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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
4
Gen Coxey can see prosperity enough to keep grass off a $50,000 lead mine in Missouri camp. The Star of Hope, a convict newspaper from Sing Sing, prints a pithy ad offering all possessions for a good character returned with no questions. address Con trition Clinton prison.
The article notes most nations face deficits to fund military forces. It cites France at 100 million dollars, Austria 80 million, Russia 350 million, and Italy 30 million, with Britain and the United States exceptions.
In Cubs the kitchens sit on roofs or courtyards behind houses with cooking limited to two daily windows. A Cuban housewife or servant starts at ten to prepare eleven o clock meal and again at six to cook dinner served at eight.
Freedom, an American paper in Manila, notes the long mail time from the Philippines and asks U S readers to place orders now for extra Christmas numbers in its July 12 issue.
Admiral Schley said few officers in the navy take a personal interest in politics because they are out of touch with political affairs while serving in distant ports. He noted he had but one opportunity to vote for president since reaching his majority.
When Senator George L. Turner of Washington helped poor British Columbia miners with papers he refused a fee. They offered stock in their claims which proved profitable, making Turner and the miners millionaires.
The United States quietly builds the Albany at Sir William Armstrong's yards in England. Purchased over a year ago alongside the cruiser New Orleans, work stalled after the Spanish war. Delivery is planned before 1899 ends.
William Dowling of Titusville asks the U S district court in Pittsburgh to withdraw his former bankruptcy petition after his wife settles all debts. A receipt dated to Genesis shows a $700 payment “from the beginning of the world to the date of this receipt” by hand of Ann Dowling.
Former Texas governor says his daughter Ima’s name came from a mother’s reading of a character named Ime, chosen before noticing any wordplay. He notes his sons are Tom, Mike and Will and denies any intentional joke or trick.
Editor Harry G. Steele of Ashland Pennsylvania arrives in Dawson City to launch the Daily News as the region’s first regular paper. He sets price at 25 cents per copy or 1.50 per week with advertising at 1.05 per inch per insertion.
In Hartford Oxford county Maine a custard pie association gathers each year in Hemrock Grove beside Swan pond to feast on custard pie. It began from a tie in a custard pie eating contest on the town fast day nineteen years ago and now members seek to locate fellow pie eaters. Secretary John D. Long, born in Buckfield, is honored.
Prof R J Thurston of Boston explains that the automobile or self moving carriage for street use antedates locomotives and was suggested by Sir Isaac Newton as early as 2680. He notes steam driven early carriages, about 20 in London in 1883, and that opposition from stage coach proprietors led to strict regulations that pushed them out of use.
A newly enacted Japanese law requires religious propagators to present full details before a governor before starting work. The law mandates disclosure of the faith's scheme and allows for changes in the plan if required.
A compact digest of national events covering Washington politics, eastern developments, western milestones, and southern affairs. The column traces key policy shifts, notable speeches, economic trends, and regional incidents shaping the country’s recent history.
Washington dispatches report Gen Fitzhugh Lee argues for an independent Cuban government under American protection while Gen Wood says Cubans are not ready for self rule and U S control should continue. Treasury shows record gold on hand and a August surplus. public debt slips by 4.25 million. President and wife arrive in Washington from Canton. war department offers rewards for deserting soldiers and notes Cuban army funding leaves 400000 of 5 million unspent.
August marks the largest customs receipts at New York harbor under the Dingley law totaling 15 000 471. Pittsburgh forms a coal mine company with 64 million capital. Reading clearing houses show weekly exchanges of 31 485 504 857, up from last week. US business failures total 131 in the week ending the 1st, down from 152. Sam Sharkey and Jim Jeffries set for October 23 heavyweight title bout at Coney Island. Four Easton children and one boy drown while bathing. Ava New York sees Hiram Cronk die at 69, last surviving War of 1812 veteran. Republic Iron Works boiler blast in Pittsburgh kills five, injures seven. Ex-Speaker Reed becomes New York lawyer. National League standings list many clubs with varied percentages. In Brooklyn Michael Burns kills wife then himself, motive jealousy.
In a Rossville wreck engineers and workers died. ex governor Samuel Merrill died in Los Angeles. Yellow fever flares in Key West and in Kansas City a fertilizer works fire causes heavy losses. Rioting in Cleveland. a fake five dollar note circulates in New Orleans. Kissee Mills founder marries Dora Garrett aged fifteen. A Texas sea voyage carries recruits toward Manila. Domestic tragedy in Chicago as Emde kills his family and himself. Chickasaw enrollment notes a 130 year old claimant. Cedar Grove deaths at a rail crossing. Pinconning fire wipes out 13 buildings. Yellow fever spreads to Key West again.
A. Van Guilder, a Salt Lake City carpenter, driven by illness, killed his daughter and a boy before taking his own life. The incident ends in a gunshot suicide following the killings.
Reports recount disasters and conflicts including the Besshi copper mine flood in Japan with 600 dead, a North Sea canal steamer collision drowning nine, Santo Domingo provisional government under Horacio Vasquez, Dreyfus case revelations by Col. Du Paty de Clam, Kruger warning of war, Funston's Philippine policy, 399 Spanish monks held in the Philippines, the Indiana bringing troops to Manila, Pope Sophronius death at 103, Dewey's Gibraltar stay, Argogula taken by Sixth Infantry, and Col. Smith repulsed at Angeles.
In Philadelphia the thirty third Grand Army of the Republic encampment opens with President McKinley in attendance. Labor Day is widely observed across the country. Senator Carter predicts Philippine war end by January 1. Reports say England plans Boer conflict.
Daniel Lamounts fortune reportedly reaches five million dollars. Frank H Burford a 15 year old admitted to the bar in Guthrie Oklahoma. Navy moves to open a recruiting station in Buffalo New York. Spain regent summons sixty thousand men from the 1399 class. Thermometer cups measure beverage temperature. Syracuse pallbearer Alexander Henderson attended funeral rites for 172 friends over thirty years. Yale students print for wages at Clark and Watkins firm. Western Hay Fever association elects W A Rowe president in Marquette Michigan. Reina Mercedes may join New York parade honoring Admiral Dewey. William Henry Ijams resigns as B and O treasurer after forty six years. Cadet Philip D Smith dismissed from West Point for hazing. Secretary Wilson plans study of abandoned New England farms for reclamation. Gen B F Tracy in Europe calls Dreyfus trial a desultory chat. Hawaii represented by William O Smith at Congress session appointed by President Dole. Rankin of Talkie Missouri named richest farmer in the area.
Rennes Sept. 5 The French government shrouds Rennes with fear of violence as the Dreyfus court martial nears verdict. Regiments stand ready to march, control key points, and quell mob actions amid foreign press bias. Witness Cernuschi accuses Dreyfus of treasonable documents. Labori seeks diplomatic inquiry into bordereau documents, risking a weekslong delay.
Chicago police report Richard Hoeneck and Herman Hundhausen confessed to the murder of Walter F. Koeller. They said revenge for Koeller's testimony and a past street murder motivated the crime. The pair were arrested at Grand Crossing after stabbing Koeller and fleeing by streetcar. Evidence included dime novels and weapons found in their belongings.
A sailboat near the Halifax harbor mouth sank Monday night with 11 aboard. Seven residents from the city perished and four were saved. Drowned were Robert Davidson and his wife with three unmarried sisters, W. Hamilton of the city clerk’s office, and John E. Hancock the steamship checker.
Labor Day observations across New York Cleveland Washington Chicago Boston and Omaha featured sunny weather and large worker gatherings. Parades, if any, were modest or replaced by picnics and speeches. many offices and businesses closed while unions and labor groups organized events at parks, memorials, and expositions.
Black River Falls Wis Sept 5—Black Hawk a longtime western Wisconsin figure died in Brockway at age 90. He was known as a friend to whites and on several occasions helped prevent the Winnebago from war paths against settlers.
The Enviiatments reports 265 enlistments on Saturday, boosting the last ten regiments called out to 2,602 men.
The text notes Carmen Sylva the Roumanian queen writing a first play A Pair of Shoes. It mentions the Duke of Edinburgh receiving 50 silver ships from cities, Victoria reviving the barony of Dorchester via the elder daughter of the third baron, and the barony past extinction in 1875. Prince Henry of Prussia, a grandson of Queen Victoria, travels to America with his wife Princess Rein of Hesse, aged 28, shown as a grandson of the queen.
A War Department dispatch from the transport Morgan City at Nagasaki reports all troops aboard are safe and had been landed. The ship cannot reach Manila, and Gen. Otis will send the transport Ohio to move the troops to Manila.
A farm worker in Clarinda, Iowa, was killed in an incident at a rural property. Police said the victim, an ace farmer, died at the scene. No further details available pending investigation.
Philadelphia hosts the thirty third Grand Army of the Republic encampment with Act ing Commander in Chief Johnson arriving from Cincinnati. President McKinley arrives with a large official party and is greeted by crowds, tours the parade route, and attends a city hall luncheon.
New York September 5 The Chicago platform democrats convened at Cooper Union with ex Gov John P Altgeld ex Judge James Tarvin and Rep John J Lentz presenting. They endorsed the Chicago platform including Lroyan as its leader and pledged to support Bryan for president in 1909 while denouncing McKinley’s Philippine war policy.
United States cruiser Olympia under Admiral Dewey reached Gibraltar bay Monday morning and the admiral, though indisposed, attended a ceremonial royal reception at the palace with full military honors. He will rest ashore until September 11 before departing for New York.
Des Moines Iowa September 5 Chairman Huffman of the state committee announces the opening of the democratic state campaign on September 14 with a large meeting at Davenport. Fred E White, candidate for governor, will address the gathering and focus on anti imperialism with silver policy to the rear.
Dublin notes a Sept. 5 development as the corporation considers a site for a Parnell statue in Stowe with city authorities weighing placement options and public interest.
In London an auction realized 65 dollars from four surcharged unpaid Grenada stamps of 1892, while recent European catalogs price the unused set at 15 dollars and the used set at 3 dollars. A Cuban special design envelope has been printed and sent, and halved five cent stamps surcharged differently in Pahang mark an unusual first. Guam print decisions were rushed, risking typographic errors as 100 impressions used the same mold for the illegible Gnain surcharge.
A retired businessman narrates a western tale from his youth. He and Jim Dixon traded with Indians and survived a dangerous encounter when his maimed hand, known to locals as the four-fingered trader, helped deter a tribal ambush. The man notes losing the finger two years ago on a hay cutter.
A besotted young man is interrupted by a tall stranger who admits he shares a flat below. The visitor confesses a fondness for a song and offers to pay fare to the river and hire a boat to set him afloat on the first ebbing tide.
A Bohemian town resident returns home after a wild night in extreme heat and alcohol fog. He recalls nothing clear and wakes with towels on his head. His wife reveals the near tragedy of waking to a wrecked cradle and blown gas, while he laments affectionately on fate.
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