19 Nov 1885
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1885
Page
1
Report covers a large crowd at Le Sboorge's Hall Philadelphia for actor John McCullough lying in state with hundreds unable to enter. notes about flowers, services, and memorials at Monument Cemetery and references to other contemporary events and figures.
Governor of Indiana imposes statewide quarantine on cattle due to infection. Illinois listed as restricting imports unless guarantees are provided. Reports cover murders, executions, pardons, political appointments, and notable civil cases across Chicago and beyond.
The November cotton report from the Department of Agriculture shows higher than last two years yields but lower than 1881 and 1882. Texas and Georgia show the largest increase over last year, while Arkansas and Tennessee remain low due to poor August and September. State yields are listed, with Virginia 182, North Carolina 157, South Carolina 142, Georgia 150, Florida 105, Alabama 145, Mississippi 165, Louisiana 225, Texas 180, Arkansas 98, Tennessee 155. The season's top crop is light. picking is well advanced with three quarters harvested. rains hindered some harvesting in parts of Alabama and elsewhere. frosts confined to the northern cotton belt. December weather could bring a fair top crop for those favored.
Four contests addressed to the House cite challenges in Indiana Rhode Island Ohio and California over seating officials from districts alleged not legally elected One protest claims a California candidate is not a US citizen Cron ties to Peru with ongoing presumed action Engineer McNaughton reports Nicaragua Canal may cost 64 million and take six years State Department denies US involvement in Pacific islands neutrality Sixth Auditor cites 14 million spent on mail transport 5.5 million on stage coaches and 600k on internal steamship transit Commissioner Atkins returns from Southwest tribal visit in good condition.
An exploring schooner reports the discovery of a coal field on the Russian shore of Behring Straits. Sixty families at Point aux Esquimaux Quebec face starvation without relief. A small-pox case in Montreal leads to a cat being shot after postules appeared. Mexico considers a $4 million drainage project to halve the death rate. Bradstreets notes a rise in weekly commercial failures to 227 nationally, with mixed signals for trade activity.
The nineteenth annual session of the National Grange meets in Boston with most officers present except D. Wyatt Aiken of South Carolina who is ill at home. The Committee on Credentials notes 29 states represented. The annual address and executive report praise the order’s healthy finances and record over 150 dormant Granges revived. The committee calls for a public deliverance on mutual aid associations and related concerns. In London the Bramwell Booth case sees charges withdrawn against Booth while other defendants are sentenced for indecent assault.
News items recount burns deaths in London Detroit carriage death and shipboard relief struggles in Glasgow. Reports cover Russian pressure on Greece and Bulgaria at a conference, Burmese resistance echoes, Prince Henry of Battenberg resigning his guard post, a French divorce case, and a Bolton cotton mill fire causing substantial losses.
A detailed account states Lotis Hair Reet was executed on a scaffold at the mounted police barracks near Regina for high treason against the Queen. Witnesses describe his composed bearing, final words Merci Jesu, and a calm, decisive death. Reports tie the event to broader Canadian unrest and Manitoba history.
Belgrade reports the Servian army crossed the Bulgarian frontier in three divisions at Tearibrod Issura and Bregova with little resistance. Fighting rages on the Viasina and Kastendil fronts as both sides incur casualties. King Milan proclaims Serbia will resist Bulgaria’s provocations and pursues armed defense.
In Philippopolis excitement mounts as troops race to Sofia to repel the Serb invasion. Prince Alexander, from Sofia, orders officers and men to defend four mothers wives sisters and homes with bold courage. Forward is the battle cry as God aid and grant victory.
The text lists the Bulgarian and Eastern Roumelian forces with detailed counts: Bulgaria fields 32 220 infantry, 1 400 cavalry, engineers, trains, gendarmerie totaling 69 000, plus 104 guns and reserve landstream units. Infantry use Berdan rifles, Krupp and Russian-pattern artillery, cavalry 1 500, officers scarce. Eastern Roumelia totals 64 030 with arms stockpiled including 80 000 Kruka, 7 00 Berdan, and 6 000 Martini-Henry rifles and four-gun artillery. Rastchak and Rasgrad arsenals supply Berdan cartridges and ammunition.
A Sofia dispatch describes Serb and Bulgarian clashes near Tzaribrod and Izvord, noting Bulgarian defense and lighter Serb losses. It contrasts London war maps, while an editorial frames the Balkan struggle as a broader Austro Russian clash over access to the sea via Salonica and Dardanelles.
A Washington report notes a seeming decline in U S vessel ownership since the 1884 list of vessels lost or sold to foreign traders. It estimates the real decrease in the number of vessels owned in the United States during the last year was about two hundred.
The warship Victory, vessel of Nelson who fell at Trafalgar, remains at Portsmouth England in good preservation following decades of care and display.
A. E. Stevenson submits annual Post Office Department findings for the year ending June 2. The report notes a total of 51,232 post offices, up 2,000+ from the prior year, with free delivery expanding to 178 stations and 4,353 carriers. It discusses costs, salaries, and proposed legislation to extend free delivery and consolidate offices to improve efficiency.
A 1955 report cites errors in the railway mail service at 1 per 5 574 pieces, with 22 errors per clerk annually. It urges extending civil service protections to clerical staff. The money order bureau shows 117,906,206 dollars paid in orders, with fees of 723.40 dollars to postmasters, and notes growth since 18 76. Mail transportation costs cover 12 971 star routes and 292 222 miles, with 870 614 dollars requested for the current year.
George Barber and his son James hunted in a hollow tree after a sag house search. The decayed trunk toppled, pinning the boy and injuring the father. The boy died. the father suffered fatal internal injuries and skull fracture. crowd freed them.
Ottawa dispatch reports that many volunteers who left to fight rebels in the Northwest are now destitute after returning home, unable to find work. The situation threatens the efficiency of the volunteer system and the overall militia enrollment for active service.
Cantonment Idaho reports the death of Stone Calf a noted Cheyenne chief from spinal meningitis. He led in the troubles of last spring and resided in remote reserve areas often defying the agent. He rode with his band terrorizing the area and participated in the 1874 uprising when two white girls named Germain were seized and later delivered to the United States after much distress.
A Lake Mohonk Conference delegation urged President Cleveland and Secretary Lamar to shift Indian policy toward land reform education and citizenship. They pressed for lands in severalty, protection of rights, and gradual transition while preserving tribal structures and reservations.
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