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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1887
Page
2
A digest summarizes fires accidents and personal crises reported over the week. Telegraph commercial and industrial news provide context while police and court notes reflect ongoing investigations and legal actions. Local incidents include fires and emergency responses across communities.
The Imperial Advertiser reports widespread sympathy for the Crowe Prince amid grave illness, with letters from Germany and abroad urging cure efforts. Reports from San Femo mention cancerous throat discharge, while other items note political resignations, accidents, fires, and transport incidents across the United States and Europe.
The report notes Spain seizing Peres near Ceuta following Germany’s example, a Canton river fire destroys the Wah-Young with about four hundred presumed dead, Hawaii’s government gains under cabinet control, Breckels threats to sugar trade seen as minor, and Rochefort dueling Marmacsk over General Boulanger with Marmacsk wounded.
The Central Bank of Canals in Toronto collapses amid money market strain. The firm shows capital of $1,000,000 and authorities expect depositors to be protected, with Isaac Hicko cited as a key figure.
A New York wholesaler failed for 115000 with a New York Cable Construction Company liability of 10000. Philadelphia stockholder H.C. Bill could not meet liabilities. 18000 shares were sold, market unaffected. The Prescott Arizona gold lodge is reported as rich, averaging 110000 a ton. The United Labor party in Missouri held a state convention in Kansas City, endorsing platform changes on government oversight and natural rights, with emphasis on public ownership of key enterprises and reforms to elections. Trade notes cite currency circulation, bank deposits, and weekly business failures in the US and Canada, with regional activity mixed and Western and Southern markets remaining pivotal.
The engagement of a French suitor was unknown as Misa Bancroft, granddaughter of George Bancroft, wed Charles Carroll of Baltimore in a quiet ceremony. A Chicago dispatch notes Mr W Rawson was wounded by his stepson before a church three Sundays prior, with medical staff hopeful for recovery despite risks of infection. Susan B Anthony and others are forming woman suffrage clubs in Indian territories.
Secretary Lamar told a New York Herald correspondent that accepting a Supreme Court seat would be the greatest honor of his life. He discussed Lon Dickinson of Detroit as a potential cabinet offer to President Cleveland and praised Sparks' resignation for maintaining land policy against illegal corporate grabs. Lamar lauded Cleveland as the author of the land reform program and praised the administration's stance on public lands.
Wealthy German farmer August Ranckert living near Himrol's in N area died by self harm after an improvised arrangement led him to leap from a carrier with a rope around his neck and a pistol fired at his side. An onlooker's actions toward his daughter are noted as triggering events described in the account.
A Calera Alabama dispatch reports Mormon proselytizing in northern Georgia and Alabama areas. Elders were attacked, driven from schools, and forced to leave after threats of violence, leaving several converts and forsaken homes. Meanwhile the National Grange held its Lansing Michigan meeting with multiple officials praising progress and proposing reforms.
A wave of destructive fires and explosions causes extensive damage and loss. Buffalo sees a Zegele Brewing plant burned, while Heller Brothers in Woodsite New Jersey reports a fatal boiler blast injuring three others. Memphis endures its worst fire, destroying Merchants Cotton Compress storage and 15 200 bags of cotton. Other blazes destroy Woolen mills in Camilla Georgia and a dry goods store in Owensboro Kentucky with tens of thousands in losses. An Anshorino steamer Arizona is nearly destroyed in Marquette Michigan. Gloucester Massachusetts reports seventeen vessels lost with 165 sailors dead and many orphans left. Cincinnati Southern yards burn near Luton Kentucky, leaving 500 unemployed. A Chesapeake and Ohio Southwestern locomotive crash near Malpalah Kentucky kills two.
Reports detail Lee Mosier’s execution in Wichita Kansas for murder, a Missouri mob lynching of two alleged tramps near Pike County, and a Lexington street fight in which Col Baldwin died and Thomas Green was wounded. Additional dispatches mention train gang activity near Utica New York with arrests at Fall River.
Johann Most, the anarchist leader, was arrested in New York after an incendiary speech sparked calls for riot control. Police headquarter actions aim to curb meetings and parades by anarchists, with banners and music banished to prevent demonstrations.
Chicago coroner verdict on Louis Lingg’s death cites a bomb explosion caused by his own device as the cause. Funds for families and a monument are debated by the Anarchist Defense Committee as cemetery arrangements and future speeches are discussed.
August Spies born in Friedwald Hesse Germany fled to America at sixteen. He led the Arbeiter Zeitung later editor, praised by some for honesty yet driven by radical aims. His career entwined with police deaths and shifting views on capital punishment amid a turbulent era.
A fragmented obituary outlines an immigrant’s perilous journey from Germany to Switzerland and then the United States. It describes enlistment avoidance, labor in wool mills, religious affiliations, and a fatal act by a family member. details resemble a memorial record with later mentions of Mrs. Ling’s honesty and hard work.
A fragmented compendium recounts biographies of Albert R. Parsons Adolph Fischer George Engel Michael Schwab and Fielden with notes on their origins trades and movements through 19th century America plus a reflective piece on the maelstrom tale and its classroom impact. The narrative blends obituarylike sketches with a schoolboy's reading about the legendary whirlpool and a reflexive question about its truth.
A fragmentary life sketch places Louis Lingg in Mannheim born Sept 1 to poor parents. His father died early, he grew up in Mannheim and Volkschool showing unusual aptitude. He was self willed yet responsive to kindness, later apprenticed to a joiner with notable talent and public attention.
Robert Paech recounts a violent incident with anarchist relatives Clara Charles and Johanna Opputs. The three were arraigned in Whicuzo Court facing disorderly conduct charges after a chaotic family confrontation involving assaults and threats. Paech fears repercussions at home and describes a tense scene of standoffs with police and family members.
Rev. Robert Collyer addresses the Haymarket tragedy in Chicago and the ensuing executions. He condemns the criminal act, pities the condemned, and cautions against public hatred while urging moral restraint and justice in the American republic.
At the fair ground on Thursday a farmer asks another about Talmage and imagines channeling his army energy into local mills to power threshing machines. The exchange suggests Talmage gesticulated during his remarks.
London Daily News reports a Chinese incident where an officer Telengo flogged soldiers for insubordination after a debt dispute. Yu ch eng died from opium overdose while fleeing punishment. Telengo was tried and sentenced to ninety lashes. other involved received eighty to sixty blows.
A correspondent in Mexico critiques local attitudes toward death, noting how dead children are honored with festive parades and geese wing decorations. The piece questions whether Mexicans show greater calm about death than their counterparts, then shifts to light advice on beverages and social expectations.
A baseball umpire proves the game's best performer, often defeating the entire side himself with skill and leadership in the field.
The Ripley Union School Board answered in Common Pleas Court amid a suit to compel admission of colored children to white schools. Governor Foraker pardoned John Tillett. a scientist and farmer deaths, accidents, and disasters across Ohio are reported, including a giant powder explosion near Toledo and a fatal freight train wreck. numerous local incidents, political appointments, and upcoming unveilings are noted.
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