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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1899
Page
6
Franck introduces a law allowing free dissolution of marriage. The Paris divorce court heard 294 couples divorce in four hours, averaging over one divorce per minute. Applicants were mainly from the working class, where divorces were rare before the law.
During a Windsor Castle terrace dejeuner the queen admired a pretty march. A maid of honor, blushing, learned its title and reported back that the tune was Come Where the Looze Is Cheeper.
The Cape Horn wreck off South America saw diver Hooper perform seven descents past 200 feet with one 42 minute underwater stay. Authorities cite 228 feet as the deepest verified human ascent, equating to 21,360 pounds per square inch pressure.
A historical passage claims rheumatic patients in Australia attend a hotel where they sail to a whaling site. There they lie in a narrow grave cut into the whale’s body for two hours as blubber decomposes, allegedly soothing rheumatism like a Turkish bath.
England's Grand Old Man Grapstone popularized speaking from trains and in varied venues from tunnels to shipboard. His political principles flowed from mountain tops to pit mouths and church pulpits, notably his Midlothian adventures.
Queen Victoria and royal family members now use walking sticks with gold knob handles for support. Military ladies also adopt walking sticks. Walking umbrellas appear in fashion, with the Princess of Wales owning a compact folded model.
The Paris population reaches 2 500 000 per census with 2 597 newspapers listed in the Press Annuaire of 1890. There are 140 daily political papers in circulation, with Republican 7, Conservative 50, and Socialist 13 titles.
A strange animal called the coati is described as a unique species found nowhere else on earth at Devil's Island, famed as Dreyfus' prison. The creature resembles a carnivorous plantigrade mammal about cat size with a pyramidal head, long jaws, a large nose, and the habit of carrying food with its fore paws like a monkey or squirrel.
Four months after the Omdurman and Khar tam campaign the English army begins Gordon Memorial College in Khar tam. Lord Cromer laid the foundation stone for a school to teach agriculture engineering and other technical arts in Arabic. England has subscribed half a million dollars for its support at Gen. Kitchener's solicitation.
The article compares two vast riding schools. Welbeck Abbey features a subterranean arena 385 feet long and about 150 feet wide with a glass roof nine feet higher than the Moscow school. The Moscow facility is 560 feet by 140 feet by 41 feet high and holds the largest roof besides Midland terminus.
A Glasgow journalist invents colored paper strips placed near the inkstand to aid eye strain. He claims the device relieves eye fatigue and improves sight, a claim the patent owners present but require oculist explanation to justify.
Thomas E. Kirby of the American Art Association asserts New York is the world’s top art market. He reports selling 49 collections over 12 years totaling 3,584,123 dollars, including Mary T. Morgan, A. T. Stewart, estate of B. Austin Robinson, W. H. Stewart, Thomas B. Clark, and three George I. Sener collections.
A concise roundup of notable events across Washington and regions from the East West and South, highlighting political developments, economic changes, social issues, and significant public actions shaping national affairs this week.
The Fifty fifth congress adjourned at noon on the 4th after a session that passed all large appropriation measures. In the senate and house, nominations and confirmations were completed, and members extended thanks to presiding officers while singing patriotic songs.
The president signed a bill creating the rank of admiral and commissioned George Dewey to the post. McKinley also signed a $20 million appropriation for treaty provisions with Spain and Osborn W. Deignan was appointed naval cadet. Secretary Alger ordered Gen Otis reinforced in Manila by six regiments. John W Crawford of Texas died in Washington at 36 from heart disease.
In the United States 186 business failures occurred the week ended the 3d, down from the prior week and below the 195 period. Clearing houses reported 32 million dollars in exchanges, rising from the previous week. Boston saw two women killed in a tenement fire and a man fatally burned. A wreck near Huntington claimed two Harrisburg men. A lightning strike killed Willam H. Joxie in Chittonville Massachusetts. Artist Michael Angelo Woolf died in New York at age 62. Frederick Norton killed his wife and himself in Torrington Connecticut.
A string of calamities and deaths across the nation includes Shreveport fire that destroyed 26 homes and a church, a jealous killing in Endicott, Neb, a Lucknow mother poisoning herself after harming her children, multiple drownings from floods and fording swollen waters, an avalanche burying a col and five men, and several fatal accidents. Notable obituaries report ex congressman W. P. Sprague, Adlai Stevenson Sr’s mother Mrs. Sarah Stevenson, and local casualties from farmhouse fires, floods in Charleston and East Tennessee, and a Kentucky drowning incident.
Cassius M. Clay of Whitehall Ky. is described as losing his mind and in a moody condition since his divorce from his young wife. The filing notes a troubled mental state following the separation.
Advices from Madrid report a plot to overthrow the dynasty with surveillance on Gens Campos Blanco Rivera and Dominguez. Admiral Montejo, commander of the Spanish squadron at Manila, is jailed pending trial. A steamer with 20000 arms bound for the Philippines was seized in Japanese waters. A powder magazine explosion at La Goubran, France, killed 40 and injured 100. In Macedonia fighting between Albanians Mussulmans and Turkish troops left hundreds dead. J M Cook of the Cook’s excursion agency died in England aged 65. The Cheribon carried Spain’s Cuban army contingent to Valencia. Spain’s new ministry under Senor Silvela took office. Cortes to be dissolved for April elections. Maj Gen Otis expects the Philippine war to end in three months. In Manila Admiral Dewey hoisted his flag on the Olympia and was saluted by warships and forts.
The Filipinos tried to seize the waterworks six miles from Manila but were driven back with 17 killed and many wounded. Two Americans were wounded in the clash.
John Kr Gowdy opens Paris American university men banquet as consul general. Cecil Rhodes predicts U S hemispheric control within a century. Kentucky court upholds $700 claim for kissing a married woman against her will. Christiania readies arctic expedition for Walter Welman party. Zelaya hosts US minister Merry at Managua palace. Elizabeth Bigg dies in London at 91 after 74 years bedridden. American Sunday School union marks 75th anniversary with monster Philadelphia meeting. Congressional Temperance society memorializes Dingley at Washington event. National Federation of Musical Clubs to meet in St Louis May 3–6. Mrs. Uhl presides. Italian inventor Cardosa touts faster screw propeller. Grant Family Association to reunite descendants in Old Windsor Oct 27. McKinley to attend Moravian college anniversary June 14. W F Kettenbach, 24, Idaho, youngest U S bank president at Lewiston National Bank.
News reports reveal Rudyard Kipling’s six year old daughter Josephine died of pneumonia at a New York home. The Kipling family seeks privacy for funeral plans while Kipling remains ill and unaware of the tragedy.
Washington reports the U S government remains passive on Italy’s bid to secure an open door and San Mun bay on the Chinese coast. Officials say the policy aims to protect American trade with China from European leasehold expansion and would only change to safeguard commerce.
In New York on Monday morning 18 ocean steamers were in quarantine with seven arriving overnight. Among the arrivals are overdue ships including the Algoa from Hamburg after 28 days, the Hero from Hamburg, and the Langbank from Calcutta which stopped at St Michaels Azores 15 days ago.
Montreal March 7. General Manager Reeve states the Grand Trunk disapproves of American capitalists establishing elevator and terminal facilities in Montreal. He argues Canadian capital can fund the enterprise without U S involvement. Springfield March 7. Promoters of a writing paper combination have secured options on about 75 percent of the nation’s writing paper mills.
Manila reports General Otis expects the war to end in about three months as Lawton's division reaches a 22 mile American line around Manila. Dewey pushes for immediate attack and occupation. Otis will not talk with Aguinaldo except for unconditional surrender. Spain ratification of the treaty is desired.
Sir Julian Pauncefote called on Secretary Long to thank the United States for offering the Brooklyn to carry Lord Herschell’s remains to England. He said Britain had ordered a vessel from Bermuda’s North Atlantic squadron for the mission, likely the cruiser Talbot.
A telephone message from Bloomington Michigan reports Mrs Sarah Stevenson mother of former vice president Adlai E Stevenson died at 2 30 am after several weeks illness. She was 90 years old.
William JH. Hoxie aged 68 was struck by lightning while ringing the bell at the Congregational church in Chiltonville Plymouth on Sunday. The strike wrecked the church tower and the front portion of the building.
Seattle report says three Rhinehart children from Walker's Valley were burned to death after being locked inside their burning home while parents worked in the woods.
The Morning Post correspondent reports bubonic plague raging in Bombay with severe intensity. The description notes overwhelming cases and strained health services as authorities attempt containment.
Washington reports Gen Otis almost ready for a large Manila offensive aimed at wiping out insurgent power. About 41 000 army and navy personnel are en route with 24 000 in theater and 7 500 more under orders to Manila. Dewey commands ships including Olympia and Yorktown with transports Solace Castine and Princeton nearby.
Chief Justice Fuller on March 7 sustained the Arkansas state law requiring railroads operating in the state to pay discharged employees and set a penalty equal to sixty days wages for nonpayment. The ruling confirms the law's validity and penalty provisions.
A Havana era dispatch reports United States gunboats Annapolis and Vicksburg left Laguayra Venezuela bound for Jamaica. The move comes as tensions mount in Caribbean waters and reflects ongoing naval activity in the region.
A health article argues washing by hand harms women due to heat and awkward posture. It promotes the Rocket Washer from the Rocket Washer Company of Ft Wayne Indiana as faster, cleaner, and healthier than traditional methods. It urges readers to switch to modern machines for better well being.
Choice cleared and stump lands in Central and Western Michigan suitable for fruit and general farming very low prices and favorable terms to actual settlers. Excel lent schools and markets. Write H. H. Howe land agent Grand Rapids Mich.
A powerful locomotive pulls modern Pullman sleeping dining cafe parlor cars and fine coaches making rail travel a pleasure. Two trains depart Chicago daily for St Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth via Wisconsin Central lines. Your nearest ticket agent can provide complete information. C. Pond, Genl Cass Agent, Milwaukee, is quoted.
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