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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
10
A collection of witty observations and political commentary covers Mercy and cruelty, healing money and sexes, scrutinizes governance, warns of upheaval in Philippine campaigns, notes Dewey’s Manila Bay remark, and previews German imperial language reforms aimed at French terms, with the caveat that microbes and borders may defy orders.
A reflective meditation contrasts brutal prize fighting with Sidney Lanier’s ideal of manly athletes. The piece argues that true greatness lies in resolve, faith, love and knowledge, elevating character over mere physical prowess.
The piece argues for more sleep and regularity as essential in busy times. It notes the brain tires less than the mind and requires rest, with sleep enabling repair and renewal of the brain through slowed blood flow and nutrient deposition. It ends by echoing a Quixotic blessing on sleep’s invention.
A young Union soldier told General Sheridan before battle that if killed he had kept a vow to his mother not to drink. After his death Sheridan delivered the message. the mother replied that this honor was greater than any city taken. Parental pride and grief meet in a noble sacrifice.
To raise funds for overdue interest on municipal bonds, Paducah business leaders declared the city must honor its promise. They organized a public subscription after the city attorney halted payment due to a technical error, emphasizing the city’s good name and civic duty.
Italian dispatches report alarm opposite Venice as a fatal disease spreads among draft horses. Described as epidemic rather than contagious and essentially influenza in character, the illness has previously recurred in cycles across Europe. Bologna tramways report severe service disruption with fifty horses dead.
At Fraser with Jim Thomas's joint a fight broke out among black miners at 3 AM. A woman, Jennie Brown, was shot in the hip as she fled. John Hough fired on Dawsey from behind a well curb, wounding his arm. Tensions have simmered among the armed group.
Des Moines Feb 20 The state board of control approves a new approach to hospital management by creating an industrial system in insane asylums. Mount Pleasant will host a clothing department starting small and expanding quickly with sewing machines and a power engine. Board members visited the institution and arranged the plan. machines ordered and a repurposed engine secured for power.
In Jefferson on February 18 a burglar used a shovel to pry the Haag home veranda window and entered the second floor. J B Kinnan woke to find the intruder who demanded silence, fired no shots, then Haag emerged and fired but missed. The robber, naming himself John Brown, was arrested on the spot after being confronted by Haag.
Des Moines Feb 20 A 300000 company filed articles of incorporation to erect and operate a brewery at Sioux City under the new manufacturing law. The firm plans the state’s first large brewery if local concessions are obtained, with no doubt of success.
Burlington report states Charles Licht told Chief of Police Greiner that he shot and killed Charles Monk, a German quarrier living alone near J. Fritz’s cabin north of West Burlington in November 1889. Suspicion had long hung over Licht, but no incriminating evidence was found until now.
Two smallpox cases in Exira linked to Audubon exposure. Five families quarantined and scores exposed. Public unrest grows as exposed citizens circulated freely, spreading concern throughout the town.
Washington February 17 reports the War Department honorably discharges Brigadier General James Rush Lincoln of Iowa among the names listed for discharge from active duty.
The two year old child of George Jones was burned to death when its clothing caught fire while the mother was outdoors. The child survived seven hours after the accident.
Dunoyve Feb 14 The new livery stable built for Tom Conlin burned causing the death of about twenty horses including five belonging to local physicians. The property loss is around $10000 with light insurance.
Des Moines Feb 17 The board of railroad commissioners declines to disturb Iowa coal rates after a hearing prompted by a legislative resolution. The opinion states testimony throughout disproves claims of discrimination against Iowa dealers in favor of Illinois dealers.
Mason City on February 20 reports the stabbing death of James Ellison, a farmer, by L E Bone, a fireman. Ellison died about an hour after the assault after Bone bought a butcher knife, attacked him in a hardware store vicinity, then fled toward a lumber yard with deputies in pursuit.
Dunveur February 20. C T Hancock chairman of the republican state committee issues a call for a Des Moines meeting March 2 to choose the date and place for the next state convention. Sioux City Des Moines Council Bluffs Dubuque and Davenport want it.
Iowa condensed: Davenport muster of Company B, Fiftieth N N G, with 38 volunteers elect T C Dalzell as commander. J M McManus is first lieutenant and D E Middleton second lieutenant. Frank Bailey dies after being thrown from a moving freight train near Alta while opening a stock car trap door.
Paris reports Felix Faure president of France died of apoplexy at ten after a three hour illness. He had a weak heart and was noted as Havre chamber president, deputy mayor, MP, and marine minister before becoming sixth president of the third republic on January 16 1895.
The gunboat Petrel arrives with reports that Iloilo was seized by combined American forces on Saturday morning. American troops land, burns and extinguish fires, and rebels evacuate after bombardment. No American casualties are reported amid heavy enemy losses and property damage.
Washington dispatch summarizes the war investigating commission conclusions. The army beef was not chemically treated in preparation, and General Miles faces dereliction for not reporting Daly's charge. The report cites lack of executive ability in the War Department and transport issues from Tampa to Cuba, but finds no corruption in contracts or supplies. It also notes nursing shortages, nursing value, and mixed appraisals of Corbin and Breckinridge, with Camp Thomas sanitation faults and Camp Alger abandonment.
In Cubiaco on February 19 chemical analyses by Chicago Tribune chemists found no boric or salicylic acid or other chemical additives in the canned beef used by American soldiers in Porto Rico and Cuba. High Cuban temperatures likely caused the meat to seem unfit when opened.
Manila reports prices triple as meat rises to 1 dollar per pound and eggs cost 10 cents each. No native foods available and no imports from beyond American lines, but Hong Kong Singapore and Australia supply provisions to avert famine.
In Wasuixeron Feb 18 two House bills seek a 20 million dollar payment to Spain under the Paris treaty. One bill by Representative Cannon follows the provisions cut from the sundry civil appropriation bill. Massachusetts Representative Gillette adds a second section echoing the MacEnery resolution and a third mirroring the Bacon amendment defeated in the senate.
Secretary Squire of the Standard Oil Company refused to produce company books before Master Commissioner Brinsmade, claiming the demand is an unreasonable search and seizure and would prove criminal offenses under Ohio law. The commissioner did not jail him but will certify the facts to the Ohio Supreme Court.
A young woman defies social norms by pursuing a marriage to a man much older, provoking harsh judgments that echo through family ties. Her mother, a lively widow, resists the match while neighbors debate propriety and fate.
A demoralized contractor says he cannot see why the canned goods turned out so badly. His partner adds that the blame may lie in the language some officers used in its presence.
General Paris February reports M Loubet chosen by the French Assembly with 483 votes to 279 for Meline. Deroulde disrupted Versailles tribune. Paris crowd jeered Loubet amid Panama Canal scandal recalls. Loubet born December 31 1838 and has held multiple high offices including prime minister and president of the senate.
The administration plans a rapid expansion of U S sovereignty over the Philippine group, arguing delay risks anarchy and paralysis of island interests. A naval campaign will start once Dewey gains gunboat reinforcements en route to Manila.
In Paris on Saturday night rioting over M. Loubet's presidency left forty six injured including fourteen police officers. One journalist was struck with a loaded stick and remains in serious condition in hospital. Two hundred arrests were made with 142 held on concealed weapons charges.
Advices from Florida say the coldest weather ever known has just passed over northern Florida with fruit and vegetables killed around Jacksonville. In Georgia early crops suffer heavy losses while peaches and other fruits are nearly destroyed. A London paper critiques the US war administration, urging above suspicion for leaders to avoid politics taint. The Weehawken arrives at the Azores with 25 passengers from the Bulgaria, which drifts 800 miles away with 64 aboard and no rescue in heavy seas. Samoa reports ongoing anarchy and rebellion with provisional government interfering with British subjects.
President McKinley declares the United States will possess and hold the Philippines until Congress directs otherwise. He says no imperial designs exist and that welfare and rights of Filipinos guide U S actions, following Dewey's Manila victory. He frames the issue as choosing between Spain and the United States for the Philippines.
Colonel Potter's detachment arrives from Iloilo with Miller dispatches as Fifteenth Infantry presses toward Jaro using Hotchkiss and Gatling guns. They rout a large enemy force, seize the road, and drive rebels into open country. four US privates wounded and rebel losses heavy.
Manila reports indicate Filipino rebels concentrating south of the Pasig river in front of General Ovenshine. The terrain is thick with jungle as scouts say forces may hail from Laguna and Cavite provinces while American lines run from the beach to Pasig and dig in.
Maprio Feb 18 reports a decision to liberate Filipino detainees deported to the Caroline and Ladrones to pressure Filipinos to release Spaniards held prisoner.
London reports the Madrid correspondent notes the cabinet has decided to consider the best method to sell the Caroline and Marianne islands. The note reflects imperial questions over Pacific possessions and possible transfer of territorial holdings.
Maprio Feb 17 All surviving captains of Spanish warships destroyed off Santiago Cuba and in Manila bay by American fleets will be court martialed.
Des Moines Judge Woolson rules in Noel versus Ellis that Vitalizing Ore sounds like Vitae-Ore enough to mislead the public and grants an injunction against infringement. The note adds that patents and trademarks confer personal property rights, with Orwie & Co offering free consultation on patents trademarks designs and labels.
The exchange highlights a view that powder should be audible yet unseen, with Waggles questioning and insisting it should be heard but not seen as a wartime stance.
Jones teases Brown about seeing him last night after dinner while Brown jokes his legs were fine and the issue was his trousers being tight.
The fifty fifth congress discusses creating a Navy office and appointing a rear admiral. a major dispute over the Philippines policy includes a tie vote and a vice president’s casting vote. The Senate and House advance sundry civil and naval appropriation bills amid procedural motions and amendments.
An express train from Calais carrying London bound passengers collided with a stopped train at Forest near Brussels in dense fog. Thirty passengers died and many injured as the locomotive piled atop the carriages. officials cite limited visibility as the cause.
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