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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
4
In Nebraska a group of boys carry a coil of one inch diameter hose and feed it down a rabbit hole to guide the rabbit out. A loud shout through the hose summons the rabbit, which exits the hole and is captured in a sack.
Inventors create beer lozenges from evaporated lager powder containing all beverage ingredients. Dissolving the lozenges in water with added carbonic acid gas turns the drink into a sparkling ale.
The Graefenthal porcelain factory received an English order for 5 000 dozen figures showing 2 wounded British soldiers with bandaged heads standing erect, gun in hand, ready to face the approaching enemy. A second order asks for British sailors at their guns facing the foe.
The railway requires seventeen-jeweled watches for its workers. Watches must be inspected every three months and submitted to the inspector weekly for registration. Employers are not allowed to set or adjust watch movements unless the watch happens to run down.
The piece notes strict press censorship in South Africa, likening it to Moltke era tactics. It recalls a German general warning a British correspondent to suppress a story with a threat of execution if published, illustrating the climate of fear and control.
Commissioner general M Picard announces a colossal Kimberley diamond will grace the jewelry pavilion. Found shortly before the war and insured for $2,000,000, the gemstone will be guarded by four policemen and touted as finer than the Regent the Shah the Grand Mogul and the Koh i noor.
Over one hundred miles of Cape Nome shoreline have been prospected but no clear boundary between sand and sea is found. The beach formation resembles the bogs of Ireland and Scotland, known as peat, a potential fuel source in timber-scarce Alaska.
Private O Leary arrived at Southampton after being shot in the head at Colenso. The bullet lodged in his brain leaving him speechless blind and paralyzed. Surgeon Sir William MacCormac removed part of the brain and extracted the bullet, and O Leary has since recovered substantially.
The article notes longstanding American capital in Mexico and recent American voice in its government. George Craigg, son of Thomas Branley and reputedly the wealthiest American in Mexico, is elected to the city council at 25. He heads the coaches committee as placed by the council president.
The registrar general of New Zealand warns that the Maori, once a martial people, are declining toward extinction due to high infant mortality from poor food and exposure, weakened constitutions from past debauchery, and reliance on native doctors neglecting the sick.
The Venture of London closes final payment to W S Stratton for Independence mine Cripple Creek by a 6.5 million dollar check. Stratton had earlier sold the mine for 10 million with 3.5 million down, staked July 4, 1891. He believes the sale undervalued potential output, while stock values put the mine at 15 million.
A historical passage describes a grotesque beast called the bearded waki. It notes the creature’s long ugliness and danger to children and nervous people. The monkey is said to be especially savage with a fearsome beard and unusual shape.
A broad, syndicated roundup outlines nationwide highlights from Washington to the East West and South. The brief items cover politics economy social events and notable local developments.
The senate debated the Porto Rico appropriation bill while the house sent the Loud bill to committee. A Porto Rico relief bill conference report was received and pensions advanced. Plans for a Grant memorial and a civil government for Porto Rico were approved. Boers renew pressure near Mafeking and Johannesburg as Russia sends troops toward Persia and Afghanistan. Filipino leaders discuss surrender to Americans and Panay remains peaceful under Gen. Hughes. The queen will host breakfast for 20,000 Irish children in Ireland.
The secretary of war explained to the cabinet his action in granting permits for sea mining off Cape Nome. Plans have been made for a national religious jubilee in 1901.
The grand jury in New York indicted Olga Nethersole and others for playing Sapha. In Pittsburgh the Carnegie Company formed with capital of 260 million dollars. U S exchanges totaled 1 599 255 218 for the week ended the 23d, down from 3 611 020 647 last week. There were 13 business failures in the week, down from 198 and 200 in prior periods. Three firemen died in a New York fire. National League baseball opens April 19.
Reports of killings, lynchings, robberies, and disasters unfold from Georgia to Nebraska. Incidents include a mob at Emporia Va halted by state troops, hangings in Virginia Kentucky Texas, arson in South Dakota, bank robberies in Iowa and Nebraska, and fatal boiler explosions in Indiana and Ohio.
Foreign intelligence reports say Australian colonies are drafting a federal government proposal inspired by the United States. The move signals potential constitutional experiments and closer union discussions within the colonial territories.
Senator Davis introduces a provisional Porto Rican free trade bill in the Senate with a March 1, 1902 expiry. Alison offers a bank designation bill for cities of 25,000. House backs tighter national bank loan controls. Army appropriation discussed. J M Stone dies. Assignees seek funds in Keene for Five Cent Savings and Guaranty Savings banks. Polly Price turns 100. Charles Scott fatally wounds wife and mother-in-law then dies. Kingston fire. Altoona miners gains 20 percent pay. Lewis Harris lynched in Belair. Wheeler resignation withdrawn. Tariff compromise and civil government bill advance. New York tunnel work begins. South Africa fighting imminent at several spots. Boers near Warrenton and Fauresmith. forces around Ladybrand.
Kansas may mark 1904 with an exposition while Shamrock seed is planted on Irish graves in Africa. German railways seek locomines based on American designs. McKinley donates to a Washington Methodist university and will launch the battleship Ohio in May. A Missouri farmer colony is planned in the Concho valley Mexico. Siegfried Wagner will visit the U.S. for concerts. German commercial representatives protest meat ban. Britain eyes naval expansion amid France tensions. Wade Crowder, a former enslaved man, flees to Chicago. Boothbay sailor Ab Ak claims the shortest name. Minnie Botha studies in London. French inventor Mercadier proposes simultaneous dispatches over one wire. Topeka Capital to rally Kansas corn for India relief. John R. Haines jailed 50 years for murder. Marie Reting acquitted after Street shooting. Steamship Switzerland arrives in Philadelphia with Finns fleeing government cruelty.
London reports three potential South African battle sites as Lord Methuen Fauresmith and Ladybrand movements prompt forecasts of action. Boers seize Pap Hulle and recruit through Lorenzo Marques as Gen Joubert returns hopeful from Kronstad and Churchill urges clemency toward rebels.
Attorney Frederic D. Kenny filed a petition for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari in the U S Supreme Court seeking to challenge the provisional court in Porto Rico. Ramon Baez, serving hard labor for allegedly illegal voting at Guayama, argues the court lacked jurisdiction and violated due process. The case, one of 32, stayed pending Baez’s appeal, questions whether civil courts should handle the matter. The court took the application under advisement.
Senator Davis introduces a substitute for the Porto Rican bill. The act makes Porto Rico an internal revenue district with US tax laws extended there, sets a 15 percent tax, and establishes a San Juan revenue office. The measure is provisional, expiring March 1, 1902, with provisions on tobacco rum and future self government.
Reports from Des Moines Clinton New Hampton Marshalltown Burlington and Sioux City show mayoral winners and party control. Voters backed Republicans in some towns and Democrats in others with several city tickets decided by narrow margins.
Washington reports a settled Porto Rican question with a 15 percent duty on goods from the United States to Porto Rico and the island to the United States, plus 15 percent on Porto Rico exports. The plan preserves the Dingley rate for other countries and grants local government immediate effect. Tobacco and sugar receive preferential treatment.
President John Mitchell reports about 30 000 idle union men in the nation with 5 000 miners among them while promising to add 25 percent to united miners after a central Pennsylvania settlement. He notes strikes, slow wage readjustment, and generally bright labor conditions amid a panic recovery. Also, Kid McCoy and Tom Sharkey sign to fight June 25 for 60 percent of gross receipts at Coney Island Seaside Sporting Club.
John R. Hunter of Kalamazoo, president of Henderson-Ames, testified in the Marsh trial that the company’s records supportManager Bickerstaff and that no promise was made to testify in exchange for protection. State Armorer Tobin detailed shipment of supplies from Kalamazoo to Chicago and then to Lansing.
Chicago officials of the Union Traction company warn conductors to watch for a clever counterfeit half dollar that recently appeared. The note is described as a good imitation, prompting alert measures across guidance and cash handling.
Havana reports secretary of justice Estevez intends reforms to make offenses against Protestant clergy less separate from those against Catholic clergy and to place all such offenses on the same footing. The plan also tweaks the law increasing penalties for negra and white race offenses to achieve equality. A separate note cites Pennsylvania mine accident data: 9,575 lives lost in 30 years across anthracite mines. Paris notes Count Boni de Castellane seeks to defuse warlike threats by involving the Figaro to prevent further stoking of the situation.
An 19th century note promotes papier mace teeth as superior to other materials and advertises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to improve stomach health, claiming digestion affects teeth and that the bitters cure dyspepsia and biliousness.
Mrs Nerrig Cyase of 47 K St NE Washington relates her 16 month old son suffered from a rash swelling on the neck diagnosed as measles mumps and scrofula. After three doctors prescribed blood medicines the family used Hood's Sarsaparilla which led to a complete cure after persistent use.
Early Monday morning a fire in Lawrence caused the destruction of the Pierson Flour Milling plant valued at 150000 dollars. The blaze wiped out the mill several thousand bushels of wheat and several hundred barrels of flour. Insurance coverage is listed at 80000 dollars.
In Belair Maryland on March 27 Lewis Harris a colored man arrested for felonious assault on Miss Mellvaine was lynched by a mob. Sheriff Kiart and a deputy tried to protect the prisoner and fired into the mob wounding two assailants but were overpowered.
In San Francisco on March 27 Judge Hunt issued a decision in the Morehouse matter. The ruling clarifies legal parameters and sets forthcoming steps in the dispute.
Washington March 27 There will be no delay in the execution of the act of congress appropriating 2 000 000 for the relief of Porto Rico residents. The war department anticipated passage and has arranged to carry its provisions into effect at once.
A fragment notes Ae Hamilton in Ontario associated with an event described as blown to atoms, implying a catastrophic destruction. No further details are provided to identify people, places, or exact circumstances.
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