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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1904
Page
6
A compact weekly digest reports on casualties and fires around the globe, shifts in political and business life, notable resumptions, and a weather record. Individual incidents and entities are named where readable, with emphasis on outcomes and close regional links.
Domestic intelligence reports multiple tragedies and incidents. Daughters of John Young of Stillwater Minnesota aged 15 12 and 10 drown in the St. Croix due to a sink hole. Other items include a Boer War marriage in St Louis Gen Piet Cronje to Mrs Stertzel a fire in Brooklyn causing nearly 400000 loss a dynamite explosion hospitalizes Ratliffs near Marion Indiana and a shipboard rescue of Norge survivors at Aberdeen.
The Denver convention of the western division of the International Association of Machinists voted to assess each member one dollar a month, totaling about 25 thousand dollars monthly, to aid striking Santa Fe machinists.
Delegates at the populist convention in Springfield failed to answer roll call, while Oliver W. Stewart denied Dr. Silas Swallow’s renomination. In St Louis the Democratic convention opened with Rep. John Sharp Williams presiding and Grover Cleveland praised. The Republican event marked Jackson Michs fiftieth anniversary under the oaks with Secretary Hay delivering the keynote. Champ Clark named permanent Democratic chairman as Bryan led a major credentials fight, drawing a record crowd and a fiery reception.
Reports from Lima to St Louis describe Gen Reinaldo Flores dying in Peru and his exile after 1895 political upheaval in Ecuador. Other items note British MPs planning attendance at the St Louis exposition, a motor accident killing Sir William Rattigan near Biggleswade, and various battlefield updates across Manchuria and Port Arthur.
Reported Russian forces defeated Japanese troops at Lantyanshan in a flerted attack. The mikado's troops allegedly suffered about 1,000 killed or wounded. Japanese forces are within three miles of Port Arthur per Chinese sources in Chefoo. Island defenders hold main heights and plan to storm the last pass defended by 20,000 marines and sailors.
An explosion of a magazine containing 25 tons of dynamite and 200 kegs of powder wrecked a Marblehead facility and injured about a hundred people. The report details multiple other events from the era including deaths, political nominations, and accidents across the United States and abroad.
The populist national convention nominated Thomas B. Watson of Georgia for president and Thomas H. Tibbie s of Nebraska for vice president. They withdrew other presidential hopefuls and adopted a platform upholding the Omaha 1892 lines including government money, postal savings banks, labor rights, shorter workday, abolition of child labor, direct elections, and government ownership of utilities.
A Wabash line wreck near Litchfield Illinois leaves nineteen dead and many missing. Train No 11 from Chicago derailed hitting freight cars after a misplaced switch with seven hundred aboard. Engineer James Sanford and other crew among the dead. Other mishap near Petersburg injures 15 to 20 and kills baggage man Thomas Wisley.
A Erie railroad regular passenger train struck an excursion train stopped for water at Midvale New Jersey. Fourteen people from Hoboken and New York were killed and about 50 injured. The operator in the tower was Walter Richards.
A July 11 explosion at the Kelleys Island Lime & Transport magazine shattered Marblehead across the bay. Lightning struck the facility, releasing about 25 tons of dynamite and 200 kegs of powder, injuring up to 100 people, with no fatalities reported. Homes were moved from foundations, glass broken, and Lorain reports plaster damage from the shock. Estimated loss reaches $150,000.
A Missouri Pacific eastbound excursion train derailed after the tender jumped a switch near Labadie, 45 miles west of St. Louis, injuring 38 passengers. Only three were seriously hurt and there were no fatalities.
W 8 Taylors little boy recovered from dropsy after Dodd's Kidney Pills. The father states he gave 35 pills over eight days and then eleven more, restoring the boy to health who previously could not walk. The Chicago Journal note follows.
G A B National Encampment in Boston August 15 20 1904 offers very low Nickel Plate Road rates. Enjoy elegant dining and sleeping cars and seating service with coffee and sandwiches. Stopovers at Chautauqua Lake and Niagara Falls allowed on return.
An anecdote from the New York Evening Post recalls a supreme court justice dining with a distinguished ex senator and family. The hostess argues vegetarianism implies strength, while the justice notes a tiny carnivore that jumps many times its length.
A brief exchange highlights Brown's skill in steering talk and Gray's cautious response. The dialogue showcases pairings of wit and restraint as they interact.
A Milwau kee Sentinel note records a humorous domestic exchange where Mrs McCall accuses a pom pous butler of remaining, while Mrs Nuritch replies they discharged him for not suiting them.
A Missouri woman recounts decades of stomach pains and conflicting diagnoses until trying Postum as a coffee substitute. After three months she stayed well, avoided coffee, and noticed her husband and family improving. The ad promotes a ten day Postum trial and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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