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Van Wert Weekly Bulletin

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1886

Page

2

The Sheep Outside the Fold Sermon by Talmage

Rev. T DeWitt Talmage portrays outsiders joining the fold. He argues there is fruit in God’s orchard for all and urges nonchurchgoers and prodigals to try Christ, promising divine mercy for those trapped in sin and skepticism alike.

T. DeWitt Talmage Hamptons John x King’s Park Royal Conservatory MacDonald Cameron Christ Mars Rock Theodore Parker Renan Jesus Eden Aisculapius Jesus Christ John Milton William Wilberforce Isaac Newton Robert Boyle Locke

Petrified Men Discovered in Akron Area Cave

Rochester Ind special reports Mr T Bowman near Akron found a cave containing twelve petrified men with a thirteenth at the side. He descended, confirmed no life, and plans a lighted stairway and admission fee as visitors flock to the site. The cave measures about twenty feet square and nine feet deep.

Mr. T. Bowman Akron Mr. Bowman Bowman

Deposition of Prince Alexander I Shakes Bulgaria and Europe

Aug 23 Sopma Bulgaria Prince Alexander I abdicated and was escorted to the frontier after a popular uprising. A provisional government formed with Clement as Premier and Stojanoff as Foreign Minister. London and Berlin press weigh peace implications as Russia’s role draws scrutiny.

Alexander T Sopma Bulgaria Alexander I Mgr. Clement Tirnova M. Stojanoff M. Zankoff M. Hurmof M. Nekiforofo M. Radeslavou M. Velichot Faily Clement Alexander National Assembly Lom Roumania Berury Cologne Berlin Post England Russia Turkey London Varna Europe Berlin Balkans Sophia Principality of Porte Great Powers Alexander 1 Trinova Roumelia Macedonia Aegean Sea

Delay in Anarchist Trials Pushes Fate of Conspiracy Case

Chicago aug 23 motion for a new trial for the eight anarchists and others indicted on conspiracy and riot will be argued at the October term. denial followed by appeal with about sixty days for the bill of exceptions. trial for fifty-one defendants planned for September as cases of murderers Schnaubelt Seliger and others face mounting delays.

Christ Sam God Jesus Good Templars Sons of Temperance Naples Rome Egypt New York Nashville New Orleans Boston Philadelphia Jamaica Church of God Cutcago Grinnell Supreme Court Peoples Mount Vernon Springfield Schnaubelt Seliger Schneider Hirschberger Brown

Scarcity of Small Change Prompting Mint Supply Request

Demands for one five and ten cent coins are rising nationwide with current supply inadequate. The Treasury consulted with Acting Secretary Fairchild and Philadelphia Mint Superintendent Fox, who believes new coin supply can be ready within thirty days to meet the need.

Washincton Treasury Department United States Fox Philadelphia Fairchild

Steamer Fire Tragedy on Volga Claims 200 Lives

A passenger steamer burning at Sartov on the Volga between Samara and Sartov killed about two hundred people. The crowd panicked, boats swamped, and only a few swimmers reached shore. The vessel was on an excursion for a rustic fete at Samara.

Moscow Volga Samara Sartov

Cholera Decimates Corea Amid Divine Visitation Claims

The City of Sydney brings Hong Kong dates to July 26 and Yokohama dates to August 8. Cholera rages in Corea with twenty thousand deaths reported in Keishodo province. Natives deem it a Divine visitation and refuse medical care.

San Francisco Sydney Hong Kong Yokohama Corea Keishodo

Flooded City Bazar Sees Five Feet Water Losses

Maxparay Burmah reports severe flooding with five feet of water inundating the bazar. The disaster causes extensive property damage and a high number of casualties, severely impacting the city.

Maxparay Burmah

Calamity in Texas as Storm Causes Heavy Losses

Texas reels from a massive storm with 38 lives lost and widespread ruin across cities and coastal towns. Losses include 1,000,000 to crops, 3,400,000 to property, and 900,000 to harbor works, with extensive damage to docks, beaches, and residential areas including Rockport, Sequin, Floresville, and Indianola.

Texas Galveston Tex

Murder of Railroad Agent in Huron Ends with Lynching

A tramp murdered John S. Davis, railroad agent of the Ohio and Mississippi railway, in Tivron Indiana. Davis pursued the killer who stabbed him and bled to death. a mob seized the suspect and hanged him from a walnut tree. The town is in turmoil as an inquest declares death by unknown persons and Mrs. Davis grieves.

Tivron Ind John Mrs. Davis

Present House compared with that of ten years ago

The Troy Times notes Democratic concern over high spending by the Forty-ninth Congress and cites a New York Sun comparison of 1876 and 1886 expenditures. It highlights increases in army, naval, river and harbor, pensions, and sundry civil items, with a 72 percent rise over ten years and calls for reform.

House of Representatives New York Sun Congress Senate Military Academy Suh IER Ike Alabama Navy Agricultural Bureau District of Columbia Forty-ninth Congress Forty-ninth Cleveland Troy Times

Cutting to Be Freed by Mexican Court in International Case

The Chihuahua Supreme Tribunal hears Cutting case and accepts two months already served as full punishment. The court upholds trial and sentence but orders Cutting released by midweek and remits the $600 fine. It preserves Mexico’s right to try offenses in the United States and flags indemnity as the next issue.

Paso Tex Cutting Supreme Tribunal of Chihuahua Castenador Zubia Mexico United States

Train-wreckers foiled near Chicago in series of plots

Rock Island and Lake Shore railroad officials foiled three attempts to wreck trains near Chicago on Monday night. A wedge damaged a Rock Island engine. another plan targeted a theater train. A third attempt succeeded derailing a freight car at Pitty Street. Two suspects were arrested. A bomb was found by South Chicago police near the Lake Shore depot.

Cunaco Rock Island Lake Shore Chicago and van Buren Street Omaha Council Bluffs Pitty First Treet Amsden Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Stock Yard South Chicago

Daredevil Kendall Survives Niagara Whirlpool Plunge

William J. Kendall of Boston swam the Niagara River whirlpool in a cork vest to settle a $10,000 wager. He emerged alive after a dangerous crossing, was briefly unconscious on shore, and required half an hour of revival. The vest was five cork blocks sewn into canvas like a life preserver.

NiaGara Farns William J. Kendall Boston Niagara River Kendall

Secretary Lamar Overrules Sparks in Wisconsin Mortgage Case

Secretary Lamar overrules Land Commissioner Sparks directing immediate certification of lands for conveyance to Wisconsin for the mortgage company. Much land is held by innocent third parties with titles derived from the mortgage company, which Sparks had previously overruled.

Washington Sparks Wisconsin Farm Mortgage Company Lamar Wisconsin

The Surplus Resolution and Presidential Note

The President states he has unsigned joint resolution directing surplus payments on public debt and explains he finds it unnecessary and potentially harmful to Treasury operations and financial confidence.

Washington Department of State Congress Treasury Lam Treasury Department

War fever grows as Texas Emigration Committee offers services

New York dispatches report rapid war fever nationwide. The Texas Emigration Committee says regiments may form and move if war comes. A meeting approved sending a message to Governor Ireland offering sympathies and services if needed.

New York Texas Emigration Committee Ireland Mexico United States

Deaths from heat claimed in St Louis coroner list

Up to noon yesterday several heat and sunstroke deaths were reported to the coroner. George Fillo a 27 year old laborer died after being sunstruck yesterday morning. Bridget Gannon of 1412 North Main street was found dead in her bed from heat. Bernard Miller of 1027 North Eighteenth street and John Zarwick a German printer died from heat after sunstruck yesterday morning. Thomas Kunz a carriage driver died yesterday morning after being overcome Monday evening and Thomas Burke also died from the same cause.

St. Louis George Fillo Bridget Gannon North Main Street Bernard Miller North Eighteenth Street John Zarwick Thomas Kunz Thomas Burke

Fifteen Hurt in Two Railroad Collisions

In New Jersey an excursion train colliding with a fast newspaper train near Ancora wounds eight passengers. In Maryland seven people are injured when the Chicago express crashes into the Hagerstown express on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio road.

PutapeLpara Camden N. J Ancora Camden & Atlantic Washinaton Chicago Express Hagerstown Express Metropolitan Baltimore & Ohio

Phaeton Falls From Bridge. Three Children Hurt

A phaeton carrying a colored driver and three of merchant Charles Weil's children toppled thirty feet from a rotten bridge near Pine Bluff. One child died, two others seriously injured, and the driver fatally wounded.

Little Rock Ark Phaeton Charles Weil Pine Bluff

Fire destroys large area in Brannon street shop fire

In San Francisco on Saturday night a blaze at Small's machine shop on Brannon street spread quickly two and a half blocks south and half a block north. The total loss is estimated at 2 million dollars.

San Francisco Small Brannon Street

Extradition Treaty with Japan Ratified by Japan

The State Department said Japan has ratified the extradition treaty as modified and accepted by the U S Senate on June 21. Official copies will bind both nations. It marks the first such treaty with an Oriental country and the first negotiated on equal terms with a great foreign power. Previously Japan faced treaty conditions dictated by leading powers.

Washington State Department United States Senate United States Japan

Fire destroys Tulare businesses in August blaze

Fire swept Tulare on Monday night burning all business houses. Investigators say arson started the blaze causing total damage estimated at 250000 dollars. Firefighters fought the flames but could not prevent total destruction of the town center.

San Francisco Tulare

Cattleman J P Olive Shot Dead at Trail City

Garden City Kan Aug 18 J P Olive a Dodge City cattleman was shot and killed Monday at Trail City by Joe Sparrow. Olive once served as sheriff in a Nebraska county and burned a horse thief at a stake years ago.

Garden City Kan J. P. Olive Dodge City Joe Sparrow Trail City Col. Olive Nebraskay

Garland’s corruption question hangs over Attorney General

A Chicago News editorial condemns Attorney General Garland for accepting 1.5 million dollars in Pan Electric stock while serving in government. The piece argues his unawareness of corruption shows moral obliquity and criticizes President Cleveland for keeping him as head of the Justice Department.

Garland Mr. Garland Pan- Electric Company Thurman Mr.Charman Washington United States Pan- Electric Enterprise Senator Garland Law Department of the Cleveland James G. Blaine Chicago News

Democrats Face Tumbling Fortunes in House Districts

The Chicago Herald warns that eight districts already show Democratic losses as factional quarrels threaten to aid Republican pickups in twelve districts. It notes twenty five Democrats were elected by small pluralities and fears off year trends will erode the party’s House margins.

House of Representatives Chicago Herald

Right of Free Speech and G A R in Politics

A Virginia era editorial argues the Grand Army of the Republic should influence policy like an auxiliary Congress. It defends veterans pension rights against Democratic criticism and condemns press rebuke as harmful to loyal soldiers in a national debate. The piece appears in the Indiana State Journal and cites the Louisville Courier Journal.

Grand Army of the Republic Congress United States Senate Grand Army Louisesville Courier-Journal G. A.R Knights of Labor Maine Texas Union Indiana State Journal

Cleveland names Magone as New York port collector.

The Telegraph notes Mr. Cleveland appoints Daniel Magone as collector of the port of New York to secure New York delegates for the next Democratic convention. It discusses Magone’s reform credentials, Hedden’s departure, and the ongoing 1888 campaign dynamics with civil service considerations and party power.

Cleveland Tilden School Daniel Magone New York Custom House Magone Hedden Grinnell Smythe Tilden Daniel Manning N. ¥. Mail and Express

Quiet political action by department clerks questioned

The Toledo Blade notes department clerks have carried out the Democratic Congressional Committee’s work and questions whether the President views this as a quiet and unobtrusive exercise of individual political rights within party service.

Kay Democratic Congressional Committee Toledo Blude

Democratic Conventions Endorsed Cleveland for 1888

The State Democratic conventions of Indiana and Tennessee endorse President Cleveland and send delegates home to decide nominees who will match his course. The Indiana platform claims to be clear on minor points while avoiding major ones, reflecting Democratic platform building.

Indiana Tennessee Cleveland Chicago News Mr. Tribune

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