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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1897
Page
5
The Ames Times notes Dr. A. H. Gardner of New York launches a crusade against disruptive city noises that impair nerves in urban life. The editorial voice praises reformers advancing their age and dismisses glamor in sin.
An ancient claim suggests a bicycle idea ruled out in China 2,360 BCE as celestial ladies allegedly spent time on it. The text speculates feet were larger then and later feet were cramped to curb the wheel craze.
A Chicago plan provides workrooms for unemployed men with no cash pay. Men will receive clothing or supplies made in the rooms, old clothes mended and shoes cobbled to extend service. Once workplaces offering pay are found, workers will move there. The idea is European and could do much good if properly carried out.
Beggarweed rivals cow peas as a fertilizing crop in the south. In Virginia it is cut at about three feet, thoroughly cured, then regrows for a second crop. After mowing it yields seed, provides good pasture until frost, and when turned under during plowing acts as excellent fertilizer boosting corn yields from ten to thirty bushels per acre according to a letter to an exchange.
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. The aim is to mimic rare species like Nephila plumipes and vulgaris and sell cobweb coated bottles at ten dollars per hundred. The practice is not likely to be well received by entomologists.
A Mexico City telegram reports the incorporation of a new company with one million dollars capital. Pearson & Son lead the shareholding with English contractors involved in drainage and Vera Cruz port works. The firm plans a railway from the National Tehuantepec line into Vera Cruz state and to settle European colonists on land grants. Construction to start in two months with government lands subsidy per kilometer.
A New Jersey county collector, given authority to retain two percent of collections, has consistently refused more than his salary of four thousand five hundred dollars a year. He cites that law as permitting theft and chooses integrity over personal gain. His stance earns neighborly respect and upstanding moral influence in the community.
The piece notes Queen Victoria's fondness for circuses and races shared with the young, defending the idea against skeptics and wishing the monarch many more circus days to come.
New York residents increasingly drink whisky in clubs as they evade the amended Raines law. The city is described as a greater tank city with an insatiable thirst, reflecting a shift in social habits and nightlife in Gotham.
Cedar Rapids riders faced fines for riding without lanterns while the city’s lamp rule is set to be challenged in court. Dr. J. W. Hayes, former city marshal, was arrested on the same charge and will contest the ordinance's constitutionality, a case watched statewide.
Sioux City report states $20,000 of forged paper and $23,000 in notes issued to Stone and his relatives are non collectible. Receiver Goss says bank assets include the forged items and loans to Stone, his kin, and his private business. Directors may face negligence liability. Stone remains at large.
Six year old Lizzie Fuerst is shot and killed by her older brother Edward while he cleans a Winchester rifle in their Burlington home. A cartridge discharged as the girl approached, the bullet striking her in the body and causing an almost immediate death.
In Greene on June 4 a 15 year old boy, L Schwartz, son of a local farmer, killed his two sisters while trying to unload a rifle. A bullet went through one girl’s neck and hit the other just above the heart after the gun discharged following a hunt.
June 3 Grienwood Major Woods, claim agent for C B and Q, briefly approved a settlement proposal with R M Adkins of Henderson for damages from a railroad accident near Carson. The plan would pay Adkins an amount equal to one year of cattle shipping costs, about 15 000 dollars, and Woods then withdrew approval after calculating the sum.
A heavy frost last night damaged fruit in Fort Dodge Gowrie and Marshalltown. Des Moines reports nipped garden vegetables and general vegetation loss. Reports from Cherokee Cedar Rapids and other towns indicate substantial statewide crop harm. The northwestern region faces especially heavy damage.
Theodore Rick of Alden and J G Vey visited Williams and assaulted Joe Rinderknecht at his home. Rick stabbed Rinderknecht five times, three in the head and two in the chest, after a dispute over a violin sale. Both assailants were arrested. Rinderknecht's wounds are serious.
Governor Tanner refuses to recognize Governor Drake’s requisition to surrender Thomas Gibson William R Hennig Oliver R Stratton and W F Chandler to Tama county Iowa The defendants Hennig and partners run bucket shops and face conspiracy to defraud indictments by Tama county grand jury.
Twenty seven farmers near Shenandoah organize a beef club to secure steady fresh meat. They will kill an animal each week and divide the meat among members, with each member preparing the portion in turn.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina has consented to give the principal address in Albia on July 4. The city is preparing a grand celebration and expects to surpass all prior events.
Des Moines May 31 The supreme court refused a rehearing in a breach of promise case from Ringgold county. Defendant Payne must pay $16,000 in damages to his former sweetheart Rhoda Geiger as ruled by the court.
Fairfield reports a nine month old child of Mrs. O. S. Hall climbed to a bucket edge and drowned before the mother could intervene.
The Missouri River & Los Angeles Railway Company forms at Dakota City with $42,000,000 capital and a goal to build from Sioux City to the Pacific coast. Incorporators include A. V. Larimer F. McNulty Donald McLean and Robert Buchanan of Sioux City and others in Nebraska. The project will be distinct from the Sioux City O Neil Western line.
Des Moines reports the Daily News doubles its reach by sending six readers on paid trips this year, two to Alaska two to the Tennessee Centennial and two to Chicago, chosen by reader vote. Earlier trips sent two women to Mexico two to New Orleans and two to Chicago. The paper touts a dollar yearly price and record Iowa circulation.
Des Moines June 5. The commissioners of the soldiers home at Marshalltown must stand trial in federal court for alleged pension theft. Judge Woolson overruled the motion to quash the indictment and held they could face penalties under the federal statute for placing liens on soldiers pensions or retaining them against their will.
In Mason City on June 5, Frank Wiltz and Jerome Dow, neighbors near Charles City, argued over cattle. Wiltz threw a stone that struck Mrs. Dow on the head, killing her. The incident occurred during the livestock dispute.
In Rourr on June 5 Willie Fouch, son of Daniel Fouch who owns the Rolfe roller mills, while playing with other boys became tangled in a clothes line and accidentally hung himself.
Des Moines June 3 The jury found Freda Riel guilty of manslaughter in the death of Carl Leveke. She faces a possible five year sentence at Anamosa.
Mrs. Tuttle of Palo dies after being thrown from a wagon by a runaway team. Abraham-Slimmer of Waverly funds for Cedar Rapids old ladies home. George Nipping near Le Mars shot in an accident. prognosis poor. Child of J H Bull in Chariton suffers a severe head injury. braces support its head. Supreme Court rules saloon bondmen liable when property fails mulch tax. E M Wilson Newton liveries owner stabbed by Bert Emery. Wilson in serious condition.
Paris reports Crown Prince Constantine faced possible suicide amid Athens unrest but was restrained by officers. The Turks clash in the neutral zone Tsopanatos. Greece protests. London notes armistice extension talks and renewed peace negotiations in Constantinople. Athens outlines a sea armistice with conditions on naval movement and troop transport in the archipelago.
Premier Canovas del Castillo submitted the cabinet’s resignation to the queen regent due to parliamentary deadlock amid liberals boycotting the cortes. The dispute stems from a May 21 clash between the Duke of Tetuan and Prof. Comas over the Morgan belligerency resolution. The queen regent accepted the resignation.
An application for leave to appeal to the United States Supreme Court has been granted in Theodore Durrant’s case. The denial of the writ of supersedeas raises the question of a stay, and the attorney general advised delaying action until the appeal is decided. With the court not meeting again until October, a six month respite is expected.
New York June 4 Special dispatch from Havana says Special Commissioner Calhoun will support Consul General Lee on the Ruiz incident and has become convinced Lee was correct. He will urge stopping the Cuban war at all hazards and press American interests and rural misery data from his experience.
The Springfield report on misused University of Illinois funds ties ex Governor Altgeld to heavy borrowing from the Globe Savings Bank. It contends Altgeld knew the bank's condition when recommending Spaulding as treasurer and notes H B Prentice was removed at Altgeld's insistence on stricter bank scrutiny.
Washington reports ex Representative Aldrich of Chicago is expected to be appointed consul general at Havana soon, succeeding Lee. The move would place a former congressman in a key diplomatic post in Cuba.
The first American bunting flag made in the United States was raised over the Capitol on February 24, 1866. It was a gift from Benjamin F. Butler and produced by the U S Bunting Co of Lowell Massachusetts. The fastest sneeze is credited to J E Daughtrey of Alexandria Virginia. He dislocated his spine by a violent sneeze while leaning back in a chair. John Tannis of Sheridan Newaygo County Michigan has nine grown sons who all marched to the polls to vote in the spring election.
Senator Pettigrew introduces a bill for 1898 to submit two questions to a popular vote: immediate free and unlimited gold and silver coinage at 16 to 1 and direct election of presidents, vice presidents and U S senators. State secretaries transmit results to the president and Congress.
At the national convention of the Modern Woodmen of America officers were elected with strong support for the present administration. Headquarters will be moved to Rock Island and the next head camp to Kansas City Missouri. Accusations of misappropriation and mismanagement were not considered. The order also adopted changes to its laws.
Captain General Weyler publishes a decree in Havana announcing the start of military operations in eastern Cuba. He orders reinforcement of January decree provisions in Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba, calls for cultivation zones, closing stores in unfortified towns, concentrating country people, and destruction of undefended resources as in other provinces.
The Dauntless of Jacksonville returning from Cuba with arms was captured by the Marblehead while loading another cargo from the Biscayne near New River Inlet. An officer and prize crew took charge and the steamer Biscayne was also arrested as it neared Kry West Florida.
In St. Josefus Missouri on June 4 a stable hand ousted Bret Crowley and family for unpaid rent. Six children contracted measles, with relapses and subsequent pneumonia tuberculosis and whooping cough. Five children died and the sixth is gravely ill.
The sultan of Turkey withdraws objections to James B. Angell becoming envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary at Constantinople and Angell is expected to depart for the post soon.
Paris June 4 Baron Des Rotours a protectionist deputy introduced a motion in the chamber of deputies to raise duties on American products if the United States imposes prohibitive tariffs on French goods.
Whitelaw Reid sailed on the Majestic as special ambassador for the queen's jubilee. A Washington earthquake alarm prompted bystanders in tall buildings. Judge Bradley acquits John Searles after questions by a senate committee are deemed not pertinent. Private postal cards remain unauthorized. postage stays at letter rate. The Tillman sugar stock investigation may be sent to the senate. An anarchist Pietre Acchite was sentenced to life in the galleys for attempting to stab King Humbert of Italy.
In Pope county five miles south of Atkins a race clash between whites and negros escalates with multiple deaths or injuries. Victims include Will Gaylord and C E Eddge among others, while Jesse Nickels and J R Hodges were assaulted. A mob confronted armed blacks after an initial knife and pistol attack.
Reports say Cheyenne and renegade Crow fighters have slain about a dozen men including five U.S. soldiers near the Crow reservation in southern Montana. Settlers flee, armed guards patrol, and troops from Fort Custer and Fort Keogh are en route as ranchers organize at Cheyenne agency to demand the attackers.
A mob of 1 500 gathers at Urbana jail on June 4 and 5. guards fire on the crowd, killing Harry Well and a man named Hagins while wounding others. They hang Click Mitchell, convicted of assaulting Mrs Eliza Gaumer, from a tree after militia withdraws.
In Hannibal Missouri on June 4 the First district election to replace the late Congressman Giles resulted in a Democratic victory for J T Lloyd by a 5516 plurality over Republican Clark and a 4423 margin over the combined Populist Miller and Clark vote. This marks a gain of 782 over Giles’ November majority with about 80 percent of the November turnout. A Denver woman identified a Munich gallery image as the model who had recently stolen her purse. A Bayonne barber, Henry Kraemer, reports finding a diamond in a Brahma hen’s egg weeks after losing a ring, believing he struck a possible diamond mine.
The Senate advanced the tariff bill slowly with debates over plate glass and other metal schedules. Amendments were debated at length as Senators from both parties sparred over procedure and foreign relief priorities. Up for decision were provisions on sugar and marble and brick schedules amid limited house action.
A Washington dispatch reports Congress plans a joint resolution to create a commission to study the tariff and currency questions. The tariff bill should pass soon with the commission report due at the next session and the tariff law expected by August 1.
Charles Bliss of Portland wins the field day 50 yard dash in 5% seconds at Winchester, breaking the world amateur record and tying the professional mark. Bliss is 17 years old.
Gen Stoueh telegraphed the Indian bureau announcing the arrest of Stanley a Cheyenne who confessed to killing Hoover the Shielder which triggered recent unrest. Also notes Persian cholera remedy from a Quran leaf and a fatal accident involving ten year old Howard Smith in Scranersville Pennsylvania. A musical bicycle invention from Presburg Austria is described.
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