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Van Wert Weekly Bulletin

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Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1890

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Tennant of Stanley Relatives Sparks April Visit Claim

In St Louis on Monday Tennant, Henry M Stanley’s brother in law, said the explorer would not visit America until April next. Clarence B Randlett named secretary of State of New Hampshire at age twenty four is noted as possibly the youngest ever to hold the post. A New York dealer, Gorschak, owns a sole authentic holy shield from Solomon's Temple, about three thousand four hundred years old.

Cuamel Covenin ‘Tennant Henry M. Stanley St. Louis America Clarence B. Randlett Mr. Thompson New Hampshire Mr. Gorrschak New York King Solomon’s Temple

Whales Not Seen Shrinking at Point Barrow

Despite global warnings that whales may vanish, Point Barrow Alaska reports from natives and white men that the spring passage numbers show no decline. Paddlefish-like distant whaling notes add no observed change in migration flow.

Norwiths Point Barrow Alaska

England's Small Wars Cost More Than Figures

Sryer notes that 1857 England's minor campaigns including China Abyssinian expedition South Africa Nile expedition and the Afghan campaignhave cost about 110 million dollars yet the true price goes beyond mere money.

Sryer England China South Africa Nile

First Dutch Families in Newport and Freemasonry

Weeden notes in his New England history that in 1658 fifteen families arrived at Newport Rhode Island from Holland bringing goods and mercantile skill and the first three Masonic degrees.

Weeden New England Newport R. I Holland

Two Civil War Veterans Face Off in Congress Race

Thomas Moonncgar mortgaged his farm for $500 in 1861 to fund the First Kansas Battery. In 1862 Case Broderick joined as a private and served through the war. Now both men are running for Congress against each other in a striking political clash.

Thomas Moonncgar Kansas Case Broderick Congress

Suit for Alimony Sparks Hopes of Fewer Marriages

Out at Arkansas City Kane a man sued his wife for alimony claiming she was strong and healthy and should support him. The courts decided against him. This decision may deter many a fond but delicate young man from marrying.

Arkansas City Kane

Barge Office Pressures Women Recruited by Mormon Proselytors

In New York the barge office tried moral suasion to stop European women recruited by Mormon proselytors from joining the sect. A Scandinavian spokeswoman said the women were willing to convert even if it meant becoming one of seven or eight wives.

New York Europe

Sleeping preacher of Lancaster stuns Gap residents

In Lancaster County Pennsylvania the Rev. David Kauffman, known as the sleeping preacher, lies in bed and wakes to deliver sermons in English and German. While asleep he claims he cannot hear see or feel, and recalls nothing after waking the next morning.

Lancaster County David Kauffman

Murphy cites Arizona population and Mormon share

Acting Governor N O Murphy reports Arizona's population at 60 000 or 57 600 excluding Indians and military reservations, with 19 560 added in ten years. Mormons account for about one fifth. He notes influx from Idaho and urges Congress to apply the Idaho test oath to prevent the Territory from being Mor monized.

N. O. Murphy Arizona Idaho Congress

New York Woman Sends Ten Cents for Special Delivery

A New York woman mailed a letter to Baltimore with a white threaded pocket on the envelope bearing ten cents and a request for a special delivery stamp. The postmaster complied and the letter was promptly delivered.

New York Baltimore

Court finds phrase tiddly winked funds not clearly libelous

An English court challenged a shire councilor accused of tiddly winked the shire funds. After checking dictionaries, judges ruled the expression not necessarily libelous. The report notes tiddle winks as a skillful game and hints financial tiddle winking as a novel phrase.

Fremonts Lost Millions in Quick Speculation

GENERAL FREMONT realized 1 237 500 from the sale of the Mariposa grant. Simon Stevens, the lawyer, narrated how he urged investment of 600 000 to preserve wealth, but Mrs. Fremont pushed for speculation. Fremont invested in gold and became poor again within six months.

General Fremont Simon Stevens

New York City Smiths and Browns in the Directory

The New York Times notes many Smiths in the metropolis but estimates about 2,824 bear the name. Browns total 1,639 with eighty Brownes, down from eighty-seven last year as the finale fades from fashion.

Smith New York Times

Gettysburg memorial designs and cost concerns cited

AFTM surveys 300 to 400 Gettysburg monuments and doubts a $1 000 stone budget could suffice. He notes that even grand city cemetery tombs often exceed Gettysburgs humbler memorials and praises original battlefield scene designs from Massachusetts New England and sometimes New York, with little sentimentality.

Gettysburg Massachusetts New England New York Johnny

Gold stock in world forms small pile says writer

An English writer argues that global gold reserves are far less than widely believed. He estimates all the gold could fit into a pile 25 feet high, 45 feet long and 5 feet wide, noting density causes the apparent small volume, with a cubic foot weighing over 1,200 pounds. He urges scientific investigation after 50 years of discoveries.

Governor Prince Urges New Mexico Statehood In Annual Report

The News of the Week notes Governor Prince of New Mexico reports a population of 185000 and an excellent territorial financial condition. Gold silver lead and copper output valued at 4025884 underscores progress while Prince urges admission as a state. Also cited are Alaska governor Knapp on native day schools and national economic indicators including coffee stocks and business failures. Justice Miller of the Supreme Court suffered a paralytic attack in Washington.

Prince of New Mexico Lyman E. Knapp Alaska United States Samuel F. Miller United States Supreme Court Washington

Nominations and disasters reported across states

The East reports Dupont powder works explosions near Wilmington killing sixteen and injuring many as over fifty houses are wrecked with property losses around 500000 dollars. Congressional nominations spread across New York Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and New Jersey with multiple reps renominated and new candidates named. The steamship City of New York sets a record from Queenstown to Sandy Hook, New Jersey population reaches 1,441,017, and Western Union profits rise. Patriotic Sons of America convene in Boston and Pullman patent ruling is issued. York population hits 5,981,954.

Wilmington Del Dupont Congress New York William Morgan Clarence F. Lexow John H. Ketchem SS. T. Woolworth James J. Belden Thomas H. Beal Daniel N. Lockwood Massachusetts I. S. Coolidge Rhode Island Henry J. Spooner Warren O. Arnold Connecticut B. Forbes David A. Wells H. J. Crocker Frederick Miles Charles R. Codman John W. Candler George F. Williams H. M. Small James W. Covert John N.child W. T. Crosdale Edwin J. Dunphy T. J. Campbell Amos J. Cumings Frank B. Spinola J. D. Warner Roswell P. Flower Asel P. Fits W. G. Stahlecker John G. Cockroft T. C. Teale William Stitt M. J Western Union Telegraph Company Tue Patriotic Sons of America Boston United States George M. Pullman James Gresham William C. Wallace Andrew J. Perry John R. Smith Edward A. Durant James S. Sherman E. K. Burnham Mary E Walker Isaac B. Andrews N. A. Glidden Michael F. Collins J. B. Ross Patriotic Sons of America

Deaths and census figures in early 1900s news item

Tur death announced of Prof Hewitt of Baltimore aged 90 known as father of the American ballad. Prairie fires in Morton County North Carolina destroyed property valued at 100000, with 500 cattle burned and many farmers destitute. Census Bureau reports population gains for Iowa West Virginia Ohio and Nebraska. Isaac Frazier aged 106 died in Montgomery Alabama after marriage post 95th year. Chancellor Muldoon refutes report Catholics may join secret societies. Av Brazil Indiana C C Scantlebury recovering from funeral death. Mantis B Kinpue candidate for Indiana Secretary of State. Noted outlaw Rube Burrows shot dead in Linden Alabama.

Tur Hewitt Baltimore Morton County N. C Iown West Virginia Ohio Isaac Frazier Montgomery Ala Chicago P. J. Muldoon Masons Nebraska Census Bureau Brazil Ind C. C. Scantlebury Fred Nance Mantis B. Kinpue Johnson County People’s Party Leroy Templeton Benton County Tne Rube Burrows Linden

Political nominate and race results across states

Details list district by district nominations in Kentucky Mississippi Michigan Ohio South Carolina Utah and Tennessee with Rep. Dem and third-party figures. Includes events at Knox College in Galesburg Harrison visit and Terre Haute trotting records, a counterfeiting confession in Louisville, a Pickrell fire, postal seizure in Atlanta, a Tecumseh murder case, a G.A.R. death, South Carolina anti Tillman ticket, Brainerd fire losses, World’s Fair salary stance, and bank robbery and a Lumberton execution context.

Kentucky H. R. Bourland Mississippi Meredith Matthews Michigan Stephenson Ohio W. P. Orr South Carolina G. W. Shell Farmers’ Alliance Utah Charles ©. Goodwin Harrison Galesburg Knox College Terre Haute Ind Nelson Hal Pointer Jon Scumter Louisville Pickrell Neb Atlanta (Ga Dandy Tecumseh Ala Peter Foster Mount Pleasant B. B. Tillman Columbia A.C. Haskell Tennessee George T. McCall Missouri Seth W. Cobb North Carolina R. M. Norment John T. Cain C. J. Hamlin Belle Hamlin Justina J. W. Andrews Tuo Republicans James M. Ashley Congress Brainerd Minn Palmer Indianapolis Car Manufacturing Company Decatur James Niblich First National Bank of Columbus William A. Schrieber Steve Jacobs Lumberton N. C

Landslide Kills Three in Quebec and Global Suffering Updates

Reports from the Red Sea describe cholera victims in dire condition while Arabia and Soudan face famine. In Quebec, Mathias Gagon's house swept into a river killed three and damaged eight. Canada to spend 250000 dollars to promote European emigration amid Cork Father Mathew events and Mexican mine disaster deaths. Narсisse Laroque arrested for a Cumberland Ontario crime. Nicaragua reelects Roberto Sacasa, Dublin trial of Joun Ditivon and William O'Brien. bail forfeiture noted. Bourges pyrotechnic school explosion kills ten and injures many.

Red Sea Arabia Mathias Gagon St. Pierre Que Soudon Suakin Ireland Balfour Canada Europe Father Mathew Cork Mexico Eliza McGonnigle Cumberland Ont Narcisse Laroque Roperto Sacasa Nicaragua Joun Ditivon William O’brien Dublin America Bourges France

Wyoming Election Gives Warren Victory and GOP Sweep

Official results show Governor Warren and the entire Republican ticket winning. Legislature now 41 Republicans to 8 Democrats. Other items note river drownings in N J, fires in Chicago, and multiple violent events across the country. Also reports population gains in Arkansas and North Dakota from the census.

Nearly 19 Million Acres Taken Up by Settlers This Year

Commissioner Groff reports for the year ended June 30, 1890, about 18.76 million acres of agricultural land were patented to settlers, with 117,247 agricultural patents issued. Mineral, swamp, and railroad land patents rose and total public land disposals neared 19.8 million acres, while total cash receipts reached 7.78 million dollars. The forest laws are deemed inadequate to protect public timber and settler interests.

Groff General Land Office Wasatyarox Lewis A Groff Secretary of the Interior

Murder at Orrville Ends Constable’s Life

Coroner Solon Boydston, acting as policeman at the Orrville fair, was killed when a man, in custody of Boydston for John Sweeney from Cleveland, was signaled by a companion and Boydston was shoved in front of a switch engine. The prisoner was badly mangled and likely to die. the assailant was seized by the crowd and held in custody.

Akron Orrville Solon Boydston John Sweeney Cleveland Sweeney Boydston

Death in the Flames at Putnam European Hotel in Chicago

A lamp explosion in the Putnam European Hotel at 163 Adams street started a fire on the fourth floor. Ten sleep residents faced smoke and fire. Edward Peyton 60 died in bed. Pinkerton detective Kirk Salms from Calumet and Thomas Dowler perished in the hallway. Mrs. Charles Robinson jumped from a window and later died from injuries.

Putnam European Adams Street Edward Peyton Kirk H. Salms Calumet Mich Pinkerton Thomas B. Dowler Charles Robinson

Peace Returns to Salvador After Frontier Skirmishes

Reports from San Salvador on Oct 13 state fighting on the frontier is false. Prisoners have returned home and peace reigns nationwide. Colleges and public schools are open while trade and industries are active. Relations with Guatemala are pleasant and Ezeta is expected to be named minister of war and the interior.

San Salvador Guatemala Salvador Ezeta Interior

Fatal Train Smash At Como Station In Suburbs

In St Paul at Como Station on the Great Northern line a Sunday night wreck killed James Hill and injured others. An Omaha livestock train collided with an Eastern Minnesota Duluth bound train causing extensive wreckage. Forty cattle killed and thirty five freight cars demolished. Several passengers were seriously hurt.

St. Paul Minn Como Station Great Northern Omaha Minnesota Duluth James Hill

Crowds greet President Harrison in Kansas and Missouri

President Harrison rode a Kansas City topeka topeka and St. Joseph tour drawing massive crowds. He spoke briefly at Atchison Nortonville and Topeka praising public schools and national unity. A 30 000 veteran parade and 6 000 schoolchildren framed the displays before a banquet in Kansas City and an evening reception at the Chamber of Commerce.

Harrison Missouri Kansas Arcnson Kan St. Joseph Depot Hotel A. C. Dawes Secretary of the Navy Dawvws Custer Post Chester Harding Post Topeka Humphrey Osborn Horton James Burgess Robinson Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe State Line Atchison Wagoner Edna Downes Nortonville Kansas Avenue Ingalls North Topeka State House Tenth Street Copeland House Fair Grounds Kansas City William Warner Holmes Coates House Tracy John 8. Harrison Chamber of Commerce St. Louis

Census Count Nears End with 68 Million Total Forecast

Washington Oct 10 The census chief Porters first guess proves high with final figures in twenty eight states totaling 88 761 212 while estimates for remaining twenty states push the national total to 68 231 428. Some districts await tally and towns under 2 000 are deferred to the second count. The forecast rests on southern districts and includes updated tallies by state and new projections for 1890 totals. Names of states and figures dominate the report with the grand total within a quarter million of the forecast.

Porter Washington Idaho Indiana Iowa Maine Montana Michigan Massachusetts Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada Origroma Seers ccc COG Vormont, i Ceis Sas West Virginia WisGobalis Voss Woue Alabama Arkansas Dakota Florida Illinois Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Minnesota Mississippi New York North Carolina Pennsylvania California Delaware Colorado KHS Connecticut Columbia Georgia South Carolina Tennessee Virginia

Frightful Explosion at Rosario Mine Blasts Ten Men

A San Diego dispatch reports a terrible explosion at the Rosario gold mine, seventy miles inland from Mazatlan, in late September. An American named McGee from Napa, California, worked with nine Mexicans in a sixty foot level near a magazine with several hundred pounds of dynamite. the blast blew the ten men to pieces.

San Francisco San Diego Rosario Mazatlan McGee Napa Cal

King William Unable to Govern

Amsterdam dispatch reports the Dutch National Assembly to meet next week if the king shows no improvement. The aim is to declare William unable to govern and empower the Council of State to exercise royal powers for a month. If no change, the Queen would be named regent until the king’s death.

Amsterdam

A Unique Gift for J S Clarkson at Post Office Dinner

In Washington on Thursday night Mr J S Clarkson received a silver envelope souvenir costing 200 dollars. Donors who served under him in the Post Office Department contributed their names engraved on a sheet of silver placed inside the envelope.

Washington J.S. Clarkson Post Office

Rail wrecks kill and injure in Reading division incident

A Reading railroad freight derailment near Paul Brook station caused 15 cars to crash into another train, burning 30 cars and killing one fireman while injuring others. Separate items report Grand Army death aged 96 in Mount Pleasant, a fatal Georgia duel near Waynesboro, and chatter about Secretary Tracy's Senate candidacy in New York.

Philadelphia New York Reading Road Paul Brook Station Jenkintown

Loss of Turkish Frigate Ertogroul Off Japan

Details from the steamer L Belgiac report the Turkish frigate Ertogroul wrecked on Japanese coast in a gale. Of 630 aboard, six officers and fifty men survived ashore, many maimed. Admiral Osman Pasha drowned after being struck by a spar while swimming ashore.

San Francisco Japan L Belgiac Osman Pasha

President Harrison Visits Ottumwa Coal Palace in Iowa

President Harrison's arrival in Ottumwa Iowa is marked by a dawn train greeting a large crowd. He tours the coal palace meets officials and delivers a brief address praising Iowa's progress and mineral wealth. A public reception follows with music and a Grosvenor speech before departure to St. Joe at dusk.

Harrison Ottumwa J. Q. Hutchison Town P. G. Ballingall Ottumwa Coal Palace Galesburg Horace Boise Iowa Coal Palace P. J. Ballingall Horace Boies Hawkeye W. T. Fenton Indianapolis St. Joe, Mo

Formal Opening of a Tunnel in Deadwood

The Fremont Elkhorn and Missouri Valley railroad tunnel, 2,079 feet long with intruding approaches, was practically opened at noon Thursday in Deadwood with an enthusiastic crowd. The first train over the line is planned for November 1, with a large excursion of railway officials and prominent citizens entering the city.

Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad Deadwood

Nicaragua President Sacasa Re-elected Amid Four-Year Term

SAN JUAN DEL SUR via Galveston Oct 10 Dr. Roberto Sacasa who became president after Evaristo Carazo’s death in August 1889 has been re elected by a large majority for a four year term after four days of polling beginning the 7th and ending the 8th inst.

San Juan del Sur Galveston Tex Roberto Sacasa Nicaragua Evaristo Caralo

Collision in Tunnel Causes Injuries to Two Switchmen

On October 13 two Bridge and Tunnel Company switchmen Ben Ingraham and John Livingston were riding engine No 20 when it collided with engine No 22 inside the tunnel. A mistake in orders was cited as the cause of the crash.

Sr. Lovurs Ben Ingraham John Livingston Bridge and Tunnel Company Ingraham

Train kills farmer as he crosses at Dry land crossing

A special train carrying Superintendent Othan sen struck a farmer’s wagon at Dry land crossing on the New Jersey Central line killing 23 year old Frank Sell and destroying the wagon and horses. Other items note Idaho senatorial race forecasts and a controversy over the Patriotic Sons of America membership rule.

Betulemnem, Pa Othansen Dryland Crossing New Jersey Central Road Frank Sell

Capsizing of small boat costs five lives in Kinkora NJ

Five men drowned Sunday afternoon when a small open boat with a sail capsized on a New Jersey stream near Kinkora. The Fletcher brothers Solomon 32 John 22 and Angela 24, with Cheafus Merrick 43 and Alonzo Cannon 22, were ferrying twenty three pilings from Silver Lake ice-house. The accident occurred while trying to reach land between the ice-houses and the sluice.

New Jersey Kinkora N. J Solomon Fletcher John Fletcher Angela Fletcher Cheafus Merrick Alonzo Cannon Silver Lake

Fatal La Grippe Outbreak Reported in Burlington

La grippe returns to Burlington with multiple severe cases and two deaths reported Thursday, marking a renewed impact of the illness in the city.

la Grippe Burlington

Lunatic shooter kills doctor at Flatbush asylum

On Thursday afternoon in New York the lunatic James M. Dougherty shot and killed Dr. Lloyd, the asylum's assistant physician, then traveled to New York City and confessed. Dougherty had been confined for persecuting actress Mary Anderson and escaped three weeks ago. Corner-stone laid at Decatur church in Illinois for a new $55,000 house of worship.

New York Flatbush N. Y.) Asylum For the James M. Dougherty Lloyd Mary Anderson Decatur Ill First Presbyterian Church

Pecatonica River Finds and Oddities From Chicago

A string of short items notes a pearl found in the Pecatonica near Argyle Wisconsin valued at $3000, quirky anecdotes about a small five month old dog weighing four ounces, a Milwaukee man rescuing a mother-in-law in a fire, a Yankee chicken hobbler invention, an educated pup delivering bills, a dissatisfied country publisher, and a photographer who built gear for $1.20.

Pecatonica Argyle Wis Epward McDonand Allentown Wit Milwaukee Chicago

Dillon and O'Brien Skip Bail in Ireland for America

In Tipperary court Dillon and O’Brien, charged with inciting tenant rent payments, failed to appear. They are said to have forfeited £1000 bail and fled to the United States, circumventing police, with warrants issued and detectives tracking steamers and even a yacht. The National League will cover the bail. The Star claims they traveled via Waterford to Havre and then New York.

Dillon O’brien Ireland America Duntix William O'Brien John Dillon Tipperary Messrs O'Brien Dublin United States England William 0 Brien Healy Queenstown National League T. P. O'Connor the Star Waterford Havre New York

Failure at Indianapolis Car Manufacturing Company

The Indianapolis Car Manufacturing Company, a major national firm, failed with liabilities over $600,000. A receiver was appointed by Judge Taylor on a petition from the purchasing agent. Matthew Henning was named receiver with a $500,000 bond. Assets are believed to be only slightly more than liabilities. The firm has wide business, and the labor debt amounts to $14,000.

Indianapolis Ind Indianapolis Car Manufacturing Company United States Taylor Superior Court Matthew Henning Henning

Sumner Man Peters Dies on His Farm in Lawrence County

William Peters described as the largest man in Lawrence County and Southern Illinois died on his farm near Sumner. He weighed 400 pounds and had arranged a coffin the prior Friday, predicting death at 6 o clock. He died within twenty minutes of the hour.

Sumner William Peters Lawrence County Illinois

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