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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
4
Hawaii Foreign Trade and Population Gain Report
Hawaii's foreign trade exceeded 29 million dollars last year, showing a rise of 5.2 million from the year before. The net population increase for 1598 reached 9,916 residents.
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Hawaii
Red skins count in nation and decline over 50 years
The Indian department reports 325 464 red skins still in the country and a total reduction of 62 765 during the past fifty years.
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Indian Department
Imperial Gazette of Berlin prints for the Kaiser and Empress
The text notes a Berlin paper published solely for the German emperor and empress called the Imperial Gazette of Berlin. It is described as a two-copy edition, claimed to be the smallest newspaper ever published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Gazette of
Berlin
Seven ex cabinet officers in New York City
Among New York residents, seven former cabinet officers are noted. Cornelius Niliss recently retired as secretary of the interior, William M. Evarts served under Johnson and Hayes, General James served with Garfield, General Fairchild with Cleveland's first cabinet, Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Lamont with Cleveland's second, and Carl Schurz with Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Cornelius N.iliss
Interior
Wiliam M. Evarts
Johnson
Hayes
Gen. James
Garfield
Gen. Fairchild
Cleveland
Mr. Carlisle
Mr. Lamont
Carl Schura
Record $10,150 Top Auction Price for George Inness Landscape
In New York a Clarke collection sale of American paintings drew about 400 works. A George Inness landscape sold for $10,150, the highest price ever paid at auction for an American artist’s work, signaling strong demand for American pictures.
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America
New York
Thomas B. Clarke
George Inness
Reston Orders Extermination of English Sparrows
The Reston man commands the extermination of English sparrows said to have been introduced despite warnings from ornithologists. Cat Reston faces a challenging task as the sparrow population appears to grow faster than efforts to reduce it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mnnver
Reston
Cat Reston
Blind Cornell student Fieyd Whiteman makes mark at Ithaca
Fieyd Edward Whiteman, a totally blind Cornell student in Ithaca, pursues a three year regional course. He entered two years ago and has a fellow student read his books. He memorizes much of the text and writes his exam papers himself in neat, accurate typewritten form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fieyd Edward Whiteman
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Faithful Gates Guard of Washington Tomb Dies After 25 Years
Edmund Parker an elderly former slave and guard at the Washington tomb for 25 years died recently. Born in 1827 as a slave of Mrs. John Augustine Washington, he served as a Civil War cook for the Ellsworth Zouves and then held the tomb guard role until his death. He was succeeded by another ex slave aged 74.
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Edmund Parker
Washington
John Augustine Washington
Chauncey Depew Named Leader Across Major Rail Lines
The New York World reports Dr. Chauncey Depew presently chairs the Vanderbilt lines board and serves as director of the New York Central Lake Shore Michigan Central Nickel Plate Big Four Chicago and North Western Vanderbilt based lines Equitable Life Mercantile Trust Union Trust Western National Bank and Western Union Telegraph. It is suggested he accepted a senate seat from his state mainly to fill his leisure time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Chauncey Depew
Vanderbilt Lines
New York Central
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Nickel Plate
Big Four
Chicago & Northwestern
Vanderbilt Based Lines
Equitable Life
Mercantile Trust Company
Union Trust Company
Western National Bank
Western Union Telegraph
Promotion of George Dewey to full Admiral
The nation unites in approving George Dewey’s elevation to full admiral of the United States Navy. A bill reestablishes the rank for his benefit and grants ten years of retirement exemption, marking a rare tribute to the Manila victor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dewey Uo
United States Navy
Dewey
Manila
Congressman James R Young Represents Largest U S District
Congressman James R Young of Pennsylvania represents the most populous district in the United States. The Philadelphia area once represented by the late William Kelley has grown, with the 1890 census listing about 310,000 people and current estimates placing around 450,000 American citizens in the district.
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James R. Young
Pennsylvania
United States
Philadelphia
William Kelley
Swedish Railways Tap U.S. Locomotive Makers for 20 Engines
Sweden's state railways have placed orders in the United States for 20 new locomotives. American manufacturers won the business after English firms declined due to delays, making the U.S. suppliers the accidental beneficiaries of the deal.
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Sweden
Doings of a Week A Weekly News Condensed
A sweeping digest reviews events from the past seven days across this nation and abroad. Highlights include political developments, diplomatic moves, cultural milestones, and notable social or economic stories shaping the week.
Washington pastor Talmage resigns after four years
In Washington the Rev Nev T DeWitt Talmage resigns as pastor of the old First Presbyterian Church after a four year tenure. The Spanish American War tallies show 5 731 total deaths from May 1 1898 to February 28 1899 including 329 killed in action and 5 277 dying of disease. February exports of domestic goods reach 55 989 694 dollars. Government plans a large naval station at Manila with full docks and machine shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nev. T. DeWitt Talmage
First Presbyterian Church of
Washington
Adjutant General’s Office
Manila
Gas Blast Kills and Injures Coal Miners in Mahoning City
A gas explosion in the Mahoning City colliery burned 13 men with two likely fatally burned. Other items include 182 U.S. business failures in the week ending the 10th, cleared funds at leading exchanges, a hangings in New Jersey, a Manhattan court case, and multiple fatal accidents from Scranton to Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahoning City
United States
James C. Fitts
Summit
Louis Roesel
Elizabeth
N. J
Margaret E. Cody
al Lang
N. Y
George
Helen Gould
Joseph Metza
Peter Libuan
John Terewics
Scranton
New York
Totter
Episcopal Church
Meade
Havana
Philadelphia
John Williams
Naugatuck
Conn
George Dean
Daniel Kennedy
George Young
Deston
Michigan Democrats nominate Barkworth and Legendre for state posts
In Kalamazoo the Michigan Democrats nominate Thomas J. Barkworth of Jackson for supreme court justice and Edward F. Legendre of Calumet with Stanley E. Parkhill of Owosso for state university regents. Delegates endorse the Chicago platform, oppose trusts, favor income tax, and back William J. Bryan for president in 1900.
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Michigan
Kalamazoo
Thomas J. Barkworth
Jackson
Supreme Court
Edward F. Legendre
Calumet
Stanley E. Parkhill
Owosso
State University
Chicago
Tsui
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
M. N. Wayward
United States
William V. Allen
Miles
Ludlow
Havana
Sampson
North Atlantic
Porta Hico
Utah
Sixth
United States Artillery
Honolulu
John Fount Tilman
Register of the Treasury
Cleveland
Shelbrville
Tenn
Oklahoma
Paul C. Edmunds
Halifax County
Cuba
Santiago
Plaza Dolores
Bacardi
Cummer Lumber Company
Jacksonville
Fla
W. L. Greene
Burlington
Omaha
Upper Peninsula
American Missionary Association
New York
Porto Rico
John Smallweed
Clay County
Iyonia
Mich
Reena Tanner
Gomez
Law
Arc- Clarg
Frank Hewitt
Cedar Falls
Darlington
I.T
Morton L. Phillips
United States Revenue
Boutwell
Newberne
N. C
Cyclone Wrecks 100 Homes in Oklahoma City
A cyclone in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, wrecked 100 houses and left 400 people homeless, prompting emergency relief efforts and shelter provisions as the city assesses damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
O. T
Storm toll and war reports from the era
A tidal wave at Kungesan drowns 2000 in Corea and a later note praises Dewey's fleet actions at Manila. Russia lifts bans on Jews in Siberia while Oregon reaches Manila for Grant. Two American soldiers die at Manila in recent fighting. Otis and Dewey plan a broad archipelago campaign. A Halifax steamer Castilian wreck leaves salvageable cargo and passengers. Poirier and Parslow are executed at St Scholastique for murder.
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Corea
Kungesan
Russia
Siberia
Lawton
Seventeenth Infantry
Manila
Oregon
Dewey
Luzon
Halifax
Allan Line
Theodore Sternberg
United States Volunteers
Philippines
McKinley visit to Thomasville and Cuba census under study
President and Mrs McKinley travel to Thomasville Georgia for a two week vacation hosted by Senator Hanna. The administration plans a complete census of Cuba and Postmaster General Smith sails for Cuba as issue headlines clash over military disarmament and Gomez Porter talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Washington
Thomasville
Hanna
Tanner
Iinois
James A. Walker
Congress
W. 3. Hamilton
Bristol
Tenn
David J. Baker
Iinois Supreme Court
Chicago
Cuba
United States
Herbert Putnam
Boston
Mass
Pike County
Willie” Wilde
Oscar Wilde
London
Frank Leslie
War Department
Hawaiian Islands
Charles Emory Smith
Martin J. Carter
Penneyylvania
St. Johns
N. F
Sampson
Senate
Charles FP. Gillett
Lagrange
Delaware
Gen
Wheaton
Pasig
Manila
Horace G. Taylor
Notable Short Items From Diverse Locales
Massachusetts Governor Wolcott praised as New England’s top fancy skater. Denver plans a public memorial park for Nev Myron W Reed. Manuel Garcia claims to be oldest singing master at age 4. West Hartford marks Noah Webster birth and a memorial push. Caroline Hazard elected president of Wellesley College. E H Eads found dead at Elliston Montana. US steel ingots output up over 1897. US volunteer engineers to return from Honolulu. Military Surgeons meet in Kansas City May 24 26. Joseph Choate eighth Harvard alumnus to sit in St James court. James N Wolff named judge advocate in Massachusetts. Monnett sues sugar trust for 356000. W H Councill, Normal Alabama negro college president, born enslaved. Dr E M Chamel at Gorell university reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Wolcott
Massachusetts
New England
Denver
Nev
Myron W. Reed Manuel Garcia
Noah Webster
West Hartford
Conn
Caroline Hazard
Peacedate
Wellesley
Mass) College
E. H. Eads
James Buchanan Eads
Elliston
Mont
United States
United States Volunteer Engineers
Honolulu
Hawaii
Association of Military Surgeons
Kansas City
Harvard University
Joseph H. Choate
Court of St. James
James N. Wolff
Boston
Department of
G. Alt
Monnett
Ohio
Sugar
W. H. Councill
College For Negroes At
Normal
Ala
E. M. Chamel
Chemical Department
Gorell Cuniversity
Ith
American forces seize Guadalupe and Pasig in bold Manila advance
General Wheaton's column pushed from Manila toward Malolos driving Aguinaldo's forces apart. Guadalupe San Nicolas and Pasig fell in succession with gunboat aid. Filipinos suffered 30 killed and many prisoners. Reenforcements blocked north and south roads, while officers reported harsh heat and hard fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
James H.creelman
New York Journal
Wheaton
Aguinaldo
Guadalupe
San Nicolas
Pasig
Scotts Battery
Beef supplies under scrutiny by war inquiry board
Chicago March 14 reports an lively war inquiry board session at the Pullman building detailing canned and dressed beef. Maj. Lee and Gen Miles’ agent presented testimony on preservation tests, diseased cattle, hidden meat in rendering tanks, and lack of inspectors in canning. Libby firm representative Charles J. Emery explained lean beef selection for canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Inquiry Board
Pullman Building
Maj. Lee
Nelson A. Miles
Davis
Miles
Charles J. Emery
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Powell
Bodies Identified as Admiral Villamil in Cuba
In Santiago de Cuba on March 14 Gen. Leonard Wood and officers confirmed the remains found near El Morro as those of Admiral Villamil, who led the Spanish torpedo boat destroyers in the battle that destroyed Admiral Cervera's squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villanul
Santiago de Cuba
Leonard Wood
Department of Santiago
Department
Col
Beacon
Scott
el Morro
Villamil
Cervera
Incendiary Fire Spreads Terror in Ashley Suburb
Residents of Ashley in Wilkes Barre fear a gang of arsonists after fires on Saturday caused about $20,000 in losses and an early Monday blaze destroyed the large public school building along with two dwellings. Police pursue leads as community mourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Ashley
McKinleys Depart for Thomasville Vacation
President McKinley and wife left Washington at 6 40 P M for a ten day to two week vacation in Thomasville Georgia aboard a Pullman train of the Atlantic Coast Line and Plant system with Mrs Hobart Senator Hanna and Miss Phelps among the party. Dr J N Rixey and George B Cortelyou and L B Barnes accompany the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hobart
Hanna
Phelps
J. N. Rixey
George B. Cortelyou
Lb. 5. Barnes
Sailors named for gallantry promotion stay on hold
Secretary Long rejects Rear Admiral Sampson’s request to reappoint officers omitted by Santiago promotion lists. He will not grant recess appointments and will leave nominations as they stood at the end of the last congress, with actions deferred until the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Long
Sampson
Santiago
Succeed Sexton Call Seeks New Grand Army Commander
Cincinnati reports W C Johnson senior vice commander in chief calls Grand Army national board to meet April 12 at Continental Philadelphia to select a successor to the late Gen James A Sexton. Johnson and Gen Black of Illinois are candidates. Ex Judge David J Baker dies in Chicago after noon. He was a former Illinois Supreme Court judge. Heart disease is listed. Worcester notes West Boyleston Manufacturing to restore pre January 1898 wages affecting about 300 workers. Washington reports Comptroller Dawes orders 100 percent assessment on National Bank of Illinois stock to cover a $1.2 million asset deficiency with $1 million expected from full levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
W. C. Johnson
Grand Army of the Republic
National Board of Administration of the Grand Army
Continental Hotel
Philadelphia
James A. Sexton
Johnson
Gen. Black
Illinois
Sexton
Chicago
David J. Baker
Rrom
Boyce Building
Cornell Avenue
D. J
John W. Baker
Baker
Illinois Supreme Court
Worcester
Mass
West Boyleston Manufacturing Company
Washington
Dawes
National Bank of Ilinois
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Suffering Women
A promotional notice asserts perfect health depends on female organs and promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites testimonials from Mrs J Garretson of Bound Brook New Jersey and Mrs Macere Pain Lippe of Ladoga Indiana praising relief from chronic ovarian inflammation and uterine ulceration after using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lost Faith In His Tailor Turns Col Tarker Comic Valentine
A staid West Side gentleman Col Tarker, rich in land, buys a loud new suit from cheap tailor Wartz. His daughter laughs at the garish outfit as the old aristocrat reveals a comic valentine look. The tale ends with him reverting to an older suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Tarker
Prairie Avenue
Wartz
Valentine
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Politician's Horticultural Humor Swings Rural Vote
The Detroit Free Press recalls a Michigan politician who sparked rural voters with a tale at a horticultural meeting. He asked mock questions about literary laurels and forced genius before a weak backbencher proposed a committee to study pumpkins in cities. The crowd remembered him at the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Michigan
Detroit Free Press
Morning Rush Leads to Roses Misfire
A man rushes to catch a train after his wife asks for garden plants. He returns with two dozen rose bushes believing roses were requested. His wife cries, saying she asked for chrysanthemums and rhododendrons but time ran short and she could only think of roses.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Aces Ignite Sermon Pause in Sunday Bible Class
A humorous incident from a Southside Sunday school in which a seven year old boy disrupts a Bible class with a jokey guess about why the pastor was called away. The teacher praises the pastor’s faithfulness while the child shouts the winning word aces revealing the boy’s poker parlance.
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Tenett
Bobby
Chicago
Inter Ocean
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