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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1903
Page
3
A pasted colonial era advert cluster highlights remedies like Foley’s Honey and Tar and Foley’s Kidney Cure, with testimonials from workers such as C. W. Bellamy and local figures. The piece blends medical ads with social commentary on travel risks, politeness, and everyday ailments.
Rome July 7 Pope Leo XIII lies dying in the Vatican chamber. Neighbors and relatives witness a solemn scene as doctors aid his fading strength. Officials discuss extreme unction and the looming conclave while telegrams of concern reach the pontiff. The king and queen of Italy may delay their July 18 visit if a successor is elected.
Vatican gossip centers on Cardinal Rampolla and Cardinal Gotti with talk of Rampolla seeking Gotti’s favor in exchange for becoming Gotti’s successor as propaganda prefect. Other plausible candidates include Cardinals Brampa and Richelmy. A July pilgrimage to the holy see was postponed due to the pope’s ill health.
Washington July 7 Cardinal Rampolla cables that the illness of the holy father grows more pronounced. The mind is very clear and prayers are recommended.
The American squadron led by Rear Admiral Cotton arrives at Spithead as British forces, led by Lord Beresford, welcome them with salutes. A series of official calls, dinners, and balls at Portsmouth and London venues unfolds through July with King Edward unable to attend Kiel-like ceremonies.
A terse telegram reports the National Teachers Association holds an imver sion in Boston. Separate brief items describe a fatal fight in Steeleville Missouri and four drownings after a trolley wire shock in Pittsburg.
Huntington Ind July 7 The whereabouts of B A Comstock manager of the Comstock Novelty company remains unknown. The companys liabilities may reach seventy thousand dollars and officials say the affairs are badly entangled. Comstock is now declared a forger accused of forging the president C M Pierce’s name on a five hundred dollar stock certificate and other shares are suspected of forgery.
Word reaches Crown Point Indiana that Chin Juen Chinese cook who abducted Dr Don Sangs wife and valuables has been found in Mexico with the woman by the Masong. It is alleged Chin Juen was disemboweled and the woman will be returned to her children. Detectives in Chicago and New York hunted the pair for months without success. Dr Don Sangs notoriety and a prior legal case in Indianapolis are noted.
Lee Shipley a farmer from near Mount Vernon was found dead on the Louisville and Nashville tracks. Authorities suspect murder and robbery, with a sum of money missing. He had been drinking and apparently started walking home when killed. investigators probe the case.
In Nashville Indiana July 7 an attempted court of inquiry before Squire William A Mason failed due to conflicting stories from David Harden and wife about leaders in a whitecapping attack. The case will go to the September grand jury. In Mount Vernon Indiana July 7 a steamboat excursion fight left George Harris dead and James Brown fatally wounded. Kinney Givens and Frank Kirk jailed. six people shot, two women, all identified as colored.
Marion Indiana July 47 James Rowan owner of Pastime park and Teddy Harvey fined 100 dollars each for selling intoxicants within a mile of the Soldiers Home. They claimed to sell non intoxicants labeled Non-lntoc and Beer jue but the court disagreed.
The seventeenth annual Indiana division encampment of the Sons of Veterans and the thirteenth annual decampment of the Ladies Aid Society opened today at the Webb theater in Peru. About 800 delegates and many visitors attend as speakers and activities begin for a three day convention.
In Goshen Indiana on July 7 George Robinson fifty three, a fruit grower, drowned in Baldwin Lake after paddling a canoe with his hands. Elsewhere at Winona Lake the eighteenth annual convention of the Writers Association opened with a keynote by Leon Vincent. William Curtis spoke last night in the auditorium recalling Pope Leo XIII as a noble pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
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