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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1898
Page
6
In 1823 Thomas Jefferson wrote to President Monroe that Cuba would be the most interesting addition to the United States. The article notes a forthcoming bankruptcy law that becomes effective October 10, allowing debtors time to decide under the current system.
The Merrimac expedition hero repudiates a young woman's claim of engagement, leaving unsettled who is really Hobson's choice.
The naval battle in which Cervera's fleet was destroyed has a formal title. Lieut. Whittlesby proposed the name The battle of July 3 and the War Department approved the designation.
The Klondike’s wealth seems determined by the fortune of the returning prospector. A man with a bag of gold dust feels brighter about Yukon prospects than one who returns empty handed and with a reduced appetite.
A court martial found Private Cornell overstayed leave but noted he collected 17.70 dollars in 24 hours, got married and joined the church. He was excused.
Mrs. E Knowles Maskill who sought Montana attorney general on the populist ticket married her successful Republican rival and became assistant attorney general. She advocates that a woman murderer should receive the same punishment as a man murderer.
An observer argues the forthcoming census should list everyone who fired the initial shot in the current war. He says counting now is easier before those individuals multiply with time.
Buffalo Bill is often credited with origin of the term rough rider but Maj. John M. Edwards may have coined it earlier in 1867. His line refers to "from the plains of Texas came the rough riders to water their steeds in the swift Mississippi."
Lieut. Blue, 32, earns admiration for scouting expeditions around Santiago. He commands the Suwanee, a converted sea-going tug that has impressed the enemy on multiple occasions.
The Washington American quotes a farmer who says caterpillars ruin orchards each year. He claims inserting a drilled hole fed with sulphur into the tree carries sap to limbs and kills the pests, a technique he has used for years.
A Pittsburgh company won an order from Belfast Ireland for 776 tons of steel plates for steamship construction at a large Belfast shipyard. It is the first such order from abroad and signals rapid U S progress in supplying global ship building material.
A Naval scene shows Capt Philip of the Texas deflecting Admiral Sampson's question about sinking ships. Philip replies the Texas only did its duty, underscoring modesty and unselfishness of officers. The exchange highlights restraint over bragging in sea service.
The article notes Puerto Rico as the fourth largest West Indian island, 90 miles by 35, with a parallelogram shape. It highlights a mountain spine and rivers feeding fertile lowlands. It praises summer heat tempered by sea breezes and calls San Juan the capital while Ponce is the metropolis.
Hawaiians erupt over Congress passing the annexation resolution. A ship brings news and gifts flood the captain. Islanders plan a grand welcome when U S officials with the flag arrive to hear praise for the action.
The article notes Spain’s European standing as a professional military nation at war’s start, contrasted with American self view. It mentions Americans running a summer school teaching war science with pupils from many nations.
A broad roundup of notable events across Washington and the East West and South highlights political developments, legislative moves, and regional moments shaping national affairs this week. Regional items illustrate local impacts and prominent figures involved.
Extensive war reports describe Spain’s Ponce garrison collapse and court martial for Col. San Martin, while Aguinaldo seeks American policy clarity. US moves include Luzon retention, Shafter’s return, Puerto Rico advances, and battles at Arroyo and Guayama. Also noted are Cuban peace terms, veterans’ deaths, fires, and a Chicago suicide.
The week ended saw 196 business failures, up from 189 the prior week but below 227 in the same period last year. In Buffalo, George Greenleff, 37, killed his mother in law Mrs. Edward Meisner and William Fiewell. A note on baseball standings lists weekly percentages for National League teams led by Cincinnati and Boston. In New York district politics S FE Payne was nominated for Congress and James Sherman for the Twenty fifth. A Puerto Rico statehood meeting was held in New York. In South River, Charles Yohansen, 43, and his wife Christia were found dead after the wife killed her husband and then died.
8S. L. Black of Columns becomes president of the League of American Municipalities in Detroit. A deputy is hanged in Little Rock for a killing. Robbers steal 5000 dollars and 4000 in notes from Richland Union Bank. Four drowned in Lafayette. Oshkosh riot resumption ends with nonunion men assaulted. A run away team kills Mrs. Mary Williams and her daughter near Hixon. Henry Schultz fatally shoots his wife then dies by suicide in Davenport Ta.
Foreign intelligence reports George N. Curzon, secretary in the British parliament, has accepted the post of viceroy of India. A waterspout off Madiana, Spain drowned 40 people. Advices from Barcelona note a Carlist rising near Lerida. Sir Thomas Lipton pledges 500000 for cheap dining rooms in London. The Nimrod tug sank in a gale off Cape St Blas with 12 crew dead.
Spain's answer to American peace terms arrives in Washington and will be presented to the president by French ambassador M Cambon amid doubt over its full acceptability. News notes include drownings in Piscataqua river, Puerto Rico troop movements, typhoid death in Asheville, and various other wartime and civil incidents.
The report covers diverse notes including a Texas peanut crop valued at 4 million dollars, a Frederick Douglass monument unveiling set for September 20 in Rochester, and statistics on admissions to a St Louis asylum from domestic service. It also notes Yukon miners paying 2.56 million dollars in a year, Lord Dufferin learning Persian, Captain Clark of the Oregon on leave, and a proposed 100000 strong standing army postwar.
A fierce blaze in Bismarck North Dakota on August 9 devastated downtown blocks including the Northern Pacific depot, the Tribune, Hare's hardware, the First National Bank, the Merchants Bank block and many brick structures. Over 40 buildings were destroyed and hundreds left homeless as fires spread across Fourth to Third streets and from the Northern Pacific tracks to Thayer street. The origin remains unknown and insurance may cover about half the damage.
Ex mayor Adolph Sutro died at 2 30 Monday morning in San Francisco. Born in Aix la Chapelle Prussia on April 29 1830 he arrived in the United States with his family in 1850 and soon moved to California. Sutro built wealth as a pioneer real estate owner and mining promoter and served one term as mayor.
In Palestine Texas on August 9 a mob of about 200 men seized Dan Ogg a local Black man from the county jail and hanged him in the courthouse yard after he was identified in connection with an attempted chloroform attack on a railroad man's wife and a visiting young woman. A volley of shots followed the hanging. Ogg’s innocence was claimed by local Black residents.
Peking reports Great Britain has adopted a firm stance on railway concessions in China. The situation appears settled unless Russia counter-moves. General satisfaction is noted in British settlements.
The passage traces the origins of common flower names and related terms. It notes Fuchs for fuchsia, Dahl for dahlia, Magnol for magnolia, Tulip from dulband, Busbeck for a German traveler who introduced bulbs, Lilac from lilaj, and explains dandelion from dent de lion linking to sun and lion’s teeth.
Washington reports the war department plans the immediate return of Gen. Shafter's army from Santiago de Cuba. Transports at Ponce and Santiago will carry more than 12 000 men, with Yale and Harvard among ships en route. Roosevelt's actions drew a rebuke but aimed to speed the homeward move.
Grain men, railroads, and elevators prepare for a busy fall as shipments are eyed to start within weeks. Harvesting in the south is underway while northern farmers ready crops, and lakehead elevators report light stocks as heat drives grain out. Superior firms expect a lively season with reps already in the wheat belt.
Omaha observers say one of the largest crowds since the Trans Mississippian exposition opened two months ago attended the inauguration of the United States government Indian congress on Thursday. The highlight was a parade of several hundred reservation Indians in war paint and feathers led by Capt. W. A. Mercer in charge of the congress and representing the government.
The Dirigo arrived from St Michaels with 100 passengers, 49 of them Klondikers, carrying about 200000 in dust and nuggets. The voyage confirms dire conditions at St Michaels due to failed ocean boats moving passengers up the river, risking thousands wintering there or returning to the States.
Madrid reports the government instructs the minister of war not to force resistance to the utmost in Puerto Rico. Premier Sagasta seeks to avoid unnecessary bloodshed, believing Puerto Rico will fall to the Americans. Capt. Gen. Macias is told to secure terms similar to Toral to save Spanish honor.
A famed novelist battles a stubborn editor and a Havana Cuba setting as the hero must be Cuban or Norwegian. The irate writer storms, questions Weyler, and demands a dramatic change to fit traditional sensibilities. He rages at the assistant and insists on a decisive plot shift.
Jamie, a seventh grader, hides rubber overshoes with a tack hammer to stay in class. The principal slips on the saved rubbers and falls, prompting laughter from Jamie’s sister. The next day Jamie is asked if he passes. the principal concedes Jamie passes.
Quote from Chicago Evening News notes Migler rising from a six week former waiter in a cheap restaurant to a government job paying $7,000 a year. The debate calls him pushing versus pulling in career ascent.
A dialogue shows a landlady resisting a check due to stamps and bother while Mr Lageer imagines a four months note as an alternative. The exchange reflects practical payment friction and casual quips about air castles and housekeeping.
A promotional notice from J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co. offers four Moville porcelain game plaques free until September 1 to customers who buy three ten cent packages of Elastic Starch. The plaques depict American Wild Ducks, American Pheasant, American Quail, and English Snipe and require in-store pickup only.
A doctor of Irish extraction living in Griqualand West collects nearly 30 Domn Paul shillings after three weeks of effort. He obtains a post office order for the sum and mails it to a friend in Cape Town, who is astonished by the gesture and its result.
A woman describes years of headaches chills and pain from her left side. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports full relief and renewed strength thanking Mrs Pinkham.
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