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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1888
Page
6
A compact digest of happenings across politics commerce and industry with reports on fires accidents crimes and personal crises from the week. Key developments include notable cases and events shaping local and regional life as gathered by telegraph and newspaper coverage.
A Janesville telegram reports a boiler explosion at George Kastner & Co grain elevator killing George Kastner Kennedy and Ames Bracker. Fire threatens nearby tobacco warehouse and Northwestern depot as water runs short and flames spread.
At the Pennsylvania Democratic State Central Committee session in Harrisburg Dallas Sanders of Philadelphia was defeated for Chairman by Eliott Eisner of Luzerne County, with Congressmen Scott backing Eisner. Scott moved a resolution endorsing Cleveland and tariff reform, urging his re election as President. A Washington telegram notes a Ways and Means Committee debate produced a slight reform victory.
Chairman Milla was ill and Mr. McMillin presided as the committee referred public printer bills to sub committees. Mr. eer moved to take up his tobacco tax repeal but the Democratic majority favored tying tax relief to a general tariff bill. Mr. Breckinridge won a 5 to 4 vote to defer McKinley’s revenue measure. Washington telegram notes Randalls defeat in Pennsylvania politics.
The Eagle Tron Works at Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania fails with heavy liabilities and assets listed at two hundred thousand dollars while San Francisco Bridge Company assigns with three hundred thousand dollars owed. A Pittsburgh dispatch notes miners and railroad workers fear a protracted strike as sentiment shifts from lukewarm to firm resolve and some move to Wyoming and Clearfield regions. The Dun and Co weekly outlook paints a quiet country with dull wholesale trade and rising prices amid strikes and uncertainty though some sectors show activity in ship bridge and car building.
A broken rail wrecked a Lake Erie and Western train near Bluffton, injuring several Nordeck workers and killing Albert Gilbert of Fostoria. Fires in Springfield, Illinois destroyed RN. Dodd’s drug store and a store, with losses near 135000. The Oderkirk Seminary at Rich View NL burned. Blizzard victims total 135 dead with 55 missing across Dakota Iowa Nebraska Montana and more, with numerous names listed by location. A Tacoma special reports fourteen Chinamen drowned near San Juan Islands while attempting to reach Washington Territory. In Ennis Texas, two Williams daughters and a young man Babbitt drown after ice collapse during skating attempts to rescue others.
The 1886 New York Legislature appointed commission urges using electricity to carry out death sentences. It argues death is instantaneous, officials safe, and the method private, while noting electric shocks are not felt by the condemned and citing animal experiments on heart action.
Reports from Northern Texas describe widespread suffering as freezing temperatures leave cattle frozen under shelter and devastate cereals and fruit prospects. A 1886 New York Legislature commission on humane execution methods has recommended ending hanging and adopting an alternative method.
Charles E. Young of the Michigan Carbon Company is arrested in Detroit for embezzling up to 76000 dollars, with larger sums suspected as dividends declined over two years. A quiet inquiry by President Deming Jarvis revealed heavy defalcations tied to Young, the long time bookkeeper. A separate train robbery attempt near Missouri City ends with a posse pursuit. leader John Sweeney wounded and captured, tied to Jesse James era violence.
William O Brien M P editor of United Ireland was released from Tul amore Jail on January 20 after confinement since October 21. He went to a priest's house in Tullamore as a large crowd cheered, with no disorder reported. Father McFadden of Gweedore and Mr Blane were also arrested at Armagh and sent to Donegal jail to face trial for anti landlord and anti police activities.
Senator Hale charges the Democratic administration with using the civil service reform pledge as a snare. He cites widespread removals and replacements across federal offices, warns of coercive campaigning by officeholders, and predicts intensified partisan tactics to sustain Democratic control. He cites Jun 1887 figures and criticizes President Cleveland’s stance.
The convention of Republican clubs in New York formed a Republican League to stimulate local club organization. It states the league will not name a presidential candidate but aid the party's administration and support the National Convention nominee, rejecting any misrepresentations. It emphasizes harmony, party spirit, and long-term organizational work. Philadelphia Press.
A 19th century editorial excerpt critiques Lamar's Senate confirmation as a test of loyalty to the Constitution. It notes 28 Republican votes against, cites Democratic disloyalty as a factor, and reflects on shifts in views among Northern and Southern Democrats toward protectionism and free trade politics.
The Democratic elements of the Empire State discuss Governor Hill's tactics against President Cleveland and condemn civil service reform. The piece cites subterranean methods and political prudence ahead of next year's elections, noting future voter impact.
Jan 17 to 19 actions show Senate and House considering and advancing numerous bills. Topics include testimony in Common Pleas trials, state tax adjustments, school supervision, township finances, indigent soldiers relief, and election contest authority. Local bills pass in parts, with measures on hygiene study, infrastructure, or public welfare and financial governance in Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
The Smithsonian received bones of the great auk from Newfoundland. The bird stood over two feet tall with a razorlike bill and very small wings aiding its swimming. European hunters and early sailors drove it to extinction by slaughter and island drives, with last sightings in 1844 to 1853. the bird laid a single egg and was a swift water swimmer but clumsy on land.
A chatter of church dissensions and a museum recruitment scene unfolds. A minister debates expulsion while his wife questions church authority, and a Dime Museum manager grills a hopeful who lists grotesque stage roles and a comic claim to survive the Custer massacre.
The Senate confirmed Lucius Quintus Curtius Lamar as a Justice of the Supreme Court on the 16th inst, with opposition from Edmunds Evarts Allison Sherman Hoar Ingalls Hawley and Wilson of Iowa. Republican senators defended the pick citing lack of experience and political record.
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