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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1887
Page
3
Public notice from the Defiance County Express publisher Peelance at 610 announces distribution and printing details for the Express, issued by The Express Publishing Company.
A compact review of recent events across telegraph, politics, business, industry, fires, accidents, crimes, and personal crises. Readers are guided through notable incidents and developments shaping the week in brief.
Dramatic episode at President Cleveland’s appearance as Judge Ellett, chosen to deliver the welcoming address, died minutes after his departure from the stand. The tragedy follows high regard for his legal career and public service.
At a special meeting in Minneapolis officials of the order made Michael Davitt a Knight of Labor and authorized organizing Lind League members in Ireland into a district of the Knights. The report notes this action and its significance for labor organization.
New York stockholders hear 191,909, a year gross earnings with 13,154,628 in operating expenses. Messages totaled 47,504,550 as the Baltimore and Ohio system absorption expands plant to 162,000 miles of lines and over 580,000 miles of wires. District Attorney Walker sets Warren case on contract labor law against Church of the Holy Trinity vestry.
Waterways Convention calls on General Government to accept state ceded locks and dams and to survey Joliet Chicago waterway. Reports on Kents disaster fatalities, Newburg asylum fire deaths, Cleveland Kansas City welcome, Blethen insult protest, Tuap C Pounn appointment, Rio Grande irrigation, Cherokee Council crisis, Koats disaster verdict, Chicago Train incident.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland arrived in Memphis after a Southern tour with a warm welcome. In Kansas City and on the Iron Mountain route crowds cheered as President Cleveland’s party traveled toward the Tennessee city. Memphis numbered over 30,000 at the greeting and the procession overflowed security lines as demonstrators surged along.
A mail car on the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio line near El Paso was attacked by rain robbers using dynamite. The car was wrecked and the agent, stunned briefly, recovered to shoot one robber dead. The remaining assailants fled the scene.
In Indianapolis the mayor Denny Republican won re election. Both branches of the Municipal Council are expected to be Republican. The Democratic State Convention at Omaha backed Cleveland's administration and nominated Thomas O Day for Justice of the Supreme Court. The National Democratic Committee was asked to set Omaha as the next National Democratic Convention site.
A New York special reports Secretary of the Interior L QC Lamar is chosen for the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Woods's death. The nomination may be announced early in the Senate session as Lamar consents and arranges his affairs for the transition.
A London cable announces the death of Dinah Maria Mulock Craik author of John Halifax Olive and The Ogilvies with pension details and translations noted. Also cited is Lady Brassey famed yachtswoman who died at sea aboard the Sunbeam and was buried in the Atlantic. Additionally Paris reports General Boulanger to be arrested for thirty days to allow inquiry into his command.
Three Mexican smugglers were killed near San Fernando as the authorities crack down. Detroit beats St Louis 5 to 3 in the world baseball championship at St Louis due to costly errors. Sugar refiners plan a trust with about 50 million dollars in combined resources. Storms on Mexico's southern coast devastate Quelítc and harm orange and coffee crops in Sinaloa. US and Canada advance 202 business failures last week. 107 million added to circulation in 14 months spurs speculation. Texas cotton yields down 10 percent. payouts ease south of the Mississippi. Forgeries in Mexico cited at 149000 with arrests. a rumor of 1,000,000 government bonds forged denied.
A wreck on the Chicago and Atlantic line near Boone Grove leaves nine dead and many injured as a freight train crashes into a delayed passenger train. Rescue efforts by conductor Parks and engineer Connors unfold amid flames and scattered refrigerator cars. A woman passenger uses an ax to reach and aid others before collapsing from burns.
The Sioux City Harvest Jubilee features a monumental Corn Palace built from corn and other Northwest cereals. The 210 by 100 foot front on Fifth and Jackson streets showcases towering cupolas, minarets, arches, and panels of grain in bold relief with interior displays of sunflowers, tiger lilies, and other agricultural motifs. A vast, intricate allegory honors King Corn with symbolic statues and scenes, as described by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Obituary notes the death at the Fifth Avenue Hotel of Thomas Courtland Manning ex minister to Mexico judge and lawyer aged about sixty born in Edenton North Carolina and educated at University of North Carolina He served as Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court and Chief Justice before becoming minister to Mexico under Cleveland. He was known for dignified bearing and legal acumen.
Detroit claims the silk championship emblem as the 1887 league season closes. The White Stockings under Harry Wright finish strong in fourth after a hard final run, with Chicago’s Chicago nine dropping to third after losses to Pittsburgh. The winter season looms with league and players Brotherhood tensions likely to flare. Ducks and squirrels draw hunter interest as demand for guns and gear rises nationwide.
Report details a steam boiler explosion at a portable saw mill near Jackson killing Kent Evans and James Ervin as nine workers watched. The boiler wreckage and flying debris destroyed the mill. Nearby accidents include a freight and express collision at Warren and multiple injuries across Ohio, with hospital and legal notices following.
In Minneapolis the Knights of Labor Congress debated a resolution opposing anarchists and seeking commutation for death sentences in Chicago. James R. Quinn of New York introduced the measure, but Powderly ruled it out of order, Griffiths urged its defeat, and an appeal failed 151 to 52. A Detroit Press anecdote followed about a city car fare clock.
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