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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
6
London reports on Churchill wounded in the hand and alive in Pretoria as Boer actions at Ladysmith are described. The article details prisoner arrivals, British defenses, reinforcements, and combat at Estcourt Newcastle and Caesar's Camp with Royal Dublin Fusiliers and Natal mounted rifles noted.
London reports misfortune for British armored trains as Boers trap them. About 90 personnel are killed, wounded, or missing, with 50 Fusiliers and 40 Durban infantry casualties. Capt. Haldane among the missing. Lieut. Winston Churchill praised for gallantry. Missing and wounded totals vary in dispatches from Estcourt.
Bradstreet's notes high overall trade volume and firm prices, with textiles, cereals, hides, and leather showing strength while pork, raw cotton, and tin ease slightly. Demand for coal is active and stocks are small, lumber remains strong with expected heavy cuts, and sugar demand is slow amid refiners' war settlement reports. Dun & Co. signals shrinking new iron and steel demand, pig prices steady, billets unclear.
Special dispatches from Pietermaritzburg and Lourenco Marques report Ladysmith under nightly bombardment. Doers assault Estcourt area reports men deployed near the town, with a train derailing and withdrawal under fire. Boers repulsed at several points amid heavy losses.
A blaze at 3 a.m. started in inflammables of a wholesale millinery stack on State Street causes extensive damage to adjacent buildings. Firemen were injured by an explosion. several shops including Krohanunut & Co restaurant and Hestam Dental Co. are named among the losses.
Des Moines Iowa reports union seamen set a one dollar per man wage, 20 percent above spring agreement, as operators raise pay to secure enough workers for demand. In Manila Gen MacArthur advances north from Tarlac with units including the Thirty-sixth Infantry and Fourth Cavalry toward Bayombong New Vizcaya.
The steamer Danube brought news that the Port Essington fishing village was totally destroyed by fire. About 50 houses burned in the blaze. The incident was reported from Victoria LB C on November 16.
Col Lawrence Kip died at his residence in New York City at 9 45 Friday night after a ten day illness from a stomach disease. He was 55 years old and a well known horseman.
Quotes show lower premiums for earlier deliveries while eastern plates run slower. Pittsburg mills offer sheets at 2.5 cents and some works sell three to four dollars below regular prices. West car demand drives bar strength though east prices ease. Weekly failures total 219 in the United States and 20 in Canada, slightly improved from prior periods.
Washington November 15 Maj Gen Nelson A Miles commanding the army issued a brief formal annual report dated October 17 1899. It records transmission of department and staff commander reports and notes the army strength and distribution including the muster out of volunteer regiments, most details already in Adjutant General reports.
Detroit officials report the Democratic state central committee will endorse William Jennings Bryan as the party's next presidential candidate. The group also backs a campaign on anti imperialism and anti trust issues and reaffirms the Chicago platform and its free silver plank.
The national broom manufacturers from the United States and Canada met at the Palmer house in Chicago on Tuesday and advanced prices for brooms. The cheapest grade rises from 1.25 to 3 dollars per dozen, with other grades also increased. A further rise is anticipated in January.
Christmas boxes for soldiers in Cuba and Porto Rico must not exceed 200 pounds each and should be delivered to Maj. F. B. Jones at pier 22 Columbia stores Brooklyn before December 15. The boxes will be shipped free on government army transports and distributed to troops via the commissariat.
William Burke died here Friday at age 110. He led a frugal life and left a valuable estate. The report notes his long life and modest habits.
A Sioux Falls report says a handcar party on the Omaha line near Humboldt was hit by a backing work train. Five workers died on impact, with several others injured and five more expected to die. Angered Italians threatened the crew as doctors tended the wounded.
American forces under General MacArthur push toward Dagupan from Manila with rail movement restored beyond Tamban. General Leonhaeuser led a night march from Capas to O'Donnell, capturing 200 insurgents with arms, ammunition and subsistence, one Filipino killed, no American casualties.
The annual report by Commissioner William A. Jones cites progress and calls for stricter attendance, stronger government oversight, and expanded schools. It notes 20,522 students from a 181,08 population and warns coeducation with whites has not fully succeeded.
Havana reports Cuba to petition Congress for a February vote creating a president, vice president and provincial deputies, plus an upper chamber with one member per province. The plan calls for a cabinet six secretaries, and a continued U.S. military presence of 5,600 troops with one American general in command.
Alfred Duttenhofer head of a grain firm with houses in Mannheim and Duisburg Germany has closed deals with several Kansas City firms to purchase several hundred thousand dollars of southwestern wheat. He will ship the grain to Europe from Galveston after traveling there. He cites poor Russian wheat crop as reason for his visit.
The United Mine Workers executive board votes to order a general strike in the southwest if rail and canal companies do not meet demands. About 5 000 miners in the district are idle. a broader strike could involve up to 15 000 miners and halt coal shipments across southern rail lines. Springfield reports Manthe Meehan, an inmate at Morgan County poorhouse, inherits 20 000 from his son William, who disappeared after heading to the Black Hills in 1879 and was allegedly killed by hostile Indians last March.
A war department message to Mrs. Logan on Ma nila regulations delays disinterment of Maj. Logans remains for two weeks. After that period the body will be sent by fast steamer to San Francisco. Appointment for Bynum notes Indiana congressman named to the board of general appraisers in New York.
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