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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1889
Page
2
A proposed universal telegraphic language aims to simplify cable line communication and international exchanges. Proponents argue it could reduce translation barriers and speed up cross border messaging.
Kats Cnask Sprague plans a biography of her late father Chief Justice Chase and is considering publishing a volume of personal memoirs. The notices indicate a personal literary project rooted in family and legal history.
In New York officials organize a caterpillar day inviting every man and boy to pause other work and spend the day destroying caterpillars to protect crops and trees.
The Manhattan private residence of Henry G. Marquand is described as the most splendid in New York. The mansion on Madison Avenue reportedly cost nearly two million dollars solely for decorations.
Epward HANLOOn, former rowing champion, arrived in New York from Australia aboard the Zealandia after about three years away. He stated his rowing days are over and plans to move back to Toronto to live.
The article reports that England suffered severe flooding with about three hundred deaths caused by floodages, a tragedy less vast than Pennsylvania's but still grave. It notes the widespread impact beyond the country and emphasizes the global reach of the disaster.
The New York prisons superintendent got a Philadelphia postmarked letter offering to act as a victim in a new electrical apparatus test for executing criminals. The writer demanded $5,000 be paid to his family for participation.
Evita JANE Starr of Oakland California, a widow, petitions the Supreme Court to raise her monthly pin money from $1,000 to $1,500. She says the larger amount is needed to cover incidental expenses formerly supported by her husband who gave $1,500 per month.
A letter by William Cullen Bryant from November 1814 was found among Massachusetts State Archives. It solicits a lieutenancy in the army being raised for the protection and defense of Massachusetts amid the present struggle with a powerful enemy.
The most eastern point is Quoddy Head Maine the most northern Point Barrow Alaska the most western Attu Island Alaska and the most southern Key West Florida. From these extremes readers can locate the geographical center of the United States.
Harald P. Brown of New York City holds the contract to supply three electrical machines for New York prisons. He asserts his device can shorten the death sentence passage to 150th of a second under the new law.
Recent experiments measure the smallest perceptible pitch difference by untrained or lightly trained ears as between one sixth and one fortieth of a semitone. Both trained and untrained listeners show a tendency to detect upward pitch differences more readily than downward ones.
The Churchman recalls Damien the leper priest and notes a leper hospital outside Jerusalem run by deaconesses from German religious houses. Year after year these heroic women care for lepers with quiet courage, nearly dying in the work, largely unknown to the world until travelers bring notice.
In a Reichstag speech BisMARCK asserts he once considered foreign securities but found them misleading. He states he disposed of all such bonds on principle about fourteen years ago and now intends to focus on domestic interests only.
Residents near major water bodies review dam safety after the Conemaugh flood. Boston reservoirs and Housatonic valley dams receive assurances of solid masonry. The Olean New York dam above the Genesee canal is condemned, mirroring concerns from Conemaugh.
The Philadelphia Inquirer forecasts population growth to about 100 million within fifteen years barring war famine or plague. It estimates a 34 percent rise from 1890 to 1900 and asserts the 1905 population could exceed 100 million, rivaling only India China and Russia.
An old newspaper note describes nasal cartilage piercing as a widespread fad among college oarsmen. The procedure, done with a wire drill, supposedly causes no pain and is now common among both men and women.
The President on the 10th nominated Thomas J. Morgan of Rhode Island to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs, replacing the resigned John H. Oberly. The State Department announced on the 14th that the Samoan treaty was officially ratified in Berlin.
On the 11th three drunken men fell from a Baltimore & Ohio freight train near Suter Pennsylvania and were killed as an empty engine passed. Anrie Dunae, Maine-Canadian border outlaw leader, was arrested. Lucien Freeman killed his mother and a neighbor in Meriden New Hampshire. A canal bank failed at Holyoke Massachusetts undermining Cabot mills causing $100000 loss. In Johnstown work resumed with vigor as debris clearance continued. A storm in New York City and Brooklyn killed three by lightning. Calvin B. Brice elected chairman of the National Democratic Committee. A Wilkesbarre mine cavein released gas but men escaped. $300000 property damage. Restoration in Johnstown handed to Pennsylvania officials. Registration bureau reports nearly 13000 unaccounted. Army of the Potomac held its 20th reunion in Orange New Jersey. Massachusetts passes a bill to dock horses tails. American Relief Association formed in Johnstown with General Axline president. Johnstown flood death toll expected 3000 to 4000. total recovered 1999. Benjamin Watson Goodspeed, fasting for five weeks, dies in North Pits ton Maine. Mrs Klachman and Esther Goldberg die in New York City fire. multiple others injured. Rev William N Scranton dies in Canajoharie New York at eighty. Standard Sugar Refinery Boston buys 25000 tons of Cuban sugar for 2.5 million.
The report catalogs a string of incidents dated the 11th to the 15th including swindling near Kewanee NL, the drowning of Cole Younger denied later, train wreck attempts in Alabama, major floods across Indiana, the shooting of Senator E H Freips in Georgia, Cronin murder inquests in Chicago, lynchings in Corydon IN, jail attacks in Huntsville TN, and notable deaths and weddings, with ongoing fires in Wisconsin and Iowa, and a border desperado arrested in Texas.
At the annual Denver session of the International Typographical Union a printers' home was proposed in Colorado Springs after citizens offered eighty acres near the city as a gift. Also reports of train wrecks, suicides, killings, fires, and legal actions across the U S include Genoa.
The Dominion Government on the 10th decided to remove export duties on logs eleven inches and under cut in Canada by American lumbermen. A letter from Zanzibar dated the 12th placed explorer Stanley in Urur on Lake Victoria Nyanza on December 2. Belgrade uncovered a plot to dethrone Serbia's young king. An excursion train wreck near Armagh on the 12th killed 72, many aged 16 to 20. The Canadian Odd Fellows in Toronto rejected color eligibility. Evangelist Lord Adelbert Percy Cecil drowned near Adolphustown on the 13th. At Bellerbeck England spectators caused crowd chaos at races killing four. Glasgow dock workers struck for higher pay on the 18th.
Reports describe cyclone damage near Uniontown Kansas and Mexico City market roof collapses. Other items note drownings near Three Rivers Canada, fires in Washington Territory, cholera near Lima, floods in Illinois and a Jersey City oil tank fire. Baseball standings and a Chicago real estate agent’s suicide are also listed.
Chicago dispatch recounts inquest testimony linking Coughlin Sullivan and Woodruff to Cronin murder plot. Witnesses describe alleged attempts to hire Major Sampson and plans to kill Cronin, while coroner papers and grand jury actions unfold and Sullivan secures $20,000 bail.
The Berlin Conference delegates signed a Samoan agreement establishing autonomous island administration under joint German and American control with England as arbiter. Samoa will elect a King and Viceroy, form a Senate, levy duties, and a special court will handle land issues. The U.S. Senate must ratify, with Malietoa to be reinstated and external affairs largely Samoa controlled.
A 1200 passenger Methodist Sunday school excursion near Armagh Ireland crashes while ascending a grade. The rear section detaches, cars plunge down a seventy foot embankment, and a pursuing locomotive crashes into the wreck. Seventy two dead, sixty four identified. many injured, families destroyed.
June floods devastate White river bottom farms in Vincennes and Edwardsport Indiana. Vast areas of corn and wheat submerged while stock and feed are displaced. Wabash River rising threatens more acreage and the Lawrenceville mill dam risked as crops suffer heavy losses.
Mora Minnesota report from June 15 states Jim Chatty chief of the Snake River band arrived and said the clash stemmed from whisky and aimed to keep peace with whites. He vows to help pursue Magnuson's killer and notes Indians were supplied liquor by lawless whites. The true details remain to be known.
An unknown woman, about 40, leapt to her death at Niagara Falls on a Friday. A police officer found a black silk parasol, handkerchief, wrap, empty whisky flask and glass on the river bank at Prospect Park. William Glassbrook towed the body to shore near the new suspension bridge. clothing from the waist down was missing except shoes and stockings. Rumor places her origin in Buffalo arriving by an afternoon train.
Washington June 15 Preparations for the taking of the census of 18 percent are assuming shape. The appropriations provide for 175 supervisors an excess of twenty five over 1880. This excess goes to the South and West one each to Oklahoma and Alaska. The bureau estimate of the population is 65,000,000 for this census.
The Standard Sugar Refinery in Boston reports the purchase of 25,000 tons of sugar in Cuba at five cents per pound, amounting to about 2,500,000 dollars, described as the largest sugar purchase to date.
Edward Cohen aged 18 and Miss Lee Rosenberg aged 15 married after eloping Saturday night in Louisville Kentucky. A feud of twenty years between their families forced them apart on Sunday. Efforts are now underway to obtain a divorce. the feud origin is being kept secret by both families.
In Harrison County near Corydon Indiana on a Friday night James Deavin and Charles Tennyson attempted a burglary at James LeMay s home. LeMay was wounded and his niece injured. Arrested in New Albany the men were later moved to Corydon where a mob seized them from jail and hanged them from the Corydon bridge.
John Hill of Lawrence Kansas, believed dead for years, was arrested here after his wife collected 140000 from life insurance firms, and he will be transported to Lawrence immediately.
A December 2 letter from Uruk reports Stanley arriving with his party at the southeastern shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza. He notes many invalids among his men, sickness and famine thinning the group, and that he rejoined Emin Pesha then left him again at Angara on the lake's northeastern shore.
A morning explosion at the Canada Powder Company works two miles east of Brockville Ontario destroyed the facility though all workers were absent. Horses and sheep were killed and many Brockville windows shattered. Cause unknown. Nearby Barrville Pa locust swarms threaten fruit and forests this summer.
The Northwestern Sangerfest in Minneapolis runs June 20 to 22 with 800 voices. The program features nearly all major masters of classical and modern music.
In Canton area near Louisville Ohio a limited express struck a group at a Fort Wayne Railway crossing. Lawrence and Edward Streb Canton businessmen and two Seifert orphans adopted by the Strebs were killed instantly.
London June 13 The Times Berlin correspondent reports Germany has withdrawn its demand for Mataata punishment, a move that smooths the path for American ratification of the Samoa agreement.
Grinnell Iowa suffered a major urban fire on Wednesday destroying forty one wooden structures in the business district. Loss estimated at 100000 to 200000 with most insured. Affected sites include Treat and Co elevator Foster and Co warehouse city hall and several shops and offices. Militia guarded goods moved to the park as rebuilding begins.
The Hollenbeck mine of Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co caved in Wednesday morning. No deaths, but five acres affected with 1,800 feet of cracks along Main Street. 1,000 plus workers from both mines face unemployment as surface buildings and streets suffer major damage near the courthouse.
The National Democratic Committee unanimously elected Calvin S. Brice of Ohio as chairman to succeed the late ex Senator Barnum. Judge McHenry of Kentucky and Senator Gorman of Maryland led the nomination. Carlos Trench and D. M. Haskell named as Connecticut and South Carolina representatives.
The Shanghai Mercury reports Lu Chow in Szechuen was almost wiped out by a fire that began the eighth day of the third moon. Seven of eight gates were destroyed and authorities estimate at least 10,000 deaths. Merchants in Han Kow and Chung King will lose heavily.
A scaffold in the West Side cable road power house under construction collapsed yesterday afternoon. A bricklayer was killed and eight others were badly injured as the 35 foot structure, overloaded with materials, gave way. The injured were taken to the hospital.
In Vincennes Indiana on June 13 Seth Murray a 55 year old farmer killed his wife by a gunshot to the abdomen then severed her head with a corn cleaver. He then consumed prussic acid buried in the yard and died within minutes in a tragic murder suicide.
Princess Eugene Esterhazy died in Vienna on June 13. Sister of Archduchess Isabella she was famed as a beauty and is said to have died of grief for the late Crown Prince Rudolph.
One canal bank gave way Tuesday night undermining Cabot Mills causing a $100000 loss. Washout resulted from careless canal work placing machinery in the mill. A bridge of the Connecti cut River Railroad Company spanning the canal was wrecked.
Kickapoo Valley and Northern railway is incorporated in Madison with a capital of 1 million dollars. The line will run from Woodman to Norwalk, covering about eighty miles.
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