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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1887
Page
3
A compact digest of foreign and domestic developments, political events, labor notes, and personal items drawn from world coverage. The bulletin assembles fresh intelligence across regions, offering quick reads on ongoing crises, policy moves, and notable social shifts shaping the civilized world.
George E. Seney presided at Cleveland over the Ohio Democratic State Convention. The slate includes Governor Thomas E. Powell of Delaware County and Lieutenant Governor D. Coolman of Portage County. Also named are L. R. Critenfield and Virgil P. Kline for Supreme Court, Emil Kiesewetter for Auditor. The platform backs Cleveland’s administration, calls tariff tax cuts, opposes reducing internal revenue on liquors, and favors land preservation and Ireland home rule.
Taraport Thomas sues National Opera Company for 24500 in salary. In Rutherford County Tennessee Phillips is shot by a sheriff’s posse after aiding Dan Hoover to assault a colored girl Palmer. Hoover is arrested and escapes. Regulator mob lashes Richard Harkness near Columbia South Carolina. Mahratta steamer founders near Hooghly Point drowning pilgrims. Privy Council in Dublin plans coercion bulls for Ireland except Antrim. Moopy league campaign to start in September with Sankey. Ramsey to test Atlanta ship. Mary Opery charged with baby farming in New York. Enzavery New Jersey floods. Parker gored by bull in Charlotte. Jubilee Naval Review at Portsmouth impresses. Epwaro Morris sold to New York for 2000. Carter Harrison donates 4000 to Chicago hospital. Rose Oclevland to teach in Fifth Avenue NY private school. Mannix sues Cunard for damages after Oregon wreck. Mary Watkins disputes neighbor. neighbor dies. St Joseph invites the President. Griffiths Enders and Joseph Owens fatally shoot each other. Chicago boodler McGankur escapes. Dixon and Ryan killed by lightning near Staten Island. Bourrette case in Iowa infant murder. O’Kusrr of Limerick touring US. William Han of Aurora dies of heart disease. Phillipsburg storms kill Mrs Beers. John WD Supa to be hanged September 7 for police murder while escaping jail.
A London dispatch reports Henry M. Stanley was shot by natives during his West Africa expedition, but the claim proved untrue. Metz is testing balloon drop dynamite on forts as military activity increases. Emperor William plans a September move to Konigsberg. Romania signs large war material contracts.
At Irving Hall Dr McGlynn announced the Anti Poverty Society would field a candidate in 1888. A heckler yelled questions about the plan as the remarks touched on political strategy and party alignment.
The President and Mrs Cleveland spent Tuesday in Fayetteville New York the former’s boyhood home at a reception hosted by Mrs Hoyt. H Edwards welcomed them and the President recalled Green Lake pastimes panther sightings and gate stories while promising to serve the public well. Mrs Cleveland marked her 23rd birthday on July 21. Gerhard B Allen a leading St Louis businessman died at Richfield Springs New York.
The Interstate Commerce Commission addressed the commission cases involving Chicago and Alton versus Pennsylvania and Chicago Rock Island versus New York Central. Both are dismissed. Dissenting opinions by Echoonmaker and Bragg accompany. A separate case against Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha RailroadCompany for unreasonable rates is dismissed for insufficient evidence without probation, with Bragg writing.
A Pittsburg dispatch notes the eleven week and four day coke strike ended with improved labor relations yet vast losses. Wages averaged two dollars and five cents, with 553 thousand for six weeks and 442 thousand for six weeks more lost by strikers as 3,000 returned to work after Carnegie’s advance. Operators faced daily costs up to ten thousand dollars and a total over a million. Production totals and market notes follow, with Ives syndicate banking concerns clouding Wall Street.
Fire destroys Briggs Swift Gooch Freezer building in Cincinnati with 145000 loss and 40000 coverage. In Streator Illinois a powder-house explosion incites the collapse of 45 dwellings, shattered plate glass, and multiple injuries including several reported broken limbs. A separate Hohokus New Jersey collision kills eleven Italian laborers and injures six as a milk train and Chicago express collide, with responders rushing victims to Paterson.
A railroad wreck and fire mourned by authorities as multiple casualties and mangled victims littered the downed tracks. Fire at Buffalo gutted Ziegele's brewery and damaged street railway car barns, with a $300,000 loss. The Memphis cannon-ball train derailed after hitting a cow, engineer Alexander Hamilton killed, passengers injured and shaken.
An assortment of brief crime items reports alleged killings and violent acts in New Haven Connecticut Summitville Indiana Zanesville Ohio Coal Creek Tennessee and Nebraska City Neb. Details include a dying statement about a white figure near Sabin Rock, a stabbing and lynching tensions, an ax murder over rejected proposals, a 13 year old girl defending herself from an attempted assault, a boodle case describing jury composition, a lynching of William Johnson in Mineola Texas and a train wreck caused by David Hoffman in Nebraska City with casualties and injuries.
Subscriptions near one million for Cincinnati Centennial Exposition with additional pledges. French Senate confirms Mexico trade treaty. West Richland Ohio man Charles Reed hangs himself, wife dies next day. French and Newfoundland fishermen clash over grounds. USDA July crop report notes maize area rising to 78 million acres. President Cleveland and party arrive in Washington after New York tour. Chicago theater run at McVicker's, Welcome Little Stranger staged. Chicago Rock Island surveys new Pacific coast route. Interstate Commerce Commission creates Statistics Bureau with C McQuin named auditor.
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Canady and Captain Carpenter denouncing the revived use of the bloody shirt by Southern orators. They cite ongoing Southern appeals to secessionist sentiment, loyalty to the Confederacy, and threats to act if federal policies are challenged, while denouncing Northern critics.
Bath New York special reports on George Brinske a Polish former sailor now in the Soldiers' Home who says President Cleveland promised $150 for enlisting as a substitute in 1863. Brinske served in hospitals during the war, claims no further aid from Cleveland, and cites ongoing poverty and illness with no pension. He recounts his journey from Buffalo to Fort Porter and various posts, noting his lack of battlefield combat and ultimate discharge to return home. He appeals for presidential help, citing personal losses and health issues.
The speaker describes Brinske a man who cannot read or write yet speaks plainly and is at the hospital home for weeks with lung hemorrhages and suspected consumption. The account is supported by soldiers sailors at the home and attracts many curious country visitors seeking details.
Washington reports indicate a Democratic effort to fracture the Grand Army of the Republic faltered as leading Democrats hesitated to withdraw. The St Louis encampment was expected to boost growth, but public splits did not materialize. Officials, including Commissioner Black, are cited as pursuing political aims amid veteran resistance.
A comparative Toledo Blade feature presents in parallel columns two sets of Southern Democrat and Republican views on secession, the war, Reconstruction, and black suffrage. It contrasts Southern loyalty with Northern “sectional” charges, listing nine paired positions and noting where cross-criticisms may be made.
The New York World surveyed leading labor men in states and territories on labor platforms actions in the coming elections and the 1888 general election. They found two factions differ on platforms but agree on running independent tickets and nominating a labor candidate. Majority expect three quarters of labor votes to come from Democrats, with the rest from Republicans.
Albany Journal notes President Cleveland breaks with veterans by excluding Jeff Davis from the count and marks him as the first Federal official elected with votes from the solid South, inviting analysis of this political shift.
The Democratic bid to disperse the Grand Army of the Republic failed by press time. A similar effort began in 1861 and continued for years, but also did not succeed, not worth a cent.
A Peoria Transcript note comments on Missouri and Missouri city efforts to bring the president to the West, praising St. Louis and Missouri authorities while quipping that nothing is too bad for poor old Missouri as other states watch the campaign.
The Ohio Democratic convention in Music Hall crowded with 650 delegates and many party leaders adopted a platform backing President Cleveland, tariff reform, home rule, and labor protections. Gen Thomas Powell won the Gov nomination on the second ballot. the ticket includes D C Coalman for Lieutenant Governor, L J Critchfield for Supreme Judge, Virgil P Kline for another term, Emile Keisewetter for State Treasurer, G W Harper for Auditor, W H Leet for Attorney General, and Peter Murphy on the Board of Public Works.
A man dug a well twenty five feet from a eucalyptus tree and covered it with cement. Water was sent to the house through a wooden pipe containing a knot hole. The well later dried and tasted odd as investigations revealed eucalyptus roots filling the well.
A dialogue in Omaha centers on a breach of promise case where a broken hearted woman and a lawyer discuss suing for substantial money. The woman hopes to save at least 75 dollars while the lawyer suggests adding fees to the claim. The exchange implies a potential lawsuit seeking 500 000 dollars, with an anticipated 575 dollars in fees or costs.
Two well dressed men claiming to be heirs agents approached Samuel Whetstone near Wapakoneta and offered to buy land. They produced two 15000 drafts as proof of wealth, led to a 60 per acre deal for 60 acres plus neighbors, then paid with a 4800 draft and a bogus 4800 check. The incident raises caution about fraud in rural land sales.
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