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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1887
Page
7
A concise wrap of international and domestic developments across politics labor and notable personal items. The overview highlights key events and shifts shaping policy and public discourse worldwide.
A brilliant meteor fell near James Marshall’s farm by Twin Tunnels Kentucky. The impact created a deep crater and sulfurous air while towns across Indiana suffered a major Union Mills fire destroying multiple shops and the post office.
The Vatican reports a guard officer struck by cholera with measures to curb spread. Cable from Frankfort notes the end of the three emperors alliance after Russia’s czar failed to visit the German emperor, signaling Russia’s freedom to align with Austria. Coercion fails in Ireland as Nationalist press attacks Government. Dublin Gazette proclaims league suppression across Clare, Leitrim, Galway, Kerry, Cork, and Wexford.
The branches of the league were not prepared for the proclamation and leaders in Dublin are hurriedly consulting on measures. The British steamer Romeo, en route from New Orleans to Rouen, capsized at Villaguen on August 3, costing seventeen lives.
The Worcester convention placed Henry B. Lovering for governor and a full slate including Walter E. Cutting, John F. Murphy, H. C. Thatcher, John W. Corcoran, and William F. Cook. The party endorsed Cleveland, backed anti‑contract labor laws, Irish sympathy, and wage worker protections, while pledging to abolish the poll tax. Greenbackers will not nominate. State Committee to meet next week with no hostile changes expected to the Democratic platform.
Bishop Perry of the Episcopal Diocese of Town refuses the Bishopric of Nova Scotia while traveling in Great Britain. The document also lists the President's telegraphed South and West itinerary from Washington through multiple cities ending in Washington on October 27, noting that many planned speeches have been cut back.
A Pittsburgh dispatch says trouble between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and manufacturers threatens a broad clash over mill operation. Firms seek union of strength, with a Manufacturers' Association to resolve wage disputes and potentially widespread strikes and mill shutdowns this winter. Also notes arrest of E Wheeler for fraud, and Dun & Co reports improved money market yet persistent agricultural and speculative strains. U S and Canada weekly failures total 183 versus 187 a year ago.
A high speed collision between an engine and a construction train on the Gulf Division near Guthrie south of Purcell causes numerous casualties. Engineer Charles Pearson dies, fireman Charles Stewart seriously hurt, with reports of many workers killed or wounded. Wide crop damage from floods in Arizona and severe hurricane devastation on the Mexican border prompt urgent relief appeals.
Ottawa special reports Captain Mlack before the Supreme Court to withdraw the record in Spies et al for thirty days to seek New York help and appeal to the US Supreme Court. Chief Justice Sheldon denies the motion, noting repeated refusals and lack of precedent. Mr. Black shows clear dejection.
The article covers A R Parsons and Lucy Parsons amid Chicago arrests over anti state pamphlets and the legal fight around jury laws. It notes Grover Thain and Roger A Pryor preparing Supreme Court actions and the public uproar at Central Station as Lucy Parsons resists bans on distributing circulars.
Governor Rosas reports in his annual message that land use for farming is steadily shrinking the great cattle ranches in New Mexico. He believes the cattle ranch will soon become a thing of the past as occupancy for agriculture grows.
The three day national constitutional centennial in Philadelphia closes with a grand Independence Hall memorial in which President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland greet vast crowds. Key attendees include Secretaries Bayard Fairchild Lamont and Kasson, Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Potter, and General Sheridan. The event features a 10,000 seat grand stand, a Marine Band performance, and the Liberty Bell tolling as the President speaks.
President Cleveland led a public observance recalling the framing of the Constitution a century ago. Justice Miller delivered the main address, the new national hymn was sung, Cardinal Gibbons appeared with the sunlit procession, and a grand Marine Band procession ended with prayers and a monarchial benediction.
James G Blaine sends regretful note to the Constitutional Centennial Commission from Hamburg Germany Sept 2 1887 declining attendance at the centennial celebration of the United States Constitution He lauds the Constitution and the framers noting its enduring genius and the nation’s growth and urges lasting reverence for the founders work.
Edmun Randolph is credited with the Constitution's birth in a discovery by Moncure D. Conway. The near final draft was found among George Mason’s papers and annotated by James McClure. Scribner's September issue features Conway’s article and a facsimile of the manuscript.
The text traces changes since the Constitution's framing noting 13 states rising to 38 with a 600,000 inhabitant territory, and a population from 5,929,214 in 1790 to about 60,000,000. It cites federal officeholders rising from about 1,500 to over 100,000 and shifts in receipts and expenditures from early 1700s figures to late 20th century values.
When a young man detects the first sign of facial hair he feels elevated yet the moment secretly carries a coming down, a reflection noted by the Yonkere Statesman.
A study of Matthew chapter eight verses five to thirteen focusing on Jesus healing the centurion's servant in Capernaum. The lesson notes the centurion's faith, Jesus' authority, and practical reflections on humility, prayer, and trust in God.
The Worcester Spy anecdote recalls Dr Daniel senior partner of Norwich’s first firm who faces a sharp old lady at a drugstore. She asks to abate the charge and split it into even and odd parts. He jokes he has made fourpence half-penny out of her but consoles himself with the profit already earned.
Freight train sections collide near Forest after a signal failure as a dynamite car explodes, killing a fireman Edward Bauch and injuring the engineer. Rescue crews find three unidentified tramp victims among wreckage and oil cars burn. later items report cemetery fencing at Camp Chase, local option in Batavia, donations to Toledo charities, stock and cattle actions, accidents, and various local notices across Ohio.
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