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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
4
Fragment lists days Thursday through Wednesday for September 24 to 27, 1899 with weekday labels across a small calendar segment. The readable text suggests an early calendar snippet without events or year-specific notes beyond dates.
The Kansas City World questions a claim that Admiral Dewey fired on the German fleet at Manila. It states the fleet remains afloat and asserts no such action occurred.
Sir Charles Tupper proposes a Yukon railroad for exclusive British use and suggests miners will use the route for a toboggan before the last spike is driven.
A well known national figure is nominated for governor of Maryland. The candidate is described as a household name in English speaking regions and is expected to perform strongly in the provincial race.
Chauncey Depew offered a quip in a recent speech explaining why room is plentiful at the top, noting that everyone competes to enter at the ground floor. The remark highlights a humorous take on ambition and opportunity.
The piece notes that John A. Calhoun, serving 1825 to 1834, was the last vice president renominated. It states only John Adams, George Clinton, Daniel D. Tompkins, and John C. Calhoun were reelected to the vice presidency, highlighting the infrequency of renomination in this office.
The 114 volumes of the Rebellion Records published by the government have cost 32,600,000 in total. Few readers access them, yet officials insist on their necessity despite the ongoing publication.
The article notes that Elihu Root is the eighth New Yorker to serve as secretary of war. It lists predecessors from New York including John Armstrong, Peter B. Porter, Benjamin F. Butler, John C. Spencer, William M. Marey, John M. Schofield, and Daniel S. Lamont, linking them to various presidents.
In Cave City Kentucky two Candle Grocery Co merchants, identical twins, married twin sisters. Each couple has twin children so alike that families struggle to keep the babies from mixing. The story highlights remarkable twin abundance in one family line.
La Para Granda once the pride of Santa Barbara California, the world’s largest grapevine, with a 315 foot trunk and branches on a huge trellis, yielded four tons of grapes annually. The trunk will be preserved as a relic in the Santa Barbara chamber of commerce museum.
New York congressman Payne, member of the Alaskan boundary commission, returns from a two month visit. He declines to discuss the boundary question but says the trip clarified its importance and reveals Alaska to be richly mineral and a future great source of wealth.
Beverly Farms residents discuss purchasing Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. home to convert into a memorial park with walks named for Holmes characters. The building is now a summer home of Holmes’ son Chief Justice Holmes of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Nearly 70 thousand troops will be available for service in the Philippines before November 1 as the president plans to enlist 35 thousand volunteers. The regular army has 90,671 men since the Spanish war began. The treasury will issue a full series of new notes replacing old ones from one to three hundred dollars. McKinley may proclaim Cuba census as the start of independence moves for that island.
Harrisburg Republicans nominate Lieut. Col. James Barnett of the Tenth regiment for state treasurer as McKinley administration support is endorsed. Weekly exchanges at leading U S clearing houses total 1 527 532 668. business failures 153 in the week ended.
A regional digest reports several events including five miners killed by a dynamite blast at the Margaret Mining mill in Carterville Missouri, drownings near Grafton Illinois, and deaths of notable figures in Cincinnati and Warsaw. It notes political campaigns, races, and social upheavals across Kansas, Kentucky, Georgia, and beyond.
Boston rider Tom Butler set a ten mile world record at Ravenswood Illinois with a time of 16 minutes 57 and three fifths seconds. He achieved the best mark against the record acknowledged by cycling authorities and spectators.
Pa US consul Edward Bediloe faces suspension and returns home to answer charges of aiding Philippine insurgents. The Genesee yacht won the Canadian Cup race in Toronto, returning to Rochester. Storms in Chili caused property losses above £1.5 million. Manila’s Third Cavalry, 715 men and 15 officers, departed Seattle. Routledge & Sons head Edmund Routledge died suddenly in London. Acre inhabitants declare independence, forming a new South American commonwealth. Transport Ohio with 726 soldiers and 11 officers reached Manila. Philippine revenue to July 31 totaled $5,249,411 since US occupation. Gold-veined district found near Mine Centre Ontario. Kruger reportedly backs down in Britain dispute. Gen Otis commends troops for their royal service. Goethe’s 150th birthday celebrated at Frankfort.
The story notes the arrival of Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers in Pittsburgh from Manila with President Mc Kinley reviewing a parade. It reports revolutions in San Domingo, a convent fire in Sparkill N Y with casualties, a fire at Oliver Bros. bedstead factory in Lockport N Y, and various deaths and violent incidents across several states and nations.
Manuel Garcia Spain oldest living professor of music born 94. A Glasgow man copying a Bible manuscript expects to finish in two years. Wichita twins Wilbur F and John F Stiles indistinguishable to all but intimate friends. William H Bodwell printer ex president of International Typographical union dies at Whitehall New York aged 97. Russian rumors claim world end panic among uneducated. An imperial ukase funds noble children education. Salvation Army forbidden trumpet drum tambourine in Philadelphia streets. Italian quarry town inhabitants pay no rent or taxes dwellings carved in rock. Buffalo exposition Niagara Falls lights will use electric searchlights with colored glasses. American Automobile Company formed in New York to oversee kerosene or gasoline powered cars. Professor R A Fessenden says earth at least 500 million years old. Captain Francis W Dickins to command the battleship Indiana. US Geological Survey reports mineral production value rising from 369 million to 679 million since 1880.
Rennes August 28 during the sixth session of the second Dreyfus court martial Capt Freystaetter accuses Col Maurel of perjury and of suppressing truth Gen Mercier is blamed for misleading the court Maurel storms and Labori questions follow as Valerio testifies asserting Dreyfus’s guilt
Reports from Santo Domingo and nearby ports say government forces lose ground as insurgents gain momentum. Gen Garrido’s troops retreat from Monte Christi while towns like Mao and Guayacanes declare for the revolution. Gen Patino abandons official mission and joins Jiminez allies. Gen Juan Isidro Jiminez arrives in Santiago de Cuba with his sons but is barred from landing.
President McKinley lauded the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers at a Pittsburgh homecoming. Gov Stone and Maj. Lee S Smith spoke as crowds cheered, honoring 2 years in the Philippines and recalling fallen comrades. The address praised volunteers’ courage from Cuba to the Philippines and urged congressional recognition.
Twelve 33 ton steel arches on the Coliseum project on Wabash near Fifteenth street collapsed after the last arch was set. Nine men were killed and two believed buried. Dozens injured as the derrick and arches fell in a chain reaction. The Pittsburgh Bridge Company and contractors had hoped to complete the structure.
San Francisco reports additional recruits being prepared for Manila movement. The Puebla sails with 650, the Warren with 1200, and the Columbia about September 5 with 600 more. Ten transports will depart in the next two weeks, with two more due from the Philippines.
The old Clay mansion in Paris Kentucky was destroyed by fire on August 28. All contents were lost including valuable bric a brac. Miss Letitia Clay and other family members narrowly escaped as the roof began to collapse.
In Custody Milwaukee Aug 28 William Bar rett, a member of a bank robbery trio, was arrested for complicity in an attempt to snatch 1100 dollars from the counter of the First National Bank.
A letter from Lieut. C. G. Warner reports Gen. Fred Funston on the way home with the Twentieth Kansas regiment. Funston will retire from military life and reside in Kansas, awaiting orders in Manila.
Aug 28 in Little Rock a severe electrical storm killed millions of British sparrows as they hid in trees. After lightning subsided, their lifeless bodies lay thick on the ground. The report also notes Goethe’s 150th birth anniversary celebrated in Frankfort on the Main with decoration of Goetheplatz and the statue.
In Burlington Iowa on August 29 Conrad Falscraft aged 20 shot his wife aged 19 and then fatally wounded himself. He is dying while his wife survives.
Lawrence Kan Aug 29 a letter from Col Wilder St Metcalf of the Twentieth Kansas in Manila says many men are reenlisting in other regiments and that not more than 500 will come back with the regiment with about 700 likely to return in total.
Walter Wellman, leader of the Wellman polar expedition, arrived in London after returning from Tromsoe Norway on August 17 following successful explorations in Franz Josef Land.
Brig. Gen. Merriam reports to the War Department on Idaho miners riots shifting responsibility to Idaho Governor. About 700 arrests were made with 525 detained after initial inquiry.
A man in a linen duster and high crowned straw hat tells a patrolman he plans to get rich and invest wisely to do good. He imagines rich donations fund schools libraries and even a marble refrigerator to cool nerves in hot months. The Washington Star reports the satirical exchange.
A senior partner urges firing Whippleton to prevent him from beating the firm to work. The manager notes the morning race, but the old man insists Whippleton’s early arrival is what compels his own early rising, regardless of shirking.
A dying man believes angels visit him but his wife corrects him. He rouses in a rage, throws a boot jack at a brass band outside, hits the leader in the nose, then returns to bed and unexpectedly recovers.
A distant island general writes to the agricultural department requesting a ton of acorns to plant oaks for shade in trenches. He explains heat harms the troops and large oaks would improve comfort, then is interrupted by a round robin song and leaves in sadness.
A five year old girl lost her pet spaniel and found it through an advertisement. Her Sunday school lesson on the lost sheep inspired her remark to Miss May asking why the shepherd did not advertise in the paper.
Woman describes two years of fatigue dizziness backache digestive troubles and leucorrhea after childbirth. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and related products for renewed strength appetite and sleep. Archambo Salina, Massachusetts writes urging others seek Mrs Pinkham’s advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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