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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1887
Page
4
A concise roundup of political, religious, commercial, labor, and industry developments. Agencies report shifts in policy, market trends, and organizational actions shaping public life and economic activity this week.
The London Times publishes a facsimile of the Irish World article from Feb 16 1884 and urges that Parnellism and crime share a common funding and aim. It accuses constitutional agitators and Gladstone’s supporters of links to arson and murder across England, likening Davitt at Bodyke to ruffians in Parliament.
Editor William O'Brien was honored at a New York reception and banquet Tuesday attended by Charles A. Dans Governor Green of New Jersey Bishop Farrell and ex Mayor Grace. In his speech he denounced Saturday night participants as not Irish Nationalists and criticized Mr McMakin. After midnight he boarded the Adriatic with escort from the Sixty-ninth Regiment.
The Interstate Commission in New York hears protests by Woodriff Sutton and Sutton & Co against suspending the short haul clause. They claim Pacific railroads and steamship interests push contracts tying shippers to all overland freights by rail. Reuben Daily, ex-Sentinel correspondent, becomes commission stenographer.
Boot and shoe workers from across the nation met in Brooklyn to build an organization free of the Knights of Labor. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Brass Workers held a Pittsburgh convention with 180 delegates. The International Typographical Union gathered in Buffalo. William Armison of Nashville was reelected president.
Ambassadors at Constantinople file government objections to the Anglo Turkish convention on Egypt. The French envoy warned that ratification could cost the Sultan his throne and accused Britain of bribing the Grand Vizier and palace officials with large sums to gain approval.
The American Medical Association began its thirty-eighth annual session at Central Music Hall in Chicago with Mayor Roche welcoming delegates. The president delivered the annual address as sections met in the afternoon and evening receptions were hosted for members by Samuel W. Nickerson and Drs. N and Davis, BR. N. Isham, and J. Jones.
Rival unions clash as the Central Labor Union condemns the Knights of Labor executive committee for a boycott of a carpet firm said to hire only union workers and pay top wages. The dispute sparks tension in labor circles and risks a split within the Knights.
Calcutta dispatch reports the steamer Sir John Law rence was lost in a recent cyclone off the coast. The vessel carried 730 passengers, believed all lost, many native ladies en route to the Juggernat festival in Oussa.
Four thousand Texas cattle were marketed at the Chicago Stock Yards on Tuesday, the season's largest single day total. Prices fell 10 to 15 cents per 100 pounds while hogs were active and higher, with top sales at 5.25 dollars per 100 pounds. A dozen Chicago packers are now operating, and the latest market quotations follow.
A Rothschild led syndicate agrees to absorb 454 percent Russian securities funding the outstanding 5 percent. The circle targets 1 000 Wesleyan Church members in England to gauge opinion on Ireland’s coercion bill with broad dissent and opposition.
Mr and Mrs Cleveland marked their first anniversary on June 2 in the Adirondacks. The President and his wife will visit Gov Hill at Albany's new Executive Mansion after returning from the Adirondacks. George D Thompson, former Kanees Legislature member, died by suicide at Harper Kansas.
Austin H. Brown of Indianapolis is appointed to succeed Mr Reid as chief of division in the Treasury Department register's office at Washington. A son of William J. Brown he has long served in public life including roles as editor of the Indianapolis Sentinel, Clerk and Auditor of Marion County, and collector of Internal Revenue under Andrew Johnson. The Michigan Legislature sets 6 percent legal interest. A Saturday Saranac Lake dispatch notes the President considers a Western tour possibly to Alaska.
The Rock Island Railroad re elected its old directors and officers at the Chicago stockholders meeting. Net earnings last year reached 4 514241. A Vansantvoord and George C Magoun were chosen directors of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad to replace Alexander Mitchell and Julius Wadsworth. A 19000000 increase in capital stock was recommended to fund extensions and purchase of the Chicago and Evanston Railroad.
May coinage reached 4 902 575 with 2 990 000 in standard silver dollars. Pennsylvania coke strike continues, Knights of Labor deeming it legal after failure to compromise. Michigan stove molders strike with about 500 men out. US weekly business failures total 159, down from prior weeks. Dun reports money absorption by Treasury and varied crop and market signals. crops favorable, rains affecting Wisconsin and Alabama. Philadelphia brewers' strike ends by arbitration. Patapsco Chemical Works assigns with 400 000 liabilities. H Phelan fails for 300 000 affecting Atlanta Cotton Exchange.
The notice lists Illinois and Iowa towns reaching 10000 or more and eligible for free delivery starting July 1, including Belleville Cairo Danville Engie Jacksonville Moline Ottawa wood Freeport etc with Ohio New York and Michigan cities also referenced. A Westchester County dairy farm faced pleuro pneumonia causing $12000 compensation for 200 cows and their carcasses burned. Convicts freed from New Caledonia sail toward San Francisco amid a parliament proposal to fund passage. Lutheran Church adopts stricter constitution. Indianapolis politician General Carrahan arrested for election fraud. Plymouth Church Brooklyn still vacant guiding discussion for successor. San Francisco customs chief instructed to block convict debarkation.
A premature dynamite explosion at Cambria Iron Company's stone quarries in Birmingham Pennsylvania killed eight men and injured one. Most victims were Americans with two Italians among the dead. Only one worker survived as powder had been placed for a large blast and a second explosion followed. In a separate Iowa report five boys aged 9 to 16 drowned while swimming at Maquoketa River after a rescue attempt failed. A Norwegian settler Bakken and his family perished when a fire started in their home in Manuel near Grand Forks North Dakota. the mother and youngest child died after the oil can spilled and flames spread.
The report details a series of violent acts from Arkansas to South Dakota. Lynching in Monroe County Arkansas followed an assault on a white woman. In Wisconsin, Thomas Scheiber Frank Scheiber and Charles Luthermer face murder charges in the Albert Buelow case. Additional incidents include a Chicago area romance scandal connected shooting and self harms, a Michigan farmhouse slaying and self-inflicted injuries, a fatal shooting in South Dakota tied to a contested claim, and multiple domestic killings in Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
Prosperous outlook in nearly all trades as the Knights of Labor report on the Chicago strike. A great lock-out in the building trades continues with both sides stubborn, willing to endure the entire building season. About 12,000 unskilled laborers 10,000 brick makers 5,000 hod-carriers and 10,000 bricklayers are involved in the lock-out.
The Knights of Labor reports near 10 700 local assemblies with charters issued as new groups form across Virginia Canada and New York. Lecturers prosper in the West as members attend lectures libraries and readings. Emma Surrn leads a Chicago female stitchers assembly and District Assembly No 24 plans a June 27 excursion. Maryland Knights convene in Baltimore on June 27.
Hon. William A. Wheeler former Vice President of the United States died at his Malone New York home on June 3 after a gradual decline over years. The obituary sketches his life and notes the painless death and prior health struggles.
Reports from industrial and labor sectors cover steel shafting, high strength steel, and gas impacts on coal around Johnstown. Mining growth, technical education, and new financing for building and loan associations are noted alongside wage and strike movements in Indiana Ohio and Western markets.
The article outlines the life of William Almon Wheeler born June 30 1819 in Malone New York. It traces his education at the University of Vermont his legal training and long public service including Town Clerk School Commissioner District Attorney legislator state senator and congressman with key roles on Appropriations Southern Affairs Pacific Railroads and Commerce committees. He was nominated for Vice President after Hayes’ nomination in 1876.
The notice promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive remedy for infantile complaints and common illnesses in households. It warns that children are more vulnerable to malarial chills and fever, especially away from professional aid, urging families to keep the tonic on hand for prompt use.
The Baltimore News notes a fanciful guide linking nail shape and length to personality and fate. It claims long nails show patience, rounded nails calmness, and irregular cuts imply hastiness, with warned outcomes for those who fail to trim properly.
A veteran Baltimore Police Officer Henry H Durkee recounts a year of poison oak suffering and says after the second St Jacobs Oil application the sores dried up and he was cured calling it invaluable.
Esther Adelia, born to Squire George tarks in Siloam Village Madison County on March 6 140, grows notorious. She survives arson, a bound and gagged child, a murder accusation, masquerading, escape from hospital, a stint in Utica Asylum, marriage to Bennett who dies mysteriously, then moves to Oswego as clairvoyant and balloon flyer. The New York World notes a turbulent life marked by crime and scandal.
An old writer lists five types of eaters from habit to taste. He then likens poets to mountain streams shaping literature, rising to pure thought and finally entering the sea of human life. The piece urges aiding the fallen without expecting gratitude.
The passage touts Moxie Nerve Food as a potent tonic beloved by horses and women alike. It claims widespread use among New England drinkers and praises its supposed health benefits, positioning it as a modern medical aid.
The speech recalls the civil war era as the nation seeks to endure and honor those who died on the battlefield. It calls for dedication to the unfinished work of liberty and a government for the people that shall not perish from the earth.
In a Southern border city, colored dignitaries press a petition for colored teachers to be appointed over colored schools. The committee chair cautions that mixing white and colored teachers could cause trouble in practice. A colored clergyman recalls teaching with white colleagues without offense. Silence follows.
Ad copy touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a universal remedy with testimonials from druggists claiming infallible cures for numerous ailments. The archaic prose presents bold health guarantees and widespread endorsements.
A Wake newspaper excerpt discusses mortality and the afterlife, noting that the preparation for another life proves more fatal than the error about the nature and end of this life. The reflection contrasts urgency of belief with misreading life’s purpose.
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