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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
4
Foreign papers report granite and marble crosses to be erected this year on 19 mountain peaks across Italy. The crosses will be large enough to be seen from miles away to memorialize the Christian era.
John Brown aged 78, once manager of the Orange County almshouse and superintendent of the poor, has been taken to the county almshouse and is now unable to support himself. He previously was well to do but is now a pauper.
An orator asks what the nation needs as it pursues Pacific trade and freedom. A rear seat critic bluntly replies rubber boots, highlighting amaterial concern in the crowd.
An army paymaster reports Panay and Negros troops have saved £200000 of their pay during six months. He notes hundreds plan to stay in the Philippines after their terms end to pursue business and are hoarding their earnings as capital.
During a period the national government redeemed 15 210 pieces of old fractional currency including specimens of every denomination. The total value reached 3 544 445. More than 350 000 000 of fractional paper currency has been issued, but about 12 000 000 remains unredeemed, with an estimated half of that amount destroyed.
Less than two years ago Grant Gillette led Kansas cattle trading and speculation, worth millions and dominating the state. He collapsed around Thanksgiving due to over speculation. Now cattlemen and banks dispute his estate as Gillette hawks shirt waists to Chihuahua's senoritas.
The article notes two men named William MecKinies on federal payrolls, one earning 24.10 monthly as president and another as engineer in the Louisville customs house. It mentions ds Bryans with three christened Willison, and references former Grover Cleveland appointees, now down to one as assistant farmer at Fort Peck Indian agency earning 31.59 monthly.
A Rochester man idented as A A Potmann an electrical engineer issues a will by speaking into a phonograph then uses hot copper to destroy the recording declaring this is my last will and testament witnesses sign after. The anecdote is seen as clever yet likely contested by lawyers.
A Chicago paper reports two boys about one year old who traveled from Dalti more to London then Paris with no outside aid. Consul General Gowdy aided them obtaining work and language skills, and they now advertise to guide American visitors at the Paris exposition. They plan to be heard from later.
Poston has long been known as the most advanced municipality in undertaking things left to private initiative. Boston at this time distributes thousands of trees free to citizens with a limit tied to street frontage, continuing a spring tradition of city care and planting.
Gen A W Greely at Worcester board of trade banquet praised the signal service for rapid reach to Gen Shafter in Cuba during the Spanish American War. He said the system enabled near five minute proximity to the president and noted British interest in adopting the U S model in South Africa.
In Derby Connecticut two women are accosted by four men in a street robbery attempt. Miss Bertha Lynch grabbed a hatpin from her bonnet and stabbed at the muggers, causing the quartet to flee. The other woman escaped. The report notes the hatpin defense as a striking reflex in a perilous moment.
Senate paused the Clark case and discussed Chippewa reservations as a forest preserve national park plan. House seating change for North Carolina representative and a favorable pure food bill report. Navy buildup urged by Senator Lodge as naval appropriations debated. The House set records with 189 private pension bills and adjourned to the 14th. Manila liquor sales drop noted in official report.
Gross receipts at 50 principal post offices for April rise by 255655 over April 1699. Congress appropriations this session will be smaller than two years ago. President and Mrs McKinley will return to Canton home after congress adjourns to spend most of midsummer there.
The steamer Quito left New York bound for Bombay carrying 200 400 bushels of corn for famine districts in India. U S clearing houses showed weekly exchanges totaling 1 651 801 800 dollars down from 1 545 552 647 last week. In Camden a market was destroyed with ten stores and several dwellings. A tunnel collapse in Philadelphia killed seven and injured twenty. In Boston Mrs Hannah Newell Barrett marked her hundredth birthday. James J Jeffries remains heavyweight champion after defeating James J Corbett in 203 rounds at Coney Island. The National League standings listed Philadelphia Brooklyn Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati St Louis New York Teston.
A national convention at Sioun Falls nominated William Jenninges Brvan of Nebraska for president and Charles A Towne of Minnesota for vice president. Platforms support income tax postal savings banks government railways and telegraphs anti trust and street legislation while denouncing currency law and the Philippine war.
In Kansas City Judge Hook grants an absolute injunction to end strike troubles with the Metropolitan street railway. Democrats renominated W. S. Cowherd for Congress in Missouri's Fifth District.
Foreign intelligence reports British forces nearing Kroonstad after hard fighting with heavy losses on both sides. Boers menace front and rear as other global events unfold from Spain to India.
In a busy session the Senate passed the naval appropriation and free homes bills while reporting favorably on the Nicaraguan canal measure. The House approved the general deficiency appropriation bill as the military academy bill awaits approval as the last supply measure. The Supreme Court upheld the inheritance tax constitutionality. Renominations: James R. Mann William E. ONeill and Daniel W. Mills for Congress in Illinois districts. Incendiary fire attempt in Duluth and Cuba postal leadership shift announced. Trade, fire losses, and other national news noted.
The Seaman's Friend society has placed 1060S libraries on American naval vessels. The wife of Scott McKeown, San Francisco millionaire, will become an opera singer. United States exports rose from 40 000 to 3 466 080 in 1899. Queen Wilhelmina's miniature farm aids the poor. Treasury agents uncovered a wool smuggling scheme. Gov Allen of Porto Rico reportedly speaks Spanish like a native. Japanese promoters plan tea saloons in major cities. Modjeska announces a Poland visit next year despite czarist exile. Judge Baldwin of Connecticut urges whipping post for petty offenders. John Brown Memorial association collecting Brown letters for memoir. Native Christians preferred by Indian contractors for better work. Census to enumerate urban animals for the first time. United Presbyterian Church synod of Scotland backs union with Free Church. Dundee school board election sees Mrs Carlaw Martin top votes among 15. Mme Sada Yacco cited as first Japanese actress in a male‑led company. Locomotive Engineers oppose commercial ad attachment to the American flag.
A London dispatch reports Gen. Buller pushed from Ladysmith toward Helpmakaar and Biggarsberg. Bethune outflanked the Boers as the British gained the ridge, with Dundee expected to fall to advancing forces. Other notes mention Roberts at Kroonstad and plans to annex the Orange Free State.
A Washington dispatch reports after adjournment President and Mrs McKinley will stay most of the summer at their Canton home They may visit Pale Springs Maine in August and spend a fortnight or more there They do not plan to lease a cottage preferring hotel life.
In Boston on May 13 Charles H. Cole former president of the defunct Globe national bank pleaded guilty on several counts of misappropriation and was sentenced to eight years in Greenfield jail.
The Democratic congressional convention for the Ninth district in Mexico Missouri on May 15 endorsed Champ Clark of Pike County as the nominee to succeed himself in Congress.
Billy Taylor once famed as a top pitcher in baseball circles died Monday in Jacksonville two months after illness. He pitched for the Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics and later coached the first American team to visit Europe and Cuba.
May 15 report notes Mount Vesuvius in eruption with spectators barred from approaching within a specified distance. The alert underscores ongoing volcanic activity and safety restrictions for observers.
Havana reports reveal extensive postal frauds across Cuba including Havana offices and outside points. Postmaster Thompson is suspended, stamp sellers Moya and Mascaro arrested, with multiple others under close watch as investigations expand nationwide. American officials face scrutiny amid growing calls for reform.
A Sentinel dispatch says a noon Monday fire at C. H. Worcester & Co in Fisher Michigan 28 miles west of Milwaukee destroyed the lumber yards, sawmill, plant, schoolhouse, 40 dwellings and more. Two hundred people are homeless. Firefighters aided by Mayor Utke, wind driven flames left only two houses, the company store and depot standing. The Worcester plant will be rebuilt as timber holdings surround the site.
L D Mc Allister of Heloise shot and killed his wife after a confrontation over alleged infidelity. He then shot himself, dying instantly. He previously had killed Love in a separate incident and was acquitted at trial. He owned ferries between Heloise Cottonwood and steam boats between Booths Point and Caruthersville.
Chicago May 15 By the terms of a lease filed Monday the Chicago Alton Railway company becomes lessee of all property of the Chicago Alton Railroad company in Illinois Missouri or elsewhere The consideration was 100 The company also filed a mortgage for 22 000 000 to the Farmers Loan and Trust company New York which authorizes the issue of 31 per cent first lien 50 year gold bonds the railway company giving as security all of its personal and real property in Illinois Missouri and elsewhere The mortgage is due July 1950.
Sidney Nebraska May 15 A fight between a railroad surveying and trading crew and several men led to the stabbing death of Robert McMullen Marlboro Massachusetts an employee of the Burlington Company whose slayer fled from South Omaha and remains unidentified.
Captain E J Kennedy proprietor of the Washington hotel in Galveston Texas was found dead in his bed Monday morning He was formerly a noted steamboat man on the lower Rio Grande
Washington May 15 Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow is to go to Havana on Wednesday to take charge of Cuba postal affairs. The Post Office Department declines to confirm suspensions, but Monday's action suggests it.
During a May thunderstorm in Gardiner Missouri the Haley icehouses below South Gardiner, owned by the American Ice Company, were struck by lightning and totally destroyed with a loss of sixty thousand dollars.
May 15 Washington report: Secretary Gage forwards for House information the internal revenue data on oleomargarine ingredients and production for the years ending June 30 1899 and December 1899. Commissioner Wilson notes bulk and custodial limits, but provides disclosed ingredient types amounts and percentages.
The Supreme Court issued five opinions on the federal inheritance tax under the War Revenue Act and one state law case from New York. It held national bonds not exempt and affirmed the federal law as applying to legacies, with tax on each distributive share. Justice White delivered the federal rulings and Justice Shiras the bonds decision.
A desperate effort to burn Duluth business district struck Monday night with five fires in under two hours. One man perished and five horses died, with damage estimated over 300000 dollars. John Larson, a saloon attache, was burned to death in a livery stable. Hamm Brewing Company horses were among the casualties.
Philadelphia officials report the finance committee of the citizens national republican convention committee has raised the entire $10 600 pledged by the city for convention purposes.
The princess of Wales held a drawing-room at Buckingham Palace on Monday for the queen. A large attendance was present. Among the Americans were Mrs Wheaton wife of Gen Frank Wheaton Miss Wheaton Mrs Frank Newell and Miss Newell of Massachusetts.
Port Said reports 20 bubonic plague cases with 13 deaths and 4 recoveries. The remaining three patients are under treatment with no new cases observed.
Pittsburgh May 15. Options have been taken on five of the largest steamfitting and pipe bending plants in the country and a combination will be formed as the Pittsburgh Valve and Construction Company with a capital of 3,000,000. The companies are all Pittsburgh concerns.
A specimen reply from W H Kinkade of Alameda confirms the authenticity of a December 22 1889 letter. He describes prairie land near Assiniboia with homesteading costs from three to ten dollars per acre, a practice of breaking prairie, and guidance on timing for migration to work the land, with emphasis on labor and thrift for independent farming.
Rev. H L Hargett pastor of the Congregational Church at Gate City accepts the nomination for governor of Alabama on the prohibition ticket. The announcement comes from Birmingham dated May 15.
Discussion on disease transmission in crowded classrooms and public buildings. Recommends coating interior walls with a pure cement like Alabassine for disinfection and easier renewal, noting first costs comparable to inferior work and long term ease of maintenance.
Hundreds of charming resorts in Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan await thousands of southern and eastern visitors. Nearby spots include Fox Lake Delavan Lauderdale Waukesha Oconomowoe Palmyra The Dells Kilbourn Elkhart Madison and farther afield Minocqua Star Lake Frontenac White Bear Minnetonka and Marquette on Lake Superior. For pamphlets and the illustrated Summer book send four cents and address to the nearest agent. Admiral Dewey joke noted.
An old Chicago Daily News blurb advertises Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement is necessary for health and that the product acts gently on the liver and kidneys to cure sick headache. The piece notes price 25 and Cc and ends with a sailor remark about dirty weather at sea. Also promotes Glenn's Sulphur Soap and Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye at 50 cents.
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