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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1898
Page
4
Reports describe a rough engagement off Hong Kong where Adm. Dewey’s squadron battled the Kaiser and Augusta crews, routing the German warship party.
Legal barriers to foreign supplies push meat costs higher in Germany. Slaughtering of horses for food has increased and dog meat is discreetly advertised as demand grows.
Secretary Alger issues a tonnage exemption for all American ships trading with Porto Rico. No action on Cuba Hawaii or the Philippines is expected for some time.
The Prussian minister of interior forbids renewal of the iron fence and graves of March Rising victims. He says renewal would redound to the glorification of the revolution.
Announcement via cable states Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate of New York will marry the Earl of Strafford. Mrs Colgate, a wealthy widow worth about 10 million dollars from her late husband’s will, is described as a handsome social figure.
BN COPPINGER, soon to retire from the U S army, is the son in law of James G Blaine and a near relative of the duke of Norfolk. He represents the oldest Irish Catholic families and is heir to the Ballymoinm estate, one of the largest in the British empire.
Panis suffers famine like conditions while Londoners face low ice stocks after a hot term. Recent consumption reached 4 boats at 2.00 tons, double normal. Norway and Sweden ice houses have been nearly emptied, offering little hope for materiel relief.
A London correspondent notes equal whipping in girls and boys schools. The girls accept the punishment quietly, drying their eyes and smoothing their uniforms, not informing parents or others that they have endured the rod.
Army officers in Cuba discuss a novel proposal by special act of Congress to raise an army of 95 000 to 100 000 Spanish soldiers, commanded by Americans, to serve until a stable government is formed, then return to Spain or settle as citizens. It aims to aid Cuba and provide white immigration.
France acts to limit infant feeding practices amid a declining birth rate. A law forbids giving solid food to babies under one year without a physician's written authority and bans rubber feeding tubes to bottles to ease sterilization issues.
The 1897 gold output of Western Australia reached 674 993 ounces, about 2.5 times the 4896 ounce baseline. In the first seven months of 1898 production rose to 547 671 ounces, signaling an ongoing increase. Global gold output grows in United States Canada South Africa Australia Russia India and China.
A historical piece notes P. D. Armour, valued at 30 to 49 million, born in Union as one of Connecticut’s notable financiers. It mentions Huntington from Harwinton and “Old Hutch” from Coven as part of a group connected to the era’s rail and finance scene. The Union town is famed as the state’s smallest with a 481 census count in 1890.
The private jewels of the Avatria empress were cataloged years ago in a forty sheet inventory valued at 97 million. A superb pearl necklace, a gift from the emperor at the christening of their son Prince Rudolph, is noted in the empress will to be given to granddaughter Archduchess Elizabeth.
A new ship is planned at Jeffersonville along the Ohio River with hopes to be ready by February or March. It will carry a deep water stage and steam the Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans. Meetings and collections will support the ship as it sails through the West Indies visiting Porto Rico and aboard ministers of denominations will establish churches in the new possession.
Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson reports rapid coastal fortification growth after the Spanish-American War. Temporary batteries were erected at Bar Harbor Stonington Bridgeport New Haven Port Royal Georgetown Brunswick Darien and sites along St John's River St Augustine Miami Tampa Sabine Pass plus refurbishing old forts. Projects cover 25 locales active. planned guns total about 500 heavy 700 rapid fire and 1000 mortars with an estimated engineering cost near 56 million dollars.
The October gale battered Chicago with the worst storm of the year. Widespread damage hit telephone and electric wires as streetcar lines halted after nine p.m. Trees fell across the city while storms spread to Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Iowa Illinois Missouri and the southwest crippling telegraph and telephone lines.
The Stephenson party and invited guests aboard will depart Milwaukee on the St. Paul road Saturday November 19 and return December 4. The journey will travel via Northern Pacific to Portland then to San Francisco by Southern Pacific.
Des Moines Oct 26 moisture endangers Iowa corn with ears rotting in spots and husks failing to dry. J R Sage director of the Iowa section for the weather and crop service notes stalks are down due to wet conditions.
Yellowstone national park records show 6534 visitors from June 1 to September 30, an increase over last year. The report comes from the park superintendent in Washington on October 24.
Washington October 25. The Joint Traffic association a group of 31 railroads operating between the Mississippi and the Atlantic coast has been ruled illegal by the United States Supreme Court.
Parde Lucero aged 125 according to official records died at Salinas County Hospital. The obituary notes the centenarian milestone as recorded in local documents.
Secretary Long denies Dewey return. Berlin sails to Santiago with 15000 rations for Cuban starving. Admiral Schley takes command at San Juan. Lawton ill in New York. Pico Pilar to evacuate Paco signaling Manila’s fall. Conflicts and deceptions swirl as Spain and U S outline Cuba and Puerto Rico plans.
Amid celebrations and speeches, the article notes Allied wartime triumphs over a hundred days, calls for continued humanity, and honors for army and navy. It recounts presidential events in Columbus and Washington, with receptions, trains, and a Paris riot remark referencing antisemitic cries in the Rue Royale.
Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, former commander of U S forces in Manila, married privately to Chicago-born Miss Laura Williams in London. The ceremony was kept strictly secret and details remain undisclosed.
Vancouver Nov. 26 reports the Cardon party from Fresno and the White party of Mihigan with 50 people reached Peace River country after 1300 miles of rough country. They failed to find gold and had hoped to discover 28 creeks and rivers.
Acting Attorney General Richards declares the law excluding Chinese from the United States also applies to the Hawaiian Islands, expanding the reach of the policy.
Henry Jones and Garrett French two jealous husbands killed their wives and then themselves in Jersey City on October 24.
President McKinley receives an enthusiastic reception in Indianapolis after visiting Indiana and Ohio. He lauds the nation and the flag, honors Benjamin Harrison and Thomas A. Hendricks, and speaks of patriotism, peace, and unity before a large crowd at Capitol grounds.
Washington reports the Navy Department confirms the evacuation of Puerto Rico with the sailing of the last detachment of Spanish troops. In San Juan the insular cabinet took an oath of allegiance to the United States and vow to avoid partisan politics. Customs duties total about $12,000 since October 18 and a Puerto Rican commission to Washington is proposed to convey local needs.
Paris reports Premier Brisson and the entire French cabinet have resigned after a failed confidence vote in the chamber of deputies. General Chanoine, minister of war, also resigns amid accusations from military chiefs over the Dreyfus case reference to cassation.
News from Clairville in Plumas county reports a hotel fire that destroyed the building and caused the deaths of five people. The incident reached Susanville, Cal., on Oct. 22. Authorities investigate the blaze and determine the cause and survivors.
In Malvern Ohio a fever of excitement grips Malvern and Carrol County over gold found in Big Sands valley. Old Indian cave at Shanty Hill farm yields yellow sand rock and ore with specimens assaying $23.75 per ton in gold and $435 per ton in silver.
In Augusta Georgia on October 26 a coroner s inquest found Jim Mackie and Luther Sullivan implicated each other in the murder of Mrs J O Adkinson at Republican Church Edgefield County South Carolina. Both men were shot to death Tuesday night by enraged neighbors where the crime occurred.
A small cliff capsized in Lake Michigan about five miles above Wilmette on Sunday. Louis Babon son of an Evanston brick manufacturer William Schaffer and another man, whose name is unknown, drowned in the accident.
In Middlesboro Kentucky on October 25 Will Coombs killed the notorious Wild Bill Turner a man who had murdered several people. He was the sixth brother killed and the last of the family.
In Omaha on October 24 John Mel chart a Chicago photographer shot and killed Lillian L Morris his fianced wife. Jealousy was given as the motive and he then ended his own life.
Ashland Wisconsin October 26 Judge O'Neill sentences John O'Donnell Jr to life imprisonment for murdering his wife by giving strychnine. The prisoner maintains he is in nocent.
Reports from Harpersville in Scott County near Forest describe a racial clash after a white man was beaten by a Black man. A deputy sheriff’s raid on the suspect’s house triggered a riot. nine Black individuals were killed and four wounded. Gov. McLaurin arrived with the Adjutant General to urge restraint as fatalities mounted. By Oct 26 the death toll among Blacks rose to 14 with several rioters jailed and others fleeing to swamps.
Washington figures compare the Spanish American War costs to the Civil War. Spain war total stands at 187,529,941 dollars, while the Civil War cost 3,065,413,425 dollars. Four months of the current year show 223,587,114 dollars in disbursements and 153,754,445 dollars in receipts, leaving a 69,000,000 dollar deficit.
El Reno Oklahoma October 24 Geronimo the famous Apache Indian escaped from guards while being moved from there to Fort Sill where he has been held as a military prisoner for the past ten years
John Anderson, a Black man charged with the murder of Charles Holmes, a white farmer, was lynched Sunday in Lafayette by a mob from Fredonia and West Point Georgia. The act followed claims he killed Holmes and occurred in a region tense with racial violence.
Philadelphia witnesses a grand naval parade on the Delaware to inaugurate the peace jubilee. War era ships from the Spanish American conflict led the line as spectators viewed the display along the river.
Edward J. Cunningham, who served six years for burglary, was released from San Quentin yesterday after remaining silent during the entire period. The case highlights a remarkable period of quiet imprisonment.
Lisbon Ohio, Oct 24 The First National Bank of Lisbon shuts its doors and cashier M O Childs is alleged to have embezzled about $60 000. The case prompts state banking officials to review the institution and public trust is shaken.
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