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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
6
An alligator farm near Seven Bridges, Georgia opens. Once established the farmer plans to use the seven bridges to escape the attention of its products as roller skating regains popularity in eastern cities after a 15 year pause.
An Oswego New York resident has devised a pneumatic dispenser to chill drinks. The inventor is urged to call around about next July to hear of a potential advantage.
A Norwegian whaler states that 429 whales were captured during the season off Iceland. The report notes the whale remains far from extinction despite the considerable catch.
Inventor Maxham announces a patent for an automobile horse to be hitched in front of any vehicle replacing the traditional horse. The device signals a quirky step in transportation innovation reflecting evolving era norms.
The Lafayette memorial fund shows a surplus that should be used to erect a modest monument honoring the managers. The writer argues that this unique instance deserves commemoration.
Inauguration of the Paris exposition featured boxes for the poor placed in exposition buildings. When opened at close, the contents totaled only 58 francs and 60 centimes, highlighting scarce contributions for poverty relief.
A remark from twelve years past that a Pittsburgh company would lower structural steel prices in England before 1900 is tied to a figure once linked to an institution for the feeble minded.
New York and Pennsylvania acquire inexpensive lands poorly suited to farming and plant forests. Pennsylvania has secured 109.06 acres for this purpose. In fifty years the plan’s wisdom is expected to be widely recognized and nonparticipants will regret it.
University of Chicago students, fed on hash and toast with daily meals at 17 cents while paying 5.50 a week, would yield 2.31 in weekly profit for the caterers. The girls concede the present plan but hope for an ideal 15 cents a day in time.
A Taris dispatch describes a shell that rises high, bursts releasing globes lighting the country and enabling range finding. It imagines future schemes to blind the light and suggests a shift toward arbitration to settle disputes.
The article cites rough figures claiming 13,000,060,000 hens eggs will be laid in the United States in the year. An odd comparison suggests stacking them would form a column about 461,648 miles high, nearly twice the moon’s distance from Earth, illustrating the remarkable value of eggs compared with coal and pig iron as major products.
A risky diving act in New York ends in the death of the performer after a miscalculation of distance. The audience reacts with horror while the show’s manager is arrested. The piece notes that audiences tolerate near misses until tragedy occurs.
The article reflects on the 100th anniversary of Washington becoming the capital. It contrasts the city’s desolate early state with today’s status as a beautiful metropolis of 288 000 people. It notes the rise in state numbers from 16 with 5 600 000 inhabitants to 76 006 000 and 45 states.
Gen. J. H. Wilson returns from China and reports the interior of the Peking imperial palace shows stark poverty. The throne room is dirty, the throne a gilded wooden chair, and the emperor’s bed lacks mattresses or springs, covered by only two mats. This contrasts with the common view of oriental splendor and implies China would struggle to pay a large indemnity.
Thomas M. Costello, a New York general assembly member, has prepared a bill he hopes will end a strike by enabling a remedy. The proposal aims to push stalled bills toward passage amid labor tensions and legislative gridlock.
A broad roundup from Washington and regions across the East West and South. Describes notable developments, political activity and public concerns shaping national discourse this period.
Fifty sixth congress notes in summary the 18th executive session Hay-Pauncefote treaty debate with no open session business, DC matters dominate House, pension bills pass including $50 monthly for McClernand and Palmer widows, urgent deficiency bill clears, Routelle named navy captain on retired list, treaty ratified 55 to 138, isthmian neutrality endorsed, Indian and military academy appropriations pass, VP salary raised to 25060, cabinet to 15000, census reapportionment suggests 357 members.
The president named John C. A. Leishman to Turkey Arthur S. Hardy to Switzerland and Charles S. Francis to Greece Roumania and Servia Griggs argued the constitution does not follow the flag into Porto Rico and the Philippines Official November returns show Mel Winley 7220707 and Bryan 6357431 Aldrich closed the Porto Rico case arguing if new colonies are not American they are Spanish War secretary approves two farms near Des Moines Iowa as site for a new army post.
George C Ludlow former New Jersey supreme court justice and 1880 governor dies at 74 in New Brunswick. Watchnight services mark century end in Methodist churches countrywide. Fred Norton blinded by cigarette smoking in Unadilla New Jersey. Katherine Spaith 10 dies in Lancaster. Lobert E Neilson former world cycling champion dies in Boston at 40. York Pennsylvania bank teller HW Weiser allegedly £20600 short. Fire ravages Mrs David Hewitt residence Bradford Pennsylvania killing her and her mother Margaret O Keefe aged 16.
At its closing session in Chicago the National Civic Federation conference issued an appeal of pacific counsel between employer and employe and appointed a committee to promote conciliation. In Omaha Edward Cudahy Jr. 15, son of millionaire Edward Cudahy, was abducted and secretly returned after 36 hours upon payment of a ransom of 25060 dollars.
Joe Rolla of Lynched Ville Ind declared innocent in a case tied to the Cudahy abduction. Edward A Cudahy, Omaha packer who paid 25000 for ransom of his 15 year old son offers 25000 reward for the abductors.
Dispatches report General Knox halted his chase of General De Wet and aims to stop the Boer invasion of Cape Colony and Natal. MacArthur warns Filipinos that wartime laws will be strictly observed. Powers’ envoys in Peking unite on China terms. In central Turkey Moslems kill 200 Christians. American troops sweep northern Luzon to drive out insurgents. Boer invaders seize Colesburg in Cape Colony. Spain offers Cagayan island group to the United States. Knechtel furniture factory fire in Hanover Ontario causes 500000 dollars in damage. Germans shoot 60 Chinese and take 260 prisoners at Lung Ching. Carl Becker, the German painter, dies in Berlin at age 50.
Congress adjourned on the 21st until January 3 without transacting business. The schooner Jennie Hall sank south of Cape Henry in a gale. the captain and two seamen drowned. The Taft commission ordered English for Philippine laws. A shooting affray near Tallahassee left State Senator W C Rouse and Edgar Nims dead. The American National Bank of Baltimore placed in receivership. Various deaths, crimes, and incidents fill the day’s notices from across the country.
Washington and Peking report the joint note from the powers outlines sweeping demands for equitable indemnities, punitive measures against officials, and continued foreign occupation to enforce compliance. It calls for monuments, reforms in foreign affairs, and a rollback of anti foreign actions while pledging continued military presence until China meets terms.
Samuel Macdonald, a treasury disbursing clerk, shot and killed Frank H. Morris, auditor of the war department, in Morris office at the Winder building on Seventeenth Street. Macdonald attempted suicide with knife and pistol after the shooting and injured a watchman named Thomas Cusick who tried to intervene. He was arrested as he left the scene and wounded himself in the stomach and throat. An eyewitness described hearing shots and seeing the aftermath.
London reports praise for De Wet’s bold Boer maneuver as British lines fail to halt the retreat. Kitchener notes mixed news from Pretoria with Boers pressing into Cape Colony while British forces pursue on multiple fronts. Reports from Cape Town and Pietermaritzburg describe Boer activity around Johannesburg and Pretoria and tensions rising over colonial support.
Tamaqua Pa December 24 Officials of Lehigh Coal and Navigation say the fire in the burning Summit Hill mine, started 42 years ago, is now under control and may be extinguished in two years. The blaze has consumed about 35 acres of top coal and is moving west toward Lansford as two drilling machines probe and seal the affected area.
Manila reports a Ninth United States cavalry detachment of about 61 men engaged insurgents near Guinobatan Albay last Wednesday. The battle left 45 insurgents dead and many wounded, with one sergeant wounded in the leg by a bolo. Rebel losses were described as the heaviest in recent encounters. official details await wired communications.
Secretary Root urged immediate legislation to increase the army to meet war department recommendations. He warned that without growth the United States might abandon parts of the Philippine islands and leave Filipino municipal officers defenseless. He said the department bill must pass as a whole to fit new conditions.
A deadly accident occurred Saturday afternoon in a Paterson department store. A crowded elevator load fell when a cable snapped, crashing to the lower floor and causing several injuries.
A Dec 24 roundup details robberies from Dalton City Illinois to Montfort Wisconsin and beyond. Incidents include a Dalton City bank safe blown with over 5000 stolen and 600 burned, Montfort burglars pursued and captured, Coffee County bank robbed of 3000, and silk thefts in Laporte plus. other towns report home invasions and a treasurer robbed of 250 with freezing injuries.
In Chicago on a Sunday afternoon 17 year old Arthur Albertsen shot and killed his father Samuel Albertsen during a fight at their home 2948 Wentworth avenue. The motive was a domestic quarrel following the father's return from a drunken spree. The youth told police the shooting was accidental.
Police report details a fatal beating in Louisville Kentucky as a bank window clerk John Kap Dy Ww ratehman was found with pockets rifled. The chaotic scene occurred on December 24 and investigators are pursuing leads to identify suspects.
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