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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1903
Page
2
Happenings of the past week cover Congress debates on statehood timing and Panama canal, Senate and House actions on post office pensions and naval appropriations, and fortifications and protections bills. The lengthy session notes include the retirement of civil war officers issue and battleships funding.
Report confirms Cole Younger plans a wild west show. Cortelyou sworn in as secretary of commerce and labor. Justice Shiras resigns, effective February 24. Promotions sent for Breckinridge Ludington Wade to major general. Illinois supreme court upholds anti trust law of 1891 and 1893 amendments. Corporations liable for annual affiliation reports. Ashland Ohio fire destroys opera house block and public library. Illinois considers football ban at State University. Fraud by Italians swindles New York life insurers over 1 million. Chicago janitors threaten strike with 3000 apartment houses at risk. Record cold nationwide. Fort Wayne battalion sails for the Philippines. Wishard resigns as internal revenue solicitor. Mitchell rejects $4000 lecture offer. USA-Canada disputes may move to joint commission. Illinois anti trust fines likely. Marion NL fire losses 200k to 300k. Newark trolley crash kills eight children. Springfield Ohio fire kills three. New Mexico creates Quay county. Judge Day appointed to Supreme Court vacancy. Wyoming supports women’s suffrage. Horace White retires as NY Evening Post editor. Freight congestion grows due to heavy snow. February earnings up 17.6 percent. Silk imports rise with large orders.
Night fire at the Clifton hotel Cedar Rapids Iowa leaves at least nine dead and 42 injured as guests leap or sink into flames amid panic and freezing ground.
Friends of Iowa governor Cummins claim he will pursue the vice presidential nomination at the forthcoming national Republican gathering. Julia Duprice dies at Chippewa Falls aged 103.
The pope marked his twenty fifth election anniversary with high mass in St Peter's Rome. Gifts totaling over 25000 were presented amid a grand reception. A czar spoke of friendship with the United States in St Petersburg. Europeans press reforms in Turkey while English municipal corporations report 317 bodies with 65000000 yearly income.
The 23d session highlights include Washingtons farewell read by Senator Dubois, passage of the omnibus public building bill, debate on the post office appropriation, and a predicted early settlement on the statehood question. Also noted are a ship subsidy report setback, and a range of international and domestic items.
Wealthy Indianapolis Chinese merchant E Lung heads a new Chinese masons group. Liberal University planned in Kansas City to teach Robert G Ingersoll views. Roosevelt’s Strenuous Life being Armenian translated. Typographical union to erect Amos J Cummings monument at Colorado Springs. New York banks total 109 651 900 capital versus 60 422 700 ten years ago. Ex Senator C H Smith of Jackson Mich to serve as Manila prosecuting attorney. Col R H Pratt resigns Carlisle Indian School superintendent post after 30 years. Colorado fish forestry and game committee endorses four year deer closed season and six year sheep elk antelope. Presbyterian committee backs Denver for Rocky Mountain college site. Edwin Perkins Clark dies at 97 in Brooklyn. Peary seeks 150 000 to 200 000 for new arctic expedition and flag at pole. Germany’s Moeller says America’s market competition requires trust methods. Standard Oil declares 20 dollar dividend due March 16, same as last year.
G W Gray of Broadland South Dakota recounts a near death from kidney trouble turned into a full recovery after using one box and continuing the treatment. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with lifting him from bed and restoring his health, calling the result miraculous.
An old ad promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children in New York and Le Roy, featuring claims to ease colds feverishness constipation and worms. It notes 25 cents and lists a sample address in Olmsted. The Philadelphia Bulletin quotes a joke about a publisher.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming to stop coughing and cure a cold in one day. It notes a 25 cent price and a money back refund if it fails to cure, and includes a quote about sloth and industry.
A Chicago reader argues Cuticura Resolvent Ointment cured neck boils a large lump and several lumps under the arm avoiding surgery. He cites sister and housemaid's mother goitre cases and urges others to try the remedies with his name available for verification.
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