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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1896
Page
8
The Ames Times-Lon notes a chaotic mix of items from G Har d to debate on New York debt of 170 million. A Battle Creek resident endures 90 days. The ghost story inspires stage companies. A Boston suburb finds a gold and silver report. A Chicago ex-alderman cites 25 detectives pursuing him.
Virginia baseball players reportedly push a rule allowing players to shoot umpires when calls dissatisfy them, then continue the game. The claim describes a lethal outcome and an ongoing match.
John Abner trusted his 0c more than banks and faced a $4,000 theft at a Decatur Indiana circus last week. He now has more confidence in banks.
Joseph Leffel of Springfield Ohio, a 63 year old man standing 46 inches tall and weighing sixty pounds, is mounting a campaign for mayor. He is noted as a successful breeder of fine chickens.
The record notes 1754 prices: quarter loaf four pence, three years reee ft ten pence, and in March seventeen pence asked. It adds a penalty of five shillings per loaf if a baker sells bread after it is twenty four hours old.
In Leavenworth on Saturday Stone Stew and John Harbunkle clashed with knives during a debate. Harbunkle delivered three stabs to Stewarts one, fatally wounding him. Stewart is also fatally injured. Meanwhile at Illinois penitentiary prisoners face new garb plans with three rank colors and phased grade progression starting with second gray.
United States Judge Grosscup of Chicago holds a man may claim what is due him without violating the statute. He says the law targets creditors who threaten and humiliate debtors in collection efforts. He notes that the few debtors who appeal do so to swindle or take revenge, leaving the poor and ignorant as chief sufferers. A separate note discusses a relic: armor claimed to be Joan of Arc’s, found in the galleries of the steau of Aisne, linked to Charles VII and the siege of Orleans.
A Kansas man recounts a comic household scene where two riders on a bicycle mirror the household rhythm. The bicycle girl eats twice as much as the other rider and goes to bed rumbling. His wife, a local inn worker, complains the girl has not wiped a dish since she woke and is too tired to use the sewing machine, leaving chores to the daughter who does not ride, and the man has found that
A poetic reflection imagines the final veteran joining the caravan beyond death as the last trumpet taps echo over the graves of those who led in battle, marking the end of an era and the quiet memory of war heroes.
A severe rain and hailstorm hit Atlantic causing extensive damage. Glass breaks include Scott's greenhouse with about 1800 dollars in losses and Odd Fellows hall at 200 dollars. overall Atlantic damages may reach 6000 dollars. Bull Creek overflowed flooding homes. crops, especially strawberries, harmed. two hundred acres ready to pick for canning peas may be lost.
A fishing party from Pocahontas set out for Lost Island Lake near Ruthven and four horses pulled their wagon. Three members Effie Hurley Nettie McCollough and Zach Berry lie at death's door with symptoms of strychnine poisoning. Fish along the shore are reported dead and residents fear deliberate poisoning.
Dr W Pipino was fatally injured riding on West Ninth street near Gov Gue's residence. After being thrown from his horse, it kicked him fracturing the skull as he struck the curb. The horse spooked by a scrap of paper caused the accident. the doctor died a few hours later.
At the Commercial Exchange, Mayor MacVicar presided over the launch of The Emergency Club of Des Moines. A constitution was adopted, officers elected including President MacVicar and Vice Presidents Sherman and Mrs. Wyman, and an executive committee appointed to manage activities. The club aims to provide immediate relief during disasters such as tornadoes cyclones fires floods or railroad accidents and to coordinate in other large emergencies.
A late night burglary in Tama Caused alarm as thieves stole tools from a Northwestern road section house and entered Thomas Brice's store. They took rich silk bolts and about 1500 yards of high value fabric worth up to 2000 dollars. several individuals are reportedly under arrest.
Three drownings reported in Iowa and Minnesota as youths and young men lose lives near Nora Springs and Northwood. Senior Nora Springs academy students M J Atkins and Vernon Galt perished in Cedar river while swimming. Robbie Wilson, 14, Collie Wilson, 12, and Carl Fry, 10, drowned in Iowa river. Arthur Turner, 19, drowned while aiding horses on North Branch.
Reports from Havana state 250000 troops will pursue Antonio Maceo to seal him off in Pinar del Rio province. Insurgent bands in Pinar del Rio and Havana are low on supplies, with Zayas reportedly demoralized after defeats. Gollazo with 3000 men from Santiago de Cuba is moved toward Sancti Spiritus to join Gomez, but the effort may fail to break the trocha or rescue Maceo.
Eye witnesses accuse M. Vlassovsky prefect of police of causing a deadly crush on the Khodimskoye plain near Moscow. He refused military aid, claiming control of the crowd though chaos followed. Cossacks used whips, several died, and some drowned in beer vats at the feast.
The executive council after a long discussion postponed the final decision on releasing four reform leaders Col. Francis Rhodes John Hayes Hammond Lionel Phillips and George Farrar until June 11.
Newport New Hampshire June 5 The multi millionaire New York financier Austin Corbin died from injuries after his carriage horses bolted and crashed into a stone wall at the estate near Newport. His grandson Edgell H Corbin and a tutor were injured and the driver John Stokes died later. Corbin once worked in Davenport banking from 1851 to 1865.
Crestox June 6 An accident near Spaulding may prove fatal to Mrs Swan Danielson. Her son in law had taken a party to the cemetery and on returning home the horses ran away throwing Mrs Danielson, to the ground. She suffered serious internal injuries and a small child was badly bruised on the head.
A coffee cup sent to the Penn College laboratory contained enough strychnine to kill at least six people. The poison was placed before an aged man at dinner with criminal intent. Officials suppress names and the case will be heard in court later.
Valentine Kondora, 74, of Johnson County, was killed instantly in Scott township when struck by a B C R N train. His son, driving a team nearby, saw the man sprint toward the horses to help control them and was struck as he crossed the track. The body was hurled about forty feet. Kondora had lived in the county for thirty-five years.
In Atoona on June 5 the Clark Ellsworth trial jury returned a verdict for Colonel Clark totaling $5,800 after thirty six hours of deliberation. This is the second trial. the first verdict was $2,500. The suit concerns attorneys fees for setting aside a divorce decree.
Attorney General Remley issues an opinion limiting sheriff compensation for serving civil notices. The ruling says sheriffs cannot receive pay for those expenses, though acknowledges a possible legislative oversight and potential countywide injustice to sheriffs.
Des Moines youth Lincoln Lageschulte aged 21 or 22, lived a dissipated life, his wife having left him. He fired a 32 caliber pistol into his right temple and was found dead on his bed about ten hours later by his ten year old son Harry.
Mrs. Chas. Gregory, wife of a prominent citizen, died after ingesting arsenic in a personal crisis. She was married last September and had been in ill health. authorities attribute the death to poison taken in a moment of distress.
A gang of three men robbed the general merchandise store of 5 Klein on Halstead and Fourteenth streets as customers filled the shop. With two revolvers each, they forced the female cashier to hand over about 500 dollars and fled, one man blocking the entrance to suppress alarm.
A state census bulletin reports Iowa manufacturing metrics including establishment value wages and raw and finished goods totals. It records average employment by age and gender with wages paid and notes Frank Campovell as a Republican convention candidate. In Polk county, Suel Spaulding, accused of embezzling 14000 from the state pharmacy commission, was discharged as the court found the indictment defective.
The governor and his advisers reject reports that Governor Bradley has withdrawn from the presidential race. A San Quentin warden tells a jailhouse breakfast anecdote about peaches in winter, illustrating a tale of unseasonal indulgence.
The spring races at Omaha begin June 9 and conclude June 13 with many top horses anticipated. Berlin debates peace force. General Bronsart von Schellendorf says no sabre rattling needed. Greece backs Crete annexation. king wary of Russia but may abdicate. Secretary Morton predicts silver wing gains in the Chicago convention and a push toward gold standard. Bernard J Weters sets intercollegiate sprint records in New York. Weters also ties world mark in 100 yards. A cyclone travels from St Louis through Illinois Indiana to New York area causing significant damage and loss of life. Miss Julia Stevenson and Rev Martin Hardin wed in Washington. Governor Bradley withdraws from presidential race and will not seek St Louis nomination.
The June reports in St Louis and East St Louis tally 424 dead or missing with fatally injured and unknowns. Officials revise the financial loss from millions to an estimated five million, while later tallies list 143 recovered dead in St Louis and 100 in East St Louis, with ongoing debris clearance across 85 miles of obstructed streets and a six square mile storm district.
Dispatches report Russia warning the Porte that a Christian massacre in Crete could unite Europe against Turkey. In Madrid General Campos and General Borrero were arrested on a duelling charge linked to the Cuban campaign. Crete unrest triggers mass arrests and deportations, amid reports of brutal actions by Turks against Christians and villages near Suda Bay.
Washington reports show the Senate approved a bond issuance ban after days of opposition, while the House passed a labor commission bill creating twelve members with $5,000 salaries and a $5,000 legal adviser to study immigration and related topics. Conferees also moved on naval and river projects as battleship counts sparked debate.
Hawaii legislature approves annexation resolutions as adjourning action. Britain demands Ashford be allowed to return from exile. Dole declines. A British warship may land him despite the government’s wishes. Also reports on theft of 30 watches valued at $7,000 and a French hypnotism experiment ending with a shallow burial.
The steamer Pern from China reports alarming spread of the plague in oriental nations. Disease cuts off communications. Japanese officials intensify quarantine and disinfect incoming vessels to keep the illness from spreading further.
Ottawa June 4 P M A was reelected chief of the Locomotive Engineers by 326 votes to Haberstick 86. Wisconsin and Kentucky report a colored bricklayer and stone worker and a 77-year-old white woman with sheep. Boston has spent over 12 million on parks. A 100-year loan at 24 percent would grow to 2 551 700 404. Verdi is a horse breeder and musician near Genoa Italy.
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