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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1899
Page
6
Choate Named Ambassador to England After Debates
Joseph H. Choate of New York has been chosen ambassador to England. While at Harvard he participated in 24 public debates and won them all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Choate
New York
England
Harvard
Sharp iron in the human body as a curious boast
A saying notes that the average human body contains enough iron for seven large nails and that some people are so sharp the iron would form tacks instead of nails.
Lord Curzon Becomes Viceroy of India
Lord Curzon has assumed the rule of India as viceroy after marrying Miss Lester of Chicago. The American woman’s rise marks a position of power second only to Queen Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Curzon
Miss Lester
Chicago
India
Queen Victoria
Galileo Manuscript Treatise Found in Rome
A manuscript treatise on titles by Galileo’s own band was found in Rome. The date matches Shakespeare’s death year, but little hope remains that any relic of Bougland's great poet will be recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galileoo
Rome
Shakspeare
Bougland
French executioner retires after 35 years of service
The execution of Joseph Vacher known as Jack the Ripper was Deibler’s final act in public executions. Weibler served as France’s public executioner for 35 years and carried out 53 executions before passing the duty to his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Vacher
Jack the Ripper
Deibler
Weibler
France
Morrill Land Grant Act history and New York share
The Morrill Act of 1862 established the land grant system signed by Lincoln. The total grant totaled 9 507 940 acres with New York receiving 89 020 acres and yields of 661 473 dollars. Cornell University is noted as a prominent UW monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Morrill
Lincoln
New York
Cornell University
Doorkeeper in Boston Theater Averts Absence For 33 Years
The theater doorkeeper in Boston died after 33 years on the job. He never missed a shift and only once requested a holiday to attend a harbor clam bake, but he missed the boat and returned to his post on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Jie
Ncar
Electrician Survives 900 Volt Shock in Lockport Incident
An electrician in Lockport was shocked by 900 volts. He felt no pain, saw a blinding flash, and was thrown to the floor before fainting. He reports a creamlike sensation and partial brain paralysis with burns to his hands and ankles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockport
Baldwin Locomotive Works Secures New Imperial China Order
The Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelphia has received another large order from the Imperial railway of China after a prior sizable order. The United States is supplying much of the material and some foreign nations express irritation as it grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Imperial Railway of China
Mace
Vur
Senator Daniel Praises U S Army Parade in Havana
Virginia senator Daniel who visited Havana on Evacuation Day calls the spectacle the most impressive he ever witnessed. He says the American army showed its best with sturdy columns sweeping the streets and inspiring universal admiration for its dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Virginia
Havana
Deaths in Greater New York Reach Sixteen Figures in 1038
A New York correspondent reports 66,073 deaths in Greater New York for 1038, about one every nine minutes. Of these, 36,294 occurred in tenement houses and 25,225 were children under five, most in tenements. The death rate stood at 19.23 per thousand from a 2,948,530 population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
New York
1805 US gold production tops 65 million dollars
Official figures from the director of the mint show US gold production in 1805 reached 65 752 677 dollars, with Alaska contributing just over 2 million. The report notes Alaska was small relative to Colorado California South Dakota Montana Arizona Nevada Idaho or Utah while Klondike remains on the Canadian side of the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Mint
United States
Alaska
Colorado
California
South Dakota
Montana
Arizona
Nevada
Idaho
Utah
Klondike
Train Robbery Statistics and Calls for Stricter Laws
The report notes 23 trains and 7 stages held up in 1898 with five passengers and trainmen killed and four seriously injured. Over nine years there were 246 robberies, with 77 people killed or wounded. It compares Mexico’s instant death penalty to curb such crimes and urges similar legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Postal Station Opens at Kumauga Park
A postal station was established at Kumauga Park last June to serve Uncle Sam's boys in blue. The office sold war bonds and stamps, aiding military personnel with convenient mail and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kumauga ‘Park
Uncle Sam's Boys
A Week's History in All Parts of the Union
A digest of notable events from Washington and across the East West and South highlighting developments in government policy politics and society for readers seeking a concise nationwide roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
East
Foreign Dispatches From Fifty Fifth Congress News
Summary of executive session in the Senate on ratification, appropriation votes, and debates. Reports mention Indian and swamp land bills, naval efficiency efforts, Miss Gould and Miss Wheeler tributes, Philippine independence advocacy, justice department building funding, and Dingley memorial notice. Local crimes and disasters noted across Kentucky, Texas, and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
House
United States
Senate
McLaurin
S. C
Allen
Neb
Spain
Grey
Del
Helen Gould
Wisconsin
Annie Farry Wheeler
Gen
Wheeler
Car
Philippine Islands
Washington
Department of Justice
Dingley
Nelsor Dingley
Maine
IcmS Report Cites Enforceability of Interstate Law
The Interstate Commerce Commission warns in its annual report to Congress that the Interstate Commerce Act cannot be fully enforced in its present form. December exports total $93,273,506, up $5,642,900 from the prior year. Nelson Dingley Jr., Maine governor in 1574 75 and long time congressman, died in Washington at 66 or 67, home in Lewiston. The president plans a commission to the Philippines to study policy toward the islands. In Washington a war investigating commission censures Gen. Eagan for remarks about Gen. Miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Nelson Dingley
Cie
Maine
Washington
Lewiston
Philippines
United States
War Investigating Commission
Gen. Eagan
Gen. Miles
Cuban evacuation head reports large exile totals
Gen W. Claus, secretary of the Cuban evacuation commission, arrived in New York from Havana and stated that up to January 10 about 71,516 Spaniards had left the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Claus
New York
Havana
United States
Slsio
Providence
R. J. H. Hartwell & Richards Co
Brooklyn Navy Yard
John W. Philip
Bunce
Lewis C. Sartori
United States Navy
Philadelphia
Emily J.oe
Utica
N.Y
Record of 1906 US events spans executions through storms
A varied chronicle notes Mrs. Francis S. Lee presiding in Colorado as a speaker, Michigan Senate committee gains, Fred Sawyer hanged in Texas for assault, Abe Smail hanged in Savannah for murder, naphtha launch Paul Jones abandoned in the Gulf, dignitaries aboard ships, a Massillon storm, Fourth Infantry departure for the Philippines, a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern derailment injuring 15, and drownings near Tacoma. Dr Edwin M age is listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Francis S. Lee
Michigan
Senate
Wawahachie
Tex
Fred Sawyer
Fannie Fuller
Savannah
Abe Smail
Neve
Fourth United States Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Philippines
Noble
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
George W. Staling
Andelana
Tacoma
Wash
Edwin M
Storm wrecks land and sea devastates England
Widespread devastation hits England with massive property losses and at least 15 lives lost. Spain may resume diplomatic ties with the United States. In Elswick the American cruiser Albany launched, and in Belfast the Oceanic launched. In Troyes a man named Damoiseau was guillotined for murdering his son-in-law Cordier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Spain
United States
Armstrongs
Elswick
Albany
White Star Line
Oceanic
Belfast
Ireland
Troyes
France
Damoiseau
Cordier
Senate Attends Morrill Funeral and Morrill Appoints Jonathan Ross
The Senate met briefly on the 16th, attended the funeral of Nelson Dingley in the House, and swore in Jonathan Ross to fill the Morrill vacancy. Also noted are multiple deaths, a Columbus ashes voyage to Cadiz, a Santander quake, a Erie derailment, and other misc. events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Dingler
Senate
Jonathan Ross
Justin S. Morrill
Nelson Dingley
McKinley
Lewiston
Vasa
Matin
S. I. Hazletone
Missouri
Springfield
Goodloe Bell
Battle Creek
Mich
T. J. Clark
Kankakee
Fayette
Shurtleff College (Baptist
Mymouth
Brooklyn
N. Y
Newell D. Hillis
Chicago
Charles Chiniquy
Temperance
Montreal
United States
Miscellaneous short items on donations and notable figures
Charitable bequests in England last year totaled £1,303,720. An aluminium hut for Kioncoke miners weighs 110 pounds packed. Harvard receives $1,000,000 from Henry C Warren’s will. A Boston millionaire’s will exempts those owing under $3,600 from payment. Benjamin Bissell has voted for 18 presidential candidates, none elected. The International League of Press Clubs plans its Baltimore convention in April. New York savings banks hold $766,654,916 for 1,805,880 depositors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Henry C. Warren
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Boston
Benjamin Bissell
Ballston Spa
N. Y
International League of Press Clubs
Baltimore
New York
United States
Mr. White
North Carolina
Howard University
Carl Schurz
Germany
Sophia Dallas
George M. Dallas
Polk
Philadelphia
Lew Wallace
Ben Hur
Wales
St. S
State Funeral Honors Nelson Dingley Attended by Nation
A grand state funeral for Representative Nelson Dingley was held in the House chamber with the President, Cabinet, Supreme Court, diplomats, and prominent figures in attendance. The service featured an organ, a quartet, and sermons by Rev. Newman and Rev. Couden, concluding with tribute to Dingley’s public life. The Senate joined the ceremony before adjourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nelson Dingley
House of Representatives
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Senate
House
New York Chamber of Commerce
William D. Kelly
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Tennyson
S. M. Newman
First Congregational Church
Couden
Newman
St. John
Nev. Couden
Jesus
On Trial at Last in Journal Building Explosion Case
Detroit January 17 After more than three years delay the trial began for Thomas M Tidcapson the engineer charged with permitting excessive steam pressure and abandoning his duty in the Journal building explosion that killed 37 people The case has been postponed by points of law longer than any prior criminal trial in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Journal
Thomas M. ‘Tidcapson
Indians Will Protest Treaty Ratification in Washington
Cherokees leader Dave Muskrat Gritts and LH. Dick of Talhequah Kansas City left for Washington to petition President McKinley protesting the treaty ratification and the dissolution of tribal relations by the government and Nations commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Dave Muskrat
Gritts and
LH. Dick
Talhequah
L. T
Washington
McKinley
Government Commission
The
Nations” Commission
Eagan Offers Shorter Revised Statement to War Commission
Washington reports that Commissary General Eagan submitted a revised sworn statement to the war investigating commission on January 14 1899 removing objectionable language. The commission met in secret and released only Eagan’s letter while keeping the accompanying statement expurgated. Possible actions were discussed including a strong presidential reprimand a court martial or a court of inquiry. Miles’s charges about poisoned beef were central to the debate and the matter involved Secretary Alger and war department officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eagan
War Investigating Commission
Miles
Gen. Eagan
Charles BP. Eagan
Alger
War Department
Grant Gillett to face creditors in Kansas City
Grant Gillett known as the Kansas cattle plunger will return to the United States and appear before his creditors in Kansas City on or before February 1. Charles F. Slant, who traveled from Chihuahua, Mexico, and met with Gillett’s principal creditors, made the statement in Kansas City on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Grant G. Gillett
Kansas
United States
Charles F. Slant
Chihuahua
Mexico
Gillett
Cincinnati Zoo for sale after court order
Cincinnati Ohio January 17 The Cincinnati Zoological Gardens were offered for sale by court order with a minimum price of 90000 dollars but no bids were received. The receiver will seek a new appraisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati Zoological Gardens
Turkey Orders Krupp Guns
Constantinople reports an imperial decree to buy 162 Krupp field guns and 30,000 shrapnel shells. The move follows Kaiser Wilhelm II’s return from the orient and is seen in German papers as a prompt for Turkish orders to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Constantinople
William
Orient
Germany
Palace tensions widen between dowager empress and emperor
Peking reports describe rising ill feeling between the dowager empress and the emperor. The emperor allegedly disobeyed the dowager empress on several occasions. Palace records note the chief amusement of the emperor and mention training goats and monkeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Philippine Commission to govern Philippines without Senate confirmation
Washington reports the president will appoint a commission for the Philippines under his reserved authority with war funds paying its expenses. It will not frame a government or recognize independence, but may advise with natives and military authorities to calm tensions until Manila visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philippines
Senate
United States
Manila
Gen
Otis
Admiral Dewey
Schurman
Cornell University
Worcester
Ann Arbor
Charles Denby
Denby
War Investigation Commission
Ithaca
N. Y
J.G. Schurman
Cornell
Thomas Frederic Crane
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Madrid
McKinley
Iloilo
Aguinaldo
Murphy Arrested in New Orleans For Bank Forgery Scheme
Santiago Murphy admitted guilt after arrest in New Orleans on charges of obtaining 70000 dollars from the Mexican national bank using forged securities and drafts in April last. Former chief clerk at the bank, he left before the robbery was uncovered. he threatens trouble for others when returning to Mexico where his relatives are wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Santiago Murphy
Mexican National Bank
Mexico
Government Censorship Applies to Telegrams with Political News
The Commercial Cable company reports a Manila advisory that the American government now requires censorship of all outward and inward telegrams containing political news. The notice cites the Eastern Telegraph company as the informing agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commercial Cable Company
Eastern Telegraph Company
Manila
Actress Eliza Otis Files Bankruptcy Petition
New York on January 17 actress Eliza Proctor Otis filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition revealing total liabilities of 36331 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eliza Proctor Otis
Trial Postponed for Jesse James Jr in Train Robbery Case
Kansas City January 17. The trial of Jesse James Jr son of the famed outlaw under indictment for complicity in the Missouri Pacific train robbery at Leeds Missouri in September last has been postponed to February 16 at the prosecution's request. The defendant was ready and eager for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jesse James
Missouri Pacific
Leeds
A Better Thing
An interviewed former sleeper cab exporter recounts being mistaken for the road president and fired. He notes the job loss led him to become a preacher, observing two types of showy or humble work and the consequences of pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dan
Boston Globe
Deafness Cure Promoted by Constitutional Remedies
An advert claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It attributes deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars free. Hall's Family Pills also advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
BF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Sporting Life at McVicker's promises grand spectacle
Chicago theatergoers await Jacob Litt's Sporting Life at McVicker's theater. The production, praised as the era’s finest by New York critics, features a sport loving English setting with sixteen scenic backdrops and a cast of forty actors plus two hundred performers and a Derby scene with thoroughbred horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jacob Litt
McVicker’s
Mr. Litt
New York
Merry England
Academy of Music
McVicker's
Rail trains from Chicago offer luxury travel to multiple cities
A powerful locomotive pulls modern Pullman cars from Chicago to St. Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth along Wisconsin Central lines. Two trains depart daily and tickets are available through local agents including C Pond Gen Pass Agent Milwaukee for complete information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
Wisconsin Central Lines
C. Pond
Milwaukee
Superlative. Not the best man at a wedding
A witty quip notes that true partners gain a better half, not the best man, in a playful reflection attributed to the Picayune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. O. Picayune
Cure a Cold in One Day and Laxative Quinine Ads
The note promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee at 25c. It also touts St Jacobs Oil for lumbago and sore joints and includes stray sayings from the Bulletin and Atchison Globe about happiness and worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs
Atchison Globe
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