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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1887
Page
6
A compact review of global happenings from a broad wire service edition. Readers are given concise items spanning politics science culture and economics with emphasis on timely events and notable developments from international sources.
Various items report rumors of conflict on the Cherokee reserve being debunked, a yellow fever forecast in Tampa, Crows movement near the border, and cooperation against bandits in Mexico. Other notices include a leprosy case in Philadelphia, a shooting in Brazil Indiana, labor organization plans in Minnesota, grain and railway disruptions, and a mail-car robbery near Grand Junction with a large reward.
An Atlantic Dynamite Works blast near McCuinaville New Jersey killed four men and left three missing. A separate blast in a Market Street grocery in St Louis killed six. Philadelphia reports show growing momentum for woman suffrage as municipal voting rights move forward. Indiana's W D Foulke elected president with George F Hoar and George William Curtis as vice presidents.
The St Louis fire chief says the recent city explosion that killed eight likely came from dynamite or giant powder, not gas or gasoline. A coroner’s jury examining the body of a man known as Bill aboard the Vernon found him dead on a raft in Lake Michigan and criticized the inspector who inspected life-preservers.
Police report in Lovarsons Kentucky details Charles Brownfield killing his wife and baby, then his brother in law, before hanging himself. The scene in cottage 1922 West Chestnut Street revealed a handwritten confession explaining his gambling troubles and desire not to leave loved ones penniless.
Government reports show 8 of 14 million dollars in sinking fund bonds purchased by Sept 28 after offering Sept 22. Sharon-Hill case reaches U S Supreme Court on appeal from Judge Sawyer California ruling. Waite assassination hoax traced to Sherburne Hopkins and Arthur Sperry. Hopkins confesses the plot aimed at selling sensational stories to papers.
The appeal of William O Brien editor of United Ireland was refused and the three month sentence by Mitchellstown court was upheld. A chaotic scene ensued outside Cork Magistrates Court as police blocked supporters, 2000 strong, from aiding O Brien who was eventually jailed at Tullamore.
A Crow Agency report describes Sword Bearer communing with spirits in the Big Horn Mountains while war rages. Six troops guard the agency as many Indians travel to comply with Gen Ruger’s orders. Probate records show Eric Washburne’s estate at $895,000 to be mostly divided among his children. Commercial Cable Company doubles capital stock from 4 million to 65 million.
A Chicago special reports that August Spica, along with Fielden and Schwab, signed clemency appeals to Governor Oglesby amid a Supreme Court decision. Seven men may abandon their "liberty or death" stance and seek commutation. GranGe Francis Train flees to Canada, citing free speech and press.
A group drafts a clemency petition seeking commutation for condemned men with twenty signers including Judge Tuley ex judge Booth Julius Rosenfeldt and Alder man Mauferre. Police preparation cited amid fears of riots while Labor party voices threaten harsher action if executions proceed. Lingg remains defiant as supporters press for clemency ahead of final petition.
Swedish singer Jenny Lisp GotpschmipT died at her home near London on November 2. Born October 6, 1821, in Stockholm, she joined a music academy at nine and rose to be Stockholm opera’s prima donna by sixteen. She studied in Paris with Garcia and performed across Europe before appearing in London in 1847 and touring the United States in 1850. She married Otto Goldschmidt in Boston in 1852 and later settled in England.
The Supreme Court denied a motion for a writ of error in the anarchist cases. Chief Justice Waite delivered the opinion after full argument. The decision discusses the Illinois jury statute, peremptory challenges, and whether the jurors Denker and Sanford were properly impaneled, with emphasis on due process and impartial jury standards.
News from Washington of the high court's refusal and ruling spreads through Cuabaco as guards and inmates react with restrained emotion. Anxious families, including Mrs Spies and Mrs Parsons, gather at the jail while officials recount the moment and prisoners face an uncertain fate.
After news from Washington, police tighten around the jail as Capt. Schaack orders vigilance. Eleven prisoners are ordered released by the Grand Jury with more to follow, while authorities brace for possible anarchist violence and guard the water works with Winchester rifles and revolvers.
New York and St Louis anarchists threaten vengeance after a court ruling. Dispatched reports claim 8000 to 10000 joined a new Anarchists Avengers Society swearing to butcher those linked to their members. They predict outbreaks in Chicago and bloodshed, fearing a Russian reign of terror locally.
Louis Neebe of JoxrrET Illinois visited his brother Oscar Neebe the anarchist serving a seventeen year sentence in Chicago to bring news of the doom of the cond omma. He was overcome with emotion and shed tears copiously.
George Francis Train, in Omani Neb on November 3, cried at the news from Washington declaring he would leave the United States forever. He plans to settle in Toronto, Canada, as a reaction to Chicago’s seven condemned anarchists.
The London Standard notes Swiss landslips threaten Alpine villages, citing Bec Rouge near Miroir and the Rossberg slide. It recalls 1806 Goidau valley collapses burying 300 houses and 500 people, 1555 Tiber debris flood over St Stefano, and 161% Monte Como slide that buried Plars with 2430 inhabitants, leaving only the village name Plurs.
A playful verse from the Nebraska State Journal ponders why the man in the moon stays cheerful. It jokes about a drunk, a balloonist, a gun desk inquiry, and a prince charming, arguing life is a joke best met with a smile.
A Kentucky judge jokes about trial readiness as a witness forgets a Winchester rifle prompting a contempt fine. The text then notes 1657 Peru coast upheavals, the founding years of Edinburgh and Trinity College, and a nod to ancient scholars via Moorish Spain.
A boiler exploded in the japanning room as chemicals were mixed for paint, killing Alfred Steinbrook and a Bohemian laborer named John Buehmer. Several workers were badly burned or injured, and a fire followed in the japanning area. Nearby accidents included a railroad collision near St Stephen's Station and various fatalities and injuries across Ohio, with diseases and drought affecting farmers in Fayette and Preble Counties.
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