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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1888
Page
7
A deadly crash on the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio line three miles west of Meadville Pa left five dead including two engineers and a fireman and a passenger, with thirteen injured nine of whom died. Other items note a steel weakness in the Charleston cruiser and various international and domestic events.
The Guatemala revolution was crushed after a brutal battle in which revolutionary forces were defeated, their generals captured and shot. In Ireland near Cookstown, Catholics clashed with Orangemen in Killybearn with stones and revolvers. police halted the fight and several arrests followed. Europe faces an unusually severe winter with heavy snows as rail service is disrupted in Austria. A Vienna telegram reports Russia seeking peace while concentrating troops on Galicia remains nonaggressive. Berlin dispatch notes Austria, under pressure from friendly powers, offering peace moves to Russia.
A Jefferson City notice reports Governor Marmaduke of Missouri died from pneumonia after a two day illness. The former Confederate general, who became governor January 1, 1885, fought a famed thirty paces duel with General Walker in 1863 and led Confederate forces during the retreat from Little Rock. Funeral rites for ex Secretary Daniel Manning were held in Albany with flags and business suspensions for the ceremony. The President and Cabinet attended.
The Kansas Prohibition Convention elected delegates to the National Prohibition Convention in Indianapolis. Ex-Governor John P. St. John and others were named. Lieut Gov Albert P Morehouse was sworn in as Missouri Governor to finish Marmaduke’s term, appointing W Yantis as private secretary. The Kansas Temperance Union backed constitutional prohibition and opposed third party agitation.
Austin Corbin of the Reading Railroad declares only loyal employees will keep jobs and rejects Knights of Labor influence. The company will replace staff seen as obeying the union. Dun and Co notes demand, tariff doubts and strikes contributing to November December trade slack.
Severe closing pressure gives way to generally easy money markets with fair to good conditions at most points. Holiday trade expands while strikes and wage disputes cast uncertainty on ore industries, Reading stock advances fade, and December exports show a decline of 1.2 percent in New York with a 1.7 percent drop in imports, signaling capital outflow and potential effects on securities for new roads. A two year review highlights a surge in capital formation from 1856 to 1887, with new capital rising from 120 million to 256 million.
Rand and Co powder mill at Pittsford New York destroyed by explosion and fire. Wakefield Michigan endangers most of the town with a loss estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. A landslide on the Queen and Crescent Railroad buries eight freight cars and wrecks two passenger cars injuring sixteen. A man freezes to death near Austin Texas, the first in that section.
A Macon dispatch reports Nathan Reed killed his wife and six children before killing himself, his body found in a well after a cabin fire. Also noted are executions of John Strickland in Conway Virginia for patricide and others in Harrisonburg Virginia Marianna Arkansas for murder. A Vigilante hanged William Herrig near Rector Arkansas after he killed his wife and her lover. A Kansas telegram recounts the Kelly family lynching in Texas with Bill Kelly hanged and the mother and daughter shot.
Miscellaneous notes report coal supply scarce due to Pittsburgh cutoff, with prices up nearly 100 percent and dealers behind four to seven days. Other items note a Michigan judgment for damages, a Chicago brewery gas finding, a Lincoln Nebraska railway incorporation, and Albany North Carolina dedicates the Lathrop memorial building costing 75000 with furniture.
The third annual report of the Bureau of Labor details strikes and lockouts from 1881 to 1886, showing 1,318,624 workers involved in 22,336 establishments. New York and four other states accounted for most disruptions, with wage losses totaling about 60 million dollars.
Gordon DeGrot of Quinney was found frozen to death beside Wise's body near Clinton Wisconsin. His uncle Dan De Grot was found unconscious in a farm yard three miles from Stockbridge after they wandered there while drunk. The incident marks the first reported death from freezing in the region.
The Railway Age reports 1887 added 12,724 miles of new main line track in the United States, with expectations near 13,000 miles total. It notes 65,000 jobs created, vast capital outlay around 325 million dollars, and a national mileage rising to about 151,000 miles, highlighting broad regional construction and economic impact.
Henry Wise a farmer was found frozen to death ten miles from Austin after falling from his wagon in a muddy bottom. His head and shoulders were buried in mud and his mules were found nearby.
A clash between the Supreme Lodge of the United States and the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, centers on the claim to self-government for the state lodges. The Supreme Lodge denies this right and the matter may go to the courts. The piece reflects on the value of how lifework is used.
Ninety years old philanthropist William W. Corcoran hosts a day of visitors in his oak paneled library. Fragrant floral gifts and a note from Frances Cleveland mark the celebration as historian George Bancroft chats with the ailing centenarian, who recalls past horseback days.
A stock disease survey across Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Indiana Iowa Minnesota Kansas Nebraska and Dakota outlines cholera and glanders levels by county. While glanders often hidden, the compilation shows varying cholera prevalence and scattered glanders across several states.
The United States Geological Survey reports 1846 mineral production value over 465 million dollars, the highest to date. Iron and steel led gains with a 30 million rise, pig iron surpassing silver and gold in 1886, and natural gas use exploding to over double 1885 and twenty times 1883.
Berlin officials say the Czar's pacific leanings are overborne by a Pan-Slavist faction and that the war party now controls him. They expect a possible provocation to precipitate conflict, even if spring war is avoided.
An Ohio dispatch reports Jas Anderson killed after being struck by freight engine No. 93 near Leesburg as he crossed. several drownings, including Jesse Mead on Mad River. Fire, legal and railway incidents follow: typhoid deaths at Fostoria, a fatal fall at Marietta, a warehouse collapse in Cleveland, and multiple sentences in Mansfield and Ironton.
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