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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1886
Page
2
Ex senator Simon Cameron celebrated his 88th birthday in Harrisburg Pennsylvania on March 9 receiving numerous personal tributes. The report notes his long public service and mentions the New York Senate committee report on bribery and swift action for those guilty. It also covers other diverse items from the era.
Gov Gray of Indiana writes to the Daviess County Sheriff urging stronger measures to uphold the majesty of law amid ongoing lynching accusations bringing public disgrace. The missive references Archers and calls for decisive action to curb mob violence.
The Goulds Southwestern railroad strike nears a stalemate as managers threaten to resist Knights dictation while 5000 clerks and telegraph workers are dropped. In New Orleans a lawyer and a steamboat clerk exchange shots, leaving one dead. Hot Springs blaze destroys $100,000 in property. Two would be suicides linked to the Murphy case face execution after Sheriff orders warrants carried out.
A contract for weekly river mail service between Vicksburg and New Orleans was awarded at a rate of $1000 per year. The Pussic Printer Rovunps urgently needs funds to keep Government Printing Office operations running during the current financial strain.
Seekamadneg stands $50 000 below prior age related value while 15 percent of printed materials are required. Without extra appropriation of 75 000 wages may be cut or staff reduced. Peter Bias, a colored man, killed his mistress Annie Blackus in a drunken quarrel then shot himself. he will die. Mason GENERAL Pore retires. Postmaster General traces $40 stolen from the mails twenty years ago and seeks a recipient for $100 to be remitted. Funeral of Senator Miller attended by President Cleveland and Cabinet. remains sent to California by special train.
Ex Senator Winliam H. Barne retires as general manager of Iron Cliff Mining Co and is succeeded by John Abeel of New York. Reports from Canada say six mounted policemen were killed by Indians near Regina and that Edmon ton Saskatchewan police defy officers. Georgia Supreme Court orders George T. Jackson to six years in prison for embezzling 117000 of fees from the Oeceopepe Cotton Co of Augusta. Daxter J. Dayton, Hamilton County Ohio Clerk, arraigned in Columbus and yields election returns as Supreme Court had ordered. The House declares Dalton purged of contempt as a New York correspondent says Frank Hiscock will seek the New York Senatorship.
Ashland dispatch asserts Neal Craft and Ellis proved innocent of triple child murder. real perpetrators to be arrested. Also reports deaths of J. B. Chaffee former senator, Brewster’s wife, and Col Thompson’s wife. Parliament body findings on Riel. Fire in Montreal causes $130000 loss. Galena arrives at Key West with fever cases aboard. Various labor strikes and weather notes follow.
Reports note moderate friendliness toward John Morley as Ireland’s new Chief Secretary. If Morley loses Newcastle seat, Patrick Parnell says he could seek an Irish constituency. A Monte Carlo traveler on his bridal tour commits suicide after losses at the gaming table. The Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown dies. he once drove locomotives on the LNWR. Reconciliation advances between church and state over a bishopric for Brune land, Prussia. Monte Cara has added two victories.
A blast of dispatches reports a burning factory in Prussian Silesia with several women among victims. Separate items note Monte Carlo gambling woes, a Milan citizen’s suicide in a casino, an Hungarian nobleman’s fatal stab and fall, and gendarmes guarding garden paths. Other wires mention Princess Helena’s bankruptcy, a railway collision near Monte Carlo, Halifax naval plans, and cholera outbreaks around Venice and Spain. The Sweden customs vote and Alsatian political tensions are reported, as are exchanges between Dr Kopp and Bismarck with the Pope.
Reports detail eastern division locomotive engineers ready to resume duties, Texas Pacific open from end to end per U S Marshal notice, and Jay Gould’s remarks on the strike. Also noted are a Joliet arrest in an express robbery case, a Terre Haute student burned saving others, Union Pacific ticket pricing, a South Bend strike card, and sudden death of Louisiana Rep Hahn.
A night train from Chicago to Davenport on the Rock Island Road was hijacked near Morris. Kellogg Nichols, express messenger, was killed and the safe looted of $21,000 in money and jewelry. Baggage master N H Watts testified as the robbers threatened both men. The assailants fled as the train slowed at Morris. investigators described a brutal, calculated robbery with Nichols mutilated.
Interview discusses forthcoming Indiana labor statistics report by state statistician Peelle. Gossip touches Payne Senatorial Investigation, Knight of Labor aid, and funding limits. Peelle cites $6.50 yearly salary suffices for a dedicated labor statistics bureau, noting only $4,000 annual appropriation funds all department needs.
The Payne Investigation Committee, returning from Cincinnati, reports evidence of payments and influence attempts in its probe. Forty six witnesses have testified on alleged tampering and campaign finance, with potential Senate action pending. A minority report from Democrat Le Blond disputes any acriminating findings.
Telephone company managers from leading cities testified before the Ohio House committee against a bill to cut telephone rents to match Indiana law. Indiana firms plan to retire after current contracts, dampening support for the measure until Indiana law's effects are known. The Ohio bill author agreed to postpone it to the next legislative session, a move welcomed by managers kept at Columbus during the session.
Yale professor Marsh argues in ancient life, brain size dictated survival within a class as cranium power outpaced rivals. The article then shifts to a social sketch about aging women, sexual propriety, and a wife observing her son’s courtship with irony and humor.
An Arkansas country dance era notes Mrs Poppleton, wife of a congressional candidate, described pejoratively for her appearance. Three years later a Washington report praises her as the handsome wife of Congressman Poppleton, elegant in velvety attire and famed for charming entertainments. The piece ends with a mention of naturalists and bees.
The March sessions report bills on intoxicating liquor sales and court costs, plus proposed changes in divorces and bail, police warrants, and land records. Senate and House discuss road and election measures, a Paynes inquiry, and a postponed telephone bill amid broad governance proposals.
A collage of observations on Chinese shaving methods and reading habits, women's dress and piety praised by Tertullian, plus remarks on Percheron horse exports to the United States and Napoleon III's preferences. It ends noting a peculiarity of stage banquets with many sauces.
A collage of brief items reports a noon crowd of 200 at a Cincinnati district school with minor injuries, a midnight duel in Warren County ending in fists, and the death of Adelaid Guy in Urbana. Other notes include James N. Caldwell’s death, Gettysburg memorial plans, a railway damages suit, a child burned in Alliance, iron plant talks in Youngstown, saloon fines in Findlay, incendiary fire concerns in Mount Vernon, a Cincinnati Southern bond issue, a marriage in College Hill, a new gas and oil company, a mining accident near Elton, Loveland revival plans, Nat Goodwin fined for Sunday play, schooling politics in Hamilton, a printed telegram service invention, Bohemian oats swindles at Tiffin, and various local civic notes from Warren, Zanesville, Dayton and beyond.
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