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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1898
Page
4
A historical note identifies Jules Verne under the real name Olehewitz, a Warsaw native who lived in Amiens, France, linking the author to a hidden identity and continental ties.
Army engineers state New York and Boston defenses now rival any in the world. The nation is entering a phase of lasting peace and stability as reconstruction and training progress continue.
After a fourteen year litigation an estate once valued at seventy five thousand dollars has had the will sustained and the suit suspended as the estate is exhausted by legal fees.
Mrs. Gertrude Latty of 563 South Franklin Street Wilkes Barre Pa claims ownership of a clock she believes could be the original grandfather clock she can trace its existence for more than 150 years based on family history and records.
Mrs Harriet P Stafford of Cottage City Massachusetts presented to the government the first flag bearing the stars and stripes ever hoisted over an American vessel of war and the first that was saluted by a foreign naval power.
A popular lecturer says choosing a proper place is the first cave in building a home. He notes selecting a site is easy but the real challenge is how to gain possession after the choice. The quote emphasizes the order of tasks and the need for securing access.
The Vermont legislature passed a bill establishing an attorney general's office leaving the state without a current AG. The plan originated in Connecticut where voters elected an attorney general for the first time this year.
An inventor describes a method to attach stone soles to boots by mixing waterproof glue with clean quartz sand and spreading it over the leather foundation. The quartz soles are claimed to be highly flexible, nearly indestructible, and provide a firm grip on slippery surfaces.
The United States treasurer reports that 69 265 counterfeit copper and nickel pieces were detected last year. They circulated mainly in Boston New York and Philadelphia signaling a shift from larger denomination forgeries to lower value coin forgery.
The article notes 2,000,000 Italians are attacked by malaria annually with 15,000 deaths and a new society formed to study and master the disease. It reports 63 provinces besieged by malaria this year and 3,000,000 acres left uncultivated.
Reports from regular army recruiting show about 4 000 enlistments in November and over 7 000 rejections. Of the enlistments 1 982 were in general service and about 2 000 were for specific regiments, indicating growing interest in the regular army.
John W. Merriam, a wealthy New York tobacco merchant, must contribute to Adelaide M. Merriam's support so she can live in her accustomed style. The ruling follows his divorce from her in North Dakota on grounds of cruelty and violent temper, the first such decision in the state.
The Chester county almshouse currently shelters ten notable residents including a man once worth 200000 who lost much to generosity, Sallie Filbert a Lenape elder, and Rebecca Thomas a 103 year old woman who recalls Havre de Grace burned by British troops.
Thomas C. Boone, recalling wartime ascents in the Santiago balloon corps, defended balloons' value in warfare. He said correspondents overlook the asset and cited locating a 300-strong enemy force in a pass that would have routed a marching regiment.
Four men all veterans of the service handle a handgun in a terse scene. One of them goes through the manual of arms and ends with a quip about shooting, revealing a tense, clipped moment.
A brisk roundup from Washington and across the East West and South covers politics weather and social events. Readers gain quick access to notable developments in government policy and regional happenings.
The Senate confirmed John Hay as secretary of state and paid tribute to late Representatives Northway and Love. The House advanced the anti-ticket railway scalpings bill, discussed army expansion to about 100,000, and sent 26 pension bills to passage. Adjourned to the 12th.
War department reports better health among troops in Cuba and Puerto Rico. In Paris US and Spanish peace commissioners finalize terms of the peace treaty. The Roumania carries the First North Carolina to Havana garrison, with coastal gun placements ongoing from Maine to Florida.
Washington authorities say Japan’s offer of 200 million dollars for the Philippines is without foundation. Gen Calixto Garcia dies in Washington at age 59 of pneumonia after leading Cuban efforts. Secretaries and officials discuss Cuba Porto Rico trip and McKinley entourage.
Obituary notes Henry Mortimer Platt dies at 76 in New York, founder of the United States first gold and silver refinery. Fire damages four in a Brooklyn flat. Dupont powder works explosion kills three, injures eight. Clemion River wrecks near Portland Mills Pa kill three. Charles W Miller wins six day bicycle race in New York. Miner marries Genevieve Hanson in rink. Water pipe burst in Brooklyn causes 1.6 million in damages. Massachusetts battleship grounds near Governors Island. Household fire burns Joseph Nobiett family in Brooklyn.
Edward Yerhbrand of Waukesha and Nicholas Pitts of Minera were killed by an accidental discharge while hunting. The incident involved a weak 1 Decker and occurred near the state line.
Reports detail Dang Percie Ponder a 16 year old who died by his own action in Louisville Georgia to avoid corporal punishment. John William Showalter, 54, a Seventh Circuit judge, died in Chicago. Lulu Johnson of Pond Creek Oklahoma is jailed awaiting trial for poisoning her sixth husband in Lawrence Kansas. Theodore Morrison, Epiphany Sandieet church pastor, is named bishop of Town. Kansas Negroes push a deportation movement targeting 2000 people to Cuba Puerto Rico Hawaii and Africa. William Hitchings hired a man and wife and another to harm his rivals before taking his own life. he was believed insane.
The steamer Londonian vanished at sea on its Boston to London voyage with Capt. Lee and 24 crew members lost. In St Petersburg the Neva flood damages lower quarters and huge property losses occur. South Africa reports brutal acts against civilians in the Mpefu campaign. William Black a leading fiction writer dies in London at 57.
Senator West spoke in opposition to expansion while Senator Morgan opened the Nicaragua canal bill debate. A bill to authorize A A Bartlett to raise the battleship Maine and move it to the United States was introduced. The House spent most of the day on District of Columbia affairs and a seamen relief bill made little progress. Other items include a fatal quarrel between Nelligan and Beverly in Huntsville, Illinois. troops to Manila. Havana street fighting. bankruptcy filing by David W Hughes. Bryan’s resignation as Third Nebraska colonel. Christmas adjournment. smallpox in Nebraska. Gen Garcia funeral in Washington. AFL convention in Kansas City. gas explosion in Connersville. Iowa soil value. Ludlow named Havana governor. counterfeit silver dollars circulating. Columbus ashes shipped. and the Aurora burned on Lake Erie.
Harvard scholar Prof Nitridge reads Ehiots Indian Bible. Mrs McKinley’s doll sold for 18 at a Cleveland charity bazar. The Wilder will leaves 102000 to Mount Holyoke College. French 1895 vintage estimated at 32252000 hectoliters, down 65000 from last year. California wine crop shortage raises prices. Russian education minister bans corsets in schools. Helen Gould revealed as donor of 250000 to University of New York. J J Walter named missionary in charge of Methodist work in Alaska. James H Southall jailed ten years on fraud time checks. Benjamin S Lear first sergeant in Manila. his father same company. Constantin of Paris eight feet tall, perfectly proportioned. Nicaragua declares independent sovereign state after Central American collapse. Howard Gould spared fortune from sacrifice after recent marriage turmoil.
Gen Calixto Garcia, Cuban independence leader and commission head, died at the Hotel Raleigh Washington after pneumonia worsened from exposure in New York. Dying thoughts centered on Cuba. his son and staff were at his side as officials notify Cuban and U.S. leaders. Garcia, born 1839 in Coguin, long fought for Cuban liberty and led eastern forces in 1868 1872 campaigns.
The article traces Garcia’s exile in Spain and France, his return to lead Cuban insurgents with Maceo, his capture and release in the United States, subsequent filibuster-era expeditions, and his rise to lieutenant general. It notes his actions in eastern Cuba, sieges of Tunas Guisa and Guaimaro, alliance with Gen Miles, and his advisory role after the war.
A Brooklyn flood covered 20 blocks in the Twenty-eighth ward on Sunday, washing out foundations, tearing down poles, and trapping residents. The Hobart street Central avenue main burst, sending water eight feet into the air and releasing about 1.5 million gallons in the first hour. Police estimate damages at around 500,000 dollars with many houses deemed unsafe or uninhabitable and ten families left homeless after the event.
Washington December 7 The annual report of the secretary of the treasury stresses currency and banking reform as vital to national progress. It outlines the treasury’s operations, deficits, and asset shifts, and calls for recoinage of fractional silver and expanded silver coin stock to meet growing demand. The document analyzes the case for substituting bank issues for government notes and warns against apathy toward needed financial reforms.
Detroit reports indicate William Hitchings, brother-in-law of farmer John Hunt, killed John Hunt and hired man Thomas Hayward in a woods incident then stabbed Mrs. Hunt at their home before slitting his own throat. Hayward and Hunt died at the scene.
The World Herald telegraphs $1,000 to the First Nebraska regiment in Manila and $1,000 to the Third Nebraska regiment led by William J. Bryan in Savannah preparing for Cuba. Over 3,000 contributors donate for a Christmas dinner for the two units.
A fierce Sunday blaze at 134 Prospect Place Brooklyn in a multi family building with a basement boys club led to four deaths. Police fear additional victims remain in the ruins as investigators suspect the fire started in the basement and spread upward.
The Plymouth church congregation, led by a large advisory committee of prominent members, decided Sunday to accept the resignation of Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbot to take effect May 1. After January 1 he will be relieved from active church management and will preach only if his health permits.
Semi official figures show Governor Pingree with a 2 percent edge over his proportion of the total 421,314 votes cast in Lansing Michigan. The document notes Pingree's exact plurality at 75,079 in the last election.
Dispatch says Grant C. Gillett has vanished from near Chihuahua and may be in Mexico City Mazatlan or South America. He hidden ten days on J. M. Fisher’s ranch 60 miles south of Durango who was a Kansas banker who failed in 1889 and left a troubled bank with five percent on deposits of 300000 dollars.
Boston stockholders represented more than eight thousand of ten thousand shares and approved liquidation. The 1853 established bank has never paid a dividend and plans to liquidate with the liquidating bank advancing one million dollars to reimburse stockholders. It is believed the liquidation will total about 120 dollars per share.
A blaze in Los Angeles caused heavy property loss and led to multiple injuries. Fire officials report the fire started from a lighted match dropped in a storage area, igniting oily rags and spreading rapidly.
For the present winter season the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company has improved its through service with Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping Cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago to Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, Thomasville Georgia Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other Florida points. Perfect connection will be made with steamer lines for Cuba Porto Rico Nassau and West Indian ports. Tourist and Home-Seekers excursion tickets on sale at low rates. Write C P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for particulars.
A brief exchange from Stray Stories notes a tobacconist’s money problem and his marketing via constant smoking of his own best cigars. The line mocks his method as “puffing his goods” and hints at unsustainable profits.
Excursion tickets at reduced rates will be sold at all stations on the North Western line and other lines listed within 200 miles, covering dates December 24 25 26 and 31 1898 and January 1 2 1899, valid until January 4 1899. Apply to Chicago and North Western Bay agents for full particulars.
In a light anecdotal note from Tit-Bits a gallant named Cobb sits beside a maiden named Webb and proposes in a glib fashion, winning her quickly in a anecdotal social scene.
An advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam claiming immediate cough relief. It invites readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle with large bottles priced at 25 and 30 cents, warning that delays are dangerous.
In the Indianapolis Journal a brief dialogue records a village pessimist joking about following a new band and a neighbor named Rube denying carrying a gun. The exchange captures a small town mood and early morning banter.
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel action supports health. It functions gently on the liver and kidneys and is said to cure sick headaches. Priced at 25 and 50 cents.
A brief note from the Cincinnati Enquirer hints at ongoing publication planning with questions about timing and readiness. No concrete event or dates are provided.
An old Washington Iowa Democrat ad claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure colds in one day with a refund if not effective. The copy adds a quip about men pretending to be well by forgetting what they read.
An advertisement from Mount Clemens Michigan urges readers to send for information about rheumatism and promotes St Jacobs Oil as a master cure. It cites claims of curing rheumatism neuralgia and sprains and includes various Spanish proverbs and a note about the company P O B 1002.
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