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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1900
Page
2
Defiance Ohio edition notes Judge W T Mooney of St Marys as a candidate for circuit judge in the district. Mention of Judge W H Hubbard suggests opposition or competition to block Mooney’s ascent in the local judiciary.
The Republican State convention will be held in Columbus on April 24 and 25 with Col. Robt. M. Nevins of Dayton as temporary chairman and Peter Durr of Cincinnati as temporary secretary.
The brewers of Toledo plan to withdraw their subscription to the Ohio Centennial fund over the Clark option bill pending in the senate. This move is seen as a strategic rebalance and a symbolic gesture of dispute.
Attorney General J. M. Sheets has filed in the supreme court to revoke the charter of the Home Cooperative Union of Lima. The suit alleges the cooperative is not conducting its business in accordance with law.
The local option law appears set to pass the Senate while Rep. Ainsworth avoided voting in the House. Democratic wet goods dealers in the city plan to send Ainsworth a chromo as a rebuke.
Fragmentary notes indicate Hon. J. M. Ainsworth and associates discussing a Clark focal option bill tied to Paulding and Defiance counties. The text hints at annexation talk and partisan maneuvering with references to a defendant and interior house proceedings.
The editor notes Republicans of the Fifth Congressional district plan a convention at Defiance on the 27th of the month. The aim is to secure delegates to the National convention, with Low Marble of Van Wert and W. H. Phipps of this place favored as delegates in what appears to be a prearranged choice.
In a tense political moment Democrats float a joking epitaph about County Treasurer John Wisda amid rumors of his death. The quip suggests the phrase Here lies an honest man who died game, attributed to Asa Toberan in a ceremonial context.
The Ohio Senate approved the Cox ripper bill amid a prior shift of power two years ago when Democrats and loyal Republicans controlled Toledo. The piece argues the city’s government has deteriorated and urges passage to purge rascals and yellow dogs, contrasting editorials from Toledo Blade and Cleveland Leader.
The Antwerp Hicksville case features testimony from witnesses on Nov 24 1899 and 25 1899. Witnesses recall Frank Zuber Ed Johnson and Floyd Rumbaugh riding in buggies past the opera house and street corners while others place timing by electric lights and local clocks as the trial continues.
An advertising blurb extols Grain-O as a non stimulant health builder made from grains. It claims to aid the brain and nerves and is suitable for both children and adults, noting it is sold by grocers and resembles coffee in strength.
Witnesses testified about Frank Zuber and two companions seen in Antwerp on the night of November 24 1899. They described leaving chapman corners toward a saloon and later heading to a buggy, with clock times around 11 to 12 as lights failed. Several men identified Zuber and Rumbaugh and noted missing whip and carpet from their buggy.
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