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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1897
Page
4
The article notes Johnson, described as a bank robber, was sentenced to ten years with seven to serve. It contrasts this with a hypothetical horse theft and mentions a nationwide telegram about the government owing Grover Cleveland one cent, questioning payment and silence.
More than 20 000 tons of food for starving Indians has been donated by philanthropists here but the United States government is unable to provide transport to send the aid to the orient.
A Cairo letter portrays the young Khedive as unremarkable in looks with a pink and white complexion a shy sleepy expression and a sailor like walk. His double thin hanging cheeks and pale hands evoke Dickens fat boy imagery. His only legal wife is a former slave girl associated with the mother’s household.
A mysterious death in New York sparked a swift detective effort after only a torn telegram corner remained, showing the number 59 and operator letters. In twenty four hours investigators identified the woman beyond doubt, a case noted for its remarkable truth within fiction.
A foreign exchange reports Australia Oogoa is pressed by severe drought. Western Australia faces extreme suffering as timber dries up coastwise. from Ashburton to Gascoyne stock perish if drought persists. Last rainfall February 1892, with minor 1894 winter rain. Government and church appeals for rain continue.
Stephen Girard once demanded clerks on a Sunday. a young man refused due to Sunday rest. After weeks of unemployment a banker sought a cashier and the conscience-bound man was hired, proving his trustworthiness.
The Mark Lane Express weekly review cautions that wheat progress is slow and unlikely to reach full average, predicting 27 to 28 bushels per acre with potential gains from a hot June but not enough to avoid a mediocre overall yield. Continental notes show France angling for 37 million quarters with imports needed, Prussian and Polish prospects mixed, and Austrian rains dampening hopes. Russian reports remain mostly encouraging amid global flour trends.
A Persia quote shows an Austrian officer once a Persian drill-master calling American missionaries “angel work.” He admits limited English but lauds the missionaries and their efforts as a divine, angelic mission spreading in America.
Sioux City reports Charles Whitcombe captured at the Winnebago reservation in Nebraska by Sheriff Borowsky with Sheriff Wheeler assisting. He is charged with robbing and holding up thirty six farmers in Cherokee county and stealing horses buggies wagons and harness. Whitcombe fled after a spree beginning in spring but was finally brought to Sioux City and jailed.
Des Moines June 24 Attorney General Remley prepares a petition to sue former secretary of state Wm H McFarland and his bondsmen in September in district court to recover about 20 000 the state says was wrongfully retained during his term The criminal charges against McFarland have not been dropped.
In Harlan judge W S Smith orders county funds deposited in the bank to be a preferred claim totaling 13777 dollars with interest from last December. County Treasurer A Pritchard and his bondsmen are relieved.
Des Moines on June 21 reports the Des Moines Daily News has closed a 90 year contract with the Associated Press. The deal guarantees full news dispatches for nearly a century to the city’s only first class daily, offered at $1 a year.
In Des Moines on June 25 the bolting populists chose a state central committee with A. W. C. Weeks as chairman. After debate they decided not to call a convention immediately, but to begin organizing over a month to six weeks. The convention is slated for Des Moines during the state fair week.
A severe wind lightning and hailstorm struck Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. The low greenish cloud, waterspout like rain, and sultry air preceded a storm that uprooted trees, blew down chimneys and windows, unroofed buildings, and halted streetcars. Marshalltown Atlantic Audubon Burlington report similar damage.
Des Moines reports a rich Midland Chautauqua musical schedule with daily junior and assembly choirs led by Mrs H R Reynolds. The Arion Lady Quartet Wagner Male Quartet and Harmony Male Quartet perform across days with two major music days July 9 and 10. Local and guest soloists from Chicago and Denver join Apollo club Des Moines Orchestra and area groups for two grand concerts each day at 2 pm and 7 pm.
Robbers entered Maloney and Whalen by drilling through back shutters and lifting the inner catch. They focused on ladies' underwear gloves and shoes. Loss estimated at 50 to 100 dollars.
A six year old boy in Cedar Rapids died from gasoline fire injuries. A lightning strike near Mt. Union killed a young man named Featherby. In Dubuque a carriage accident fatally injured Mrs Myers and Mrs Jones Hay while Mrs Scott died after being thrown from the carriage. The Iowa State University library at Iowa City burned in a lightning strike, with heavy losses including the Talbott collection and a fireman killed. Sioux City dispatch notes William Higney’s return to Anamosa to serve remaining prison time after a failed burglary attempt.
Christina Mortenson of Honey Creek Pottawattamie County was attacked by a large eagle while hoeing in the garden. The bird pinned her shoulder and attempted to lift her. She struggled free but suffered serious head wounds and lay unconscious. a farm hand found her in a critical condition.
President McKinley nominates Thomas C. Dawson of Iowa as secretary of the legation at Rio de Janeiro, Albert W. Swalm of Iowa as consul to Montevideo, Uruguay, and Edward McKitterick of Iowa as deputy auditor of the treasury department.
Matt Madison, proprietor of the Otter Island summer resort on the Mississippi north of Burlington, drowned while attempting to rescue Bert Copeland who fell from the steamer Nautilus. Copeland was saved. Madison lost his life.
Mrs. David Chesser of East Mill Street swallowed over an ounce of laudanum during a personal crisis. For a time it seemed she might die, but she is now improving and expected to recover.
Des MoinesJune 23 Cora Martin a colored woman was shot fatally at a Whitechapel district house by her husband who traveled from Newton after learning she was living with a man named Wallace He called her downstairs spoke with her and then fired a revolver killing her.
Bertram in CepAR Rapids reports the local post office was robbed on June 21 and stamps valued at about $32 were stolen. No arrests announced and investigation ongoing.
June 21 report states Turkey will withdraw from Thessaly and a treaty of peace with a minor frontier adjustment is expected. Indemnity of about £5,000,000 to be paid by Greece, with guaranty likely by the powers or a committee of wealthy Greeks abroad. London reacts with general satisfaction easing hostility toward the Ottoman envoy at jubilee festivities.
Washington June 25 inter view with the president shows Woodford will not depart for Madrid before late July. April 25 heavy rioting at Mieres Ovedia province over food tax rise. 8000 miners clashed with civil guards and prince's regiment, two rioters killed, five severely wounded, two soldiers killed, several wounded.
Articles for a finish fight between Peter Maher and Thomas Sharkey were drawn at the Police Gazette office and signed in Jersey City. The bout will be before a club outside California with the best purse and a $5,000 side bet. It must occur within three months after the final deposit on August 2 with Al Smith as final stakeholder.
In the commons Curzon says Britain will defend rights of British subjects if needed. Becket questions whether Queen Liliuokalani was deposed by a small American group about to hand Hawaii to the United States. The government does not express opinion on how the situation arose but will protect British rights.
A dozen riders led by Maj. R. P. Davidson arrive at the war department after an 850 mile journey from Chicago in fourteen days and six hours. General Broode delivered the message in Chicago. weather plagued much of the trip but the expedition proved a notable military feat.
At the Ohio Republican state convention nominations were set for governor A. S. Bushnell lieutenant governor A. W. Jones supreme judge J. F. Burkett attorney general Frank Monett and state treasurer Samuel Campbell. Dick Hanna defeated Kurtz, the candidate of Foraker and Bushnell forces, for state chairmanship.
Cincinnati dispatch reports 24 year old Harry McGee of Chicago killed while diving from a sixty foot tower into the lake at the lagoon. He struck water flat breaking his neck.
A terrific cyclone passed fifteen miles northwest of Salina in the Sauna region causing three deaths and several injuries. Weather crews assess the storm's path and warning measures are under review as details unfold.
June 23 report from Buda Pest notes very poor crop prospects in Hungary with wheat and rye yields far below average. A Wilkes-Barre woman who died rich left her fortune to a kindly female friend except for one cent to be given to her husband after five years. David Hunter of Troutdale Oregon killed two unusually heavy seals in the Columbia River. The dwarf willow on Ben Lomond tops Britain’s flora, reaching about two inches.
Washington June 26 Speaker Reed will name committees when the current session closes. The plan allows chairs to organize bills and sub committees before the December regular session. Key chairmen listed include Cannon, Walker, Stone, Hagar, Hitt, Hepburn, Henderson, Hull, Cousins, Boutelle, and Lacey.
General Gomez writes of seasonal inactivity after rains ending fighting. Cuban army to shrink to 3000 well equipped soldiers while Spanish forces are poorly supplied and discouraged. He recalls Weyler’s march with 25 000 to 35 000 troops, one third dying of disease. hospitals full and many unpaid.
The Reform reports from Brussels that the Dhanis expedition to the Nile headwaters has been massacred. Baron Dhanis led about 6,000 men in the ill fated venture.
Queen Victoria’s jubilee opens with large pageants and a massive public turnout. A Nebraska ex treasurer J S Bartley is found guilty of embezzlement. Major industries in Pittsburg absorb 20 000 workers. Reports cover riots in Odessa and Spain US Spain tensions with Canovas del Castillo warning of war readiness. McKinley seeks arbitration with Britain and intervention in Cuba policy outlined by Walter Wellman and Judge Day notes.
The Democratic state convention in Des Moines nominated Fred E. White for governor and L. G. Kinne for supreme court plus a split ticket arrangement with Free Silver Republicans and Populists. Resolutions, platform, and officers were set as March and conference plans unfolded among parties.
June 22 in Joliet Illinois reports Gardner Coal company abruptly shuts the village’s sole mine. The closure shocks residents and threatens local business with hardship for Gardner.
The New York tailor workers strike, which at its height involved about 20,000 hands, has ended as the last contractors surrendered to the new manday agreement.
Washington June 19 to June 25 report a series of tariff bill hearings in the senate. Key actions include paragraphs on floor mat tings plain jute fabrics burlaps and cotton bagging with bipartisan support from republicans populists and Carter and Hansbrough. Progress spans fifty six pages with wool schedules heated by charges of violated agreements and cross fire debates as leaders aim to finish schedules and move toward the internal revenue provisions.
Cornell won the triangular intercollegiate boat race on the Hudson with Yale second and Harvard third. At the first mile Cornell led Harvard and Yale, with Yale taking second by the second and third miles. Cornell finished five lengths ahead of Yale and Yale four lengths ahead of Harvard.
June 25 report states the attorney general knows of no suit seeking a judicial declaration of forfeiture of Union Pacific rights and privileges under the 1878 act, or otherwise, in response to a senate inquiry on foreclosure proceedings.
Des Moines June 25. Patents have been allowed to Iowa inventors but not yet issued. Names include J McCormick Spencer for a sprocket chain. C Hohnsbehn Waverly for a cream separator. J M Fuller Newton for a traction engine tender. Simpson Grinnell for a patients mattress. C Suma Ida Grove for a flue device. E A Losee City for an automatic stock waterer. R Turner Des Moines for a typewriter called the Jew. Also mentions solicitors G ann J Ratpa of Des Moines.
A South African native resurrection plant wilts in drought then quickly revives once rain falls. A Rahway New Jersey family adds a kitten with eight legs and two tails. Over half the ladies at Unity church in Ch participate with hats off per the pastor’s instruction.
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