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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1887
Page
6
The Defiance Co. Express from Defiance Ohio reports local news on community events, commerce, and notices. The Express Publishing Company serves Defiance and surrounding areas with period coverage and advertising.
A compact digest of foreign and domestic developments, political shifts, and notable personal items from major regions. The briefing emphasizes timely updates across economies, governments, and social scenes with concise summaries for quick reading.
The dispatch reports Emperor WinuiaM defending Germany’s foreign policy as peaceful, alliance building and avoidance of war. It notes the Crown Prince’s concerns, prayers to God, and calls for responsible leadership as the Reichstag resumes. Also includes various global items and local notes on trials, accidents, and events.
A London interview questions Mr Parnell’s leadership role while Mandeville and O Brien face penalties or illness. Lord Mayor Sullivan fights seven summonses over Nation publications. Reichstag opens with praise for peaceful policy and better finances, Crown Prince ill, forthcoming legislation discussed. A Paris dispatch reports Grevy asks Meurice cabinet to convoke chamber.
Secretary Whitney returns to Washington in improved health. Detroit report says ex Senator Charles F. Jones of Florida, in Detroit two years, is nearly a beggar, previously generous to charities, now unable to pay hotels or bills. He sleeps on a floor after room lockout and is seen as a mental wreck pursued by unseen enemies. Brevet Brigadier General Randolph B. Marcy dies at Orange N J at 71 after long general debility. Friday marks second anniversary of Vice President Hendricks death. Maj A W Hendricks found dead in bed from heart disease.
A New York telegram quotes Senor Louis Tanco of the Colombian Legation in Washington estimating Panama Canal work costs up to June 30, 1886 at 154,509.YKs with items like excavating 28,000,000 and hospitals 7,000,000. Bradstreet notes irregular trade, rising prices in speculative lines, and active grain and stock trading. A Philadelphia dispatch reports Knights of Labor leader T V Powderly denying resignation rumors, and Kittanning mill workers idle after a dispute leaving 500 unemployed.
The American party has existed in Philadelphia five weeks with nearly 10 000 members. Promoters plan permanent organization in several assembly districts within days. The movement is mainly among business men. working classes show limited interest. James Gilfillan has become Treasurer, Andrew Powell Chairman, and George Shaver Secretary. Cards are in demand with 145 000 distributed. Outside New York City converts are being made.
Henry V. Leslie and James A. L. Wilson, former Secretary and Treasurer of the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal Company in Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to embezzlement and received eight and six years respectively in the penitentiary. The company losses totaled about $700,000. A Luzerne County special reports a brutal miner prize fight at Luzerne Borough lasting 44 rounds before arrest, with a dog injuring fighter Dennison. a New Orleans telegram notes a violent clash between citizens and negro strikers at Thibodeaux, La.
Reported daylight violence near a protected property leads to a swift response by armed forces. Two estimable-men are seriously wounded as rioters fire on pickets. A general alarm sends volunteers to the scene and a fusillade disperses the assailants. Ten rioters killed, several wounded, militia ordered back.
A land slide caused a wrecking train to plunge. Engineer Dick Johnson Fireman James Russell and Brakeman Hugh Niles died. The fireman survived for hours. The incident follows a string of disasters including ship, factory and rail accidents across several states.
Executive Committee in Lansing reports 4585 spent for lecturers in the past year and endorses a permanent Washington headquarters to keep records. It also favors patent law changes. A Cairo dispatch notes dense smoke over a 50 mile radius from woods burning near the Mississippi. In Clarendon County a wake ends with a baby born alive inside a coffin after a mistaken death, mother and infant later doing well.
In two pivotal weeks the Joint Rules Committee and National League meetings shaped baseball rules and a new Brotherhood contract. Key changes include extra strike rules debate, reserve-player usage, and limits on club power. the updated contract tightens discipline and protects players from arbitrary firing, while allowing dissolution adjustments and revised fines.
A reporter notes the Garfield monument in Cleveland is almost finished with a 170 foot tower and a stone lantern. The design centers on Garfield with bas reliefs of his life and a mortuary chapel housing his body. Admission is 10 cents, funds total about 160000 after six years with Illinois contributing 5440.31.
Indianapolis report details how General Master Workman Powderly plans to retire at the end of his term amid hostile press and impeachment threats. E F Gould urges reconsideration, but Powderly says he cannot reverse his decision and cites decades of labor service and the strain of leadership under hostile elements.
Patrons of Husbandry wrap up annual meetings in Lansing Michigan praising harmony and outlining aims. They push government support for water transport, favor the interstate law, favor ICC power to classify freights, seek rail fairness, seek Treasury surplus debt reduction, back International Peace Association, and advocate postmaster elections by local voters. The next gathering is set for Topeka Kansas in a year.
The Treasury summary for the year ending June 30 1837 shows total government revenue 371 403 277 with ordinary outlays 267 932 179 producing a surplus 103 471 097. Post Office revenue 54 752 347 and expenditures 53 585 835. Notes on assets liabilities include gold and silver balances, national bank note funds, and a notable reduction in small denomination notes. The navy outlook is optimistic with modern ships and independent armor forgings from Bethlehem iron works.
Lieutenant General P H Sheridan submitted the annual army report stating 2 200 officers and 24 256 men including Indian scouts. He notes Missouri division quiet with minor operations and efforts to deter intruders in Oklahoma, urges consideration of opening reservations to settlement, and comments on Crow Reservation tensions in Montana. He describes new and expanding posts at Denver San Antonio near Chicago Fort Snelling and Fort Riley, noting school of practice aims and the need for substantial permanent buildings and new equipment for cavalry and field guns.
Commodore T D Wilson in the annual Navy report urges building two new vessels of about a thousand tons each to replace training ships Saratoga Jamestown and Portsmouth and seeks authority to repair the Hartford at 175000. He argues single turret monitors are costly and largely unusable for coast defense unless upgraded and notes six months could restore them to their original efficiency at about 500000.
The annual Post Office report shows total cost 29 896 508 dollars with increases in routes and miles across star mail messenger and railroad services. It notes mail pieces handled rose by 505 million, with reductions in cost per piece at free delivery offices and ongoing funding recommendations for fast lines to the South and West.
The 1887 fiscal year ends June 30 shows 130,959 miles of railroad mail authorization with 116,609 miles served by clerks and 14,360 by closed pouches. Inland steamboat routes total 41 and 5,864 miles with 4,460 postal clerks in transit.
Gen Benet submits the annual War Department report detailing that the bureau spent 1,597,652 dollars in the year. Some 41,106 rifles and carbines were produced at the National Armory but progress on coast defense suffered from Congress not passing the appropriation bill. The dynamic torpedo gun shows promise and a twelve inch gun is urged for trials.
The police census lists Buffalo population at 230,244. Other items note the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette editor Frank M. Higgins death, counterfeiters arrested near Port Huron, a fatal collision at Alvin Junction Texas, and a range of national issues from labor to canal progress and grain stocks.
A Washington telegraph reports government receipts this month at 20,685,346 while expenditures reach 25,349,940, creating a deficit of 4,664,500. Expenditures include 18,283,747 paid on pensions. Net gold in the treasury Monday stands at 207,766,020, up nearly 5 million since the 1st inst and about 20 million since July 1. Standard silver dollar circulation has risen by over 1,000,000 since the is inet and nearly 8,009,000 since vie
Chicago special says about 5000 dollars have been contributed toward the Haymarket monument fund. The committee in charge has not yet held a meeting and nothing beyond the initial fundraising has been done.
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