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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1899
Page
4
General MacArthur entered Malolos and found the insurgent capital burning as Aguinaldo and his cabinet fled north after three hours of combat. Filipino forces abandoned the city, leaving guns and swords, while American losses were light in the decisive engagement.
The passenger steamer Stella bound for the Channel Islands struck Casquet rocks in fog near Alderney and foundered within ten minutes. Four boats and 40 people were saved by the Lynx, with estimates of deaths ranging from 70 to 120.
Washington dispatches reveal Filipino officers criticizing the retreat as uncalled for and predicting mass desertions. Otis cites casualties and resting troops at Malolos as fighting near Manila continues. Plans to use native troops during the rainy season are discussed as reinforcements prepare to depart from New Jersey for San Francisco.
Washington report states Consul General De Leon in Guayaquil says Ecuador will switch to a gold basis after Congress enacted a reform. The change, he notes, will place the monetary system on a gold standard within two years.
A wealthy Parisian, M Tourret, was fatally shot last night in the Bois de Boulogne. Authorities say the killer aimed at President Loubet, mistaking Tourret for the president due to a striking resemblance. The assailant fled, investigation underway.
Eyewitness describes Captain Rooks urging crew as suction and sinking chaos threatened the vessel. The bridge voice repeatedly commanded rowers to pull for their lives while the hull faced engulfing forces.
Joseph Medill estate valued at 32,000,000 is distributed in probate court. Most goes to his daughters Mrs. Robert W. Patterson and Mrs. Robert S. McCormick. Former Tribune employees receive 1000 each. 140 is set for a bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin in Lincoln Park.
A Dennison dispatch reports six masked burglars bound and gagged Mr and Mrs Thomas Crocker, torturing him with lighted matches to reveal money. Mrs Crocker suffered barbarous indignities as the thieves escaped with 397 dollars.
An informal conference of Quay supporters met at the executive mansion in Harrisburg on Tuesday night with Senator Penrose present. They decided Quay would remain a candidate for U S senator and, if the legislature fails to elect, submit the question to the people in the next legislative election two years hence.
Lewiston Idaho March 29 James McCaffery a miner arrived in Grangeville with news that his partners 8 T Short hill Mike OBrien and Jeff Turpin were drowned in the Salmon river four miles above Old Wire bridge The four were returning from Mallick mining district near Buffalo Hump when a boat capsized amid rough weather McCaffery only member to reach shore.
Postmaster Van Cott issues order prohibiting delivery to private letter boxes in New York City. Letters will be detained at the general post office and recipients must provide full particulars and reasons for using private mail receptacles.
Found guilty verdict delivered against Dr Samuel J Kennedy a Staten Island dentist for the murder of Dolly Reynolds at the Grand hotel in New York August 15. Jury convicts in first degree before Judge Williams.
Cable from Manila dated April 3 1899 indicates insurgent government in perilous condition with the army defeated and desertions expected while American forces push north toward Aguinaldo. The Philippines Commission issues a proclamation urging peaceful adherence to U S rule and civil rights protections.
Washington April 4 President McKinley is expected to issue a farewell peace proclamation by week’s end signaling the war with Spain is over. The Spanish Paris treaty copy, signed by the queen, is en route to Washington for presentation to the president by M. Cambon the French minister.
William Waldorf Astor and counsel Charles Peabody Jr. appeared before New York tax commissioners to seek removal of about 2 million dollars in personal taxes claiming non resident status. Astor said he did not give up citizenship but is a non resident. board president referred matter to full board.
Chairman Hancock announced the Republican state convention will be held in Des Moines on August 2 instead of August 9. The Democratic state convention was moved to August 16 due to a clash with the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias during the week of August 9.
Savannah Georgia April 4 The One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana volunteers now in camp here will be mustered out of service April 23.
Rudyard Kipling left his bed for the first time since illness on Sunday and wrote a public letter from New York thanking those who sent sympathy and good wishes during his convalescence.
Robert Brown was hanged in the jail yard at 9 40 Monday morning before about 4000 spectators. He mounted the scaffold with a firm step but was too excited to speak.
Ohio voters elected mayors in Cleveland Cincinnati and Columbus with Republicans expanding influence while Dayton and smaller cities drifted. In Michigan, Republicans held steady thoughDetroit Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo saw Democratic gains in major cities amid a light overall vote.
Minneapolis miller John McGraw killed boardinghouse keeper Mrs Stacey Miller then shot himself after an unreturned affection. In Chicago Joseph Brown was stabbed to death by his wife Clara after a violent quarrel. Paris the American liner completed a 30 day West Indies cruise with 400 passengers aboard. Creston and Carbon residents reported two suicides in separate personal crises. Buenos Ayres dispatch notes Britain to fortify Port Stanley and Falklands defenses.
Washington reports nearly 350 soldiers and civilians killed in the Santiago and Porto Rico campaigns to be interred at Arlington Cemetery with full military honors. The ceremony at two o'clock Thursday will be led by Post Chaplain Freeland, with Col. Guen ther in command, and government offices to close at noon.
New York reports the Windsor hotel blaze ends searches with 45 dead and several still missing. Memorial services at Heavenly Rest honor the victims as cleanup continues and a total of 45 injured persons recover.
Clyde Mattox killed Lincoln Swinney an Osage ranchman in the White House club saloon Ponca City Oklahoma Monday evening during a quarrel Swinney was the aggressor Mattox used a knife in self defense his history includes a 1901 Oklahoma City killing and a long legal fight that led to various pardons and commutations culminating in a pardon from President McKinley last year. The case is noted as one of the southwest’s most celebrated.
Nine ship wrecked scientists who sailed from this port in February on the schooner Stella Erland for a South seas cruise have arrived in San Francisco from Guaymas. They were picked up by the steamer Carazoz in Magdalena bay near the wreck site.
Advance Wages. LGeliaire, O., April 4. The employees of the Aetna Standard Iron & Steel plant are pursuing immediate wage advances amid ongoing labor discussions.
The isthmian canal commission will have seven members led by Rear Admiral Walker and Brig. Gen. Haines with Haupt Noble Symonds Voigt likely on board. The panel will evaluate both the Panama and Nicaraguan routes and report to Congress next session to secure funding.
Washington April 3 military court investigating the beef question heard many witnesses including army surgeons who said they had no experience with canned beef or health problems from its use. Greenleaf W. Simpson testified of supplying beef on the hoof to troops in Cuba and urged that beef must be kept on the hoof or on the block. He said the beef would not keep 24 hours and would spoil within two hours after issue. General Eagan discussed plans to buy refrigerated meat and preservatives. A witness described meat spoiling on ships to Sampson's fleet and much meat being condemned though tainted meat was still issued to vessels.
Mataafa defies the provisional government as U S Navy ships Philadelphia and the British cruisers Porpoise and Royalist bombard villages along the Samoan coast. German consul upholds Mataafa, while a joint Anglo American German commission to settle the dispute is planned in Washington.
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Silas A Pinney died at his Madison home after eight months of illness from dropsy He left the bench November 9 and was confined to bed for four weeks The funeral is set for Wednesday with the supreme court adjourning for the day Pinney came to Wisconsin in 1846 and helped publish the first three volumes of the state supreme court reports He was a prominent figure in law and politics and associated with Levi Vilas J C Gregory and A L Sanborn
The first shipment of cherries for this season left Vacaville on Friday, a box from J. T. Cough's ranch bound for Chicago. Last year the opener was April 15, and with favorable weather apricots should be in market by mid April, signaling a likely record year.
Joliet Illinois April 3 The Joliet Stove Works company posted notices granting a ten percent advance in wages to all its employees beginning Monday About 60 will be affected.
Washington reports the monthly public debt at March 31, excluding cash in treasury, at 1,149,505,563 dollars a drop of 8,393,000 from February. The decline is attributed to a net gain in cash on hand. London dispatch notes a district messenger left for California on Saturday afternoon as part of a separate item.
The special train carrying President and Mrs. McKinley and Postmaster General Smith reached Washington at five o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn Gen. Corbin Secretary Porter and other officials met them at the depot.
A Washington dispatch reports Brig. Gen. Flagler chief of ordnance U S Army died at the Hygeia hotel at five o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Born in New York he entered the military academy in 1856 and graduated in 1861.
The United States transport Crook, Capt. Welcome, arrived Wednesday from Porto Rico and Santiago with 306 passengers and sixty two bodies of soldiers who died or were killed in Cuba and Porto Rico. One hundred twenty of the bodies are from Porto Rico.
Aged 114, known as Aunt Patsy, dies in the Spans district of Washington. The longtime resident, celebrated for her longevity, leaves a legacy in the community.
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