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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1900
Page
4
Emigrants Expected From Europe to Boost Western Settlement
Railway officials estimate 500 000 Europeans will emigrate to the United States this year and most are headed for the great west and northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Great West
Northwest
Dan Rice Will Leaves Annual Dower to Daughter
The will of the famous circus clown Dan Rice has been made public. It provides his daughter with $1,000 per year and bequeaths his Tennessee coal land holdings, totaling 10,000 acres, to his daughter and to relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Rice
Tennessee
National Legislative League Formed in New York City
The National Legislative League is formed in New York City with Mrs Lillie Devereux Blake as president and a officers from several states. It aims to secure women equality of legal civil and industrial rights through action by the national congress and state legislatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Legislative League
New York City
Lillie Devereux Blake
National Congress
Arctic Sailors Report Record Seal Catch Growth
A sailing fleet report from the Arctic notes a seal catch of 296000 this year, up by SG000 over last year. It warns seals are becoming scarce and warns that greedily hunted species may face consequences similar to the buffalo’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Underground telegraph links London and Birmingham
London papers report completion of the underground telegraph system between London and Birmingham a distance of 1135 miles. Wires run in underground conduits at two and a half feet deep insulated with paper to keep them safe from storms and vandals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Birmingham
Richest Woman Denies Daughter’s Foreign Duke Marriage
The country’s wealthiest woman rejects the claim that her daughter will wed a foreign duke. She would prefer a capable American newspaper man as a son-in-law, presenting a tempting chance for a bold writer to land a major scoop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iletty Green
Rmor
Ameri can victims fall for distant relative scams
In recent weeks many Americans have fallen for a distant relative swindle promising quick fortune by advancing a few hundred dollars. The reports show new fools born weekly and crafty cons at work, even amid martial tensions near San Juan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Archibadd Portes Remembered as Pioneering War Reporter
Archibadd Portes, cited as the era’s leading war correspondent, died in Lon Con from paralysis. He covered Lord Chelmeford’s Zulu victory era and sent the first news via telegraph from harsh front lines, shaping early modern war journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibadd Portes
Lon Con
Die
Ihe
Ars
Lord Chelmeford
Arn
Forbes Rede Dfn
Ross
Secret of protegee life claimed by New York club
The Hundred Year club of New York claims a life extension secret. President Pheodore Sue tre says protegeeine has moved from theory to practice. He asserts life depends on what you eat and think. A rule: as long as one keeps eating and thinking, one will not die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hundred Year Club
New York
Pheocdore Suetre
Harvard Professor Opens Summer School For Cuban Teachers
Professor Ellot of Harvard offers to host and educate 1 060 Cuban teachers at no cost in the Harvard summer school and will open his private residence to accommodate them. Faculty members will join his example, showing practical patriotism beyond sentimental approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellot
Harvard University
Harvard
Cuba
Porches, Profits, and a Poised Chicago Lawyer
A porch climber robbed a Northside Chicago home and fled with $4.00 in jewelry while facing arrest and prison. Meanwhile a Chicago lawyer earned a $500,000 fee without risking danger or losing any loot, illustrating the supposed value of legal study over burglary.
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Chicago
European Investors and American Gold Flows
The article notes English investors buying American securities would draw gold to the United States, but European nations expect incoming American dollars this year. It cites Paris Exposition tourism boosting U S travel and spending, likely offsetting funds sent abroad for stock payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Atlantic
The Important Happenings of a Week Briefly Told
A concise weekly roundup surveys notable events from Washington and regions across the East West and South. It highlights political moves economic shifts and social developments affecting national life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
East
Foreign Dispatches From Fifty-Sixth Congress Summary
Senate debates Burrows against Quay seating and a first class post offices pay raise bill. Treasury to designate depositories in Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines for government funds. Dependent mothers of Spanish War soldiers receive pension benefits. House passes a constitutional amendment for popular election of senators. Numerous private pension bills considered and passed in both chambers. Morton statue ceremony noted in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrows
United States Senate
Quay
Secretary of the Treasury
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
House
United States
Alaska
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Capitol
Washington relative of George Washington dies in city
Ebenezer Bargestnil in Washington age eight years dies as the secretary of war seeks six new brigadier generals. Porto Rico tariff feature to take effect May 1. John Addison Porter resigns. George T. Cortelyou named successor. Duke d Arcos declines Dewey celebration. March exports reach record 194 513.24 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Ebenezer Barges Tnil
Washington
Secretary of War
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Porto Rico
John Addison Porter
George T. Cortelyou
New York
United States
Duke d’Arcos
Chicago
Notable NY Losses and Political Nominations Reported
New York reports list gas asphyxiation of Carl E Walstrom 55 and wife Nellie 54. Weekly stock exchanges total 1 575 billion dollars, down from 1 941 billion. Bank losses include Waterbury national bank teller missing with 25 0.6 shortage. lumber yard incident in Brooklyn causes 55 100 loss. J C Donaldson and a boy killed in an accident. Hopehveats renominate several congress candidates across multiple districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carl E. Walstrom
Nellie
United States
J. Henry Wreteham
Congress
Highteenth
George W. Ray
Serena EF. Payne
Charles W. Gillet
Ames W. Wadsworth
Ae Ene Teller
Waterbury
Wig National Bank
Brooklyr
N.Y
J. C. Donaldson
A Bey
Kilee
Multiple tragedies and political moves mark a turbulent period
Reports chronicle murders and suicides from Bakerville to Indianola, shipwrecks near Huntsville, and a Chicago shooting. boiler explosions in Benwood injure 13. coastal politics see Silver Republicans rename to Lincoln party and Oregon Democrats and Populists fuse. other items note wheat trusts, Cuba policy, and notable birthdays.
Fire Sweeps Away Oconee Illinois Business Portion
A fire swept through a business district in Oconee Illinois destroying shops and buildings. In other news Wisconsin Democrats plan a June 12 meeting in Milwaukee to elect delegates for the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oconee, Ill
Wisconsin Democrats
Milwaukee
Exposition News and World Conflicts Across Pages
At Paris exposition the United States exhibitor count reaches 6 564. On April 1 Philippine forces list 63 585 officers and men. A fishing boat wreck off Cornwall sinks three fishermen and eight lifeboat men. In Toron Bohemia an earthquake destroys 60 houses. Roberts reports Boer gains halted south of Bloemfontein and Methuen nears Wroenstad while Buller holds Natal. no new relief troops for Mafeking. Boer losses tallied at 12 600. In Toronto Harry Williams is hanged for grocer J C Varcoe murder. Paris opening draws immense crowd. London dispatch says Brabant defeats Boers at Wepener and captures guns and prisoners. Boers ruin mines near Elangslante. Buller battles not yet engaged. Manila dispatch notes insurgents active in Maritales mountains across bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippines
Cornish
Toron
Bohemia
Roberts
Bloemfontein
Methuen
Wroenstad
Builer
Natal
Mafeking
Toronto
Wepener
Elangslante
Buller
Manila
Maritales
Bay
Consolidated Early 20th Century Political and War Update
On the 16th the Senate referred a populist election measure to privileges and elections. The House debated naval appropriations. Judiciary proposed two anti trust reforms. Queen Victoria extends stay in Ireland to 27th. Kentucky governorship cases reach the Supreme Court on the 30th. A tornado devastates Hamburg Iowa. Americans report village burning in Benguet with casualties. Garrison at Batoe repels 500 insurgents. 106 killed. Three American soldiers captured on Panay and burned. Amanda Way nominated for Congress by Idaho Prohibitionists. Steel and Wire plant closures lay off 4400 workers. Irish riot in Johnstown ends with four dead and two wounded. Ohio General Assembly adjourns sine die. Rev. O B Wilson killed by lightning. William Miller found guilty of grand larceny. James Lennon kills wife and self in Troy. Boers lift siege of Wepener and move north. Orange Free State fronts cleared except Brabant’s force. routes into Wepener held by Boer commandos, hindering British relief.
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United States Senate
House
United States
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Ireland
Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
Hamburg
Manila
Benguet
Batoe
Panay
Amanda Way
Idaho
American Steel & Wire Company
Johnstown
Seventy-Fourth General Assembly
Ohio
O. B. Wilson
Stillman Institute
Tuscaloosa
Orange Free State
Desotoland
Orange River
Hicemfontein
Wepener
Various Small News Items From Around the World
A London physician claims hypnotism ended inebrity. A century-old Spanish silver mine was rediscovered in Texas. Ex Minister Denby credits American Missionaries for the open door in China. Naval board rejects double turrets for new battleships. Bishop Hartzell travels 56 miles in Africa for Methodist work. A New York woman becomes blind after years of mourning. Maggie Carmody of Toledo inherits 11000 from Australia in aunt’s will. McKinley asks Paris expo closing on Sundays. Chaplain Pierce reports no rise in Manila saloons. Mrs Alice Rice of Worcester leaves 500000 to charity. Miss Italia Garibaldi arrives to study American institutions. Mississippi to occupy new capitol in January 1902. Miss Gould receives vast charity requests totaling over 1.5 million in a week. Ohio Supreme Court upholds ban on oleo margarine imitating butter. Booth’s seventy first birthday marked with 200000 purse in London. Lewis Wilkins of St Paul claimed as world’s tallest man at eight ft 11 in and 364 lb. Rev David Gregg doubts general assembly condemning non elect children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Texas
Denby
China
Naval Board of Construction
Bishop Hartzell
Africa
New York
Maggie G. Carmody
Toledo
Australia
McKinley
C. C. Pierce
Manila
Alice R. Rice
Worcester
Mass
W. W. Nice
Italia Garibaldi
Mississippi
Helen Gould
Ohio Supreme Court
William Booth
Salvation Army
Lewis Wilkins
St. Paul
David Gregg
Brooklyn
N. Y
General Assembly
Guardsman Slain at Croton Landing Amid Labor Riot
National guardsmen arrived at Croton Landing New York to quell a wage strike. Sergt Robert Douglass of Mount Vernon was shot dead after dark as strikers attacked cables at the Cornell dam. Cavalry units were en route and authorities warned of a riot if workers were not deterred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National
Cornell Dam
Croton Landing
Mills Shut Down By Steel Trust Amid Overproduction
John W. Gates of American Steel and Wire confirms 12 mills in constituent companies have closed. Mills in Pittspurgh Cleveland Joliet J. Waukegan DeKalb Newcastle and Anderson suspended operations due to overproduction and slack business. Estimated impact reaches up to 4 060 workers. Output capacity cited and indefinite closures foreseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Gates
American Steel & Wire Company
West
Pittspurgh
Cleveland
Joliet
Waukegan
DeKalb
Newcastle
Ind
Anderson
Gates
Boers in Flight Across The Free State Front
London dispatches report Boer commandos withdrawing in various directions as Lord Roberts concentrates forces. Wepener abandoned. roads controlled by British limits Boer retreat northward. Reports place Boers near Ladysmith and beyond the Biggarsburg range amid logistical strain and horse shortages impacting British advance.
Surprised Filipinos Kill Insurgents and Burn Village
Manila reports Captain Dodd with Third Cavalry surrounded a Denwuet village and surprised 200 insurgents in barracks. The enemy lost 53 killed and 44 captured. one American was wounded. Another clash at Batoc, North Coco s with 260 insurgents repulsed, Americans suffered no casualties. Bondsmen pay $26,66 for fugitives Coughan and Mahoney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Dodd
Third Cavalry
Denwuet
Young
Batoc
North Cocos
Well Known Milwaukee Lawyer Samuel Howard Dies
April 17 report notes Samuel Howard, a prominent Milwaukee lawyer and veteran bar member, died of pneumonia at the Milwaukee Club after several weeks of illness. Separate dispatch from Kokomo Indiana states farmer John Thrailkill was fatally struck by a wagon tongue from a runaway team, his body reported as severely mangled but not yet certain if death is confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Samuel Howard
Milwaukee Bar
Milwaukee Club
Howard
Kokomo
Ind
John Thrailkill
Clergyman Killed by Lightning in Alabama Storm
Rev. C. B. Wilson, superintendent of the Stillman Institute at Tuscaloosa, is killed by lightning Monday while using a telephone during a thunderstorm in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
C. B. Wilson
Stillman Institute
Tuscaloosa
Supreme Court Rules on Stamp Tax in Express Packages
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of express companies in stamp tax cases, deciding whether shippers or carriers pay the stamps. Justice White delivered the opinion, reversing the Michigan Supreme Court ruling against the express firms in the American Express Company v Attorney General Maynard case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Justice White
American Express Company
Maynard
Michigan
Supreme Court of Michigan
Murderous Italian in Windber Toll Sparks Outrage and Fear
Four dead and two wounded in a Windber disorderly house brawl led to an Italian suspect likely beyond reach as a man matching his description was found under a train at South Fork. Victims include John Halverson Ed McCauley Gust Grieyback and Samuel Shives. Bask Nesro Willed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Ivy
Windber
Steaux
South Fork
John Halverson
P. McCauley
Gust. Grieyback
Samuel Shives
A Hint for Spring Wall Finishes for Homes
A 1900 era note urges housekeepers to brighten interiors as winter ends. It compares wall coverings and suggests Alabastine cement as a clean long lasting solution, highlighting easy application, purity, and a variety of attractive tints.
March and April Rail Excursions to Southern Garden Spots
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers round trip tickets at about half rates on the first and third Tuesdays of March and April to major Tennessee Alabama Georgia and West Florida points. Inquiries to P Sid Jones in Birmingham or J K Ridgely in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
West
Florida
P. Sid Jones
Birmingham
Ala
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago
Do you admire Wagner at the musicale
The scene opens with a soulful exchange about admiration for Wagner and a quick bond between two strangers. A dismissive jab references Washington baseball and years of public display. An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with testimonials and a money‑back offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Washington
Prize Thought Sparks Debate in Public School Music Lesson
A public school music teacher presents a Prize Thought to students stirring discussion about curriculum priorities. The lesson emphasizes creativity, technique, and student engagement while inviting parent input for future projects.
Bright little fellow shouts eighty at New Lippincott
Silence fell and a bright little fellow cried out eighty at New Lippincott. The moment captures a playful scene likely in a crowd or event involving a participant or spectator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lippincott
Grain-O introduced as coffee substitute drink
Advert reads Grain-O as a new food drink that can replace coffee for all ages. It promises rich mocha like color but is made from pure grains and is easy on delicate stomachs. Priced 15 cents and 25 cents per package, sold by grocers.
Knott Death Spurred Editor Exit From Town
In a Baltimore American item a newly departed editor faced trouble after writing about Knott’s death. The piece headlined Knott Is Nit and provoked backlash from Knott’s family, prompting the editor to leave town swiftly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayback
Clarion
Ole Man Knott
Knott
Knott Boys
Baltimore American
Poet and Editor Exchange Secrets in Stray Stories
A brief dialogue fragment features a poet confessing hidden depths to the editor who vows discretion. The exchange appears in Stray Stories, signaling a reflective literary moment.
Lane's Family Medicine Promotes Daily Bowels Health
An advertisement claims Lane's Family Medicine helps digestion by moving bowels daily and cleansing the liver and kidneys. It promises relief from headaches and notes a price of 25 cents.
Pleasant wholesome cough remedy advertisement
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar promises quick cough relief while Pike's Toothache Drops claim a one minute cure. A witty jab notes some people should have printed directions with their advice as PrisamM Fapeless Dyes boast stain free use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Pike
Chicago Daily News
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Claim
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as uniquely effective for sick women. It asserts unparalleled trust, confidential letters, free advice, and nationwide reputation with millions helped, urging readers to contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Es. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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