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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
5
The Des Moines Leader reports that at Sioux Falls populist leaders tried to block a vice presidential nomination. Jerry Simpson cited a telegram from Towne claiming non-acceptance, which was later revealed to say he would accept the nomination. Simpson asserted Towne would not accept.
United States District Judge Lochren holds that ratification of the peace treaty with Spain made Porto Rico American territory subject to the U S Constitution without further congressional action. A Porto Rican prisoner sought habeas corpus release after a military murder trial. the request is denied as the island was in wartime and under military jurisdiction when the crime occurred.
British forces under Lord Roberts push 18 miles north of Brandfort as Canadian units march with mounted infantry. The advance covers 32 miles in two days from Karee Siding, with indications of continued movement toward Kroonstad and a key position near the Drakensburg passes.
A Pleasant Valley Coal Company explosion in mine No 4 at Scofield Utah leaves about 200 men dead with 137 bodies recovered by May 2. Rescue efforts continue as volunteers work at boarding houses and company buildings awaiting coroner inquest. A later report cites 178 dead with wreckage and after damp described, and survivor W C Wilson recounts the moment.
Former Hawaii president Sanford B. Dole was appointed governor of the Territory of Hawaii with Henry E. Cooper as secretary. Dole led the provisional republic formed by overthrowing the native dynasty to prepare for U S annexation and was favored by the president for his administrative record.
In Cape Colony May 5 Hart's brigade took Smithfield. Of about 150 Boers in the town 25 were captured and the rest fled. The Roser wounded moved from Ladybrand to Ficksburg in recent days.
The Boer peace commissioners will sail for the United States next Thursday with Dr Leyds and Dr Mueller accompanying. The delegates visited Amsterdam yesterday. A local quip about a horse having every human disease is noted as part of the day’s chatter.
Secretary Long released correspondence with Captain Chadwick after a conference with the president. The navy department imposed a severe reprimand for his interview in which he reportedly criticized Rear Admiral Schley. The letter's public release heightens the punishment's weight.
Londox May 7 report says cholera worsens misery in famine struck India with about 93.5 million affected. Relief funds from Britain Germany and America seem insufficient as vast districts face pestilence and death while hopes rest on future good years to revive the people.
Ohio Democrats say John R. McLean, Admiral Dewey’s brother in law, has abandoned the Dewey bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and joined the Bryan camp. W S Thomas, state Democratic chair, announced the shift after McLean’s requests to Columbus meeting to set time and place for the state convention.
Charles Herbert Allen, formerly assistant secretary of the United States navy, was inaugurated as the first American civil governor of Porto Rico in San Juan. The ceremony was described as highly impressive and formal.
May 3 report from Copenhagen says negotiations between Denmark and the United States over buying the Danish West Indies have been definitively broken off.
In a fragmentary reminiscence from ST STORYBY TES the famous Thad Stevens recounts a morning incident with Matilda a colored servant in Washing who smashed a buffet dish and heard a curt rebuke from her master. James Whitcomb Riley and Bill Nye traveled and entertained together. Nye teased that he would speak first until tired then Riley would read from his works until exhausted.
A judge condemned a convicted counterfeiter with no mercy, urging preparation for the next world where mercy may be found. In Virginia, a bill to punish wife-beaters failed. Representative Powell claimed wives in his district restrain their husbands and keep clubs and whips ready for use.
A reflective piece contrasts eager prospector optimism with wary skepticism about mining ventures. It questions the lure of wealth in syndicate prospectuses and warns that true pessimism may prefer being right over being happy when money matters collide with affection.
Notice to homeseekers lists Tuesday sale dates from May to December 1900 for Iowa Central railway excursions to Arkansas Arizona British Columbia Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Kansas Montana Manitoba Nebraska New Mexico Indian Territory Okla homa Louisiana Missouri Utah Washington Wyoming Texas Iowa Minnesota North Dakota Northern Michigan Wisconsin South Dakota and southeastern points. Tickets may also be sold to Denver Pueblo and Colorado Springs Colorado. For full information contact ticket agents or Grovest Barry G P T A Marshalltown Iowa. A man is never in serious trouble till all his enemies are dead.
Promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for swollen feet corns bunions and burning feet. Sample free and 25c at druggists and shoe stores with address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York. Also notes a woman who paints her face fools about as many men as one who pads hips.
Rock Island reader Mrs. F. W. Goulder shares five to six years of catarrh relief from Peruna with rapid health gains. Dr Hartman offers free advice to women with unsolved female derangements, and his book Health and Beauty is mailed free from Columbus Ohio to any woman writing with symptoms.
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