuries, and Nebraska fires threatening ranches and cattle losses.
A major blaze on Liberty avenue in Pittsburgh damaged the wholesale millinery and trimming goods establishment of J. J. Porter & Co. shortly after 9 30 pm. The total loss is estimated at 200 000 dollars for the firm with 150 000 dollars more for the building owned by B F Jones. Insurance status is unclear. The Academy of Music next door was performing when the alarm sounded and a panic ensued but caused no serious injuries.
A mass gathering in Albany marks the fusion of two democracy factions to greet Senator Hill now based in the city. Congresssman Charles Tracy co spoke as a Cleveland associate. Amos J. Parker presided as Hill received loud applause amid the event.
The Chicago Board of Trade quotation table for October 20 shows current price ranges across contracts. Prices reflect activity in Corn Wheat Cotton and Soybeans with minor shifts noted throughout the session.
County commissioners in Wiixesparre Pennsylvania offer 100 dollars for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for blowing up the Hungarian shanty with dynamite. A new theory points to youths possibly involved. three local boys with questionable histories were missing Sunday and are now under surveillance.
York bakers announce bread price holds at five cents while loaf weight doubles from one pound to two pounds. The move mirrors Washington price cuts as wheat falls to historic lows, easing costs for consumers without raising prices.
A 5 000 dollar reward notice accompanies an ad for Schrage’s Rheumatic Cure from Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company Chicago. A testimonial from Hremsert F Rycrort describes severe inflammatory rheumatism in Europe and after four bottles of the remedy reports cure with no relapse.
Oscar Rogers, jailed for the Southern Pacific overland train robbery near Maricopa, tore down brickwork in his cell and almost escaped. Detectives fear accomplices from the Maricopa trail gang are nearby, and Kid Thompson is believed in the vicinity.
Des Moines dated October reports 301 United States patents issued last week to American inventors and 38 to foreigners. New York leads with 43 followed by Massachusetts 40 and Pennsylvania 36. Washington sees 5 672 applications awaiting examiner action with varying arrears. Printed patent drawings and specifications copies cost 25 cents per patent. Valuable information for inventors free. Thomas G. and J Ralph Orwig, Solicitors of Patents.
The wholesale brick grocery store of F G Shoudy and Co. in Rockport Illinois burned down Sunday. Firemen had narrow escapes when a corner of the building collapsed. A carload of matches was unloaded there Saturday. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars with 22500 dollars insured.
Official statistics show low wheat prices push Washington packers to fatten hogs on wheat. Whitman county reports 75,000 hogs being fattened on wheat this season with farmers earning 18 to 20 cents per bushel.
The passage urges choosing a top business college, highlighting Duncan's Davenport Business College as a leading option with long regional prestige. It notes its students hold prominent positions in major financial centers across the west and east, and states tuition is affordable compared with lower grade schools.
Gov. McKinley spoke to about 5000 people in Pittsburg Pa last night. A small portion of the vast crowd followed from the hotel to the city hall amid cheers flags and fires. He delivered an exhaustive discussion and found the audience fully responsive before traveling to Buffalo New York.
A cabinet member says retaliation is a two way game and Germany may bow to pressure as talks with Berlin continue. Officials signal possible changes to the ban on live cattle and dressed beef, arguing principle supports lifting or easing the decree if Texas fever is not present and U.S. exports valued near 100 million dollars last year. The German embassy confirms the ban covers live cattle and fresh meat, with officials noting they follow instructions.
U S Marshal Crump reports that Bill Cook and 21 gang members are near Tallasha Mission nine miles northwest of Muskogee. A passenger-train conductor confirms the lead while deputies rush to Cameron. officials doubt the accuracy, fearing a diversion by bandit allies.
The auditor of public accounts reports that F W Porter, late secretary of the Normal Park Loan Association of Chicago and former Rock Island railroad auditor, embezzled about 23000 dollars. Porter admitted the defalcation in a letter written the day before his death at the Grand Hotel Cincinnati. Public notice follows suppression to protect relatives. The association remains solvent with a comfortable surplus.
A Middletown Lake County report describes a deadly clash among Sulphur bank and Coyote Indians at a ranch. Drunken quarrel led to a man killed and another fatally stabbed, with six others wounded including two squaws.
October 31 report from Fostoria Ohio says Rising Sun in Wood county with a 1500 population and oil operations center was totally destroyed by a major fire. No casualty details are provided in the readable text.
A Philadelphia statistic records 2143 disinterments last year prompting a witticism about lively graves. The piece cites Sir John Lubbock noting a single bee’s energy yields only a teaspoonful of honey in a season.
St Petersburg dispatch reports analysis from extracted fluid shows reassuring absorption, raising hope the czar’s condition improves. If progress continues the planned marriage of the czarowitz to Prince Albert may be further postponed. Holy John of Cronstadt, said to have prayed for the czar, telegraphed four days ago that God works a miracle and the czar will recover.
In York Sumter county Cameron and E F Allison clashed over a business settlement. Town Marshal J W Thompson intervened and was shot in the head by Camerons pistol while trying to stop the fight. Allison was wounded in the hand and Cameron beaten about the head.
Thomas R. Reed hosted a reception at the Southern hotel that morning, then spoke to the merchants exchange. An evening gathering at Music hall in the Exposition building drew 7,000 to 8,000 attendees, many of them women.
Oct 31 report: Frank Steadman, a seven year convict, seized a ladder and forced open a door, climbed to the west wall, lowered his escape device, and slipped away as night fell.
Vice President Stevenson arrived in Detroit at six o clock last evening and was greeted warmly. He addressed a huge Democratic gathering at the Auditorium. Earlier he spoke in Jackson and Pontiac during the day.
Washington October 31 Dr Zeballos the Argentine minister in Washington says he has received no report from his government about earthquakes in the San Juan and Riojan provinces He hopes they have not reached disaster proportions as those provinces are among the republics most prosperous regions.
Controller of the Currency J. H. Eckels arrived in Ottawa NL last evening and will stay through the election. A large Democratic rally at Sherwood's opera house drew about 1,500 attendees as Eckels spoke on the country's financial condition.
Albany October 31 Gov Flower started a six day statewide political campaign journey. The first stop was in Schenects where he spoke for ten minutes. In Amsterdam an audience of about one thousand gathered to hear him.
Hon. W. L. Wilson spoke to more than 1,500 voters in Kinewoop on Sunday afternoon and then traveled to Terra Alta in the same county for another large rally that evening.
In Wueenine on October 31 farmers and lumbermen report a long drought causing hardship as many sawmills shut down for lack of logs along the Little Kanawha River.
All White House staff were vaccinated yesterday by Dr. O'Reilly the President's physician as a precaution after smallpox appeared in Wasnixeton.
In Wartham Mass on October 31 Tyler broke the two mile fly start record, trimming 4:04.4 to 4:04. Porter clocked Allen’s standing start time in the shade, covering the distance in 2:00. Allen finished in 2:02.4.
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