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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1904
Page
6
Review of recent events from the press dispatches covers senate and house actions, Panama canal treaty timing, deaths of Senator Hanna, firings, fires, and international tensions. Notable items include Seaside fire, Hanover Dartmouth hall loss, naturalization fraud probes, and Russo Japanese hostilities.
The record cites a Pella savings bank with 25000 in liabilities, W Cameron Forbes named Philippine commissioner, Anna Shaw elected NAWSA president, Blanche Boies jailed 30 days with 100 fine for smashing saloon windows, and a string of disasters and political notes including fires in Greenup and Youngstown, extreme cold across states, and Baltic invasion rumors.
Col Henry T. Granberry dies in New York aged 96 after 1891 South Hamden insurrection known as Knapups war in Virginia history. Robert Collins 105, oldest Illinois resident, dies at Taylorville. Julia Cavin 102, second oldest Wisconsin woman, dies at La Crosse. Dr E A Schweinitz prominent chemist dies in Washington. George A Castor (rep) elected to PA Third district to fill Henry Burk’s vacancy. Carl Aaron Swensson Bethany College founder dies of pneumonia at 47. Joe Buffalo head of Lake Superior Chippewa dies in Ashland. Lily white New Orleans GOP convention nominates W J Behan for governor. Iowa GOP convention set for Des Moines May 18. Michigan GOP committee calls state convention in Grand Rapids May 18. Fourth Kansas GOP district renominates James M Miller for congress.
Reports from London say eight Russian warships were sunk and ten captured off Port Arthur with twenty thousand Japanese troops landed at Chemulpo. Other items note Russo-Chinese bank money burned in Port Arthur, Amador elected Panama president, and US requests opening Wiju port. Mexican neutrality declared, Russia condemns Japan’s attack as treachery.
The period reports the Panama canal treaty as a primary senate topic while noting naval appropriation advances, agricultural futures, and diverse global incidents. It cites clashes in San Domingo, fires in Baltimore and Paris, and political shifts in France and Russia.
The District of Colum bia grand jury reports a joint indictment for conspiracy against John A. Benson a San Francisco real estate operator Frederick A Hyde also of San Francisco Henry C Diamond an attorney for Benson and Hyde and Joost H Schneider Tucson agent for the trio Bench warrants issued Schneider arrested in Washington by Secret Service Agent William J Burns bail set at 20000 Benson previously indicted on bribery while Hyde is believed to be in San Francisco and Benson possibly in New York
In San Juan on February 22 the federal assembly voted 60 to 15 to declare that Puerto Rico must be immediately admitted as a state or granted independence. The body urged defiance of the current American administration, comparing Cuba and pressing for either statehood within the United States or full independence.
A water train collided with two dynamite cars on the Ogden-Lucin cutoff, exploding Friday near Jackson station 88 miles west of Ogden. At least 23 people died, many injured, and extensive property damage followed. Greek laborers formed the majority of the victims. Five locomotives were destroyed and a large steam shovel demolished. a medical rush was dispatched from Ogden with doctors and nurses.
May wheat breached the dollar threshold at the opening of the trading floor amid wild excitement. It climbed to $1.015 a bushel as Armour brokers sold for large profits, then rose to $1.03, while No. 2 Red winter wheat fetched $1.08 a bushel, a multi year high.
John Alexander Dowie leader of Zion City was driven from a meeting by a large mob in New York. Five thousand hecklers trailed him to his hotel while police could not disperse the crowd. He escaped by cab and reportedly left the hotel through a rear door.
Mexico City on February 19 announces formal neutrality in the distant war. Government officials state Mexico will stay impartial amid international hostilities.
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