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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1899
Page
4
Market notes report Broome has raised prices by 25 cents a dozen amid a sweep through 60 Spanish cities. The move signals broader price tightening in the commodities sector and reflects regional trade shifts.
A Jia citizen of Japan misses his train and faces no relief beyond silent distrust as officials reiterate there is no profane word in the Japanese language.
The nude figure of a man with a scythe and hourglass on the new calendars hints that only a small number have been saving time or changing habits.
Maryland reactivates an old statute requiring a killer to pay the murdered man’s family five thousand dollars. The measure does not specify where the payment must be made or located.
Two new papers started in Manila titled Freedom and American mark a shift as journals printed in Spanish switch to publishing in English to bring the latest news to English readers.
Aliss Maria Sandoval the sole woman lawyer in Mexico wins a criminal court case in St Louis. The feat once drew shock but now seems not unusual after twenty five years of progress.
The orders direct that commissioned and noncommissioned officers may take their families on the transport to the Philippines. Troops will not make a flying trip and will remain at their new post for an extended period.
Noted feline Christobal Colon dies at the home of Capt. Lloyd Clark former Oregon commander. The cat was sent by Oregon crew from the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon flagship of Cervera's fleet and recently won a medal at the Chicago Cat Show.
In Madrid the queen supported a will leaving 5,600,000 pesetas to the young king from Soler, an odd gentleman long dead. Relatives opposed the will, but the queen prevailed, claiming Soler was Ferdinand VII's natural son and thus the king's great uncle.
The English war department values marching songs and orders 25 000 books of patriotic and military songs for distribution to infantrymen. Classes will be formed in barracks and a French trial showed a drop in stragglers by about ten percent when soldiers sang.
The article notes no death sentence has been carried out on any Yankee soldier for wartime crimes punishable by death. President McKinley commuted the sentence of a BR private who murdered a comrade, a mercy that keeps this record intact. The offender was a colored trooper who killed a white man and Mercy recommendation came from Gen. Joe Wheeler of Alabama.
In the Hardware club rooms atop the Postal Telegraph building New York a portrait of Admiral Dewey remains undamaged after a recent fire. All other window frames furniture hangings and pictures in the room were destroyed or harmed. the Dewey portrait remains pristine and bright as when first hung.
Leonard Wood of the Sixth Massachusetts volunteers was believed dead after a service in Porto Rico where he caught yellow fever. Official notices had him listed as deceased, but he returned to Passaic New Jersey and surprised his family with a loud entrance.
Senator Justin Morrill of Vermont dies at 89 after a weeklong illness in Washington. Petitions from Protestant churches and Pan-Presbyterian alliance urge international arbitration. Otis named governor general of the Philippines as U S asserts authority. Mexico's Ambassador Romero dies at 62 in Washington after an appendicitis operation. Proclamation on taxes and duties in Cuba issued.
Kate J. Adams died from poison sent by mail to athlete Harry Cornish who lodged at Adams house. The report notes other 1908 events including Roosevelt leading Van Wyck for governor, a Keystone Mutual Benefit assignment in Allentown, and a fatal stable fire in New York.
The report lists several 1897 events: a Santa Fe train wreck near Trinidad Colorado injuring five. near Clare Kansas a rejected suitor kills May Thomas and dies. James Brown hanged in Kansas City for a murder in April. Chicago grand jury summons city council over bribery allegations. Ira Sexton hanged in Princeton Missouri for killing Nathan Stark. Nebraska Episcopal diocese balks at Mor rison as Iowa bishop. eight Oberlin businesses burned in a fire. Chicago & Alton railroad control changing hands. Wells Fargo driver Beeler and $63,000 missing in San Antonio. Bagley elevator fire in Minneapolis with $200,000 loss. Dr. William Maxwell Jackburn dies at 65. Thomas Greene kills wife then shoots himself. H C Howell told to leave Kansas City for eight wives. Herman Bonger child deaths in Neenah Wisconsin. Carr Ro Albert B and Frank Brown named among others.
In Shelby Texas a coffee arsenic poisoning killed Frank Lomack his wife and five children by an unknown person. In San Francisco Cordelia Botkin was convicted of murder and life imprisonment for sending poisoned candy to Mrs John P. Dunning in Dover Delaware.
Across the globe news reports include Airola Italy Switzerland where a landslide caused 1,000,000 francs in damage and killed five. Other items note weather service moves, a British gale, Dreyfus in Paris, French naval losses in the New Hebrides, a shipwreck near Hong Kong, Cuban celebrations postponed, Hankow floods, Canada US letter postage cut, and Reina Mercedes salvage at Santiago de Cuba.
The sovereignty of Cuba passed from Spain to the United States at noon Sunday January 1 the transfer marked by speeches the lowering of the Spanish flag and raising the US flag on the palace roof forts and warships saluted. McKinley proclamation on Philippines policy sent to Gen Otis for promulgation. Funeral services held for Senator Morrill and ambassador Romero. Other notices include deaths bankruptcies suicides accidents fires and mine disasters across several states.
A historic overview of the 1898 Spanish American War and its aftermath. It notes U S gains, treaty speed, and casualties, with figures for military losses, costs, territorial gains, and shifts in trade, finance, and industry. It highlights Hawaii annexation, bankruptcy law, and rising American manufacturing dominance.
The era’s events unfold as Britain and France push to redraw Africa from Cairo to Cape Town. Kitchener defeats the dervishes up the Nile while Fashoda ends in British hegemony. Franco-British arbitration looms. In France Dreyfus turmoil weakens government as Europe shifts. Crete frees from Ottoman rule under international deal.
1888 saw no great wars yet diplomacy and politics shaped the era with powers contending the Chinese empire. Russia gained Ta Lien Wan and Port Arthur to secure a Trans Siberian outlet. Germany claimed Shantung with Kiao Chou and a 99 year lease. Britain pressed China for Wei Hai Wei to guard security for indemnity. The scramble reflected nations seizing influence after the Sino Japanese conflict.
President and Mrs. McKinley greeted by a vast crowd at the White House on a snow covered mid winter day. Cabinet and ladies in attendance along with army navy officers and diplomatic envoys in bright uniforms. Notable attendees Maj Generals Miles Shafter Lawton Corbin and others marked the event as a successful start to the year.
Kansas City's new convention hall, seating 15,000, was dedicated by a public drawing of donated prizes. Businessmen funded most of the build, with 160,000 tickets sold at 25 cents for a chance to win items from a $4,000 house to a lion cub and three thoroughbred heifers. Two blind boys assisted as tickets were drawn from glass wheels.
Hon. Justin S. Morrill senior U S senator from Vermont died in Washington at 1:20 A M after an illness of under one week. He was 87 and in the presence of his sister-in-law Miss Louise Swan his son James and Benjamin Durfee a longtime Senate finance ally, with Col. B E Chamberlain a close friend nearby. Senator Proctor was in the house at the time.
Senator Justin S Morrill died after a brief illness from pneumonia following grip. The Vermont native served in Congress from 1855 and in the Senate since 1867, 6 terms, aging 81 at death. He authored key laws for the national library and state land grant colleges and opposed Hawaiian annexation and Philippine sovereignty. He was highly esteemed by peers.
A Milan Missouri report notes the collapse of Walter M. Clark, a Sullivan county cattle king. The failure shocks the county, with unsatisfied mortgages on cattle exceeding 53000 and total debts including deeds of trust on large farms pushing past 200000.
Merced es Garcia daughter of Cuban general Calixto Garcia died in the Piney Woods hotel in Thomasville Georgia from consumption. The death followed news of Gen Garcia's passing in Washington and her body will be embalmed and sent to Cuba on the ship designated to return his remains.
The Canadian government telegram from Postmaster General Mulock to Emory Smith announces a domestic letter rate cut from three to two cents per ounce, effective January 1. Under the U.S.-Canada convention, letters to Canada use the two cent rate, making the reduction reciprocal for the first time.
In Ozark county near Am brose two Cobb men were killed by William Barton. Sheriff Luna formed a Gainesville posse and pursued the killer who, after being found, killed Henry Winger before surrendering. Three dead, slayer jailed in Gainesville.
A Detroit depot worker recalls sending a pampered cat named Tom to Chicago in a sealed box car. The cat later reappeared in Detroit, marching into the office, winking at clerks, and earning the nickname Senator for his keen sense of returning to comfort and authority.
Public health warning against mercury containing catarrh ointments. Recommends Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, claiming internal action and no mercury. Notes prescription requirement and price.
A police magistrate confronts a man charged with assaulting a street piano player. The defendant says he acted after a night out with a sick friend and a hostile wife. He recalls the street musician playing There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight and explains his dented features.
A healthful drink named Grain-O offered as a coffee substitute. Marketed as tasty and nourishing, it aids digestion and strengthens nerves without stimulants. Sold by grocers, priced about the same as coffee at 15 and 25 cents.
A quote cites a man who smoked 50 cigarettes daily with little harm until the smoker died. The piece questions whether such a pattern is possible and concludes that the only observable effect was the death of the smoker.
A humorous exchange features Mrs Weeks asking about her husband’s business and Mrs Meeks noting he operates in stocks. When asked if he is a bull or a bear, the husband is described as a bull at the stock exchange and a bear at home.
Dialog fragment shows two men debating a doctor’s chest examination and a question about available money, reflecting a Cincinnati Enquirer style local scene with colloquial speech and likely social context.
Labor organizations object to convict-made products entering commerce, arguing against prison-sold goods, a bulletin notes amid ongoing labor concerns about inmate labor and market competition.
Advertisement for a cold remedy promising cure in one day. Claims druggists refund money if it fails. Priced at 25 cents. Includes product name Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a reassurance of a money back guarantee.
Mrs Florence R HorrMan of Canton writes she suffered months with abdominal pain dizziness and insomnia before using Vegetable Compound. After following the instructions she praises the medicine and says it has relieved her and she would recommend it to friends.
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