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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1888
Page
10
A weekly digest from The News Record covers telegraph, political and commercial news, industrial developments, fires, accidents, crimes and personal crises. It compiles incidents and events reported across sectors with brief notes on outcomes and notable facts.
A Covington meeting forms a plan for 41st Kentucky Volunteers to obtain discharge pay after twenty three years since the war. Captain Amos Shinkle led the regiment, now seeking back pay up to 35 588 each, with members alive and many deceased. Sunset Cox and others propose centralizing five government statistical bureaus under one head to speed the eleventh census. House Elections Committee declines reopening contested seats of Thoebeva Carlisle and Carlisle. The telegram mix covers rail, ships, finance panic, Korea China tensions, burglary, lynching, letters of unease, a Northwest blizzard death toll, and a large Indianapolis fire loss.
Gen Washington Brawell, 86, died in San Francisco of river enlargement after 47 years in service since graduating West Point in 1825. A Havener dispatch notes a fatal railway accident near the May erhill bridge on the Merrimac split between Bradford and Haverhill. The Boston and Portland express struck a water-tank house, killing John O'Brien and William Taylor among others, with nine dead and dozens hurt. Also, Eunice Cottrell, known as Aunt Eunie, died at 115 on the Pequot Indian Reservation in North Stonington.
Lantern Hill descendant Aunt Eunice, oldest Pequot descendant, noted at death. Miss Campbell v Arbuckle ends with 45000 damages to plaintiff and 1000 to prosecutor, likely appeal. In Alaska, Funner convicted of manslaughter for Archbishop Seghers’ death, ten years jail and $1000 fine.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge Cassiday affirms the Milwaukee Municipal Court judgment against Paul Grottkau. Grottkau will serve one year in jail. The same issue mentions Henry Schmidt, executed in West Union Iowa for murder, and claims Elison T. Smith instigated the crime for $500. General Dakota storm reports describe severe blizzard conditions, disappearances in Dakota and Minnesota, and extensive damage. An Omaha dispatch notes higher losses than recent years. In Missouri, two stock trains arrive with frozen animals. Superior Wisconsin reports heavy snowfall forcing tunnel exits.
An Atlanta report notes vast foreign money now controls Georgia farm land with mortgages totaling millions and 12 percent interest. English and Scotch capitalists back these loans, aiming to overturn Judge Speer’s ruling that such interest is forfeited. In Kansas and the Southwest, over 200 million is invested, despite tensions between lenders and borrowers.
A Washington report notes Mr Randall opposes sugar duty cuts, easing Louisiana sugar interests fears that Republicans aim to reduce the duty. Louisiana Democrats would back tariff reductions if sugar is protected. The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers reports 9715 inmates last year, a 44 percent rise in five years, with branches at capacity and little room for expansion.
In Des Moines Senator James F. Wilson was nominated by acclamation to succeed himself with others withdrawing. Indiana Democrats met in Indianapolis selecting Governor Gray as chairman and expressing support for Gray for Vice President and Matson for Governor. Tariff reform split the resolutions committee. An Iowa poll shows Allison as the leading presidential choice, with Harrison and Hawley favored for vice president. Prohibition support is high. Blair’s educational bill faces House opposition after Senate support.
The Louisiana Democratic State convention in Baton Rouge on the first ballot nominated Gen. Francis T Nichols for Governor. The Reform Democrats defeated the regular administration faction after a four day session. Nichols, a West Point graduate and former Confederate general, previously served as Governor in 1876 after a Hayes victory.
A London dispatch reports thousands gathered at the Sportsman office for a Sullivan signing, police struggled to contain the crowd, and the boxer finally descended to greet spectators before leaving. Separately, Berlin contemplates a Bulgaria blockade if Ferdinand refuses to resign, with Sofia warning of war. Judge Murphy in Munster imposes severe terms on fourteen moonlighters, asserting law will curb such activity, while Woodford residents face arrest for unlawful assembly.
In Ottawa the Canadian Customs Minister warned that unless satisfactory terms are reached the Dominion will impose on July 1 the same duty on fish imports from the United States as the U S tariff. The Reading Railroad reported coal wages and costs for 1886 and 1887. A naturalization case involving military duty exemption in Europe, George Nelson of Jackson Michigan, is to be referred to Secretary Bayard.
Reading Railroad President Austin Corbin refuses to meet with striker committees and tells Schuylkill County businessmen he will not negotiate with any labor group. Coal scarcity grows as miners and dealers face mounting supply pressure.
Jan 10 11 12 actions show House and Senate handling appointments, committees, and long list of standing committees. Agreements include lake port appropriation resolution and Sunday prohibition bill. Debates cover pensions for ex prisoners and numerous local and state measures across counties and cities.
Georgia senator Brown backs repeal of internal revenue laws while Yost opposes Blair educational bill mocked as a monument to Patmilton. Measures include a lake and gulf waterway commission proposal, pensions for Northwest and Florida wars, and bills on adulteration, sugar duties, and civil service reform.
In Dublin a suitor visiting his fiancée found her talking with another man as a parrot in the study mocked with kissing sounds. The bird’s lifelike imitations spurred the jealous fiancé to end the engagement, deciding the parrot’s report was sufficient proof.
A Californian argues fur seal skins rise in price not from scarcity but from controlled supply. If all skins could be sold, the fur would lose appeal to the wealthy, as catchers fix yearly quotas and London Paris fur prices are set by farriers. Also recipe for a dubious brass polish is offered.
A visitor prods editors over a $40 debt with odd humor in a tale from St Louis Magazine. They dodge the task and joke about a past scheme, noting past losses and evasive editors while the caller leaves with a $36 balance and a hollow laugh lingering in the stairs.
A fragmentary column ponders why summer roses fade and why singers often claim a cold. It teases behavior patterns from flirtations to street musicians and hints at a local oddity in a familiar setting.
Gen Edward S Bragg of Wisconsin, former congressman and Civil War officer, receives the President's nomination to be Minister to the Republic of Mexico. Bragg hails from Unadilla New York born February 1827 and served in Wisconsin politics and multiple Congress terms. Connery, the current Secretary of Legation, is expected to return to the United States after the nomination amid political friction in Mexico.
A Chicago report details natural gas unresting in artesian wells across the city starting at a South Side brewery. Gas flows in the Leland Hotel well reach twenty cubic feet per hour, melting copper and emitting a kerosene odor, with potential use in manufacturing and heating. Pittsburgh interests back away from Chicago, eyeing Indiana fields near Valparaiso as a possible supply route. The Cooke Natural Gas Company is being formed with John S. Cooke Charles F Cooke and John Sweeney as stockholders to prospect and supply gas in Chicago.
In Xenia Ohio a 13 year old colored boy John Henry William Alexander died hours after flames spread from a gasoline can in his grandfather and father's cramped front room. The grandmother rolled on the floor to smother her burning clothes and was saved. bystander help rescued the boy but he perished.
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