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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1887
Page
4
Dispatches report a Mobile and Ohio Railroad wreck two miles south of Jackson Tennessee. A passenger train at forty miles an hour lost a baggage car from the track. every coach and the engine tender were thrown down an embankment. About thirty passengers were aboard, more than half injured, some fatally expected.
The British steamer Romeo from New Orleans to Rouex capsized at Villequen on August 90, killing seventeen. The report also covers Irish politics with William O'Brien found guilty on two sedition counts and jailed three months in each case, plus France unrest over a game keeper killing, a French lieutenant being wounded, and other European turmoil.
An intimate Kentucky friend of Speaker Carlisle says the President and the Speaker agree that a revenue bill will pass next winter. They aim to back it with full effort. Randall may oppose as Appropriations chair. Greenbackers plan two nominations. State Committee meets next week with no definite plan but likely support for the Democratic platform and ticket. The November result could resemble two years ago when Gorby won about 6,000 votes.
The President travels through Indianapolis Terre Haute St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Madison St Paul Minneapolis Omaha St Joseph Kansas City Memphis Nashville Atlanta Montgomery and returns to Washington by Oct 20. The route dates and times are listed with travel and arrival points as telegraphed.
Assignments have been made by Thomas Flourney Jr tobacconist Richmond and by Bessette Lefort Co Montreal. Flourneys liabilities total 59090 and Bessette Lefort 69000. Chipman Holt coal dealers of Philadelphia failed due to Pennock and Powell assignments. Assets 288000 liabilities 217000. Six men injured by lumber collapse Kansas City street railway engine house. Names listed. Dun & Co notes improved New York money market from Treasury departure. ongoing bond and crop risks persist. Failures in US and Canada last week total 153. Knights of Labor opposition to Powderly and General Board. Powderly to push new constitution and temperance/education plans. 200 colored waiters strike for union recognition and higher pay. hotels refuse. Secretary Fairchild says no financial alarm.
Mr. C. P. Huntington testified before the Pacific Railroad Commission in New York saying Congress members were fixed by proper arguments. He asserted no other method was used to influence legislation and admitted occasional excitement. Eastern railroad managers rule traveling theatrical companies are not families for family mileage tickets.
A high speed collision between an engine and construction train four miles south of Purcell Guthrie injured many and killed engineer Charles Pearson with fireman Charles Stewart seriously hurt. Rumors say many workmen killed and eight to ten killed or wounded overall.
The anarchist Parsons publishes a broad address to the American people claiming false convictions for speeches and writings he did not produce. He declares willingness to die rather than seek commutation and rejects efforts for imprisonment rather than execution. He insists on his rights and denounces unproved accusations.
The scene in Chicago features A R Parsons and Lucy Parsons amid anarchist rhetoric and police actions. Reports note arrests for distributing circulars, legal battles over jury laws, and a sequence of violent incidents including a Rio Grande City smuggling clash and a Tonto Basin shootout. Oscar W Neebe begins a Joliet penitentiary term as other anarchist cases move through courts. The New York decision on Jacob Sharp is affirmed, with possible appeal.
George Francis Train spoke at Webster Hall on Sunday night in support of the condemned Chicago anarchists. Proceeds from admission went to the convicts' families. He cited influence from four women and declared aims to lecture again, threatening destruction of the Republic if the men are hanged.
A Chicago special reports the Buffalo Socialist convention resulting in a union plan between the Internationalists and Socialists. Chicago reds praise the accord forecasting progress in two years as the Social Labor party aligns with Haskell followers through education and political action.
Sheriff Matson receives the death warrant as the Illinois Supreme Court upholds the lower court. The November 4 1887 execution date is set for August Spies Michael Schwab Samuel Fielden Albert Parsons Adolph Fischer George Ensz and Louis Lingg. A New York telegram reports wives threaten suicide and Grinnell Banfield and Judge Gary face danger if the sentences are carried out.
A New York telegram reports cholera aboard the steamer Alesia from Marseilles and Naples. Eight passengers died during the voyage. On arrival at Verantine the health officer isolated cases and transported the ship to lower bay for fumigation. Remaining passengers to Hoff man Island for observation.
Chicago citizens launch a fundraising drive to erect a monument honoring the policemen who died in the Haymarket riot. Prominent business leaders and others contribute to the effort.
The Northwest corn belt inspires farmers to boost cereal growing and livestock breeding. The Corn Palace and Jubilee, planned for October 3 to 8 in Sioux City, Iowa, aim to showcase cereal displays and attract attention from Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, and Minnesota farmers.
The Corn Palace proposal aims to display cereals especially corn from four neighboring states near Sioux City. It seeks to unite farmers, encourage seed exchange and improved planting, and promote corn as a profitable cornerstone of regional commerce and prosperity.
Alexander Marvoyeni Bey, born in Constantinople in October 1852, is appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Ottoman Empire to the United States. A Christian from a noble Greek Turkish family, he studied law in Paris earning a Doctor of Laws. He served in Constantinople’s Foreign Office and as private secretary to the Sultan before postings to Servia, Roumania, England, and Spain, then Washington. He is described as of medium height, stout, with a large head, and noted for diplomacy and courtesy.
A Mansnatt Mississippi item describes a remarkable baby eleven months old who whistles and a three year old boy who spends all his pennies on tobacco. The child is said to steal pipes beg for smoking and display a strong tobacco mania developed before talking. He reportedly wears dresses and is small for his age.
A poetic brief from the Atchison Globe longs for a reverse weather spell. The speaker laments heat and sweat and asks for a single night of snow or blizzard to put them on ice.
The report notes England begins producing steel framed cabs to reduce weight and boost durability over wood. It mentions Miss Extris, an American physician, earning $18,000 yearly for overseeing the Queen of Corea’s health, and jokes about a wood chopper versus a miser. The text also cites quips about a susceptible youth likened to a mosquito followed by a mashed youth remark.
N. 4. Shaler explains in Scribner's Magazine that tornados are typically narrow and short lived with paths under thirty miles long and less than two miles wide. He estimates a six hundred foot width and thirty mile length yield about two thousand acres of devastation, often more complete than severe earthquakes.
A first person note from the Pike's Peak signal service describes windy seasons, burro transported stoves, and visibility limits with Denver sometimes visible. It notes the seventy fifth meridian time is two years ahead of local time and playful inquiries about the precise clock reading and visitors.
A Massachusetts mill once faced disruption as building walls and floors shook on specific days. Water in pails stopped flowing due to the machinery’s vibration. The issue ended when operators adjusted the machinery to run at speeds mismatched with the building’s vibration.
TweRE, a resident of Panoa in Georgia, is mother to twelve living children. The eldest, 45, and the youngest, 17, have never all been together at home within six months of each other.
A historical note recalls night clouds causing vast damage. In 1772 near Java a cloud event destroyed a twenty mile district and killed over two thousand people. a Malta incident in 1757 caused immense damage.
New York telegram notes P C Huntington's San Francisco testimony before the Pacific Railroad Commission. Letters discuss Senatorial influence for Southern Pacific and the Los Angeles and Independence road, a bargain sale of that road, and Huntington’s views on socialism and Congress. He describes Central Pacific debts, government subsidies, and high wartime costs, asserting government owes the company $2,000,000 and that data would be provided in fall.
Prof G Brown Goode has been appointed Commissioner of Fisheries by the President. He has served as Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for years and is a noted ichthyologist. Born in Indiana in 1851, he studied at Wesleyan University and Middletown and has represented the United States at Berlin and London exhibits. He succeeds Spencer Fullerton Baird and will continue the work begun by his predecessor.
The next attraction at McVickers Theater, following Lotta, is the annual visit of comedian Joseph Jefferson starting Monday October 3. It marks his twentieth year at this theater in Rip Van Winkle, praised by critics including William Winter for depth and sincerity in art.
A Hartford Courant snippet captures a high school girl asking about an amanuensis connected to their minister. The old woman responds with concern, unsure if the matter involves medical treatment.
A gentle slope of one inch in fifteen miles starts water motion. A slope of three inches per mile in a smooth channel yields about three miles per hour, while three feet per mile creates a torrent.
The 1700 sale marks the first auction ever held in Great Britain. Elishur, governor of Fort George, East Indies, publicly offered goods he brought home to the highest bidder.
The excerpt notes woolen cloth making existed in England by 1531 but was not known in France by 1646. It also states that knowledge of dyeing and dressing wool was absent in England until 1667.
William Lee of Woodborough Nottingham England created the first stocking frame in 1599 marking a milestone in textile technology. The short note places Lee as the originator of the invention used to produce knitted stockings.
A narrator critiques the habit of men experimenting with morning stomach routines and patent medicines. He lists varied remedies from salt water to cold lemonade, notes friends' urging, and questions why people chase novel stomach experiences while valuing health over wealth. The piece surveys curiosity, vanity, and a restless search for quick fixes.
An ad-like passage warns that bad blood harms health and urges taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to cleanse the system. It describes early symptoms such as dullness, headache, coated tongue, poor appetite, and general lassitude and claims delay worsens outcomes.
A man asks about a stranger Henley has met several times. Henley, newly dressed, says he lives in New York and does not know the man’s name. The other man says the fellow works in Henley’s father’s store and may be Henley’s brother in law.
The John P Lovell Arms Co of Boston promotes its sporting goods including guns revolvers and police gear with forty seven years of trusted dealing worldwide. It notes extensive showrooms catalogues offering Colt Repeating Rifle at eleven dollars and a free 100 page catalogue mailed for six cents in stamps.
A dream frame shows a doughty small fighter rising to smash a score of large foes. The tale notes Jenks awakening, and Pierce's tiny pellets hailed as able to knock out and beat all others, as a humorous market verdict.
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