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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1890
Page
2
A Vienna correspondent reports floods in central Europe may cause losses near 20 million dollars. The damage to beet crops could push Austrian sugar exports to about sixty percent of the normal level.
The German Emperor is a voracious reader, with fifty leading European journals laid out each morning. After breakfast he dives into them and cuts out items that strike his fancy with he sharp nipping of his shears.
Grapstone writes to Canadian friends explaining his age and other duties prevent crossing the Atlantic and his inability to visit the territory in which he has long shown interest.
A IARNYD man cites the phrase I made a mistake as the hardest to pronounce in English. He recalls Frederick the Great writing to the Senate I have just lost a battle and it's my own fault and Goldsmith remarks that his confession shows more greatness than his victories.
The article describes an experimental electric mouse trap that uses a metallic cage with cheese to lure rodents. When a rodent enters the cage it is struck by a strong electric current and electrocuted, illustrating a new application of electricity for utilitarian purposes.
The article notes how mourn ing colors differ across nations and times. It cites Rome where men wore black and women wore white to signify mourning, while Turkey and China used violet and white respectively. Egypt preferred yellow, Ethiopia brown, and London and America black. Spain reportedly wore white until 1498.
A sequence outlines wedding anniversary milestones from the first through the fifty fifth, pairing each year with traditional gifts such as sugar vinegar iron wood crystal china silver ruby pearl and more. The list includes notable gaps and headings for each milestone.
L Farstox a popular novelist rose from newspaper work in New England where he ran a small paper. A friendly note from Dickens guided him to writing fiction. He is married to Joe Jefferson’s daughter and his son imitates Rip Van Winkle from watching his grandfather perform the role.
The training ship Portsmouth sailed from Newport on a European cruise carrying eight carrier pigeons from training stations. Birds were released every eight miles. six returned to Newport safely and one covered seventy miles in an hour and three quarters. The experiment suggests pigeons can serve as messenger birds at sea as well as on shore.
A new industry prints the rolling of cold steel bars into wire. Contrary to prior belief, cold rolling does not weaken the fiber but nearly doubles tensile strength. Hot drawn wire shows 56 460 psi versus 105 800 psi for cold rolled wire.
A new device overcomes oil usage difficulties in heavy seas. It uses a mortar and globular iron shell filled with oil. As the shell sinks the weighted shell lifts a hinged cover and releases oil beneath the surface, allowing it to rise through the waves and produce results.
The passage contrasts Japanese and Western practices, noting how Japanese books end with fin, early footnotes, and readers marking pages. dining customs favor wine before dinner. methods of hauling boats, pointing tools, and entry doors differ. house design prioritizes rear rooms and roof-first construction.
The text claims a vast, non standing force of 700000 railroad workers who work year round through all weathers. It cites 2000 killed and 20000 wounded annually with ratios of death and injury. It concludes 3,000,000 people depend on these workers for livelihoods, labeling them Americas railroad employees.
Lightkeeper Rogers of Straits Mouth Island near Rockport Massachusetts reports a morning of exhausted air and difficulty breathing. He describes a rushing sound like rockets and a shower of stones as water boiled, concluding a meteor caused the heat and boiling water observed.
A Kingston area man reports finding a white egg sized stone in the Etowah River sandbar that glows with a pure white light in darkness. The gem displays rainbow colors like a spirit level and has attracted a $1000 offer, which the owner declined.
Senate agreed to a land grant forfeiture restoration bill and passed acts repealing the timber culture law, authorizing irrigation rights on public lands, and blocking lottery advertisements by mail. House measures included a Omaha mint and a Washington statue for John Ericsson at 50 000 dollars. Other actions covered pension bills, contested elections, and proposed constitutional and monetary reforms.
On the 15th the visible grain in store stood at wheat 17 569 729 bushels and corn 1 350 539 bushels. The Utah commission says polygamy rising and taught in Mormon churches. US business failures for the week ending the 19th totaled 190, down from 193 prior week and 203 a year ago. The President signed river and harbor and anti lottery bills.
Nominations were made in several states with Republicans and Democrats naming candidates for governor and Congress. New Jersey and New Hampshire parties announced multiple district nominees. A Boston firm failed for 2 million dollars, and tax figures for Connecticut show population changes. Tragic suicides in New York followed a romance dispute. A deadly Reading road express crash in Pennsylvania killed dozens. Trotting records fell in Philadelphia as Belle Hamlin and Justina set a new mark.
West and South brief notes report Mrs. Hester Reed a black woman shot and killed by her husband who then killed himself. The item adds misconduct accusations from both spouses and lists political updates in various states including capitol location changes and congressional nominations, with details on Exposition salaries and several district races.
Reports list a wreck injuring fourteen with two deaths in Arkansas, gas asphyxiation deaths in Illinois, a train wreck in Mississippi with fatalities, and political nominations across several states. Incidents include arson attempts, cyclones injuring and killing, floods and epidemics, plus university gifts and leadership elections.
Reports detail Mexico's independence anniversary in Mexico City with Diaz opening Congress, the loss of the Austrian warship Taurus in the Black Sea, a fatal explosion at a German mine, a deadly fire in Japan destroying 170 houses, and 4,000,000 Chinese displaced by Yellow River floods. Other items note Irish unrest, a Dublin arrest, a Mexican railway collision, the Turkish ship Ertogroul sinking with 500 drownings, famine in Ireland, and a buried-alive case in Szegedin autopsy.
A bill passed the United States Senate extending free mail delivery to towns with populations over 5 000 or annual postal revenue over 5 000 and approving eighty five private pension bills. In the House no business was done due to no quorum. Reports detail numerous disasters and sports league standings.
Colonel George Davis was elected director-general of the Columbian Exposition by the world’s fair commissioners. The vote favored Davis by eight over his closest rival Hastings, with strong applause from galleries. President Palmer announced 21 standing committees with chairmen named for judiciary rules finance and more. James A. McKenzie named vice-chairman of the executive committee, making him Kentucky’s likely vice-director general.
Advices from Hiogo report the Turkish man of war Ertogroul foundered at sea with about 500 crew drowned. Osman Pasha, on board, perished. he had been on a mission from the Sultan to Japan. Hiogo also notes the mail steamer Misaki Maru lost near Cochi with all but one Japanese drowned. Boston reports the Challenger in distress at sea after severe winds. eight men lost overboard and four injured.
President Harrison signs the river and harbor appropriation bill and the anti lottery bill. He also signs joint resolutions printing eulogies for late representatives and recognizes Francis Lambertonghi as Italian Consul General. Repairs at the White House will render it uninhabitable until mid next week.
Evansville Arkansas reports a cloud-burst at a creek ford near the town killed six of a traveling family group of nine. Two men saved themselves and one child by clinging to trees. The drowned are Dinah George and three children Hannah Jones and a child. The men own a farm near Kansas City.
Marshalltown Iowa September 20 Ben son flouring mill at Union Iowa one of the largest in the state was struck by lightning Thursday night and burned to the ground The blaze wiped out 9 000 bushels of wheat and a large stock of flour The loss is placed at 50 000 with 10 000 insured
Reports of a cyclone near Manning Iowa on Thursday evening were confirmed Friday. William Ferry and his child were killed and several people injured. Property losses reach several thousand dollars.
C J Hamlin drove Justina and Belle Hamlin to win a mile in 2 15 1 2 at Philadelphia Driving Park setting a new best of 2 15 1 2, surpassing the 2 15 3 4 record by Cobb and Medium from 1884.
Lynn Massachusetts September 20 death of Benjamin Sweetzer a prominent citizen struck by a locomotive on the Boston and Maine railroad track Both legs were cut off and the body was terribly mutilated in the accident report footnote style marked by blunt tragedy without sensational detail.
John D. Rockefeller donated 1,000,000 dollars to the Baptist University of Chicago, adding to a prior 600,000. The gift, announced at the board meeting at Grand Pacific Hotel, funds non professional graduate instruction and fellowships, boosting endowments to about 1.8 million with more pledges. William R Harper of Yale named president. university plans include Morgan Park academy and early instructional start by Oct 1, 1892.
Gustave G. Koch a 26 year old crayon artist born in Vienna and Emilie Bossi a 19 year old Berlin born actress with Amberg's troupe killed themselves in separate rooms after a clash with Bossi's mother. Koch spoke to Emilie before firing a shot from the Bowery elevated station window and both ended their lives in the same moment. Bossi left a letter to her aunt describing the romance and intent to die and requesting cremation of her body.
In Sandborn, Indiana, the Meur and Blevins families clashed in a violent riot using knives pistols and axes. Two Meur members died from axe wounds and Rufus Blevins was shot dead with two of his brothers severely injured. The feud stems from a long standing dispute and may inflame local tensions.
A Nashville charter request reveals a packing firm with 41 million dollars capital inquired in the county clerk office. Initial outlay is planned at 1 million dollars, with 800 to 1000 workers once operational. The site covers 939 acres at the city western edge and plans include slaughtering 300,000 hogs and 50,000 cattle the first year, rising to 600,000 hogs, 75,000 cattle, and 75,000 sheep as capacity grows.
Cnicasco headlines reveal Paul Alexander Johnstone of Minneapolis unlocking a steel safe in the Wellington Hotel office while blindfolded. The achievement marks another claimed mind reading stunt by the young showman, considered more difficult than navigating streets blindfolded to locate a name in a hotel register.
Charles Miller the Prohibition party nominee for governor withdraws from the ticket citing pressing business demands. He sent the letter to A Ricketts chairman of the State Executive Committee in Philadelphia dated Sept 19.
The Cookson iron works assigned for creditors in Kansas City on September 19. The plant cost $40,000 and creditors are expected to be paid in full. Poor home patronage cited as cause of failure.
On Sept. 19 at the Oregon Ill fairgrounds James Nott of Byron near eighty died of heart trouble in the amphitheater. Isaac Jones of Pine Creek a prosperous farmer died after toppling over an embankment while returning home from the fair Wednesday night.
Oregon Illinois report notes Red Cloud a noted running horse collapsed and died during the second heat of a three quarter mile race on Thursday evening at the fair grounds.
A Reading Railway express derailed at Shoemakersville Pennsylvania after colliding with a coal train. Between fifty and seventy people were killed and many injured as wreckage plunged into Schuylkill Creek. Rescue efforts continued through the night as officials reported numerous identifications and ongoing recovery. A second brief item notes ten killed in a Mexican railroad collision at Rinconada.
Mrs Cervais of Pointe Du Lac nine miles from Turee Rivers was shot through a window and killed while at the supper table with her husband on Thursday evening. No crew or motive could be determined for the act.
Burrago New York September 20 Robert Dunbar aged 78 died here Thursday. He invented and introduced the grain elevator machinery and built the first elevator at this port.
Judge Vail overruled the motion for a new trial for Calvin Holden and Albert Dunham who were convicted of killing Harley Russell. They were sentenced to be hanged October 17. Mrs. Ann Eliza Holden received twenty five years in the penitentiary and Edwin Holden fifteen years.
Vienna report says a family of eight the father mother and six children were killed at Pressburg Hungary after eating night shade fruit. The incident underscores the danger of consuming unknown poisonous plants.
A Thursday night blaze in Berlin at 124 Freidrichstrasse killed four occupants. Wealthy merchant Frichs and his two daughters aged 16 and 14 perished with their governess and a maid. Bodies were found disfigured beyond recognition.
A boiler blast from a threshing machine at Marshfield near Athens Ohio killed Davis and Haynie. The explosion occurred as workers operated the machine, and the incident was reported by the Times Star special from Athens.
A cyclone south of Manning Iowa kills two and injures many with heavy damage expected. Other towns including Emmetsburg Vinton Des Moines Council Bluffs report destroyed barns, ruined stores, flooded basements, rail washouts, downed telegraph wires, and several injuries or fatalities in the stormy Thursday weather.
Reports from Poestenkill Ellington Hodson and nearby towns describe the Konesteel pond dam failure at Poestenkill six miles northeast of the village, washing away bridges mills and buildings. Elsewhere Ellington's pond dam breached destroying a railroad bridge and flooding districts. other areas face rising creeks and damaged mills.
Dion Boucicault the playwright and actor died after a lingering illness at 9 15 p m on Thursday. He was born in England in 1823 and began his career in 1841 with London Assurance. He came to America in 1853 and later achieved success with The Colleen Bawn The Octoroon and The Shaughraun among others. He married Agnes Robertson in 1854 and had six children all living except the eldest who died in infancy. The couple divorced years later and Boucicault remarried.
Reports detail lightning striking a giant chestnut tree near Frederick Missouri splitting it in two though no storm was observed at the moment. A Nashville tree fire from an electric wire scorched a limb and a policeman received an electric shock while dousing it.
The firm Gardener Chase & Co bankers and brokers in Boston suspend liabilities about 2 000 000 announced in New York. James T Phelps is the assignee. George R Chase says tight money and reduced collaterals caused the suspension and that no outside speculation was involved.
In WaAsa MeTon on Sept 18 the Treasury reports it purchased 16,883,800 of four percent bonds from offers totaling about 28 million. Officials note that thirty two days of disbursements exceeded receipts by 65 million. Total 4 per cent bonds offered for the country reached 1,057,500, with prepayment of interest on the 4 per cents totaling 851,772.
News from Hong Kong and Yokohama via the City of Rio Janeiro reports the Yellow River flood displacing about four million people in Chihli with severe misery in Shantung. Cholera is spreading in Shanghai and northern districts, with several Europeans dying.
In New York on September 18 rumors spread that Sawyer Wallace & Co the firm that failed about two weeks ago for nearly 1 million dollars may reopen. At the firm’s offices Mr Miller and Mr Sawyer said the matter had been discussed informally.
The strike ending order was read in local assemblies from New York to Buffalo. The directive originated from District Assembly No. 246 headquarters and was shared Wednesday morning.
A Louisville, New Orleans and Texas passenger train derailed near Wickssor Mississippi after a switch was tampered with. Engineer John Welch and fireman Jim Goddy died within hours. A gin house boiler explosion near Charlotte, North Carolina killed Will Boyce and injured several others.
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