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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1887
Page
6
The chestnut crop is reported to be so abundant that nobody need feel under obligation to add anything to it. The convict population of the United States, not counting those out of jail, is 64 349 or one to every 930 inhabitants.
Grorekr Westinghouse, credited with the sir-brake invention, is valued at nine million dollars in what is described as the era's largest fortune built from wind. The claim centers on his breakthrough and the extraordinary wealth it generated.
Coronet Esrey of Brattleboro is described as Vermont's wealthiest resident with an estimated worth of 3.5 million dollars all earned through trade and without speculation. A Treasury Department decision in a Boston case allows import of photographs gathered on European travel without duty.
The country reports a surge in railroad accidents with more deaths than any previous year. Officials warn the trend may worsen as rail traffic continues and safety reviews proceed.
The Grand Army of the Republic reports a total membership of 872674 nationwide. During the past year 3406 members died.
The Cincinnati Price Current estimates this year’s corn crop at 1.51 billion bushels, compared with 1.665 billion in 1886, indicating a shortage of 155 million bushels.
A sorrowful man visits Ohio farmers asking them to sign a pledge not to kill any song birds for a year. The pledges are returned as promissory notes to mark the promise.
Secretary Maynard rules that animals imported for breeding are entitled to entry free of duty even if the importer plans to sell them after importation. This interpretation affects tariff duties on livestock brought in for breeding purposes.
The writer notes that sugar intake per person has risen from about fifteen to seventy pounds in fifty years, arguing that modern people should be calmer and sweeter tempered than previous generations due to this change.
A Harrisburg area farmer plans for a bad melon sale next year after selling only thirty two melons this season and spending 265 on legal costs for defending salt shooting incidents against melon thieves.
Bennie Wheldon, ten, plunged one hundred feet into an air shaft in the Trinity Church steeple at Springfield Massachusetts. He lay in the church cellar for eighteen hours before discovery. He was unconscious upon rescue but suffered only minor injuries and was expected to recover.
The original pulpit at a small Dwight’s Crossing church in Massachusetts was burned recently. The structure, once a schoolhouse, gained fame as the site where Henry Ward Beecher delivered his first sermon from its simple wooden boards.
General Sherman possesses in his New York office the original版本 of the song Sherman’s March to the Sea. It lies on plain note paper with verses separated by pen and ink sketches of flags stars and other National emblems.
Charles Fixancis Adams writes to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers proposing after probation a permanent railroad service with regular promotion and pay increases tied to service length and a pension on disability or retirement.
The Globe reports twelve Mormon families have settled in Alberta with more expected in Medicine Hat. Rulings from the Canadian government are said to have influenced their colonization plans. Sam Smart of Worcester shares how prolonged illness led him to the book of Job for solace and strength against skepticism.
Miss Lytes of Mobile Alabama saved the Knickerbocker during a severe hurricane voyage to New Orleans. She remained calm and urged women to keep steady, earning widespread praise from passengers and crew aboard the ship.
General Joan CL Faemowt, seventy four, gathers materials for a life history to be written by himself and his wife. He walks with springy steps and a straight frame, recalling a Rocky Mountain journey to new El Dorado years ago. His white hair is neatly kept, and he wooed Jessie Benson despite her father’s protests. Mrs. Frenant is in good health.
Two Kentucky farmers were duped by a scheme selling $816,000 worth of imitation government art. They paid $500 down and $400 via express, only to receive a common wick in the box. They sue the express company for $400.
The report lists September shortages and gains including gold and silver coin values, a $32 350 875 increase in circulation, and a $7 264 136 rise in treasury cash. It also notes the National Republican Club organization in Washington and a Protestant conference set for December.
Four deaths from Asiatic cholera occurred on Swinbourne Island New York harbor on the 4th, totaling fourteen since the Alesia arrived. Rev Dr Parker delivered Beecher eulogy in Brooklyn as Mrs Beecher attended. Long Island murder confession and Albany political conventions followed.
A Fargo convention urged public backing for dividing Dakota into two states at the November vote and seeking admission by Congress. Moran brothers died by gas suffocation in a Chicago hotel. A Marinette lumber fire destroyed six million feet worth 1,250,000 dollars. Cleveland and wife held a public reception in St Louis. The National Farmers Alliance opened in Minneapolis with about sixty thousand members. The California wreck near Mackinaw resulted in thirteen deaths. A Wabash train burglary occurred near St. Louis. Iowa rain damaged one third of day labor. Republicans in Lincoln renominated Judge Maxwell for Supreme Court. The Cedar Rapids mill fire caused 110,000 dollars loss. Seven bodies from the California wreck washed ashore at Cecil Day. The ship Charmer arrived in San Francisco after an around-the-world race. The Napoleon schooner loss on Lake Michigan reported. A David Young mill explosion killed four. Akron carriages firm Contins & Sox assigned. Knights of Labor in Minneapolis heard Michael Davitt.
Advices state the British steamer Reaper voyaging from Carthagena to Philadelphia with a thirty two man crew went to the bottom with all aboard. Reports from Greece describe an earthquake felt on the 4th. Rioting occurred at Kiln Russia factory workers on the 6th and the cotton mill was burned. Fifteen people were said to have died in the gulf coast cyclone. Cholera claims rose in Messina with twenty one new cases and ten deaths, while Palermo logged two cases and three deaths. The Dublin Lord Mayor Sullivan case was dismissed on the 6th. Twenty Irish policemen refused to fire on tenants at Gweedore. Canada banned rag imports due to cholera in Europe. Indian depredations near Rapid City were reported with one Indian killed and fear of further trouble. Help was requested.
Weekly clearing houses report total volume of 1 035 968 169 dollars, down from 884 663 457 the prior week, a 12.0 percent drop from the 1886 period. Various events unfold in Chicago, Boyne City, and Salt Lake City as politics, crime, and sports wrap through the dawn of a new season.
President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland tour Missouri Illinois and Wisconsin stops. They attend services at Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church and visit Shaw's Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. At the State Fair a Children’s Day event features 3,000 singing youngsters and flowers for Mrs. Cleveland.
President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland travel from St. Louis to Chicago Milwaukee Madison and Madison with receptions parades and large crowds. They are greeted by mayors officials and thousands as they tour lakefronts expositions and state houses amid high enthusiasm and personal fatigue from handshakes and public duties.
Tampa reports two mild yellow fever cases with one death and panic in the city as residents desert streets. A steamer from Tampa confirms a grave outbreak in Key West with over thirty cases and four deaths, while St Louis physicians note widespread fear and confusion over treatment.
Silas Hampton and Seaborn Green were executed in the United States jail yard in Fort Smith Arkansas for murder. Both confessed and died penitent. Green killed three deputy marshals whom he attacked while asleep. Hampton murdered an old white man on December 8 1886 citing too many whites in the nation. This was the ninety fourth execution by the present hangman.
Mrs Alama zon Clark, 56, formerly of Galesburg Oil, sister in law of Massena Clark the real estate dealer, shot herself four times at his residence yesterday. Her husband died last August, and she had suffered severe distress and dementia, leading to the fatal act.
Admiral Closie submits a plan to the Minister of Public Works for an iron suspension bridge over the English Channel at Calais. It would resemble the Niagara structure with passenger ways and space for railroad tracks. The span would run from Dover Heights to the Calais hills, allowing ships to pass beneath.
Memphis hosts the Waterways Convention on October 20 and 21 to discuss Western river improvements. Invitations go to prominent national public figures and officials are urged to send delegates. Minister Manning has not resigned the State Department says he is on regular leave.
Port Huros Mich Oct 7 The tug Orient with six aboard is believed to have foundered six miles below Port Au Pelee in Lake Erie during the recent gale. The Oswego's captain reports sighting a distress signal and a Black Harbor tug reportedly went down earlier. Masters name D Lyons and first engineer John David are named.
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions debated the home secretary’s report. Five approved the Prudential Committee’s decision to refuse commissions to missionaries with future probation views, one protested, and the majority’s finding defeated the Andover supporters. Alden reelected and Richard A. Storrs elected president.
At a Minneapolis session the General Secretary Lichtman reported member in good standing near 485000 on July 1 and 535000 by Oct 1 1887 after a prior surge in 1886. The assembly pressed reforms including a cooperative saving fund regalia for funerals and stronger prohibitions on using the order’s name for business.
News from Chattanooga reports a Alabama household tragedy where Mrs. Ogietree poisoned whisky with strychnine killing four family members including David Ogietree wife and two children. The widow allegedly threatened further poisoning before the deaths occurred. The coroner investigates.
A muskrat hole in a canal bank above Nashua New Hampshire triggers a disastrous flood. The torrent washes trees into the Nashua river, foam blankets the water, and mills close indefinitely with weeks of repairs ahead. About 8 000 workers lose their jobs temporarily. Separately, reports from Des Moines describe brutal evictions in Northwestern Iowa by an English syndicate claiming railroad title, forcing families from homesteads.
The California sank off St Helena Island with nine dead as heavy winds and a breaking sea prevented steering. Survivors were picked up by the Folsom and Paxton, while other vessels including the Albion Ark Wallula Arctic Pulaski and more were damaged ashore or missing along Lake Michigan and adjacent waters.
A Washington special reports that a British syndicate, said to own a large Iowa tract from the McGregor Western Railroad, is violently evicting settlers amid land disputes. A aged woman and others are cited in affidavits of cruelty, to be presented in Congress, while officials deny official knowledge of the alleged acts.
L. 8. Oliver, president of the Amnesty Association, said petitions for the condemned Anarchists to Governor Oglesby are growing fast. Thousands of petition blanks have been sent to cities across Iowa, Colorado, California, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and more. New York expects about fifty thousand signatures, Boston plans to collect many prominent citizen signatures, and Chicago labor groups have signed in large numbers. The defense fund has risen since the Supreme Court decision, and a subscription in favor of the Anarchists has begun in England.
Samuel McGowan a carpenter of West State street was caught in belting at the Newark Machine Company works and crushed to death before help could free him as the engine was stopped. Farmers Alliance opens in Windom Hall Minnesota with 20000 Texas members noted. War Department says Crow Indian troubles in Montana to be settled. Dom Pedro’s intellect impaired due to diabetes shown by forgetfulness of recent matters.
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