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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1897
Page
2
The Ames Times notes a push to stock steel rails at $17 per ton. It critiques public sentiment, jokes and civic duties, and mentions a range of social comments from humor to charity. It references pressure on larger powers, taxes, and monopolies in a broad, editorial tone.
Report notes high demand for skilled mechanics in England causing young men to leave office work for factory roles where they earn twice as much as clerks. The shift reflects industrial wage incentives altering labor choices.
A St Louis speaker calls for pure milk and all pure foods, urging ongoing efforts until victory. He denounces adulteration of life essentials and their sale when unfit for use, demanding the severest punishment for such offenses.
Discussion on ballot forms and casting methods cites colonial usage where corn signified election and beans represented opposition. The text notes cheoting existed with a penalty of ten pounds for casting multiple votes by one free man, illustrating early voting practices.
The article notes rising American cotton consumption in Africa with 26,250,000 yards imported in 1895. It highlights strong east coast demand, west coast dominance by English and German firms, and growing use along the Red Sea to Somali. Vessels now ship by steam, Aden serves as distribution hub, and prospects look bright across coasts and inland Africa.
California built flying machines arrive at a proposed price of $100 each and could force bicycle makers to cut prices. The author argues airships bypass poor roads and avoid tacks and other obstructions that hinder progress.
Report notes Connecticut roads so poor a funeral procession used trolley cars. Authors suggest older states neglect roads similarly to western areas, highlighting transportation hardships.
Bururineren March 23. Mrs H Woodard living near the city was burningly injured when her dress caught fire from the stove. Her husband and neighbors rescued her but she was unconscious with pain as flames were extinguished. She sufferes severe burns and no recovery hope is given. Mr Woodard also burned while aiding.
Harris Larson nine year old son of Andrew Larson of Kongs ho ven, Washington Prairie, was killed instantly when a circular saw driven by horsepower tore his arm from its socket and crushed his side during a wood cutting accident at their home.
City solicitor files notices with the sheriff in two civil suits against members of the old city hall group to recover funds claimed due the city. Des Moines says ex city clerk D A Kooker did not account for 5800 dollars and that the amount was withheld from the inspection fund. Bondsmen of Kooker are named in the suits.
Oskaloosa March 11 The jury found George Lewis guilty of manslaughter. Lewis a colored man, was cooking in a Muchakinock restaurant when a quarrel with Sam Porterfield led him to seize a shotgun in self defense Porterfield advanced and Lewis fired striking his leg and severing an artery he died a few hours later
George Day, 19, fell 140 feet to the bottom of a Des Moines area mine shaft in an accidental death. He stepped into the shaft thinking the cage was nearby, but it had been lowered. He lived with his parents near Highland Park.
Judge Roberts overruled the motion for a new trial in the Courtney case and sentenced the defendant to eighteen months in the Ft. Madison penitentiary. An appeal bond of 1500 dollars and a bill of exceptions were filed to take the case to the supreme court.
Des Moines on March 13 reports the railroad commissioners ordered F M Hubbell to provide a safe suitable and convenient depot for passengers and leasing roads at Des Moines Union terminals. The notice lists Wabash Railroad Des Moines Northern and Western Railway Chicago Great Western Des Moines Union Railway and Hubbell with a May 1 1897 deadline.
J Van Meter of Van Meter imports two car loads of razor back hogs to aid Texas farmers. Most of the shipment dies of cholera, undermining the plan as cholera hits the herd near DeSoto on March 13.
The Iowa Iron works, builder of the torpedo boat Ericsson and the revenue cutter Win dom, sold under the sheriff's hammer for 43000 to a German bank holding a 57000 mortgage. The plant cost 150000.
Burglars broke into L. Harwood's Minkler post office and general store on March 9 and stole $200 in goods plus $40 in stamps. Police suspect local involvement.
Iowa shipped 80,052,91 pounds of butter to other states in 1896, up 13,535,808 pounds from 1895. Most Iowa butter goes to New York with Boston Philadelphia Chicago and Baltimore also receiving large shipments. Principal markets account for 44,264,105 pounds at an average New York price of 18.82 cents. The state has 810 creameries: 424 privately run, 81 stock companies, and 304 cooperative, deemed the most practical and successful method.
Federal authorities are searching for Theo. A. H. Brown president of the First National bank of Griswold. The bank is in the hands of a receiver Hendricks from Council Bluffs appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency. Deposits have fallen from 135000 to about 40000, with stockholders among local businessmen and ex Governor Larrabee holding 5000.
Two burglars Bennett and Payne triggered a shop alarm in Cooper. The awakened proprietor pursued them with a shotgun. Sheriff Thompson jailed the pair and found two skeleton keys on the suspects.
A Tama Indian delegation met Governor Drake in Des Moines on March 13 to protest county officials building a road through their reservation, contrary to their contract with the state. The governor promised an investigation to ensure justice.
David Barnes and J W Stafford jailed on bigamy charges amid questions about divorce irregularities. A Humeston blaze destroyed multiple frame businesses including Kippenstein millinery and Mintonia tin shop. Davenport votes April 3 on surrender of its fifty year charter. Sioux City man travels to Chicago to locate swallowed gimlet via X rays for infant daughter. Creston woman, newly married, attempts suicide with lye and wounds herself. Des Moines Foster's Opera House announces March lineup led by Thomas Keene in Louis XI and a series of other attractions through March 25.
Greece signals conciliatory tone to the powers while insisting troops stay in Crete to prevent massacres. It offers to place forces under power control for order, suggests Cretans choose their own government, and warns autonomy may not quell violence. Diplomats note Porte agrees to autonomy terms.
In Havana on March 12, Weyler moves troops to Santa Clara amid reports of rebel activity. The Mallorca battalion under Gen Segura and Col Alsina of Weyler's brigade are present, signaling a potential rebel movement toward the city. Marianao near Havana was fired upon causing great alarm.
The Democratic city convention nominated Carter I. Harrison for mayor. The platform praises W. J. Bryan and ex-Governor Altgeld. Harrison was recently nominated by the populists.
In Fez, a section of an ancient town wall collapsed killing about 180 laborers and injuring many others. Rescue teams searched the rubble as officials investigated the disaster.
Reports describe paper floors in Einsiedeln smoothed with a pasty mass for quiet footsteps. A castle room near Milan is famed for a strong echo that repeats a loud sound fifty times. The Persian Gulf coast records extreme heat with July and August often over 100 degrees and sometimes 130 degrees.
In Washington on March 12 Senator Hoar filed two written amendments to Senate rules. One allows after a day of debate a senator to demand a vote if a majority agrees, with an hour for speech. The other would let the presiding officer count a quorum under certain conditions, aiming to curb prolonged debates.
The fourth assistant postmaster general, who appoints fourth-class postmasters, will no longer be a headsman. His term expires, amid 66 725 post offices. President McKinley plans four-year terms, reducing spoilsman pressure and making the role largely perfunctory.
The Lake Winnipeg sailing from St. John New Brunswick was forced to throw overboard 300 cattle twenty five horses and seventy five sheep due to a severe drinking water shortage during a rough voyage to Liverpool on March 13.
Tamative capital reports Ravaoolana III queen of Madagascar has been banished from the island, living as a nominal ruler since Madagascar became a French dependency last June. She is exiled to Reunion, another French possession.
Toroka Kansas March 13 The populist measure providing initiative and referendum legislation was defeated in the lower house after passing the senate.
Governor Leedy vetoed the Harris railroad bill that would empower the state board of railroad commissioners to set freight and passenger rates.
Dispatches from Rio Janeiro report a worsening crisis in Bahia Brazil with the assassination of Col Gastro director of two monarchist newspapers. Washington notes President McKinley opposes navy action against filibusters and Spain must police its own ships while Cuban affairs hint at looming congressional tension.
Snow drifts ten to fifteen feet deep strand trains in a major South Dakota region. Rotary plows ready to clear lines as cold persists feared fuel and feed shortages and delayed seeding by up to three weeks east of the Missouri.
Suffering spans several towns with record snow damage in the Dakotas and western Minnesota. Railroads faced unprecedented costs as lines stalled freight and passenger movement ground to a halt. Food and fuel shortages spread while stock and cattle perish, and loggers in northern Minnesota halt work.
Memphis Tenn March 15 In the last twelve hours the Mississippi river rose seven tenths of a foot with little prospect of a cessation. River steamers both through and local are making landings never before attempted with boats touching at points forty miles inland. A private levee on the Neely cotton plantation ten miles above Memphis failed to resist the powerful current. All livestock in that section has been removed to the hills.
The record storm hits Ishpeming Michigan on March 15 with five year worst conditions. Freight trains on the South Shore and Chicago and Northwestern lines are blocked. A freight locomotive is stuck at the Buffalo mine as fifty workers dig out the track. Snow drifts reach six to ten feet and grow.
Ashland Wisconsin reports a great blizzard along the south shore of Lake Superior Thursday night. Snow depth rose from four feet in northern pineries to six feet, with an estimated logger loss of 1 250 000 dollars.
Washington reports a new tariff bill will empower the president to pursue reciprocity with foreign nations. The plan lowers duties on sugar champagne silks gloves mineral waters chewing gum chi ckle and crude tartar in exchange for concessions on American cattle and other products. No imports would be freed nor would duties be raised against nonparticipating countries.
Frankfort Kentucky reports nominators placed W Godfrey Hunter Judge William Holt Congressman John Lewis and St John Boyle before the Republican caucus Friday night. A recess was taken until 9 o clock this morning. The outcome hinges on gold Democrats and votes to unseat four Republican senators and to block Hunter.
Fruit growers in Ligonier Indiana report peach prospects nearly ruined by severe cold. Buds froze and smaller fruits were harmed. Crop outlook for a bountiful harvest is unpromising.
Iowa legislative items include clerk of district courts salary scales from 1100 to 4200, authorization to retain 800 in fees, and a fixed 1800 for the Soldiers Home commander. Senate and house consider notary fees, dairy commissioner pay, state library funds, and financing for a memorial hall. Debate covers ex-state treasurer Rankin embezzlement inquiry and various bills on taxation, insurance, and public institutions.
A London lecturing chemistry professor warned that one drop of poison on a cat’s tongue could kill the strongest man. An Australian reform states that all destitute orphans are sent to private foster families at state expense until age fourteen. A French restaurant advert for mice pies had a misprint. the translator dropped a letter, changing the intended message.
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