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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
6
A compact digest of notable foreign dispatch items from around the globe. The summary highlights varied developments in politics, economics, and society, offering quick, non-specialist glimpses of ongoing international events.
Three Chicago banks the Chicago National Home Savings and Equitable Trust collapsed amid private speculation by John R. Walsh who controlled them. Depositors will not lose a cent as the Chicago Clearing House association agrees to meet all liabilities. Comptroller Ridgley actions cited. News shocks financers whilenot unexpected in circles.
In Congress Tillman denounces Roosevelt over Santo Domingo and canal mismanagement. Roosevelt expected to send a special message on insurance bill scope in Washington DC. Bennett introduces a bill to cut southern representation due to negro disfranchisement, reducing total House seats from 386 to 371 affecting eleven states. Senate passes Panama Canal bill approving 11 million dollars for work.
Reports say Cossacks in Moscow roused to revolutionary mood and may derail army morale. Workers delay general strike until ready. Livonian peasants establish an independent state seizing land and expelling owners. A massacre of Jews reported in Volhynia. Emperor William to send a warship to Riga to protect German nationals. Baltic provinces aflame amid revolts and threats to major towns.
Edward H. Harriman testifies before a New York legislative insurance committee that he has not acted on threats against Thomas F. Ryan. Gov. Higgins and the late Speaker Nixon kept him informed. Charles A. Peabody becomes Mutual Life Insurance president at a $50,000 annual salary, while predecessor Richard A. McCurdy earned $150,000. George W. Perkins resigns as vice president and finance chair of New York Life. Alexander E. Orr succeeds him. Senator Dryden, Prudential president, reveals a $26,000 political contribution. Ryan claims Harriman demanded half of Equitable stock under threat of legislative action. Wisconsin’s joint committee investigates Northwestern Mutual Life of Milwaukee.
Two principal business blocks in Dallas suffered total destruction by fire wiping out the buildings and contents with an estimated loss near 80000 dollars. Local authorities investigated the cause as flames consumed the structures and adjacent property.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt announce the engagement of their daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt to Congressman Nicholas Longworth with a wedding planned for mid February. February 17 has been set as the wedding date.
The Chicago National Bank Home Savings bank and Equitable Trust company led by John R Walsh were declared bankrupt. A new coalition of Chicago financiers pledged to pay all deposits in full using funds from united city banks while ongoing examinations traced $15 million in loans on Walsh controlled rail and land ventures and total liabilities around $26 million.
An advertisement invites women to consult Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts about female weakness. It emphasizes confidential, woman to woman guidance, free advice, and testimonials from Mary Dimmick and others who report relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
A playful meditation notes good in every situation from bad teeth to rent free tombs. It smiles at dyspepsia and weather, praising small mercies and the humor in marriage status and bodily flaws.
A brief quip contrasts vehicle running costs and breakdowns. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes how much more expensive a car is when it fails to operate.
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