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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1898
Page
9
Lorxexto Syon, newly chosen President of the Mormon church, is an Ohio native and Oberlin College alumnus. At 84, he remains in perfect health with sharp mental faculties fit for leadership.
A Frevon doctor asserts that a person beheaded by the guillotine retains sight smell and bearing for three hours after execution and that such death is among the most prolonged forms of capital punishment.
Last spring Typographical Union No.6 acquired land near York as an experiment. Unemployed men received parcels to cultivate and many have succeeded well. Some plan to pursue farming as a lifelong career.
A crude report notes Rome Florence and Naples eateries selling exotic meats such as horse flesh mule flesh and snake flesh. Regular butchers grow uneasy as diners seek unusual fare in dingy restaurants frequented by the lower orders.
The crops of fruits and vegetables in Denmark are a complete failure. Prospects for American canners look bright with inquiries and some orders already received. U.S. crops have been excellent, suggesting good prices through the coming winter.
The case of Henry Washington of 1328 Philip Street Philadelphia operated on for appendicitis by Prof. Da Place at St. Agnes Hospital is noted as very rare. Statistics show appendicitis is uncommon especially after age 23, and Washington is 61 years old.
Szirzie university refuses to count time at the University of Freib urg in Switzerland toward degrees citing deterioration since Dominican monks gained control. Leipzig and other German universities may follow by not recognizing Freiburg degrees.
Additional experiments by Prof. Dewar show liquid hydrogen is the lightest known liquid with a density one fourteenth that of water. This matches the density ratio of hydrogen gas to air, a curious parallel to the previously known light liquid liquid methane?
San Joaquin Island farmers praise the soil as the most productive in the world. This season they face a remarkable freak of nature: a second crop of pears and cherries. Trees of these fruits are in full bloom for the second time this year.
The Chicago post office will hire a physician as a permanent employee at $1700 yearly. He will be stationed at the main office to examine workers who claim illness, with expectations of substantial savings by identifying those who are not truly incapacitated.
A Paesci railroad company paints its passenger coaches with large images of stars fishes and birds in emphatic colors to help travelers recognize carriage and class in the gathering dusk. The painter calls himself the fish and the swallow and creates his own place aboard.
Meriden Mississippi considers a curfew for adults prohibiting presence on city streets after 8 PM on all weeknights except during emergencies. Saturdays require earlier shelter by 6 PM. Violators face a $25 fine.
The record notes that $29,973,274 of $50,000,000 was allocated for presidential war prosecuting efforts, with $19,811,647 in the War Department and smaller sums in other departments. Navy funding rose with a $20,000,000 boost, enabling vessel conversions including twenty seven yachts, twenty six tuners, eight colliers, nine torpedo boats, and other work.
President McKinley was welcomed by thousands in St Louis with an informal reception at the Southern hotel and speeches at the Merchants Exchange and Exposition Building. He lauded national credit gains, unity after the war with Spain, and urged patriotic resolve. He then moved to Chicago for a peace jubilee observance and a weekend of public cheering.
President William McKinley is awarded the degree of doctor of laws by the University of Chicago in Kent theater before about eight hundred attendees. Uplifting sermons and a fervent audience reaction accompany the public reception at the armory and a later dinner at the Auditorium Hotel hosted by University President Harper.
A compact review from October 12 to October 18 outlines U S forces occupying Cuba at Fort Sheridan and Manganibo, with plans for the island's military governance by December 1. It notes Spanish troop posture, naval battle clearance, and moves on San Juan and Puerto Rico. It also reports Dewey rank talks, discipline incidents, and ongoing peace negotiations in Paris.
London reports the Mohegan left for New York with 200 aboard and only 31 saved. By Oct 17 Falmouth says over 100 lives were lost and 51 bodies recovered, with many debris and victims washed ashore along miles of coast. Survivors receive care from life saving crews.
The first major winter storm in 25 years hits the southwest, stranding Kansas City and surrounding towns. Lawrenc e and Lincoln report early snowfall with communication cutoffs and high winds. Des Moines notes brief snowfall as temperatures drop across Nebraska and Iowa.
War department reports a high Spanish officer recently claimed Spain would have fought on if aware of American army hardships and shortages. The remark, conveyed to American officers in Cuba, unsettles officials who fear it signals Spain not yet ready to yield Cuba under the protocol.
Reports describe a disaster at sea with the Mohegan sinking after two strikes on hidden rocks. Many died or were mangled while efforts to rescue were futile. Families, including Mr. T. W. King and kin, mourn a Nantucket life and summer home in Penzance.
The British ship Blengfell, Captain Johnson, en route from New York to London, was destroyed by a fire off Margate England. Seven crew members perished along with the captain his wife two children and a pilot.
At Morris Park sale the famed race horse and sire Meddler brought $49,000, bought by Sydney Page for William C. Whitney.
George Wilson Philips aged 70 died here on Friday. He invented most of the machinery used in the first match factory in the country and lived in Springfield Massachusetts.
News from Walker reports the Bear Island Indians have surrendered after a manifesto signed by 24 chiefs from the Leech Lake tribes. They say arms were laid down at the earnest entreaty of the chiefs who trust Indian Commissioner Jones to redress the wrongs suffered.
The industrial commission created by Congress held its opening meeting in Washington at the capitol. It comprises five U S senators five representatives and nine private citizens designated to represent various industries and employments in its work.
Chicago on October 15 reports George H. Jacks and John Druggan were hanged yesterday for murder. Jacks killed Andrew J. McGhee on February 27 in a robbery motive. Druggan shot saloon keeper R. F. Gudge on January 11 during a robbery attempt.
Paris dispatch reports Judge Day insisting the United States will not assume Cuban debt or guarantee it. Spain offers to surrender the Philippines if debt terms are rejected. Day signals possible demand for Puerto Rico, while Washington rejects sovereignty over Cuba and vows to maintain order in the islands.
Vienna correspondent says peasants attacked and looted the Jewish quarter in Kossow on Friday night, killing ten and wounding many. The unrest is said to be spreading and troops have been dispatched to the scene.
Col. Young of the First Illinois cavalry and troops at Virden report quiet conditions. Adjutant General Reece notes no anticipated trouble and keeps Battery B under Capt. Craig stationed at Virden for several days longer.
William C. Murray of Chicago, formerly of Clinton Iowa, shot his wife and then himself at Oak Grove sanitarium on Monday evening. The wife, described as deranged, had been an inmate there for some time. Murray left a letter claiming he wished to spare her years of suffering and a horrible death.
Alexandria police capture nine Italian anarchists in Egypt on Oct 15 hindering a plot to kill Emperor William during his Holy Land journey. Nine suspects are detained as authorities report the thwarted assassination plan.
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