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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
4
The Ames Times offers a column of pithy aphorisms and observations. It notes Senator Allison struggles to push appropriation bills, hints at General Sherman’s publishing plans, and references the Philippine campaign’s effect on U S army officer quarrels. It also recalls Dewey’s Manila Bay remark on slow but deadly naval action.
An imperial cabinet order requires German words to replace French terms in military use. The move targets French influence as a political sanitation effort, but experts warn that linguistic microbes slip past regulations and threaten the emperor’s peace across borders.
The piece contrasts prize fight descriptions with a Sidney Lanier quote praising inner strength over outward brawn. It frames athletic greatness as resolve, faith, love, knowledge, and contemplation, suggesting the antithesis of brutal sports can offer a higher moral lesson.
The article argues for more sleep and regularity as essential in a tiring modern life. It explains sleep aids brain repair and renewal as the brain slows blood flow allowing nutritive deposits, comparing it to sediment forming in a slowed river. It ends with a Quixotic blessing on the inventor of sleep.
A Union general Sheridian recalls a young soldier who vowed not to drink before battle. The soldier fell, and Sheridan delivered the message to his mother who said the glory lay in his death rather than a city victory. Parental pride and sorrow mix as knowledge of his death tempers grief.
Paducah Kentucky issued municipal bonds to raise railroad funds but a technical error made them worthless. The city attorney halted payments, prompting business leaders to organize a public subscription to cover interest. Citizens uphold the city’s honor and moral duty to fulfill the promise.
Italian dispatches report on the mainland opposite Venice as a fatal disease appears among draft horses. Officials say the illness is epidemic rather than contagious, catarrhal in nature and essentially influenza, with tramway service severely impaired due to horse deaths.
Feb 17 at Fraser a confrontation between black miners erupted inside Jim Thomas’s joint. Jennie Brown was shot in the hip as she fled. Dawsey and Hough exchanged gunfire, leaving Hough with a shattered arm. Authorities note long-standing tensions and heavy armament among the group.
Des Moines Feb 20. The state board of control plans a new approach for insane hospitals establishing an industrial system starting at Mount Pleasant with a clothing department. Sewing machines and a power engine will be installed, and the project will expand as feasible after the board completed site visits and ordered the first machines.
A robber pried a veranda window with a shovel at Henry Haag home in Jefferson and entered the second floor. J B Kinnan, awakened in the first room, watched as the thief grabbed a pocketbook with over $100, then threatened with a pistol before Haag, arriving with a revolver, fired and the robber was captured. The suspect gave the name John Brown.
Des Moines Feb 20 A $500 000 company filed articles of incorporation to erect and operate a brewery at Sioux City The firm aims to build the first large Iowa brewery under the new manufacturing law pending local concessions and there is confidence in obtaining them.
Charles Licht told Chief Greiner he shot and killed Charles Monk, a German laborer, in November 1889 at a cabin near J. Fritz’s premises north of West Burlington. Suspicion hovered since the crime, but no solid evidence was found until the confession.
Atlantic reports two smallpox cases in Exira traced to visitors from Audubon. Five families are quarantined and scores exposed indirectly, with strong resentment as exposed individuals moved about among residents, spreading fear and concern.
Washington February 17 The War Department lists brigadier generals honorably discharged among the names including James Rush Lincoln of Iowa.
The year old child of George Jones died after severe burns suffered when its clothing caught fire while the mother was outside. The child lived seven hours after the incident.
Fire at the new livery stable built for Tom Conlin in Dunugue destroys the structure. About twenty horses perish including five belonging to local physicians. Loss estimated at $10,000 with light insurance.
Des Moines Feb 17 The board of railroad commissioners will not disturb Iowa coal rates. A prior hearing prompted by a legislative resolution examined whether Iowa dealers faced discrimination in favor of Illinois dealers. The opinion states testimony disproves the preamble claims and the current rates stand.
Mason City February 20 James Ellison farmer was stabbed to death by L E Bone a fireman after buying a five inch butcher knife Bone chased fled in lumber yard accomplice drove him away sheriff deputies pursue. Republican committee meets March 2 Des Moines chair C T Hancock calls for state convention date and place to be decided with bids from Sioux City Des Moines Council Bluffs Dubuque Davenport.
The Iowa report details Company B of the Fiftieth regiment I N G mustered in at Davenport with 38 volunteers under ex captain T C Dalzell, plus military appointments. It covers train wrecks at Dyersville and Ely, a fatal brakeman fall near Alta, a fatal fire in Clinton, a commuted bank president sentence, and a child death from a stove fire, with Governor Shaw urging an Iowa corn exhibit for Paris and related political moves.
Paris notes the death of Felix Faure president of France at 10 p m after a three hour illness. He was born in 1841 in Paris and had served as Havre chamber of commerce president deputy mayor Havre member of parliament under secretary of state for the colonies minister of marine and vice president of the chamber of deputies. Faure was elected president in 1895 following Casimir Perier's resignation.
The U S gunboat Petrel arrived with dispatches announcing Iloilo was taken by American and allied forces on Saturday morning. Rebels fired on the Petrel and Baltimore, the town burned as defenders evacuated. American troops landed and extinguished fires, with heavy enemy losses and no American casualties reported.
Samples of canned beef fed to American soldiers in Porto Rico and Cuba were chemically tested by expert chemists. They found no boric or salicylic acid in the meat, only salt, and attributed the apparent unfitness for food to the high Cuban climate temperatures.
Manila on February 20 reports provisions prices tripled with meat at 1 dollar per pound and eggs at 10 cents each. No native foods are available and no foodstuffs enter from beyond American lines, yet imports from Hong Kong Singapore and Australia are ensuring supply and avoiding famine.
At Wasmeron on February 18 two bills were introduced in the House to pay Spain twenty million dollars provided in the Paris treaty. Representative Cannon offers a bill aligned with the paragraph cut from the sundry civil appropriation bill. Representative Gillette adds a second section echoing the McEnery resolution. A third section mirrors the Bacon resolution defeated by a tie in the Senate.
Secretary Squire of Standard Oil refused to produce company books before Master Commissioner Brinsmade claiming the demand was unreasonable and searchlike. The commissioner declined jail for contempt and will certify the facts to the Ohio Supreme Court for ruling on potential criminal accusations.
A lively widow strongly opposes the union of a young bride and her much older fiancé. The remark suggests the husband’s age, implying he could be old enough to be her father.
An army contractor questions the poor quality of canned goods and cites possible issues with language used by officers as a contributing factor.
Washington dispatch summarizes the war investigating commission findings. No chemicals used in beef for army, but General Miles derelict in duty for not reporting Daly’s charge. President should choose his own general in chief. No war department corruption found. administration and Tampa train handling criticized. quartermaster and medical department errors noted. Nursing shortfalls and clashes in Corbin and Breckinridge cited. Camp Thomas sanitation condemned. Camp Alger condemned. Camp Wikoff exaggerations noted. Camp Miami praised by Miles.
General Paris reports M Loubet chosen by the French Assembly with 483 votes to 279 for Meline. The assembly at Versailles saw one disruption by M Deroulde who was removed after speaking, and Parisian crowds jeered Loubet demanding resignation amid Panama Canal scandal references. Loubet born December 31 1838 and previously served as senator public works secretary prime minister and senate president.
Washington reports the administration plans rapid extension of US jurisdiction over the Philippine group. A naval campaign will begin once Dewey gets gun boat reinforcements en route to Manila, aiming to replace Spanish sovereignty with US control to prevent anarchy and paralysis of island interests. Paris riot ends with 46 injured and 200 arrests during Loubet presidency vote turmoil.
Advices from Florida describe an icy spell as the coldest in memory with fruit and vegetables killed in Jacksonville and early Georgia crops destroyed. A London paper on the McKinley Alger row urges above suspicion for leaders to avoid tainting the colonial administration. The Weehawken reports a drifting Bulgaria and stranded passengers near the Azores, while Samoa notes ongoing anarchy and interference with British subjects.
President McKinley states the United States will possess and hold the Philippines until Congress directs otherwise. He emphasizes welfare and rights of Filipinos, rejects imperial designs, and affirms not seeking empire but guiding a people thrust into American hands.
General Miller dispatches to General Otis as Colonel Potter's unit advances from Iloilo toward Jaro with Fifteenth Infantry, Hotchkiss and Gatling guns. They push rebels from the road toward open country, four privates wounded, rebel losses heavy. later reports note skirmishes near San Pedro Macati and encampment along Manila lines with trenches forming.
Manila reports indicate Philippine rebels are concentrating south of the Pasig river in front of General Ovenshine’s lines. The jungle country stretches for miles as scouts note rebels moving from Laguna and Cavite provinces while American forces entrench from the beach to the Pasig.
Maprio Feb 18 reports a decision to liberate Filipinos deported to the Caroline and Ladrones to influence them to release Spaniards held as prisoners.
London dateline reports the Madrid correspondent says the cabinet has decided to consider the best manner of selling the Caroline and Marianne islands. The note reflects imperial policy discussions affecting Pacific possessions and colonial trade strategy.
Maparip February 17 report says all surviving captains of the Spanish warships destroyed off Santiago Cuba and in Manila Bay by the American fleets will be court-martialed.
Des Moines February 14 report on Noel versus Ellis decided January 6 1899 by Judge Woolson. The court held Vitalizing Ore similar in sound to Vita Ore and likely to mislead purchasers, granting an injunction. It notes patents and trade marks as protectors of personal property with licensing and royalties. Thomas C.G. Onwig & Co offers free patent and trademark advice.
In a stark exchange, Waggies says powder should be heard not seen while another voice questions the meaning. The dialogue highlights tensions over how wartime information should be managed and perceived.
A playful dialogue depicts Jones accusing Brown of unsteady legs after a dinner. Brown insists his legs were fine and blames his trousers for the appearance of instability. The exchange has a light, humorous tone typical of social chatter.
In Washington the Senate and House advanced major appropriation measures. Debates focused on the sundry civil and naval bills, with amendments on the Nicaragua canal and Spain treaty issues. The Feb 14 to Feb 18 sessions saw votes, adjournments, and the selection of certain naval and academy appointments.
An expo train from Calais traveling from London collided with a stationary train near Forest in fog. Thirty people died and many were injured as the express locomotive climbed onto the rear cars. Rescue workers reported smashed coaches and collapsed wreckage.
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