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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1886
Page
2
Roscor Conkling's fee in the Broad way New York railway case stood at 30000 dollars. News notes Moonshine whisky distilleries are reported cropping up in the mountains of Pennsylvania.
Lighthouse keepers have been instructed to collect data on the first appearance of the birds along the coast. The directive aims to document arrival timing and patterns for scientific or navigational records.
A Poxwana D. T. hotel markets a cyclone cellar as a featured attraction with an easy slide into shelter for danger, highlighting a novel safety amenity used to draw guests.
The report shows major corn producing states now retain 781 million bushels, up from 700 million bushels recorded last year. This indicates a robust crop storage position and potential market impact for prices and exports.
Records show 750000 deaths in the census year with more than one quarter attributed to consumption pneumonia and bronchial affections. The figure highlights the leading causes of mortality and the health challenges of the period.
An extensively signed petition is circulating in Keene New Hampshire asking that women be prohibited from wearing hats more than six inches high. The move reflects fashion rules debated by residents and local authorities.
Severe storms this spring across the West have killed more than 170 people and caused property losses running into several million dollars as communities endure the aftermath of tornadoes and cloud bursts.
General belief holds the Hoar bill setting April 80 as the presidential inauguration date will clear both Houses. The measure aims to standardize future inaugurations and is watched closely by policymakers in Washington.
Connecticut imposes a sign requirement for all hotels restaurants and boarding houses that serve oleomargarine. The rule mandates visible display in dining areas to inform patrons of oleomargarine use.
Reports indicate at least twelve men in Pennsylvania recently took their own lives amid depressed mood from ongoing strikes and the unsettled state of industrial affairs. The figures reflect a troubling trend linked to labor unrest and economic hardship during the period.
The Tur Sabbath Association of Philadelphia urges Mayor to enforce the 1794 ordinance barring Sunday business openings. They claim about fifteen thousand establishments in the city operate on Sundays despite the law.
A man from the East reportedly died after excessive blue-pill use and unsafe foods. Post mortem found his stomach damaged by corrosive sublimate, a dangerous toxin, underscoring health risks from adulterated pills and improper diet.
After Whitman spoke at the Lincoln death anniversary, several girls kissed him with gushing effusiveness. The remark echoes a shift in sentiment, from wishing to be a great General to desiring to be a poet.
A strange tale reports a snake found with twelve flint stones inside it, some as large as partridge eyes, killed by a bridge building party on the Yellow River in Georgia.
A Georgia grand juror criticized the justice process saying it is impossible to indict men for carrying concealed weapons while most jurors themselves are burdened during deliberations by a pistol in their hip pockets. The remark highlights tension over gun laws and jury impartiality.
The San Francisco Post reports A. L. Bancroft & Co. will not rebuild on the burned site and will offer the ground for sale at four thousand dollars per front foot. The note illustrates property value on a reading business street in the Golden Gate City.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes labor troubles may linger but optimism grows as potato bug threats and festive grasshoppers are not yet dominating. It quotes a biblical line about man’s brief life and ends by stressing the fishing season’s approach as hopeful news.
A historical record highlights Kansas property valuation rising from 31 million in 1860 to 550 million by 1884, with milestones at 72 million in 1865, 188 million in 1870, 242 million in 1875, 321 million in 1880, and 550 million in 1884, illustrating wealth expanding faster than population.
The note advises ensuring toads are out of winter quarters and worms ready for early birds before planting. It suggests preparing tools such as crow bars and spades and warns these will not rot in the ground if planted too early, unlike most seeds.
New York Legislature authorized an underground or arcade railroad through Broadway. The Arcade railroad will feature four tracks and electric trains. Estimated cost is 100 million dollars, with a five year construction period and a workforce of five thousand men.
The Hartford Post notes an unusually early spring with May appearing predominant over June. The season prompts Job Shuttle to consider summer attire, joking about keeping summer duds ready to cope with potential pneumonia cases.
The Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts will have jurisdiction over crimes committed by one Indian against another, regardless of location. Previously many Indian murders were left to tribal jurisdiction if the victim was Indian, allowing some offenders to go free.
Summary of weekly congressional activity from May 18 to May 21 with actions in the Senate and House. Key items include confirmation of General Rosecrans as Register of the Treasury, Blair Pension bill passage restoring pensions to prior rates, labor arbitration substitute introduced, post office and alien land ownership debates, and the discharge of Desertion charges for Franklin Thompson. Several appropriation and copyright measures are noted along with international mail and bankruptcy discussions.
The House Judiciary Committee on the 20th moved to report adversely on amendments proposing that Senators postmasters and judges be elected by the people. A bill to study alcoholic drinks and narcotics in schools was signed by the President. National business failures for the week ending the 21st totaled 147 in the US and 2 in Canada, down from 176 prior week. Total US failures since January reached 4,466 versus 5,191 in 1885’s similar period.
A roundup noting an explosion kills Tuxier men at a Jersey City chemical plant on the 19th, a New York Legislature bill for biennial spring elections in cities, ship losses Batavia and Alice Burnham each valued at 150000, Portland mass meeting to arm fishing vessels, Mrs. Alice Key Pendleton killed in Central Park with daughter injured, Fay ette City stoning of Mormon missionaries, New York Governor signs law allowing women to practice law, Sharon district iron furnaces resume work, Kingston sheriff hanged for murder, Sing Sing prison sentence for alderman bribe, broad current labor strike indicators, Lindstreet’s reports improving business, wage losses and employer receipts from strikes, Peter Louis Orro hanged for wife murder, and the death of Dr Dio Lewis.
The Chicago sewing women strike, ended on the 18th, stemmed from ten hours pay for nine hours work. Across the country reports cite voter registration in Cleveland and Cincinnati, a Kansas Republican convention set for July 7, and a series of violent acts and political trials.
The cable of reports covers labor friction in St. Louis and Belleville with deputies shot dead, Apache raids killing dozens near Nogales and a Tombstone petition to Washington. Political nominations surface in Illinois and Louisiana while public hangings occur in Nebraska Arkansas and North Carolina. River floods devastate South Carolina and Indiana regions as crews report rising waters and crop losses.
Reports from Grangeville Ontario say Police Magistrate Monroe was targeted as temperance laws were enforced with acts of dynamite against his house and office on the 18th. British and Canadian authorities clashed over seizures of American schooners in Digby. Mount Etna remained disturbed with widespread alarms on the 18th and 21st. The British House of Commons agreed to four weekly Home Rule debates after heated discussion on the 18th. In West Africa the Bacquah tribe captured forty five German traders and inflicted brutal tortures. Swiss authorities pressed to curb Mormon propagation with numerous Mormon missionary arrests and more to come. Cholera outbreaks increased in Bari and Venice with ten new cases and eight deaths at Bari on the 19th and seven cases with two deaths at Venice. French Bretagne fishermen faced violence tied to the same era. Yokohama cables report a Chinese palace near Peking burnt, losses exceeding two million. palace built in 1650. April saw over thirteen thousand small pox cases in Japan with more than three thousand deaths. Montreal recorded increasing smallpox cases on the 20th. The death of L L Rice formerly of Ohio and founder of the Cleveland Leader occurred at Honolulu recently. Mount Etna erupted more violently on the 21st with many dwellings destroyed but no fatalities. Canadian losses from Riel’s Northwest rebellion reached 4.7 million with twenty six killed and twenty wounded.
The Boston cargauters who struck nearly a month ago for ten hours pay for eight hours work decide on the 224 to revert to the ten hour system. Reports show funds withdrawn for building amid strikes and fires, with incidents across Chicago and Clare County. A president buys a country seat for 21500, and dynamite bombs found under a Chicago sidewalk. Senate not in session. House discusses Free-Ship bill and substitutes for the Cullom Interstate Commerce bill.
Grand jury reopens Anarchist cases as Captain Schaack promises to reveal testimony tying Lingy Engel Waller and others to a long running conspiracy. A cache of bombs and anarchist pamphlets is uncovered after two boys find a stash beneath a sidewalk on Bloomingdale road near Robey street. Employers react to wage and hour disputes with Knights of Labor backing demands. street unrest follows.
General Durbin Ward, noted Ohio Democrat, died at 2:30 pm Saturday at his Lebanon residence after a kidney trouble worsened by rheumatic relapse. Born February 11, 1819 in Kentucky, he practiced law in Cincinnati, served as Warren County prosecutor and state representative, and aligned with the Democratic Party after leaving the Whigs. He had been in Chicago on legal business about six weeks prior to his illness.
The narrative recounts a Civil War officer who volunteered at the outbreak of rebellion, declined a captaincy to serve as a private, and rose to major of the Seventeenth Ohio. He fought at Chickamauga where he was wounded, carried a disabled arm in a sling through the Atlanta campaign, and eventually earned brevet rank of brigadier general. After the war he served as United States District Attorney and was elected to the Ohio General Assembly Senate in 1870.
In St Louis on May 24 the Maxwell prosecution nears its witness list in the murder case. J F Ryan morgue superintendent described Pretlee’s decomposed body found in a trunk with only drawers labeled W H Brooks. A paperslip read So perish all traitors to the great cause. Dr Luedking found chloroform in lungs and viscera. Wiseholm testified the letters to Pretler and Warren and the trunk lid slip were written by the same hand.
The State Department received Consul General Phelan’s report on the seizure of the D. J. Adams. The vessel sailed from Gloucester to Eastport and Digby basin, then was seized after visits by Canadian authorities. The ship was moved between Digby and Halifax for libel, with no clear reason given. The United States seeks British cooperation to secure release and avoid maritime condemnation and damages.
New York May 21 The Court of Oyer and Terminer heard sentence for former Alderman Henry Jaehne convicted of bribery tied to a Broadway Surface railroad franchise. Judge Barrett sentenced him to nine years and ten months in state prison with stay motions denied. Jaehne began serving six years four months and twenty five days after commutation.
Mrs. Alice Key Pendleton, wife of Hon. George H. Pendleton, then U S minister to Germany, died after a Victoria carriage horse ran away in Central Park New York. Her daughter Jennie Frances Pendleton, 22, was seriously injured but later revived. The Pendletons hail from prominent families including Francis Scott Key.
Judge Rogers instructs the grand jury in Chicago that free speech has limits when used to incite crime. He argues speech that urges murder arson or destruction is not protected and warns officers to stop incitement while noting that mere presence at a meeting is not criminal. He frames responsibility for violence at Haymarket and emphasizes preventing crime over suppressing protest.
The Senate approved the Blair Invalid Pension bill by a 4 to 14 vote. The act sets pension ranges from four to twenty four dollars monthly for veterans disabled or dependent, with sections detailing dependent parents, enlistment records as conclusive proof, and a general cap of one pension per person.
Waanington May 20 There is no prospect of any difficulty between this country and England over the Canadian fisheries. British authorities do not sustain Canadian seizures of schooners visiting Digby to buy bait. Minister West has assured the State Department that Britain will consent to a liberal treaty construction allowing American fishermen to buy bait in Canadian ports. West says Canadian officials acted hastily and ill advisedly and proper reparation will be made.
Washington reports from May 20 indicate violent cholera in Bretagne France where fishermen gather and live in crowded conditions. Marseilles also faces dire sanitary conditions with mortality for the first quarter at 48 per 1000, higher than any prior year, and cholera reported in the city.
Caroline Tarboss aged seventy seven of 107 East Seventy sixth street died suddenly on Monday. The remarkable case shows she did not grow after her eleventh year and appeared as a little girl up to death.
Californians plan to send a carload of rare flowers to New York to decorate General Grant’s tomb on Decoration Day as a symbol of reverence and tribute. The effort reflects widespread respect across the state for the Civil War leader.
Over 400 brass and iron molders at Uhlich's Hall voted to end the strike, returning to the prestrike wage basis. Lumber dealers report about 7,000 strikers back at work and 5,000 seeking jobs, with eight hour agitation abandoned by the Central Lumber Labor Union. Pack house workers revert from ten hours pay for eight, signaling a broader return to the old system, potentially shutting down 30,000 workers across nine packing houses and related trades. Grand jury in Haymarket case completed testimony with no indictments against East St Louis deputies, stirring laborer protests.
Fred H. Carruth argues that dead languages deserve no place in youth study, urging focus on living languages and practical subjects as the East pushes discussion while the West remains wary. A Chicago Current column notes the shift as Southern California plans orange tree planting, expecting a large crop next winter.
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