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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
6
The relief of Mafeking was officially announced in London amid heavy bombardment of Boer laagers. Crowds cheered as Lord Mayor Newton proclaimed the news outside the Mansion House. Buller reports Newcastle occupation and rail damage, while Montana politics reveal W A Clark's Senate appointment and conflicted reactions.
Washington May 16 An amendment to the federal constitution granting Congress power over trusts is reported to the House. Article 30 would extend powers to states territories and the District of Columbia. Sec 2 grants Congress authority to define regulate control prohibit or dissolve trusts and monopolies. Sec 3 empowers enforcement by appropriate legislation.
Mrs Thomas Moser and her four children were found dead at their Tremont north farm home. All victims had throat wounds, Mrs Moser found in the cellar and the children upstairs. The father, Thomas Moser, is missing with no solid lead on his whereabouts. Neighbors forced entry Tuesday after the family was missing since Sunday.
The Kentucky Republican state convention in Louisville on May 13 elected four delegates to the national convention four alternates and two presidential electors after a nine hour session with a two hour break. It endorsed President McKinley, blamed Kentucky Democratic control for the state’s woes and instructed delegates to vote for McKinley and W. O Bradley for vice president.
The Perley-Lowe company of Chicago purchased the season�s cut of Peshtigo Lumber, about 28 to 30 million feet, for around 400000 dollars. The deal was negotiated by Isaac Stephenson for Peshtigo and Perley-Lowe, ending the big lumber block in the district.
Negotiations between St Louis transit strikers and the Transit company end for now with no reinstatement plan. Strikers demand reinstatement to pre strike positions while President Whitaker vows no discharge of replacement workers. A 12:50 am labor union vote urged a citywide sympathetic strike as clashes injure several people, two fatally.
Washington dispatch reports Mrs. Dewey has shifted views since a western and southern trip and would not want her husband to run for president. She fears the strain would hurt his health and their happiness. Admiral Dewey may withdraw or announce his political creed soon at Heauvoir.
Insurgents suffer heavy losses near Vetus in Panama with government troops killing generals Leal and Herrera. Battle began May 11 and lasted 70 hours. About 1200 insurgents captured. government forces seize numerous guns in a horrific slaughter.
The Times correspondent reports the Boxers movement in Pe-Chi-Li provinces near Pao-Ting Fu has reached alarming proportions. Seventy three native Christians were murdered, including women and children, with many burned alive.
In Houghton Michigan on May 15 the Quincy mine strike concluded with all employes resuming duties. Underground workers receive a ten percent wage increase and full time for half shifts on Saturdays, while surface workers gain a ten percent wage rise. The settlement ends the last copper district strike with no further strikes anticipated.
In Pueblo Colorado on May 21 Calvin Kimblern a former corporal of Company M Twenty fifth United States Infantry shot his wife after a jealous quarrel then killed 11 year old Jessie M Skages and injured 15 year old Ethel Straussen by placing a revolver to their heads before the victims died or lapsed.
In Butte Montana on May 21 Judge Knowles issued a US court injunction stopping unions from combining or conspiring to injure Chinese businesses or threaten coercion of patrons. The order bars interference with Chinamen and their customers and clients.
Washington May 21 William H Hunt of Montana has been chosen to serve as secretary of state for the island of Porto Rico.
Joseph Muller and James Fitzharris alias Skin the Goat, recently released from life imprisonment for the Phoenix Park murders, are jailed aboard the Cunard liner Lucania en route to the United States. They hope an American fund will be raised for them.
Two members of Princeton University’s sophomore class drowned Sunday afternoon while attempting to shoot the rapids in a canoe at Kingston dam. Hay of Nutley New Jersey and Augur of Evanston Illinois were the victims.
London reports there is no truth to any peace sues and no direct or indirect communication from President Kruger is expected soon. Government officials say peace depends on military progress and delegates in America may seek delay before Kruger acts. Mafeking relief confirmed, crowds cheer. troops move toward the Vaal river as Pretoria departs for Machadadorp Lydenburg.
In San Francisco on May 22, tensions rise as Chinese highbinders oppose compulsory vaccination and threaten violence to deter inoculation against plague. About 25,000 Chinese in the Chinatown district fear the HaifaKine prophylactic and many merchants shut stores amid mass anxiety. No plague cases have been reported recently.
Chicago May 22 Two missionary bishops were elected on one ballot at the Methodist general conference Drs E Parker and F W Warne will serve as missionary superintendents in India Dr Joseph F Berry withdrew from the race citing conference best interests The sixteenth ballot showed Moore Hamilton Day as leading candidates with over 400 votes cast while Spellmeyer and Neely gained modest support and scattering ballots increased Some delegates expected the first ballot to unite Moore and Hamilton on Mrs Moore and Hamilton to produce dual election
Rufus Bun er near Ryan is accused of fatally attacking a nine year old girl in a Sunday assault on May 22. He allegedly tried to destroy evidence by burning the body and was captured after a manhunt before being jailed in Ardmore.
A Chicago Daily News snippet jests at wartime truths and election wit. It ribbed political campaigning with quips about eggs bears and skin sellers while noting a statistician’s quirky claim about boarding-house butter.
The United States marine hospital service unveils a new disinfecting steam er named the Sanator for Navana use. It features a formaldehyde apparatus, a sulphur furnace, and a bichloride of mercury unit. Havana is noted as a harbor with high need for such vessels.
Large Washington audience greets Boer envoys at a Sunday night reception hosted by congressional and citizens groups. Notables present include Speaker Henderson and Senators Mason Wellington and Tillman among others. Funds asked for widows and orphans of Deer soldiers.
Professor Roy Wilson White an instructor in the UPenn law department, aged 25, was found fatally struck in Thirty second street near Powellton avenue after leaving the university for a train to Germantown. He died at Presbyterian hospital. Three men, two black, were arrested on suspicion. motive unclear as only his watch was missing. White, a Richmond Indiana native and Earlham College graduate, had studied French civil law in Paris and was to teach it next year.
A solitary robber entered the Coates hotel at 11 30 Sunday night in the presence of a colonel in the national guard and the hotel watchman and escaped with the strong box from the cigar stand. He brandished a revolver and rode away after counting $1500 in valuables. Night clerk Gossett identifies the suspect as Fishback whom he knows well.
The San Francisco board of health adopted a resolution declaring bubonic plague fears. Officials say no live cases exist but six deaths occurred in the past three months and stronger measures are planned to curb spread. In Milwaukee, Colored women’s clubs are excluded from the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention next month after rejection by programme chair Mrs. E L Buchwalter of Ohio.
The John TN. Hugo, a government work steamer on the Missouri River at Florence, was totally destroyed by fire in Omaha Nebraska on May 21. The vessel had been operating on the river for government tasks. No further details on casualties or cause are provided in the report.
The May 21 dress rehearsal of the Passion play in Oberammergau attracted about 4,000 attendees, including many Americans. The crucifixion tragedy was presented in an unusually vivid all day performance with biblical scenes leading up to the crucifixion.
Gardiner S Williams emeritus professor of science and art of teaching at Cornell university died Saturday night in Ithaca New York from paralysis at age 72.
This description outlines a planned nine room house with artistic exterior features. It can be erected on a stone foundation for $2,500. Rooms include parlor 12 by 15 feet, sitting room 12 by 12, dining room 12 by 13, kitchen 10 by 14, hall 5 by 9, pantry 5 by 14, veranda 6 by 8, bedrooms various sizes, and chambers. Construction uses 2x4 studs, 2x10 joists, rubble walls eighteen inches thick, yellow brick chimneys with sandstone caps, and composition carving on the gable and frieze. All glass is American.
The description outlines a two story home with maple on the upper floors and Georgia pine on hall, parlor, dining and interior finish. Floors, doors, trim and baseboards use Georgia pine with two coat plastering, hard oil finish, cross panel doors, and seven foot basement height. The basement includes laundry coal and furnace rooms. occupancy ready.
A British expert, Sir William Danks, proposes cancer relates to hearty eating especially meat and argues prevalence rises with meat in the diet. He notes higher cancer rates in England near London, contrasts vegetarian regions, and cites Ireland and Africa where vegetarian diets are common as supporting observations.
Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson of Boston spoke on The Aristocracy of the Dollar before New York State Savings Bank Association. He contrasted aristocracy of birth with wealth and noted wealth's rising influence in governance and society. The meeting involved bankers who stewarded 257 66 thousand dollars in state savings.
In a London hospital for consumption the treatment rests on rest in the open air, graded exercise and good feeding. Open air wards never have windows closed, and patients are kept warm in cold weather with extra clothing and artificial heat. Most early cases and 7 percent of all cases improve under this system.
A humorous remark attributed to a janitor philosopher in the Chicago Daily News notes women need pockets to keep their hands. The quote plays on the idea of skirts lacking pockets and the convenience of two sided pockets for hands.
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