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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
4
The Tribune from Denver Indiana announces Norris and Son as editors and proprietors. The notice identifies the paper’s management with no further business details or events.
Cuban attempt to incite treason near Nayamo in Santiago province ended with the capture of the leader and the killing of the other three. Rural guard pursued the party after a brief exchange of fire, with two exconvicts among the four. Only one had served in the revolutionary army.
A Brooklyn physician restored a declared deceased child to life using a saline solution and intravenous injection after an appendectomy. The patient lay comatose for a day before gradually recovering, with doctors crediting salt therapy and noting a similar life-creating demonstration in Indiana by Dr Charles W Littlefield.
Consul Gudger reports Panama City incident where soldiers led by the commander-in-chief searched the governor's residence. The governor escaped and sought aid at an American home while officials were arrested and money seized. Governing authority tendered. exact recipient unknown. Navy assets may be dispatched if needed.
A fierce storm hit Minneapolis causing severe property damage with many buildings razed or unroofed and extensive electrical outages. Telephone and telegraph wires were down, streetcars halted for hours, and the disaster affected southwest Minneapolis with damage running into thousands of dollars.
The Danish West Indies purchase treaty is declared dead and may be revived if Denmark sells the islands again, while the State Department has completed a part of the bargain. Also reported a fatal shooting near Vicksburg Mississippi as Annie Strong killed Rohbert Anderson over a property line dispute. Wall Street brokers Talbot J. Taylor & Co and W. L. Stow & Co suspended trading amid major stock declines, with Arthur Ise succeeding P. M. Arthur as leader of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers dying in Meadville Pennsylvania.
A rear end collision between the Southwestern Vestibule Limited of the Southern Railway and a work train in Springfield Virginia killed two people and injured seven others. Two passenger steamers with large Sunday excursion crowds drifted helplessly on Lake Michigan.
Two steamers Alice Stafford from Muskegon to Chicago and Mary from Chicago to Michigan City collided at night, disabled machinery, and were towed into port the next day. Passengers were badly scared but no serious injuries reported.
Roslyn Wells was found near Antelope Island after a night spent clinging to his drowning companion Roy Larkin, age 15, as Miss Pomeroy watched from Saltair. Larkin remains missing despite rescue attempts amid rough breeze on Thursday’s swim.
Henry A. Bradford was arrested in St. Louis by post office inspectors on charges of using the mails to defraud tied to land title swindles investigated since last December. Bond set at $2000. Twelve other men were implicated. inspectors expect a final collapse of the nationwide scheme. Bradford’s May 5, 2000 arrest followed an acquittal due to indictment facts misalignment.
Albert Swanson five, son of homesteader Charles Swanson near Gowan Mim, was rescued from a large swamp after four days with three guides and a hundred men in search. Indian guide John Lapario found him along a deer trail barely alive from hunger and terror.
Circuit Court at Delaware Ohio declares the criminal clause of the Valentine anti trust law unconstitutional in the appeal of Charles W. Gree a Delaware coal dealer indicted and fined under the act. The case will go to the Ohio Supreme Court. Farmers' Co operative Union formed at Hutchinson Kansas aims to force wheat price by holding grain nationwide with rallying letters to farmers.
A natural gas blast at 177 North High Street in Columbus wrecked a two story brick saloon and restaurant with living quarters above. Mrs. Lewis is believed buried in the debris while several women trapped in the ruin were rescued after digging operations.
A Tacoma blaze destroyed the Cascade Cereal Company plant and the nearby Deming-Berry Pulley plant with losses totaling about 160000. Denver House and St Paul House and several residences also suffered damage.
Hot winds sweep southern Kansas and western Oklahoma as reports from Leavenworth to Rice County indicate corn suffering from dry weather. Tasseling corn in Harvey County damaged 60 percent. temperatures reach 107 in Rice County with 11 in the shade in Pawnee. A six week stretch of favorable weather is needed for a hopeful harvest after May flood required replanting.
Samuel B. Clutter attacked worshippers at the Free Methodist Church in Akron firing a club into the crowd as Rev. L D Wesley led a prayer. Two people were badly hurt and about a dozen others bruised during the panic before Clutter was overpowered and jailed awaiting arraignment on assault with intent to kill. Neighbors say the noise from the church had disturbed him and his family.
Lafayette man Henry F. Kruse 62 drowns in the Wabash River after rescuing two children on a sandbar during a day on the grounds of the State Soldiers Home. His family and neighbors were present.
A powerful cyclone struck Tehernigof district in Russia destroying three villages in minutes. Churches and homes were lifted and carried away, causing great loss of life and extensive damage.
Extreme heat grips Nebraska and western Iowa with Omaha reaching 08. A death in Schuyler, Robert Barnee, attributed to the heat, highlights dangerous conditions as Bonanza Farms are broken up by settlers creating homes and diversifying crops in the Northwest.
A dynamite explosion at a United States Cartridge Company magazine in Lowell Massachusetts shattered a large stone building and damaged nearby homes. About twenty five people were killed and thirty injured as fires spread and windows shattered miles away. Four militia companies assisted authorities to restore order after the quake like concussion and panic.
The weekly crop summary notes favorable temperatures east of the Rockies except New England, with rain needed. Destructive storms hit Minnesota Missouri and northern Middle Atlantic. California cool but favorable. corn progress good in northern coal belt, fair elsewhere with rainfall needed in central and southern corn states. Winter wheat harvests continue in the north Middle Atlantic and Great Lakes regions. Spring wheat remains unfavorable in the north, with improvements in northern Minnesota and rust in southern Minnesota and South Dakota. North Dakota heads fill but yield poor. Nebraska less favorable. spring wheat ripening in the Dakotas, Montana and Washington filling well.
The Alaska Central Railroad contract covers the first twenty five miles while L B E W secures seventy five miles on the main line. Louisville and Nashville completes half Jellico to Knoxville. Western Southern district HQ moves to Birmingham around Oct 1. An Eastern protected line runs Cincinnati to Louisville. Haines Central reports fiscal year earnings 45.145 million, net 18.? million, surplus 4.087 million, with expenses and taxes 31.781 million and increases noted.
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