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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
2
A quoted column criticizes overly demanding behavior, noting that many people expect others to yield. It jokes about John Bull and public perceptions, hinting at social tensions and national temperaments without specific events or dates.
All over the world report denies renewed negotiations between Madrid and Washington on Cuban home rule. Premier Canovas Del Castillo says Cuban reforms will come only when favorable. Weyler claims Maceo cannot cross to Trocha except as a prisoner, war appears near end. Weyler's proclamation offers pardons to rebels surrendering with or without arms in twenty days. Rumor then says Maceo and forces may have broken through to safety near Havana.
The St James Gazette notes that American attempts to decide Venezuelan disputes threaten to inflame tensions with Britain. It cites President Cleveland's December report and warns that a hostile UK report could push Washington toward force, while insisting frontier questions be settled by the concerned parties through negotiation.
Veterans of the Union League Club of Brooklyn unveil a colossal bronze General Grant statue, fifteen feet eight inches high on a sixteen foot pedestal. A grand pageant with 10 000 soldiers sailors marines and militia and a large G A R presence marks the ceremony reviewed by Governor Morton. Ulysses S Grant the grandson unveils before about 20 000 spectators.
In Washington April sessions the House and Senate debated Indian appropriations, pension bills, and the sundry civil appropriation. A compromise on sectarian schools was adopted. Various members addressed the general pension bill as debate stretched over several days.
Read of Ellis Kansas electing a woman mayor and an all female city council to enforce prohibition. A column notes the ballot box as a test of citizen virtue and cites broader political courage and honesty.
The text lists varied tales from Havana executions to early science on x rays and a New Haven divorce case. It mentions Cubans executed by strangulation, Lebon’s opaque body photography, a pneumonia death in Pompey New York, and a Georgia connection in a marriage dispute.
Des Moines April 24 Senate file 276 intended to curb Lloyds operations in Iowa and enforce state insurance laws. The measure passed the senate but was defeated in the house, and official publication does not make it law. The bill aimed to prohibit issuing fire policies in the state without adherence to Iowa insurance laws.
John Hate a laborer shot George W. Whitley a Fulton farmer in Maquoketa after a domestic quarrel at Mrs Hute s home. Whitley was wounded in the leg severing an artery and laid unconscious awaiting medical aid with doubtful chances of recovery.
In Council Bluffs on April 24, Harry Hizer shot butcher Cyclone McCalmut who had attacked a widow’s daughter after she rejected his visits. Three shots were fired. one hit McCalmut in the mouth, another grazed a shoulder, the third missed. Hizer was able to disarm him. Hizer says he acted to protect his sister's honor.
John Peter Frank of Sharon township, age fifty, died in a runaway while returning from cornstalk cutting. He rode on a wagon attached to a stalk cutter when a bolster pin failed, the entourage spooked the horses. Dragged about a hundred yards and fatally injured by a blow to the chest. A long-time resident of Sharon, he lived there twenty-five years.
Firefighters battle a basement blaze at Green and Bentley drug company in Oska loosa causing total loss of the drug store and heavy damage to an adjoining cry goods store. Origin suspected as chemical explosion in the cellar. Law office Seevers Malcomb Bryan loses a large library. total losses estimated at 75000 dollars.
Register Evans rules Alfred Smith, purchaser from the Sioux City and St. Paul railway, is entitled to the land over Morris Albaugh who filed February 27. Smith bought from the railway before the act declaring the grant void, shaping O'Brien county cases and the forthcoming forecasted decisions.
Farrren April 24 George Johnson a farmer near two miles from town and Columbia College graduate reports discovering a process using X ray experiments that allegedly converts common metal into gold. He and James Minear observed a white powder forming on metal near the Crookes tube and yellow beneath, with analyses reportedly affirming gold content. Johnson, born Jan 17 1860 in New York, studied and lived in Fairfield before moving to the area.
Des Moines reports the grand jury returned multiple indictments including Suel J. Spaulding a former treasurer and secretary of the state pharmacy board accused of larceny by embezzlement.
The Republican state central committee fixed Des Moines as the site for the state convention to be held on July 15.
Surxanpoan reports E. A. Jaggers who killed his sister then inflicted severe injuries on himself has died. The incident occurred in Surxanpoan on April 25.
The body of Leon Berg, found near Chicago Great Western tracks at Afton Junction, was buried as a pauper though he owned Minnesota real estate and thousands in bark. Sioux City board upholds club rules over Madison Page, risking mass expulsions. Speaker Byers battered by Colonel Jack in Harlan after a disputed payment, leaving him bedridden. Rev W W Hazen jailed for false pretenses. Winterset sheriff incident details remain unclear.
North Dakota vote counted in favor 7515 to 2529 against admission of women as lay delegates. With total 10044, 7353 supporters needed for change. result narrowly defeats the proposal.
The court of appeals affirms Amelia Zepp against the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of Workmen. Zepp was awarded 2000 dollars plus interest on a benefit certificate tied to her late husband Philip Zepp, a former circuit clerk, who allegedly bought a saloon after joining the order. The ruling may affect many similar suits by liquor-dealer members expelled under the anti liquor clause.
A Constantinople dispatch reports an Amenean missionary forbidden to aid Armenians at Hahjin. The vali accuses him of treason amid arrests over alleged plots. Massacres threaten Kharput, and immigration to America is blocked. Typhoid spreads. travel abroad is perilous. In Crete, Episkopi sees two days of fighting leaving fifty dead or injured. Crete appeals to Greece for aid.
Constant TixorLe April 25 report that ambassadors of the powers formally demand Turkey honor pledges to appoint a Christian governor for Zeitoun, citing the appointment of a Musselman as governor as a breach of promises.
Tennessee delegates back McKinley while Pennsylvania supports Quay, Maryland remains uninstructed, and Connecticut sits undecided. Massachusetts selects pro Russell delegates and backs a gold standard. International notes cover Pretoria talks, Cuban reforms, and European tensions amid war fears.
In Burnside near Fort Dodge Iowa a 13 year old boy, Eddie Sharp, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sharp, was badly mangled when he fell from a riding plow and was run over by the coulter. Both legs were severed and require amputation. he is hospitalized in Fort Dodge.
The New York assembly approved the greater New York bill over Mayors Strong and Wurster vetoes by 74 to 69. The senate had already passed it over vetoes and it now goes to Gov Morton, with general expectation he will sign.
The Venezuelan dispute remains active with two positive statements. The United States has offered withdrawal of the Venezuelan commission while negotiations toward general arbitration with Great Britain proceed. No progress yet on including the Venezuelan issue in broader arbitration.
A dispatch from Ottawa reports Sir MacKenzie Bowell intends to resign as premier and hand in his ministers resignations in a few days. It is understood Sir Charles Tupper will become the new premier.
April 24 report that the house committee on territories voted six ayes to two nays to report favorably a bill admitting Oklahoma to statehood. Other notes include world tea crop estimates and a retirement pension for Prof. George J. Becker after nearly fifty years at Girard College.
Gazette reports a blaze in Cree k burning a dance hall and a million dollars in property. Firemen fought the flames as blocks of business were destroyed and insurance coverage was uncertain. Casualties unclear but losses heavy and distric t left in ruins.
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