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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1905
Page
2
Front reports describe two bloody engagements around Tsinkhetchen and Beresneff hill as Japanese forces under Gen. Kuropatkin turn flanks and advance from Salmatze toward Mukden, capturing Beresneff hill and threatening Russian lines. News also cites Mukden bombardment and Shakhe river crossings as the war widens along Manchuria.
Washington reports show the impeachment trial of Judge Swayne concluded with acquittal on all charges. Senate votes on two articles tied, private railroad car use faced 13 for conviction. Naval and sundry civil appropriations passed. Panama canal government and statehood bills move toward conference. Adjournment hints rise as March work winds down.
In St Louis on March 1 the ice gorge in the Mississippi broke and the new 900 foot government dyke was found completely demolished after the last big floes passed the harbor. The work cost $200,000. An East St Louis waterworks protection dyke was swept away, with damage about $15,000.
In Chicago on February 27 L. W. Baynes ended his life by shooting himself during a stage performance. The sudden act caused several women in the audience to faint as bystanders and performers struggled with the tragedy.
The Grand opera house, Akron's second oldest playhouse, was destroyed by fire on Sunday, causing an estimated loss of 30000 dollars. No further details on casualties or cause were given.
Piercing of the Simplon tunnel between Briga Switzerland and Iselle Italy was completed at 7:20 Friday. Work began in 1898 and will move to permanent way toward an inauguration around March 20. The 1 mile tunnel cost $15 000 000 with Swiss and Italian governments sharing costs.
Davenport March 1 Judge Bollinger ruled Iowa embezzlement statute defective for lacking a punishment provision. M Beuthien and Arnold Beuthien, bank officials, will go free though one pleaded guilty and the other is indicted. Bank loss exceeds $100,000. Also Detroit: Charles Holton, 28, a night foreman, electrocuted at Woodward Ave carhouse on a private line when currents crossed.
Michigan Democrats at Battle Creek on March 1 nominate Vernon Smith of Ionia for the Supreme Court Justice, Orson Millard of Flint and James Kersey of Boyne City for university regents, and James G. Healey of Jackson for the state board of education.
A premature explosion of 17 holes charged with dynamite in the Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet and Hecla mine in Calumet Michigan killed one man and injured three. The accident occurred on the fifty seventh level one mile beneath the surface.
London reports the Paris inquiry commission found Viceroy Rosestvensky did not have justification for firing on the Gamecock fishing fleet and that no torpedo boats were nearby yet acknowledged his efforts to prevent harm. The decision appears a compromise, balancing British and Russian positions amid arbitration principles.
Bluefield W Va Feb 27 As a result of an explosion in shaft No 1 of the United States Coal and Coke company at Wilcoe on Sunday 23 miners are supposed to have lost their lives and it is possible that the number will exceed this Up to eight p m 15 dead bodies had been taken from the shaft A large rescuing party is in the mine It is barely possible but not likely that some of the remaining entombed miners will be rescued alive The explosion was of terrific force and shattered glass windows a mile distant.
Workmen in Chattanooga Tennessee unearthed 20 skeletons over the last two days while removing earth in the eastern part of the city to supply dirt for viaduct approaches. The remains are believed to be federal soldiers killed at Missionary Ridge during the Civil War.
Bedford Ind Feb 25 Maj James C Carlton 73 president of the National Mexican War Veterans association dies from paralysis stroke.
Sacramento February 28 senators Emmons Bankers Wright and French were expelled from the senate Monday for receiving bribes, marking a dramatic political corruption case in the California capital.
Washington March 1 The president signed the joint resolution ordering the return of battle flags captured during the Civil War.
In San Francisco at Woodward's Pavilion on March 1, Battling Nelson of Chicago overwhelmed Young Corbett of Denver, nearly knocking him out in round nine. Corbett’s wild swings and Nelson’s calm countering led to a late rally before the seconds stopped the fight.
George Sewall Boutwell former Massachusetts governor and US secretary of the treasury died at his Groton home after a brief illness aged 87. Boutwell a lifelong public figure began as a lecturer at 19 and served in state legislature and US House. He aided abolition and led the Anti Imperialist League later serving in the Senate and opposing Spanish war.
Albert Edmund Parker earl of Morley chairman of committees and deputy speaker of the house of lords died in London aged 62. In Chicago Philip Burke and wife Eliza were convicted of murder of Andrew Larson and each sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary.
Fire swept southern Hot Springs Arkansas on a Saturday, burning a square mile in five hours. Losses reached nearly 2 million dollars and at least three people died. The blaze spared few blocks, destroying hotels churches and residences including Grand Central, Moody and Plateau hotels. Two unidentified male bodies and a woman's body were recovered among the ruins of the Grand Central hotel.
A major fire along the river front from Louisiana to Napoleon avenues destroyed vast export terminals of the Illinois Central railway. It wiped out 50 acres of modern wharves and freight sheds, a mile of riverfront, two grain elevators, loaded cars and large freight stocks including 20 000 bales of cotton. Insurance is put near 4 million dollars with total property loss estimated between 3 million and 5 million.
Chicago reports Daniel Herman a furloughed policeman killed Minnie Mulveil, 22, at Michigan Avenue and 29th Street, then killed himself at Archer Avenue. The estate heiress received over 220,000 from- her father and uncle, and was famed for St James church philanthropy and her papal delegation role.
Eleven people were killed and about twenty injured when the floor of the African Methodist Episcopal church on Fleet Street in Brooklyn collapsed during services with around 300 worshippers present. Rescue teams freed survivors from the remaining floor and wreckage as firemen cut through debris. the beams and flooring were found decayed. In a separate note, Michael Kelley a Brooklyn coal operator and millionaire who immigrated from Ireland in 1851 died, his wealth estimated above four million dollars.
Maj. Robert Clark, who presided at the 1848 Washington monument cornerstone ceremony in Erie, Pa., died Sunday at age 89. He had officiated at the historic event and witnessed its enduring significance in local memory.
Brief items report floods in Italy displacing 2000, a report urging a sea level canal by the Isthmian Commission, Canada arming militia, and the last British imperial troops leaving the continent. Also listed are a courthouse fire in Ohio, notable deaths, crimes, and various political and legal developments across the United States and Europe.
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