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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1891
Page
2
A jumble of bits describes a Washington vault housing vast silver and gold reserves with thousands of tons stored, a post Civil War fleet registry noting 27 surviving steamers led by the Kearsarge, plus scattered curiosities about a cheap talk of typewriters, future fairs, and a plan for a liberal colonial move.
At Cedar Rapids Iowa the Republican state convention chose Wheeler of Odebolt as governor nominee with Clayton and Kerr entering the field for other state offices. Stone nominated for temporary chair with Gear as permanent chair. Van Houten leads lieutenant governor balloting in early rounds, Weaver gains in judiciary, Sabin and Campbell win top posts. The platform endorses the McKinley tariff and Harrison administration, reaffirms prohibition, and supports liberal pensions and state exhibit funding. The new state central committee is listed by district and member names.
The Salton region in the Colorado desert reports a lake at least 13 miles wide near Salton town. Water depth is 2 to 3 feet with shifting winds, wind-driven receding and returning waters, and a heavy salt bed raising specific gravity. Authorities note rising water threatens rail lines but may require weeks to flood the Southern Pacific route.
United States minister at Caracas reports Venezuela's congress approved the reciprocity provision of the 1890 tariff act and granted the Venezuelan president authority to enter a commercial arrangement with the U S without delay. Also notes Venezuela's exports, coffee and hides, and population.
From Hong Kong to Nanking and Pekin the June 3 dispatch reports riots spreading through northern China. Mission buildings were attacked and a Methodist girl’s group was burned. foreigners fled by steamer to Shanghai. French church at Tai Yang burned. leaders executed in Wuha and decapitated rioters’ heads displayed.
The Michigan legislature of 1890-1 adjourned Thursday after a six months session. The Rhines voting machine bill was defeated in the house by 4 to 2. The Wayne county circuit court committee on the eastern asylum appropriation recommended 35008 and both houses adopted the report. The general appropriation bill passed at 1,270,000 compared with 1,594,000 two years ago. The bill incorporating equal suffrage associations also passed. President Strong was presented with a gold headed cane and Speaker Wachtel with an elegant tea service. A committee to investigate bribery charges against Senators Wilcox and Weve forest exonerated both.
Figures from the treasury bureau of statistics detail immigration to the United States from 1821 to 1890. Between 1871 and 1890 arrivals reached 8,120,007, Europe’s share fell to 9.67 percent in 1881–90, with notable declines from France and China. Italy saw rising numbers up to 1890, and the peak year was 1882 with 788,992 arrivals.
A roundup of brief notes includes Wicans named president of Chili succeeding Balmaceda, a wreck near Mendota Minnesota burning thirty freight cars, Alley Bros and Place leather dealers of Boston assigning with liabilities of 500000, Sheriff Warfield of Arkansas City defaulter to 55000, G M Lowry of New York Life Insurance charged with embezzling 20000, Newton Kansas bank reopening with 100000 new capital, Catamarca Argentina's revolution suppressed, Minneapolis harvest machine makers overtaxed by demand, Goshen Indiana bank canal breach causing factory shutdowns, fatal scalding at Newcastle Pennsylvania, Henry Brabham hanged in Charlotte for murder, Emma Brown drowns at Fort Benton Montana, New York Typothets reject nine hour day proposal, Miller girls drowned in Kansas City, favorable crop reports across Minnesota Dakota Montana, large Jewish arrivals to Palestine amid destitution, President Palmer supports a combined exhibit building for Midwest states, death of Prof Parker the leprosy nurse in Surinam, fatal freight accident at Dubuque on Mississippi crossing under a bridge, and Potomac winning the Realization Stakes with Strathmeath third in a $40,000 race.
Dispatches from Naples report a Brazilian traveler died after stepping into the crater of Mount Vesuvius during a July ascent. A second Brazilian was rescued with difficulty as sulphurous fumes enveloped the party. The guide shielded the other traveler, saving him from the fumes.
A massive fire near California has burned over ten thousand acres of grain feed and timber land within ten miles of the town. The fire, raging since Tuesday, has consumed large areas from horn station south toward the region, with authorities reporting no end in sight and heat levels peaking at 112 degrees. Nearby Kalamazoo sees Dr. William Mottram, Michigan's oldest practitioner, die at age 84. In Jackson a mowing machine accident kills James Heweling. Also, Joseph Baum & Co. confess judgment for 87319 in St Louis. Prince Dolgoroukoff dies in Pants. Irish bishops denounce Charles Stuart Parnell.
News notes a large hailstorm and wind damage in North Dakota and Iowa, plus Mississippi and nearby regions, ruining thousands of acres of crops. Reported losses include farmers in Ransom and Sargent counties, with totals reaching tens of thousands of dollars.
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