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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
2
The Intelligencer notes that historically cotton was grown east of the Mississippi but now about half of the U S cotton crop comes from territory west of the river, reflecting a major geographic shift in cultivation.
A Kansas minister told his church that debtors need not contribute. On the following plate pass the collection doubled the usual amount, much to his delight.
Gen A C Barnes of Brooklyn provides funding for a well equipped astronomical observatory at Corneil University. The exact amount is not disclosed at the donor's request. The observatory will be built on the knoll south of the veterinary college.
G. V. Flux reports administering nitrous oxide gas to a sailor for tooth extraction. While under anesthesia the patient dreamed of a shipwreck in vivid detail. The dream lasted about ten seconds, but the wreck experiences spanned three and a quarter hours.
Acres of Cape Town suburbs host corrals for army horses as shiploads arrive daily. Reports show a chronic shortage of draught animals for wagons and mounts for cavalry. An officer notes over 260,000 horses and mules have been used so far.
A Missouri fish commission report notes 20 000 black bass died from extreme summer heat. Shallow streams dried up causing water to become nearly hot, reducing oxygen and killing fish in large numbers.
Capt. E. N. Smeed of East Providence R I received a government medal long ago for heroism saving a schooner crew in New Haven harbor. The medal had been hidden in a secret desk drawer at New Haven customs and was found recently.
The minister of war has ordered machines carrying two small Maxim guns protected by nickel steel plates. He also ordered automobile brakes equipped with tables for the general staff to spread maps and papers en route, enabling officers to consult papers while traveling.
Mrs Kamala Satthianadhan edits the Indian Ladies Magazine with Hindoo contributors. The current number features Miss Chuckerbutty's orphanage caring for widowed girls. Another article explains Lady Harnam Singh's plan to raise a memorial to the late queen.
Paderewski, like many others, enjoys billiards as a daily pastime when not practicing or composing. He plays regularly, proving to be a fair cue master and saying the sport sharpens his eye and hand while inspiring the refined artistic feeling he expresses at the piano, especially when playing Chopin.
Nova Scotia remains less touristy and hard to reach, a deliberate charm that preserves affordability. The region offers elbow room and low living costs with a starting price of ten tentative units and a sliding scale with no bottom, while horses stables and bicycle rentals, priced at twenty five cents, are delivered with notable courtesy.
Nineteen years old and nineteen inches high Fatna the famous East Indian dwarf weighs thirteen pounds His sister Smaun is one year younger and lighter The two are described as veritable pigmies with proportionate limbs and a head the size of an orange making Fatna a man in miniature not bearing infant-like proportions
President McKinley speaks on prosperity and Pan American relations at Buffalo exposition. He calls for direct commercial lines and the Isthmian canal, lauds Blaine and Pan American unity, reviews troops, visits Canadian, Honduras, Cuba, Chile, Mexico and other exhibits, and attends a New York luncheon and evening illumination.
The August 31 1901 debtless cash in the treasury stood at $1,036,349,866, a month’s decrease of $5,460,597.
Boston on September 3 reports the prohibitionists of Massachusetts naming a state campaign ticket John B. Lewis Jr of Reading chosen as governor candidate.
Plan attributed to Ecuador Nicaragua and Venezuela to invade Panama. United States pledges possible intervention if needed.
Weather conditions through September 2 1901 varied by region with heavy rains injuring crops in parts of the south Atlantic and gulf states while hot drought hurt Missouri and Texas. Late corn shows some improvement but needs rain, apples remain scarce, and soil work is progressing slowly in drought affected Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma and Virginia.
Milwaukee Sept 4 Mrs S S Barney of West Bend wife of Congressman Barney and Mrs W H Ramsey of Port Washington wife of a former state bank comptroller were killed by a Northwestern train shortly before three pm Tuesday afternoon one mile south of Port Washington station. The women were driving across the track when the train struck them.
The August fire loss across the United States and Canada reached 8,334,000 dollars, down from 10,298,250 the previous year. For the eight months of the current year losses stand at 115,009,150 dollars, versus 127,206,250 dollars in the same period of 1900.
Four months after organizing the Exposition Company the first stake for the world's fair to be held in St Louis in 1903 was driven Tuesday at Forest Park to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase.
The director of the mint reports that the United States mints produced a total coinage of 10 149 140 310 in August. Gold accounted for 6 780 000, silver 3 141 000, and minor coins 219 310.
Government figures show August receipts from all sources totaling 45,394,125 with expenditures at 39,451,497 leaving a surplus of 6,042,628 compared with a deficit of 811,443 in August 1900.
Cape Town dispatch to the Daily Mail reports General De Wet has issued a proclamation promising to shoot all British troops found in the Orange River Colony after September 15. The warning heightens tension amid colonial conflict.
Muscatine Iowa September 4 1913 three men fatally injured in a boiler blast at the Musser Lumber company mill Robert Carter D L Dulgar and John Dulgar among the victims the blast occurred early today in the mill area and emergency crews rushed to the scene for aid and investigation
Bank Circulation in Washington reports total national bank notes in use at August 31 1901 stood at 357 419 155 dollars up 33 114 830 dollars from the previous year.
Andrew Indiana September 4 James M. Key pleaded guilty to wrecking the Commercial Bank in Andrew. He was given an indeterminate sentence of two to fourteen years.
A dispatch reports the steamer Northmore traveling from Batoum to Bombay foundered near Athena with 39 crew members drowned. The disaster prompted rescue attempts by nearby vessels.
The United States transport Dixon arrived in San Francisco with 520 bodies from the Philippines. The shipment marks a somber toll from ongoing operations in the region.
In San Francisco on September 5, fifty horses owned by McNab and Smith, draymen, were poisoned by fellow workers on the strike.
Starved Herself at home in Kokomo Indiana on September 3 Mrs Lucy Washington aged 122 years took her own life by starvation according to local authorities.
An assailant with a handkerchief on one hand fired twice at President McKinley as he greeted the crowd in Buffalo. The bullets hit the breast and abdomen. the attacker was seized and later claimed anarchist ties. Secret Service men restrained the mob as the president was stabilized.
The report describes President wounded at four o'clock with two bullets. One fragment grazed the chest, the second penetrated the abdomen and stomach. Surgery closed stomach openings. patient stable and hopeful for recovery. The assassin was identified as Leon Czolgosz, born in Detroit, 28, an anarchist inspired by Emma Goldman. confession states no confederates and act planned three days prior.
The scene follows an assassination attempt on President McKinley. He steadies himself after the shot then sits, bows his head, and urges calm. Secretary Cortelyou and Milburn assist as the wound becomes visible, and the would be attacker Czolgosz is restrained.
Pittsburg reports the steel strike at three months with both sides claiming gains. President Burns seeks peace while Schwab awaits a response. By Sept 7 the Amalgamated union boards adjourn without settlement, the peace effort seen as dead.
In Potsdam Prince Chun, brother of the Chinese emperor, bowed to Kaiser Wilhelm and expressed the Chinese government’s regret over the killing of Baron von Ketteler in Peking more than a year ago.
Pittsburg Pa Sept 4 all the bituminous coal mining companies in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois West Virginia and Kentucky will be consolidated into one great corporation by the J P Morgan syndicate according to good authority.
Shot and cremated, Bill Fourney alias Bill Hilliard, a Black man accused of assaulting 16 year old Miss Wilson at Chestnut Grove, was killed by a mob near the crime site in Troy Alabama on September 4.
New York dispatch reports Miss Isabella Thoburn, renowned Methodist missionary in India who founded two colleges, died of cholera at Lucknow on September 4.
Rapid City correspondent reports William McDonald aged 115 died near Rapid City on September 6. He was widely regarded as the oldest homesteader in the United States.
Senator Hoar spoke at Salisbury beach and endorsed President McKinley s Philippine policy. He predicted the future independence of the islands, addressing Boston on September 6.
At the Harlem race track on September 6 Chicago Jiminez ran a mile and 7 yards in 1 42 3 5 setting a new world record.
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