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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1895
Page
2
A lengthy report notes Waterloo petition sufficiency and lists various local incidents across Iowa including injuries, deaths, trials, and public notices. The roundup covers crime indictments, accidents, health warnings, and notable regional events from Des Moines to Dubuque.
Various 19th century items report Turkish reform replies rejected by powers. Gridley Kas endures wind and rain devastation with buildings wrecked and heavy losses. Osceola Michigan mine fire endangers 200 miners, 30 missing. U S treasury gold drops below 1 million. Sullivan Indiana killer suicide. Queen prorogues parliament to November 18. Treasury won’t pay sugar bounties. Nebraska sound money Democrats name candidates. Spring Valley Illinois mayor indicted. Sangamon County grand jury investigates Chicago Times-Herald charges. Havana receives 1,300 reinforcements from Spain.
Commander Thomas G. Lawler arrives in Louisville as a vast display of flags bunting and a 66 by 40 foot flag greets the southward encampment. Veterans from Union and Confederate lines mingle while brass badges forged from cannon bronze honor the blended past and the century old reunions. About 10 000 visitors are anticipated for the encampment.
Richmond Mo Sept 7 Dr Fraker jailed on charges of attempting to defraud insurance companies was recognized yesterday by many people including those he named and spoke with Mutual recognition noted The information leading to his arrest was filed before Justice McCarston in this city Five counts total with a possible penalty of thirty three years in the penitentiary
Uniontown Pennsylvania September 10 Uncertainty grips the coke regions over a possible general strike this week A convention in Connellsville last Thursday demanded an 11 percent wage increase with a work suspension if refused Secret meetings were held but action remains unclear Delegates were instructed to press the increase Operators deny plans to grant the raise Labor leaders say coke has risen from 85 cents to 1 35 per ton and wages should rise accordingly A strike seems likely if the raise is not granted this week
Sioux on Rosebud agency led by Hollow Horn Bear warn Indian Agent Wright to vacate within 21 days and threaten to burn agency buildings over freight-rate cuts from 50 to 25 cents per hundred. About 3000 enraged Indians gathered. Crow Dog jailed for involvement. Settlers nearby grow uneasy.
New York spectators celebrate Defender after a Saturday victory over Valkyrie. Defender leads by 3 minutes 27 seconds upwind and 4 minutes 53 seconds downwind, with 8 minutes 20 seconds elapsed time and 8 minutes 49 seconds corrected time. A 30 mile triangle race with ten miles per leg is planned tomorrow.
A tornado hit Emporia Kansas around 3 PM yesterday causing the new east wing of the State Normal school to collapse into ruins. The wing cost $50,000 and had just been dedicated. School grounds damage is about $10,000 with extensive damage downtown and reports of possible fatalities.
One person died instantly eight were seriously injured and about a dozen others were cut or bruised when a tally ho coach carrying forty five members of the Timothy J Foley Political association overturned at Stapleton Staten Island at 8 30 pm. The king bolt snapped and the front end collapsed as the vehicle descended a steep grade.
A head end collision on the Cincinnati Southern railway near Blanchet last night involved two freight trains, one a double header. Two engines were wrecked and four freight cars smashed. Fireman John Slosser and trainman James Hendricks were killed. Engineer Roberts was injured, perhaps fatally.
The Tacoma arrives from the Orient with 3,500 tons of cargo including 3,000 tons of tea and 1,000 bales of silk. Officers say cholera scares from Japan are greatly exaggerated and not as widespread as some reports imply.
Paris dispatch reports the Echo de Paris says ex-Consul Waller was convicted in the regular form and that his friends’ clamor will only delay his pardon.
Anxiety grips Belfast over the Lord Downshire, which left Iquique last May with 32 aboard. It is feared the vessel was sunk after a collision with the Prince Oscar on July 13 about 600 miles south of Cape St. Roque, with all crew presumed drowned.
A Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis train wreck near Monmouth left thirty four passengers injured, some fatally. The rear journal failed, the train derailed on Lightning Creek trestle, flooding the cars and trapping occupants. Managers and travelers were rescued and taken to hospitals. trains resumed service.
A fast Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern passenger train struck a switching train near Cincinnati central station last night. The collision damaged both engines and several cars, delaying all trains on the line and Big Four for over three hours. No passengers were seriously hurt. crew mostly escaped by jumping, except Engineer S. T. Spaulding who dislocated a shoulder.
J W Smith a Wyoming businessman was arrested at Newcastle by U S Marshal McDermott on charges of killing and stealing range cattle belonging to Crow Indian wards. Captain Watson the Crow agent says thefts have continued and implicates several white men in northern Wyoming. arrests are expected.
Iowa inventors receive allowance notices for new devices including C F P Smiths force pump from Osceola and R Bolan wire stretcher splicer and staple puller from Lineville. Des Moines firm D F Mains gains Canada patent for check hook and rein holder, with U S patent issued earlier. Public notices offer free patent information and printed era specs for 25 cents.
Milwaukee Sept 10 The two largest unions of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers at the Bay View works of Illinois Steel Company oppose a clock and tag system. Workers are bound by agreement not to strike while wages stay on the regular scale, risking wage jeopardy if they submit.
The September issue roundup highlights Dr. Lewis Robinson on occupation’s effect on expression in Popular Science Monthly, James Sully on child morality, Alexander McAdie on clouds as natural rain makers, Gertrude Crotty Davenport on animal habit variation, and Frank Chapman on birds. Harper’sWeekly shows eight pages of yachting art by Carlton Chapman, and a portrait of Valkyrie III and Defender. Grant and Galena discusses Grant loyalty and break with Washburne in Midland Monthly. St Nicholas includes A Battle on Wheels by Edwin Asa Dix, noting bicycling interest and a new unicycle with a faulty brake. Santa Catalina to Angeles pigeon mail service described by Witt C Lockwood.
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