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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1889
Page
6
The last fiscal year saw 520 steamers and 193 sailing vessels reach Mexican ports from the United States, signaling notable two way trade. Navy talks reference new banking for enlisted men and a 4 percent annual interest via navy paymasters amid rising electric drills on ships.
The mackerel catch plunges to 10,000 barrels, far below 26,511 last year and 56,919 in 1887. A row with Canada over fisheries appears to have frightened the mackerel into deep water, making them harder to catch.
Mrs Amanda Nepson Williams, the last of the Pequot race, has died on the Mohegan Pequot reservation in Connecticut where she lived for many years as the sole full-blooded member.
The new Inter-State Commerce Commissioner from Vermont has gained fame using the Lord Byron method, with his name appearing in newspapers in three or four spellings. The most correct form now appears to be Veazey.
William J. Haines aged 102 joins a St. Louis Methodist church after reporting no illnesses in his life. He served as an orderly on General Jackson's staff during the War of 1812.
The sole Missouri pensioner is Charles Tarwater who since 1841 has drawn $200 annually and will continue to receive the allowance as long as he remains unable to support himself by labor due to wounds from the Mormon war.
The four new States cover roughly as much land as New England and several eastern states combined, about three times the British Isles in area. The steel cruiser Baltimore, built for the U S Navy, performed well in rough seas, achieving twenty knots despite adverse wind and waves, and deemed thoroughly successful with flawless fittings and equipment.
The passage recalls Harriet Beecher Stowe writing Uncle Tom's Cabin in Boston. It notes the cold winter morning she arrived at the publisher's store and thawed before penning the manuscript. Three months later she received a $10,000 first payment.
DrarTH arrived to announce the death of Mr. George Simmons in Belvidere New Jersey. In the afternoon Mrs. Simmons, healthy at the time, died within five minutes after learning of her husband’s passing. The aged couple had been inseparable since their marriage.
In a Tokyo district near one mile across a million inhabitants, about twenty thousand young men pursue study. The Imperial University and multiple schools reflect English system models, drawing students from across the Mikado's dominions.
Distinguished ex Confederate sea fighter Commodore Janie N. Brown has died in Carshcunna Texas. He once commanded the Mississippi ironclad Arkansas and later the Charleston. He joined the United States Navy as a midshipman on March 15 1834. He is noted as one of the oldest active list officers with a longer service than most.
The column notes business failures for nine months and seven days, a death of Indian Affairs official William T. Dole, and a Treasury debt statement with totals. It reports September money in circulation, Pension Office certificates, a new Ded Letter Office superintendent, and Harrison’s reception for International Congress delegates.
A digest of recent events notes John Brennan of Shamokin learning his sister died in San Francisco leaving him $2 million. Reports cover party conventions in Philadelphia Syracuse Worcester and Saratoga nominating leaders and endorsing reform, plus a deadly fall from a 150 foot tower in Trenton. Other items include a Hazleton mining accident two theft arrests in Meriden a Brooklyn double murder suicide a bank fraud conviction a Salem factory fire and a Bangor parole.
Maryland Republicans at Westminster nominated George L. Wellington for Comptroller. The first day’s returns show Republicans leading in several states with Montana and Washington outcomes unclear. Prohibition and woman suffrage face defeat in Washington, while South Dakota supports prohibition. The piece also covers varied alerts: fires in Grand Haven, bank closures, notable crimes, and deaths across Illinois to Minnesota.
Reports from October 4 cover deaths and fires in several states. Cuban immigrant Enrique Devilla died of yellow fever in New Orleans after arriving from Guatemala. Minnesota and Dakota wheat stocks totaled 6,066,000 bushels in transit, a drop from last year’s 53,912,849. Five thousand acres of peat burned near Geneva, Minnesota. Counterfeiters captured in Orange County, Indiana. Sunol trotter set a three-year-old record in Fresno. Election returns show Republicans winning most offices in North and South Dakota and Washington, with prohibition and woman suffrage defeated in Washington. A negro man Stark shot near Moss Point, Mississippi. Freight collisions in East St. Louis injuring five and killing Lady Gay, a $15,000 trotter. Traction engine boiler accident in Indiana kills John Sparks and Henry Wright. Paul Keys hanged in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Naples BonaParte White and Joseph M. Marcus, New Orleans gamblers, died by their own hands after mayor ordered closures. Colonel Peter Roberts dies at Jacksonville, Illinois. Hastings Brewery buildings burn at Hastings, Nebraska, with 600 barrels lost.
A collision between Express trains traveling opposite directions through a tunnel near Naples left twenty carriages smashed and about fifty people dead or injured. Other world items include a train robbery suspect shot in Guaymas, rising anarchist arrests in Switzerland, epidemics in Austro-Silesia, cyclone devastation in Chiapas, shipwrecks near Yucatan, and a large labor strike in Lancashire.
In France two thirds of the 183 constituencies reballoted favored Republicans, Boulanger and his followers were defeated. Reports from Charleston West Virginia state a son and daughter were killed by a drunk father. A severe gale hit Lake Huron and storms damaged ships and property across several states and regions including Sand Beach and Lake Superior ports.
The International Congress opened in the State Department with Secretary Blaine delivering a welcoming address. Delegates from the United States and foreign nations attended, and James G. Blaine was named president of the conference after adjournment. A White House lunch followed, and a Normandie Hotel banquet concluded the day with brief remarks by Blaine.
A Mississippi prayer meeting tragedy ends in the murder of Dan McInnis and wounds Nellie McInnis and Henry Plumer at a Moss Point Presbyterian church. Separate items report a bank safe robbery in St Anne Illinois and a wealthy aunt's will leaving almost $100,000 to a Belvidere plowboy with a contested bequest by a niece.
Argentine delegates to the International Congress depart Washington by a lavish Pennsylvania special train. Blaine’s election as president reportedly unsettles foreign powers and Chile and Argentina threaten possible withdrawal from informal meetings and events.
Sioux Falls reports Pierre as South Dakota’s capital after a tight race. Prohibition carries by 8,000 to 10,000 votes. state ticket GOP by about 20,000. Montana and Washington results show Republican majorities with prohibition and woman suffrage defeated in Olympia two to one.
A peat fire near Geneva in Le Sueur County Minnesota has consumed about 5,500 acres and destroyed 6,000 tons of hay. Over 170 stacks owned by L. T. Bell were burned, with ongoing losses daily as the fire rages in peat beneath the surface, making hay unsalvageable. Value of despoiled land estimated at $100,000 and hay damage at $30,000.
Grand Army of the Republic announces appointments to the Executive Committee of the National Council of Administration with members H D Reade Evans ton Ill Benjamin Starr Richmond Ind O H Coulter Topeka Kans Nelson Cote St Louis MO T B Clarkson Omaha Neb William S Pillsbury Derry Depot NH William McClelland Pittsburgh Pa. Money in Circulation Treasury reports net increase 14711400 in September and net decrease 91007 in money and bullion.
General John G. Averill, a prominent St Paul businessman and former state senator, died at his home Thursday night at 9 o'clock from Brights disease at age 63. He served in Congress from 1871 to 1875 and was a longtime member of the Republican national committee from 1865 for twelve years.
Menipen Connecticut October 4 Charles Pratt an officer in several local groups treasurer of a church and city alderman has been arrested for embezzling over ten thousand dollars from his employers He admits guilt.
Reports from Osaka Asahi and Tokyo Korea detail Japan floods destroying 2,838 houses and killing or drowning 217 in Totsukawa. Wakayama police record 1,079 drowned, 122 crushed, 143 injured, over 5,245 houses swept, 26,386 buildings submerged. Sardinia hurricane devastates villages, 340 houses destroyed in Cagliari, 16 killed, many injured.
The 1880 National League season ended Saturday with New York invading Boston’s lead to win the pennant. Chicago took third, Cleveland and Pittsburgh tied for fifth, while Indianapolis and Washington trailed. Michigan Baseball League ends with Jackson first, Saginaw second, then Grand Rapids and others.
The 206th anniversary of German pioneer settlers in Philadelphia was marked by a large meeting at the German Society hall on Marshall and Spring Garden streets. Dr. Gross chaired and spoke in German and English with Prof Sidenslicker and Dr Kellner also on the program and City Solicitor Warwick addressing in English. Over 4,000 attended. In St Louis German Day featured a monster parade with more than 25,000 marchers from south city to the court house, no flags but German and American, fireworks on the river, and an evening at music hall Exposition building with speeches and a German musical program.
A northwest gale on Sunday wrecked vessels near the Detroit river mouth and White Rock, killing two seamen on Lake Huron and a woman aboard Wend the Wave. Ships listed include Rhoda Emily and Lady Franklyn ashore, Wend the Wave sunk, with multiple smaller losses and total cargo damage. Additional reports note a Michigan wreck on Lake Superior and a fatal fire in Winona Mississippi, plus two women killed at a Sandwich Illinois railroad crossing.
The Earl of Zetland, new Viceroy of Ireland, took the oath of office at Dublin Castle on Saturday. In Mexico City the Carmen storm caused extensive damage, with preliminary losses around $500,000 and broader destruction near Pariscaca and Partido.
A crowd celebrates as over $500000 worth of property changes hands, with lots jumping from $100 to $1000. Fort Pierre is crowded with boomers and settlers, and military aid has been telegraphed to maintain order. Also: Thomas Edison and party arrive aboard the steamship La Champagne from Havre.
Returns show mixed leads with Democrats claiming comfort in the Dakotas and Republicans in Washington Montana. Pierre likely capital of South Dakota, while North Dakota tilts before final counts. Prohibition and liquor battles loom as Congress eyes a Republican surge in the Fifty First.
Ex Governor John A. Martin of Kansas dies at 6 40 am after a long career in politics and journalism. The Grand Army of the Republic to handle funeral arrangements next Friday. Martin, born in Brownsville Pennsylvania, edited the Atchison Champion and served two terms as governor. Also in Kentucky, Pat Hunt’s death sentence for murder is upheld by the Court of Appeals. in Illinois, Ira Barker, 86, a pioneer and Black Hawk War veteran, dies in Rockford.
A large rock detached from a cliff under Dufferin terrace and crashed into a Little Champlain street home early Wednesday, crushing its back wall but with no fatalities. Nearby, a separate sewer collapse on Third and Thompson streets claimed two lives, 16 year old William Keppler and an unknown man, Tuesday evening.
A warning notes Asiatic cholera has gained footing in Greece, Turkey, and parts of Hungary, with over 2,000 deaths in Bagdad by August end. The disease’s march along eastern routes prompts sanitarian alerts as authorities watch for spread.
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