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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1899
Page
11
Bulletin 53 from the Illinois Experiment Station outlines corn kernel structure breaking the kernel into hull gluten germ and starch. It notes germ contains high mineral content and protein. The article also discusses how irrigation raises soil temperatures, with measured heating at depths two to six feet and lasting effects beyond a month.
A long extract on tumble mustard Sisymbrium allissimum outlines its European origin before 1878, rapid wind dispersal, and vast seed production. It argues eradication by early plowing or hoeing, notes annual life cycle, and uses forests and climate interactions to stress broader environmental claims about forests as climate stabilizers and water reservoirs.
Dr J A Warder told horticulturists that rainfall increase cannot be insisted upon as a general consequence, though the topic of forest influence remains a key point of discussion at the convention. He cautioned against assuming broader weather changes without further evidence.
W H Cassell argues cultivation practices for young pear trees vary with soil and variety. He notes some farmers plow or top-dress, others sow to grass, while some withhold manure, aiming to balance strong fruit buds with restrained wood growth to resist blight.
James Cunningham of Audubon is convicted of murdering his illegitimate child last March and hiding the body in woods on the Audubon fair grounds bank. The infant was found two weeks later, identified by local doctor and hotel keeper. The mother, Miss Hepp, was released. accomplice Arthur Palmer to face trial later.
A London report says the British government plans to be represented at the peace conference by the Prince of Wales the Marquis of Salisbury and Lord Rosebery with military and naval aides. If true this would raise the conference's importance, possibly due to Queen Victoria's influence.
Wasatneton January 2 The war department says a sufficient force is in Cuba to maintain order. Adjutant General Corbin reports 33 914 troops distributed across Havana 16304 Pinar del Rio 2100 Matanzas 3654 Santa Clara 2436 Puerto Principe 1405 and Santiago 7405.
Henry Watterson in the Courier Journal urges the Democratic Party to nominate George Dewey of Vermont for president and Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia for vice president with a platform centered on the Stars and Stripes and a blessing to them.
Maprio reports Lieutenant General Correa minister of war expresses strong desire to resign the portfolio at the earliest moment. He notes 8,000 officers returning from the colonies currently have no posts.
Havana reports calm after Washington backed Gen Ludlow's letter to Junta Patriotica. Cubans welcome a future celebration with American participation, insurgent camps discuss but restrain hostility, and consider February fourth as a potential observance.
Jeffersonville Ind Jan 2 Dr Ephrais E Gray who killed Mrs Lizzie Skinner at Bloomfield Ind Thursday by stabbing with a surgical knife and cutting her throat was brought to the reformatory Friday morning at 7 by Sheriff Dobbins of Green county. A mob formed during the night to hang him.
Cairo reports Anglo-Egyptian forces led by Col. Lewis defeated the dervishes under Emir Fedil. Col. Lewis pursues Fedil and remnants of the army up the Blue Nile after the Om durman rout. Fedil's defeat is believed the final stroke.
Cape Town January 2 report from Johannesburg telegraphs rising signs that Uitlanders are again asserting their claims to justice from the Boer government. The correspondent says discontent is approaching the breaking point and growing stronger.
The government announces it has agreed to extend the exclusive French settlement in Shanghai despite objections from Sir Claude Macdonald the British minister. The move follows a formal request dated January 2.
Des Moines Iowa January 2 Funds to build a memorial to Abraham Lincoln's mother will be raised by veterans of the Second Iowa brigade under General R V Ankey of Des Moines.
President McKinley’s proclamation guiding the Philippines under United States oversight was cabled to General Otis for broad publication in Manila. It outlines local self government, eligibility for official posts, a fair judiciary, free speech, and protection of homes, employments, and religious rights under open door revenue policy.
Des Moines January 1 F M Hubbell and Son sell their whole interest in the Des Moines Northern and Western railroad to the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul. The capital stock exceeds 3 million dollars and the property includes the Fonda line of 114 miles and the Boone line of 42 miles. The Hubbells have led management and hold key roles but no longer own controlling stock.
Funeral services for Justin S. Morrill of Vermont were conducted in the Senate chamber at noon with a distinguished gathering including the president, vice president, cabinet members, justices, senators, and representatives. Remains were moved from the family home to the capitol and placed in the semicircular area before the president’s desk for the solemn ceremony.
Des Moines officials warn that ongoing removal of patients from state hospitals to county facilities could empty Cherokee hospital and leave only incurables. Mt Pleasant reports three wards empty as county boards drive the exodus, a first in the institution’s history.
Ralph Richardson surveys American influence in modern Egypt. He notes Americans form a large portion of visitors and scholars, run extensive Christian missions with 100 stations, 20 churches, 97 schools, and provide medical aid. He cites a telegram-assisted救 patient on a steamer and argues Egyptian attractions strengthen Anglo-Saxon Bible beliefs and historical interest.
Shanghai correspondent reports final contract for the Anglo American syndicate mining and railway privileges in Szechuen province has been agreed and signed. Britain and the United States receive the larger share, Chinese and other nationalities the balance.
A New York Herald writer recalls Levy a London private detective who once earned ten thousand pounds a year from the Bank of England. After the Paris Commune collapse he tracked communist refugees to a London den, where men of Paris once wielded power refused to surrender papers, preserving a hidden truth that France and Europe narrowly avoided a sweeping scandal.
A 74 year old metal worker from Vandenene near Nievre France reportedly owns the world’s longest beard. Measured at 10 feet 10 inches when unrolled, the beard began as a 6 inch growth at age 14. He carries it in a skein and uses it as a boa in winter, while standing 5 feet 3 inches tall.
Professor Bernard uses ants as servants to prepare skeletons. In Florida a fox squirrel was skeletonized in a single day, work done more satisfactorily than by chemical methods or human hands.
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