Van Wert Bulletin Highlights and Officials Notes
Van Wert Bulletin presents a collection of week’s items. Queen Victoria jubilees and celebrations appear from Washington across the nation. The New York post office employs six thousand, with six hundred letter-carriers. Maine reports bear bounty payouts. A Mexico United States postal accord expands transit. May 1887 revenue shows gains in spirits, liquor, and tobacco. Comptroller W L Trennorm calls the economy sound. Seven day period ends with 171 business failures. Beecher eulogy dedication accepted by the President for London and Brooklyn delivery. Presidential post offices increase to 2,386.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Cleveland
W. L. Trennorm
Tim
Henry Ward Beecher
Parker
City Temple
London
Brooklyn
Victoria
Phelps
Rover Cleveland
United States of America
Great Britain and Ireland
India
Great Britain
Grover Cle
T. F. Bayard
America
West
Diplomatic Corps
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Charleston, & C
Chicago
Grand Pacific Hotel
Lakeside
Cheltenham Beach
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Oldest Harvard College graduate is Plymouth man
William R. SeNer of Plymouth Massachusetts is identified as the oldest living Harvard College graduate as he recently reached age ninety six.
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William R. SeNer
Plymouth
Mass
Harvard College
Liquor Spending Highlighted in Pennsylvania County
Mr Powerity notes that in one Pennsylvania county a single year saw 17 million dollars spent on liquor. He argues that 11 million dollars of that total was contributed by working men, underscoring the economic impact on labor households.
First woman graduates from Columbia College Mary Parsons Hankey
Miss Mary Parsons Hankey has just earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College becoming the first woman to graduate from the institution.
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Mary Parsons Hankey
Columbia College
Baltimore Ohio President’s Sister Hoards 20 Million
Evizapeth Garrett, unmarried sister of the railroad president, is reported to have stashed a neat sum of 20 million dollars for a rainy day, a detail noted in the society or financial circles of the era.
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Evizapeth Garrett
Baltimore , Ohio Railroad
Death of Sergeant Wilde in Norwich recalled bold Balaklava charge
The death of Sergeant George Wilde at Norwich is noted as part of the famous Balaklava charge where he survived but later saw three horses killed under him. The report memorializes his service and recalls the storied 1854 action.
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George Wilde
Norwich
Eng
Balaklava
Washington bachelor revealed as fourteen year Benedict
A man living in Washington was secretly married to his landlady for fourteen years. Neighbors were unaware of the union until they sought a divorce recently, exposing the concealed marriage and its unusual arrangement.
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Washington
Expulsion of Cincinnati Perfectionists From Methodists
Thirty five members described as perfectionists in Cincinnati have been expelled from the Methodist Church. The group venerates their leader Mrs. Martin as God and her sister Mrs. Brooks as Christ, according to the report.
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Cincinnati
Large landowner claims world’s biggest private holdings
Wilson Wappincuam of New Haven Conn has purchased the Antonio Ortis grant of 163000 acres in San Miguel County New Mexico and is said to be the largest landed proprietor in the world. He owns in fee 1500009 acres.
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Wilson Wappincuam
New Haven
Conn
Antonio Ortis
San Miguel County
N. M
Madrid considers premature burial risk prompting electric coffin alerts
Authorities in Madrid weigh the danger of premature burial as the Municipal cemetery installs an electric signal apparatus in the receiving vault. The system will notify officials at the slightest movement in any coffin.
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Twe
Madrid
Postmaster Convention Aims to Push Higher Salaries
About three thousand postmasters nationwide plan an annual convention in Washington in December. They will urge Congress to raise postmaster salaries and to revise mail matter classifications.
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The
United States
Washington
Congress
Boston man killed by electrocution after stepping on shed
Daniel Sullivan of Boston climbed a low shed to reach a ball and slipped onto two electric wires, completing a circuit. He was found dead with clothing burning and flesh burned. A San Francisco be tcher heir to a $30 million estate in British India has been notified. the British government seized it upon Leopold Mayer's death twenty five years ago. A storm in South Carolina left Lake Dawhoo with dead fish and bitter, inky water after a period of calm.
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Daniel Sullivan
Boston
San Francisco
Leopold Mayer
British India
South Carolina
Lake Dawhoo
Columbia
S. C
New York
English women escape from Mormon church in Omaha and Brooklyn
ELEanon Paston and sixteen other young women were brought from England for the Mormon Church. Paston and Amelia Cleggy fled Elder Bascom’s polygamous circle after deciding not to be sealed. They dressed as men, left Mormondam, and reached Omaha and Brooklyn where allies provided suitable clothing.
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Eleanon Paston
England
Mormon Church
Miss Paston
Amelia Cleggy
Bascom
Mormondam
Miss Clegg
Omaha
Brooklyn
Aging Men in Power and California Raisins Highlight a Century
The article notes men over 70 still active in leadership, cites Bismarck Grevy William and Queen Victoria, and mentions American figures Evarts Dudley Field and Simon Cameron. It then shifts to California raisins, predicting 1,200,000 boxes this year and capital needs between three and five million dollars, praising production and packing. It closes with a historical tally of Supreme Court justices and U S presidents, stating the numbers through the current period.
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Bismarck
Grevy
King William
Queen Victoria
Evarts
Dudley Field
Ands Springy
Simon Cameron
Boston
California
Princeton College becomes university in all but name
A long list of 19th century happenings from across the nation includes Princeton College extending its curriculum to become a university in all but name. other items cover shipwrecks on Lake Erie, wage demands by New York laundry workers, large pension awards later challenged as perjury, crop prospects, a Niagara River crossing by a Canadian shoemaker, military reunions, railroad purchases, factory fires, and a spate of court decisions and crimes reflecting a broad snapshot of 1887- era events.
Multistate disasters and crimes reported in brief items
Fire destroys Leavenworth area tree holdings causing 259110 in losses. Ute Chief Colorow captured after six months. James Carey kills father-in-law then wife and commits suicide in Tennessee. Chicago wheat collapse creditors settle. Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati closed with 5500000 in liabilities. Sedalia windstorm, barns down, crops ruined, 50 sheep killed. Five men rob Grand Trunk train near Fort Gratiot. Aston tree collapse in Texas kills Mrs Tite and two children. Notorious Tolliver gang members still dead in Murehead. Notty Way Amelia and Dinwiddie counties damaged crops. wind and floods. Oleo margarine detectors established in Chicago St Louis Cincinnati. Mrs Reese dies of fright after bull chases her near Akron. Ice-houses destroyed in Columbus. Snow in Pleasant Valley Minnesota. Ottertail County crops damaged by raspberries. Perham area four miles from town siloed by cyclone. Wilmigner, Delaware windstorm damages. Falling tree kills three in suburb. Indiana discovers largest natural gas well at Kokomo. Bteny Creek and nearby areas report destruction.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Chase Colorow
James Carey
Union County
Tenn
Chicago
Atkey C. Miner
Cleveland
Tur Fidelity National Bank of Cincinnati
Sedalia
Grand Trunk
Fort Gratiot
Mich
Aston
Fairplay
Tex
Albert Tite
Craig Tolliver
Jay Tolliver
Bud Tolliver
J. R. Cooper
Rowan County
Murehead
Notty Way
Amelia
Dinwiddie
Internal Revenue Bureau
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Jacob N. Reese
Akron
Columbus
F. Jaeger & Co
Pleasant Valley
Minnn
Ottertail County
Minn
Perham
Cy- Wilminerox
Del
Indiana
Kokomo
Indiana Wells
Bteny Creek
Qak
Great Britain's Jubilee Celebrations and Global Turmoil
Foreign intelligence reports show Ireland in turmoil with rioting, Cork sacking, and over fifty injured. London hosts jubilant Queen Victoria 50th anniversary celebrations as thousands cheer. Other items include a Quebec hardware firm's assignment, famine in Asia Minor, Bavarian insanity ruling, a NSW train wreck with casualties, and Canada's Parliament prorogation by the Governor General.
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Ireland
Cork
Belfast
London
Victoria
Barper
Prince of Wales
Hyde Park
Windsor
Asia Minor
Kine Otto
Neak Hawkesbury
Jubilee Day in London Marked by Royal Pageantry
The first day of Queen Victoria’s jubilee features a grand procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey. Crowds overflowed streets, with 10,000 troops, naval cadets, police, and a host of dignitaries, including the Prince of Wales and foreign princes. The abbey service united nation and empire in music and prayers, followed by illuminations and beacon fires across Britain and celebratory observances in cities and colonies.
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Queen Victoria
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Westminster Abbey
Walery
Constitution Hill
Picadilly
Regent Street
Waterloo Place
Pall Mall
East Cockspur Street
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Bridge Street
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Nelson Monument
Charles Warren
Gipps
Stirling
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Prince of Wales
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Germany
Lorne
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Schleswig-Holstein
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Battenberg
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George of Wales
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Bath Hotel
Downey
Burlington Arcade
Royal Academy
Egyptian Wall
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Filer
England
Britain
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Gladstone
Lawton
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New Jersey
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New York
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Parkes
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James Russell Lowell
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Prince Henry of Battenberg
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Week in Review: Baseball Standings and Notable Tragedies
National League standings show Detroit leading with 31 wins and Boston 29 as the week ends. Fatal accidents include tight-rope walker Steve Penn at Niagara Falls and a fire in London killing tenement residents. County officials indicted for boodle in Reading, and other disasters and financial notes fill the round-up.
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Detroit
Boston
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Washington
Indianapolis
Steve Penn
Niagara Falls
Reading
London
Cleveland
E. A. Crumb
George C. Bassington
Eastern Journal
United States
Tux Mono County
Ney
Grixenat
James Sprep
Lincoln
Louisville
Lrexte
Airth
Stirling
Scotland
Touloist
France
Chicago Parking & Provision Company
Stock Yards
Chituco
Missouri ‘Louis
Utah
Charles B. Carter
Mount Vernon
RIO TING IN IRELAND MARRED JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
Rioting in Cork and Belfast mars Jubilee Day reports crowds clashing with police. Cork mob attack on a Conservative newspaper office injures officers and injures fifty people. In Belfast Catholic and Orange factions clash as bands pass through Carrick Hill with police unable to quell the violence. Desplaines valley cities convene to fight Chicago sewage plans. New whisky pool rumored with Standard Oil backing. Aldermen bribery trial details reveal Sharp pressured votes.
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Cork
Belfast
the Constitution
Carrick Hill
Desplaines Valley
Joliet
Morris
Marseilles
Ottawa
la Salle
Peru
Chicago
Reeche-Winston
Bloody Tolliver feud erupts in Morehead siege
In Morehead Kentucky Craig Tolliver and Jay Tolliver Bud Tolliver and J R Cooper of the outlaw Tolliver gang were killed during a sheriff posse assault on the Cottage Hotel. Wounded were John Rogers and others. The attack capped a three decade feud rooted in 1884 county politics and a series of killings.
Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati Closes Under Government Action
Government orders the Fidelity National Bank closed amid alleged wheat deal fraud. Vice Presidents Harper Baldwin Hopkins arrested on charges of misapplication of funds and unlawful drafts. receiver John R. DeCamp named to wind up assets and liabilities around 5.5 million dollars in obligations and 2.5 million in deposits. Banks and public stance cautious as suit by Union National Bank seeks recovery of over 67 hundred dollars.
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Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Fidelity National Bank
Eugene Powell
Powell
Harper
Baldwin
Ben FE. Hopkins
John R. DeCamp
Metropolitan National Bank
Fidelity Bank
E. L. Harper
Newport
Adam Wagner
Union National Bank of Cleveland
Ohio
United States
J. EB. Bruce
Marshal Pohner
Hopkins
Chicago
J. W. Wiltshire
Walnut Hill
Mount Auburn
Fidelity Safe Deposit Company
Violent Storm Kills Three In Bancroft District
A severe wind and rain storm hit Wittxeroy Del at 12:40 yesterday morning, tearing through the area for about half an hour and causing extensive damage. At Bancroft's Banks on the Brandywine a large oak toppled onto a double frame house, crushing occupants. Mrs James Noble, Mrs George Doran, and Mrs Doran's infant son died. Mr Noble survived albeit badly injured. The two month old baby, cradled with the mother, was rescued from the wreckage and may survive.
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James Noble
George Doran
Cincinnati Bank Collapse Figures Mount Amid Fraud Claims
The June report from Cincinnati notes Tuesday failures deepen, Fidelity Bank liabilities may reach 36 million, plus 2 to 4.09 million for Harper firms, Swift Ironworks, Riverside rolling mill, totaling 83 to 100.03 million. Depositors face slim recoveries, stockholder realization uncertain. Wheat shipments from Minneapolis to Chicago surge, stockpiles fall, and the flour market stays dull. A storm at Fairplay Texas kills a woman and two children.
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Cincinnati
Fidelity Bank
E. L. Harper
FE. L. Harper & Co
Swift Ironworks
Riverside Rolling Mill
Northwest
Chicago
Minneapolis
St Paul
Duluth
Sinking of the Steam-barge P. H. Walker on Lake Erie
Eight lives lost when the steam barge P. H. Walker, 197 tons, owned by John Horengardner of Sandusky, sank off Black River Ohio during a Monday storm. The captain's wife urged shelter. the vessel sank after a squall. Rescue by the steamer Pearl saved the captain, mate, and two sons. names of the dead include the captain's wife and two children, engineer Peter Grines, fireman John Petersen, wheelman Gust Shaffer, deck-hand Peter Powley and his wife the stewardess.
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Cleveland
P. H. Walker
John Horengardner
Sandusky
Black River
Marblehead
Loraim
Pearl
Detroit
Gillespie
Peter Grines
John Petersen
Gust Shaffer
Peter Powley
Lighthouse Station
Windstorm Devastates Green Ridge Depot and Nearby Farms
A June wind and rain storm swept Sepaia Missouri. The Missouri Kansas and Texas depot at Green Ridge, including its contents, burned after being struck by lightning causing about 3000 dollars in losses. At Adams farm near Fayette a barn collapsed, killing fifty sheep and three horses, crops damaged. Caleb Toms’ farm near Drownsville saw a McCormick binder struck by lightning, with all woodwork burned.
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Sepauia
Green Ridge
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Fayette
Adams
Caleb Toms
Drownsville
McCormick
Tried to Influence Legislation Omaha inquiry
In Omaha on June 22 Thomas L. Kimball, Union Pacific general traffic manager, denied funds used to influence legislation. Passes were given to legislators. He admitted sometimes influencing nomination or defeat of candidates, while noting efforts to defeat hostile lawmakers.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Thomas L. Kimball
Union Pacific Road
Trains collide at Havre de Grace depot injuring several
Havre De Grace Md June 22 Tuesday evening two trains collided at the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore depot killing one man instantly and fatally injuring several others Stephen B Elkins and Judge Bradley of the United States Supreme Court were among the passengers but escaped.
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Havre de Grace
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
Stephen B. Elkins
Judge Bradley
United States Supreme Court
Train Robbers Hold Up Grand Trunk Train at Fort Gratiot
Five men boarded the Grand Trunk passenger train at Fort Gratiot in the early hours and robbed passengers. Several travelers lost cash with one man reported to have $160 stolen. Three suspects have been arrested and are jailed in Port Huron, Michigan.
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Port Hurox
Mich
Grand Trunk
Fort Gratiot
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