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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1887
Page
2
Defiance Co. Express published in Defiance Ohio by The Express Publishing Company. This entry notes the newspaper’s location and publishing entity as listed.
A compact digest of global and domestic political events and labor notes. The brief highlights ongoing foreign affairs, economic updates, and notable public statements from governments and organizations worldwide.
The German Ambassador in Paris paid 12 500 to the French Foreign Office to be given as indemnity to the Brignon family, the gamekeeper killed on the Franco German frontier. The notice stands among other dispatches detailing global events and local disturbances.
The Vatican reports a guard officer infected with cholera and pledges strict safeguards to prevent spread. Russia agrees to sell an Ottoman Commissioner to Bulgaria to cooperate with a Russian princely lieutenant governor, demanding superiority in rank.
President Cleveland made a morning visit to the International Military Encampment in western Chicago before departing toward Milwaukee. Along the route towns like Evanston showed festive displays with bands and triumphal arches as farmers and residents lined the way. Milwaukee hosted an elaborate reception for the president and a vast awaiting crowd.
A National Greenback convention in Albany names Rev. Thomas K. Beecher for Secretary of State among seven tickets then in the field. The platform calls for per capita paper currency and warns against government bond default. The document also denounces major parties and supports reform movements. Nebraska Republicans in Lincoln held a two day session on railroad issues, with Judge Maxwell renominated for Supreme Court.
Assignments recorded in Richmond and Montreal with liabilities totaling $110,000. Davenport of Boston faces $100,000 debt due to E S Wheeler & Co of New Haven. Western Union Telegraph Co ends a long dispute by buying Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph property for 5 million dollars in Western Union stock valued at 80 per share.
The propeller California carrying corn and pork wrecked off St Helena Island near Mackinaw City on Tuesday morning. Of 27 aboard, 13 died. It struck during NW gale after leaving Chicago for Montreal. Passengers aided as crew abandoned ship, police pursue at least one mutinous act by the mate and deck hands. The captain and engineer rescued a boat and aided survivors while the sinking ship tore apart.
The State of Pennsylvania upholds a nearly $100,000 recovery from Silas M. Bailey and bondsmen. A Fort Wayne man shoots his wife then kills himself. Cincinnati sees a former public works member imprisoned two years for misused funds. A Chattanooga killer pleads innocence as he stabs himself fatally. Fort Smith inmates Kalifah and Hampton are hanged. fifty second execution in nine years.
At Minneapolis the National Farmers Alliance adopts a long address denouncing the railway system for monopolistic power. It urges government control to protect the people, tax railway property, ensure open expenditures, and provide low cost, fair traffic. Officers from several states named. next meeting set for Des Moines. It also notes British land eviction schemes in Iowa and alleged cruel actions against settlers, with affidavits to be presented in Congress.
Massive crowds greet President Cleveland in Chicago during a grand procession and Palmer House reception. The day features crowded streets, toppled barriers, women fainting, and the President shaking thousands of hands despite a chaotic yet festive display of civic pride.
Ohio reports a string of violent incidents across Meigs and surrounding counties including a fatal case of suspected wife abuse in Middleport, a boy injured in a Dayton elevator accident, a farmer killed by a vicious horse at Tontogany, and multiple industrial mishaps. The dispatch lists numerous injuries, deaths, and local alarms, with other items on oil field activity, accidents, and legal notices across the region.
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