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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1900
Page
2
Van Wert County treasurer announces the annual tax notice for 8 valuation of taxable property. The notice details the assessment and tax collection schedule and warns of the requirements for payment and penalties for delinquency.
Washington reports aversion to immediate counting of electoral votes on February midweek. Senate members will attend the joint ceremony as Frye Maine presides over opening and tallying votes for McKinley and Roosevelt. Kentucky contest fears loom. possible heated scenes if veto is revealed and a partisan clash occurs.
Rev Morgan of London to replace Moody as pastor of the New Centre Congregational Chapel in London. Announcement from Lanion and Northfield conference notes Moody's work to be taken up by Morgan, with Ira D Sankey reportedly joining as collaborator.
An explosion at the Keystone Club House in Malon Indiana injured all inside at about 1 AM yesterday. Police allege mitroglycerine caused the blast. Albert Milton and David Cannon, expelled members, allegedly threatened to destroy the club. Home Butler and Taamer Burden were hurled across the street and left unconscious, with Burden in critical condition.
At Fleck AlUic Kaufman, urged by a U S government commissioner, beat boy Wert yesterday. The action followed Wert's alleged stealing of a feature from the Linted Blues. A police report noted the boy, Abril, 12, handled $500 in checks for a letter box on Broadway while being swarmed by officers.
The World lightweight champion Lavigee Lavigne reportedly injured after a fall at his mother’s home yesterday. Witnesses say he collapsed on a porch while leaving, with suspected internal injuries and current medical evaluation ongoing.
Nov 11 report from Hayany describes a cold sea incident near Tiavana. A tug with a single barge in tow broke up in heavy waves off Murra Castle, capsizing and sinking the craft. Five men were drowned and the captain, who abandoned ship, was held aboard a barge for slaughter aboard the wreck.
In Winter Haven Florida on November 1 a mother named Ganesty reportedly left her two young children alone in a burning house two miles from neighbors. The children played with matches and the fire spread before help arrived. Two children were cremated and the third was in a dying condition.
The wife of Fatuth McLane told state attorney that he defrauded about 160 businesses and that a man named Welsh was arrested in jail for related offenses. She said the trio traveled toward Mantington and that McLane robbed a man en route to a village hotel. A warrant was sworn for McLane in Baltimore, and he has been located in Tulare.
Denver Vpl Navy 1d reports Actos Uabait Bosworth Mt Bosworth as dead, telegrams flood in from friends and family. At Edgewater he regains health after a hard season as rumors of death prove unfounded.
Ithaca New York November 13 Fire badly damaged the Veterinary College at Cornell University in Ithaca. The blaze caused an estimated 25000 dollars in damage to the building, one of the universitys finest.
Linseed oil shares fell this morning reaching a low for the season at 310 1 2 cents per share amid a weak session in Chicago trading. The commodity last closed at 32.20 dollars, signaling renewed pressure after yesterday’s drop.
In Washington on November 17 the top event features Reyabhean marms and ormanians. Biowekburn of Wisconsin has been chosen to read the fight vad Sffy. The show collects dita.
Nastnillé len Novy a-wm Muik, head bookkeeper for Nei and Shaffer merchants, is alleged to have absconded with about 15000 of the firm’s money. A local bank note appeared unpaid two years ago triggering an inquiry that revealed irregular books and a concealed defalcation.
In a March 1897 verdict, Miss Genie, Slaiker, represented by Chingo, was awarded ten dollars for injuries after a mask removal incident with West Chic Lago and its head company. The accident occurred when a cable frame malfunctioned, leaving her permanently disfigured and requiring grafting. During treatment she fainted after mask removal and quots fainted.
A fragmented report describes a ceremony presenting a commemorative album to a president at a railway station. It mentions a crowd of about 10 080 people and a silver society gathering guiding the event. The wording is garbled but centers on a formal tribute and a public reception.
Mrs Donna Shaftner formerly of Buffalo NY files for divorce from RB Shaftner alleging threats to her life and excessive cruelty. The couple wed in April 1898. she cites his threats and mistreatment as grounds.
Report from a distant theater notes U S troops in Chita are in good health after action. The dispatch says most wounded have been evacuated to the United States while the remainder are treated in China and at Peking.
Secretary of Agriculture Wise said the department is taking steps to ease cattle shortages in western states to curb rising meat prices. He noted imports from Tripoli aim to replace disappearing feed and warned that drought and overgrazing have reduced livestock. The report links cattle scarcity to rising beef and mutton costs and suggests diet shifts as prices climb.
Dispatches from Cartagena report a decisive engagement between rebel forces led by Dr Rafael Uribe and government troops in Bolivia. Uribe plans to advance on Barranquilla, with government troops and recruits said to have been captured, potentially sealing rebel control of key coast ports if Spinaz army is defeated.
A Missouri to Dallas narrative describes a young railroad worker leaving drinking and gambling after a stranger’s guidance. He joins the YMCA in Dallas, finds a moral community, becomes a church member, and rises to superintendent of the valley branch with improved conduct and business.
The Strong's Store firm in New York went into receivership after the late Mayor Wab L Strong’s estate, once valued at up to 1 million, collapsed under debt. The mayor’s will left all to his widow in trust, with the estate to be divided among his two children after his death.
Norfolk Va November 13 A schooner named James J Reena from North Baltimore loaded with lumber sank yesterday near Chesapethe Bay. The crew of four, including Holling Teland, are feared drowned as rescue efforts continue.
Gold and silver have been found in Sussex Wisconsin on the Fort Auguat Nomtet land in this county. Two assays were made. the first shows gold and silver worth 835 dollars per ton while the second shows 89 dollars per ton.
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