Tribune editor and printer in Denver Indiana
A brief note identifies W A Gordon as editor and printer for The Tribune in Denver Indiana. The item confirms the paper’s leadership role in the local press.
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1905
Page
3
A brief note identifies W A Gordon as editor and printer for The Tribune in Denver Indiana. The item confirms the paper’s leadership role in the local press.
Reports detail a Cedar City blaze started from a cigar stump destroying twelve buildings in Sunman Indiana with losses over 60000. In Gas City a factory wreck killed two workers and injured others as wind toppled a glass works. An Indiana mine explosion near Princeton left multiple dead or injured and a related cave-in at Claridge Pennsylvania endangers homes and stores.
Merle Casey a 10 year old girl fell from the third floor to the basement of the Glass block in Marion Indiana landing on her head. She survived with no skull fracture or broken bones and could stand and speak briefly after the incident. John W Davidson a 66 year old man from Washington Indiana died by suicide in a hoghly method after five weeks of illness.
Madrid and all Spain mourn the destruction of the Argamasilla house where Cervantes penned Don Quixote. Despite strenuous rescue attempts, the property was lost. A separate item notes Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Warner of Cincinnati died of heart trouble while washing. $3,900 in bonds and $151 were found on her person.
One of the Sparks Milling Company elevators in Alton Illinois burned destroying most of the fifty five thousand bushels of wheat stored there. Loss estimated around sixty thousand dollars.
A Burlington passenger train derailed at Woodlawn six miles west of Lincoln Nebraska. Three coaches rolled over and several people were seriously injured. Bridgeport Ohio faces widespread flooding as streets flood and plants shut down. In Lafayette Indiana two thieves stole telescopes and fine silks valued at 2600 dollars, with 1641 yards missing.
Major William Warner of Kansas City was elected United States Senator to succeed Cockrell after a deadlocked Missouri General Assembly session. Seven ballots were cast in joint session and a melee broke the clock as the seventh ballot yielded Warner with 91 votes to 83 for Cockrell and one for Niedringhaus, total 175 with 85 needed.
Reports from a Pan American Railway committee meeting in Washington detail rapid activity in Latin America. A Mexican line from Tehuantepec to Guatemala is advancing while several Central American interoceanic routes near completion. Argentina extends north into Bolivia as the Talman Congress earmarks funds for railway building with US engineers on site. Chile pushes a Buenos Aires to Valparaiso tunnel with US freight, and Peru Columbia surveys back a widening links. Brazil indemnity funds seed new lines, Ecuador advances Guayaquil to Quito, and Lake Titicaca links shrink.
The war in the Far East spurs exports from U S northwest ports to Japan with many cargoes planned from Tacoma and Puget Sound. The Minnesota and Boston Steamship Co vessels rush to load barley flour meat and supplies for Japan and for a Korea railroad project. At least six large ships will depart Tacoma this month and more next, carrying rail equipment and general cargo.
A report warns that 200000 Russian Stundist immigrants may converge on Canada this year to settle in the Northwest. Opinion leaders fear the growing foreign element mirrors U S experience and prompts Canadians to reconsider immigration policy amid large European arrivals.
Dispatches report ongoing Russian retreat after Mukden with scattered defeats and rumors of supply losses. Estimates put Russian force at Mukden around 327,500 with 1,568 guns. 150,000 casualties noted. Tsarist leaders recall Kuropatkin, appoint Linovitch, and plan a 400,000 man expedition as credit tensions rise.
A Russian minister and those close to Emperor Nicholas advocate offering peace on reasonable terms to end the war. They warn that harsh terms would alienate Japan and rally public support for peace. indemnity is unlikely, though Japan might seize proceeds from the sale of property and rights of the Chinese Eastern Railway.
In a special session the Senate debated the Dominican treaty with tied foreign relations lines. Senator Heyburn argued annexation of San Domingo. Senator Teller sought details from July 1904 to March 1905. executive session followed. Morgan alleged William Nelson Crowell’s syndicate influence. Reeder concession ties also surfaced.
Dun and Co reports favorable developments in Chicago and national trade with expanding production and distribution. Banks show strength, rail orders rise for rails and rolling stock, leather and shoes gain new business, breadstuffs demand up, and bank clearings exceed last year. New York view cites spring activity and railway vigor with 6 percent gross and 12 percent net January gains.
Market bulletin lists grain and livestock prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo with cattle hogs sheep and various grain types. Prices show No 2 wheat around 1.12 to 1.18 dollars, corn about 45 to 49 cents, oats 20 to 32 cents, rye 60 to 88 cents, hay and prairie values, and butter eggs and potatoes included.
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