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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1886
Page
6
Grexerat Mines and his men spent twenty one weeks pressuring Geronimo until he surrendered. Recent measurements indicate the Washington monument settled four inches over the last year.
Within five days the Fargo temperature fell from 108 degrees in the shade to freezing point. The rapid swing highlights extreme weather conditions affecting residents and daily activity.
Castle Garven officials in New York report a drop in Mormon immigration to about twelve hundred to fifteen hundred people per year, noting sharper decline this year.
The Washington Herald urges southern readers to subscribe to aid the widow of Paul Hayne the noted Southern poet. The appeal asks readers across the region to support the charitable effort with subscriptions.
The Charleston city appraiser estimates five million dollars would be required to restore buildings to their pre quake condition.
Eowry Boorn mailed a thousand dollar check to an old Charleston friend after the friend’s house was wrecked by the earthquake.
Mrs. Fretchen Harren’s summer shore cottage at North Long Branch has long served as a residence for ill workers from New York, reflecting seasonal migration and lodging patterns of the coastal labor force.
The newspapers report a surge in earthquake information with the public quickly grasping updates as soon as they appear. Authorities emphasize preparedness and consistent reporting to keep communities informed and vigilant.
An English physician asserts men should not crop hair short claiming short hair routes electricity to the brain and lack of it will soften the brain. He warns this is bad news for bald men.
A few weeks ago the town of Lorie in Texas housed seven hundred people and valuable property. A cyclone struck, and now there is not the slightest sign left indicating a once thriving community or its past.
The widow of former President James K. Polk celebrated her eighty third birthday at her Nashville residence. Admirers sent many tokens of affection to the elderly lady.
The competition between St. Paul and Minneapolis began with grand hotel construction and grew through a state fair and exposition. It has ignited nightly street lighting, music, and fireworks in both cities.
An old belief links earthquakes to epidemics like cholera, though the author hopes the American quake did not bring such misfortune.
A former train boy who sold papers on the Chicago to Omaha route now resides in Chicago. He is Colonel Harry Ashby, owner of the Metropolitan Hotel, born in New York.
Last year the richest American merchant H. B. Claflin the richest American railroad man W. H. Vanderbilt and the richest American planter Edmund Richardson died. None died in bed: one dropped dead at his desk another in his ball and the third in the street.
Henry O'Reily died in New York after a New Jersey railroad refused him permission to erect telegraph posts along its Philadelphia to New York route. The company argued the telegraph would interfere with travel by enabling business, instead of using the railroad.
Railroads require about 14 million dollars worth of timber annually for ties, a volume matching a four hundred foot wide strip of woodland along each mile of track. With forest decline, sustaining ties long term seems unlikely, and Connecticut capitalists may be pulled back into the wooden nutmeg business.
Tris cites a letter from Rev. W. H. Harrison once Democratic Chaplain predicting severe earthquakes along the South Atlantic coast in August 1886. The letter also allegedly foresaw San Francisco’s total destruction after those shocks. The author claims the predictions rested on scientific calculations.
A local colored preacher proposes a novel account of origins asserting Adam and Eve were black and their first children were black, but Adam turned white after hearing the Lord speak following the forbidden fruit. The preacher argues the idea is new and provocative.
Ernest Seminine discusses his stance after a troubled New York coachman elopement case. When asked if he would divorce and remarry, he replies he would not marry another woman under any condition, insisting he would not reenter marriage even if presented with a basket and a woman inside.
The oleomargarine stamp program was ready for rapid supply to internal revenue collectors by the 14th. By that date the Civil Service Commission had 750 appointments. On the 15th the Treasury recalled $15,000,000 of three percent bonds from 1882. In the next two weeks the Government plans to issue about $40,000,000 in small silver certificates.
Maine returns Bodwell as Governor with 14,000 to Edwards and Republicans gain 148 Legislature seats to 35 for Democrats. Nationally Republicans lead in Senate and House, with state races in New Hampshire and Vermont shaping the map. multiple incidents and conventions noted across the northeast.
Reports from Indiana and Wisconsin cover land drainage and rattlesnakes near Decatur, corn yield estimates for 1886, and Wisconsin election slate including Woodward for Governor and Lloyd and Moonie top state posts. Notes on antisaloon convention in Chicago, a bank assignment in Glasgow, a Logansport murder arrest, a burglarized Minneapolis residence, and a lightning-destroyed Chippewa Falls mill.
The 14th note cites Turkey and Russia pressing Britain to withdraw from Egypt. Vienna reports extreme heat disrupting Austrian maneuvers. Cholera ravages Italy with multiple towns showing new cases and deaths. Japan records 59 000 cholera cases with 87 0 deaths. Seoul and Shinshu report ongoing outbreaks. China notes attacks on American missionaries as churches and hospitals are destroyed.
Reports show cholera rebounds in Austro Hungary cities with new cases and deaths in Triste Flume Pesth and Raab, plus Italian and other regional tallies. Advices from Mexico claim El Coyote and followers captured and executed. Other items note open-air worship in Charleston, stock exchange totals, a Reading camp meeting fire, bank cashier arrest, Thames rowing result, and political nominations in Ohio and Arkansas.
Eighteen states represented by 186 delegates at the National Conference of Anti-Saloon Republicans in Cortirua. Windom presided as permanent president with Blair among vice presidents. A platform advocating high license as a restrictive measure was adopted amid debate, calling for prohibition steps, local option, tax measures on saloons, and teaching of alcohol effects in schools.
District Commissioner Wheatley heads a thirteen member committee to organize next May's national drill in Washington. The plan includes prizes of at least 20000 and a Decoration Day Arlington visit. Several leading U S fire companies already express interest.
A vast cyclone swept through Michigan Indiana Illinois and New Mexico causing widespread damage. Howell and Brighton Michigan report destroyed buildings and a fatality while Montezuma Terre Haute and Michigan City endure unroofed structures and heavy losses with no further deaths confirmed.
The nineteenth annual Army of the Tennessee reunion closes at Rock Island Illinois with a banquet for 300. General M M Force chosen as next year orator and Colonel August A Jacobson as alternate. Officers elected include General W T Sherman president and many other officials. Next gathering planned for Detroit.
Joint meetings of the National Cattle Growers' Association of America and the National Horse and Cattle Growers' Association of the United States pave the way for a Chicago convention on November 16. The consolidation will complete at the gathering, creating the Consolidated Cattle Growers' Association of the United States. Delegates from the United States Canada Mexico and England are slated to speak.
Mrs. Maria L. English 57 wife of Joseph G. English president of Danviter First National Bank died aged 57 after long cancer. She was widely known in Illinois for Christian charity and public acts including funding the Illinois Industrial School for Girls with Mrs Beveridge of Mranston and Mrs Wardner of Cairo.
President Diaz, in his congressional address, lauds the dismissal of conflict over the Cutting affair. He credits Chihuahua courts and authorities, the restraint of Mexico, the good sense of the people, and the United States for avoiding escalation.
George Gould and Edith Kingdon wed at Jay Gould's Irvington residence in a quiet ceremony. Rev Dr Washington Choate presided as family members gathered, with reception lunch and a brief depart to Lindhurst for a three week sojourn before the couple returns to city life. Rumors claim an earlier London ceremony to avoid gossip.
Dr Edward Aveling and Eleanor Marx Aveling addressed about 2000 in Brivefort Conn under the Socialistic Labor party auspices. They outlined a German American campaign with Herr Wilhelm Liebknecht to speak across the United States in the coming months. The aim is to recruit American labor groups to openly embrace socialism and to link Knights of Labor and trade unions as means to emancipation from capital domination.
Minister Denby in Pekin cites two Chinese attacks on American missionaries. Rev. A. A. Fulton wife and Miss Mary Fulton burned out of Kwai Ping station and looted. property loss about 5500 dollars. A later case at Chung King injures a missionary woman and destroys property.
Cholera cases rise in Austria with Lig a Village near Agram hardest hit as 28 deaths follow 90 illnesses in 900 residents. Reports from Trieste Pesth and Danube ports show new cases and deaths while Turkey imposes quarantine. Japan Corea totals reach tens of thousands with high fatality in Seoul Shinshu Torai.
Wasmeron Sept 16 acting Secretary of the Treasury announced a call for 15,000,000 in three percent bonds. He noted previous voluntary calls yielded little redemption and were extended indefinitely. For the year ended June 30 1886 50,000,000 in bonds were called with 1,000,000 redeemed voluntary. Currently 52,000,000 has been called this year and 1,000,000 redeemed. Outstanding three percent bonds subject to call total 91,133,100.
The Price Current corn crop report places this year's total at 1.586 billion bushels, 850 million below last year's official total. Average yield nationwide is 21 bushels per acre, down from 26.5. States show wide declines: Illinois 81 million less, Indiana 9 million less, Iowa 64 million less, Wisconsin 10 million less, Michigan 5 million less, Minnesota 2 million more.
A special New York World newspaper train on the New York Central & Hudson River line ran 148 710 miles from Syracuse to Buffalo in 136 minutes actual time. Officials call it the fastest railroad run ever achieved.
The Howard County Bank at Glasgow Missouri failed Tuesday evening with alleged assets around 60 000 dollars. The bank president stated all depositors will be paid in full.
Hartford celebrated the dedication of a $60,000 memorial arch over Trinity Street honoring soldiers and sailors. The arch, designed by George Kelley, features life size wartime scenes and emblematic figures atop two towers. A city holiday closed banks and factories as crowds gathered for the ceremony and parade. General Joseph R. Hawley accepted the monument for Hartford.
Julius Baum & Co., wholesale clothiers of San Francisco, assigned to Solomon Sweet for creditors. Liabilities range from 750000 to 1000000 dollars, with assets believed to cover debts. Most debt is held in the East. Ten months ago assets exceeded liabilities by 900000. The cause of the failure remains a mystery.
A Rommanian Prime Minister M Bratiano was shot at by an assassin in Luonarusi on Thursday evening. The shooter aimed at Bratiano but struck Robesco a Chamber of Deputies member. The gunman was arrested and confessed political motive. Local excitement followed.
Canonsburg Tron Company in Pittsubanon shuts down extensive works due to natural gas shortage. The community relies heavily on gas, making the outage a major calamity for public and private interests. Pope Leo Orders Debts Paid to Purcell
Thirteen original states met in Philadelphia on September 18 1886 to arrange a centennial observance of the U S Constitution promulgation. Governors Pattison Lee Lloyd Stockley Wetmore McDaniel Shephard and others attended with Lt Gov Jones and delegates from several states. A permanent organization was formed and a December 2 meeting in Philadelphia planned. A sympathy resolution for South Carolina earthquake sufferers was adopted.
A Havana cable reports Ceiba del Agua in Cuba flooded by overflowing springs creating a lake where fields once grew Indian corn and coffee. No deaths reported but villagers fled and property losses mount as authorities and relief bands work to divert waters. The disaster follows a recent central island hurricane and unsettled mood grows.
Three masked men arrive at John Shryock’s Olney area farm at 3 a.m. demand him outside. When refused, they burn the house, shoot Shryock as he flees with over 2000 dollars, and loot the cash before escaping. the house is left in ashes.
Official returns from every city town and plantation show Bodwell Republican governor by 11000 over Edwards Democrat. Republican majority for Congressmen 17000. Republicans win 148 legislators to 35 for Democrats. Senator Hale to be re elected.
Corn in this section was damaged by a severe frost Thursday night. The Evening Star reports Secretary Manning will go to Austria as United States Minister, replacing the Treasury post. Governor Porter says he has heard nothing about such a plan.
Fires in Markets and Front streets in Milladelphia Philadelphia caused about 160000 dollars in damage with heavy insurance. Several firemen narrowly avoided being buried by falling walls as the fires raged Friday.
A firm led by Roscoe Conkling Tsane IL Bailey Peter Townsend Bailey and others forms with 590000 capital to move city mails to the general post office via pneumatic tubes. Arkansas official returns show total September vote 148000 with a 37000 Democratic majority. House 90 Democrats 67 Republicans and Wheelers. Senate 37 Democrats 6 Republicans and Wheelers.
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