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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1899
Page
1
Fragmented report discusses possession of Spanish prisoners as alleged proof of nullity of Spanish sovereignty at treaty time. Mentions Dreyfus era court scenes, guards, and secrecy over dossier in a wartime context, with references to powers and foreign relations.
A damaged OCR page shows scattered notes about repairs on islands. Mentions plans to send supplies and protections at the earliest moment. Lacks clear dates or named places due to garbled text.
The Rennes court held closed hearings as the Dreyfus trial proceeded with limited public access. Report notes debate over wartime loyalties and comments by a prominent figure claiming the country is not a place for a gentleman.
A dramatic Manila report says General MacArthur with about four thousand Americans crossed five miles beyond San Fernando and defeated a Filipino force of around six thousand, leaving casualties on both sides. The piece notes shelling, arrests, and surrender talks with Spanish prisoners amid a broader battlefront update.
United States transport Senator arrived in San Francisco with flag at half mast to mark the death of Col. Alexander Hawkins commander of the Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Hawkins fell ill with cancer of the bowels aboard the ship on July 16 near Nagasaki and died at sea two days later while en route from Manila.
English capital expands into Cuban and Porto Rican plantations and diverse businesses. James Grantham, a Dalish capital representative, reports rapid investment growth and predicted English dominance of Cuban and Puerto Rican markets within years. He notes Cuban traders favor Spanish speaking partners and expects longer payment terms for certain trades.
A hastily reported Cleveland style council meeting in Hirminegham Alabama debated forming a committee to present to Congress a plan to move the Negro population to Africa. The proposal would seek funds to start steamship lines for removal and colonization.
An irregular report describes political turmoil in Kentucky with revolt rhetoric, factional clashes, and a push to nominate candidates for the November election. It notes debates over procedures, party platforms, and the influence of government figures amid contested nominations and national tensions.
Telegram from Laporte Indiana describes a new skunk trust to be formed under New Jersey law with backing from Ohio Indiana and Illinois capitalists. The plan includes ten million dollars in capital and Albion Indiana as headquarters to unite existing farms and boost demand for pelts used in seal skin garments. The venture seeks rapid skunk production and profitable returns amid rising fur demand. A parallel venture involves Nathan Meyer a noted fad manufacturer establishing a breeding and import operation near the city with an eighty acre farm and a ten acre breeding area featuring a rabbit house.
Fred Palmer died at the Reformatory in Jeffersonville on the day his three year burglary sentence expired. He had been sent from Huntington on December 19, 1896, and, counting good time, his term ended Saturday morning. He reportedly had no living relatives or friends. Palmer was buried in the Reformatory cemetery.
Listing of Indiana residents and their patent claims including sealing cans, gas and oil separators, illuminated walkways, revolving piston motor wheels, water works separators, mailboxes with bells, mortising attachments, wire-stretching tools, harvesters rake attachments, brick molds, wire working machines, and gas stoves with ventilators filed in Indianapolis and other cities. Names include Allen, Black, Brown, Burger, Davis, Elrod, Greenleaf, Vant, Nicholas, Pegg, Reet, Saur, Shimer, Smith, Taylor, Wertshaueher, Whitehall, Williams among others.
Mrs Fillan Acres wife of Albert Gaerves a respected farmer was murdered Monday night. The couple had returned from a visit in Paiiess county. The daughter escaped unharmed while Acres discovered his wife dead with a heavy blunt injury. Sheriff Carothers leads a posse in the search. The victim had been threatened by a former husband if she remarried.
A farm expands its fenced operation as 300 hares are placed and agent Wolf travels to Europe to buy more. Meyer says the project will grow, boost fur supply for crush hats, and profit from the high priced hare hair used in hat making.
An incident near the Iowa River ends in a fatal trampling with a man killed and his wife sustaining crushed ribs. The event draws in local Salvation Army and Forest Park volunteers as emergency crews assist. the case involves Emma V in a long service record and officers from New York and Langden. The report notes seven years of related service and ongoing investigations.
Former Governor W O Atkinson died at his ScRoelock home Tuesday morning after a ten day illness. A Democratic leader, he was elected governor in 1894 at age thirty nine after six years in the State House where he served as speaker for several sessions.
Indiana Senator Beveridge and Mrs Beveridge return from Manila aboard the Empress of Japan en route home to Indiana. He declines to comment on the Philippine campaign or General Otis. He notes a quarantine period after a bonbonic plague breakout aboard a steamer.
A man stood with a foot on two cars when the coupling broke he fell between them. Bath legs were cut off by the wheels as the cars collapsed onto him. Nephart's wife witnessed the incident. Keplart died after being freed from the wreckage.
Cumberland Wisconsin special reports farmer Christ Wold near Puskin Lake committed suicide by placing dynamite in a ground hole, burying his head on the fuse and exclaiming his fate. He was thirty, leaves a wife and family, with no stated cause for the act.
Elwood reports John Granger a young law student missing from four months in town. He befriended Mrs Tennie Gustin widow and allegedly swindled her by persuading sale of property for shared funds. Gustin provided money and a gold watch, but Granger has not been seen since.
In Wabash Indiana a malaria dysentery outbreak in Li Center Wells county has caused no child deaths. At least four people are ill and sixty cases have occurred in two weeks. Physicians attribute the spread to stagnant water and poor sanitation in the village.
Tes Mote of Kokomo delivering a piano in the country Monday encountered a huge racer coiled in the road. He avoided the snake but the wagon and piano broke apart as the team bolted, killing one horse. Mote killed the snake.
The Masonic fraternity of Columbia City plans to spend 2 cents a year in building a theater and lodge hall. Rev. J. F. Stout of Red Wing Minnesota is named pastor of Grace M E church in Kokomo. John Kneese near Maysville commits suicide at eighty. John Parrir near Raub struck by lightning and killed. Lieut Norman Beall of Indiana enlists in Chicago for the Philippines. Bud Buckingham of Aurora wanders, found after four days without food. Earl Love of Fairmount robbed after nightfall of $12. G W Cook of Anderson injured in a runaway at Cambridge City.
Frank Swearinger aged thirty five was accidentally killed Tuesday in Fort Worth while helping unload a four ton flywheel from a flatcar. A switch engine backed into the car crushing the wheel onto Swearinger. He leaves a widow and two children.
William H. Buckley, a renowned southern Indiana boat builder, will celebrate his 79th birthday on August 10. For over fifty years he has worked daily in the shipyard, remaining strong and nimble among younger crews. He attributes health to regular habits and walks to his lodge after work nearly every night, living a mile from Jeffersonville’s main street.
Bridgeport Conn tragedy on Stratford extension of Shelton Street Railway killed nearly forty as a loaded trolley plunged from an iron trestle into Peck's mill pond. Motorman Hamilton escaped. Conductor John Carroll and many passengers died. Bar Harbor Maine ferr y plunge killed scores in a gauge plank collapse with seventeen drowned and many injured during Maine Central excursion turnout.
President McKinley purchased the famous McKinney Cottage at North Market Street and Pheals Avenue in Canton. The deal closed Saturday for 45000 dollars under contract, with possession transferred. Mrs Harter’s sale was unlikely to another buyer. The president may spend summers there and renovate the interior for comfort.
Joseph Ward a 70 year old prominent farmer near Chalmers White County was shot through the heart by his tenant Miram Collins Tuesday evening about 4 o'clock and died at noon Wednesday. Collins, who had bought Ward's farm at sheriff's sale, was arrested after the dispute over rent. He has been treated in the insane hospital. Years ago Collins wrote threatening letters to the Governor.
Coroner's jury finds Patrick Drury, wealthy Springfield resident, killed Saturday by contact with an electric wire. Jury holds Capital Electric Company responsible. police had ordered removal of the wire.
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