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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1887
Page
4
A Philadelphia dispatch reports the unveiling of a bronze equestrian statue of Gen Meade at Fairmount Park attended by prominent state and public figures. The event featured a grand parade, a formal salute, and a reception with fireworks in the evening.
President and party are greeted by Governor Gordon at the Capitol Atlanta and driven to Piedmont Park Exposition grounds. H W Grady delivers welcome address. President responds praising Atlanta growth and Georgia enterprise, urging unity and progress amid cotton exposition mood. Cheers erupt for Governor Gordon and Mrs Cleveland.
Chicago telegram reports General Benjamin F. Butler has been definitively retained as counsel for the defendants in the anarchist case and will appear before the Supreme Court next Friday. The Defense Association agreed after Captain Black’s letters, with Butler to receive a $1500 retainer and $250 per day.
The Detroit Base Ball Club defeated the St Louis Browns 9 to 2 in Boston on Tuesday before about seven thousand fans. Caruthers collected seventeen hits while Getzoin stifled the Browns bats. Detroit leads the series eight games played with six wins.
In Roane County West Virginia Jake Coon and Robert Duff were identified as participants in the murder of Reverend Thomas F Ryan and were lynched. Vigilantes killed George Duff Jr brother of Robert. William Drake was taken by a mob to Spencer but his lynching status is unknown. Drake confessed Dan Cunningham a detective planned the robbery and his gang carried it out. Cunningham has since been caught and lynched with vigilantes vowing to string up half a dozen more outlaws.
Mrs Annie Lachs of St Louis was fined 50 dollars and costs after admitting to tossing a pancake into Mrs Cleveland's lap to show what St Louis pancakes were like. The incident led to her arrest by an officer.
The London death of author Mrs Dnah Maria Mulock Craik born 1826 is reported alongside the demise of Lady Braseey aboard the Sunbeam. A Paris dispatch notes General Boulanger to be arrested for thirty days, with further inquiry into command. Dublin coverage details Woodford meeting led by O'Brien and others, torchlight crowds, and a burning proclamation. Tensions rise between Germany and Russia with sharp press exchanges. Sir Charles Tupper named British Fishery Commissioner joining Chamberlain and Jackville West.
The President and party arrived in Memphis Tennessee on Friday evening after traveling from Kansas City. He received a very hearty reception with crowds at stations along the route seeking to greet him and grasp his hand. Memphis was thronged with over 30,000 people gathered to greet the Visitors.
Large turnout at a New York meeting as the annual report shows gross earnings of 17,191,909 for the year ending June 30 with a net balance of 3,504,216 after expenses and dividends. Message volume reached 47,394,530 with average receipts down to 0.304 cents.
The Democratic State Convention in Omaha endorsed Cleveland's administration and nominated Thomas O'Day for Justice of the Supreme Court. It urged the National Democratic Committee to designate Omaha as the site for the next National Democratic Convention.
Eastern railroad managers ruled that traveling theatrical companies are not families and thus cannot use family mileage tickets. At the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad directors meeting in Baltimore, Robert Garrett resigned as President by letter. William F. Burns will serve as President until the annual meeting.
A massive southern Mexico coastal storm destroys Quelito with wide loss of life, and Sinaioa crops are ruined. In Huntington Indiana, Kouts disaster verdict blames railroad dispatch and speed. A Baltic Connecticut mill fire costs 1.25 million with 900 job losses. Centerville West Virginia saw a monster boiler explode killing three. A New York Church construction collapse buries twenty one, with several dead and many injured.
Five bandits who abducted Senor Berrera in Starr County Texas and held him for ransom of 15000 were reported caught and lynched. The report notes bank defaulter R H Hicks at Stafford National Bank and a mail car attack by train robbers with losses cited.
Missouri Grand Lodge sustains expulsion of saloonkeepers from Naphtali Lodge amid a long standing rule barring liquor traffic members. Lodge charter seized. breach threatens unity across Missouri Masons.
New York market quotations show cattle and grain prices across multiple weight classes and grades. Notable entries include No 1 White wheat and No 2 Red winter oats with prices ranging around 3.7 to 5.0 dollars, and mixed grain futures in Detroit and Chicago regions.
In Chicago the Rawson divorce case drew new scandal after a Sunday shooting at Third Presbyterian Church. William Ralph Lee, stepping from the banker’s side, fired on Rawson at the church entrance, wounding him as he collapsed to the curb while Lee persisted with the revolver. The incident follows the high tension surrounding the Rawson suit. The report also notes the 1887 baseball season as notably successful.
A young banker Lee Ralphson shot by Stephen Rawson outside a Chicago church as hundreds watched in fear. Rawson was restrained by Officer Hartnett and the wounded banker taken to his Monroe Street home. The incident followed a bitter dispute in church and banking circles, with Rawson’s family prominence noted.
A Chicago era miscellany recounts Stephen W. Rawson and Mrs America Lucretia Smiths stormy six month marriage ending in public accusations of infidelity and incompatibility. It also relays a humorous telephone mishap from a bygone era and a fog shrouded railroad anecdote ending with doubt over a semaphore signal.
A railroad waiter and a reporter clash in a comical exchange about cafe lingo. The brakeman explains slang for doughnuts dope and salve while the reporter learns what twisters and cow mean in the dining car.
A stark image contrasts a rich man’s ostentatious display with a hungry child peering through a window, awaiting his father's return from work. The line suggests social disparity and the quiet ache of poverty as a family endures daily labor.
A concise philosophical observation notes that understanding cannot be illuminated by deceit just as the will cannot choose what seems evil. The comparison implies integrity governs both intellect and volition.
A dentist asks Wuha what anesthesia to use and the patient quotes ether as the preferred option, a brief dialogue indicating a humorous or casual exchange about pain relief.
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