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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1897
Page
1
Cedar Rapids Rider Fights Lantern Ordinance In Court
In Cedar Rapids on June 4 a man, Dr. J. W. Hayes, ex city marshal, prepares to challenge a city rule requiring bicycle lamps. Twenty five riders were arrested for lacking lanterns. they were fined. The case tests the ordinance’s constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
J. W. Hayes
Quietude Crusade Aims to End Noises Per Nerves
Dr A H Gardner of New York leads a campaign against disturbing noises harming city nerves. The piece also recounts a dated claim that bicycles were banned in ancient China to curb a supposed wheel craze among celestial ladies, suggesting tight feet as a side effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Gardner
New York
Chicago plan to provide workrooms for unemployed men
In Chicago a scheme offers workrooms for unemployed men with no cash pay. Workers will be compensated with clothing or needed articles produced in the workshops. Old clothes and shoes will be repaired to extend their life. The system is European in origin and could yield significant benefits if properly implemented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Beggarweed As Fertilizer And Feed In The South
Beggarweed rivals cow peas as a fertilizing crop in the south and yields a good day. In Virginia it is cut at about three feet, thoroughly cured, then after mowing it renews as a second crop and yields seed while serving as good pasture until frost. Turned under in plowing it becomes an excellent fertilizer with a farmer reporting corn yields rising from ten to thirty bushels per acre with no other fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Spiders Farmed to Coat Wine Bottles Reported
A bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture notes in France and Pennsylvania a new industry farming spiders to coat wine bottles with cobwebs. Near Philadelphia, Garis and Nephila plumipes are sold to merchants at ten dollars per hundred, a use of entomology viewed as unhelpful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
division of entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
France
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
garis
Nephila
Mexican Land Navigation and Railway Company Formed
A Mexico City telegram reports the incorporation of a company with one million dollars capital. Pearson & Son hold the majority of shares. The Mexican Land Navigation and Railway Company plans to build a railway from the National Tehuantepec Railroad to Vera Cruz, with government subsidies of public lands per kilometer. European colonists will be settled on about 400,000 acres. Plans include acquiring southern Vera Cruz railways and new lines. construction starts in two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Pearson & Son
valley of Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mexican Land, Navigation and Railway Company
acthe company
Honest NJ County Collector Refuses Extra Pay
A New Jersey county collector, bound by a public trust, has declined to take two percent commission allowed by law. Despite earning nearly forty thousand dollars yearly, he sticks to his official salary of four thousand five hundred, refusing any personal gain and earning neighborly respect for his integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Queen Victoria Promoted as Cirque Amid Youth Fads
The writer quips that Queen Victoria is every bit as part of today’s circus and racing craze as the young, noting public fondness for circuses. The piece Playfully wishes Victoria’s circus days endure for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
New York Nightlife Bets Bigger Whisky in Clubs
New York embraces a liberal drinking scene, shunning the amended Raines law. Gotham’s thirst remains unquenched and the city grows bolder in its hospitality and nightlife offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gotham
New
Stone Accused Bank Ex-Cashier Linked to Forged Paper
Sioux City reports that $20,000 of forged notes and $23,000 of loans to Stone and his relatives appear among Sioux City Savings Bank assets. Receiver Goss says none is collectible and director liability rests on negligence. Stone remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Goss
Youth Kills Sister in Winchester Accident
In BurlingTon on June 3 a 6 year old girl Lizzie Fuerst was shot by her 2 year old brother Edward while he cleaned a Winchester rifle on his bed. A cartridge exploded and the bullet struck Lizzie, killing her almost instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BurlingTon
Lizzie Fuerst
Edward
Local boy kills sisters in Greene gun accident
Fifteen-year-old L. Schwartz, son of a local farmer, killed his two sisters in Greene while unloading a rifle. The bullet went through one sister’s neck and struck the other just above the heart after the boy had returned from a hunt and discharged the weapon.
Claim Agent Fooled Henderson Man Over Damages
Major Woods of the C B and Q initially agreed to a settlement with R M Adkins of Henderson for railroad damages but withdrew after calculating the proposal. Adkins, hurt months ago in a railroad accident near Carson, proposed a settlement equal to one year’s payments on livestock shipments, totaling nearly 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenwood
Major Woods
R. M. Adkins
Henderson
Adkins
Carson
Frost Hits Iowa Crop Regions Damaging Fruit
Des Moines reports a heavy frost causing damage to fruit near Fort Dodge Gowrie and Marshalltown while garden vegetables are killed in parts of Des Moines. Advices from Cherokee Cedar Rapids and other towns note widespread damage with the northwestern area expected to suffer the heaviest losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Gowrie
Marshalltown
Cherokee
Cedar Rapids
Violent Arrests After Violin Sale Dispute
Theodore Rick of Alden and J G Vey allegedly assaulted Joe Rinderknecht in Williams over a violin sale. Rick and Vey were arrested as Rinderknecht lies seriously wounded with five stab wounds, three on the head and two in the chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Theodore Rick
Alden
J. G. Vey
Joe Rinderknecht
Mr. Rinderknecht
Kinderknecht
Iowa Requisition Refused Over Bucket Shop Indictments
Governor Tanner declines to honor Iowa Governor Drake demand to seize Thomas Gibson William R Hennig Oliver R Stratton and W F Chandler to Tama county Iowa Hennig and partners owners of bucket shops face Tama county grand jury indictments for conspiracy to defraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHICAGO
Tanner
Drake
Iowa
Thomas Gibson
William R. Hennig
Oliver R. Stratton
W. F. Chandler
Tama county
Hennig
Farmers Form a Beef Club Near Shenandoah
Suwenanpoan says on June 4, twenty seven farmers near Shenandoah organized a beef club to secure a constant supply of fresh meat. They will kill an animal each week and divide it among members, each taking a turn to prepare the meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Tillman to Deliver Main Address in Albia July 4 Celebration
Senator Tillman of South Carolina has consented to give the principal address at Albia's July 4 celebration. The town is making extensive preparations to surpass previous festivities and mark the national holiday with a major event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillman
Albia
South Carolina
Rehearing Denied in Ge Payne Breach Suit
The Iowa Supreme Court refused a rehearing in the Geiger Payne breach of promise case from Ringgold County. Payne must pay $16,000 in damages to Rhoda Geiger, his former sweetheart, as finalized by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
supreme court
Ge -Payne
Ringgold county
Payne
Rhoda Geiger
Baby Drowned in Bucket at Fairhelp
A nine month old child of Mrs. O. B. Hall climbed to a bucket’s edge and drowned before the mother found the infant. The incident occurred in Fairhelp on May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhelp
New Road to the Coast Forms in Dakota City
Missouri River and Los Angeles Railway Company organized at Dakota City with 42 million capital. Incorporators from Sioux City and Nebraska plan a Sioux City to Pacific coast line distinct from the Sioux City O Neill and Western route. Donald McLean shifts focus to the new venture citing high costs for a Pacific line and the Combination Bridge Company demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Missouri River & Los Angeles Railway Company
Dakota City
A. V. Larimer
F. McNulty
Donald McLean
Robert Buchanan
Henry Woods
Neb
E. P. Reynolds, Jr
Wymore
Co. D. Smiley
South Sioux City
Pacific coast
Pacific
Combination Bridge Company
Missouri river
Daily News Sends Readers on Paid Trips to Alaska Tennessee Chicago
The Daily News expands its enterprise by sending two readers to Alaska two to the Tennessee Centennial and two to Chicago with all expenses paid chosen by reader vote. Last winter two ladies were sent to Mexico City two to New Orleans and two to Chicago. The paper thrives on its $1 a year circulation policy with doubling Iowa daily circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs Moines
The
Daily News
enterprise
Alaska
Tennessee
Chicago
city of
Mexico
New Orleans
Iowa
Commissioners Must Stand Trial Over Pension Claims
Des Moines reports that commissioners of the soldiers' home at Marshalltown must face federal trial for allegedly taking soldiers pensions as a condition of residence. Judge Woolson overruled the motion to quash the indictment, ruling the commissioners liable under federal law for placing liens or retaining pensions against the will of the soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Woolson
Cattle dispute ends in fatal stone attack near Charles City
In a quarrel between Frank Wiltz and Jerome Dow farmers near Charles City Wiltz hurled a stone striking Mrs Dow on the head and killing her. The incident occurred June 5 with Dow as a key participant in the dispute over cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Crry
Frank Wiltz
Jerome Dow
Charles City
Wiltz
Dow
Accident Hangs Youth While Playing Near Mills
June 5 report from Rotrr states Willie Fouch son of Daniel Fouch Rolfe roller mills owner became entangled in a clothes line and accidentally hanged himself while playing with other boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotrr
Willie Fouch
Daniel Fouch
Rolfe roller mills
Riel Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Des Mores
The jury found Freda Riel guilty of manslaughter in the murder of Carl Leveke. She likely faces a five year sentence at Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riel
Des Mores
Freda Riel
Carl Leveke
Anamosa
Iowa Fatalities and Local Notices Briefs
Mrs. Tuttle of Palo died after a runaway wagon wheel passed over her head. Abraham Slimmer of Waverly covered his $20,000 Cedar Rapids offer with local gifts for an old ladies home costing $40,000. George Nipping near Le Mars was fatally wounded when a rifle discharged accidentally while two youths handled it. A Chariton child playing on a high stool suffered a severe neck injury but is recovering with braces. Marshall county v Knoll clarifies saloon bondsmen liability when property lacks mulch tax. Newton liveryman E M Wilson was fatally stabbed by Bert Emery in a barn office dispute over a horse trade. Emery is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tuttle
Palo
Abraham Slimmer
Waverly
Cedar Rapids
George Nipping
Le Mars
Nipping
J. H. Bull
Chariton
Marshall county
Knoll
supreme court
E. M. Wilson
Newton
Bert Emery
Wilson
Emery
Death threat by Crown Prince Constantine amid Greek Turkish tensions
Athens reports Crown Prince Constantine allegedly attempted self harm after retreat from Domokos, halted by officers. The dispatch details Turkish actions in the neutral zone and Greece’s protest to powers as armistice terms and naval restrictions are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Athens
Constantine
Domokos
Tsopanatos
Greece
Constrantinorre
Lonpox
Constantinople
George
Thessaly
Athnens
Dardanelles
Spanish Cabinet Resigns Over Cortes Impasse
The premier Senor Canovas del Castillo submitted the cabinet’s resignation to the queen regent amid parliamentary deadlock caused by liberals boycotting cortes deliberations. The protest stems from a May 21 clash where Duke of Tetuan struck liberal Senator Comas after a debate on the Morgan belligerency resolution. The queen regent accepted the cabinet resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapp
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Duke of
Durrant Granted Appeal Leave to U S Supreme Court
San Francisco June 5 The case of Theodore Durrant gains a chance for a U S Supreme Court review as leave to appeal is granted. Attorney General Fitzgerald advised Warden Hale to pause actions pending the appeal, with the high court not meeting again until October, effectively granting a six month respite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
supreme court of the United States
Theodore Durrant
Fitzgerald
Warden Hale
United States supreme court
Calhoun Backs Lee on Ruiz Incident and Cuban War
A Havana dispatch reports Special Commissioner Calhoun will back Consul General Lee’s stance on the Ruiz incident and urges halting the Cuban war at all costs to protect American interests and aid country folk based on his experiences. In Springfield, a Senate committee finds ex Governor Altgeld relied on a failing bank, implicating him in misappropriation concerns and linking spaulding’s bank role to the university treasurer post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herald
Havana
Calhoun
Lee
SrR inGreLD
senate
University of Illinois
W. Spaulding
university board
Globe Savings Bank
Altgeld
Spaulding
H. A. Prentice
the
state auditor's office
Aldrich to Succeed Lee as Havana consul general
Washington reports ex Representative Aldrich of Chicago is to be appointed consul general at Havana with a near-term plan. The article notes historical trivia on the first U.S. flag hoisted over the Capitol in 1866, a boast about a notable sneeze incident, and a Michigan man with nine sons who voted together in a spring election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich
Lee
Washington
Chicago
Havana
United States
Capitol
Benjamin F. Butler
A. 5. Bunting Co
Lowell
Mass
J. E. Daughtrey
Alexandria
John Tannis
Sheridan
Newaygo county
Mich
Pettigrew Seeks Popular Vote on Free Coinage and Senate Elections
Senator Pettigrew introduces a 1898 referendum bill asking voters whether to require immediate free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 17 and whether US senators and the president and VP should be elected by direct popular vote. State secretaries must report results to the president, who will relay them to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettigrew
Washington
congress
United States
Modern Woodmen to Move Headquarters to Rock Island
At the national convention of the Modern Woodmen of America officers were elected with strong approval of the presidency. Headquarters were ordered moved to Rock Island with the next head camp planned for Kansas City Missouri. Accusations of misappropriation and mismanagement were not entertained. The body approved multiple legal changes within the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen
Rock Island
Desveur
Modern
Woodmen of America
preser
Kansas City
Weyler Decree Sets Eastern Cuba Operations In Motion
Havana reports Captain General Weyler issues a decree from Sancti Spiritus announcing the start of military actions in eastern Cuba. It orders reinforcement of January decree provisions in Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba, creation of cultivation zones, closing stores in undefended towns, concentration of country people, and destruction of undefended resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Weyler
Sancti Spiritus
Cuba
Puerto Principe
Santiago de Cuba
Dauntless and Biscayne Taken Near Key West
The Dauntless of Jacksonville alleged to have just returned from arming Cuba was captured by the Marblehead as it took aboard cargo from the Biscayne near New River Inlet. An officer and prize crew boarded the steamer and brought it to Key West under warship escort. The Biscayne is also under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Dauntless
Jacksonville
lancing
Cuba
Marblehead
Biscayne
New River Inlet
Miami
Measles Devastate Crowley Family in Missouri
A stable ejected Bret Crowley’s family for unpaid rent in St. Josefa on June 4. Six children fell ill with measles. relapses from exposure led to whooping cough pneumonia and tuberculosis. Five children died and the sixth is critically ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Josefa, Mo
Bret Crowley
Angell Named U.S. Envoy to Constantinople
The sultan has withdrawn his objection to James B. Angell becoming envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States at Constantinople. Angell will likely depart for his post soon.
France to Retaliate Over U S Tariffs
In Paris the chamber of deputies heard Baron Des Rotours a protectionist deputy propose raising duties on American goods if the United States imposes prohibitive duties on French products prompting possible French retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
chamber of deputies
Baron Des Rotours
United States
Brief items from the era include a royal visit and a quake
Whitelaw Reid sailed on the Majestic as U S special ambassador to the queen's jubilee. Washington felt a slight earthquake as alerts rose in tall buildings across several states. In court Judge Bradley directed a verdict of acquittal for sugar trust witness John Searles, saying senate questions were irrelevant. Dispatches note no private postal cards exist. postage remains one cent. The Tillman sugar stock inquiry may be reported to and adopted by the senate amid resistance. An anarchist Pierre Acchrite was sentenced to life at galleys for attempting to stab King Humbert of Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Washington
Tennessee
Ohio
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
John Searles
sugar trust
Bradley
senate committee
Washington dispatch
congress
department
Tillman
senate
Pierre Acchrite
Huubert
Italy
Cheyenne Indians on the Warpath Across Montana
Reports from Arena Montana describe Cheyenne bands moving through southern Montana near the Crow reservation killing settlers and soldiers. Five U S troops have fallen and armed ranchers organize at Cheyenne agency while couriers report further killings as cavalry pursue the attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Arena
Mont
United States
Crow reservation
Hoover
Fort Custer
Lamadeer
Lon Anderson
Fort Keough
Rosebud
Cheyenne agency
Mob Lynches Suspect After Jail Siege in Ohio
Unnana Ohio June 4 a mob of 1000 to 1500 surrounds the jail as Click Mitchell the negro who assaulted Mrs Eliza Gaumer is captured. Shots kill Harry Bell and Hagins, with several others wounded. Militia intervene then mob hangs Mitchell outside Urbana Ohio after two days of tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unnana
Ohio
Mitchell
Harry Bell
Hagins
Urpana
Click” Mitchell
Bushnell
Third Infantry
Springfield
Eliza Gaumer
Urbana Democrat
Lloyd wins in Missouri First district election
In Hannibal Missouri the First district race to replace the late Congressman Giles ends with Democrat J T Lloyd winning by 5516 votes over Republican Clark and 4425 over the Miller Pupil Clark coalition. Voter turnout reached about 80 percent of November totals. A separate note tells of Miss Laura Parsons of Denver admiring a St. Cecilia image in Munich and recognizing a thief from Bayonne N J who had lost a diamond ring and later found a diamond in an egg laid by a Brahman hen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HANNIBAL
Giles
J. T. Lloyd
Clark
Miller
St. Cecilia
Munich
Laura B. Parsons
Denver
Henry Kraemer
Bayonne
N. J
Senate Tariff Bill Progress Amid Senate Debates
In Washington on May 29 to June 4 the tariff bill advanced slowly in the Senate with debates over proposed amendments, while the House wrestled with committee appointments and a Cuba resolution. New senator Meek of South Carolina attended the opening. progress on metal schedules continued, including a change on anvil rates, and nominations were sent to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
senate
great Morgan
house
congress
house of representave
Adj
trois
South Carolina
Jdoon
Karl
Oregon
Simpson
Richardson
Dingley
Lewis
Cuba
India
King
Utah
finance committee
sus' Tillman
mittee
Lawrence Townsend
Pennsylvania
Portugal
Elias H. Roberts
New York
United States
Tariff First Currency Next and Other Early 1900s Items
Washington reports a plan for a commissioned inquiry into the currency and tariff, with a report due in West, and a joint resolution to create the commission after the tariff bill clears. A World’s 50-Yard Dash record is set in Port Chester by Charles Bliss, 17, tying the pro record. An arrest of Stanley, a Cheyenne, follows the Hoover sheep herder murder. Notes on Persia cholera remedies and a fatal case in Schrenersville, plus a musical bicycle device from Presburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cucaco
Washington
Timessays
ann
Ind
Atchester
Charles Bliss
Portland
Bliss
Wasuretos
Stoueh
Indian bureau
Stanley
Hoover
Persia
Howard Smith
Schrenersville
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