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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
2
A new Iowa state senate action approves a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. The list includes other political and legal items such as a Shenandoah murder case, Harrison County court ouster proceedings, and the Emmert bill for Anamosa penitentiary reform.
The legislature upholds the law requiring music instruction in all state schools and mandating teacher examinations in music to ensure qualified instruction across districts.
George A. Goodell, longtime Burlington superintendent, becomes general superintendent of the Chicago Great Western with Minneapolis headquarters. Charles Paine, 17 years with the Burlington fire department, touched a live wire and was instantly killed. fire and city lights were affected. Prof Clement L Webster reports two groups of Mound Builder tombs found along the Little Cedar river in Floyd county near Charles City.
A passage notes that the word tack meaning thanks is central in Swedish speech, used in greetings and upon receiving gifts, and among the first words children learn after papa and mamma. It emphasizes tack as the most heard term in the language.
New York congressman Fitzgerald ridicules a federal order on native dress and appearance. He jokes about whether an Indian must wear specific clothes and a plug hat before receiving rations, and whether terms like pants breeches or trousers are required. He calls for more information and for Congress to decide the issue.
In Sweden inns and restaurants women are charged less than men, based on smaller meals. Some hotels charge a couple as one and a half persons in a room. Husbands and wives may travel as one and a half persons by railway and by post routes, using their own carriage.
The report shows state railway engines averaging 42.67 tons while private road engines average 37.68 tons. In 1899 state railways bought 446 engines and private companies 56. In 1898 private lines spent 556000 dollars on new engines and repairs.
A western cattle man states that cows lie down on their left side and only on their right if the left side is injured, reflecting a belief about cattle resting posture and health.
The superintendent of the state reservation reports record visitor numbers at Niagara Falls last season while criticizing lax law enforcement. He says thieves profited throughout the season, signaling ongoing security and regulatory concerns.
The bort diamond, a hard and tough form used for drilling, is found in Bahai and Brazil and now worth 35 dollars per carat. It is valued for its suitability in industrial drilling over gem diamonds.
Wyoming Representative Mondell reports the Newlands irrigation bill with minor amendments. A new section directs use of lands sale funds for arid region development, favoring state benefits. House Rivers and Harbors panel approves a $50,000 Missouri river allocation and $30,000 for upper Missouri snagging, with potential further diversions and new appropriations in several cities.
In Washington the senate disposed of considerable business including an omnibus claims bill. The irrigation of public lands measure was approved in the same session, marking a key outcome for the legislation under consideration.
The Senate approved a plan to irrigate arid lands in multiple states starting July 1 under Interior Department oversight. The debate lasted hours with no opposition. Turner of Washington moved to refer his resolution on roll call authority to privileges and elections. The Tilman protest was also referred. The omnibus claims bill continued, and forty six private pension bills were passed.
The riv ers and harbors bill has been completed by the house committee. It carries an appropriation of 24000000 cash and 26700000 for continuing contracts plus 250000 for surveys and examination of bridges and 200000 as an emergency fund. It includes 2000000 for Mississippi river improvement from head to mouth of the Ohio river.
A professional diver must conceal his identity as he undertakes underwater assignments. The ethic of anonymity is pressed by the hidden nature of deep sea operations and safety protocols.
Former Texas governor James S. Hogg arrives in London to meet King Edward at a levee but balks at required court attire. He insists on American citizen dress, declining breeches and sword. Hogg says he will not wear another country's uniform even for the royal encounter.
Fort Bayard researchers report a treatment for tuberculosis showing success in all stages. Led by Major Appel, the program emphasizes outdoor living, carefully chosen nutritious meals, and complete rest for weakened patients, with General MacArthur endorsing the findings.
In Telluride Colorado a sequence of snowslides on Smuggler mountain near the Liberty Bell mines killed at least fourteen miners and wounded many more. The first slide struck at 7 30 a m ripping apart the boarding bunk and tram houses as workers had just begun their shift. Rescuers were hampered by impassable roads as bodies lay buried under rock snow and timber.
A well dug by H. Remiley two miles north of Jamestown discovered a ten foot wide vein of soft coal at 205 feet. The driller H. H. Brown reports solid quality and potential for mining though only small coal pieces were recovered for stove use. Prior prospects near Jamestown dates back about eighteen years.
London reports sweeping British victories in the Boer War with 600 Boers killed or captured and large losses of horses and cattle. Prisoners include Dewet’s son and General Botha. further details touch on convoy actions, Kitchener’s communications, and censorship delays.
United States Philippine commission orders medals for Inspector Knauber and two others after they killed eight insurgents and captured rifles during a Cavite to Magdiang journey. Reports from Samar describe bolo attacks on bolomen and friendly natives, with casualties on both sides.
In San Francisco Harriman is due to sign papers for a major railway merger. The consolidation would bring the three big Southern Pacific properties under one control to refund $69 million in 5 and 6 percent bonds and save about $1 million annually in fixed charges.
A reader notes that a coated tongue does not prove breathlessness or a medical emergency. The column urges calm and suggests checking for common causes like dehydration or oral hygiene before alarm.
A southwest Iowa association of twenty retail furniture firms organized in Creston aims to cut costs by direct buying from factories. Officers were elected with J. C. Beckwith of Red Oak as president. Members will purchase carload lots and ship to Creston and Red Oak for distribution to local towns.
The Philippine tariff bill is enacted with minor wording changes and an amendment removing a proposal to collect state shipping dues on vessels between the United States and the Philippines. House and Senate conferees reached full agreement this morning, with duties set at 75 percent of the full Dingley rates. The fund will benefit the Philippines.
Representative Meyer of Louisiana unveils a resolution in the naval affairs subcommittee to pay retired Rear Admirals Winfield Scott Schley and William T. Sampson the highest active-list rear admiral pay from unappropriated treasury funds.
Senator Deitrich denounced Senator Tillman as unfit for the United States Senate and demanded punishment for insults to the republican side and to the memory of President McKinley. The censure resolution was adopted 54 to 22 amid a tense roll call before Tillman defended an apology made under heat of the moment.
Governor Cummins signed a 7000 dollar appropriation to the state board of health and Tama Indian reservation for fumigation and destruction of infected articles. He telegrammed Washington official Commission Jones urging immediate action and cooperation to prevent spread of a malignant smallpox type and raise quarantine. Dr Linn and Indian agent Malin expected to lead camp cleanup and reestablish contact with the outside world.
A Des Moines mining expert arrived in Jackson Nebraska to assess coal potential north of town on part of 600 acres leased by the Sioux Beet Syrup and Preserving company. Wells found coal veins three miles north, including a six foot vein at 60 feet and a three foot vein at 220 feet, challenging skeptical geologists.
George W Thurston, colored, ex Pullman porter, to receive most of the estate of Mrs Eliza Jane Evans white valued at about 7500 to 9090. Evans's will admitted to probate by Surrogate Fitzgerald after contest by her ex husband and relatives. Thurston cared for the deceased in her final years and was singled out by the surrogate. Evans died at age 47 leaving many minor bequests and the bulk to Thurston.
In Spain the mining districts face renewed unrest as rioters burn petro offices and documents in Albujon and Madridejos. Barcelonia sees new disorders as metal workers clash with returning colleagues amid push for a general strike and demands to free imprisoned workers.
Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mme Tsilka will depart at once from Strumitza in Macedonia for Constantinople. They were held by brigands who forced secrecy about their identities and routes. The captives were released near Strumitza after a night march and put under guard of village elders before release.
In Rock Island Illinois a merrymaking christening celebration ends in tragedy when a strong man grabs his wife, places a rope around her neck, and suspends her from a tree. Friends cut her down and revive her with stimulants after discovering the joke was real.
Glidden Wis special report says Mrs Christian Schultz sought a divorce from her deceased husband’s spirit to wed again. She asserts Christian warned of haunting if she remarries and claims the marriage ended with his death after twenty years of loyalty.
Washington reports Senator Millard and Senator Dietrich backing a new rural delivery district headquartered in Omaha. Senator Quarles of Wisconsin also advocates a separate district with Nebraska and Milwaukee as a hub. They sought Roosevelt on patronage. the president noted Nebraska already has a share of offices.
In the contested election case of ex Representative John J. Lentz against Emmet Tompkins of Ohio’s Twelfth district arguments opened before the House Elections Committee No 2. Ex Attorney General Frank S Monnett of Ohio spoke for Lentz alleging money use and illegal casting of votes by state employees in several named instances.
The Cole excise tax bill sails through the Ohio lower house and awaits senate action. It would levy a 1 percent tax on gross annual receipts of electric light gas natural gas pipeline waterworks street railway signal telegraph telephone express and union depot companies operating in Ohio. Half a percent already applies to most other listed corporations.
Michael Shockman of Urbana Ohio stabs himself three times in the presence of his sweetheart during a quarrel and dies from loss of blood.
The Burlington railroad sold the Northern Connecting line from Plattsburg to Kansas City, a 41 mile segment, to the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific. Rock Island will take possession April 1 and abandon Burlington tracks between Kansas City and Cameron, operating trains to and from Kansas City from the east.
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