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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1887
Page
2
A compact weekly summary from The News Record covering fires accidents crimes and personal crises. The report compiles political commercial and industrial notes with telegraph style brevity and emphasizes notable incidents from the week.
The death of Judge Elllet in Memphis followed a dramatic moments after delivering President Cleveland’s welcoming address. He concealed illness and collapsed minutes after the speech, shocking attendees and prompting tributes to his legal career.
Minneap lis hosts a special meeting where Michare Davitt is named a Knight of Labor to organize Irish allies into a district. Pennsylvanias Jon s H Pearson dies at 40 in Lancaster. Amesbury’s Locex and Jewatt carriage factory burns, losses totaling $125000. Helen Dauvray weds John M Ward of the New York Base Ball Club amid her health rumors and season fervor. a Dauvray Cup gift signals baseball enthusiasm.
At a New York stockholders meeting big figures were read showing gross earnings of 17 101 909 for the year ending June 30 with operating expenses of 15 154 8. The company handled 47 304 530 messages and added the Baltimore and Ohio system, expanding plant to 102 00 miles of lines and over 580 000 miles of wires. United States District Attorney Walker Em has ruled that Rev. E Walpole Warren’s case against the vestry and workers of the Church of the Holy Trinity falls under the contract labor law prompting a potential suit.
Resolutions from Pearis I adopt urging General Government to accept Illinois ceded locks and dams, finish two more, and send engineers to survey Joliet Chicago waterway. Endorse Hennepin Canal and Mississippi improvements. Committee to present to 1838 conventions.
A Pacific Express safe was robbed on the Iron Mountain Road between Little Rock and Texas, with about $6,000 taken. An old trusted messenger J B Owens is reported missing, and detectives reportedly cannot trace him.
In the evening a carriage carrying the mail car on the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio line near El Paso was attacked by railroad bandits. Dynamite bombs destroyed the car, the agent was stunned, recovered, and killed one robber with a bullet. The remaining gang members fled.
In Indianapolis the mayor Denny of the Republican party was re elected. Both branches of the Municipal Council are expected to remain Republican. The Democratic State Convention at Omaha endorsed Cleveland's administration and nominated Thomas O Day for Justice of the Supreme Court. The National Democratic Committee was asked to designate Omaha as the site for the next National Democratic Convention.
A New York special reports Secretary of the Interior L. C. Lamar is chosen to fill the late Justice Woods of Louisiana on the United States Supreme Court. The appointment has been accepted and arrangements are underway as a formal nomination is expected early in the Senate session.
The London telegraph reports the death of Dinah Maria Mulock Craik famed for John Halifax Gentleman Olive and The Ogilvies. Born 1826 in Stoke upon Trent she published widely and stayed active in writing, translating French works, and child stories. Also noted: Lady Brassey, famed yachtswoman, died at sea aboard the Sunbeam. French General Bouanger to be held for thirty days for inquiry into his command.
The world scene covers three Mexican smugglers killed near San Fernando and storms on Mexico's southern coast causing extensive damage. In baseball Detroit beat St Louis 5 to 4 in the world championship game. Financial notes report sugar refiners forming a $50 million trust, and new U.S. and Canada business failures. Trade reviews cite $107 million added to circulation but harm from speculation, with mixed industry signals and crop concerns in Texas and the Northwest. Forgeries detected in Mexico City include a $140,000 fraud and a denied rumor of $1,000,000 in forged government bonds.
A Chicago and Atlantic freight train rear pressed a delayed passenger train near Boone Grove causing a wreck that torched the Pullman and two coaches. Nine burned to death as rescuers, including Conductor Parks and Engineer Connors, pulled survivors from the blazing debris. A doomed passenger aided others with an ax to escape, while a trained crew fought the flames to reach those trapped.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat describes Sioux City Iowa Harvest Jubilee grand Corn Palace. An allegorical temple of Ceres built from corn and cereals, fronting Fifth and Jackson streets with a 210 by 100 foot base, a 100 foot dome and 100 foot spire, plus extended pavilions. Inside and out the design features ear-decorated walls, corn panels, tassels, minarets, banners, and many representations of agricultural bounty.
Judge Thomas C Manning died at the Fifth Avenue Hotel after a week of illness following his arrival to attend the Peabody Educational Fund trustees meeting. He was about 70, born in Edenton, NC, UNC graduate, served as Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and as U.S. Minister to Mexico. He was a Tilden elector in 1876 and much admired as a jurist.
Detroit claims the silken championship emblem after a season in which Chicago White Stockings faltered, ending in third place with a four defeat and one tie in the final week. The piece notes Chicago’s new talent and Pittsburgh’s strong performance, and looks ahead to winter league tensions with the Brotherhood and players’ union in a season finale summary of standings.
A steam boiler blast at a portable saw mill near Jackson kills Kent Evans and James Ervin instantly. Nine nearby workers escaped unharmed aside from minor injuries. The boiler’s force wrecks the mill and flings equipment, with Pratt near Ervin losing a portion of a hand from the blast.
This period notes a ready arrival of duck hunting as cold weather nears and rains persist. Ducks are moving south toward marshes in Wisconsin Iowa Illinois and Michigan. Squirrels surge in numbers with hunters favoring 32 caliber rifles over shot guns. Chicago shooters predict a strong season across ducks geese chicken and squirrel. Local firms report rising demand for guns and gear, with a two car load firearms catalog mailed to spur hunts.
In Minneapolis the Knights of Labor General Assembly heard James R. Quinn of New York push a resolution condemning capital punishment and seeking clemency for Chicago men doomed to death. Powderly and Griffiths led opposition, declaring no true knight could be an anarchist, as the measure sparked wild debate and an appeal vote failed 151 to 52. A Detroit Free Press anecdote about a two o’clock fare on a Challot avenue car follows.
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