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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1898
Page
4
A Tennessee power plays into a missing cashier mystery in Indiana. A breach loading cannon from 1659 is uncovered in Hamburg’s old museum, challenging the view that such weapons are modern.
The United States Geological Survey report for 1897 shows total mineral production valued at 632,312,347 dollars. The summary notes significant wealth from mining and natural resources.
A village schoolmaster once slipped behind George Dewey and dealt a decisive blow in a long-ago event, marking a pivotal moment in history. The narrator lauds Dewey as the hero of heroes, noting the long span since that incident.
An account notes that after Kitchener’s troops defeat the Mahdists about 300,000 women are left needing care in British hands. Authorities admit the problem cannot be solved quickly and plans for their welfare are not yet formed.
Captain D C Woodrow of the US Navy holds the flag flown by the Virginias on its doomed 1873 Santiago voyage. He seized it himself on December 26 1573 just before the ship sank while returning to the United States.
Thomas B. Reed, a long-serving congressman elected 12 times, enjoyed margins from 417 to 10,539. His narrowest win came in 1880, after which he kept a policy against close shaves at the barber.
A tense comic episode shows Admiral Dewey freezing a boastful stranger. The man claimed the admiral would not recall him, and Dewey coolly replied Youve won your bet before walking away.
Connecticut residents protest giving the state name to a monitor instead of a battleship. The secretary of the navy aims to placate critics while noting the state's existing honors including Yale, Waterbury watch, Havana tobacco, and Mark Twain’s international representation.
A prominent Spaniard living in Havana extols the mental and physical vigor of American women. He claims that marrying 1,000,000 American women to Spanish youths would restore the United States to leading European status within 25 years.
The American bark Saranac defeats the British bark St Mungo in a record long race from the Philippines. Saranac and St Mungo took different routes via Barbados and St Helena and Ascension respectively, finishing within minutes of each other in New York.
J W Johnson president of the University of Oregon has died. He rose from illiteracy at age ten to learn and work his way through Yale, finishing fifth in a class of 100 and earning a prominent position in national educational circles.
The text tallies U.S. government losses from Indian wars to 19 090 slain and about 30 060 Indians, plus civil expenditures from 1776 to 1890 totaling 259 044 082, summing civil and military costs to 1 067 017 740 in relation to the noble red man.
Spain must depart Cuba by the January deadline and will be replaced by a greater, more enlightened nation. The island’s future under American control or protectorate is seen as better than at any time since its first Spanish settlement.
Mr. Hanna, the American consul at Porto Rico, advises young men and others not to come in search of jobs or wealth. He notes Porto Rico is densely populated with about 1,000,000 residents and many workers ready to fill vacancies at low wages, urging travelers to have funds to return home.
A Philippine natural product shows plants secreting mineral concretions resembling precious stones. James Smithson first studied these plant gems, but research and trade have since lagged. One jewel, the bamboo opal, rivals top stones in beauty and value.
A compact roundup from across the nation highlights political developments in Washington and notable happenings in the East, West, and South. Reports touch on policy shifts, regional impacts, and ongoing government actions shaping public life.
The navy plans a Honolulu station as 700 bluejackets leave Brooklyn for Manila. Dewey’s men are to be replaced. Weyler faces looting allegations in Manila. Panama docked in Havana. Schley wrecks not raised. Iowa troops sail for Manila. peace talks in Paris stall. Cervera’s Maria Teresa sinks with survivors. Madrid hints at protest peace. US readiness remains high. Fatal wrecks and a Detroit theater collapse also reported.
From Washington the treasurer reports net ordinary revenues of 405 321 535 dollars up 57 597 630 from last year while ordinary expenditures rise to 443 365 582 dollars up 77 594 423. resulting deficit 33 647 247 exceeds prior year by 19 994 793. A gas explosion wrecked the supreme courtroom and adjoining rooms in the Capitol library and records are destroyed. loss exceeds 1 000 000. On February 14 the third national congress of mothers meets in Washington.
The Joint Traffic association dissolves in New York. Haverhill fire causes 200000 dollars in losses. Cotton sells under five cents on the New York exchange. Boiler explosion at Old City Pa. kills two, injures twelve. Vermont legislature passes resolution backing McKinley on Philippines. Croatan steamer burned off Cape Charles, five dead. Mrs Russell Sage offers 300000 for Citronese sanitarium. Burke and Staley die in Ninga river boating accident. David A Wells dies at 70 in Norwich Conn. Exeter colliery Lehigh Valley Pa. kills seven, injures three.
The report covers a sequence of violent events and legal actions from various states. Charles Nelson, inmate at Columbus Ohio penitentiary annex, was electrocuted for the June 8 Bowling Green murder. Marion Tyler shot her and herself after failing to reconcile with his wife. Dr. T. D. Witherspoon, president of Louisville Theological Seminary, dies in Louisville. North Carolina Supreme Court involvement in white voter suppression uprising. Fires destroy 18 houses and a hotel at Little River Kansas. Kate McTees and Florence George killed by trains near Langdon Maryland. Louisville curfew limits for under 15 in city streets. John Bailey shot dead after alleged insult by Levina Black near Muncie Indiana. Mishicot Wisconsin reports Rahis couple and Ernest Messermann arrest for crime.
Foreign intelligence reports the 57-year-old Julius Gold Schmidt of Milwaukee died in Berlin where he served as United States consul-general. Other dispatches note a Han Kow fire destroying 10 000 houses with 1 000 dead. Emperor William gains Turkish approval to found a German colony along Tripoli frontier. An alliance between Germany and Turkey is said to be arranged. Japan seeks confirmation on the Chinese emperor’s status.
Admiral Schley relieves by Capt Snow who arrives at San Juan and assumes command. Green Ridge Missouri nearly wiped out by fire. Mob hangs S W Stewart after assault charge in Toluca Illinois. Main Street Pitkin Colorado destroyed by fire. Spain defends Philippine cession causing Washington officials to push ahead. Drowned near Yelee Island Ontario are Charles Barnes Hugh Hooker and sisters. Cork life preserver inventor David Skarnweiler dies in New York. Rev Dr H L Wayland dies in Pennsylvania. McKinley leaves Washington for Canton to vote. Southern Pacific Sacramento shops burn causing $500000 loss. Chicago Dispatch publishers assign. Sarah A Curzon, Toronto author, dies. Emporia Kansas ravaged by triple fires. Judge Roscoe L Corbett shot dead at Trout Lake. Rev R E Howell of Decatur Sr dies after elopement. Gen Young orders Second Corps move from Camp Meade to southern camps. Arago Oregon post office robbed of $1360. Western army surgeons testify camp discipline blamed for sanitary issues.
Highlights include Mark Twain alleged aging effects and travel discounts for couples in Europe. Notables mentioned: Lieut Jules Ord, son of Gen Ord, a Santiago battle casualty. Mrs Fred Douglass to lecture on race history. Rudolph Neumann killed in Sitka mine shaft fall. J E Brown elected president of manufacturers group. Oscar Osborne murder case with hidden money found at his home. Sister Ellen Joseph aged 107 as oldest U S nun. Joaquin Miller building a tomb inscribed To the Unknown. funeral of Mrs S C Harris in Atlanta highlighted as city matriarch. army and navy families show extended generations in service.
A Sunday explosion and fire wrecked the supreme courtroom and adjoining rooms in the Capitol. The library and record rooms suffered severe damage. about 20 000 volumes burned or ruined. Authorities suspect escaping gas as the cause with a possible $200 000 building loss and priceless records destroyed.
The Catholic University of America received 10000 dollars to establish a faculty of divinity fellowship. Donors are Mary Gwendoline Byrd Calwell Marquis de Marinville and sister Mary Eliza Breckenridge Caldwell Baroness Von Zedtwitz. Rt Rev Thomas J. Conaty rector announced the gift on a Saturday in Washington.
Madrid correspondent for the Daily Mail reports Spain will sign the peace treaty under protest on a date in November.
The army investigation commission will soon travel to Santiago and likely to Puerto Rico. The president reportedly gave silent approval to the committee's planned itinerary as announced weeks ago.
The Infanta Maria Teresa, flagship of Admiral Cervera’s fleet, raised by Hobson, was lost in a Tuesday afternoon storm off the Bahama islands. Crews were saved with no fatalities as the cruiser sank bow first in depths over 300 fathoms. The Vulcan ferried survivors to Charleston after the ship went down.
Four more whalers arrive from the Arctic bringing catches valued at 750000 dollars. Vessels Narwhal Kar luck Grampus and California reported in San Francisco market news.
In Seattle on November authorities announce revenue cutter Grant will depart for a four months northward cruise to track whalers and offer relief if needed. Gunboat Wheeling at San Francisco will cooperate with the Grant during the mission.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a brief note or caption about a person named Sailea and a bird, with unclear context. The readable bits suggest an abrupt utterance or diary-style remark, offering little verifiable detail for a full news item.
Detroit November 7 a five story Wonderland theater under construction collapsed trapping workers in a fatal landslide of debris. Eleven men died and many were injured as roof and walls failed amid conflicting reports on cause and structural quality.
David A. Wells, renowned economist and author, died at his Norwich home at 2:30 pm Saturday after a two week illness. Born June 17, 1828 in Springfield Massachusetts he held posts from special revenue commissioner to Europe as American commissioner and Yale lecturer before prominence in railroads and tariff research.
Omaha Neb November 7 The Trans Mississipp i and International Ex position associations announced a payout on Saturday paying back 50 cents on every general stock held. The notice notes a distribution for stockholders as of the date.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Pills as a universal liver remedy priced at 25 cents.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad expands its throng service with vestibuled sleeping cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St. Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Thomasville Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other Florida points. Perfect steamer connections to Cuba Porto Rico Nassau and West Indies ports. Tourist and Home-Seekers excursion tickets at reduced rates. Contact C P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for details.
A hardware dealer scolds his head clerk with the remark about a developing refrigerator trust, signaling rising concerns over market conduct in this terse Free Press item.
Promote home seeking trips via the Big 4 Route and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Virginia with descriptions of favorable climate, cheap land, and access to education and industry. Includes request to write for a descriptive book of Virginia farms for sale with excursion rates and schedule details.
Quotation fragment features a humorous exchange about Dame Fortune and a caller identified as Mrs Pomune, noted in a Boston Traveler travel snippet.
Attention is called to the excellent service of the North-Western Line to California and the favorable rates for single and round-trip tickets this season. Best accommodations in first-class or tourist sleeping cars run daily. Also personally-conducted tourist parties weekly to California and Oregon. Multiple routes with no extra charge. Details from Chicago & North-Western Bay agents.
The note recalls Mrs De Style, once on stage amid a divorce scandal, failing to cover expenses. A second theater-goer observes the scandal was not substantial. The remark appears in the New York Weekly.
H. W. Sparks of 234 Clark Street Chicago offers rates maps route and time cards for travel to Florida.
Metropolitan Ornithology notes a peculiarity in cuckoo hatching with a claim it nests in a clock. Miss Street doubts the idea but references Jewelers' Weekly. The Detroit Journal comments on busy housewives seeking home atmosphere through agitation. Uncle Eben jokes on secrecy of cheap talk.
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