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Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1884

Page

2

Senate Week in Review Sees Bills Passed and Flood Aid

The Senate and House consider measures on political contributions and a duty to fund flood relief. Legislation includes a $4,500 settlement for Lisa Boddy of Oregon related to a 1872 Modoc incident, a silver dollar coinage pause, and notes on National banking circulation. Debates cover the Ohio floods, the Louisiana Bank relief, and Nation wide postal routes.

Senate Voorhees Judie Committee Lisa Boddy Oregon Congressional Library Bland Committee On Banking and Currency Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures Department of Labor Statistics House Vorhees Secretary of the Treasury Northern Pacific Railroad Pendleton Grant William H. Lytle Ohio McPherson Warner Andersonville Mississippi Chalmers Manning Hill Louisiana State Bank Court of Claims United States Hovass McKinley Cleveland Ohio Valley Congress Messrs. Pendleton Indiana Committee On Appropriations Ohio River Holman Chalmers-Manning Committee On Elections Committee On

Washington News Briefs From The Nation’s Capital

The Congressional Committee for Mississippi political murders departs for New Orleans for testimony. The Proteus court of inquiry criticizes General Hazen’s actions. A Washington crematory society organizes a $20 000 furnace. JaMES S NEGley calls a National Council for March 6. President Arthur promotes Lieutenant Rhodes for the City of Columbus wreck. February breadstuffs exports total 12 284 781 dollars. seven months to Jan 31 1884 total 100 256 207 dollars. Colonel Edward Simpson, defender of 1814 Capital, dies aged ninety. The President accepts John C New’s Treasury post resignation. Nominees Coburn and Lord sent to Senate. Mellon argues for free labor and against unions coercing workers.

Congressional Committee Mississippi New Orleans Proteus Court of Inquiry Senate Hazen Washington D. C James S. Negley National Union League National Council Arthur Rhodes Dexter City of Columbus Epward Smron John C. New the Treasury John Coburn Indiana Supreme Court of Montana F. C. Lord Internal Revenue District of Nevada Thomas Mellon Pittsburgh House Committee On Labor Free

Prominent English Botanist Joan Hutton Batrovur Dies at 76

News wires report the death of Joan Hutton Batrovur, famed English botanist and physician, aged seventy six. Other items note Quran Victoria's new book on domestic affairs, Mexico’s smuggling arrests, and British actions in Egypt.

Joan Hutton Batrovur Quran Victoria Tut Khedive Sinkat Mexico New Orleans Matamoras Major Palacios Egypt Suakim McKay’s Canada Pacific Lake Superior Minister of Marine and Fisheries Canada M. la Guerre M. Chanveane Chamber of Deputies la Guerre Patriotic Society Guild Hall London Central Africa

River at Cincinnati Falls as Waters Recede

News notes a 64 foot river level at Cincinnati with slow recession. Other items report rising smallpox in Khartoum, mass deaths of 200 children at Sin Kat, a jail escape in Queens County, and a memorial service at Diamond Mine for 77 miners lost in 1882. George William Curtis to deliver Wendell Phillips eulogy.

Diamond Braidwood George William Curtis Wendell Phillips Wallace Brockman Richard Craig Ashland House Lexington Brockman Midway Craig John Schneider Newark N. J Ware Mass Supreme Court of Illinois Gatewood House of Refuge St. Louis Minneapolis Minn Albert Hammerling Mary Miller New Orleans

River of Rain Drives Relief Efforts Across Ohio Valley

Flooded cities from Portsmouth to Pomeroy report widespread devastation with thousands homeless. Charities mobilize, relief boats sail, and the Army orders four officers to lead rescue work as rivers rise and towns struggle for food, fuel, and communication amid a long, costly disaster.

Water's woeful work on the 1884 Ohio flood voyage

The Katie Stockdale made the first upriver run from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh during the Great Flood of 1884. The Ohio Valley lake-like flood submerged towns from California to Belpre and beyond, with hundreds of floating houses, wrecked farms, and displaced residents signaling through the night as the boat carried relief supplies and news upriver.

Cincinnati Hazen Pearl Street Ohio Lawrenceburg Ind New Richmond Beckwith St. Louis United States Columbus Pomeroy, O Pomeroy Second Street Front Street Monkey Run Conrad Steif Nic Reuter Ravenswood W. Va Portsmouth Slocum Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore Railroad McFarland Lewis Davidson Cochransville Marietta Secretary of War Wheeling Parkersburg Camden Standard Pittsburgh Pittspurnen la Belle Rivere Katie Stockdale Point Bridge Wood Street Stockdale Porkopolis Calhoun Gulf of Mexico Cincinnati Levee California Moscow Maysville Kentucky Ohio Valley Manchester Greenup Ironton Cattlettsburg Big Sandy Huntington West Virginia Charlestown Gallipolis Blennerhassett Island Belpre Aaron Burr Harry Clain Spence Sandford Sandford Vienna Island Newport Bull Creek Wade Martinsville C. Barringer Dan Kane New Martinsville Proctor Moundsville Stout

Ten Die as Two Buildings Collapse in Cincinnati Fire Tragedy

Fire fighters and police rescued survivors after the rear brick section of two buildings on Pearl near Ludlow collapsed at 3:40 am. Ten people are known dead, with names including Mary E. Colter Maud Ellis James Ogden Barney Winkler and Thomas Burke. Residents warned of structural weakness and many tenants fled to safety after the disaster.

Cincinnati Ludlow Pearl Streets Pearl Burk Coulter Maud Ellis Lydia Ellis Willie Kyle Robert Kyle George Oyster John W. Kyle Mary E. Colter James Ogden Barney Winkler Mary Colter Mary

Canada Not a Military Nation Says Lord Lansdowne

At the Dominion Artillery Association meeting Lord Lansdowne said Canada should not be a military nation like European powers. He emphasized peaceful pursuits, development of resources, friendly ties with the United States, and trust in a modest national defense funded at a moderate cost.

Ottawa Dominion Artillery Association Lord Lansdowne Canada National Insurance

Pilot of the Scioto Convicted of Manslaughter

In Parkersburg West Virginia on February 15 the jury found David C Keller pilot of the Scioto guilty of manslaughter for the July 4 collision with the John Lomas at Mingo Junction in which fifty four people died. The sentence will be heard tomorrow amid national interest and mercy recommended by the jury.

Leutz Hedges Benton Plymouth Congregational Church Kalamazoo Mich Ft. Scully D. T Jupp Crouch Jackson Brown Nemadji River Wisconsin Great Music Hall Cincinnati Congress J. S. Zerbe West Fifth Street Grand Lodge of Missouri Nebraska Ancient Order of United Workmen St. Louis New Jersey Nevada Halleck Bluff City Council Bluffs Emma Neisin Brown Point Ind Expressen’s Aid Association Jacksonville Fla Vermillion Board of Trade Terre Haute Jerry Hanly Mary Des Moines Mississippi Rock Island Davenport Western Nail Association Grovor Gordon Winnetka Chicago J. L. Wilson Parkersburg W. Va David C. Keller Keller John Lomas Mingo Junction Mississippi Senate Oxford H. C. Brainard Cleveland Louisville Tur John Brewster New Orleans Michael 8. Fortier Brewster Scioto-Lomas United States Court House David C. KeHer Scioto

Tariff of 1883 Debate Touches Treaty Concepts

Washington hearing on tariff legislation of 1883 features Secretary Hayes arguing the 1883 tariff as a future treaty with National Industries and merit of honoring it with the same faith as a foreign treaty. Arlington Mills advocate favors duties cuts to avoid depressing the industry. couple of horse-riding bets end with a knife scene and a pending lawsuit.

Washington Committee of Ways and Means Hayes National Woolen Manufacturers’ Association Boston Whitman Arlington Mills

Boy Apprentices Theft Skills Then Returned Home

Louis Gabriel a New York policeman's son at sixteen sought training in pocket picking from a noted thief. The crook handed him to a police officer who returned him to his father. The boy had been influenced by dime novels and police gazettes.

Thomas Murray Pittsburgh Joyce Grorce H. Marshall Mary Anderson United States Franklin C. W. Gilfillan Southern Sentral Weedsport N. Y Burr Ridgeway John Straight Timothy K. Dahahey New York Central Road Hudson Philadelphia Barbara Miner Louisa Louis Gabriel New York

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