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Van Wert Weekly Bulletin

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Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1889

Page

6

Logrolling Bribery Rule In North Dakota Constitution

A North Dakota constitution feature declares log-rolling in the Legislature as bribery. A Well near Pittsburgh delivers fresh water salt water and gas with two inner and outer casings. Census superintendent Robert P Porter estimates the population at 65 million with 50 million in cities and 8 million negroes. Ear-lines regain fashion in England due to Duchess of Fife wedding. Brooklyn capitalists plan a New York style hotel in Paris to draw American and British visitors.

North Dakota Pittsburgh Robert P. Porter England Duchess of Fife Brooklyn New York Paris United States

East Point police beating grand jury case ends in jail

E C Brurry of the Atlanta Constitution is jailed for fifteen days by Judge Clarke for refusing to tell the grand jury if he saw a certain policeman in the party that brutally whipped colored men at East Point.

E. C. Brurry The Atlanta Constitution Clarke Grand Jury East Point

Relief funds surge in Johnstown and nations aid drive

Johnstown, Pa. has already spent about 1,000,000 on relief and improvement work with plans to devote 1,600,000 more, funded largely by nationwide subscriptions that keep flowing in. The piece lauds public generosity and frames the relief effort as a noble memorial to benevolence. It contrasts Rhode Island's death penalty abolition with swift trials, notes Kaiser’s Berlin rebirth prospects, and mentions geological fissures near Matanzas. It profiles Miss Canoine Waiting, a 53-year NYC teacher, and recounts a Civil War Bible incident involving Colonel Young and Private Hickey at the Phenix Hotel in Lexington.

Asout Johnstown Corone, Benserr H. Yoona Onisville Camp Douglas Chicago Cvil Akien James Deckey Confederacy Colonel Young Phenix Exington Hicky

News of the Week from Washington

The Mint director James P Krupaia of Pennsylvania resigned on the 24th. Government printing office finished printing testimony in the seventeen contested election cases for the Fifty first Congress. Immigrants arriving in the United States eight months ended August 31 total 300564 with 30242 in 1888. The Jews began their 5650th New Year. Tsout Kwo Yrne arrived as new Chinese Minister to the United States. Postage stamp contract for four years awarded to American Bank Note Company. In seven days ending the 27th US business failures numbered 115, down from 177. President returned to Washington from Deer Park Maryland. Women’s organizations moved to erect a Lucy Webb Hayes monument.

Washington Tsout Kwo Yrne United States American Bank-Note Company of New York Deer Park Lucy Webb Hayes Hayes

Multiple Disasters and Deaths Reported Across States

A long list of events includes a boiler explosion at Fritz Bros saw mill near Berlin Pa killing four men and injuring others, the New York Graphic suspension on the 24th, the death of ex Surgeon General Joseph Beale in Philadelphia, and aeronaut Epwakp WALMUTH's disappearance after a mile high ascent at Cooperstown N Y. Also noted are flood death tolls, memorials for Grant Sheridan and Farragut in Boston, and political conventions in New York and Massachusetts. Reports cover fires, railroad incidents, drownings, hangings, arrests, and various business losses across Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Illinois Wisconsin and California.

Fritz Bros Berlin John Fritz Edward Fritz Oliver Ross David Baker Brandt New York Graphic Daily Pictorial Joseph Beale United States Navy Philadelphia Epwakp Walmuth Cooperstown N. Y Osage Lake Johnstown Boston Grant Sheridan Farragut Scottsdale Pennsylvania Railroad Pittsburgh and Erie New York Massachusetts J. Q . Brackett Hornberger Mohrsville Anita McCormick Chicago Cyrus McCormick Emmons Blaine Richfield Springs Laflin & Rand Cressona Pagensticker & Co Edgar Thomson Steel Works Braddock Palatine Bridge New Rosanna Levitere Fall River Mass Cold Springs Pittsburgh

Train Hold Up and Fires Fatalities Across States

News brief compiling crimes and disasters: five men robbed a Santa Fe express car near Fort Worth, Texas, stealing about 10,000 dollars. Two children died in a coal oil explosion near Frederick, Missouri. A Chicago woman fatally shot herself, and her husband killed himself next morning. A colored mother in Carlton, Ohio, eloped with a man who had a wife. Governor Humphrey released Julius Bailey in Kansas for a crime long proven innocent. Fire destroyed the Hotel Princeton in Buena Vista, Colorado. About Edmunds law violators sentenced in Provo, Utah. The Army of the Tennessee opened its 22nd session in Cincinnati. The American Bankers Association met in Kansas City with 1,000 delegates. A Chicago priest was found dead at home. A family died in a collision near Greeley, Colorado. A man hanged in Mississippi after assaulting a minor. A Mobile & Ohio train was stopped by bandits who robbed cars, missing government funds. Lumber production figures for Minneapolis released. Mississippi Republicans name candidates. Wyoming chose Cheyenne as temporary state capital. An elderly woman burned to death near Aurora, Illinois.

Don Cossack West Peoria Arthur Caton Chicago Maryland Democrats Baltimore L. Victor Baughman Frederick County Creerer Wisconsin William J. Collins James Cosgrove Allen Petrus Alfred Barnett Columbus Carrie Black Miss Black American Bankers’ Association Kansas City Parsons Michael W. T. Sherman Society of the Army of the Tennessee Cincinnati California Oue American Humane Society Louisville Edwin Lee Brown William Loughbridge Iowa South Mountain Reading Joan Avens Elmore Springfield Quincy Burlington Evansville Monmouth Clinton William East Silas Long Greensburg Ind Janatz N. Mongenstman Polish National Alliance of North America Grorce Estes William Benton King Vann John Steele Jefferson County Ala Fort Worth Tex Frederick Norman T. Ormsby Mr. Ormsby J. ©. Anderson Carlton, O Evans Governor Humphrey Kansas Julius Bailey Princeton Buena Vista Col Provo U. T Hth American Bankers’ Agreciation Father Roles St Mary's Catholic Church Greeley Gale Mobile & Ohio Buckatuna Florida Minneapolis Mississippi Jackson James Charmers W. ©. Mathison James D. Lynchwhite Cheyenne Wyoming Winnie Aurora

Quebec Landslide Rescue and Cholache Prisons Report

A 72 year old man Joseph Kemp was rescued alive after a long entrapment in Quebec ruins. Crete reports Christians flee to mountains amid Turkish thefts. English poet Eliza Cook dies at Wimbledon aged 71. A Naples storm submerges parts of the city. Odessa tragedy: a teacher shoots his family and himself. City of New York arrives Queenstown after six days and five hours. Milan collapse kills five, injures twenty. France votes void for Boulanger and Rochefort. next-highest vote elects in Montmartre and Belleville contests. Heaven Temple fire at Pekin destroys throne. US Minister Phelps presents credentials to Kaiser. Quebec bodies 44 found in landslide. Eiffel Tower earns $1,000,000 by the 27th.

Joseph Kemp Quebec Crete Eliza Cook Wimbledon Naples Odessa Russia Sause Milan Italy General Boulanger Montmartre Henri Rochefort Belleville France Pekin China United States Germany William Walter Phelps William Richard Maybury Can Eiffel Tower Paris

Cronin murder jurors scarce in Chicago trial report

A late week update notes no jurors secured in the Cronin murder case in Chicago with four jurors found since trial began. The report also lists multiple deadly incidents including an explosion in Elkhorn New York killing two boys, a collision effect in Waterloo and a major fire at Butte Montana with fireside fatalities, plus train and boiler accidents. It records stock market clearing totals, ship news, and baseball standings across several leagues.

Fatal wreck at 87th street on Rock Island line

At Chelago near the 87th street crossing a freight engine struck a detached Washington Heights passenger car, killing five aboard and injuring many others. Engineer Seth Twombly, reportedly drinking, fled toward Chicago as investigators fault railroad mismanagement at Englewood.

Chelago Ontcaco Seth Twombly Eighty-Seventh Street Rock Island Railroad Captain Brown Washington Heights Saddie Kelly Dummy Junction Fred Hipner James McKenzie Ward Anton Schuback Gus McCarthy Auburn Park John Muleshy Edward Smith, Jr Daniel Lawrence G. Klein John Tierney A. K. Steele Michael Haggerty Clark Wheeler Daniel O'Connor E. C. Lewis Engineer Twombly Twombly Rock Island Road Chicago Englewood Crossing

France Faces Shape of New Chamber After Elections

In Paris reports Sept 25 say General Boulanger doubts his party’s majority but foresees the country calling him to power as the government’s vote manipulation worries him. Journalists note Republican gains and Ferry’s defeat, while ministers return to Paris for a November chamber session.

Boulanger France Loxpox Chamber of Deputies Paris M. Jules Ferry Chamber Carnot the Elysee Dillon Sentis the Post

Miraculous Escape From Quebec Ruins After 108 Hours

An aged man, Joseph Kemp, 72, was pulled alive from ruins in Ounebec Quebec after being buried 108 hours following a landslide. Laborers heard a moan, freed him, Father McCarthy gave the sacrament, Kemp spoke and stimulants were given. Hope for recovery remains.

Quebec Can Joseph Kemp Kemp Tather McCarthy

International Congress Plans Grand Excursion in Washington

Washington hosts a sixteenth American nations congress to promote a permanent trade union among the United States and its sister republics. Delegates from forty six states and nineteen Latin American states will travel on a forty two day, 5400 mile Pullman excursion by the Pennsylvania system visiting major cities from New York to Harrisburg with full arrangements for entertainment and logistics.

Washington United States South Central America Western Hemisphere Panama Blaine Garfield Bayard San Domingo Congress of American Nations Congress States Europe Central South America Pennsylvania Railroad Pennsylvania New York City Philadelphia West Point Boston Lawrence Mass Manchester N. H Portland Worcester Meriden Minneapolis Sioux City Omaha Des Moines St. Louis Springfield Ill Indianapolis Louisville Cincinnati Lexington, Ky Pittsburgh Altoona Harrisburg

Rock Island Disaster Probable Cause Probe

September 30 reports say coroner's jury charges Engineer Seth Twombly and Fireman Henry La Cloche with responsibility for deaths in the Eighty-seventh Street Rock Island wreck. La Cloche confessed after the verdict, admitting his prior testimony was false and that Twombly was drunk the night of the accident.

Cubico Seth Twombly Henry la Cloche Rock Island Eighty-seventh Street la Cloche Twombly

Frightful Palatine Bridge Train Wreck Numbs New York

A St Louis express telescoped another section near Palatine Bridge New York killing up to forty to fifty as bodies are recovered. The rear brakeman failed to signal, engineers dispute blame, and survivors describe darkness chaos with surgeons and wrecking trains rushing to the scene.

Locomotive Engineers to Convene in Denver Cal October

The annual convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will be held in Denver Cal on the second Tuesday in October. Delegates from all parts of the United States Canada and Mexico will attend. The convention will be a large body with 410 divisions each entitled to one representative.

Curcaco The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Denver Cal United States Canada Mexico

Four mill operatives drown after boat capsizes on Pontoosuc Lake

Four young mill workers from Pirrsvreep near Pontoosuc lake were in a rowing party Saturday afternoon when their boat capsized. Alfred Ford, 24, and Viron Champine, 25, drowned. The remaining two occupants were rescued by a boat that responded from the shore.

Pirrsvreep Mass Pontoosuc Lake Alfred Ford Viron Champine

Dr Pierce Heavy Loser in Collapse of Mining Scheme

Burrato New York September 27 The Big Bend Mining and Tunnel Company with a capital stock of 20 million dollars has collapsed Chief stockholder Dr R V Pierce of this city has lost nearly 1.2 million The plan aimed to drain Feather River bed in California to reach gold dust but vast boulders and costly operations doomed the project After four years of tunneling the mine proved unprofitable and will be dropped Pierce sunk over a million more than a million total about two million spent with many New York newspaper men said to have lost heavily in the venture

Dr. Pierce Burrato N. Y Big Bend Mining and Tunnel Company R. V. Pierce Feather River California McLaughlin Butte County Big Bend Comstock Lode Pierce New York

Massive molten metal crash at Edgar Thomson mill injures workers

At Carnegie’s Edgar Thomson steel works in Braddock Pennsylvania a blast furnace blew out bottom causing tons of molten metal to flood the area. Captain W R Jones general manager and several workmen were badly burned with his life’s prospects described as desperate. Jones, aged around 70, is noted for funding Johnstown flood relief and earning about 50 000 a year.

Edgar Thomson Steel Works Braddock Captain Jones Pirrspuren Carnegie W. R. Jones Jones United States Europe Johnstown

The Bankers Conclude Annual Convention in Kansas City

The bankers convention completed its work in Kansas City on Tuesday. President Parsons and Vice-President Mc Michael were reelected, a new executive council chosen, and Secretary Baker and Treasurer Green were reappointed. The council referred resolutions urging Congress to revive American marine interests and support the deep water harbor plan, and to require at least one regular annual statement on national banks. A plan to amend usury laws to cap forfeiture at excess interest was approved. A postal vote will decide St Johns retirement of legal tender notes.

Kansas City Bankers’ Convention Parsons McMichael Baker Green Congress Iti Mr. St. John

Judge Groff Qualifies as Land Commissioner in Washington

Judge Lewis Groff of Omaha Nebraska qualified as General Land Office commissioner at the Interior Department and was sworn in. He will assume duties immediately, replacing Acting Commissioner Stone who has held three posts since June amid vacancies in the top roles.

Embezzler Kelleher Sentenced in Philadelphia

Dennis Kelleher, about 27, pleaded guilty to embezzling Captain George R. Beck's money from a tugboat business. He was sentenced to three years in prison after allegedly misappropriating between 40000 and 50000 dollars, ending a long career in the employ of his employer.

Philadelphia Dennis Kelleher George R. Beck Kelleher Beck

Queen Victoria's Welsh Visit Reveals Distant Ireland Stats

Report notes during her fifty year reign Queen Victoria spent twelve days in Ireland. The piece also mentions a German general awaiting promotion, Denmark honoring long-serving domestics, and possible regency if Victoria steps down with the Prince of Wales acting as Regent.

Victoriia Wales Ireland Wurtemburg Spain San Sebastian Alfonso Princess of the Asturias Infanta Maria Theresa Isabella Denmark Frederick VI Frederick VII Eurenor William Kaiser Queen Victoria Moltke Taene Prince of Wales Prince Regent Buckingham Palace Windsor Castle Victoria Osborne Balmoral

Explosion at Peterhoff Station Threatens Czar Departure

A St. Petersburg report, deemed credible, claims a chest of dynamite exploded at Peterhoff station just before Czar’s departure for Copenhagen. The station was wrecked and a railway signalman died. Believed intended to harm the Czar en route to his train, the blast occurred earlier than planned.

St. Petersburg Copenhagen Peterhoff Station

Verdict in Billings Case Delivers Second Degree Murder

Warenroo Ja September 40 The jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree after thirteen ballots were cast. The defendant showed no emotion. The case will likely be appealed. Sentencing may exceed ten years.

Literary Notes on Poets and Memorial Efforts

The father of Edgar Saltus sold Napoleon the guns used at Solferino. US Holland and France are said to ship many alien literature works to England. Lord Tennyson promises a farewell volume. A memorial church is built in Grovetown Georgia for Paul Hayne. A memorial for Christopher Marlowe will rise at Canterbury. Notables like George W Childs H H Furness and James Russell Lowell subscribe. Oliver Wendell Holmes declines an autobiography. Groxen Evers, Rider Haggard’s Egyptian rival, is a Leipzig professor who turned to novels after illness.

Edgar Saltus Louis Napoleon Solferino United States Holland France England Lord Tennyson Aurrin Church Grovetown Paul H. Hayne Canterbury Christopher Marlowe Goethe Faust George W. Childs H. H. Furness James Russell Lowell Oliver Wendell Holmes Groxen Evers Rider Haggard University of Leipzig

Johnstown Death List in New Directory

The Johnstown directory published by Clarke of Altoona lists 8500 deaths, a close estimate since the flood destroyed the original edition. Names recovered from proof sheets appear as they were pre flood with a special record of lost individuals.

Johnstown Clarke Altoona

Heavy Failure in Petroleum Exports Assignment Led by Pagenstecher Co

New York Sept 27 Pagenstecher Co once the largest petroleum exporters assigned Thursday direct liabilities 20000 to 40000 contingent liabilities 800000 on accommodation acceptances and endorsements for Andrew Brown of Buffalo Brown a leading lumber merchant is blamed for neglecting to handle the paper The firm had long been viewed as troubled by the trade

New York Pagenstecher & Co Andrew Brown Buffalo

Sunday Observance Resolutions Adopted at Paris Congress

The Paris Sunday Observance congress passed a resolution to grant a weekly holiday when Sunday work is impossible and advised employers not to pay workers on Saturday or Sunday. President Harrison urged rest for workers, noting the Sabbath provides essential respite. A Paris municipal commission voided Boulanger votes in Montmartre and nullified Rochefort votes in Belleville, while Dillon’s Boulangist win in Morbihan stood. An amnesty bill for Rochefort was expected to be introduced soon with journalistic support.

Harrison Paris Congress M. Rochefort Chamber

Bandits Board a Train in Alabama Loot and Missed Cargo

Thieves boarded a Mobile & Ohio train near Buckatunna Mississippi, forcing the engineer to halt at a bridge and robbing the mail and express cars. They secured about 2700 dollars and a registered mail pouch, overlooked 70000 dollars in Government money, and fled. Rube Burrows is suspected. a 1000 dollar reward is offered. A separate report from Austin notes a large Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe robbery near Fort Worth with at least 30000 dollars taken.

Monitr Ala Mobile & Ohio Buckatunna Miss Jack Sherell Hust Florida Meridian Citronelle Rube Burrows Mobile Register Mobile & Ohio Railroad Texas Austin Tex Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Fort Worth

Fixing the Blame After Chicago Rail Crash

Engineer Twombly bore the brunt of blame for the Washington Heights collision near Chicago as trials reveal he ran with the throttle wide open. Conductor Buford and brakemen Whitted and Parker were arrested as witnesses on a Rock Island train near Auburn. Gus Mulcahy died, six victims total, eight others seriously hurt, with some recovering.

Cutcaco Buford Whitted Parker Washington Heights Rock Island Road Auburn Twombly Engineer Twombly Dearborn Street Henry la Cloche Ellis Chamberlain Elis Gus Mulcahy Smith

Deaths Shape Next Congress Contests in Election Cases

Government printing office finishes printing testimony for contested house seats. Death has claimed five Fifty-first Congress members Cox New York Barnes Missouri Gay Louisiana Townshend Illinois Laird Nebraska with others possible before assembly. Organization margin remains narrow amid uncertainties.

Washington Government Chalmer Morgan Mississippi Langston Venable Virginia Waddidl Wise Posey Parrett Indiana Miller Elliott South Carolina Bower Buchanan Kernogan Hooker Threet Clark Alabama Akinson Pendleton West Gay Louisiana Townshend Ilinois Laird Nebraska

Jury in Ives case is discharged awaiting new trial

The jury in the Ives case was discharged at 11:45 AM after failing to reach an agreement with ten jurors for conviction and two for acquittal. Ives was remanded to the Tombs, and Colonel Fellows says he will be tried again once the district attorney’s office completes arrangements. A motion before Recorder Smyth may decide Ives’s place of abode until the next trial.

Ives Fina Isacier New York Fellows Smyth

Death of Major General Daniel Harvey Hill in Charlotte

Major General Daniel Harvey Hill died at his Charlotte home aged 68. A West Point graduate of 1812, he served in the Mexican war, taught mathematics at Washington College and Davidson College, and led the North Carolina Military Institute. He joined the Confederate army in the Civil War and fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chickamauga before later publishing Field and Farm in Charlotte.

Rapeien N. C Daniel Harvey Hill Charlotte South Carolina West Point Washington College Virginia Davidson College North Carolina North Carolina Military Institute Antietam Fredericksburg Chickamauga Charlotte, D. C

Humane Society meeting opens in Louisville with reads

The American Humane Society was called to order in Louisville by Mawin Lee Brown of Chicago in President Gerry's absence. President Rudolph Winsor of the Kentucky Humane Society and Governor Buckner welcomed delegates as a regret letter from Gerry was read, committees were appointed, and the treasurer reported.

Louisville American Humane Society Mawin Lee Brown Chicago Gerry Rudolph Winsor The Kentucky Humane Society Buckner

Cape May Hotel Burns in Overnight Fire

The new Columbia Hotel in Cape May New Jersey owned by James Mooney of Philadelphia caught fire at 1 o clock yesterday morning and by 2 o clock was completely destroyed. Loss estimated around $75000.

Cape May Cart May N. J New Columbia James Mooney Philadelphia

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