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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
12
A collection of humorous lines and quick takes on marriage politics and society. It notes sayings about believing seen is believing and jokes about editors, poets, and cooks, alongside a remark on Gorman as a future Maryland senator and global changes in how things are done.
A southern farmer asks a newspaper whether Boston or Yankee bean can be grown in his area, signaling improving cordiality between the northern and southern regions.
Sheikh Mahomet Suleiman, a leading Egyptian noble, says 80 percent of Egyptians are content with British rule and want it kept. He warns that removing the protectorate would quickly return the country to barbarism, a view presented as justification for continued control.
A Edinburgh society urges private citizens to aid the needy by paying idle cab drivers for free journeys. The item praises informal charity over formal meetings, suggesting individuals with spare funds can directly support a convalescent or poor person by calling a cab.
The article argues that the vice president’s tie breaking vote in the Senate is a serious constitutional power not a trivial office. It notes Hobart’s decisive vote showed the office can influence grave issues even when the VP is not a senator. It warns against treating constitutional provisions as political trifles.
Consul General Du Bois notes Swiss press praise for the United States public school system colleges hospitals and charities. He highlights a Susanne Bibliotheque Universelle et Revue Suisse article by Albert Schintz praising the rapid rise of US public libraries and the nation's large library and educational expenditures compared with Europe.
The quotation recalls Gam iletta's 19th century warning about growing armaments in continental nations. It notes that current leaders, including the tsar and the Kaiser, are considering those words as possibly prophetic as Europe faces heightened military build ups.
The passage notes Admiral Schley has an edge in speech at banquets while Admiral Sampson cannot discuss the destruction of the Vera fleet without resorting to hearsay or uncertain claims.
Sioux City reports Oscar Nellis arrested at Lodi South Dakota and to be taken to Cherokee to answer for the 1893 murder of Martin Shultz and his wife on a farm in Cherokee County. The crime involved a break in, robbery of 300 to 400 dollars and a crushed skull of the husband with the wife found near the door.
Rev Geo E Scott of Waterloo is released on a three month parole from Independence Insane Hospital to stay with Mrs Scott at Independence and report June 1. He eloped with a 15 year old church member in Indianapolis, claims insanity, and may face Black Hawk county prosecution for the alleged crime.
Des Moines reports the executive council completed the railroad assessment basing it on the prior total of 44 438 782 with six small changes. Des Moines Union Hubbell terminal gains 35 000 to 50 000 per mile. Omaha Bridge and Terminal 5.00 per mile. Ames and College 1009 per mile. Nebraska City Silmey and Northeastern 3500 to 3000. western Iowa branch Burling ton 3500 to 3090. Hastings and Avoca 3500 to 3000.
Osborne W. Deignan, 22, an enlisted man on the gunboat Castine, is to report to San Francisco for first transportation under Dewey's orders. A Merrimac crew member, he may join the Annapolis fourth class summer cruise if he reaches the academy in time.
Clear Lake officials report near certainty of a beet sugar factory with $350000 in capital raised mainly from local investors. Articles of incorporation signed and to be filed. project centered midway between Clear Lake and Mason City. A. F. Postel of Chicago advocates the venture and gains farmer support.
Joseph Geneser, cashier of the German Savings Bank, collapsed on the sidewalk and died at about 5 30 last evening. Death was due to cerebral hemorrhage or apoplexy caused by severe nervous tension from the bank's financial difficulties and related litigation.
Creston reports a genuine smallpox case involving W. L. Mason. Local authorities have taken every precaution and say there is no danger of spread as Mason is not in serious condition and is expected to recover.
The 3 year old child of Hile Shadle of Beaver died forty eight hours after being scalded when a pan of hot water overturned onto the child who stood on the stove.
Geo C Olmstead former county attorney and defendant in the Barber Olmstead case has left the city after Judge Weaver ordered disbarment proceedings involving Judge Hyatt and attorneys Boeye and Martin.
In Des Moines during the Fiftieth Iowa National Guard election HH H Caughlin was chosen colonel H Haynes lieutenant colonel and J H Dunlap T Dalzell and A C Norris elected field officers. Voting occurred March 21 with officials announced for the regiment.
Des Morxis March 25 Attorney General Remley of Iowa states the Sherman Act affects interstate concerns only and Iowa has no state law to prosecute trusts domestically. He notes a conspiracy statute exists but Iowa grand juries cannot indict for conspiracies committed out of state unless a trust in Iowa pools with another. This remains theoretical.
The Iowa Board of Control and superintendents finalize plans for a state uniform for all officers and employes, effective July 1. Women will wear blue flannel, men heavier cloth, with rank insignia. domestics and laborers get cheaper, different material. Material will be bought by the board, made in institutions, and charged to the wearer.
The Wabash railway has acquired full title to Iowa properties it operates. It previously ran the Moulton to Ottumwa and Albia to Des Moines lines under Des Moines & St. Louis leases. Conveyances have been filed to record the transfer and plan a new Albia to Moulton route of twenty eight miles giving a direct Des Moines to St. Louis line over Wabash tracks.
General Brooke reports from Havana that Private Albo Isedell of Company K Forty-ninth Iowa died of typhoid fever at Camp Columbia. A Des Moines dispatch notes saloons must close by April 15 or face prosecution under the new code requiring 65 percent voter consent and board approval for new permits. Des Moines also reports an injunction blocking county tax collection from Hawk Eye Capital and Fidelity Fire Insurance, challenging local taxes despite state tax exemption.
A Manila correspondent reports the American commission has released an address from the United States government. It pledges to develop self government for Filipinos while upholding international obligations and US sovereignty. The plan favors tribal or provincial local autonomy under a central military framework until civil rule proves feasible.
In Little River county Arkansas a race war erupts after the murder of a planter near Rocky Comfort. Seven Black men are reported lynched or slain and bodies hang from trees as white mobs collect and Negroes flee for safety. The unrest follows the planter's death and spreads through the county.
News from Sydney via the Warrimoo reports submarine eruptions caused a tidal wave in the Solomon group. Two villages on Rakahanga island were swept away with heavy loss of life. Cocoanut plantations at Siola suffered severe damage. A cyclone passed Mitchell township on a railway line 376 miles from Brisbane. Drought devastates Queensland and New South Wales with widespread hopeless conditions for food and starving stock.
March 16 action near Iloilo pitted four hundred rebel riflemen from La Rin a against seven companies of the Eighteenth Regulars and a Tennessee Volunteers battalion. Supported by three two inch Hotchkiss guns, General Miller reported one American dead and fifteen wounded with several sunstroke cases. Rebels suffered about fifty killed and one hundred wounded.
Des Moines reports a patent allowed for W. Podd for a machine making flexible lightning rod from copper wires to maximize surface. Earlier, patents issued to R. V. Barry of Stuart for a corn planter disk dropping valve and to H. O. Paul of Clear Lake for a hose coupling. Tromas G. Onwie & Co. offer consultations and printed materials on patents.
The excerpt blends trivia and jokes noting world Buddhist estimates at 450 million, a humor line about an office boy, the anecdote of Jerry Hudson the smallest man at eighteen inches tall, a movement for a granite monument to Noah Webster in West Hartford Connecticut, and a witty exchange about loves and money.
Major Simpson organized fragmentary reports into a military picture from Manila front. MacArthur commands 13 000 to 14 000 troops north of Pasig while Lawton holds the south. Otis Hale and Wheaton brigades form the envelopment on the left and center as Wheaton moves toward MacArthur to pin and trap insurgents between two American forces.
Attorney General Griggs states that only interstate or international commerce brings Sherman Act jurisdiction. He argues federal courts cannot suppress monopolies formed in manufacture of goods unless tied to interstate trade, citing the 1894 sugar trust case. State laws govern purely intrastate combinations.
Romer March 23. It is understood the Chinese minister has informed the Italian government that China absolutely refuses the demand of Italy for a concession at San Munn bay.
Wasincrox March 25 General Greeley prepares to load the Panama with cable and equipment for cable service. The ship will sail to the Philippines to extend the Manila to Iloilo network, linking more islands for telegraphic communication.
In Manila on March 26 Gen. MacArthur led divisions under Otis Hale Hall and Wheaton to strike near Polo Novaliches San Francisco del Monte and Malabon. They captured key towns, cleared trenches from river to Caloocan, and sealed the railroad corridor cornering Aguinaldo’s forces. Casualties were light amid heavy action by multiple volunteer and regular units.
U S troops under Brigadier General Lloyd Wheaton captured Malinta beyond the Tuliahan river after a sharp fight. Colonel Harry C. Egbert was killed and Prince Lowenstein died of wounds amid heavy rebel resistance. American losses total 45 killed and 145 wounded to date. gunboats shelled Malabon and rebels retreated toward Malolos.
Still advancing Monday, American forces find Pelo and nearby villages deserted and burning west of the railroad. Washington volunteers who held Pasig yesterday engage insurgents, with several Filipino casualties reported in the fight.
Havana March 24 The Cuban military assembly names General Maso former president of the revolutionary government as commander in chief of forces in the orient. The assembly approved Gomez’s motion for army reorganization but deemed the action under current conditions unimpor tant.
Winfield S. Schley has passed the physical examination for promotion to rear admiral before a Washington navy yard medical board. He must also clear moral mental and professional tests, with papers now before a board of rear admirals.
Court of inquiry hears four witnesses in Chicago and New York about canned and refrigerated army beef. Testimonies claim preserved meat was unpleasant or spoiled and may have caused illness among troops. doctors and chemists describe chemical treatment and saltpetre issues.
A health drive aims to vaccinate Port o Ricans after smallpox cases, with General Henry’s militia coordinating mass inoculation. The effort seeks to immunize 10 000 people daily once shipments and logistics enable rapid access at import points and vaccination centers.
A series of cryptic lines refer to cracked ice world, sobriety, transformation from worm to butterfly, silence, depth, and a miswritten theory about time. Mentions an ink plant whose juice can be used for writing and a ring described as red but appearing black.
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