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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
2
A weekly roundup reports on progress in the Russo Japanese War in the Far East and updates from Congress. It compiles foreign intelligence and notable events from across the union, highlighting key political and military developments.
German reporters cite fresh slaughter of strikers in Radom with over 200 dead on both sides. In Helsingfors thirty Finns shot by Cossacks and police during a demonstration. Reval big works closed as Baltic turmoil continues with a Czarist proclamation urging workers back to labor and reforms promised. Russia orders 500 machine guns from German firms. In Moscow a crowd of 3000 is dispersed by Cossacks with many wounded. Li Bau and other centers see clashes with no clear bloodshed reported. Riga reports 22 killed and 50 wounded with seven soldiers hurt. Warsaw clash leaves two dead and seven wounded as troops fire.
The trial oath was administered in the Senate on the 24th as the first step in impeachment proceedings against U S Judge Charles Swayne of the northern Florida district. Swayne appeared on the 27th, charges were read, and he was granted one week to reply.
A Russian report claims Japanese forces struck Kuropatkin's right wing but were repelled. Meanwhile Muscovites reportedly took a town and several guns near Mukden after a two day fight, with Kuropatkin noting additional towns and entrenchments captured from Japanese forces.
A wide-ranging summary notes bail reduction for Mrs. Brodie L. Duke in a Texas fraud case, a Santo Domingo treaty move by Secretary Hay, and political denials from Colorado's ex-governor. It recounts an Indiana flour mill fire, a Copenhagen death of Gen. Christiansen, Cavite troop dispatches, fatal train wrecks, a 3,032-carat diamond find, court indictments in New York, and European political shifts.
Warsaw endures chaos as Polish revolutionary, Russian and labor factions push to topple the government. Factories close, shops barricaded, telegraph lines cut, and police stretched thin amid intermittent gunfire. Hussars assault British officials. several deaths and widespread arson reported.
Lieut. Gen. Sakharoff admitted Russian forces retreated from Sandepas after failing to seize a redoubt. The clash left 45 officers and about 1,000 men killed and wounded. Japanese reports say detachments at Liutaiko repulsed by a superior Russian force and the enemy retreating toward the Hun river.
Two men died in a steam room at a Hester Street bathhouse after being left inside overnight. The bathhouse proprietor and five attendants were arrested pending investigation. Police found a gas jet present but unlit, leaving the men unable to find the exit in blackout conditions.
A January fire in Omaha Nebraska destroyed a large portion of the wholesale district. The conservative loss estimate exceeds 500000 with some estimates higher. The blaze consumed a half block of massive buildings valued over 200000 owned by the Mercer and Millard estates.
In a Canajoharie Courier anniversary note editor Willet F. Cook highlights a 1867 letter from H. W. Shaw pseudonym Josh Billings. The missive, addressed to Charles Bowen, humorously chronicles Billings’ self assess, from Massachusetts birth in 1830 to wool trading, steamboats on the Ohio, West India stoves, potash, and eight years as a land hunter, plus a mixed literary road with few profits but lasting satisfaction. The tone is reflective and proud, with no malice in his work.
Mrs John La Rue of 115 Paterson Avenue Paterson New Jersey describes nine years of kidney trouble. She reports back pain dizziness nosebleeds and intense pain. After one box of Doan’s Kidney Pills she experienced relief and continued treatment. Doan’s Pills sold at 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Good Housekeeping piece notes parents denounce corporal punishment and prefer nonphysical methods. A mother uses no supper as punishment while others rely on quiet time. A boy recalls moral suasion as simply nonwhipping discipline like standing in line and ear and jaw pulling.
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes a man at the hospital displays a twitching condition blamed on dodging autos. The terse line hints at a wartime or urban accident scene and comments on medical attention.
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