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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1887
Page
3
The Defiance Co. Express announces continued publication by The Express Publishing Company in Defiance Ohio with no changes to name or format. Readers are advised to refer to the trade edition for all current news and notices.
The Senate and Deputies at Versailles elected M Sadi Carnot to succeed President Grevy. The Republican winner has long been active in politics since the fall of Louis Napoleon but lacks strong party support.
Paris dispatch reports the Chamber of Deputies informed by PM Rouvier that Grevy would not resign. Deputies adopted a day’s order awaiting his message. Grevy’s December 24 resignation letter was read, noting public opinion and the struggle to form a ministry.
The President of the Senate summons a joint congress of deputies and senate at Versailles to elect a new President amid a tense clash between executive and Parliament. Deputies receive the message in profound silence as cries of Vive la Republique ring out.
A reprint discusses the Knights of Labor growing from under 10 000 members to as many as 700 000 and argues against secession. It praises pioneers who built the order, notes workers faced blackmail and discharge, and warns that a break could enable rivals to seize power through manipulation.
Chicago hosts the National Conference Committee drawing over a thousand temperance leaders. Indianapolis to hold the presidential nominating convention the first Wednesday in June. Professor Samuel Dickie chosen to preside and pledge all delegates to unwavering prohibition work. Dickie accepts the chair with a $8,000 salary and will leave Albion College to lead the cause. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union urges parties to avoid war issues and pursue peace, supporting two delegates per congressional district and at large state representation. The conference endorses Clinton B. Fisk as the presidential candidate, raises six thousand dollars toward a forty thousand dollar campaign, with a mass meeting concluding the session.
Johann Most testified in his own defense denying violent rhetoric and the jury found him guilty as charged after four hours deliberation. The report notes unrest among anarchists in Newark and a violent incident in Alamosa where Michael O'Brien hanged after abducting Miss McGregor, reflecting serial crime and public tension.
A rock and earth fall at a Hummelstown Pennsylvania quarry buries three men with bodies unlikely to be recovered for weeks while several workers escape. In Brookville Kansas a string of blazes destroys Lawrence Hol o ilx business blocks and three homes. four men die in fires. A builder, Charles Moas of Tower Springs Kansas, is badly burned and likely to die. Hotel guests jump from second story windows as losses total about 22000 with 5000 insured. The Strawbridge Lithographing building in Cincinnati burns for about 500000 with 150000 insured. A tenement fire in New York damages property by 20000 and a boy perishes. An explosion near Dodgeville Wisconsin injures four. one fatally, others severely shocked or bruised.
In a twenty five foot cut the blast dropped a rock into a powder hole igniting seven kegs of powder. Workers were blown into the air and buried as rocks and dirt collapsed. Five men on a locomotive at Tamaqua were killed when the engine exploded and the machinery scattered, bodies blown to atoms. The injured include Eric Ostrom Antony Nelson Peter Johnson Andrew Theager and Meyer with severe injuries and possible death for Ostrom.
Detroit dispatch details a sweeping probe into swamp land claims in Michigan. J. H. Chandler, EW Sparrow, and the Seager estate may locate 600 acres. the state seeks $2,000,000 from the federal government for 1,700,000 acres due. Railroads face suits for 18,000 acres of disputed land. Also notes tariff reform pushes, ship canal surveys for Nicaragua, Christmas emigrants to Sweden and Denmark, Manitoba politics turmoil, and cattle quarantines in Kansas.
The Mississippi River high bridge at Dubuque was celebrated with a morning parade and speeches. Railroads and crowds from Illinois and Wisconsin filled the city as a three mile long procession showcased Dubuque’s pride and industrial display.
Special correspondence notes Secretary Fairchild studying imports and duties with the President and Mr. Carlisle. A tariff bill is urged to repeal tobacco taxes and cut sugar duties, with further cuts to wool lumber and salt, aiming for a $70 million revenue reduction and possible Senate resistance.
The Director of the Mint reports fiscal year 1887 saw record value of gold and silver deposits since 1881, with gold deposits totaling $88,223,072 and silver deposits $47,756,918. Coinage included 3,724,720 gold pieces and 44,431,288 silver pieces, plus minor coins. Seignorage, trade dollar redemptions, and large minor-coin demand taxed Philadelphia Mint, while total year earnings reached $8,712,519 against $1,437,452 in expenses and losses.
The report outlines unequal turnover in House committees with chairmen re-elected in Georgia and Massachusetts figures, while others like Ways and Means and Judiciary lose key members. Culberson of Texas remains the senior survivor, Mills leads Ways and Means, and Candler of Georgia faces limited chances for chair.
The text outlines shifts in key committees as members retire or are reassigned. Bland of Missouri returns as chair of Coinage, Weights, and Measures. Reagan of Texas becomes Senator. Clardy of Missouri lingers but may lose chair prospects. Other committees show vacancies and retirements across Commerce, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Military Affairs, Naval, Post Office, Public Lands, and Territories with senior survivors named.
The Third Assistant Postmaster General reports the last fiscal year postal revenue of 18.1 million with money order income of 0.72 million, totals 48.84 million. expenditures reach 53.13 million, deficit 4.30 million and 1.19 million credited to Pacific Railway companies. Total excess cost over revenue stands at 5.48 million. Receipts up 11.1 percent year over year. expenditure rise 3.4 percent. Projection: receipts rise 9 percent this year and 8 percent next. special delivery up about 21 percent. Investigation urged into pneumatic tube use in major cities for faster mail transit.
The annual report shows 3 043 new postoffices established in the last fiscal year and total offices in operation reaching 55 157 as of June 30 1857. It lists state tallies, salary adjustments, and class reassignments, with key statistics on money order offices and major contract items.
Superintendent Bell reports a 10.59 percent rise in transatlantic letters and 12.55 percent in other articles sent from the United States abroad. Central and South American mail shows 1.21 percent letters and 20.49 percent other items, with Venezuela up 236 percent. He cites commercial ties and calls for premium penalties to improve Central and South American service amid total foreign mail cost of 137,417 dollars, with sea conveyance costing 420,056 dollars.
Vilas reports postal operations with prospects for postage cuts to 1 cent per ounce for letters and potential further reductions for merchandise. He notes increases in post offices, appointments, and free delivery, plus rising revenue from stamps and stamped paper despite higher expenditures.
Pittsburg correspondent records Charles Dickens Jr discussing Haggard Stevenson and the shift away from Howell and James. He notes readers crave originality and that American writers focus on money over fame, praising American newspaper literature for its quality despite haste.
A prisoner in Tullamore Jail writes from Dublin denying Mr Balfour's claim that he used heart or lung illness to avoid wearing prison garb. He cites threats, bread and water, stolen clothes, and stress, and vows to vindicate himself. The same issue reports substantial Calumet and Hecla copper mine activity at the New York Metal Exchange with 5 to 6 million pounds traded over two days.
Congress appointed Tar commission to locate a site for a new San Francisco post office reports the $350,000 appropriation is insufficient due to high city real estate values and recommends increasing the budget to $850,000.
Flint glass manufacturers in Pittsburg reached a new wage scale agreement to be presented to workers on January 3. The employees demand recognition of their association before signing.
Ohio State News reports a string of incidents from Guernsey County swindlers who seized promissory notes, a subplot of a harrow scam, and a resurging tale of Frank Cantwell alive after a presumed Indiana railway death. It also covers a murder-hunt in Xenia and Chillicothe, a fatal boiler accident in La Grange, and multiple political and public notices across the state.
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