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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1887
Page
2
Defiance County Express edition details a brief notice page item published by the Express Publishing Company with notices and local items for residents. The fragment mentions Eve Iance Ofio in a truncated header style typical of small town notices.
A compact digest of foreign and domestic affairs, political events, labor notes, and personal items. Brief summaries spotlight key developments from multiple regions, with emphasis on readable, timely updates and prominent actors.
French inquiry asserts Kaufmann knowingly committed an offense with no blood on German soil. Nancy officials plan joint examination with German law officers as inquiry continues. Leased landowner Lebigne recalls blood pools at the spa and disputes crossing the frontier.
A Paris despatch reports France rattled by a frontier shooting near Raon Sur Plaine. Kaufmann, a German forest guard aide, fired when a party approached from German soil, claiming threat from trees. Forest guard Linhof witnessed the event. Flourens, French Foreign Minister, discussed the incident with German Ambassador von Munster.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York opened on Thursday with ceremony. William H. Vanderbilt’s half million funding drew praise and imitators as a distinguished audience attended, including Chauncy Depew, Dwight, Welch, and others. Dalton presided, followed by Draper. An anonymous St Louis citizen donated 10000 to Presbyterian ministers relief fund, aimed to complete at the centennial general assembly in Philadelphia next year.
The Massachusetts Republican State Convention nominated Oliver Ames for Governor J A Brackett for Lieutenant Governor Alan son W Beard for State Treasurer Charles R Ladd for Auditor and A J Waterman for Attorney General. Resolutions urged tariff reform veteran pensions navy rebuilding tax cuts coinage of silver cessation and a prohibitory amendment by popular vote.
Assignments by Thomas Fiourney Jr tobacconist Richmond and by Bessette Lefort Co Mont real: debts $69000 and $5002 respectively. Davenport Boston metals dealer assigns over $100000 due to New Haven failure. Frost damages Virginia tobacco crop. 25 percent ruined. Philadelphia mint coinage shortfall as orders exceed $70000. Peace treaty over glassmakers in Wittisburgh secures 45 percent wage increase after 10 percent demand. Seven thousand idle workers to resume as western factories reopen.
Railroad managers rule traveling theatrical companies are not families and thus not eligible for family mileage tickets. The decision tightens rules for performers and touring troupes seeking discounted or shared travel arrangements previously offered to family groups.
Telegram from St Louis reports a terrible accident at Valley Park station when express No 43 rear ended an excursion train carrying visitors to the trade pageant. Cars were crushed, a large number killed, the depot burned, and the wreck ongoing. A separate note mentions a steamer at Brims near Memphis totaling loss, and Ottawa Canada engulfed by forest fires along rail corridors.
Telegraphic advices report extensive conflagrations along the Ottawa River and mining region. Smoke blankets a four hundred mile swath from Pembroke and Western Ontario to Quebec, hindering navigation and travel across the country.
A Bell County vendetta leaves Howard Monroe dead after being lured by Edith Turner, allegedly Jack Turner’s faction leader’s daughter. Albany swindle victims Basil Cornett and J A Baker were duped by fake treasury bills worth 10000 dollars. Baker paid 500 cash, box proved brick. Isaac Mallen of Jackson County Indiana poisoned himself after his son’s church disturbance arrest.
Secretary Bayard struggles to fill posts as Fisheries Commission. amid Syracuse convention news of the American sloop Volunteer defeating the Scotch Thistle in the America’s Cup trial. A bustling crowd of an estimated fifty thousand watched boats on the water. race spanned thirty eight miles with Volunteer finishing about ten minutes ahead. Officials faced noise and crowd interference while judging the course and times. The Herald notes the Thistle’s slow pace and questions the cutter’s bottom, with broader commentary on American yacht-building supremacy following Cowes victory history.
A vivid recounting of the seventh America’s Cup race held in New York on September 27, with the Volunteer defeating the Thistle. The article describes prestart signals, the early tack by both yachts, and the Volunteer crossing the line as cheers erupt from support vessels, framing Yankee prowess against Cap’n Bell and the British challenger.
In a dramatic contest the Volunteer overtakes the Thistle after a brisk start, then gains steadily through the Narrows and Sandy Hook. The Volunteer finishes first at 5:45 35,54 beating the Thistle by 19 minutes 23.44 seconds corrected time. Thistle crosses at 5:96:44 with crowd cheering despite loss.
Report from Knoxville describes a convicts mutiny at Knoxville Iron Company mines as over one hundred prisoners refused to eat and left the guards in conflict. Guards blocked ventilation causing asphyxia. Leaders, all black, are being disciplined. several convicts beaten and three mortally injured. An official inquiry found most trouble sprang from within the convict group.
The Republicans of New York have nominated Colonel Frederick D. Grant for Secretary of State. A portrait accompanies the nomination, noting Grant as about three years old and taller than his father, with a wry remark about a persistent loafer.
In this Sunday school lesson from the Chicago Standard by Rev. J. M. Coon the Galilee storm tale is examined. The Scribes and the role of lawyers are outlined, and Jesus is depicted calming the sea with a rebuke, teaching that faith and obedience matter, not mere praise, as storms test disciples.
Ohio copy describes a Cincinnati woman seeking her long lost son born twenty one years ago. The search leads to Dunkinsville where the man John Mullen denies the boy is his adopted son. A dramatic reunion follows as the mother identifies a photograph and the boy, now 21, returns to Cincinnati with his parents. The report also details a fatal Columbus accident and other local items.
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