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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1895
Page
5
A mash of Iowa news reports covers robberies in Council Bluffs, fatal injuries from trains near Clinton and Dubuque, a smallpox notice in Dubuque, a crossing accident near Jefferson, and a series of local incidents in Marshalltown Guthrie Center Creston Dubuque Tama Sabula Des Moines and other locales.
Warships reach Foo Chow and ships visit New York Brooklyn and Philadelphia amid seismic tremors. Turkey seeks intervention from France and Russia while Germany marks Sedan Day. Cuban reports denied. Niagara powers industry as Kansas cattle quarantines. Keystone political fights unfold in Pennsylvania and Kansas City. Drowning miners in Colorado. A Chinese-born Indiana man jailed in Germany for whipping an army officer. Horse racing stars and record times emerge in New York and Boston. Arms seized near Wilmington as Cuba expedition arrests rise. Building collapse verdict ties to Parker and officials. Wyoming Indian troubles blamed on premeditated plans. Snakebite fatalities in Missouri. Brooklyn Sea Beach wreck injures fifty. Denver Gumry Hotel disaster jury blames long hours and inexperience.
Detroit dispatch debunks the rumor that the yacht Pilgrim was wrecked in St Clair lake with twenty five lives lost. The vessel remains at her moorings with no accident. The false report likely originated from the nearby incident opposite Rynville on St Clair lake.
The Monowi arrived from Australian ports reporting cholera cases tied to the Belgic’s Honolulu passengers. Eight deaths among natives and citizens were noted. Chinese steerage travelers bound for Hawaii face exposure while most Belgic passengers landed in Honolulu.
In North Platte Nebraska August 41 the two Union Pacific No 8 bandits brought from Mason City pleaded guilty before Judge Neville. Hans and Knute Knudsen admitted origin in Newmark and long Nebraska Dakota County residence. They stated motive was unemployment and lack of money. They received ten year penitentiary sentences and implied a deal to avoid other counts. They claimed guilt yielded about 45 dollars and some papers and drafts.
A excursion train on the Southern between Homan and Pope's Friday left the tracks. Two passengers were killed Mrs C W Hancock of Americus and J A Kennedy of Macon. Fred Von Brixen and Frank Herrington of Macon were seriously injured. Over four hundred aboard. Cause not known though track reportedly in good condition.
A 71-year-old Black farm hand betrayed a 14-year-old girl in Simpson County. The suspect fled to the woods, was captured, then dragged from jail by neighbors in Oustville. He was hanged and left suspended for a day before death ended.
An engine hauling coal on the Pittsburg Shenango and Lake Erie line jumped the Girard bridge end and toppled. Engineer William Dunbar died after being pinned under a steam pipe. brakeman John Cordman was fatally injured. A similar accident killed Engine Beaver two weeks earlier.
John Jones, keeper at a dining booth on the Southern Illinois Fair grounds, quarreled with Mrs. Sarah Mendenhall over wages. He knocked her down and choked and kicked her. She died later, and Jones was hurried out of town to avert a lynching.
Judge George Clarke of Waco says the revised statutes now operative repeal all laws against prize fighting, leaving a clear field for the Corbett Fitzsimmons fight in Dallas.
Cuicace September 2. George W. Howard former ARU officer alleges ex mayor John Hopkins of Chicago advised the Pullman strike of 1894 which caused extensive property and life losses. President Debs corroborates the claim.
Seven companies of the state militia moved into Isure Mine, Midh, in September to end a miners strike that has halted the region’s chief industry for seven weeks.
Marion Mass Sept 2 Ex-Postmaster General Fisell says there is no truth in the report that he has been offered the United States Supreme Court seat made vacant by the death of Justice Jackson.
The will of William A Perkins of Windham Portage County has been probated and Oberlin College receives 25000 dollars. The funds are to establish a new professorship at the college.
The Wyoming DA reports to the government on Bannock Indians killings at Jacksons Hole. He says convictions are impossible because the local commissioner is sympathetic to the defendants. He labels the constable and deputies actions as cold blooded murder. The US marshal's report accompanies the DA's sharp critique of Jacksons Hole settlers.
The Knights Templar reportedly plan a great national university for both sexes. It would be controlled by Masons, endowed with 50 million dollars, and housed in fireproof buildings for 10 000 students near the Ohio river by the West Virginia line. Admission would not deny entry for lack of means, but it would not be a charitable institution.
Boston Mass August 31 Yesterday afternoon sessions of the eighth triennial meeting of the general grand chapter of the order of the Eastern Star elected officers for the next three years Mrs Mary E Partridge of Oakland California was named Most Worthy Grand Matron Henry H Hinds of Stanton Michigan as Most Worthy Grand Patron Hattie Wing of Massachusetts as Most Worthy Associate Grand Matron N E Gearhart of Minnesota as Right Worthy Assistant Grand Patron Lorraine Pitkin of Illinois as Right Worthy Grand Secretary Harriet A Branbrack of Iowa as Right Worthy Grand Treasurer Edna L Hedges of Montana as Worthy Grand Conductress and Laura B Hart of Texas as Associate Conductress.
Fire in Libertyville Lake county Illinois destroyed fourteen buildings in the business section between 11 30 last night and 1 this morning. The flames started behind Schanks hardware store and with a high wind swept the town. Population about 1000. Most structures were frame and had little fire protection. Citizens could not save homes or businesses.
Albert and Lewis Le brain were killed by lightning at their home near Henley Portsmouth Ohio on Thursday evening. Albert clung to a tree and rescuers had to saw off his arm to free the body.
The body of Robert W. Inman, who drowned when his yacht Adelaide collided with the iron steamer Parsons on August 26, was recovered from the water at South Beach Staten Island. The body was in a fairly good state of preservation.
Ottawa announces J C Patterson former minister of military is named lieutenant governor of Manitoba and will be sworn in on Monday.
Secretary Morton issues an import export rule effective September 15 1895 requiring certificates that beef comes from disease free cattle and is wholesome. All meat not bearing inspection marks must be packed so the species is clearly indicated and is considered uninspected if not marked. No vessel clearance will be granted for meat lacking the inspection certificate or proper labeling.
Derwin Minnesota reports an elevator experiment on smut infected wheat from the new crop. The process aims to remove smut though it is described as poisonous and contagious. Officials warn the affected grain may fetch only 20 to 30 cents a bushel nationwide.
In New York a rush of saloonkeepers crowded a special sessions court as 425 defendants faced penalties for Sunday opening. Those pleading guilty paid a $25 fine. delayed defendants risked $300 or three months imprisonment, with six officers restraining the crowd as cash piled on the desk.
Cram wins both sprint events at the Chicago Athletic Association games. He clocked 100 yards in 10 seconds and 220 yards in 21.45 seconds, setting a world record for the 100 and equalling the English mark in the 220 while defeating the American rival Weston.
News from San Francisco reports cholera affecting Chinese aboard a recent arriving steamer. A number of Chinese bound for the east and Mexico died from the disease and were landed. Cholera has not reached Honolulu as of now.
An official report from Petersavac notes spring crops in Russia are below average due to prolonged drought with only 72 percent of the area sown yielding above average. Winter sown crops show a fair yield in 61 percent of cases.
Ex John Hopkins of Chicago advised the great railroad strike of 1804 ending in disastrous loss of life and property. George W. Howard, former board of directors member, asserts the claim, confirmed by Eugene, president of the American Union.
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