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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
4
Col Frank Rhodes, wounded at Omdurman and a London Times correspondent, is returned to his army post. Sir Graham Bowers, criticized as colonial secretary at the Cape, receives a lucrative new post in Mauritius.
The article notes long lives among notable Germans with ages: William I 91 Moltke 91 Bismarck 83 Ranke 91 Curtius 72 Simeon 81 poet Giebel 70 Wagner 70 Liszt 75 and the current chancellor 77, reflecting on late-century longevity among leaders and cultural figures.
A city bill passed by Denver aldermen would end department store licenses. The plan sets a base license of 23 601 dollars per year for large dry goods and all related departments, with each additional department adding 5 000 dollars, regardless of size.
Asylum tax reports from Cairo indicate 41 percent of male native patients show mental disturbances linked to hasheesh alone or with alcohol, while only seven percent of female patients exhibit similar symptoms. The findings highlight gender differences in substance impact among the patient population.
A process mixes ore with common salt and sulphuric melt then adds potassium permanganate solution. Hydrochloric acid forms and chlorine combines with gold to produce gold chloride. Tested at Mt. Morgan Queensland the method claims advantages over amalgamation and cyanide as it more thoroughly extracts gold from copper ores.
The ex queen lost diamonds at Biarritz and offered a reward to the poor. The gems were returned wrapped in paper reading a quip about her keeping the promise. She kept her word and the jewels were entered into a lottery for the needy.
The piece notes the ship’s masculine gender in French Italian Spanish and Portuguese while it has no gender in Teutonic languages. It speculates Greeks may have named ships feminine out of Athene reverence, yet sailors see the ship as a sweetheart with a waist collars stays laces bonnet ties rib e bow and many other feminine features.
Srenor Alessio Conapixa, an Italian pianist, is said to have invented a system that arranges piano chords to retain tension and stay in tune regardless of weather. The invention supposedly preserves manic distances between chords, preventing any single note from going out of tune, with a simple apparatus applicable to all pianos.
A famous American woman toured cathedral cities in England this summer wearing a tiny American flag on her traveling dresses. Many English people did not understand what Rag stood for and one English woman asked if it signified a secret society. The woman replied with a lighthearted line acknowledging a group.
The text lists metals by high prices. Calcium at 1800 dollars per pound, Cirium Slashzhe at 1920 per pound, sthromium at 200, cobalt about half of silver, idymium equal to calcium, gallium at 8250 dollars per ounce, and notes this may be the rarest metal with peak pricing.
Hewin Morssax reports a newly prepared calcium metal compound formed by heating calcium in hydrogen to a dark red. When added to water it decomposes violently releasing hydrogen, suggesting potential industrial use analogous to acetylene production.
Crowds along the presidential train route across Iowa and Nebraska cheer McKinley. In Omaha thousands line the streets as a 200-guest parade and a grand pageant unfold with busts of Dewey, Sampson, Schley, Hobson, and others. The Cedar Rapids stop features a 10,000-voice reception after an address praising war unity and peace.
Walker Minnesota October 11 War will be declared against the Bear Island Indians if they do not surrender the 20 men named on the marshal's list. A government message to Chippewa camps states whites and Indians will be punished equally and warns soldiers will hunt capture or kill holdouts. Gen Bacon awaits reply and strengthens guards. Others doubt the red men will surrender without force.
The funeral for George D. Saxton was held at the M C Barber residence with brief services led by two pastors. President McKinley and wife attended. McKinley boarded the Omaha special train at 9 10 P.M. Mrs McKinley will join the president in Chicago for the peace jubilee. The party on the train includes Bliss Wilson Meiklejohn Porter and Cortelyou. At ten o'clock yesterday morning.
Promissory notes valued at 17 000 dollars and 50 dollars in cash were taken after burglars forced the door of H. Y. Swan's Waldron office near Kankakee Illinois and blew open the safe with dynamite early Tuesday morning.
Cleveland October 11 Senator Kyle of South Dakota who suffered paralysis at the Forest City house here weeks ago has recovered enough to depart for Washington on Thursday.
Instructions issued to the military commission in Cuba set December 1 as the date Spanish rule ends. The commissioners notified Spanish authorities that all ports customs receipts and municipal management will transfer to the American military commander on that date.
Cora Smith who killed her blind father in Des Moines in 1894 by poisoning his coffee died at Anamosa penitentiary on Monday by eating spiders. She was serving a life sentence with her mother Betsy Smith for the crime. A paper bag of spiders was found in her cell and post mortem tests showed insects in her stomach.
An attempt to wreck a Michigan Central train on a high trestle near Air Line junction was foiled when wreckers placed three heavy timbers across the track. The obstruction spanned nearly 100 feet to Swan creek bed, but the engineer spotted it in time to prevent a disaster.
Omaha Nebraska October 12 Hon L S Gates dairy commissioner of Iowa collapsed while addressing a dairymen convention and died fifteen minutes later at the emergency hospital.
Vancouver reports Representative Mason has arrived from Dawson and states Yukon navigation is now closed. The last steamer to depart for St Michaels was the Sarah.
In Indianola Nebraska on October 7 a train collision killed three men. Engineer Sol Brace fireman E J Walters and brakeman William McCarl died in the wreck.
Bradstreet's review notes sustained price strength led by wheat and iron and steel gains amid western activity and southern trade disruptions. It cites large distributions, heavy consuming demand, and ongoing failures with 168 in the United States and 23 in Canada for the week.
The navy suffered seventeen sailors killed and sixty seven wounded in the war. Dewey's Manila Bay action had no fatalities and all wounded men returned to duty. At Santiago July 3 one killed and 11 wounded. at June 22 near Santiago one killed and 11 wounded. Guantanamo saw 22 casualties with six Marines killed and nine of the wounded returning to duty.
Miss Martha McFillen was jailed in Sandsuky Ohio after firing five shots into George J. Kiecle as he stooped to light a bicycle lamp. She claimed he jilted her, refused to leave him alive, and reportedly said she had been revenged.
In Stevens Point Wisconsin on October 10 a $15 000 stash hidden under Joseph Streuzbach s woodshed floor was returned Saturday to an old hermit by Sheriff Wheelock who receives a $3 000 reward. The sheriff will not name the burglar and no charges will be filed.
Express company officials from several western cities met in Kansas City to plan joint action against rail crimes. They agreed on measures to suppress robberies, but details will be kept secret.
Chicago October 10 unions in large cities begin active agitation for a more effective method to fight opponents beyond the boycott.
New York October 10 boxing figure Robert Fitzsimmons filed a suit against the Gilsey House for $50,000 damages alleging refusal of a meal by proprietor J H Breslin after an incident a few days earlier.
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