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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1900
Page
6
A report notes a new sect in Nova Scotia claims to expel wickedness from the soul through the laying on of hands, echoing old maternal practices and traditional remedies.
A western stage troupe updates the chase scene with Eliza crossing the ice in an automobile pursued by Boxers, replacing the bloodhound chase. The change shifts the action from a bloodhound pursuit to a modern vehicle chase with pugilists as antagonists.
Phrenology and palmistry are outdated and character is now read by lines on the soles of the feet. The claim hints the shoe maker may bear more responsibility for bad character than previously thought.
In Charlemont Massachusetts a gathering of seniors heard the chair call for those over 70 to rise and 72 stood. A request for all over 60 drew 12 who had passed the limit, and a later call for those over 90 brought four members to their feet.
A stark plea contrasts India's famine and drought with a vision of peace and plenty. It notes millions would endure years of hardship for a night on hay and scraps from a table in distant lands.
The expedition recorded by Sir George Newnes experienced a minimum of 52 degrees below zero in August. They found mountains near Robertson Bay reaching over 312,000 feet in height and pushed farther south to 78 degrees 50 minutes than any prior journey.
A Swiss genius unveils a pith cloak weighing about one pound that can support a fully equipped soldier on water. Tests succeeded on Lake Zurich with a waterproof cloak carrying food, drink, and blue lights for night emergencies.
A reader notes that wicks can be made from unused soft felt hats by cutting into strips and soaking in vinegar and arging them. It promotes castaway hats rather than those in use to maintain peace at home and save money.
A new form of insurance targets bathers in England with penny slot machines at popular bathing places. Insert copper to receive a 24 hour life policy before entering the water, and if tragedy occurs the widow or kin receive $1,000 in compensation.
German administrators in East Africa pursue thorough measures against climate effects. They build stone houses and hospitals, employ a medical staff, inspect meat, sink wells, vaccinate, inspect native town houses, improve drainage, and study malaria like black water fever with Dr. Koch.
A large bronze clock once used by Ad Tuiral Montejo in his Reina Christina cabin is now in the possession of Dr. G W Roberts of Chattanooga after Manila bay events. Looted by natives, the clock was given to Aguinaldo who then passed it to his mother, and she surrendered it to Dr. Roberts with the American army present.
An Austrian inventor has patented a speaking clock patenting a clock phonograph combo. The device replaces the striking mechanism with a phonograph that can announce sentences at set hours to remind forgetful users of their duties. The concept aims to provide reliable hourly prompts.
A compact digest of notable items from Washington and the East West and South areas. Readers see regional updates covering politics economy and social developments with concise summaries and timely notes.
Washington dispatch reports Gen. Miles elected commander in chief of the Spanish war veterans. The census shows ten year urban population growth totaling 4 627 593 across 155 large cities. Miles urges soldiers to study war principles reverence the flag and patriotism. 1900 census cost estimated at 15 million dollars.
September ends with a brighter industrial outlook as clearing house figures show $1.452 billion in U S exchanges. Weekly business failures totaled 204, down from prior weeks. Miner strike talks progress with wage offers of ten percent and arbitration on other issues, unions awaiting official agreement. National League baseball standings list Brooklyn and Pittsburgh leading in recent pay averages. Dr. Gilbert H. Gregory, 63, died suddenly in St Stephen’s Methodist Church New York.
The Ohio Democrats nominate John B. Peaslee and Henry Keller for Congress in the First and Second districts. Gen John M. Palmer is buried in Carlinville Illinois. Adlai Stevenson accepts the populist vice presidential nomination. Memphis Tennessee population doubles to 102220 since 1890. Debris cleanup continues in Galveston Texas with labor shortages. Chicago University offers free tuition to ten Porto Rican boys. Engineer Hamlin and Fireman Linden killed. 24 loaded train cars burn at Durand Michigan. The Wolf Brothers bank in Centerville Michigan robbed of $19 cop. W E Nivison robbed near Coldwater Michigan. Large coal finds reported in Cascade mountains Washington. A storm leaves Solomon City Alaska homeless. Archie Hinsanls hanged for murder in Charlotte North Carolina. Frank Shepard dies in Chicago at 52. Lawrence Pierson dies from football injuries at Lake Forest University. Cleveland molders clash. Detective Foulkes killed. Railway wreck near Guthrie Oklahoma Territory kills two, injures 24. James Howard sentenced to hang December 7 for Goebel assassination. Afton Iowa wreck kills three. Monon railroad engineer develops a pneumatic holdup alarm device. Edward Stanford and Hope Barrett kill each other in Port Tampa City Florida politics quarrel. Troops quell race riot in Georgetown South Carolina. Rev S Reeder shot dead in Newberry County South Carolina. Michael Snider shoots wife and kills himself in Chicago. Samuel F Carey dies at 87. former congressman and 1876 vice presidential candidate. Texas governor cites Galveston relief fund receipts. Railroads report 26 deaths in ongoing agane incidents.
The dispatch notes General Chaffee sending part of his army toward Taku for transport to Manila. It reports Boer forces at Pienaars River repelled, American Capt. Shields and 51 soldiers captured by Filipinos on Marin Duque island, flames in Mexico City worth 1 million, and a Norwegian Japanese collision near Iwo China with 45 drowned. It also covers Russia and Germany adjusting China talks and Kruger’s Syracuse trip under Dutch naval protection.
Most coal operators in the anthracite area follow Reading in offering a 10 percent wage increase. United Mine Workers President Mitchell says miners must decide in convention whether to accept operators offers. Other items note Connecticut election results, rising fire losses, Charleston vigilantes, and various federal and local figures.
Short items note the U S hog supply share at 56 percent, Idaho women voting for president, a Jersey City birth linked to an assassin’s wife, a Turkish minister resigning over unpaid salary, near completion of a woven wire fence along the Pennsylvania railroad, and churches in Minneapolis clearing debts totaling 35 675. Other notes cover railroad consolidation plans, oyster consumption, arrests for soft coal smoke violations in New York, a planned old age home in Poughkeepsie, attitudes of Hawaii natives, Geological dating claims in Chicago, glass factory counts totaling 390 with Indiana leading, heat records, and other scattered observations.
Notices posted in Scranton and Philadelphia announce a ten percent wage advance effective October 1 in all anthracite colleries, while operators seek arbitration and avoid union recognition. Reading company posters urge workers to wait for United Mine Workers guidance amid dwindling strike solidarity.
Yokohama reports the Mikado has summoned Marquis Ito to form a new cabinet following the resignation of the Yamagata ministry. The monarch delegated the China policy to the new premier as he enters the crisis stage of affairs.
Rev Dr Gilbert H Gregory, 63, died within minutes after collapsing at St Stephen s M E Church Marble Hill during morning service. A long battle with heart trouble confined him to occasional preaching. he chose duty over retirement and died soon after resuming duties. He was born in Medina New York and served at multiple charges including Trinity Poughkeepsie and St James Kingston.
Samuel Fenton Carey, aged 87, died in Cincinnati on Saturday night. A Miami University 1835 graduate and last survivor of that class, he left law for temperance work. Carey was elected to Congress in 1867 as a labor candidate over Richard Smith, and later acted independently in office. He backed greenback and silver currency and was once nominated for vice president with Peter Cooper in 1876, and ran for lieutenant governor in 1875 with William Allen.
Berlin reports the Passion Play at Oberammergau closed with season receipts of 400000 dollars. Villagers divide about a quarter after profits from lodging meals and souvenirs, with net villagers profits near 500000 dollars. Anton Lang earned autographs and photos, declined by an American manager, then invited to visit the United States by a wealthy New Yorker.
A Peking dispatch dated Sept 25 via Taku and Shanghai outlines Russian troop and legation withdrawal with 2400 mixed forces remaining in Beijing. Washington notes five US proposals on Chinese settlement including removal of Prince Tuan and Conger as plenipotentiary. Consul Goodnow reports edict denounces ministers. powers split on German punitive condition. Hay returns from vacation defending united policy.
City Detective William L. Foulks was shot and killed while stopping a melee between union and nonunion melders in Cleveland. Henry Jonenberger and William Steffield also died from their wounds. Charles Peck, a nonunion man, is jailed for murder, with four other nonunion men charged with shooting to kill.
Mrs. R. C. Pickett burned to death at her Minneapolis home on Eighth Avenue South when a lamp she carried exploded in the bathroom. Her husband made desperate attempts to rescue her but she perished before his eyes.
Frankfort Kentucky reports Jim Howard convicted of complicity in the Gobel assassination was sentenced on Saturday to hang December 7. A motion for a new trial was overruled.
Joliet October 1 reports that several departments of the Illinois Steel company will close for a month or more. The iron mills are shut down with 5 men out of work.
Milwaukee reports Judge James G. Jenkins of the United States circuit court has recovered sight after cataract surgery and expects to resume his bench in about a week. Separately Nagasaki notes a collision near Iwo Shima between the Calanda and Ise Maru with 45 dead. In Austin funds for Galveston flood relief total $672,476.29 as of noon Sunday.
Immigration officers in Vancouver assist Canada to prevent and detect Japanese naturalization fraud. Officials from the United States and British Columbia collaborate as authorities pursue cases involving forged or misrepresented citizenship documents.
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