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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1887
Page
2
A compact digest of international and domestic developments covers politics, labor, and notable events. Key figures, countries, and organizations shape the week’s agenda as policymakers and the public weigh consequences and options.
George E. Seney presided at Cleveland as Thomas E. Powell was named for Governor and D. Coolman for Lieutenant Governor. L. R. Critchfield and Virgil P. Kline were chosen for Supreme Court seats, Emil Kiesewotter for Auditor. The platform backs Cleveland's administration, seeks tariff reduction, opposes internal revenue cuts on liquors, supports land preservation for settlers, and shows sympathy with Ireland’s home rule.
A scattered dispatch reports diverse events: Tsroporr TrRowas sues the National Opera Company for 34500 in Tennessee. a Phillips man is killed by a sheriff posse near Rutherford County. Palmer dies, Hoover escapes arrest. Mahratta steamer foundered near Hooghly Point with probable Calcutta pilgrim drownings. Dublin Privy Council strengthens coercion measures. Moony gears up for September campaigning in the U.S. with Sankey. Atlanta ship trials ordered. Mary Oberly jailed for baby farming in New York basement. Heavy rains flood Evizanera New Jersey. Parker fatally gored in Michigan. Ports mouth naval review dazzles. Edward Morris sold to New York for 2000. Harrison funds hospital bed in memory of his wife. Rose Cleveland to teach in New York. Martin sues Cunard for damages. Middlesex woman dies after shooting threat. St Joseph invites presidential visit. Griffiths Ennees and Owens exchange fire in New Orleans. both killed. Chicago boodler escapes sentence. Lightning kills two in Staten Island boat, and Bourrette faces infant murder charges in Iowa. Limerick mayor to tour the U.S. Aurora man dies of heart disease. Phillipstown storm claims a lady. St Louis to hang John D P Sues for murder of a policeman.
A London report from StThomas West Africa claimed Henry M Stanley was shot by natives during a supply raid, but the London press discredits the tale. Metz sees heavy military activity and dynamite balloon experiments against forts. Stanley is traced to Wadell after leaving Arawimi July 3. Emperor William plans Konigsberg visit September 4. Roumania inks large war material contracts.
Dr McGlynn announced at Irong Hall that the Anti Poverty Society would field its own candidate in 1888. A heckler interrupted as the crowd debated the party's plan and potential influence.
The President and Mr Cleveland spent Tuesday in Fayetteville New York where a reception at Mrs Hoyts offered villagers a chance to meet them. Mr Edwards gave a welcome and the President recalled boyhood days and early life in Fayetteville while joking about gates and recent rumors. Mrs Cleveland observed her 23rd birth day on July 21 and Gerhard B Allen a prominent St Louis business man died at Richfield Springs New York.
The Interstate Commerce Commission chairwoman and commissioners file decisions on cases involving Chicago and Alton vs Pennsylvania, Chicago Rock Island and Pacific vs New York Central, and complaints against Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha lines. All cases are dismissed for insufficient evidence or prejudice, with dissents noted by Morrison and Bragg.
A Pittsburg dispatch notes the lengthy coke strike ended after eleven weeks and four days, leaving workers cordial with operators. Wages averaged 2.05 dollars daily with nine thousand plus idle workers affected. Total losses near a million dollars for workers and operators. Production in early 1887 matched prior half year levels while overall trade remains steady amid crop prospects and iron output.
Fires destroy a Cincinnati factory complex costing about 145000 with 40000 insured. In Streator Illinois a powder-house blast collapses homes, wrecks windows, and injures many with one death reported. A later Hohokus New Jersey crash kills eleven railroad laborers as Italian workers fail to notice an express.
Eyewitness descriptions recount passengers hurled from an embankment and strewn along the rails with torn clothing, blood, and mangled bodies after a wreck on the down track. Fire at Buffalo damages Ziegele brewery and street railway barns, $300,000 loss. The Memphis cannon-ball train on Iron Mountain Road derailed after hitting a cow. engineer Alexander Hamilton killed and passengers injured.
Reports from New Haven and Sabin Rock mention alleged dying statements and a disappearance linked to a white figure seen at a pier. Other incidents include a stabbing in Summitville, Ohio, an ax killing in Zanesville, a 13 year old girl killing an attacker in Coal Creek, a Chicago boodle case jury note, a lynching in Mineola, Texas, and a train wreck murder in Nebraska City with injuries.
Subscriptions total nine hundred thousand dollars with twenty five thousand more promised and officials expect the million dollar goal to be reached by week’s end. The French Senate confirms the Mexico commerce treaty. A West Richland Ohio man Charles Reed hangs himself in a barn and his wife dies after fainting. French Newfoundland fishing tensions spark a dispute. July crop report shows maize area expanding to seventy four million acres with high overall condition and mixed wheat prospects. The President and Mrs. Cleveland and officials arrive in Washington after a New York tour. Chicago stage features Our Society then Welcome Little Stranger at McVicker's with a noted cast. Surveyors map a new line from Chicago to the Pacific coast. A Statistics Bureau is created by the Interstate Commerce Commission with C McCain appointed auditor.
Washington special to Chicago Inter Ocean quotes Colonel Canady and Captain Carpenter on the ongoing use of the bloody shirt as a Southern stock in trade. They claim northern and southern rhetoric diverge, with the South still wooing secessionist sentiment and politicians aligning with old Confederate causes.
George Brinske, a Pole and former sailor, recounts enlisting as a substitute for $150 promised by Cleveland and Rhinehardt. He served in hospitals, received no pension aid, and reiterates the president failed to help him amid illness and destitution. He notes his wife and children died, with a sister in Locust Point, and calls for relief.
Washington reports that a plan to fracture the Grand Army of the Republic by luring Democrats to withdraw has collapsed. Presidents supporters pushed the pullout after a St Louis letter, but leading Democrats remain silent. Local officers see no splitting, noting veteran unity against political manipulation by figures like Commissioner Black.
The Toledo Blade compares Southern Democrat editorial views with Republican positions, labeling the South loyal but the North press as sectional. It lists nine paired conclusions on secession, rights, voting, race, and the war’s meaning, highlighting disputes over representation and the status of Black citizens.
The New York World surveyed leading labor figures across states on labor platforms and strategy for the 1888 elections. Respondents, split between United Labor George men and Union Labor anti George factions, favor independent tickets and a labor nominee, with most expecting three fourths of votes from Democrats and the rest from Republicans.
Albany Journal notes Cleveland as the first public figure to court Civil War veterans’ enmity and the first to win federal office with votes from the solid South. It urges explaining the second phenomenon by the first and hints at broader political realignment.
The Democratic effort to rout the Grand Army of the Republic had not succeeded by press time. A comparable attempt in 1861 also failed after years of persistence, with no meaningful result.
The Ohio Democratic State Convention at Music Hall crowds 650 delegates, endorses President Cleveland, and adopts a platform calling for tariff reform, land for settlers, labor protections, and immigration controls. Gen. Thomas Powell led the governor’s race on the first ballot, winning on the second. ticket includes D. C. Coalman and others.
The Peoria Transcript notes the push by St. Louis and Missouri authorities to urge the President to support wets, implying disappointment in Missouri politics and suggesting other states may wish Missourians success in the effort.
A humorous Omaha exchange shows a broken hearted woman negotiating a breach of promise suit. She asks for at least 75 dollars plus the lawyer's fee, and the pair settle on a bold target of 575 dollars as part of a 500 000 dollar demand.
Columbus heirs agents fleece Samuel Whetstone, a rich farmer, and nearby landowners with two $15,000 drafts. he pays $1,200 too much, receiving a bogus $4,800 check. The page reports robberies, suicides, drownings, deportments, and local incidents across Ohio, including arrests, floods, and accidents in Findlay, Sidney, Cincinnati, and Cleveland.
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