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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1886
Page
2
The Cedar Rapids Times endorses Governor Lar Rabee's push for woman suffrage, arguing women voters would improve schools by influencing directors and budgets and curb saloon influence in city government. It urges extending voting rights to women to reform moral law enforcement and public standards.
Progressor 8. A. Knapp former president of the Iowa State Agricultural College writes from Lake Charles Louisiana to Cedar Rapids Republic in which he condemns mass ignorance among freedmen and argues enfranchisement was a mistake. He cites New Orleans Emancipation Day and notes social separation persists with little other reminder of slavery.
A discussion of Iowa fire insurance costs notes premiums in 1882 near 1.37 million dollars with losses about 324 thousand and expenses leaving a margin over two million. It cites company profits, commissions up to 40 percent, and suggests farmers favor mutuals at one fifth of one percent annual cost.
The article surveys a wide range of global and political happenings including King Milan’s sessions on arms purchases, Danish labor reforms, English unemployed relief efforts, Irish Home Rule, a German monetary standard debate, and unrest in Leicester. It notes Vienna peace prospects with Bulgaria, European cabinet tensions, demonstrations in Birmingham and Yarmouth, and naval and legislative moves in the United States, with Congress and Senate activity detailing land grants, pensions, and various public measures.
Rioting damage in Lindon estimated at 4000 pounds. Hempstead Club stable on Long Island destroyed by fire with 24 horses killed. St Paul Central Street Railway barn and Leonard Barrows factory losses noted. Oshkosh boiler explosion kills three. Mullaly stables in St Louis burned with 58 horses perishing. Police beat rescuers. Duryea dies after accident. Two miners killed in Webb City blasts. Flagstaff fire destroys 18 buildings. Missouri family frozen in Arkansas mountains. Boston flood damages reach 1 million. Potomac and Susquehanna rise causing damage near Baltimore and Washington. Ontario and Western train wreck at Liberty kills two. Dadowsky and companion killed in Cleveland crossing incident.
The Miss issippi Valley Dairy and Creamery Association held its annual convention in St Louis with about 200 attendees. Garfield Manufacturing Company of Chicago assigned assets with liabilities over 70000 dollars. New York boot and shoe merchants formed a trade protection group. The Knights of Labor won a public apology as a boycott against a Wilmington Republican. Elk Hart council inserted arbitration for railroad wage disputes. Western railroads report reduced January earnings. H A Pitts Sons Manufacturing of Marseilles NL defaulted on a 750000 dollar bond after a prior restructuring. Amoskeag Mills weavers strike idled 55 operators in Manchester NH. New York Produce Exchange puts visible wheat and corn at 53565170 and 8191240 bushels.
Stephen A. Walker, NY Board of Education president, nominated to succeed Dor sheimer as District Attorney. T. R. Hudd of Green Bay nominated by Democrats for the Fifth Wisconsin District to succeed late Congressman Rankin. Daniel J. Dalton, Hamilton County Clerk, jailed in Columbus for contempt of a House committee, then released on habeas corpus bail set at $5,000. Massachusetts House backs poll tax abolition as voting prerequisite with legislative and public support needed. W. W. Sutton nominated as Assistant Treasurer of the United States in Cincinnati. Charlotte Smith seeks hearing on charges of political influence placing 600 women in state departments, but is denied.
A Prussian named Charles Herman was in Buffalo for wife murder. Harris of Spring Green Wis. had an 800 dollar burglary. George Q Cannon, Mormon leader, captured in Nevada. John B Mannix arrested in Cincinnati for embezzling 350000 dollars. A young daughter of Dr Aldridge was attacked in Windsor NL and rescued by her brother. Charles A Fellows killed his wife in Hays City. P J Lorden of Boston arrested for an arson plot. Peter Falvey confessed to stealing and burning post office letters.
A prolonged Senate debate centers on a resolution calling for Treasury information about the refusal of the Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans to receive silver shipments and issue silver certificates. The discussion features Senator Call defending Treasury actions, while Senator Coke criticizes them and Senator Teller lauds certain congressional members. The House moves on various bills including Chinese exclusion repeal attempts, pay for Fourth of July claims, and West Point promotions amid memorials for General Hancock.
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