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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1889
Page
6
Eisner Bowman of the Methodist church has dedicated one or more churches in every state and territory, marking a nationwide series of inaugurations and religious services.
Cow hair is now used to make carpets described as a cheap method and an improvement on the woolen article. The process offers a cost effective substitute with similar texture and finished quality, appealing to households seeking affordable floor coverings.
Prof EB Andrews of Cornell University, professor of political economy and social science, has been appointed to the presidency of Brown University in Providence Rhode Island.
The text says Congress will be petitioned next winter to enact laws for issuing a half-cent piece. It notes broad support in large cities, with New York mentioned as especially favorable for the coin’s popularity.
James W. Brapsury of Maine Alpheus Felch of Michigan and Jefferson Davis of Mississippi are the oldest ex United States Senators living, all three having entered the Senate in 1847.
Mrs. Partington author B. P. Shillaber endures rheumatism yet keeps a cheerful outlook. He told a friend he spends the year with paper pipe pills and patience, continuing his resilient routine.
Six men were convicted of murder in Punjab. Soon after, the supposed victim turned up alive and well. The incident illustrates how criminal courts in India are sometimes used to further private animosities.
In 1868, Hungary had 120 newspapers and magazines. After the stamp abolition, publications rose to 201 in 1873, 324 in 1879, 412 in 1882, 516 in 1886, and over 600 overall, with 267 published in Budapest.
Miss Howe and Miss Burbank, high school teachers in Hartford Connecticut, depart by steamer for Europe. After crossing, they plan to travel north along the Norwegian coast to North Cape toward the Land of the Midnight Sun for about three months.
The text notes a year marked by Fridays with fifty three Fridays including four months containing five Fridays and five Friday occurrences of lunar changes. It states the longest and shortest days also fall on a Friday.
Carlisle D. Graham who proposed shooting Niagara Falls in a barrel took the device to Chippewa Ontario and allowed it to drift over the Horseshoe Falls. The barrel broke into a thousand pieces in the rapids while fragments were seen going over. He declares he will not attempt the feat again in his patent boat.
In New York the State of New Jersey vs Morris and Essex Railway Company over $1,000,000 in back taxes concluded the longest legal witness examination. Richard F. Stevens testified for two hours weekly over two years as the expert who reviewed the railway books.
A summer health hint cites Dr Hammond’s claim that a large draught of ice water can act like a powerful heart depressant. It notes faintness and paleness follow such cold drinks due to weakened heart action and suggests colder water could prove fatal in certain cases.
J Rhinelander Dillon, a New York banker, wears a ring with a Grant story. While the General fished Greenwood Lake a eel escaped, pulling the horseshoe ring off Grant’s finger. The eel-rigged catch led to the ring washing ashore and being found by Dillon’s finder who offered to return it but was told to keep it.
William F. Moore and Bertha A. Van Dusen wed at Ironton Ohio in a quiet ceremony. Miss Van Dusen, employed in Wheelersburg Ohio, knitted socks and included her name and address for a buyer Moore who runs a South Point store responded. They exchanged photographs and now plan a life together with a shared interest in knitting fancy hose.
Mrs Hares, known as the Mother of the Regiment by soldiers under her husband, earned the title after she tactfully mended a blouse sent for repair. A half-witted recruit misread the situation, and her blameless intervention turned a potential embarrassment into admiration.
The Post-office Department received a novelty in applications a photograph of the applicant with a request to file it with the case papers. The photographer’s attempt at a genial smile produced a mingled astonishment and dismay, adding humor to the process.
The News of the Week reports week ending July 28 saw clearing-house exchanges totaling 1 124 890 204, with prior week at 1 114 681 187. Public debt statements show total debt 1 651 401 901 and cash in Treasury 71 484 042. June decrease 16 255 929. Mrs Thomas widow of General Thomas dies in Georgetown. cabinet appointments include Snowden to Roumania, Edwards to Berlin, Bourne to Rome, Schuyler to Cairo, Bradley to Nice, MacArthur to Assistant Adjutant General. Government receipts for year ended June 30 total 388 591 675. pension charge 87 977 682. surplus revenue estimate 106 000 000. Secretary Blaine departs for Bar Harbor. currency in national banks falls to 215 000 000. Cabinet and Senators consider a special session around November 1. Treasury issues 16 000 000 in pension warrants. Independence Day celebrated nationwide. Harrison guests in Woodstock. Mint output June 8 984 765 pieces. Business failures total 15 495 for seven days to May 5. Persian Minister Hadje Hussein Ghooly Khan resigns, citing press articles about the Shah.
Ex president Woolsey of Yale dies in New Haven aged eighty eight. Lupia Ferrin marks hundredth birthday in Charlestown. Prohibition defeat in Pennsylvania sets majority at 188027. Bradstreet reports six months failures 5918 with assets 52903940 liabilities 67411711. Chautauqua Assembly begins in Jamestown. West Point’s Paine retires after forty years. Lightning kills two girls in Lockport. Altoona waterspout damages town and an oil tank fire burns 26000 barrels. Maine towns Cushing and Freeport celebrate centennial. Four drowned at Arch Street Church picnic near Allegheny City. Johnstown cholera cases rise. deaths noted. Governor Beaver reports $1 million relief efforts by New York for Johnstown sufferers. Calamity as carriage with Mrs Ward and others destroyed by train near Long Branch. all killed. Goodyear Rubber Boot and Shoe Co. denies $716,000 by failure. Mormon pilgrims reach New York en route to Salt Lake City. Hoboken banker Hoyt arrested for embezzling $18000. Henri Antoine Noule arrested in New York for 163000 francs theft from Belisaire Journal & Co.
Indictment and arrest of Joan Kunze for Dr. Cronin’s Chicago murder. Hydrophobia strikes farm near Marion Indiana killing livestock. Durango fire devastates business district and churches with £300000 loss. Savannah fire injures and kills firemen. Hailey, LT destroyed four blocks with $500000 loss. Kent State era context includes Mississippi Prohibition convention stance. Drowning of three rowers at St Louis after collision. Norfolk & Western wreck with casualties. Witte Westerfield bank thefts during dinner hour.
Reports recount floods and damage in Richmond and Fort Worth, drownings and fires in multiple states, executions in New Orleans, a race track collapse in Oklahoma, poisonings in Adair and ice cream contamination in North Dakota. Political conventions in Kentucky South Dakota Montana Washington Idaho and a Mobile Insurance Company assignment.
Reports detail a Hong Kong rainstorm that killed fifteen, a Paris Ferguson factory blast killing seven, a coal mine explosion in St Etienne that killed two hundred, and a London fire causing substantial losses. Also noted are a miners strike in Austria, a rifle match in London won by an American team, and diplomatic moves in Constantinople.
Week ended on the 6th saw exchanges at twenty six U S reading clearing houses total 1 127 114 523. Early in the period H A Pearsons a Chicago bachelor millionaire drowned. An express train collided with a freight near Frankfort Kentucky eight killed eleven injured. Losses include German Lutheran church destruction at Johnstown and a fire that burned nine buildings in Geneva Ohio. Several drownings occurred near Buffalo and Bakersfield California. Baseball standings across leagues are listed with team percentages for the week.
A Duluth labor strike showdown turned deadly as police and militia clashed with about 2,500 strikers. One man Ed Johnson was killed, others including Tom Fitzsimmons were wounded, and several strikers and officers were injured. Police and guards cleared Superior street as 4,000 workers had previously protested for higher pay.
The Coroner's Jury in Johnstown, Pa. holds the owners of the South Fork dam responsible for the loss of life and property when the dam gave way. The verdict cites faulty construction and notes thousands in the valley below faced danger, declaring owners culpable for the disaster and its consequences.
The late General Cameron's will, not yet probated, lists several bequests including 10 000 to Harrisburg Hospital 10 000 to Harrisburg Home for the Friendless 5 000 to his library 5 000 to the Young Men's Christian Association 5 000 to Mrs Duffy of Marietta 2 000 to John Campbell his servant and 5 000 to the German Reformed Church of Maytown plus a parsonage.
A syndicate of English capitalists offers one million dollars for Delmonico's restaurant in New York. The offer was refused. The group plans to pressure control of leading American restaurants and operate them per English models similar to Spiers and Pond in England.
A prominent farmer named R. Horton was fatally shot near the RutLepGE area on July 8. The shooting appears linked to theft complaints Horton had brought against certain parties, who are suspected in the crime.
Henry Hage was lured by a faux barber, attacked with vitriol, and tied to a tree in a woods about ten miles from the city. Thieves took about 20000 in drafts, cash, a diamond ring, breast pin, watch chain and diamonds, leaving him nearly destitute and possibly permanently disfigured. He freed himself after three days and returned home in a state of unconsciousness. He may never regain his senses. There is no clue to the thieves.
Commissioner James Tanner defends a liberal yet lawful pension policy for disabled veterans. He cites fraud vigilance and urges Congress to ensure pensions reach those in need while opposing immediate service pensions. He notes about 800000 pensioners and 1,000,000 veterans with current costs.
The article lists standings by league. In the International League Syracuse leads with Detroit Toledo Toronto Rochester London Hamilton and Buffalo following. Michigan League clubs are Saginaw Grand Rapids Lansing Jackson Kalamazoo and Greenville.
A Sunday afternoon blaze in Bakersfield California destroyed the M E Kelsey house and spread to the Southern Hotel and every business block, wiping out thirteen blocks and about forty dwellings. Losses top 1.25 million with 500 thousand insured. Fire department overwhelmed. 100 police guard survivors. Population about five thousand.
George O. Jones issues a nationwide appeal to reorganize the National Greenback party. Readers are urged to appoint delegates and alternates in their states and districts to attend the Cincinnati convention scheduled for September 12, 1889, with meetings due by September 4.
Hiel D. Miller, cashier of the Malta National Bank in Malta Ohio, is a defaulter to about 32 000 to 50 000 dollars. He used his positions as cashier and teller to pocket daily discounts over years with the directors’ trust. Bondsmen Stanberry and John Miller have paid 20 000 dollars, leaving a larger loss to the bank.
Prof. David P. Todd of Amherst College Observatory has been named chief of a large expedition to observe the total solar eclipse on December 22 in Southwestern Africa. The party will depart New York for St. Paul de Loanda around October 1.
Two hundred cattle die on board the Allan line steamer Carthagenian after sailing from Montreal to Liverpool. The vessel carried 758 cattle and 858 sheep with an estimated loss of about 95 dollars per head.
The Falk Jung and Berchert Company plant in Milwaukee was destroyed in a blaze that began in the malt-house. Loss ranges from 700000 to 1000000 dollars with 300 workers affected. 52000 barrels of beer stored in the wrecked storehouse likely spoiled. 600 barrels ready for shipment also destroyed. Authorities report no injuries despite multiple ammonia tank explosions.
Heavy rains swell the Brazos and Trinity rivers to raging torrents washing away tracks and a Texas & Pacific bridge. Rescue crews evacuate 200 residents to warehouses as homes are carried off and missing include H. Plamm and Mrs. Bentley. Estimated damage up to 2 million dollars with more rises feared.
In East Boston a ship's signal bomb fired during Fourth of July celebrations exploded among watching children. George Hoffman 16 died instantly, Frank O'Connor 10 died en route to hospital, and several others including John Green 11 Joseph Burg Burton Burg Joseph Monahan and Bernard Doyle were badly injured. Authorities fear more deaths may follow from the injuries.
Hailey Idaho saw its business portion wiped out by a blaze that raged Tuesday. The total loss is about 500000 with 150000 insured. No lives were lost and only a few residents were burned or left without means.
An explosion of fire damp in a St Etienne area colliery traps 300 miners. Two pits are affected one flooded the other on fire. Sixteen bodies recovered and about 200 entombed with only a small chance of rescue. Ten rescued miners are gravely injured and sixty horses perished.
In Berlin a July report from Munster Westphalia states Dr Koenig's laboratory saw two assistants, Dr Fricke and Dr Boemerhave, fatally burned when an ether retort exploded. Two other doctors suffered severe facial burns risking blindness.
A eastbound Chesapeake & Ohio train was wrecked by a slide in a cut near Ona West Virginia on Thursday morning. George W Walsh the railroad’s oldest engineer and his fireman were killed.
Woodstock Connecticut observed Independence Day amid drizzle with President Harrison, Governor Bulkley, and Senator Hawley among speakers at Roseland Park. London and Paris marked the day with diplomatic events and lavish fireworks as cities worldwide reported festivities and fireworks displays.
A grand stand collapsed at a race track in Oklahoma City during the July 5 event injuring more than 100 spectators. The crush trapped over 500 as the structure fell. rescue crews and military aid were deployed, with one child of Dr. J A Ryan reported killed.
At Forest Grove near Pittsburgh on the Pittsburgh & Western railroad five young people from Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church Allegheny City drowned during a creek ride. Nellie Burton 18 May Royal 16 Ida Cassiday 22 Fannie McComb 18 Bert Freeman 20 were aboard a barge when it capsized. Edward Shaffer reached shore.
Meager reports say a collision occurred near Batavia between the eastbound regular passenger train and a fast freight around noon. Both trains were badly wrecked and an express messenger was killed.
In Lawrenceburg Indiana on July 5 Thomas Acres a blind soldier was counting cash when George Hess grabbed a $50 bill and fled Acres fired a double barreled shotgun twice The second shot felled Hess who later recovered and escaped with the money
A steamer carrying 400 American citizens was wrecked on the Red river Thursday afternoon after being driven onto rocks by heavy wind. Great consternation followed, but all passengers were safely landed by small boats from this city after significant effort.
A 12 member party of the North Carolina Teachers Association chartered the State of Nevada steamer for a European voyage. The group sails Saturday and plans visits to Glasgow Belfast Edinburgh and Paris before returning August 20.
A private Grand Pacific meeting of prominent Irish-Americans formed the Irish-American Republic Association led by William T. Griffin. They proposed creating a land syndicate to move immigration to Canada and Latin America, establish a republic with 2 to 10 million people, and fund it by low-interest mortgages for land and improvements, financing a navy and army.
A travel report from John R. Elder notes near total wheat crop failure in South Dakota with many fields under six inches tall and kernels like hulls. Drought plights corn, while Kansas reports a near doubling of yield to about 4,000,000 bushels led by Sumner County. St. Louis cites generally favorable state crops but warns rain excess hurts corn and notes strong oats, meadows, and apples conditions.
A major blaze in Ellensburg Washington destroyed two hundred homes and ten blocks of the business district on Main Street and nearby avenues. Loss is estimated at two million dollars with seven brick structures among the burned sites. Mayor Abrams calls a citizens meeting for relief as the fire raged five hours in strong winds.
Prof Walborne Allen rode a balloon to about 1200 feet when the craft collapsed and fell. He clambered to the ropes, cut a rent in the canvas with his knife, and the balloon opened like a parachute, allowing a rapid descent to a lot where he was found semi conscious but not seriously injured.
Henry Antoine Nolle, acting cashier at Belisaire Journal & Co, confesses to embezzling 165000 francs last May. He awaits extradition in Ludlow Street jail as police hold his wife Blanche and accomplice Paul Hement for alleged complicity.
Winnipeg July 6 Hon John Norquay veteran ex Premier of Manitoba died here suddenly Friday night of heart disease He was native to the country of Scotch and Indian parentage and central in politics since confederation He was 48 and premier for fourteen years.
Bulgaria's government obtains a loan of 1,000,000 pounds from a New York City bank, announced July 6. High level financing move aims to support wartime or postwar needs as stated by authorities.
During the Taney County celebration in Kirbyville Missouri the Miles brothers Bill and Jim shot and killed Sheriff C E Bronson and Deputy Ed Frenk as they ordered the brothers to disarm. The Miles brothers, already indicted for the murder of Nat Kinney last August, opened fire when confronted. Oscar Burkhart of Whitestown Indiana died after being horribly mangled while attempting to board a moving train at Lebanon.
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