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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1898
Page
4
The Massachusetts Gypsy Moth Commission reports spending $200,000 this year to combat the destructive pest and requests a similar appropriation for the coming year.
M. Trouslr.OT, late French minister for the colonies, was disbarred by the district's barristers due to a forgotten rule forbidding lawyers from accepting salaried positions. The rule clashes with ministers who are paid officials and many lawyers, threatening broad disruption.
A novelty in newspaper enterprise emerges from Lapland where the first paper in the country appears. It is printed on a single sheet and issued every Sunday in a town with an hard to pronounce name. The journal has only six subscribers so far and each issue is met with loud applause.
The text traces key English gold coinage from Henry III in 1247 with the gold penny, through Edward III’s florin in 1344, Charles II’s guineas from 1663 to 1817, and the later rise of the sovereigns begun under Henry VII.
Several elderly ex prisoners at Fremantle jail in Western Australia stay on after their sentences. They say most people they knew back home are dead, so they prefer the place where much of their life was spent. They may go to town but must return before lockup.
Fishermen employ a simple bait plan by placing live worms and insects in a corked bottle partially filled with water then dropping it into the water beside their line. The wriggling contents lure fish as they bite the baited hooks.
A new agriculture trend draws strong farmer interest in St Bernard Louisiana as orange culture expands. Many plan to plant thousands of young trees, signaling the industry will become a major factor in the region's agricultural resources within years.
The Mohegan steamship wreck near the Manacles prompts the view that compass error caused the disaster. Prof S P Thompson of England supports the idea, suggesting compensation may have been applied in the wrong direction during pre voyage adjustments.
The district around Fashoda is described as exceptionally rich in wildlife. Rivers teem with crocodiles and hippos, while large herds of antelopes and giraffes roam the area, highlighting a rare North African giraffe not available to many zoological gardens due to central Soudan closures.
A Thuringian family of tanners uses a secret method to produce ultra soft leather for piano hammers. They source gray deer hides from the northern lakes district, with an exclusive Minneapolis agency supplying the hides.
French agriculture ministry statistics show rising consumption of horse mule and donkey flesh in Paris. Markets offer 193 stalls with 21 007 horses 52 mules and 310 donkeys slaughtered plus 734 animals condemned for food. Total killed and consumed about 20 99 horses of mules and 303 donkeys with prime cuts at about a franc per pound.
The long Russian winter nears, with five to six months ahead and widespread distress. The grain crop failed, peasants face severe hunger, and the czar reportedly donates 350000 from his private purse for relief, signaling ongoing charitable appeals.
The passage recalls the Vatican gardens in Rome famed for roses of a nearly black red, richly blooming and highly scented, celebrated as among Europe's finest.
Latest roundup from Washington plus updates from the East West and South featuring notable events, policy notes, and regional highlights.
The Senate adopted a resolution for adjournment from December 21 to January 4. A protest from ex Queen Liliuokalani over Hawaii crown lands was received. Bills on army navy deficiency and Hawaii government for Territory of Hawaii advanced. The Philippines annexation debated and an army of 100000 favored. adjournment set to January 4.
Preliminary orders from Adjt. Gen. Corbin call for mustering out 50,000 volunteers within a month. Maj. Rathbone will head postal service in Cuba. Ethan Hitchcock named secretary of the interior. War department reports promising Manila and Porto Rico conditions. Army bill envisions 30,000 regulars with 50,000 in auxiliary force. Porter says Cuba governance smooth. Santiago improving. Philippines to replace volunteers with regulars. Nicaragua canal bill cites about 135 million dollars. Counterfeit one dollar silver certificate found. Efforts to deploy American troops to Cuba increase. Wake Island to fly the American flag.
Miss Margaret Dodge a noted literary worker was discovered dead in a church pew in Toston. Authorities report she died from poisoning by hen and a fatal event shocks local communities.
Kansas lawmakers in Topeka consider Leedy's message on regulating railroad telegraph and express firms. At Town Creek Alabama a mob lynched William Simms after his murder of Robert Norton. Knox county Kentucky saw a gun battle leave three moon shiners dead and others wounded. Melrose Chicago fire left over 200 homeless with a 175000 dollar loss. 1898 Great Lakes marine losses totaled 2600000. Crown Hill South Dakota fatal cabin fire killed Mike Hennessey and John OConnell. Sumner C Payne United States Navy retiree died in Asheville North Carolina at 102. James McDon-
An elderly San Francisco resident associated with the Pacific Hebrew Noise community dies at age 102, leaving a long life marked by local engagement and community ties.
Prince George of Greece arrived in Canea and took control of the government building as power in Crete shifted. Carlist agitation persists in northern Spain with multiple arrests. Sebastian Bach Mills dies in Wiesbaden aged 60. Cuban flag exchange set for January 1 in Havana after a joint US Spanish meeting. Seven new military post offices added in Cuba. The first American flag raised over a Philippine schoolhouse at Malate. Montenegrin troops frozen to death after a snowstorm in the Lara pass, Austria.
A sweep of early 20th century crimes and incidents includes John Holloway killing Jule Boillot at Aught Missouri during Christmas, a Lexington Kentucky rail wreck injuring nine, and Samuel Carr sentenced to life in Chicago. Other items recount murder, lynching, bank robbery, factory strikes, and disasters across multiple states with names, places, and outcomes.
The American evacuation commissioners announce formalities for the January 1 handover of Cuba and adjacent islands to U S authorities. The notice urges calm and restraint, outlines salute ceremonies at Cabanas, city fortifications, and delivery procedures including joint flag-raising and transfer of offices and troops.
United States battleships Iowa and Oregon arrived at Callao at seven o'clock Monday morning. A Dawson City report dated November 14 claims winter gold production will exceed last year's by over 100 percent across creeks near Dawson City.
Wichita Kans Dec 27 Gov elect Starley says he will not sign a death warrant for John Collins convicted Saturday of murdering his father He opposes capital punishment as the reason given for the decision
Cleveland attorney Tolles states none of Standard Oil books required for examination have been destroyed. He says only causeless records were burned and no company books were burned under the Ohio supreme court's recent order.
Across Havana and the Carolinas, regiments from Forty ninth Iowa to One Hundred and Sixty first Indiana enjoyed extra rations and gifts as Maj. Gen. Lee planned a New Year parade route through Havana. In the city, Cuban-Spanish skirmishes marred Christmas, while US troops in Santiago and Savannah noted civilian-style celebrations with large funds for Christmas dinners and personal visits.
Covington report: Joseph Johnson, a laborer at Mitchell Trantuse rolling mill, tried to kill Mrs. James Anderson at 609 Main street, then shot himself fatally. Anderson, a known burglar, is in Ohio penitentiary. Johnson, living with Mrs. Anderson, drank heavily Sunday. He fired twice. one bullet struck Mrs. Anderson in the body, another wounded her arm. He then shot himself, the final shot piercing his brain. Mrs. Anderson is hospitalized and expected to recover.
Washington reports the administration has taken steps to protect American interests in the city of Iloilo on Panay island as a military and naval expedition departs Manila for the Philippines.
Col. Philip Henry Moore died Monday in Wheeling West Virginia at the age of years. He was editor and owner of the Ohio Valley Manufacturer. He joined the Confederacy at the outset of the Civil War and rose to lieutenant colonel in the engineer corps. In 1859 he established the Wheeling Daily Union.
Woonsocket Rhode Island December 27 Herman Kiso twelve and Arthur Leedham nine-year-olds died after falling through thin ice on Harris pond while skating Monday in a fatal winter accident.
Offers funds to Dom Carton and asserts the German syndicate has promised Don Carlos a loan of 30,000,000 operations are commenced.
A bank on Main and High Streets was robbed of cash after the vault doors were found locked but the outer time lock opened. About $16,000 deposited Saturday and an additional $2,000 on top of the safe were stolen, with $1,000 in silver left untouched. Detectives believe experts committed the heist, leaving drafts signed in blank on top of the safe.
Mrs Mary T Carpenter of Scarsdale N Y bought Glen Eyre village in Pike County Pa for 7500 at auction last Friday. The 842 acre town includes a dozen houses a railroad station post office dry goods store blacksmith shop sawmills stone yard and factory buildings. The mortgage on the property stood at 6000 and was foreclosed. A crowd attended the sale but villagers could not raise enough to buy the town.
Washington reports show the United States expanding beyond military strength into decisive commercial influence. New York shifts from London as a financial hub and can influence European bourses. American rail contracts for Russia and Australia signal dominating steel rail trade and growing capitalist boldness.
In Oakfield Wisconsin Mrs William Tanzer killed her six month old baby with strychnine and then cut her throat after failing to die by poison. The husband was away at the time and says the marriage was happy. Temporary insanity is suspected.
News arrives from Havana via the Alicante of famine looming over the Bemini islands in the western Bahamas group. Captain Olive reported a small sailboat signaled the steamer with three famine stricken men, describing storms that ruined crops and wrecked storehouses and caused many deaths.
Fragmentary OCR item lists names and fragments overlaid with punctuation. The readable bits mention Ohio and possible names or notes but lack a clear event or context to form a full summary.
In a comic scene, Meandering Mike grabs a girl’s soap bucket causing bubbles and foam to fly as a bystander declares a duty to stop luxuries for the young. The restaurant owner protests but has no reply as the prank ends with soapy chaos. A separate 1886 affidavit peddles Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo.
A moral presented in aphorisms warns readers about vanity, neighborly faults, judging others, injuring one’s character, overbearing carriage, betting losses, and public scolding of a wife. The Chicago Evening News highlights cautions on personal conduct and restraint.
The notice advertises semi monthly trips to the southwest via the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway. It touts Texas as a land of vast resources, mild climate, and productive soil and invites readers to contact H A Cherrier in Chicago or T B Cockerly in Des Moines for pamphlets and excursion dates.
A stern father and pragmatic mother debate raising a child to accept limits. The mother suggests that patience and gratitude will reveal that receiving anything at all is a privilege, implying a longer perspective on desires.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad improves its Pullman vestibuled sleeping cars and day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans and the Gulf for Thomasville Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other Florida points. Connect to steamer lines for Cuba Puerto Rico Nassau and West Indies ports. Tourist and home seeker excursion tickets offered at low rates. For details write C. P. Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky.
A brief item notes Wise-Gayboy’s wife described as beautiful and fascinating while a maid is also described as pretty. The New York Journal cites curiosity about appearances without further details.
Holiday excursion tickets on the North Western line and connected railroads, including Union Pacific, available within 200 miles of selling stations at reduced rates for December 24 25 26 and 31 1898 and January 1 2 1899, valid until January 4 1899. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents for full particulars.
The play going public treats the Cyrano de Bergerac claim as fact and follows the presented narrative with little challenge as commentators note the controversy over Cyrano’s authenticity and influence on reception.
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