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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1886
Page
2
In Van Wert Ohio Jexxy Sixp marked her sixty fifth birthday a few days ago. Frederick Dovetass and his white wife are drawing attention in Liverpool.
The text notes Mrs Betya Ann Lockwood renominating herself for the 1888 presidency as the first candidate in the field. It also recalls an extreme weather event with twenty six inches of rain in Brownsville Texas in twenty four hours and winds at one hundred miles per hour.
The portrait of Martha Washington in the vignette on the new one dollar silver certificates marks the first time a woman’s face is engraved on United States notes.
A Crxcrynati man faced trouble after advertising in newspapers that he would prove alibis for any arrested person on short notice at reasonable terms.
Anabel Langan an eight nine year old Wisconsin girl fasted for fifty three days then began recovering. She claimed she did not feel hunger and insisted she could not starve without first becoming hungry.
The Rhode Island Supreme Court dismissed a bill challenging the recent prohibitory amendment, ruling it did not show that the measure failed to obtain the required three-fifths majority. The decision ends the bid to invalidate the amendment based on its voting threshold.
An exchange remarks that China claims two thousand years of sneezing mastery while America asserts it has perfected the sneeze with the hay fever attachment. The remark highlights national pride in a humorous, lighthearted comparison.
A tar pool has been formed and tar prices rose. A commission is empowered to destroy surplus tar when overstocked, paying the contractor holding surplus tar an amount equal to its cost. The piece recalls festival humor items packed away for winter and prepared for the season of hard service.
Three travelers in a sailboat report seeing a massive sea serpent off Westport and Southport at noon. The creature's body measures 75 to 100 feet with the head five feet above water as witnesses describe the unbelievable scene.
The death of Senator Austin S. Pike of New Hampshire increases the Forty-ninth Congress necrology to four. Two members have been removed from each branch: Senator John S. Miller of California and Pike, and Representative Joseph Rankin of Wisconsin and Michael Hahn of Louisiana. All were Republicans except Rankin.
The recollection of Bapveau recounts two plots to kill General Grant using a special train after Johnston's surrender and in Indiana after the war, with wrecks in the second incident. The October USDA forecast then estimates wheat at about 444 million bushels, corn 1.65 billion, oats 600 million, barley over 50 million, rye 26 million, buckwheat slightly under. Also noted are thoughts on faster steamships, coin edge milling indicators, and the eagle orientation on US coin backs.
News of the week recalls burials in Washington on the 12th including George W. Adams Leining Star Company ex Senator Yulee Florida and Judge Thomas Sunderland California. Brigadier General J H Porter retired at 64. Exports of breadstuffs for September valued at 14 289 52s against 9 007 713 in 1880. Cabinet officers in Washington on the 13th. Manning to serve out his term. Treasury rules grant Canada entry for a bicycle as personal effects. Seven days ended 15th saw 179 business failures in US and Canada up from 10 prior week.
News briefs report postmaster Bourraar fleeing to Canada with government funds. Congress nominees listed in multiple districts. American Academy of Medicine met in Pittsburgh. Embezzlement arraignment in Boston. Brooklyn booms with New York aldermanic arrests. Water famine in Mahoning valley. Western Union profits and losses. A church burned in Bennington Center. Knit mill shutdowns threaten 25 000 jobs. A minister hangs himself near North Adams. Buffalo winds and Eastport fires cause extensive damage. Roosevelt nominated for New York mayor.
A nationwide slice notes no new Stock Yards strike changes in Chicago as workers are recruited from other cities. Knights of Labor at Richmond defeat a term extension for general offices. Governor Pierce reports Dakota railway construction at 800 miles and population at 500,000 with property value at 159 million. Acts against saloon influence push Republicans to unite. threats continue toward Chicago anarchist trial figures Grinnell and Schaack. A Wren’s session opens in Chicago, and Neidringhaus cattle syndicate loses 250 thousand dollars in a Montana to British Columbia drive. Congress nominates candidates in multiple districts and Knights of Labor elects Powderly and Griffith with Turner and Howitchman filling offices. Sabine Vass, Texas, swept by Sabine river rise.
The report covers a whirlwind of disasters: a hurricane and flood losses in the Gulf region, fires in Indian Territory and Indianapolis, shipwrecks near Sheboygan, tornado-like winds in Chicago and the Midwest, and a deadly clash in Kentucky. It notes many deaths, property damage, and ongoing relief appeals. Major figures include Chief Justice Chase’s funeral procession in Cincinnati and Major John R. Heatling’s death in Huron.
Reports from Austro-Hungary list cholera cases and deaths while Mexico cuts via insurrection executions. Russia selects a Bulgarian ruler and Canada endures a Niagara hurricane. Korea reports many daily cholera deaths as Canada recalls violent crimes. England and Ireland suffer a massive windstorm and Mexico’s ex president rumor is denied.
Refugees arriving at Beaumont Texas from Sabine Pass report loss of life may exceed two hundred fifty with over twelve hundred left homeless. An earthquake shock struck Summerville Maryland but caused no damage. Cholera deaths rose in Austro Hungary with thirty new cases. The Postmaster General records a gain of 2 342 post offices to 43 014. The English coast storm wrecked five vessels and drowned seventy eight. A Salisbury Maryland line caused a million dollar business district loss. The Chicago Exposition closed with about five hundred attendees. The Emeline schooner wrecked near Newfoundland with all six aboard lost. Clearing houses show a weekly exchange of 1 106 000 000, up 11 4 percent from last year. Frost killed about three quarters of Cape Cod cranberries. Mrs Leader drowned herself and five children in the Thames. only one child survived. Jacobs Bros sale stables in Franklin Indiana burned. sixteen horses perished. Iron Mountain and Missouri Pacific brakemen arrested at Fort Smith for alleged freight car robbery. A Indianapolis hotel shooting left a man dead and wife nearly killed. Meyer Kant Boruscuinn dies of heart disease. Congressional nominations listed: Republicans James Wood and Charles W Woodmay, Democrat Frederick Hyde, Prohibitionist J Howard O Hatten.
A New Orleans dispatch reports a devastating cyclone along the Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou regions. The relief Lamar carried aid to Beaumont and Sabine Pass, where dozens of households were wiped out and hundreds left destitute.
A Thursday afternoon blaze in Eastport Maine raged for ten hours destroying sixty two dwellings eight factories seventeen wharves two hotels five boarding houses and one hundred thirty stores offices and business places leaving all one hundred families homeless. Estimated loss reaches two hundred thousand dollars with factories employing at least two thousand people posing urgent need for aid.
Rica Mex Va Oct 16 The Knights of Labor convention elected L C F Behlieber Massachusetts and J M Broughton Raleigh N G to the General Co operative Board David R Gibson Hamilton Ont was chosen Canadian supply agent The full corps of general officers was installed and the next general assembly was set for Minneapolis two years hence after a lengthy debate
In Manison Wisconsin on October 16 Mayor Court enay of Charleston District of Columbia reports to Commander-in-Chief Fairchild of the Grand Army of the Republic. The commander confirms relief needs can be met without further aid and instructs posts nationwide to stop soliciting funds.
Daily cholera fatalities in Seoul are reported at 1000 or more in Corea's capital. The figure reflects worsening public health conditions and prompts concern over epidemic control.
In a Richmond letter Mr. Powderly explains selecting colored delegate Farrell to introduce him aimed at uplifting the race and promoting equal labor rights. He defends personal liberty and calls for education of Black workers, defends social equality within American citizenship, and notes hospitality in Richmond amid tensions. His reply addresses critics and asserts rights without inviting infringement.
The House of Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Church discussed a proposed canon barring marriages under eighteen. It requires parental or guardian consent, two informed witnesses, and sets limits on remarriage after divorce. The measure was made a special order for October 14.
London says police confirm De Gaieff escape to Genoa after Siberia prison breaks. Since June at least twenty prisoners fled including officers and students, sparking a Siberian commission to overhaul jail governance and arrest officials for negligence or aiding escapes.
Reports to the Ohio State Board of Health by 79 observers show malarial fever diphtheria typhoid fever consumption bronchitis erysipelas whooping cough and other illnesses. Typhoid fever cases rise in Ashtabula. a Columbiana County outbreak near East Rochester noted. Boodle Aldermen arrested in New York with bail issues and further arrests anticipated.
A crowd of Anarchists chased Gottfried Waller who had testified against Spies Parsons and others. He fired twice without effect, found refuge in a police station, and several pursuers were arrested. Juror Cole and his family receive ongoing threats from sympathizers with the convicted anarchists.
Bobby Adams, a top professional safe-blower, was arrested by Detectives Marks and Granger from rogues gallery descriptions. He was found on West Washington street and tied to the Minneapolis post-office robbery with $15,000 in stamps stolen and about $4,000 recovered. Adams led T. J. Finnucane to part of the loot. his preliminary exam is set before Commissioner Hoyne.
Terrible hurricane from the West Tidia enters the Gulf and reaches Galveston. A northerly gale drives water over docks and into the city, with Gulf side waves washing inland. Ships and barges pound wharves as cotton-laden barges sink. barometer drops sharply and telegraph links may fail.
The Chicago Herald notes New Zealand as government owned railways and communications with a population split of 500,000 white and 100,000 natives. It cites 1 230 miles of rail, 1 802 post offices, major cities around 40 000, and Wellington about 20 000. It highlights abundant sheep and cattle, no snakes, and Marais natives with Assembly representation and land leases to whites. The report ends with a claim from an English scientist linking color blindness to tobacco type.
A fierce gale accompanied by rain swept through Chicago Burrato Buffalo and nearby towns on October 15. Winds reached sixty five miles per hour collapsing the island dikes flooding Canal Street and flooding basements. Twenty nine houses wrecked many homeless. One family lost wife and daughter. Music Hall rear wall collapsed. no injuries. Widespread property damage reported from Illinois Indiana Michigan and Iowa areas. a 125 foot boiler iron water works tower at Kankakee toppled cost 15000.
A Sheboygan dispatch reports the Cleveland steambarge Selah Chamberlain collided with the steam barge John Pridgeon Jr near Sheboygan, sinking in 42 feet of water. Five crewmen are missing and presumed drowned after the davits failed and men fell overboard before lifeboats could be used. The Chamberlain was bound for Escanaba with a tow, the Fayette Brown.
At Richmond Va on October 14 the Knights of Labor caucus fixed a two year term and elected officers T W Powderly as General Master Workman Griffith as General Foreman Turner as Treasurer and Litchman of Massachusetts as Secretary The election of the Executive Board followed with Barry Hayes Bailey Carleton McGuire and Aylesworth named The assembly approved £15000 to aid locked out workers in Augusta Ga and tanners in Salem and Peabody Mass and plumbers in New York City with further aid possible.
A special train carried Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase's body to Cincinnati. An immense audience at Music Hall heard tributes from ex Governor Hoadley Justice Matthews and Senator Voorhees before the funeral train conveyed the remains to Spring Grove cemetery for interment beside his wife.
Around 1 a.m. nearly 200 disguised men overpowered the sheriff, mobbed the jail in Mesticeto II, and hanged Henry Wildman to a shade tree near the jail. They then shot him eleven times to ensure the deed. The corpse remained hanging until about six o'clock after the coroner arrived.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union convention of Iowa elected officers for the coming year. President is J. Ellen Poster, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. M. J. Aldrich, Recording Secretary Mrs. Anna L. Mohin, Treasurer M. J. Davenport. Delegates to the national convention were chosen.
Two masked robbers entered Wilmarth's Bank in Asmnanp Wisconsin at ten o'clock yesterday morning. They forced the cashier into the vault with revolvers, then robbed the safe of four thousand dollars and escaped.
J F J Bradley, former manager of the Pullman Sleeping Car Company who fled Chicago last July after embezzling 35000 dollars, was captured yesterday at Silverthorn's hotel in Rocky River, six miles from Cleveland.
Canon Bianchini was stabbed to the heart as he left St. Mark's Cathedral by Sig. Vianelli, a former deacon who converted to Protestantism citing apostasy and ruin as motive. The incident occurred yesterday in Venice on October 15.
Chicago Oct. 14. The National Committee of Anti-Saloon Republicans calls opponents of liquor traffic to unite with Republicans to suppress the saloon. It accuses the liquor interest of arson and assassination and urges state and local action to cripple the saloon, backed by law enforcement and education efforts. The piece argues the Republican party must lead reform and defend public welfare.
The Illinois Board of Labor Statistics releases chapters of its fourth biennial report focusing on convict labor. It notes 1 304 men at Joliet, 410 at Chester, and 15 boys at Pontiac Reform School, with prices per day ranging from 50 to 62 cents and up to one dollar for wire work. The report urges abolition of the contract labor system and criticizes it as hindering progressive criminal treatment.
Christopher Remembered in St. Louis reports the bronze Christopher Columbus statue by Von Miller of Munich unveiled Tuesday afternoon in Tower Grove Park. The 15 foot granite pedestal statue was a gift from Henry Shaw, owner of Shaw's Garden. Major John R Hoalting, Logan's former chief of staff, died of heart disease and was buried in Rochelle, Illinois.
President Cleveland issued a proclamation revoking the suspension of discriminating customs duties on Cuban and Porto Rican products at U S ports. Spain’s failure to keep its agreement prompted the action announced yesterday by the White House.
Oct. 14 report notes Colonel O B Willcox named Brigadier General in the United States Army to replace retired General J H Potter and take command of the Department of the Missouri with headquarters at Leavenworth Kansas. Judge Wallace denies banks injunction on state share taxes. Ex president Gonzales allegedly assassinated in Mexico per El Paso dispatch. Manchester merchants Jackson Brierly Briggs suspend with liabilities around $400000.
Washington reports the flag removal from a schooner at Shelbourne was a misunderstanding and Canadian officers apologized. In Salt Lake City the Mormon Territorial convention renominated John T. Cain for Delegate in Congress and backed Statehood and self government. In Portland Mrs Adelbert Baker, 35, collapsed and died while dancing at a ball.
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