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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1892
Page
1
A collage of historical notes on politics a 1801 wheat price and acre value a New York population density figures taxes in Saxony hotel construction Denver journalism a U S senate attendance record and global geology and religion myths including the largest temple in Ser/in /g a thousand pillar hall at a temple in India
The Behring Sea question dominates new correspondence from Lord Salisbury and the American note exchange. British reluctance to suspend sealing is weighed against Canada’s sealers and U S. arbitration. Senate moves toward ratifying the treaty with a modus vivendi pending agreement.
Washington March 28 Bills passed in senate include 18 7 60 000 for Mississippi improvement and land settler relief. Maryland petition asks compensation for slaves taken by the federal government. Behring sea question discussed in executive session. House reports river and harbor bill and army bill. free wool debate ongoing. Pension for Civil War nurses proposed. Utah home government bill favorable. Bland silver bill under discussion and adjournment forced at midnight. Paddock pure food bill favorable. hops extract restriction bill introduced. Bland fixed March 28 to resume free coinage debate.
A London House of Commons session saw Liberal MP Fenwick push a resolution to pay MPs £365 a year to widen access for the industrial classes. Balfour warned on ratepayer views while Trevelyan backed the plan noting labor members' practicality. the motion was rejected 227 to 162. Other brief items include a daylight burglary in Barport and Mary Larsen’s $6,000 loss, Patrons of Industry revision demands, the death of Philadelphia lawyer John B. Colahan, and first-time appointment of colored election judges in Hiawatha, Kansas. Exports beat imports in February, with annual totals showing a large trade gap. Six-year sentence given in Albany bank theft case, and a presidential nomination to the Court of Claims.
Drought hits south Australia with sheep losses as reports detail disasters in multiple regions. Incidents include a derailed train in Park City Utah injuring several, burglaries in Burlington Iowa, and fatal fires in Adrian Michigan and Cloquet Minnesota. International notes mention German spying methods, a St Louis murder suicide, and behring seals preservation talks. A mix of accidents crimes and political notes fill the digest with named places and people.
Wall Street financier Ferdinand Ward, once a famed figure, is reported to be nearing release for commutation of three and a half years of his ten year sentence from the New York Court. Ives accepts Slosson challenge to balkline title. match set for Chicago between May 15 and 25 with $250 deposit. Fire destroys county records in Missouri. losses not yet valued. Mississippi declines Columbian expo appropriation in House. A man drowns in a pump trough amid fears of blindness. estate valued at $60,000. South Dakota Republicans back Harrison. Democrats nominate Sheppard for governor. Wreckers shot after tampering with rail spikes near León, Mexico.
After twenty months, twenty three miners bodies were recovered from the Hill Farm mine at Dunbar exposing grim scenes of entombment. The dead include John Mitchell Daniel Smith John McCreery Jim McCreery Peter Devlin and others. several remain submerged awaiting water pumping. The disaster occurred June 16 1890 and cost over 100000 to excavate and recover the remains.
A Milwaukee report says authorities press the United States Charity Home Institution to stop begging as about a dozen men and women led by Dr. Vogel, recently from Chicago, incorporated the group to aid the poor. They admit receiving funds from high government officials including Harrison and Wanamaker but are considered not responsible and unknown.
A quirky mosaic of short jokes and witticisms from various papers. It includes lines about taxation, secrecy, cremation, and social quirks, with marginal quips from the Jester and urban exchanges. The items hint at a broader humor column, mixing snippets, puns, and brief banter.
A garbled page assembles scattered notes on ancient Rome, Mandan legends, and world curiosites, interwoven with stray wisdom maxims. Random rail and travel ads claim reduced fares and dramatic claims about health tonics and domestic goods, all in a loose, era-typical miscellany.
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