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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1898
Page
4
The Ames Times reflects on Henry’s influence, ranking value of leaders, and the role of money in politics. It recalls a clergyman returning a church donation drawn from Tammany hall and criticizes waste while urging consideration of courtesy in public life.
The London Times reports Great Britain has 224 116 acres of orchards in 1897, up 15 166 acres since 1892 when total was 208 950. Devon Somerset and Hereford contain 7 217 acres, about 55 percent of Britain’s orchard area.
The seventeenth annual USGS report catalogs seven gilsonite veins in the Uncompaghre Indian Reservation region extending into Colorado. Veins range 1 to 8 feet thick, totaling about 23,744,528 tons with Chicago prices at 40 to 50 dollars per ton, grossing over 1 billion dollars in value.
Samuel Haselton, 22, hanged himself near Glidden. A Hampton jury found in favor of assault with intent to commit murder in the Staley case. The Associated Tourists' Company of Des Moines filed for a $25,000 capital with tours planned nationwide. Mary Rambaugh died in Marshalltown after Christian science treatment. Abe Stormer confessed to murder in Burlington. Farmers receive daily papers via post boxes amid market updates. Sioux City to consider a 5 mill tax to cut $250,000 debt. James Campbell and A Davis jailed for burglary in Albia. Melvin Polen sentenced to Fort Madison for four years. Orion March, 12, gravely burned by a gasoline accident. Webster City booms as Klondike ore yields $100 per ton. Suffrage debates heard in Des Moines and Sioux City. Wilsie murder case witnesses challenge prior story. Wynn returns to wife after 15 years apart. Brennan found dead in Dysart. Sweeney implicated. Burlington learns gun thief Dr Taylor has smallpox risk. vaccination and isolation enacted. Governor Shaw refuses to sign any manufacturing bill.
Reports from Spain claim the Havana steamship Ciudad de Cadiz will be converted to a cruiser to escort the Spanish torpedo flotilla to Cuban waters, signaling Madrid's war preparations. Germany and Austria warn over Prince George of Greece's Crete governorship as tensions mount in Europe.
Wheat reached multi year highs on the Chicago market with futures for May near record levels and January at a latest gain. Analysts cite a tight global balance and rising exports leaving little surplus at home while government estimates show a total US crop around 560 million bushels with 15 million left over. Notably Joseph Leiter claims ownership of at least 12 million bushels valued at no less than $1.25 per bushel.
Alexander Porter Morse cites Albany Law Journal data on 310 private cables with 189 754 nautical miles. seven of the 60 to 40 degree north routes link U S, Canada, and Great Britain, plus a single French Atlantic cable. South Atlantic lines connect Pernambuco, St Louis Africa and Lisbon with English links, while a German company ties to Vigo.
Des Moines reports that ten patents were issued last week to Iowa inventors as the acting commissioner notes. In the Court of Appeals Judge Morris urges due diligence, saying ignorance of rivals does not excuse delay and that filing early offers protection. incomplete inventions can be filed with later improvements within a year. Thomas G. Onwin & Co. offers free information on obtaining valuing and selling patents.
The Senate approved the army appropriation of 28 243 492 dollars and the legislative and other departments appropriation of 21 658 520 dollars after a six hour session and a brief executive period. The House defeated the Teller silver bond resolution by a large margin with Republicans largely united except for Linney and White. Desertions from Democrats included McAleer and Elliott who joined Republicans. five hours of debate preceded the vote.
A mangled Ottawa to Washington fragment reports a new Klondike route via Prince Albert and Edmonton as trains and dogs face market pressures in western Canada. U S Senate and House sessions run through Feb discussing Hawaiian annexation, District of Columbia funds, fortifications, and tariffed fruit imports amid shifting prosperity notes and railway sales.
The Or angemen of Michigan and Ontario plan an annual gathering on July 12, 1898 in Port Huron inviting all lodges. Mayor H W Stevens issues the invitation to Ontario and Michigan Orangemen. Idaho Postmaster Killed in Kippen Idaho Morangue shoots D A Kippen then surrenders to the constable.
Ottawa reports that under secretary of state informed by the minister of justice issues a circular to Canadian judges condemning rapid transit to the gallows and urging longer intervals between sentence and execution to allow review when commutation or a new trial is sought.
Washington February 4 Senator Carter has drafted a bill to amend the act creating Alaska civil government. The measure keeps the governor’s duties similar to current law but would vest extensive powers in the courts.
In Port au Prince on February 4 the city is troubled by rumors that one or two Italian warships will arrive within a fortnight to enforce payment of an indemnity to Italy.
Secretary Alger remains in Washington as his family expresses confidence he will leave within a few days while his health continues to slowly improve.
New York reports interest in the upcoming International League of Press Clubs convention to create a home for sickly editors and orphaned children of former journalists. The English Institute of Journalists notes its national league status and its support for twenty six editor and reporter orphans who died impoverished.
The only buffalo herd in Canada, near Winnipeg and Banff National Park, is being moved by rail over a long distance. The herd is tame, making the relocation a substantial and potentially hazardous operation.
A World War I tale from Whittington England recalls a sergeant from Tipperary who died in service. His coffin is said to contain a bottle of Irish whiskey, in a final wish noted by comrades as the sexton performed the burial rite.
Medill defends mud medicine as Indiana Mineral Springs remedy praised by Dana and other editors. The treatment, described as earth sourced and noninvasive, allegedly revived joints and vitality, with Mud therapy sessions and lithia springs featured in reports from Chicago to the press.
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