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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1893
Page
4
A speaker states the United States is constructing about ten thousand churches annually while addressing a youth audience who are told football is an intellectual game that activates understanding.
A Port sighs asks where summer foliage is as the text notes the lady managers spent $1,785 to entertain guests during the exposition season at the world’s fair.
A representation of a bagpipe was discovered among ruins at Tarsus. The instrument dates to about 2000 years before the Christian era, with its origin remaining unknown.
A historical note contrasts two surrender events from 1854 and 1883 with a remark on the ease of honors, implying a cyclical or ironic view of military capitulations between Russia and France through the years.
Analysis shows the meteorite from Beaver Creek in British Columbia weighs about twenty five pounds and is composed of iron at 78.72 percent with nickel silica and magnesia present.
Rev. Mr and Mrs A. E. Wincott are formally installed as joint pastors of the Church of the Reconciliation in Brooklyn. The congregation remains divided on which of the two is the superior preacher.
The assets of U S life insurance companies total 850 million dollars with gross income of 220 million. Despite a large market, only 5.5 million people are insured out of a 65 million population, highlighting wide room for growth in coverage.
Of the children under 10 in this country 8,983,000 are whites of native parentage, 3,735,000 are whites of foreign parentage, and 2,156,000 are colored. Compared with 1880 the foreign element grows steadily relative to whites of native parentage.
The argument supports tobacco use noting Jose Cortez died in Mexico at age 193 after a lifetime of smoking. The writer quips that without tobacco he might have died younger from being kicked by a mule at age 65.
In Northampton Mass a widow in her early twenties studies at Smiracopiece with 599 other female students. The young woman is described as very pretty and the focus of admiration and interest among the college’s single student population.
Ten thousand French women petition Admiral Avelan seeking a lock of his hair. He ponders the request while a billiard ball rolls by as a mischievous war sends him a hair mattress by express with charges unpaid.
A cyclone insurer in South Carolina denies coverage for a bridge destroyed by a large inland sea wave. The firm argues water damage caused the destruction, not wind, and the outcome hinges on this interpretation of the wreck.
The emergency hospital set up at the fair grounds has cared for 18,500 patients since construction began. About 120 daily, mostly visitors overcome by heat or fatigue, with 33 deaths recorded after prompt medical or surgical care.
The railway mail service chief says oil lamps on trains cause widespread passenger harm. He urges immediate abolition, noting railways increasingly replace lamps with electricity or stored gas and use engine steam heating for stoves.
The piece traces glove history from early mittens worn by both sexes to lavish jeweled lace trimmed designs. It notes English women began seeking subtler styles near the tenth century end, while church dignitaries wore matching gloves with vestments, marking status and wealth.
Prof. Brooks of Geneva New York, discovers another comet in Virgo, calling it a silver wedding gift after his twenty fifth anniversary. This marks his nineteenth comet, with eleven first seen through his own telescope. He has found three comets in Virgo in close succession and three in the last fourteen months.
Missouri court of appeals sustains damages against a St. Louis hotel for a guest coat and hat lost when checked with an attendant at the dining room door. The hotel argued a coat room absolved responsibility, but the court ruled that creating such a facility does not negate other places for custody.
Sister Marie Augustine a famed French philanthropist who founded the Little Sisters of the Poor died recently. Born in 1820 at Saint Servan she began aiding the poor early, established the order in Rennes in 1840, now runs 266 homes worldwide sheltering over 40,000 elderly, with 120,000 aged cared for over the years.
The week reports five senators and twelve congressmen urging repeal of the Sherman act coinage clause, Maxwell cites 2621 fourth class offices created last year, and warnings rise over threats to the White House. Clara Barton pleads for Sea Islands relief as 30000 homeless receive aid. Seymour tallies patents 23471 granted 1884 trademarks 1884. 13372 expired. year receipts 1288809 expenditures 1111444 resulting surplus 177365. Harris notes 13234103 public school pupils 1891 92 with 8552851 daily attendance. 1890 91 enrollment 13084282 and 8407535 attendance. Treasury shows 430517 immigrants in nine months to Sept 30 vs 476848 prior year. State Dept seeks Honduras explanation over insult to US flag. Carlisle plans to halt silver dollar production. Treasury balance dips below 100 million dollars.
An 18 year old Newton lad Louis A Wright now in jail as an incendiary confessed to starting the big fires in Boston last spring causing 3 million dollars in property loss and eight deaths. Other items note trials embezzlement and election results across New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Greenlander trotted two miles in 4 32 at Terre Haute Ind to break the world record and had earlier lowered the stallion record.
Reports recount 1 894 arrests at the world’s fair with breakdowns for smoking disorderly conduct drunkenness and more. Other items note deaths in Sedalia and independence, a large Ferris wheel turnout, and political results across states. The Harrison will probate in Chicago estimates a 960 000 estate.
Unofficial returns from Ohio Iowa New York and Massachusetts show McKinley with extraordinary pluralitys and Republicans sweeping state offices legislatures and key posts. New Jersey New York and Iowa results bolster GOP gains with majorities in many counties and districts. Massachusetts and Brooklyn flip to Republican victories as Democrats suffer widespread losses.
Reports recount a Santander dynamite explosion killing up to 1,000 and injuring many, ship fires off Honduras, and multiple shipwrecks with drownings in Bay of Fundy. Notable deaths include Sir Andrew Clarke in London, Tschaikowsky in St Petersburg, actress Annie Pixley in London, and the Ashantee king killed in Coomassie.
Public note from Secretary Gresham to President Cleveland asserts the Hawaii overthrow resulted from abuse of U S authority and force and fraud, demanding queen Liliuokalani be restored to her throne as justice.
North Bay Ontario November 10 reports confirm twenty-one lives lost when the Fraser steamer burned near Goose Island. Only seven of about twenty-eight aboard survived, despite lifeboats and a scow in tow. Capt Carr and storekeeper Mr Douglas are among the dead.
New York reports Secretary Carlisle met with J Edward Simmons H C Cannon James Stillman and Frederick D Tappen to discuss treasury strain. A plan likely aims to halt coinage of further silver dollars to avoid seniorage, requiring cooperation of major New York banks.
James I. Collins head bartender at the East St. Louis rocky club track was shot and killed by Charles McCafferty a Chicago horse-owner. McCafferty fired after Collins attacked him with a knife following an argument aboard the car to the Eads bridge. Several ladies were present as the incident turned deadly.
A passenger train derailed near Mikhalov in the Riazan region. Four cars and the locomotive plunged down a bank, catching fire. Six passengers died in the flames and fifty were seriously injured. the engineer and fireman were fatally scorched.
Care Town November 9. The Matabeles suffered a severe defeat in battle with British and South Africa forces led by Maj. Adams. The natives repeatedly charged the British and were repelled each time. Casualties: sixty killed and 150 wounded. Four Matabele were killed.
Early returns from Ohio show McKinley with about 30,000 majority and Republicans hold 26 Senate seats to 5 Democrats while 86 House seats go R and 21 D. Mercer County elects a Populist, and two tax and district amendments fail. Boston reports Greenhalge with substantial Republican plurality and a GOP gain in the House to 187 Republicans and 53 Democrats. Senate slated at 84 Republicans to 6 Democrats. Iowa results are still incomplete with Jackson's expected 30,000–35,000 lead over Boies. Albany notes Maynard trailing by a large margin in New York.
Annie Pixley died in London on Wednesday night after a brain fever attack at the home of her brother in law Edward Fulford 188 Pentonville road. She was in England with husband Robert Fulford who was present. Pixley had risen from San Francisco stage beginnings to fame in M liss Zara Eily and as the original Josephine in Pinafore. Her career spanned the west to the east with notable comic and dramatic roles.
The treasury net balance fell to 99,908,202 on Thursday with 54,646,412 in gold and 15,251,830 in currency. Officials cite a general business suspension on election day as the probable cause and expect receipts to rise restoring the balance gradually.
Washington reports that Britain through its ambassador has urged the United States to mediate between conflicting Brazilian factions to end months of internal strife. In Santander 600 cases of dynamite remain aboard the Cabo Michicaco wreck and fear of further blasts drives residents from the waterfront. many injured have required surgery and deaths rise daily.
At the Lyceum in Barcelona two bombs exploded among a fashionable crowd killing fifteen immediately and fatally wounding many more. By noon Wednesday the dead reached thirty as panicked victims died from injuries and trampling. Officials detained suspected anarchists and an unexploded bomb matched the weapon of the recently executed anarchist Pallas.
Secretary Gresham orders American consuls in Europe to report on reception and obstacles for U S wheat products, aiming to stimulate demand. The move follows years of effort by the Northwestern Millers' association and fosters cooperation with the Winter Wheat Millers' league to secure better terms and quicker delivery.
A Naples to Rome train derailed near Ssine and plunged into a river. Two engines and four cattle wagons were wrecked. Engine men and cattle handlers were killed, with unconfirmed reports of passenger deaths.
Baroness Burpett-Courts of London holds the first folio edition of Hamlet bought for four thousand dollars. Avorgarp Kirkye seeks membership in the Society of American Authors. Kipling profits from royalties. Mar Sreverixe, a leading French journalist, earns twelve to fifteen thousand dollars yearly. The Washington congressional library will house world books for a century and still have seven-eighths space left.
Lon Floyd, arrested Wednesday as an accomplice of Philip N. Schieg, the Bank of Minneapolis teller who robbed the bank of 90000, was arraigned in Tombs police court and remanded to prison to await further developments.
Lansing Michigan November 11 counties of Michigan will receive today 71 897 the primary school money The two apportionments this year aggregated one million dollars.
Peter McCoy the boxer once with John L. Sullivan was drowned while en route to New York on the tug Scranton falling overboard accidentally near New Loxpoy Connecticut on November 11.
Carter H. Harris's will has been filed by a son in probate court. The estate is estimated at 960000, a surprise given prior estimates of 2 million to 3 million for the late mayor's wealth.
Report notes 1400 inmates at Joliet state prison, about one third suffer from consumption. Salic law lists 343 penal articles with 150 on robbery including 74 on animal theft and 113 crimes against the person. European torture devices were used until 1550 to obtain evidence. North American tribes punished matricides by hanging near wolves.
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