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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1896
Page
6
A fragmented passage notes that someone seeks a venture costing him money and that Congressman Cobb would suit the Kansas corn train role. The lines suggest political commentary about farming interests and a public transportation or shipment context in Kansas.
In Guatemala unrest surges as political upheaval continues. The report notes growing turmoil, with no details on parties or leadership. The piece also references cultural figures Harriet Beecher Stowe and Aubrey Beardsley and short odd anecdotes about a Missouri man and chewing tobacco.
Cities Cincinnati and Cleveland emerge as key way-places on the route to Canton. In Orange New Jersey a group of deacons bans Sunday bicycle riding, citing the difficulty of checking wheels at church. A woman cured hiccough by sticking out her tongue briefly, suggesting the plan may fail for women.
A pair of proverbs emphasizes resilience and self improvement. The first highlights rising after each fall as true glory, while the second notes that refinement comes through trials and rubbing.
Miss Mamie Reddy of Chicago was awarded 18000 in damages for injuries from a street car collision. The collection is unlikely to be paid promptly as the company expects delays.
The New York newspaper owner who offered ex President Harrison 1900 to cover the St Louis convention displays boldness and enterprise in courting the press amid the political scramble.
George Delong of Benton Harbor inherits 150000 from his uncle killed in the St Louis cyclone and plans a berry patch project. The tale frames a windfall as a local fortune turning toward agriculture.
Mary McKenna angered by supper causes a dispute at home and knocks her husband down with a plate. She receives a $10 fine for usurping a man’s privilege by kicking about his meals.
A reliable authority declares the Adirondack wolf alive and active. He hibernates in ice and snow for effect but reappears around early July, gnashing fangs of hope and openly operating his hotel for the summer season.
The crops forecast a vast watermelon season with 6000 car loads shipping from Georgia alone. Melon plantations stretch from the Anah River to the Chat imee along the state and down toward the Florida line, especially around Thomasville.
The Lansing Michigan cemetery trustees propose to disinter and rebury bodies in the potters' field if lots remain unpaid. Delinquents would be dispossessed of their burial rights, prompting fears of an opposition cemetery offering cheaper plots.
An An Towa physician reports reviving a man struck by lightning with a second galvanic charge after the patient had been unconscious for twenty seconds from a stroke. The test notes the victim’s reluctance to attempt resuscitation and questions whether revival would have occurred without the battery. Further experiments are awaited to confirm the theory.
A two year old girl from Bessemer Michigan reportedly shows extraordinary appetite for ore rather than candy. Parents and physicians consider the behavior remarkable and worthy of investigation by doctors.
Electric lineman Thomas McCabe is killed when a thirty foot pole breaks near Maquoketa. A wire tension snap caused the pole to snap four feet from the top, hurling him to the ground and fracturing his skull.
Ottumwa reports a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul meat train derailed on Hargesville hill at eighty mph. Ed Lindquist was killed and Will Karffman fatally injured. none of the train crew were hurt. Thirteen cars were destroyed.
In Lake City on June 26 Frank Scott and Frank Hipple argued alone in Arney Bros. & Crawford's warehouse. Hipple was shot several times, including once in the stomach, and is not expected to survive. The quarrel reportedly centered on a woman described as of shady character named Bird.
Two of William Cortello's children aged 10 and 18 died from burns after an open pan of powder exploded in their Clinton home. The fire occurred June 27 and the youths died shortly afterward.
The body of Tom Gallagher about 35 was recovered from Clear Lake after his boat capsized while he fished. He had recently been discharged from Clark & Sons livery and it is believed he was intoxicated when he fell into the water.
John H. King of King and Stefans files a homestead entry on a quarter section of government land in Sioux county near Orange City Iowa. The land in township 95 range 46 is unpatented and may have a misdescribed patent history. If valid the tract could be worth about 20 dollars per acre.
Samuel R. Dawson receives ten year sentence in Anamosa penitentiary for the murder of Walter Scott on Christmas Eve. Scott had just married Dawson’s daughter Clara hours earlier. Convicted of second degree murder, Judge Holmes denied a new trial and imposed the minimum term.
In Agnetia on June 29 James Mahoney fired three shots at 16 year old Miss Mary Kane on Elizabeth Mahoney’s farm six miles south of the city. Two bullets hit her head and one hit her arm. she survived temporarily but likely would not. Kane, an orphan, had lived with the Mahoney family for over a year as the accused suitor’s advances were rejected.
A blaze swept the Douglas- Ryan packing plant in Dubuque causing extensive damage. The burning facility was in operation at light capacity. estimated losses range from 60 000 to 70 000 dollars with about 30 000 dollars insured. The exact total remains undetermined.
A district court order directs the sale of the Des Moines water power electric plant and dam after judgments totaling about 300000 in favor of the Fort Wayne Company and the American Loan and Trust Company. The court specifies priority: 76000 to Fort Wayne and 173000 to the American Loan and Trust Company. The dam cost about 100000 and spans the Des Moines River.
The Dubuque and Sioux City Railway directors at a June meeting enlarged the company capital stock to absorb the Cedar Falls and Minnesota, indicating a strategic consolidation move.
John McCammant, living two and a half miles southeast of Chapin, shot himself in a grove near his home. He recently lost his barn and three horses in a fire. The act is thought to be suicide due to despondency from hard luck and recent losses.
A June storm smashed Creston causing widespread damage to public buildings, businesses, and homes. Outbuildings and trees were ruined and fences torn. losses estimated at 5 000 to 10 000 dollars, with the high school most badly damaged. The northwest blast was the fiercest ever seen in town.
Viewers for Iowans, Boston, June 26 report Des Moines resident C. C. Wallace elected vice president of the International Sunday School Association and Davenport's W. H. Blanke chosen as a member of the international executive committee.
Fred Dexter, 16, son of Parker Dexter, a well known resident, drowned while bathing at an island near Clinton on June 27.
On June 25 near Montrose three thieves M D White Dan Howard and James Gleason looted a farmhouse. Constable Elmer Reed pursued them after a long exchange of over fifty shots. The men were captured after fleeing to Fort Madison and jailed. Gleason is an ex-clarified.
Brief notes report rapid growth at the Iowa College of Law in Des Moines and a planned new building this year. Also covered are a fishing party feud near Columbus Junction, a Dubuque lightning incident ending in Fern’s recovery, and Des Moines federal court actions in the Richard Rowe habeas corpus case with bond and docket decisions.
A 200-strong American expedition with dynamite and Mauser rifles landed near Cardenas but was forced to retreat after Spanish forces attacked. The munitions were seized and Spain pursues the filibusters as reports from Havana.
The Chicago Tribune reports a canvass of Democratic delegates on currency. It finds 578 favor free unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 versus 32 supporting continuation of the gold standard, based on unit rule observations from instructed delegates.
The first peaches of the year were gathered near Fairland in Niles Michigan and described as fully ripened and above average in size. The crop is said to be four weeks early and the largest ever known with many thousands of bushels of half ripened fruit saved to preserve trees.
Li Hung Chang during a Moscow visit secures a tight alliance between Russia and China. The pact reportedly includes building a railway linking the Siberian system with Port Arthur to strengthen joint military and strategic ties.
In Povenkeersiz New York on June 27 Cornell's eight won the Harvard Columbia Pennsylvania four mile straightaway race on the Hudson in 19 minutes 29 seconds Harvard finished second Pennsylvania third and Columbia fourth. Cornell also won the freshman race three days earlier with the same finishing order.
In Davis Junction Illinois a collision between the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Chicago Burlington and Quincy trains left thirty five loaded freight cars piled up and burning. Fireman Thomas Moran was killed and Brakeman Fred Bair of Elgin fatally injured while Engineer Daly suffered injuries. Two tramps are believed buried under debris.
Henry M. Stanley M. P. the African explorer is ill in London with stomach inflammation. He has not eaten for several days and his condition is described as serious.
Senator Gorman predicts not attending the Chicago national convention and says a free silver candidate will be nominated. He doubts Teller has much chance with the party and suggests Boles may be the Democrat nominee.
June 26 report from St. Paul: Sheriff Rogers of McLeod County died after being shot four times by two tramp suspects who had earlier shot a farmer's dog. A deputy was present, a large posse pursues the vagrants as locals vow lynching if captured.
In Champaign Illinois on June 28 Judge Wright declared the state flag law that required the national flag over every school house during school hours unconstitutional and void. He quashed indictments recently returned by the grand jury against Governor Altgeld the trustees of the University of Illinois and city school officials for violation of the law.
An assassination attempt on the shah at Terehan failed and the would be killer, a member of the Babj Mohammedan sect, was arrested on the scene. The report notes the incident occurred on June 29.
British Ambassador Pauncefote sought U.S. help to secure release of Harrison, arrested on the Venezuela British boundary. Venezuelan authorities freed him by order, after Olney's war minister intervened, easing tensions between Britain and Venezuela.
In a suburban handicap at New York Henry of Navarre won the race in 2 minutes 7 seconds. The article also notes political and global events including free silver delegates, a Transvaal raid indictment, a Damascus Druse revolt, and a collapse at a Chatham Ontario rally.
In the Dominion general election held June 26 in Ontario and nationwide, the Conservative government led by Sir Charles Tupper was decisively defeated, marking a bitter and hotly contested result.
Former United States Senator Lyman Trumbull dies at his Chicago home after a long illness aged 83. He was a renowned jurist and prominent city figure.
The British South Africa Company directors Cecil Rhodes and Alfred Bell have resigned after talks with Colonial Secretary Chamberlain.
In Carr Town June 27 two thousand Mashonas were defeated by a Natal contingent with heavy casualties on the opposing side.
The piece urges property owners to insure with the Hawkeye Insurance Company of Des Moines citing superior surplus assets and business volume. It claims the company has paid all losses within ten days of loss since its start and argues local funds support Iowa's economy.
Des Moines June 26. Patents have been allowed to Iowan inventors but not yet issued including L L Bunker Webster City for a sheet metal radiator support, G W French Colfax for an automatic corn planter and marker, and A W Hollingsworth West Liberty for a canopy with automatic rollers and curtains.
The first modern showing occurred in 1844 with 909000 people viewing the relic. French dressmakers favor black and white fashions adding touches of black to gowns. A popular waist model uses twine colored batiste with a pierced batiste fillet girdle in the same shade, trimmed with black or heavy guipure and a black satin collar.
San Francisco date June 27 reports Corbett and Sharkey plan a world title bout under Marquis Queensberry rules. A $10,000 side bet accompanies a $26,000 prize fund and club offers. Referee will enforce clinching rules. backers and sailors urged compliance with fight terms.
June 27 report from Van Asia Minor states four hundred Armenians killed amid renewed unrest. A large number have taken refuge in the British sector.
Minneapolis reports from fifty wheat ties indicate no acreage reduction from last year. Three counties report good conditions, total acreage about 9 million with a 900000 increase over estimates. River valley declines are offset by gains elsewhere. Estimates suggest 190 million bushels or more unharvested, potentially lower than prior forecasts.
Denver reports a political rumor about a candidate's reception in the West and South. It notes potential presentation at a Chicago convention and predicts ballot strength and bloc endorsements from friends of Senator Blackburn and a populist endorsement if Democrats support him.
A Paris dispatch reports an international commission with delegates from Germany Belgium Austria and Switzerland meeting on husbandry issues and adopting a bin resolution. The Daily News notes Premier Melen presided and Britain may hear from France on the subject.
London June 27 in the house of commons Right Hon George Zon parliamentary secretary to the foreign office said Constantinople remains in perfect accord on Crete and urged the Porte to maintain order on the island.
New York June 2. A dispute from Capetown says Hammond the mining engineer was sentenced to death at Pretoria but pardoned by the Boer government on paying a fine of 125000 dollars. He has sailed for Europe.
In San Francisco on June 27 a round contest between James and Tom Sharkey ended without a knockout. Corbett aimed to stop Sharkey but the champion could not land a decisive blow and the bout did not produce a clear winner.
In Comal county north of San Antonio Texas on June 27 Bierner a farmer’s wife and her three children aged 4 and 6 were found dead in the Comal river. Authorities report the bodies were tied together with cords but give no cause for the act.
The senate rejected an amendment to the royal address demanding renunciation of the 1777 protocol with the United States, signaling a stance on diplomatic protocol.
June 27 reports indicate tens of thousands killed or missing as northern provinces suffer through a tidal wave and earthquake. Estimates cite about 27,600 dead and 8,000 missing. later counts suggest 27,000 drowned and 6,000 affected in the disaster.
Oxford England June 25 The honorary degree of D C L has been served on United States Ambassador Layard. A foreign pageant marked the ceremony with brief remarks and a formal reception.
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