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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1887
Page
2
A compact digest of events from the past week covering political, commercial, and industrial developments. It notes fires, accidents, crimes, and personal crises alongside industry updates and telegraph summaries.
Latest Telegrams report Carmen Green taken from Delphi jail to Walnut Grove where he was lynched after denying guilt in Luella Mabbitt abduction and murder. Other items note Lord Lytton and Lord Lyons tensions, Chicago Haymarket relief payments, and a St Louis fire among many brief notices.
Paris dispatch reports the French Government will arrest General Boulanger for thirty days to question his conduct and decide if he should be deprived of command. Berlin and Moscow press attack Germany as police clash with Trafalgar Square demonstrators in London.
A letter from Katkoff was intercepted and sent to Emperor William who informed the Czar of its contents, leading to the disgrace of the imperial favorite.
The President drew enthusiastic crowds in Nashville Chattanooga and Atlanta. He rebuked critics of showing respect to common workers, spoke at Piedmont Park, and urged Georgia’s progress. Reports note a mob dragged William Drake in Spencer and a pancake incident involving Mrs Cleveland. Supreme Court set habeas corpus cases for November second Monday.
John F. Henry and Henry E Brown wholesale druggists of New York assign. they owed about 60,000 in 1875. H Webster & Co insolvent wholesalers of New York assets 851,000 and liabilities 735,000. Charles S Bryce failed on stock worth 118,000 with 115,000 in loans. The Eleventh General Assembly of the Knights of Labor adjourned after two weeks in Minneapolis. key items include limits on parade colors, a failed attempt to restrict Powderly, party rules on liquor at picnics, dues in advance for organizers, and next year’s Indianapolis convention. A sugar trust formation is reportedly nearly complete with bonds of 15,000,000 and 50,000,000 stock. Havemeyer to be President and John E Searles General Manager. In Philadelphia 5,000 shoemakers quit. 24 factories paid off and closed.
The four story parish schoolhouse at 445 East 115th Street collapsed burying twenty one workers including supervising priest Father Kirner. Other events include a fatal derrick accident in Louisville, gas explosions at the Hotel Albemarle and Bijou Theater area, and a fishing schooner Rebecca Nickerson presumed lost with nineteen crew aboard.
The Attorney General Ayers and other Virginia state officers were committed to U S Marshal custody by Chief Justice Waite. Their counsel renewed a bail request while the argument on the issue proceeds. In Roane County West Virginia Jake Coon and Robert Duff are linked to the murder of Thomas F Ryan and were lynched. George Duff Jr fled after vigilantes seized him.
A boarding house near Quebec burned killing three named boarders Thomas Landus Norton Mills William Buchan Little River and George Scotton California A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Lamar will replace Justice Woods on the Supreme bench and take the Interior post shortly The US cotton crop is put at 6550000 bales this year up from 6505000 last season Land Commissioner Sparks criticizes public land disposal as wasteful and urges reform The Sisters of Charity withdraw from teaching exams amid protests over rigor Public School issue in Pittsburgh draws denouncements from all corners Detroit defeats St Louis 2-0 in baseball, extending Detroit’s advantage to six wins in eight games and more results follow The Civil Service debate over state political activity and citizenship rights continues as officials speak on legality and scope The St Louis club loses 4-2 to Detroit in Philadelphia, ninth game in the series.
A large Philadelphia crowd and prominent citizens witnessed the unveiling of General George Gordon Meade’s bronze equestrian statue in Ballmount Park. A grand military parade from Broad and Spring Garden streets accompanied the ceremony as Calder’s heroic statue stands on a tall rough granite pedestal.
A profile of the families of seven condemned anarchists headed to the gallows. Describes the hardships of Mrs. Fischer and Mrs. Schwab, the children of Adolph Fischer and Michael Schwab, and the relatives of Oscar Neebe, Engel, Lingg, and Lingg’s admirers. Notes each child’s name, age, and character while detailing jail visits and community regard.
Chicago correspondent notes Detroit leads 7–2 after nine games as the Wolverines dominate, while detailing executive duties of A G Spalding and remarks on Anson Williamson gifts, league standings, and scattered notes on players, rules, and relics.
The paper reproduces two curious ads. A mother pleads for her runaway son, warning of dire consequences and promising a hidden plan to inform her husband. A husband seeks his missing wife who eloped with a tea-house patron, offering a $20 reward for information.
A Dallas man tries to explain a date mishap via telephone. He claims a severe accident to cancel plans and proudly shows torn pants from Rio Grande to Red River, prompting a crowd to roar at the joke and end the courtship.
A Belgian recounts a version of Napoleon’s encounter with Russians, Austrians, and Belgians as advancing clouds. The emperor orders cuirassiers at each sighting, and the Russians and Austrians vanish, then the Belgians appear, prompting a pale reaction. A Provencal tale about Sebastopol and Parisians is cited.
A Boston Sunday school teacher questions children about rewards for good acts. A bright pupil, noting his actor father, quips in pidgin style, “Det talled before de turtain, I desa,” prompting the Boston Budget quotation.
Jonathan Edwards gained early renown as a premier poet in America and unmatched in Europe. He began Latin at six, wrote on souls at ten, and entered Yale at thirteen, graduating four years later.
Workers excavating the Great Serpent Mound near Hillsboro unearth ten well preserved skeletons and uncover a female and a child skeleton near a stone cairn. The site is being fenced and landscaped with trees and paths as plans for a public park proceed, while Fort Hill nearby also attracts preservation talks.
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