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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1904
Page
6
A roundup of international and domestic incidents includes political moves for a new Hague peace session, fires destroying barns and kennels, fatal train and vehicle accidents, child injuries, arrests in labor and dynamite cases, weather extremes in the UK, naval and crime news, a McKinley memorial unveiling, and a large cash theft recovery in Michigan.
Nebraska completes its official presidential count with Roosevelt leading by 85 648. Missouri reports Roosevelt with a 25 600 plurality. An Illinois ruling upholds voting machines as constitutional. Secretary Hay and Viscount De Alte sign a U S Portugal arbitration treaty. Can non of Utah becomes Salt Lake Tribune editor in chief. Roosevelt to address trusts navy and tariff in coming message. Socialists routed at AFL convention in San Francisco as Gompers and Mitchell face attacks.
Reports from Berlin and Washington note Roosevelt’s praise for a German statue ceremony while Germany and the United States sign a mutual arbitration treaty akin to a prior French accord. Port Arthur's siege prospects, Kuroki's fate, and Zemstvo politics unfold amid global tensions and colonial concerns.
Japanese forces attacked Poutiloff hill on the night of November 22 but were repulsed by Russian shell fire with heavy losses. Cuban officials deny yellow fever on the island while admitting poor sanitary conditions.
President Roosevelt spent a strenuous day touring the world’s fair. He inspected exhibits and foreign buildings, reviewed troops, attended a Tyrolean Alps banquet, and held Sunday services before departing for Washington at midnight.
In St Louis on a packed schedule Roosevelt toured the Louisiana Purchase Exposition from early morning through sundown. He visited all major buildings and foreign pavilions, reviewed troops including Philippine scouts, received gifts, and spoke briefly then attended a Tyrolean Alps banquet.
Read about distinguishing iron pyrites from copper pyrites by flame color, energy loss from pipe heat vs coal, oxygenated water as a milk preservative, moissan's carbon-molybdenum alloy, and Nernst's findings on high frequency currents and cellular effects in frog experiments.
Secretary of War Taft and party arrived in Colon on the Columbia and were greeted by Vice President Arosemena and canal zone officials. A special train carried them to Panama City where Taft met President Amador and the cabinet to deliver Roosevelt’s greeting and affirm U S canal-building intentions for mutual benefit.
The north side of Ehbriung fort north of Port Arthur was blown up by Japanese after tunneling hundreds of feet through the mountain. Several hundred Russians were killed and 20 large guns rendered useless. Japanese generals Nakamura and Saito led sword-armed troops in a hand to hand clash with Russians.
Official Illinois returns show Deneen defeated Roosevelt by 568 votes for governor. State totals list Roosevelt 632,364 and Parker 328,186, yielding Roosevelt’s plurality of 804,178. Deneen 632,932 and Stringer 334,922, giving Deneen a plurality of 298,010.
At midnight on December 1 a force of 75 men will shunt 200 freight cars loaded with empty packing cases into the exhibit palaces as the dismantling of the world’s fair starts. There are 1 500 carloads of empty packing cases on the grounds and 100 more outside.
Samuel Gompers was practically unanimously reelected president of the American Federation of Labor. The convention voted to meet next year in Pittsburg.
Constantinople reports the party ordered Trebizond authorities to stop interfering with the sale of American Bibles and to return Bibles that have been seized.
Notes on grain traffic value, experimental Mexican porters in Pullman cars with few remaining, and a wreck case in Zacatecas involving Timothy J. Lee. Also, Southern Pacific bans cocaine in yards, emergency hospital details, and 1902 world railroad investments totaling billions, with European and global cost per mile comparisons and Britain leading cost.
The Rev W A Denton of Girard Kansas shares a story of his wife suffering fifteen years from a mixture of ailments after childbirth She slept poorly felt dizzy swollen and in pain Doctors gave little relief She saw improvement after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People The pills claimed to restore blood and nerves and to help female and stress related conditions Sold in boxes at fifty cents or six for two dollars fifty cents direct from the company
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