Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1889 — THREATENING DOCTOR AMES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THREATENING DOCTOR AMES.

The Minneapolis Politician Receives Another Vengeful Getter. A Minneapolis (Minn.) dispatch says: Dr.

Ames, who has been the recipient of several anonymous letters since his recent utterances concerning the Irish, has just received another. Beneath the signature is a skull and crossbones smeared with blood, while each of the* characters i s qhaded with the same fluid. The doctor

claims to have been followed by two unknown men. These letters are causing him considerable annoyance. Following is tLe letter. “Your recent attack on the Irish clergy has sounded the death-knell of your political career. But you have insulted a noble race, which offense places your life in jeopardy. There are many young Irishmen in this city who feel like giving you a kick every time you pass them by, and it is doubtful if you will go far down the stream of time ere you form subject matter for a startling sensation in this here Minneapolis. We boys of a powerful organization ordain things at will and by Switzerland you will soon have an occasion to visit Denmark in spirit The very hour is present to my mind and no new moon shall ever brighten your path. - “Clan-na-gael. ” The National Fraternal Congress met at Boston, the twenty-four societies represented embracing a membership of 900,000. D. H. Shields of Missouri, was elected president. The liabilities of the leather house of William F. Johnson & Co., of Boston, will reach *>,000,000.

DR. A. A. AMES.