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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1884
Page
2
A long report covers petitions for women suffrage and cooperative settlements, requests for State Department correspondence on Brazilian phosphate discovery, and debates on meat importation health standards. It notes Mississippi River improvements and various Senate and House resolutions, bills, and adjournments through Jan 18 with numerous militia, rail, and corporate matters, plus a flood of local fires and deaths.
December 1883 export value for domestic bread stuffs was 12.94 million dollars, down from 18.09 million a year earlier. For the year ending December 31, 1883, exports totaled 172.69 million, below 182.68 million in 1882. The Pension Committee favors a bill granting pensions to Mexican War, Creek and Seminole War, and Black Hawk War survivors. Secretary Chandler reported 92 ships on the naval register in November 1883, with costs totaling 81.996 million dollars including 40.4 million in repairs. The Senate rejected the Mexico treaty 39 to 20 on the 18th.
A resident of Fall River, Charles P. Stickney, and his wife were fatally burned when naptha saturated carpet ignited in a blaze at their home on the night of the 16th. Stickney perished trying to save his wife as she suffered severe injuries. In Haywardville a double runner struck a sled, killing James O Leary and injuring others, while Charles Hay ward suffered leg injuries and two young women named Hallsback sustained internal injuries. In Pittsburgh, S Holmes of Toledo offered ten acres to fund a glass factory scheme after a strike meeting, with stock subscriptions and operation planned for April. Amos D Lockwood, notable cotton manufacturer, died in Providence on the 16th.
A westbound Texas Pacific train wreck near Weatherford Texas injures about thirty. Cowboy desperado W A Alexander is killed in Pana Texas by soldiers under Lt Eggleston. Iowa Republicans renominate Senator Allison by acclamation. Cincinnati printer Brocn & Co signs. Ralph Sellow wills 80000 to St Louis institutions with several benefactions. A seventeen year old Amelia Olsen found dead near Chicago from suspected violence. Lafayette Township Treasurer shot by burglars in Gratiot County Michigan. robbers flee. An engineer on the Knoxville and Augusta Railroad reports an incident in Abbeyville County South Carolina.
Reports from St Petersburg on a cipher letter tied to Irish malcontents, a Wales mining tragedy killing ten men and a boy at Garnant, a London fire at S W Silver & Co, and plans for a Trieste to New York steam line. Also noted are the death of Baron St Suzann of Monaco, Lasker obsequies, and Dublin farm plowing on the Parnell estate.
The report summarizes a slate of 19th century events including the Senate not in session, House debate on the Fitz-John Porter bill, and a City of Columbus passenger tally. It notes a Garfield Memorial Church dedication in Washington, an arrest in Boston for check fraud, a fatal boiler explosion in Hamilton Illinois, a large New York firm assignment, a Colorado lynching of Mike Cuddichie and wife, a major Leipsic fire, a Toronto church blaze, a Mineola Texas fire, and New York banks’ weekly balances with increases in loans and deposits.
Boston reports reveal the steamer City of Columbus hit Devil's Bridge near Gayhead in a gale. One hundred lives are lost or unaccounted. The Dexter cutter rescued twenty one survivors. seven more saved on lifeboats. Captain Wright and crew praised. details name saved, dead, and unidentified. The vessel, built in 1878, was insured and valued at about $300,000.
Mary Matthews, recently adopted from the Denver Catholic Orphans Home, was killed by foster parents Mike Cuddike and wife and her brother John Carroll near Ouray. The body was exhumed revealing fractured skulls severed limbs and frozen extremities. The couple and Carroll were jailed as lynching talk circulated.
Cyrus Grow a forty year old Reading man, struck by violent spasms and frothing at the mouth after returning home. He said he was bitten by a dog eighteen years ago and asked to be chained to prevent harming others. He leaped from a second story window and injured himself before police halted him.
A Virginia Legislature bill proposes repealing the law that imposes political disability on citizens who engage in duels. The text argues repeal would please Virginians and criticizes current restrictions, joking that murderers face trouble under the present rules.
The North German Gazette reports that new treaties between Germany and Corea were concluded November 26 1883. They grant Germany better terms than 1882 and secure the same commerce and navigation rights Germany enjoys with China and Japan.
The Ohio Senate and House unveil standing committees and early actions. Senators Crowell, Jaeger, O'Neill, and others chair committees on Public Works, Railroads, Common Schools, Military Affairs, Agriculture, Manufactures, Insurance, and more as the Jan 10 session catalogs members and duties. The lieutenant governor-elect John G. Warwick is sworn in, and a civil rights bill is introduced.
In Gloversville New York a young couple fled by cutter to marry by appointment. The wealthy father chased them ten miles from town in a sleigh, dumped the groom in the snow, and returned home with his daughter while the groom trudged back through snow and wind.
The article argues that restricting immigration by race risks denying the right to exclude those with weak minds and disease. It warns that many immigrants aided by governments may be mentally deficient or likely to pass on mental weakness, calling such a factor dangerous.
A passenger train from Wellsville to Bradford struck a flood of waste oil on the Bradford Bordell and Kinzua line. The engine and cars burst into flames within moments, with passengers leaping from windows as the coach and baggage car burned. Coroner’s inquest is planned. three women died. Survivors include President Carter and numerous injured.
Dennis O'Connor the Chicago O'Donnell defense fund treasurer says Patrick Ford has received nearly 50000 dollars. He puts total defense costs at about 12500 dollars and notes Irish supporters await Ford's word on the balance. He adds that any surplus should go to O'Doprell's wife and other heirs.
Civil engineers estimate a fifteen acre island opposite the city on Lake Michigan will cost one million dollars to build. Plans include a crib breakwater, dredged sandbar material, a spacious hotel, and ornamental grounds for a fashionable summer retreat.
Bellefontaine Ohio January 15 Seth McBride a well known farmer shot a large gray wolf in Logan County after the animal killed a sheep. The wolf had slain over one hundred sheep in recent weeks tearing at the sides and eating leaf fat and kidneys.
The Secretary of the Treasury accepted the New York Central Railroad Company offer of 65000 dollars in compromise of liabilities amounting to 100000 dollars incurred by the Hudson River Railroad Company before consolidation.
The Pennsylvania Iron Works in Manchester, Pa., resumes operations at reduced wages. The scale will be governed by the prices paid puddlers in neighboring towns.
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