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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1889
Page
6
The roundup lists National League leaders with Boston at .767 and Pittsburgh at .877, plus American and Western associations standings. It covers Johnstown flood losses, embezzlement arrests, lynchings, suicides, fires, a ship iceberg sighting, poisonings, and various legal actions and disasters across multiple states, with minor notes on rail and financial news.
An unusually severe rain storm prevailed in Jefferson County and Northern New York on the 27th with cloud bursts and significant damage reported. Prof. J. H. Snow of Kansas State University noted a disease among chinch bugs appearing on the 27th that is thinning their numbers and could exterminate them.
The report lists multiple 19th century political moves including John L Stevens to Hawaii, George Money to Paraguay, John Martin Crawford to St. Petersburg, plus Ohio and Connecticut political actions. It notes deaths of Rev William Henry Beecher Margaret Quinn and others, and party conventions in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
A barge carrying rail freight and passengers across the river near Three Rivers Canada capsized in midstream on the 22nd, sweeping over Grand Falls and claiming twenty lives.
A combined cyclone rainstorm battered Minnesota counties Winona Houston and Fillmore on the 28th alt, injuring crops and causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Hot winds harmed Dakota crops along the Mississippi slope.
The Cronin murder probe widens as John F Beggs senior guardian of Camp 4 is arrested after admissions to prosecutors. New suspects named include John F O Malley Thomas Murphy Lawrence Buckley Harry Jordan Dan Coughlin and P O Sullivan. The grand jury resumes with Dr J P Case as first witness and Winnipeg notes recount Burke’s arraignment and remand.
The Ohio Republican State convention issued a formal tribute to Mrs R B Hayes noting her virtues as a wife mother and charitable reformer born 1831 in Chillicothe Ohio. She aided the Twenty third Ohio during the war and remained active in temperance missions and charities.
President Harrison appoints William Walter Phelps as United States Minister to Germany. The New Jersey statesman, who helped shape the Samoan treaty, will depart for Berlin after a brief rest and settlement of private business. Phelps, born 1839 in New York City, had a long career in Congress and diplomacy, including roles in Austria and New Jersey politics.
The two masted schooner Jennie W Knight sailing from Baltimore to Northumberland County Virginia was sunk in Chesapeake off Sharp's Island by the freight steamer William R McCabe. Captain Fisher and his bride of eight months and seaman Fielder Bowler drowned. Bowden claims no one was at the wheel on the steamer and the captain made no effort to save the crew.
Walter Hamp of Lancaster, Pennsylvania shot and killed his wife after finding her living with Henry Dover, also of Lancaster, in Springfield. Hamp then killed himself. Dover was arrested on a charge of bigamy.
Des Moines Indiana June 27 two boys George and Freddie Tinskey aged 12 and 20 drowned in the Des Moines river Wednesday Freddie died trying to save his brother George body recovered remains found in the river indicating a tragic drowning incident involving siblings in Des Moines.
Governor Nichols issues a proclamation to suppress prize fighting in Louisiana and directs local authorities to act. The measure will not affect the Kilrain Sullivan bout, which was not planned to occur in Louisiana.
In Buckner Arkansas on June 27 J 8 Gladden a prominent local man died in the morning and ten minutes later his wife died from grief. The double death follows the loss and sorrow felt in the community.
Superintendent Porter of the Census Bureau announced the country is divided into 173 census districts for the upcoming census, each led by a supervisor. The 1880 count used 150 districts with allocations listed for every state and territory, noting Oklahoma and Alaska may form the remaining two districts.
New York Supreme Court on June 26 postponed Kemmler's execution to allow evidence on electric chair effects. Defense argued death by electricity was cruel and sought scrutiny of the method.
The Pension Office has requisitioned 15 million dollars from the Treasury for pension payments due July 1. An estimated eight to ten thousand first-payment vouchers await allocation of these funds.
William Walter Phelps arrived in Washington and handed Secretary Blaine a copy of the Samoa Treaty prepared by the Samoa Commissioners. The document is held in the department safe awaiting Congress action and presidential transmission to the Senate.
The steamship W. L. Harrison owned by Mission Transfer Company of Santa Paula caught fire while loading oil and was burned to the water line. Loss estimated at about $80,000.
Washington June 26 It is likely the President will call an extra session of Congress in November rather than October Several prominent Republican Senators say the session would not be summoned before the first week of November
Syracuse, June 26. John Crouse, the wealthy grocer of this city, died Tuesday night at the age of 74. He was worth about $10,000,000 and ranked among the notable local millionaires.
The funeral of Mrs. R. B. Hayes, widow of the ex president, drew about 6,000 mourners to Spiegel Grove Fremont Ohio. General Hayes attended alone after the service spoke softly and retired. The ceremony featured Psalm xxiii readings hymns prayers and a guard of honor from the Twenty-third Ohio veterans. The burial at Oakwood Cemetery followed a simple Methodist rite with a wide, green-bordered grave and a final lifting of the casket.
The National Association of Amateur Oarsmen plans a Chicago Pullman course regatta August 5 and 9 with boosted transport rates from Central Traffic Association. The Mississippi Valley Amateur Rowing Association event follows, promising record participation from Eastern Canadian and Western clubs.
Philadelphia dispatch reports Senator Don Cameron will not seek re election to the United States Senate at the next Legislature. He stayed to please his late father and will retire from politics to private life, returning to the private sphere after his term ends.
Berlin reports Seidemann, a German actor, shot the well known tenor Hans Gessner in his Os tero de lodging after arriving from Treves. He killed Gessner and then shot himself. Jealousy over a shared lover, a notable actress, is cited as the motive.
The President appointed Frederick Douglass Minister to Haiti and James A. Connelly of Illinois as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. Daniel M. Randell of Indiana becomes District of Columbia Marshal, A A Wilson replaced. James G. Wright of Dakota named Indian Agent at Rosebud Agency. Captain Meredith of Chicago selected as chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
On June 20 a passenger train off the Ohio and Northwestern railway was derailed one mile east of town due to a culvert washout from heavy rains. Receiver Samuel Hunt General Passenger Agent Rhodes Conductor Kain and several others were injured with Hunt's injuries described as dangerous. The injured were on an inspection tour of the road.
St Paul Minnesota June 29 figures from the just completed directories place the population of the Twin Cities at about four hundred ninety thousand to five hundred thousand. The growth underscores expanding urban centers in the region.
Lancaster Pa June 7 General Simon Cameron died at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening surrounded by family and close allies. He is remembered as a powerful Pennsylvania Republican leader with a long career from printer to U.S. Senator and Secretary of War. His Harrisburg residence Lochiel hosted many state and national leaders.
A wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad bridge near Latrobe Pa kills twenty five to thirty men and injures eleven after three freight trains collide. Ten bodies were recovered by morning as lime and debris ignite amid wreckage and a $100000 loss to the railroad is anticipated.
The iron firm S. Robbins & Son confess judgment for 14320 to Kensington National Bank and assign assets for the benefit of creditors to Edward H. Wilson. Creditors owed over 10000, total liabilities about 115000 with assets near half. Meeting of creditors set for next Monday at counsel’s office.
In St Paul Minnesota on June 27 the Eureka Improvement Company faced its largest collapse in years with an assignment of about 700000 dollars. The firm, formed to trade in lands and electric motor ventures in South St Paul, was assigned to Thomas T. Smith a major stockholder after an attachment suit brought by Fowble and Fitz surveyors. Real estate circles anticipated the crisis.
William O'Connor and manager Frederick Mossop depart New York for Liverpool to face Australian champion Searle for a $5,000 side stake and the world sculling title on the Thames in September. O'Connor predicts he will return with the championship.
Boston report states B D Milliken & Co stove enamel makers at 142 Commercial Street assign to B L Mott. Liabilities total 25000 with assets nominally 15000.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Whiteling was executed in the Philadelphia county prison at 10 07 AM for killing her husband and two children with arsenic to obtain insurance. She was calm, 35 to 40, and denied guilt until bodies were exhumed. The trial in 1889 followed a three day case and a March 27 execution date.
A seven person party from Hudson New York was struck by the tug Evangeline near Bath. All but one, Joseph Cote, were drowned. The victims, about 22 years old, included John Mattimore and Maud Horner. Rescue efforts continued through the night with no recovered bodies. Captain McLennan reported the collision occurred as an accordion drowned the whistle signal.
The northbound train on the St. Louis Arkansas and Texas line struck a cow at Crookey bayou trestle. The engine left the track and the bridge collapsed. the express, baggage, mail cars and two coaches plunged into the bayou. Route agent S. O. Stafford was killed. postal clerks Jackson and Sanguin were badly hurt and may die. A woman passenger suffered head contusions amid widespread injuries.
The President on Tuesday appointed twenty seven postmasters including H C Grafflin at Piqua Ohio Allen M Eldridge at Delphi Indiana John W Spalding at Champaign Illinois Charles W Warner at Hoopeston Illinois George W Harper at Robinson Illinois Edward P Beecher at Warsaw Indiana Knuter Markstrom at Bessemer Michigan Jonathan S Holmes at Grand Ledge Michigan William F Patterson at Mendon Michigan Henry C Hetzel at Merrill Wisconsin William H Blinn at Antigo Wisconsin.
The Pennsylvania freshmen defeated Yale by half a boat length in New London. Official time 10:8.
The North German Gazette reports that Switzerland’s neutrality, guaranteed by the Vienna Congress, rests on certain conditions which Switzerland has ignored. Consequently Switzerland cannot continue to claim the benefits of that guarantee.
A large blaze swept the Pioneer tannery in Benicia on Tuesday morning. Owned by McKay and Chisholm, the inflammable site burned rapidly, causing an estimated loss exceeding 200 thousand dollars with about 37 thousand dollars covered by insurance.
The London victim identified as Elizabeth Jackson, whose body was found cut up and cast into the Thames, was last seen May 31. The case rekindles the Jack the Ripper theory, noting her low character and occupation in Chelsea lodging houses.
The Royal Yacht Squadron met in London on Monday and adopted a resolution declaring it impossible to accept the new deed of gift for the America's Cup. The decision underscores tensions over the evolving rules and ownership terms surrounding the historic competition.
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