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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
2
World News in Quick: Disasters Politics and Trade
Reports from Centralia Illinois on a fatal train accident. Colombia’s constitution potential changes to back Panama Canal treaty. a fatal duel near Mount Vernon Indiana. wildfires west of Missoula Montana. Reliance wins race in America's Cup series. telegraph service expands in Alaska. various political and labor events across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Maxfield
Charles Johnson
Illinois Central
Centralia
Ill
State Department
Colombia
Mount Vernon
Ind
Ed Robinson
Samuel Lusk
Missoula
Mont
Reliance
Shamrock III
Alaska
Signal Corps
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Congress
Marysville
Kan
Roosevelt
War Root
Gov
Taft
Philippines
Luke E. Wright
United States
Winfield Baker
Danville
Whitlock
Barker
Portland
Robert Kilpatrick
Media
Elizabeth Bearmore
Whitney
Canyon City
Ore
National Irrigation Congress
Ogden
Utah
Washton
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Palmer
Parks
New York
Nemaha
Starshall
Kansas
Sandy Lake
Oshkosh
Wis
Kolb
Philadia
Notable Obituaries and Global Turmoil dominate year 1904 notices
John Foley a pioneer in reform who helped end the Tweed ring dies after a long illness. Maj. Charles H. Smith aka Bill Arp dies in Atlanta at 67. Bryan leads Nebraska convention. Sullivan chosen for supreme judge. Kansas City platform reaffirmed. Multiple deaths and political shifts across states and nations are reported, including U S Sen Bard not seeking reelection and Roosevelt naming Ide as Philippines vice governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Foley
New York
Charles H. Smith
United States
Bill Arp
Atlanta
William J. Bryan
Columbus
Kansas City
John T. Sullivan
Fannie George
Mexico
Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
John H. Clarke
Bryan
David G. Williams
Cambria
Wis
Martin Kellogg
University of California
Christopher G. Tiedman
Buffalo Law School
Iowa
Des Moines
L. H. Weller
Nashua
Thomas R. Bard
California
Henry Ide
Roosevelt
Philippines
Luke E. Wright
Deadly hurricane devastates Grand Cayman and Jamaica coast
Jamaica reports a violent storm sweeping Grand Cayman. George Town suffered 160 houses destroyed and all trees leveled. Twenty three vessels wrecked and 50 plus seamen drowned. Shore residents appeal for relief as communications fail and Little Cayman and Cayman Brac may be wiped out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Jamaica
Grand Cayman
Georgetown
Little Cayman
Cayman Brac
Demonstration by squadron ends in Portland maneuvers
War game off Portland Maine lasted several hours and drew fire from forts. Vessels moved to Richmond's Island and anchored as time expired at noon. Soldiers began leaving after a week of fort defense. Col Dunwoody credits wireless telegraphy as the most valuable signal system in the maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Richmond
Col. Dunwoody
Signal Corps
Army
Navy Signal Corps
Union backs Sam Parks to continue as business agent
In New York the United Housesmiths and Bridgemen's union votes to keep Sam Parks as business agent while he remains in Sing Sing for extortion. They approve a $48 weekly salary and resist the employers arbitration pact. Parks is reported by a prison physician to have tuberculosis with a prognosis of about one year to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Housesmiths
Bridgemen’s Union
Sam Parks
Sing Sing Prison
Parks
Sing Sing
Six Men Found Guilty in Danville Jail Riot Case
In Danville Illinois on August 31 six men Winfield Baker John Walton Adam Murry Isaac Slade John Robertson and Thomas Bell were found guilty of taking part in the July 25 race riot attack on the jail to lynch Henry Wilson. William Redwine and Clay Biddle were found not guilty. The sentence calls for fines and imprisonment. Sheriff Whitlock and his deputies who defended the jail identified the six men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shaw Oliver
Root
Europe
Sam Parks
New York
Sing Sing
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Kentucky
Washington
Harput
Beirut
Turkey
Adrianople
Admiral Cotton
Genoa
Orient
Portland
United States
Leishman
Magersson
Danville
Winfield Baker
John Walton
Adam Murry
Isaac Slade
John Robertson
Thomas Bell
William Redwine
Clay Biddle
White Bear Lake
St. Paul
Minn
Ill
Henry Wilson
Whitlock
Bartender Beaten to Death in Kansas City Saloon
Michael Hoolihan a bartender, was found beaten to death in a Sixth and Broadway saloon owned by his brother John. The crime likely a robbery attempt. a heavy bloodied table leg and rifled pockets were noted. Suspect Will Lee, a Negro, was arrested on suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Michael Hoolihan
John Hoolihan
Sixth and Broadway
Hoolihan
Will Lee
Three Drowned in White Bear Lake Rowboat Disaster
At White Bear lake three people from St. Paul were drowned when a rowboat overturned Sunday night. The victims were Wilbur Carlson and his wife and Seth Johnson. They had spent the day at the lake and were joking before the accident. Aid arrived too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
White Bear Lake
Wilbur Carlson
Seth Johnson
Shaw to Inspect Fair Grounds in St Louis Visit
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw met in Chicago with Louisiana Purchase Exposition officials and arranged his inspection of the St. Louis world fair grounds for Tuesday. In Kentucky a courthouse was struck by lightning killing John J. Baker and injuring six others as the building burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Grounds
Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
St. Louis
Hazard
Court House
John J. Baker
Robbers kill two at Chicago City Railway barns
At the Chicago City Railway barns at Sixty first and State streets early Sunday morning three masked men held up the cashier's office and a sleeping motorman. They killed two workers and wounded two, escaping with about $3,000 in bills after forcing open the inner office door with a sledge hammer. The robbers did not take all visible bills or the scattered silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Chicago City Railway Company
Caleb Powers
Georgetown
James K. Wardman
Mississippi
Dun and Bradstreet
Wall Street
Britannic
Frederick Law Olmstead
Waverly
Mass
William C. Magelssen
Beirut
Syria
Kirk-Kilissch
Adrianople
Colombia
Roosevelt
Hay
Adine
Italy
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Nodaway
Ira C. Bradley
Cuba
Bradley Colony
Holguin
Vesuvius
Ottajano
Department of Commerce and Labor
Edwin W. Sims
Bureau of Corporations
Chicago
State Streets
Powers Convicted in Goebel Murder Third Trial
Georgetown Kentucky August 31 The third trial of ex Secretary of State Caleb Powers for complicity in the January 1900 Goebel murder ended with a verdict of guilty and death. The jury was polled and Powers showed no visible reaction as his lawyers sought a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Powers
Tragic Live Wire Accident Kills Two in Beaver
In Windy Ghoul farm near Beaver Pennsylvania a live electric line fell during a storm and two men died Owen Bowen fifteen and George Adams thirty a black farm servant. Ernest Bowen the brothers survived a shock while trying to help and Adams friend died from contact with the charged wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver
Beaver Valley Electric Power Company
John Galey
Owen Bowen
George Adams
Ernest Bowen
Ernest
Owen
Adams
Death of Brig. Gen. William H. Penrose in Salt Lake City
Brig. Gen. William H. Penrose A S A retired died of typhoid fever at his Salt Lake City home Saturday night. He was commissioned from Michigan as second lieutenant in 1861, led the Fifteenth New Jersey as colonel in 1863, and ended the Civil War as brigadier general of volunteers. He reentered the regular service in 1866 and retired as colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment in 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
William H. Penrose
Fatal clash over damages ends in shooting in Maysville
In Maysville Kentucky on a Saturday morning a collision between the rigs of David Daily of Maysville and William Malone of Manchester brought two colored men Clarence Thomas and William Jackson into a dispute over ten dollars. Daily was shot and killed by Thomas during the quarrel. Both alleged assailants are jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
David Daily
William Malone
Manchester
Clarence Thomas
William Jackson
Thomas
Explosion Kills Two on Oregon Rail Line at Weatherby
In Baker City Oregon Aug 31 an Oregon Railway and Navigation Company through freight engine exploded its boiler at ten o clock Friday night. Fireman Faust was killed instantly and Engineer Gilman was badly mangled and not expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker City
Ore
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Weatherby, Ore
Faust
Gilman
Vesuvius Eruption With New Fissures Observed
Naples reports Vesuvius remains active with three new horizontal fissures about 500 feet long. The lava flow toward Pompeii has slowed and is now of little significance, causing no damage thus far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Two Killed In Nickel Plate Freight Wreck At Bellevue
In Bellevue Ohio in the Nickel Plate yards a freight wreck in the early hours Sunday killed two engineers James Rodenbureg of Bellevue and J G Bartholomeu of Conneaut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Nickel Plate Railway
Bellevue
James Rodenbureg
J. G. Bartholomeu
Conneaut, O
Delay in Life Policy Payout Sparks Heir Frustration
Heirs march to the life insurance company office demanding the $10,000 due on a policy for their deceased relative Benjamin Franklin Londersehlagel. The president quips that a long name slowed the settlement, a jab that underscores the payout delay in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Insurance Company
Benjamin Franklin Londersehlagel
J. P. Reeves Endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills in Arkansas
In Staunton Arkansas Duff Searcy County reports Justice J E Reeves endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills praising their effect on kidney trouble. Fellow JP E B Cox confirms personal recovery after using six boxes and recommends sharing with friends. Unanimous local verdict cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P
Staunton
Ark
Duff, Searcy Co
J. E. Reeves
Dodd
Aos
Big 500-Pound Steel Range Offer From Sears Ad
A Chicago Tribune reprint promotes a free three month trial of a 500-pound steel range with mail order details. The offer claims the most wonderful $1.00 steel wang and urges households to request a picture and stove information via Sears Goebeck & Co. Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Goebeck & Co
Chicago
Wang
Local Inquiry Cites Miss Willing on Scenic Rides
A fragment notes Miss Willing praising regional walks and rides near Somerville, with a 1900 date and names W. O'R Brien of Minneapolis and an address on 322 Th Ave. N. The passage appears as a clipped item from the Somerville Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O'R Brien
Minneapolis
Minn
Colly— Ae
Somerville Journal
Chicago and North Western Railway Feature
The Chicago and North Western operates as the double track link between Chicago and the Missouri River. Silent partner remark reflects a cautious, understated stance in business and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago & North-Western
Chicago
Missouri River
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Prominent drug advert promises cure for colds in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. Refund offered by druggists if it fails to cure, price 25 cents.
Mean man lacks true friends, consoling thought
A brief editorial note from Washington la Democrat observes that a mean man has no friends, offering a stark consolation about the character and social consequences of cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democrat
June Tint Butter Color Cited by Chicago Daily News
Fragmentary surface text cites June Tint Butter Color and mentions churn or creamery context. No clear event or names beyond Chicago Daily News reference.
Suffered for Fifteen Years Restored to Health
Mrs. P. Brunzel of Everett Washington recounts fifteen years of back and groin pain unrelieved by doctors until five boxes of Deans Kidney Pills cured her. She reports lasting relief until a recent brief recurrence and a three day treatment restored health. Free trials mailed from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. available at druggists for 50 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Brunzel
Grand Ave
Everett
Wash
Dean
Also Mentioned on This Page
Independent Powder Company
Carthage
H. M. Whitney
Boston
John Booth
New Haven
R. F. Davis
First National Bank of
Park Rapids
Fish Hook Lake
Indianapolis
National Federation of Building Trades
Newport
R. L
H. L. Doherty
England
W. A. Larned
New Jersey
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Atlantic
Long Island
Navy
Olympia
Committee On Commercial Law
American Bar Association
London
Charles Dickens
Commercial Road
Portsmouth
Stockholm
St. Louis Fair
Shanghai
Chefoo
W. G. Magerssen
Syrian
Buda-Pesth
Constantinople
Monastir
Bulgaria
Spain
Madrid
Tcherkeshoi
Hungary
Havana
American Tobacco Company
Admiral Gueydon
East Africa
Great Britain
Macedonian Committee
Zionist Congress
Indes
Jalil
Goebel
Pennsylvania
Eben
Chicago Tribune
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune
Chicago Daily News
Sawyer
Sam
M. Sawyer & Bon
Robe
Mfra
Fast
Cambridge
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Back
Missouri, Kansas
R’y
G. W. Smith
N. P
Marquette Bidg
Chicago, Ill
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