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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
4
Havana is reported free from yellow fever an unusual season condition. Sanitation work continues and is expected to yield immediate results in curbing the outbreak.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes that using liquid air as an explosive remains far from reality, quipping it will be a cold day for somebody when battles are decided by a liquid registering 600 degrees below zero.
It seems unlikely that a prompt settlement will arise from the Spanish war issues. The decisive moment remains unclear on who fired the first shot at Yorktown between Britain and the United States.
An American millionaire purchased a copy of The Troublesome Raigne of John dated 1501, with only two copies known, at a London auction for 2500 dollars after a heated bid.
The sultan authorized the American minister in Constantinople to cable President McKinley that Turkey promises to pay $160,000 in damages for the destruction of American missionary property during Armenian massacres. The cruiser Chicago may soon visit Turkish ports.
In Athens Georgia Bishop Turner, a leading southern colored church figure, declared in a recent sermon that the current state of the negro in the south is intolerable and that he would prefer his people to return to slavery. He argued the issue will not be settled until the negro obeys God and goes back to Africa.
The New York Tribune condemns a recent theater play as a rigmarole of puerile nonsense with songs and dances. It calls the production formless and brainless, claiming it wastes time and displays the depth of vacuity in the human mind.
Seattle letters from Washington volunteers recount luck of the regiment in locating hidden money left by fleeing Filipinas. One company 10 and Land K members allegedly found $10,000 in Tasig and Paternos. A private reportedly retrieved $4,200 in Spanish and English gold and Mexican silver.
Inmates at the Colorado state penitentiary are said to have produced counterfeit money using their prison guns and circulated it through familiar channels. The report notes the offenders show notable cunning but complain their talents are wasted on crime instead of constructive ends.
The Salvation Army in New York and adjacent areas plans to use bicycles to reach people on Sundays. Anderson says the bike keeps thousands from church and will help the organization stay current with the times.
The piece contrasts modern warfare with old cyclone imagery, noting fierce battles and bombardments with extensive enemy casualties. It likens the cyclone to a sweeping force that wipes out towns and yields devastating, rapid destruction.
The exodus of Cherokee Creek and Delaware tribes from Indian territory in Mexico is near complete. Officials say between S.00 and 10, governors and tribal leaders have sought new homes. It remains to be seen if Mexico offers safety or further displacement as the red men flee crowded lands.
A London dispatch reports at the Finsburge hotel blaze a man leaped from a third story window sixty feet to the pavement, yet rose unaided and calmly walked to a hospital. He was internally injured but likely to live. The incident shocked onlookers who expected a fatal outcome.
A roundup of notable developments from Washington and major regions across the country. Reports cover political moves, economic shifts, and societal events shaping national discourse this period.
The industrial commission in Washington began an inquiry into trust operations. In the district jail Edward Smith was hanged for the murder of Edmonia Jackson on November 15, 2007. Domestic breadstuffs exports for ten months of the current fiscal year totaled 6,617,079,957 dollars, down from 674,443,2236 dollars the prior year.
In Maine the Republicans nominate C E Little of Rockland to fill the late Nelson Dingley's seat and Democrats pick John Scott of Nath for the same vacancy. Other items include New York death of Roswell P Flower, a Philadelphia Reading collision at Exeter with multiple deaths, a Centralia Pa mine accident, and baseball league percentages.
YW D Eivers of Baltimore and Alex Vollrath of Sheboygan drowned near Spring Place Georgia after a boat upset. Dr L P Tagwell and three children with a housekeeper burned to death in Spring Place. Joseph Harver of Howard City Michigan killed multiple relatives and wounded others before shooting himself.
In Leon Kansas burglars raided Kenoyer bank and seized roughly $2000. A mob hanged John Holland a Black man at Blue Lick Springs Kentucky in a lynching incident.
Chicago's Charles W. Miller won first prize in a 100 hour cycling test in Paris, covering 2 255 kilometers. Reports from Manila say Gen. Lawton drove Filipino forces from San Ildefonso north of Malina g, killing one and capturing entrenched positions. Jews forbidden to reside in St Petersburg by Russia. Admiral Dewey to return from the Philippines via Suez. Prayers for rain across Romania due to drought. Otis expected to receive peace overtures from Aguinaldo. end of insurgency anticipated. Bowmanville bank robbed of 11000 by burglars. Andree expedition to Greenland planned from Stockholm. Fort Burwell Ontario blaze destroyed 27 businesses.
Dispatches from Manila indicate Aguilnaldo fled to Nueva Ecija with no contact for over two weeks while General Pilar doubts Filipino government backing and frets over surrender to American forces. A separate report says the Filipino government will wage war to secure independence.
Noosevelt's rough riders plan their first annual reunion on June 24 in New Meanico. Westinghouse gets an order to equip a railway line between Philadelphia and Atlantic City. An equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. John F Harianft in Capitol park Harrisburg Pa is unveiled. In Cincinnati, W J Bred is elected president at the Western Society for the Suppression of View. The U S-Canada joint high commission will resume August 2. Government seed distribution contract goes to Charles Parker Santa Clara Cal for 84,000 dollars. Dr William Seward Webb presents war medals to Vermont regiment made from Cervera’s ship. Lyndhurst, Jay Gould’s country home, purchased by Miss Helen Gould for 3,244,000. Mrs Emily A Fifield presides over Boston school board meeting in president’s absence. Rear Admiral Watson, Dewey’s successor in the Philippines, was a lieutenant on Farragut's flagship at Mobile Bay and helped lash the admiral to the Hartford. Exiles Nowodwonski and Olszwski sent to Siberia for publishing a confidential czar report. After 15 years R W Wagner of Puerys, Ohio, speaks again while holding a child, recalling his 1885 illness and muteness.
In Havana on May 16 Gen. Maximo Gomez tells Gov. Gen. Brooke he must withdraw from naming replacement Cuban commissioners for the 3 million dollar army payout. Brooke plans to proceed alone with a revised distribution while Gomez, loyal yet critical, remains publicly supportive but inactive.
Chicago May 15 The Chicago post office corner stone ceremonies committee reports Admiral Dewey will attend Chicago day October 9 inviting him via Senator Beveridge now in Hong Kong Also expected are President Diaz of Mexico and Lord Minto with President McKinley. Body of Missing Woman Found in Kenosha Wisconsin May 16 Helen M Stayner disappeared from Milwaukee October 10 last and was found on Lake Michigan beach near Kenosha. Police deem death by self harm after months of search and subsequent investigation.
May 16 Princet on students clash with Pawnee Bill show employes after a parade violates the unwritten rule. 600 to 700 students gather Nassau street as band wagon chaos and weapon use erupt. President Patton calls a mass meeting to end the affair and bar attendance at night.
Cincinnati May 16 The grounds and mansion of Henry Probasco known as Oakwood in Clifton were sold at assignees sale Monday for 67000. The property spans 23 acres with a stone mansion once costing 250000. Overall the estate value was about 500000 with Probasco once worth a million before giving away 700000 including 200000 for the Cincinnati fountain.
Paris reports the death of Francisque Sarcey, the renowned dramatic critic, on Monday in his seventy first year. He was a leading voice in theater criticism and his loss is marked by tributes from literary circles.
The Order of Railway Conductors shifts its headquarters from Cedar Rapids Iowa to Des Moines Iowa effective after delegates at the twenty seventh biennial grand division session decided on the change. Cedar Rapids had campaigned to keep the location.
The funeral for former Governor Roswell P. Flower was held at St. Thomas Church on Fifty-third Street and Fifth Avenue. The service was simple and presided by Rev. Dr. John Wesley Brown with Rev. John Husk assisting.
A Buffalo Express item from April 6, 1859 lists New York Central leased and operated lines totaling 6,114.81 miles of track east of Buffalo. The breakdown covers the New York Central and branches, Harlem, Spuyten Duyvil, Putnam, Mohawk and Malone, Rome Watertown Ogdensburg, Carthage Adirondack, West Shore, Beech Creek, Syracuse Geneva Corning, Pine Creek, Tivoli Hollow, St. Lawrence Adirondack, and siding miles.
A customer complains of a watch that stops often and needs shaking to run. The jeweler quizzes the mechanism and suggests a five dollar repair bill. The jab at the owner is kept private by the jeweler in the Chicago Tribune anecdote.
Frank J. Cheney and Co pledge to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason witnessed the sworn statement dated December 6. The remedy is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials are offered. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills also promoted.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt presents a boastful undertaker who hints he gains customers by getting tips from Dr. Cutter before surgeries. He confesses his trade leads others by nearly double, while stressing secrecy about the insider tip.
The piece contrasts cheap Kalsomines made from chalks and clays with Alabastine a cement that sets and hardens. It urges buyers to ensure packaging and labeling and dismisses imitators as inferior and unable to pass the test of time.
A brief wedding notice notes the bride was given away by her father and mentions newspapers allegedly revealing the count in a quoted exchange. No further details about people or place are provided in the readable text.
Grain-O is pitched as a coffee substitute made from pure grains with a rich seal brown color like Mocha or Java. It claims to be stomach friendly and cheaper than coffee at 15 and 25 cents per package with wide grocer availability. A short Town Topics gag and a testimonial from Covington Kentucky claim Piso’s Cure for Consumption is untrustworthy.
Justice Laughlin in the Supreme Court of Buffalo ordered a permanent injunction with costs and full accounting against Paul B. Hudson and a Brooklyn retailer for selling Dr. Clarks Foot Powder, declared an imitation of Foot-Ease. Allen Simsted of Le Roy New York owns the Foot-Ease mark and has advertised it nationally. Similar suits will be brought against other infringers capitalizing on Foot-Ease advertising.
Two men prank a courthouse attache by disconnecting his phone and spoofing a central office chief operator. They trigger frantic calls about electric current flooding the central office and staff quitting, then pretended to fix a screw before retreating to the cellar.
The Nickel Plate Road advertises a proven route to New York City and Boston with three peerless fast express trains in each direction daily. Trains include modern day coaches vestibuled sleeping cars between Chicago New York and Boston and dining cars. Uniformed porters staff day coaches for passenger convenience.
A notice invites readers in Texas to obtain the publication Illustrator and General Narrator by sending to D. J. Price, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, International and Great Northern Railway, Palestine, Texas. A 2 cent stamp covers postage.
Coroner asks if the victim was conscious when reached. Pat confirms yes but believes he did not know what was happening. Philadelphia North American reports the exchange during the inquiry.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tighter New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot Callous Sore and Sweating Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it 25c Sample sent FREE Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N Y
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee from druggists. The notice ends with a quip about natural flaws in a pigeon-toed or duck-legged man.
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