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Van Wert Times

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1887

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Wide Range of 1886 Rail Earnings Rise Across 93 Lines

Fan West Times reports 93 railroads show a total gain of 30 million dollars in gross earnings for 1886, with Cariaco posting strong growth and 26 million dollars spent on new buildings last year. The piece notes higher business, mentions Calumet and Logan properties, legal questions on manufacturing law, and various social curiosities from New York to Perth. It also covers illiteracy debates in Connecticut, a hot artesian well in Perth, a France-bound inheritance story, a comic jail scene, oil substitutions for lard, and theatrical reforms in several cities. The column ends with a rapid-fire list of speculative items and a coal distillation breakdown.

Inter State Commerce bill goes to the president for signature

Washington reports the House adopting the conference report on the Inter State Commerce bill with a 219 to 41 vote. Debate touched on separate votes for sections and possible recommittal. Senate action included the Electoral Count bill and a pending vote on the trade dollar. A broad range of related measures and pensions were noted as the session progressed.

Wasurgeros Crisp Dunham Yeas Allen Mass Anderson Bliss Boutelle Boyle Bragg Bramm Campbell Casweil Dibble Ely Evans Felton Findlay Frederick Gay Gilfilian Grosvenor Hayden Hill Johnson Commission Commission Ia Wasnixatox Senate Edmunds Committee On Foreign United States British America North America Unite States Geist Congress Waseboron House Erjonday Wasnixotor Wasaiyatos Hovsk Congress Inter- State Commerce Conference Missouri Bronx City Mississippi St. Louis Wasurxeros Mississippi River Charleston Wasringtos Washington Territory Washington Texas Miller Tex Freedman's Savings Bank Blair N. EH Waseixeror Francis Meagher GaxaTe Spooner Wis Committee of Privileges and Elections Logan Sherman Columbus Johnson's Island Colquitt Woman's Christian Temperance Union of District of Columbia

Water famine hits Illinois towns and counties

Reports from Illinois detail severe water shortages across counties including Lexington and Bureau. Wells run dry, ice cutting for traffic uses rises, and Atlanta wells fill from a local shaft to serve hundreds who travel with containers. The note highlights widespread thirst and emergency measures amid drought.

Illinois Sratxarieco Lexington Bureau County Atlanta

Strange romance of Spies and Miss Van Zandt in jail plan

August Spies, leader of condemned anarchists, planned to wed Nina Van Zandt, heiress to 400000. Her relatives renounced kinship, and Sheriff Matson refused jail ceremony, delaying the match. Spies condemned to hang and denounces the sheriff’s action as despotism.

Sestimentalisn Bymen Chicago Nina van Zandt Fassir August Spies Auogust Miss van Zandt James Kirk & Co Russia

Telegraphic plans for a wartime Post Office line

The Senate Post Office Committee took up Senator Edmunds bill to establish telegraphic service with the Post Office. It calls for four Army‑built trunk lines under Postmaster General control with condemned rights of way and use of all telegraphic appliances at fair compensation. The measure is set as a special order for next week.

Pinkerton Caiiaco Joan Carfrae Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton Ashland Avenue Isprawarovis Ind Chicago Edmunds Senate Wasnuootoy Senate Post Office Senator Edmunds Post-office Department Secretary of War United States Army

Chosen Senators Named in Multiple States

The piece lists elections for United States Senators across several states, noting the winners, vote tallies in Senate and House, and remarks on joint sessions. States mentioned include Michigan, Wisconsin, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Delaware, Minnesota, and more with names such as Stockbridge, Hearst, Quay, Turpie, Harrison, Hale, and Dawes among others.

Sprroreip United States Farwell Morrison Goodhue Lanetyo Mich Michigan Lansing F. B. Stockbridge Senate Stockbridge Yaple House Mapisox Wis Wisconsin Philetus Sawyer John Winans Janesville Vilas San Francisco Ind J. H. Allen Terre Haute Harrison Turpie Allen Hartrorp Conn Hawley Isvia Robertson Smith Judge Turpie Benjamin Harrison Avsani N. Y Frank Hiscock Miller Levi P. Morton Amaxy New York Smith M. Weed Bosroy Henry L. Dawes Y. Jarrenson Crrt Cockrell Lixcoux Neb Paddock United States Benater Nebraska Charles H. van Wyck McShane van Wyck Curcaco Vanderbilts West Shore Chicago Lake Shore

Various Minor News Items of Week Ended Jan 23

A roundup of brief items notes the Dakota insanity ratio, resignations, Hazen funeral in Washington, ship traffic hopes on the Great Lakes, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland appointment, a big Alliance Ohio fire, logging near Fifield Wisconsin, and a May 2 to 21 White League Wheelmen gathering in St Louis. Also reported are thefts of money orders in Paris, Cardinal Jacobizi's resignation, new coal strike near Clayton Missouri, Gladstone on Irish representation, the death of John Edwards the Welsh poet in Rome, and a Turin marriage planned for Prince Roland Bonaparte.

Dakota Hazen Washington Michael Morris Ireland Alliance Fifield Price County Wis League of American St. Louis Paris France Rome Cardinal Jacobizi Pontifical Secretary of State Clayton Gladstone John Edwards America Prince Roland Bonaparte Letitia Jerome Napoleon Turin Buenos Ayres South America Pauillac Loogootes Jacke Norcia Wilson L. Youmans New York Champaign Til Jacob Hoover Omro New Orleans City Railroad Company Union Stock Yards Chicago Ohio Miners’ Amalgamated Association Columbus Knights of Labor House Territories Wasia Idaho W. & Robertson Towa Board of Health Muscatine W. 8. Robertson Iowa State Board of Health Iowa State University Police of Tahlequah Ilinois Society of Engineers and Surveyors University of Ilinois National Board of Trade Washington, D. C Frederick Fraley Northumberland Jones Gilman Clark Worcester Mass Illinois Springfield George W. Gay Severs Wen Peoria California Eee Denver & Rio Grande Rews Treasury Walter Greyson Indian Territory 5. G. Robinson Iowa State Industrial School Maggie Appleton Sioux City William Dickens Cleveland Senate Phenicy & Co Augusta Onondaga Iron Company Ides Phoenix & Maricopa Railway Secretary of the Interior Gila River McCosh Princeton College Stanley Emin Bey Zanzibar Interior Department Baroum Kennedy Phoenix Furniture Company Grand Rapids Mich William Hewitt New York City Boston

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