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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1890
Page
2
Explorer StaNuey has received from the dons of Cambridge University the degree of LL. D. The ceremony marks a high honor conferred by the Cambridge academic authorities.
W. H. Boberts of Paulding, C. is the first person to be returned under the new extradition treaty with Canada.
Tur people of Tombstone Arizona Territory believe their name is a hoodoo and push for adopting the name Richmond in a local agitation.
The congressman VAUX as pronounced here is like Vawks. The article clarifies common mispronunciations including Voss Vaws and Vose and states the correct form as Vawks. This aims to aid readers in saying the name properly in public or formal settings.
Locusts swarm across parts of South Australia producing a continual roar in flight as fields and vegetation are stripped bare by the scourge. The mass invasion threatens crops and local ecosystems.
A new imperial ukase permits employment of women on railroads. On the Trans-Caspian Line female station masters traffic managers signal women and point women are already serving in railway roles.
A Pomona California youth of seventeen collapsed and died after heavy tobacco use. He reportedly smoked as many as sixty cigarettes and two or three strong Mexican cigars in one day. Doctors cited narcotic poisoning as the cause of death.
Mrs. Etta R. Tennent, editor of the Home Magazine in Marietta Georgia, says she can write a poem then wash the office towel. The remark reflects the belief that the office towel could not be washed, now countered by her casual claim.
A French company aims to build a railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem, promising rapid travel through Palestine, a land long quiet before the steam whistle's shrill call.
The passing of Fletcher Harper of Harper & Brothers leaves Philip J A Harper the senior partner and his son James Harper as well as Joseph W Harper John W Harper Joseph Henry nephew of Fletcher and John Harper son of J A Harper who recently retired as remaining members of the famous house.
Mrs Henry Warp Brecher has returned from Florida and is seen in Brooklyn as a slight white‑haired widow in a black shawl. Her rooms hold portraits of her husband while she pursues activities she thinks would have engaged him if he were alive.
In Atlanta a claimant paid one dollar to a spiritualist claiming she could perform a miracle. Judge Van Epps ruled the claimant could not recover since he knew the representations were false at the time of payment.
The common cowcatcher attachment for locomotives, claimed as universally useful, was invented by D B Davies of Columbus after finding his model in a plow. It is noted that red rear lights on trains were adopted following a railway accident prompted by Mrs Swisshelm.
Editor notes the death of Count Pancurostra a Spanish nobleman who earned his title by striking Charles V in the face. The piece mocks long lived claims by aged speakers and jokes about living 300 years.
Grand Army boys visiting Boston for summer reunion will see a novel greeting in the city’s public garden. Instead of floral designs, decorations will imitate the badges of the G A R Loyal Legion Woman's Relief Corps Sons of Veterans and army corps. Two badges are missing as the Thirteenth and Twenty-first Corps had no badge.
Washington last year processed over 6,000,000 letters at the dead letter office. Of these, 500,000 went unclaimed, 150,000 were hotel drop offs, 120,000 were underpaid for postage, 400,000 were misaddressed, and 17,000 had no subscriptions. Additionally 18,000 letters held $35,000 and 22,000 carried drafts or checks totaling $1,600,000.
The first preliminary census report outlines state and county debts with a national total of 228,679,818 down from 283,139,303 in 1880. Eastern states cut debt by about 11,300,000 while Western debt fell only 3,753,000, with middle and southern regions also decreasing.
German researchers announce Toxalbumen as the diphtheria germ, a snow white granular body allied to albumen. They report injecting into animals’ sore throats produces fever and death, and claim rapid recognition of diphtheria symptoms after such tests.
Mrs CLOE OUTEN a colored woman near Indianapolis is believed to be over 120 born as a slave in North Carolina. Her daughter aged 90 lives with her and she retains her faculties well able to talk and hear. She did indoor work until three years ago.
The Senate discussed the silver bill and passed bills on liquor export in bond and the fortification act. Resolutions from the Louisiana Legislature thanked Congress and the President for Mississippi flood relief. The House advanced timber sales on Menominee lands and approved a pension bill for Navy widows. Debates on the silver bill continued. reports proposed an employment bureau for the poor. anti alcohol export measures were tabled or discussed across sessions.
The public debt statement shows total debt at $1,591,362,599 with cash in the Treasury at $36,901,793 and debtless cash of $1,008,858,899. May decreases totaled $6,661,871 and the decline since June 30, 1880, reached $67,787,712. Internal revenue for May was $16,837,772, rising across taxes except oleomargarine. US business failures numbered 205 in the seven days to the 6th, down from 218 the prior week.
The Fourth Maine district nominates Josiah Crosby for Congress while Pennsylvania and Maine hold Republican and Democratic selections for various districts. Mohonk conference forms a Christianizing society with ex President Hayes presiding. Rollin Beers flees to Canada after swindling $80,000. U Penn holds 134th commencement. An oil-tank explosion near Philadelphia injures eleven and kills one, with $155,000 in damage. A wind storm near Lockport causes major damage and cattle deaths. Maine Republicans renominate Thomas B. Reed. A drowning accident at Middletown Conn claims Mrs. Joan Smith and two children. Mrs. Huldah Rockwell dies aged 100. Sheriff Flack of New York City is upheld on fraud conviction. Central New York endures heavy storms with multiple deaths.
Across Minnesota Illinois Iowa Michigan Nebraska and Wisconsin and Missouri reports of storms fires and lightning. Damages include destroyed buildings killed and injured workers and farmers struck by lightning and a long lost Mexican silver mine discovery noted. Political notes include renominations of John C. Tarsney and George W. Smith.
A Tucson rancher family was murdered and house burned. Prohibitionists nominate Rev D C Renlly for Tennessee governor. Daggett fires ruin business districts. Illinois Democrats and Alabama Republicans pick candidates. Minn cloud bursts and floods devastate Goodhue County. Wyoming Indians massacre surveyors. Various accidents and hangings across states mark July 4th to 6th events. The South Dakota Farmers Alliance forms Independent party with woman suffrage tariff and prohibition planks.
The 3rd saw Germany France Russia and Switzerland sign a treaty to suppress anarchy. On the 5th Sol White won a Canadian Parliament seat in North Essex by a 300 vote margin on the annexation platform. Brazil backs arbitration per the international American congress. Flames destroyed 400 houses at Doksyle Poland on the 6th with ten dead.
A bill reported in the United States Senate on the 7th provides for inspection of animals at slaughter houses and of canned meats at their processing establishments. Pension bills totaling 120 were passed. House approval came for the silver bill by 135 to 119. Robbers seized registered mail on a Northern Pacific train near New Salem North Carolina.
Chauncey M. Depew speaks to 4000–5000 at Chicago Auditorium urging a government backed national and international World Fair. He traces past exhibitions, stresses American progress, and calls for united federal and citizen support to showcase U S industry and culture abroad.
The speaker champions a national industrial fair to mark Columbus’s 400th anniversary. He envisions unity across regions, increased patriotism, and global recognition, with American bands, flags, and a celebration of national identity as citizens.
Zach T. Hundley chairman of the South Dakota State Democratic Central Committee was murdered by his son Fred during a carpet task. Fred drew a revolver and shot his father in the throat, the ball lodging in the brain, death nearly instant. Fred Hundley is in jail. Hundley was editor and half owner of the Huron Herald and a well known state figure. The incident sparked immediate public agitation among delegates at the Farmers' Alliance convention.
The seating of McDuffie from Alabama raises the House majority to twenty. Democrats hold 154 and Republicans 174, with potential future shifts from Langston of Virginia and Miller of South Carolina adding to the Republican tally. Swearing in will bring three colored members to the Fifty first Congress.
A Scottish deputation meeting Henry Chaplin, head of the Board of Agriculture, urged relaxation of Britain's ban on American cattle imports citing store cattle scarcity and disease absence. Chaplin said farmers largely support keeping the restrictions and no modification is possible.
Three men representing the St. Louis Hydraulic Press Brick Company claim to have bought the Porter Indiana brick firms and brickyards at Momence La Salle Findlay. The Chicago market would come under their control and price increases are anticipated as builders secure contracts. The owning company is capitalized at 3 million dollars.
A special Baltimore and Ohio car West Virginia carrying road officials jumped the track at Clarington on the Ohio River road. The car fell twenty feet over a trestle at the station and overturned. Several occupants were badly injured but there were no fatalities reported.
Niagara Falls scene on Prospect Park river bank reveals a cloak hat and handkerchief identified as belonging to Mrs. John Reagan of 15 Prospect Street Buffalo.The remains are not found but authorities believe she took her own life by jumping. John Fagan found the items and turned them to Superintendent Welch.
The State convention of the Universalist church at Osukasa Wisconsin closes after a three day session adopting resolutions backing the Supreme Court decision that the Bible cannot be used in public schools.
Three houses in Easton Pennsylvania were struck by lightning Wednesday evening and destroyed according to local fire officials. Fire crews battled the blaze and no injuries were reported.
A cyclone obliterates Bradshaw Nebraska with ten deaths and thirty to forty injured. Widespread ruin in surrounding farms and towns. rail lines, bridges, and telegraph lines destroyed. Relief sent from Lincoln and neighboring cities. additional storms hit Iowa and Minnesota with floods and wind damage.
Bradshaw Nebraska fatalities reach fifteen as Governor Thayer and state officials visit the storm site. Wounded moved to nearby towns, York residents raise funds, and losses are estimated around 250000 dollars. The report details storm damage across Iowa Minnesota and surrounding states with numerous deaths, destroyed homes, and flooded rivers.
On a Wednesday afternoon at the Allegheny Bessemer steel works in PitTspuncu Pennsylvania a vessel upset and molten metal sprayed onto the wet pit bottom. Four workers were affected George Dales died Thomas Holland was fatally burned likely John Sagois and Martin Peters received serious injuries.
On the Servian frontier a bloody fight between Arnauts and Servians occurred. The Ottoman and Servian governments ordered inquiries. Report says fifteen Christians were killed, thirty five wounded, with robberies and violations of the dead and women.
About 65,090 children lined up for the Brooklyn Sunday-School Union parade, celebrating the union's sixty-fifth anniversary. The streets near churches were festively decorated with flags and bunting.
The Duke of Orleans in a manifesto to French conscripts says exile sorrows are an exchange for captivity. He reaffirms his ardent wish to serve France and asks comrades to keep a place for him, promising to return for God and country.
The Grand Chartreuse monastery in Isere near Grenoble was heavily damaged by a dynamite blast. Authorities believe locals carried out the attack in retaliation after failing to extort blackmail from the monks.
Secretary Blaine calls a meeting of the world's fair commissioners to organize officers and committees at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago on June 26. Levellon A. Brown is named a government official board member. Wisconsin dairy officials urge passage of the Hiscock oleomargarine bill.
Quebec reports a new land grant program offering 100 acres to families with twelve or more children. Since the act’s approval on April 6, the province has already received about one thousand applications for the bounty.
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