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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1887
Page
2
Defiance Co. Express text appears from the Defiance, Ohio publishing firm THE EXPRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY. The snippet indicates a local newspaper imprint or masthead reference.
Emperor William voices commitment to peace through treaties and alliances while warning against aggression and surprises. The dispatch notes mixed stories from Ireland to France, including Dennis McNamara’s two week sentence for selling United Ireland, shipwrecks near Detroit Cheboygan, and political debates around Grevy and Ireland's land question.
The London Times interview on Parnell suggests he is not the true leader but a figure used by the Irish National party to handle House of Commons work. Mandeville wears prison garb in Tullamore Jail and O Brien suffers from insomnia. Lord Mayor Sullivan faces seven summonses over Nation publication. Reichstag opens with 150 deputies and notes peaceful policy and Crown Prince illness plus winter legislation. Paris dispatch notes Grevy asking Ribot to form a cabinet.
Secretary Whitney returns to Washington in improved health. Ex Senator Charles F. Jones of Florida, long in Detroit, is nearly ruined by poverty and mental decline after lavish charity and unpaid hotel bills. Brevet Brigadier General Randolph B. Marcy dies at 76 from general debility. Maj. A. W. Hendricks, cousin and former law partner of Vice President Hendricks, dies suddenly from heart disease on the anniversary of Hendricks’s death.
A New York telegram cites Senor Louis Tanco of the Colombian Legation in Washington and now in New York detailing Panama Canal expenses through June 30, 1896 totaling 154 500 88 including excavating offices purchases hospitals encampments and indemnities. He warns the project may cost 500 million and doubts completion under the current administration amid solid rock remain. Bradstreets notes irregula r trade and rising prices with gains in rail earnings and activity in grain and stocks while money markets edge closer and most loan rates rise slightly. Tensions also reach labor circles with Powderly denying a resignation and a mill in Kittanning pa shutting due to a payroll dispute leaving 300 idle.
Telegram from Philadelphia reports the American party has formed for five weeks with nearly 10 000 members. Promoters plan permanent organization in several assembly districts within days. The movement is centered among businessmen with laborers expected to join as anti over work aims are explained. James Gilfillan becomes treasurer Andrew Powell chairs and George F Shaver serves as secretary. Cards number 145000 distributed with interest spreading beyond New York City.
Henry V. Leslie and James A. J. Wilson of the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal Co. plead guilty in Philadelphia to embezzlement and receive eight and six years respectively. The company losses near 700000. In Luzerne Borough miners Jack Gilmore and Ed Dennison fought a brutal prize bout lasting 44 rounds before a constable intervened. Dennison attacked and a dog intervened, biting Gilmore as he aided his master. Dennison may die from injuries. A Thibodeaus clash between citizens and negro strikers is also reported from Thibodeaux Louisiana.
Report describes daylight assault by colored strikers on white pickets guarding property. Two men seriously wounded, rioters killed or wounded, militia called, and townspeople armed for a confrontation. Includes executions in Maryland and California and a Colombian slave trade note.
Reported multiple rail and ship disasters across the era. An Akron to Bellaire wreck killed Engineer Dick Johnson Fireman James Russell and Brakeman Hugh Niles as a wrecked train slid into a landslide. A London dispatch notes a steamer collision with loss of life and shows 80 life belts yet many passengers perished. Additional fires claim the A J McCrea pork packer plant and Newark wire cloth works, plus the steamer Chouteau burning with 4500 bales of cotton aboard. The Des Moines Packing Co faces $250000 in losses and a San Francisco suburb fire destroys two blocks housing over forty families. A Baltimore and Ohio freight wreck near Cochrane’s Mills leaves three dead and five wounded.
The National Grange considers a permanent Washington headquarters and endorses patent law changes after reporting 4583 dollars spent on lecturers. A panther attack injures two railway workers near Artel and Minden Iowa. In Charleston South Carolina a wake leads to the discovery a newborn baby shares a coffin with a living woman, both recovering.
The Joint Rules Committee and National League meetings at Pittsburg and New York approve changes to playing rules and a new Brotherhood of Ball Players contract. Key edits include strike limit adjustments, player reserve rules, travel costs, illness pay, disbandment contingencies, and fines structure with improved protections for players. The process highlights debate over pitchers versus hitters and the goal of safeguarding player rights while maintaining competitive play.
A year remains until the Garfield memorial in Cleveland is finished and the President’s remains are interred. The 170 foot tower features a lantern and carved friezes. visitors pay 10 cents to view, while funds raised total about $160,000 with Illinois contributing $540.51. Garfield’s body rests in the cemetery vault after the government guard left.
Indianapolis special reports E F Gould Secretarty of District Assembly 106 writes Powderly asking him to reconsider retirement. Powderly replies he cannot. Gould cites abuse by newspapers and Chicago meeting’s anarchist element while praising the order and pledging further service if allowed to continue. He regrets health and family strain from leadership and says he would step aside for another to lead.
The National Grange session in Lansing Michigan closed with harmony and productive goals. Delegates urged government support for water transportation, endorsed the interstate law, pressed the Interstate Commerce Commission to standardize freight classifications, and sought fair railroad treatment. They also called for lower Treasury debt via surplus, backed the International Peace Association, and planned a Washington office and seed postage reductions. A census meeting was set for Topeka Kansas next year.
The Hyatt annual report shows 1887 federal revenues at 371.4 million with a 103.5 million surplus after expenditures of 268.0 million and a postal service deficit of about 1.1 million. It notes increases in customs receipts, pension costs, and a shrinking debt service, plus a push toward solidifying U S coinage, notes, and a modernized navy with new armor and gun forgings.
Annual report from Lieut. Gen. P. H. Sheridan to the Secretary of War details army strength of 2,200 officers and 24,256 men, notes minor Indian hostilities in the Missouri Division, and urges opening Oklahoma country reservations to settlement. It covers Crow Reservation tensions, recruitment of Crow scouts, and progress on posts at Denver San Antonio Chicago Fort Snelling Fort Riley.
Commodore Wilson in his annual report to the Secretary of the Navy urges constructing two new ships of about a thousand tons each to replace training vessels Sar atoga Jamestown and Portsmouth and requests authority to repair the Hartford at 175000. He criticizes single turretted monitors for coast defense and says with repairs and modern rifles they could be ready within six months at a cost around 500000 to yield thirteen available coast defense vessels.
The annual report by A. Leo Knott shows total post office costs at 20,86,508 with increases in routes for star service and mail messenger, and a rise in railroad miles. It notes cost declines in star and steamboat services, a 505 million rise in mail pieces, and a proposed continuation of fast-line facilities to the South and West. Col. J. F. Bates reports free delivery growth from 66 to 189 offices and 685 to 5,310 carriers, with last year’s cost at 4,618,692 and over 224 million pieces handled.
The 1887 report shows 130,959 miles authorized for mail service and 1,609 miles staffed by postal clerks, with 14,300 miles on which work was done by closed pouches. It records 41 inland steamboat routes, 4,460 clerks total, and 5,834,690,875 mail pieces handled plus over 15 million registered items. Expenditures total 1,714,401 with a requested next-year appropriation of 2,051,283.
Gen Benet, Chief of Ordnance, submits his annual report to the Secretary of War showing total bureau expenditures of 1,597,652 dollars for the fiscal year. It notes 41,106 rifles and carbines produced at the National Armory and limited progress due to Congress not passing the regular appropriation bill. The report highlights triumphs of domestic rifle forgings, recommends a twelve-inch dynamite torpedo gun for coast defense trials, and mentions favorable notes on the Stevens dynamite shell. It calls for 225,000 dollars to buy sixty fully equipped steel guns and cites eight-inch gun tests showing high energy for its caliber.
The police census lists Buffalo's population as 230 284. Other items note the death of Frank M Higgins longtime editor of the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette and arrests of counterfeiters near Port Huron Michigan with two gold priced rants for bogus silver dollars.
Washington telegram reports government receipts for the month at $20,685,346 and expenditures at $25,349,940, a deficit of $4,664,594. Expenditures include pensions totaling $18,283.74 and the net gold in the treasury Monday stands at $207,766,020, up about $5 million since the 1st and $20 million since July 1. Standard silver dollar circulation has risen by over $1 million since the Jay seat and about $8,009,000 since Tonace.
A Chicago special reports about $5,000 contributed to the Haymarket monument fund. The committee in charge has not yet held a meeting and has completed only the initial fundraising effort.
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