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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1884
Page
4
Multiple items report on international affairs and London politics. Britain forwards 2.5 million to Gen Wolseley for the Soudan campaign while Khartoum relief proceeds with the Egyptian garrison evacuated by Wolseley. Other notes cover Paris elopement rumors, cholera tolls in Italy, and various political nominations in the United States.
F T Nichols editor of the Memphis Avalanche died of paralysis in Davenport. James W Nesmith a former Oregon senator is in an insane asylum in that state. Nelle Hubbard ex governor Connecticut’s daughter divorced and married Clark Smedley of New Haven. Ella Larrabee, 20, convicted of burglary in Brooklyn faces a 3.5 year term. a Connecticut farmer proposes marriage to her. Mary E Holmes of Galva elected president of the Illinois Woman in Travel Association. Emerson McGolm of Muncie recovered from a gun explosion brain injury. Alexander Mitchell of Milwaukee denies resigning as president of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad. Charles R Ford disbarred Detroit attorney found in Indianapolis with a life insurance scheme. Commodore Thomas S Fillebrown of the Brooklyn navy yard dies of heart disease.
Day Bros. Co. and Burdett & Pond announce failures with large liabilities and modest assets. Miners in Shawnee Ohio slay cattle at night for food. Trade data show rising steel prices, extensive import/export gaps, and many company assignments. Weekly business failures rise. pig iron talks prompt mostly supportive replies. Clearing-house exchanges surge then drop year over year. Missouri Pacific factory workers resigns and union talks on wage cuts.
Mr Blaine drew an enthusiastic reception in Philadelphia with thousands calling at the Union League Club to shake his hand. In the evening he reviewed a large political parade. The fireworks display culminated with three bombs.
A Washington hotel reports hosting thirty to forty English tourists daily amid European cholera fears. San Francisco exports 2,700 tons of four and large shipments to China in anticipation of war with France. An asteroid discovery by Palissa is noted along with a school reading shift in Anita Iowa. Baseball standings list National and American League records, plus embezzler Barth to settle for 32,700. Gen Pope reports desertions across Pacific Division regiments. The Washington colored Masons celebrate the 100th anniversary with parades, speeches, and a warrant-reading banquet.
A series of fires and disasters cause extensive losses: Abel, Smith & Co. glass works and Robinson, Rea & Co. machine shop in Pittsburgh lose to fire worth $200,000. A. T. Stearns Lumber Co. in Ponset, Mass. suffers $210,000 in damage. William Fonda & Sons flouring mill in Syracuse loses $20,000. twelve dwellings at St. Anne, Quebec destroyed. Ontario derailment injures twelve, with fires and wreckage. Casualties include several deaths across incidents from Colorado to Idaho and New Hampshire.
A string of violent incidents includes lynching reports in Brookhaven Miss. and jail break threats in Franklin County. Other cases note a barber killed, two sisters charged with murder of their brother near Ottawa Kan, a wife shot in Cleveland then a suicide, a Santa Fe freight wreck at Lawrence Kan, and assorted robberies, arsons, and political shifts with Vanderbilt joining Northwestern Road board. Nearby fatalities in Dallas and Jerseyville add to a grisly roundup.
The revenue steamer Corwin intercepted the German schooner Adele off St Paul Island as sealers were at work. Lieutenant Lutz to hand the vessel and part of the crew to the U S Marshal in San Francisco for further proceedings. A separate report notes a brutal murder near Stamford Connecticut and a devastating cyclone near Towanda Pennsylvania.
New York crowds of about fifteen thousand gathered along Fifth Avenue to greet Benjamin Blaine at the National Committee headquarters. Bets, music, electric lights, and cheers marked the reception as Blaine thanked supporters and prepared to travel to Philadelphia with prominent Republicans. Delegates from the Union League Club urged tariff protection for American labor, pledging support for Blaine's stance. He then spoke briefly in Newark and Trenton before continuing to Philadelphia, arriving after midnight.
The Democratic rally in Hamilton drew an estimated twenty five to forty thousand attendees with many traveling from Indiana. Hendricks defended Democratic honesty against Republican charges, urged a national administration change, and spoke amid intense enthusiasm while others like Thurman and Gov Hoadly attended.
In a Boston dispatch John B. Gough denounces liquor trade and declares he will vote for the Prohibitory candidate if alive to the first Tuesday in November. He criticizes compromise, urges a uncompromising temperance front, and calls for protection from the liquor traffic for widows and orphans. He warns against demagogic tactics and favors decisive reform.
Gen Logan drew about fifty thousand people from Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania as parades showcased the Blaine and Logan clubs within a sixty mile radius. A two hour parade passed a fixed point with ten thousand in line. Logan addressed twenty thousand at the fair grounds, followed by Gen Noyes and Private Dalzell. He then spoke to seven thousand in Alliance and large crowds in Canton.
The People's Party held a large ratification meeting in Lowell with Gen. …aoe arguing for tariff changes to aid American labor. In Lynn, ex-Governor Butler and Senator Grady spoke at the Music Hall and Coliseum, urging support for the party temporarily and criticizing Republicans.
Denver dispatch reports Belford denies plans to run as an independent with Greenback party endorsement in Colorado. He sent to Washington for Democratic documents, but says the purpose was not to oppose the Republicans.
The Columbus gathering drew crowds as Democrats from across Indiana and Ohio applauded Bayard of Delaware and Gov. Hendricks. Speeches by Pendleton Carlisle and others praised party principles, with a letter from Grover Cleveland read and officials noting broad enthusiasm for a reform-minded administration.
Gen. Butler appeared at the Grafton County fair with Moody Merrill presenting him. He apologized for hoarseness and urged self reliance, denouncing corruption in railroads and politics, defending Republicans and Jackson while warning voters to think for themselves or face revolution. Butler urged fair chances for labor and warned against overreaching or drink-fueled decisions.
A mass meeting in Wheeling hosted Gen. Logan Gen. Torrence and others. The Washington and Jefferson College senior class was presented to Logan, who praised them. A noon parade moved to the State Fair grounds with speakers Powell Clayton Col. Anderson and Gen. Goff. Torrence spoke briefly and the night crowd included a tariff discussion by W. D. Kelley at the Opera House.
Washington dispatch reports growing unrest between resident laborers and a New York imported gang of Italian and Hungarian workers hired by Thomas McCann for sewer construction worth 310,000 to 240,000. Local colored laborers claim they earn 1.50 per day while the outsiders are paid 75 to 50 cents daily. About 200 foreigners are encamped in Gull's woods near the city boundary, fueling indignation and threats among Washington laborers.
George O. Jones resigns as Chairman of the Greenback State Committee of New York. He accuses the campaign of trapping honest workers into a scheme to defeat Cleveland. The move leaves the Butler party without organization in rural counties across the state.
In Denison a local well dig produced rock that looked gold bearing. An experienced miner declared the rock promising and a metallurgist in a crucible test extracted 40 cents worth of pure gold from a sample. A stock company forms to sink a shaft and develop the ledge as land prices surge.
Brokers discuss the political fate, with wagers on Cleveland and Blaine. Noah Content bets $100 to $26 that Blaine wins New York by 40,000. Deacon L V White places $3,000 even with R S Elliott that Blaine is elected, plus two $1,000 to $550 bets.
Panola Georgia man James Lyon reportedly has thirty children while Boston marks its 251st birthday. The Louisville Exposition shines with 6 400 lamps. President Arthur enjoys country fairs. Milwaukee rag picker Dowproski valued at 40 000 dollars. Bishop Matthew Simpson estate at 93 083 dollars. Blaine book press runs 50 000 copies fourth edition. Uruguay sees no business failures in two and a half years per Minister Williams. South American states featured as expo exhibits. Australian county paid bounty on 25 840 dozen sparrow eggs. Jagged text notes law acreage in Mexico for 1 000 000 dollars. Sparx loses famed playwright Senor Garcia Gutierres who inspired Verdi Il Trovatore.
The Prohibitionists in Ohio plan a state wide campaign with speakers Viola E. Lunsford of Kansas Mary A Wood bridge Ravenna and John B Finch of Ne will join Ex Gov St John Prohibition candidate for President for four speeches in Springfield Delaware and Oberlin Oct 3 4 5 6 The stops target Republican strongholds as they spread temperate views.
General Butler plans fifty speeches in New York while Joan Kenxy declines Tammany mayoral bid. Nebraska votes anti Blaine with two Democrats two Anti Monopolyists and a Greenbacker. Independent group in Massachusetts outworks regular Democrats. Prohibitionists side with Republicans in Iowa and skip a state ticket. California Republicans may win four of six House seats. six are Democrats. Col Hooker wagers $1000 Cleveland carries New York and $100 that Vermont exceeds Taine 21,01.
Labouchere criticizes Pall Mall Gazette for interviews and photos while recalling a London club debate on press dignity. He recounts an episode where proposing a two column advertisement caused a fierce uproar, seen as a challenge to journalistic tradition. The London Letter reflects on press superstitions and ancestral practices.
The Rockford Courier correspondent describes Aspinwall as a bustling American Colony of about 12 000 inhabitants with three quarters canal laborers and a cosmopolitan mix from many nations. Streets teem with natives Turks Arabs and varied traders. walks show small merchant stalls with mats and squatting proprietors. disorderly contact risks chaos if a merchant is disturbed especially if the manager is a woman.
An old time health ad urges readers who are pale emaciated with coughing night sweats and blood in sputum to seek early treatment. It claims consumption is curable in early stages with Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery sold by druggists, urging no delay.
A humorous scene unfolds as a patron asks for mineral water charged as from the well, only to learn the water is charged with acid. The anecdote is followed by a catalogue note from the Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Company praising their 1884 85 catalog and long experience, with price ranges and global recognition.
An advertisement roundup lists Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Caswell, Hazard Co. as a top tonic for debility, fever chills, and general recovery. It promotes Ely's Cream Balm for hay fever and Electric Belt from Marshall, Michigan. Also touts Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup for blood diseases with testimonials from doctors and families.
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