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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1892
Page
5
A fragmented article mentions new mineral discoveries in Colombia, ancient cave finds near Galena, Mo, and a dramatic naval vessel, interwoven with biographical vignettes, a christening, a hospital ward, and a church relic. It blends science, exploration, and social anecdotes with sparse, garbled OCR.
Jay Gould died Friday at his home from pulmonary consumption after a long career as a railroad magnate and financier. The scene at midnight showed a quiet end as his family kept vigil. reports estimate Gould's fortune between 60 and 100 million dollars with Western Union, Missouri Pacific, and Union Pacific among his holdings.
Reports detail wanted criminals across states with rewards offered for murder suspects and indictments for gun offenses. Census figures show Canadians in the United States rising from 68,000 in 1890 to 717,000 in 1890, marking a 37 percent increase over 40 years. Also covered are a property dispute in Tuscola, Texas, a presidential vote tally for Texas showing Cleveland ahead, new Milwaukee banks with Pabst at the helm, and recent fire damage in Gowrie, Iowa.
Commissioner Raum reports pension office operations for the year with 80,005,878,088 on pension rolls, adds 222,937 new pensioners and 2,477 restored, 26,907 dropped, and total pension outlay $129,025,612 for the year. For the current year $1,144,956,000 is appropriated. projected deficit $10,608,601. Original claims rose to 445,810 with payments totaling $84,283,104 and disability payments $197,19. The 1812 and revolutionary rolls dwindle. few widows remain on these rolls. The report discusses policy favoring original claims and anticipated funds needed for pensions, fees, and examining surgeons.
Reports from varied locales mention a Bayfield county seat move to Washburn Wisconsin, a New Orleans street railways sale to a New York syndicate for 10 million dollars, and a Chicago labor strike aftermath with many workers unpaid. Other items note deaths from a burglary in Sanford North Carolina, executions in Texas and Georgia, a fire in Vienna and a prison term for a swindle inventor, with further dispatches on Mexico’s Diaz inauguration and a fatal Erie road accident.
The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Rathbone reports 6105 post office establishments in the past year, the highest count on record. Georgia shows the largest state increase, with Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, and several others above 9000 total. Debts, receipts, and expenditures detail a shifting fiscal picture alongside obituaries and notable deaths from Dec. reports across Washington and other cities.
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