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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1887
Page
2
A condensed review of the week covering political, commercial, and industrial updates, notable fires, accidents, crimes, and personal crises reported by telegraph and local outlets. Highlights include incidents across sectors and evolving conditions shaping public affairs.
The governor ordered a public display of speeches and demonstrations after the Chicago anarchists' funeral. A heavy gale reportedly sinks the steamer Montgomery near Quebec and prompts rescue efforts for the schooner Boody near Port Austin.
A report states that he misled bank directors about his reports and managed five companies without security, handling sums ranging from fifty thousand to one hundred fifty nine thousand dollars.
The world at large notes a Omaha to San Francisco service completing the journey in seventy two hours with Chicago passengers reaching the coast on the fourth day. The North German Gazette praises K B Washburne for protecting Germans in Paris during the Franco Prussian war and Mr Sullivan of Boston receives ovations in London. Fire losses in the United States and Canada for October total 9,760,835 while last year and 18S had 12,00,000 and 5,75,000 respectively. Captain Warres of Victoria asks Canada for 15,000 indemnity after five ships were seized by Americans in Behring Sea.
Reports describe Ricuano BE. Wanre hanged in Lafayette Oregon for murder, his last speech alleging judicial murder and blaming Freemasons. A Coshocton tunnel collapse near Ohio kills six, with several injured. James Wells, jailed for murder in Hillsdale Michigan, dies by suicide, bequeathing his victim’s widow and children. Franx Fucien jailed at Sitka Alaska awaiting trial after Archishop Segers’ death. Droughts hit Southern Indiana and Illinois reducing water supplies. Bank examiner prompts arrest of Cashier C. C. Crecilius of Fifth National Bank of St Louis for fraud and forgery with fifty entries alleged.
Results show Democrats sweeping New York statewide with urban gains and a Republican majority in the Legislature. Foraker leads in Ohio. Maxwell wins Nebraska Supreme Court. Larrabee carries in Iowa counties. Oregon defeats liquor amendment narrowly. New Jersey splits Legislature by party. Maryland and Massachusetts tilt Democratic and Republican in governor races. Philadelphia sees a close sheriff contest. Chicago solidifies county control.
Gov. Oglesby explains in Springfield his reasons for commuting the sentences of Schwab and Fielden. He cites personal appeals and letters from Judge Gary and Mr. Grinnell as influential, noting Schwab’s lack of anarchist ties and Fielden’s apparent industriousness and remorse.
Louis Lingg, jailed for the Haymarket bomb plot, killed himself with a percussion cap powered explosive. Surgeons fought to save him after a gruesome facial wound, Lingg lasting seven hours before death. Parson, adjacent cell inmate, sought a similar device. Police later details note Lingg crafted many bombs at Seliger’s during the weeks prior.
A detailed profile of Louis Lingg, Chicago anarchist associate of Herr Most, described as fearless and radical. The account traces his origins in Mannheim, migration to America, ties to the North Side Internationals, and years of bomb making leading up to the Haymarket events. Lingg’s early acts, occupation as a carpenter, and role in recruiting others are noted with emphasis on his extremist stance.
Springfield coverage reports Governor Oglesby commutes the death sentences of Fielden and Schwab to life imprisonment after a day of intense deliberation with Attorney General Hunt Milton Hay and the Supreme Court record. Officials awaited the Governor’s final word as telegrams poured in and Lingg’s death heightened public tension.
Governor Richard J. Oglesby grants lifes prison terms for Samuel Fielden and Michael Schwab, in a clemency decision following their 1886 murder convictions in Cook County. The report restates guilt for other defendants and preserves harsher outcomes.
A mosaic of antiquarian and historical notes spans inventions from chess to the organ and early mentions of aurora borealis. The text also covers 1783 lava flows in Iceland that devastated areas and a satirical dialogue with Irish agitator Mr. O'Brien, detailing newspaper policies and agitation in Ireland.
A Victorian critique contrasts the era’s feminine styles with older ideals, condemning tight corsets and the wasp waist as unhealthy and deformed. It cites Napoleon I and the French king, arguing true beauty comes from health and natural form rather than contrived silhouettes.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune notes rapid wealth growth in the South with Florida up about 200 percent since 1879 and Texas over 100 percent. Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Louisiana North Carolina show large gains while Virginia Tennessee South Carolina and Mississippi rise more modestly. Tax rate increases in Kentucky North Carolina Tennessee and Texas mainly reflect higher school funding.
A newly opened saloon features a floor and walls embedded with silver dollars, aiming to spark interest. The practice recalls a Chicago Palmer House barber’s coins, later deemed unprofitable there. The owner hopes the display will attract patrons, while the article notes readers must point out the dollars to notice them.
In early 1880 in New York I escorted a Elmira friend to meet Mr Tilden at his Gramercy Park residence. The sage, sitting rigidly, rebuked the idea of harmony in politics, muttering a sharp retort about peace, while Governor Hill’s quip framed the exchange as a lesson on politics.
A Punch line notes that homely heat devices are fine for warmth but not for heating cities. The quip plays on the habit of cracking jokes and fingers when trying humor.
The notice names Thomas E. Barrow Mansfield Roscoe Bean Springfield Harry B. Cox Cincinnati Lorenzo L B Davies Columbus William Haslup Sidney and others with varied devices including a cuff fastener force pump electrical repeating bell and galvanic battery and rope holding device plus several machinery items. Also reports multiple accidents fires and crimes across Ohio including burns from a gas well explosion at Tiffin and a deadly timbering accident near Newark.
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