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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
6
A compact roundup covering casualties and fires, personal and political notes, business failures and resumptions, and weather records from across regions. Brief items highlight notable incidents, economic shifts, and climatic data for readers seeking a global snapshot.
At Nashville Tennessee the fourth annual convention reelected Booker T Washington as president. In Oyster Bay New York the president discussed national concerns with callers. The Post Office investigated use of mails by wild cat insurance companies after a complaint by Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Folk. Ten thousand G A R members paraded at the San Francisco encampment with a camp fire ceremony in the evening.
News notes report 16 more vouiee recovered from Hanna Wyoming mine explosion, G A R elects Gen John C Black in San Francisco, Clinton Wisconsin post office burglary, severe hail in Indiana ruin crops, Baldwin elected Arcadia mayor, bank closings tied to Beaumont banker, Philippine Army reunion to be held in St Paul, Arthur birthplace monument dedicated, Halifax mob lynching, wife threat abuse murder suicide at Johnstown, Missouri battleship Missouri launched, two youths killed by live wire in Saginaw, Missouri state senator convicted, weekly clearinghouse deposits reach 1.916 trillion with 9 percent rise, Trans Mississippian Congress adjourns in Seattle, 238 business failures that week, La Crosse alderman killed in runaway, Hale Johnson monument unveiled, G A R closes 37th annual session in San Francisco.
Reports from across the United States detail a pistol duel between Edward Campbell and Edward Jackson in East St. Louis that fatally wounded both men, a Cuban leasing negotiation, race tensions in Chicago dining cars, a $500 million import total for U.S. manufacturers, and a string of accidents and fires including a fatal Centralia train crash and a Havana cigarette factory fire.
William Koenig and Mrs. Anna Koenig wed in David City marking the first known Nebraska case of a man marrying his stepmother. Other obituaries note Charles Reichman, inventor of a stove, dying in Brooklyn at 66. Frank J. Schrieber, long-serving postmaster, dying in Cruger at 77. Mrs. Louisia Bugg dying in Clinton at 101. John M. Pinkney chosen by Democrats to run in Texas Eighth District. John Q. Thompson, editor of the Washington Chronicle, dies at 64.
Reports state Lord Roberts the British field marshal will sail to Boston on September 23. Other items note bids in Havana to raise ships including the Maine and Alfonso XII wrecks, and recent Turkish and Russian diplomatic moves over Macedonia and Turkish waters.
Mr and Mme Humbert convicted of fraud in Paris and sentenced to five years solitary confinement each. A strike in Ekaterinoslav Russia led to a clash with troops in which eleven strikers were killed. Lord Salisbury former British premier died at Hatfield House England aged 78. Bulgarians slain by Turks in the destruction of three villages.
A roundup of short items notes John D. Rockefeller’s fortune shrinking amid stock declines, the Sherman statue work beginning, Mrs. Israel Washburne living in San Diego, plans for a New York governor candidate, J. H. Maloney elected head of the Building Trades council, rubies sapphires and diamonds found in Liberia, Miss Alice Dunlap completing 30 years at Peru telegraph office, Mrs. Mary Woodhall filing for suitors at 82, Count Cheste said to be the oldest general at 95, Chester A. Arthur’s Vermont birthplace monument, Reed Smoot agitation revival, Col. Robert L Meade to retire over a reprimand, William R. Spillman slated to head rural free delivery, banana prices rise after West Indian hurricane, Prof Salby on earth as conductor of telegraphic waves, Martha Graves leaving $100,000 to Rep Henry Gibson, and finance committee talks ending without agreement awaiting congress.
A cablegram from Minister Beaupre in Bogota reports that the Panama canal treaty was rejected unanimously by the Colombian senate. The senate cited encroachment on sovereignty as the key objection, opposing the form of the treaty despite Bogotá’s expectation it would not impair sovereignty if ratified.
The Boston chamber of commerce reports 1903 apple crops vary widely. Great Britain and Europe face shortages, while New England and New York show ample supplies. Nova Scotia and Canada expect heavy yields. quality is strong overall with some regional exceptions.
The Trans Mississippi congress adjourned after passing resolutions for Oklahoma and Indiana Territory status, Alaska territorial government, an American merchant marine, a Fraser River fish hatchery, and closer Canada trade relations. In Milwaukee, Alderman Henry Lexius of La Crosse died in a runaway crash when his horse bolted into a tree.
The Empress of India and the Chinese cruiser Huang Tai collided near Hong Kong. The Huang Tai sank an hour later with 14 fatalities, including its captain and 13 crew. The Empress of India sustained heavy damage but rescued 170 crew from the cruiser.
Prohibitionists unveiled a Barre granite monument in Newton Jasper county to Hale Johnson memory. Johnson, assassinated on election day last year, chaired the state Prohibition committee and was a national committeeman and 1896 prohibition vice presidential candidate. Speakers included Robert H Patton John G Woolley Oliver W Stewart and George W Fithian.
Beaumont Texas August 21 President Oliver of the Citizens National Bank ordered affiliated banks Frost Grosbeck Barron and Hubbard City to not open their doors and all suspended payments for the time being. Oliver says the actions involve him but offers no reason for the closures.
Mrs Laura L Bremer of Crown Point Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing two years of spinal pains after one bottle and complete renewal after three more. She urges sick women to write for free advice and to consider the remedy, warning of a $5000 forfeit if authenticity cannot be shown.
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