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Newspaper

Westville Indicator

Location

Westville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1904

Page

6

The Week's News Happenings of the Past

Seven days in brief roundup of world events covering casualties fires political notes business set backs and resumptions with weather records and personal notices from the week.

Multiple disasters and political moves sweep across the nation

A wave of reports covers a Danville tobacco district warehouse fire with 4 million pounds of leaf lost and $600,000 insured, Secretary Wilson touring western states, a drowning near the Arkansas River, and a string of incidents from a Corning distillery wreck to pensions on canal commissions.

Diverse party actions mark early 1900s conventions in multiple states

The report outlines Democratic and Republican maneuvering at state and national levels. Delaware Democrats instruct national delegates for Judge George Gray against his wishes while Republicans back President Roosevelt with speeches by major figures from Indiana California Georgia Minnesota Maryland. Ohio candidate Augustus Zehring denounces his own nomination and backs Theodore Burton. Connecticut nominates officers and electors including Fred C. Platt for governor. Philander Knox chosen to fill a U S Senate seat after Quay’s death, remaining in cabinet until December.

Belaware Dover George Gray Beveridge Indiana George A. Knight California Harry Stillwell Edwards Georgia Joseph B. Cotton Minnesota Harry S. Cummings Maryland Roosevelt The Knights of the Modern Maccabees Ladies of the Modern Maccabees Battle Creek Mich Augustus Zehring Twenty-first Ohio Congress Theodore E. Burton Prohibition Party Connecticut Fred C. Platt New Britain Philander C. Knox Pittsburg United States United States Senate Matthew Stanley Quay Cassini Hay Turkey Russia Thirty-ninth Street Chicago Adj Bell Teller County Col Singen Saimatze Mukden Motien Pass Canada Abner McKinley Somerset Cripple Creek Kansas Prairie New York City Frank B. Read Francis M. Cockrell Missouri Washington Maria Cooper Winchester Sorel Quebec Richelieu & Ontario Company Shelby M. Cullom A. C. Jenkins Norton Kan Jenkins Colorado

Funeral rites for Mrs. Clemens held in Florence Italy

A simple funeral was held over Mrs. Samuel L. Clemens in Florence. Her coffin will go to Genoa then aboard a steamer to New York on June 25. Across the war front, reports from St. Petersburg claim Turkey will permit the Black Sea fleet through the Dardanelles, shifting balance in the conflict.

Washington United States Genoa Naples Gibraltar Iowa Mason City Clear Lake Rennsalaer Polytechnic Institute Troy N. Y University of Wisconsin Citizens’ Alliance Crippie Creek Portland Colorado Rio Grande Parachute Samuel L. Clemens Florence Italy New York Turkey Russia Black Sea Dardenelles St. Petersburg Anna B. Etzel Lewis Etzel London Daily Telegraph Roosevelt Newchwang Denver John Alexander Dowie Berlin Switzerland Vanderbilts Port Arthur Stakelberg Liaoyang London J. B. Ashcroft Mormon Church Fruitland N. M Togo Liaotung Peninsula

Death of Levi Z Leiter in Bar Harbor at 70

Levi Z Leiter of Chicago died of heart failure at the Vanderbilt cottage in Bar Harbor Maine. He was 70, left a legacy of influence in Chicago finance and rail interests, with a fortune estimated at 10 to 15 million dollars. His wife and two daughters were at his side.

Danville Wilson Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Alfred Lee Arkansas River Indian Territory Joseph Zimmerman Peoria Dominic J. Murphy Cleveland Christina Lang Dubuque St. Louis Johnstown Evansville Ind Albert B. Cummins St. Louis Fair Shaw St. Louis Exposition Company Hannah Elias New York John R. Platt Harrison J. Barrett Post Office Department Ben Garrett East St. Louis Maria Cantatecos Bolden I. T Philadelphia Crescent Coal Company Chicago University of Illinois University of Wisconsin Thomas F. Kennedy William H. Warren Victor Col Adjt Bell Teller County Levi Z. Leiter Vanderbilt Cottage Bar Harbor Leiter Julius Meinshock Mary Dewdney Cincinnati City Hospital Leiters Mr. Leiter Curzon Kedleston India Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company Spaulding & Co Universal Fuel Company South Side Elevated Railroad Illinois Trust and Savings Bank Joseph Chicago City Railway Company Chicago Edison Company Washingtown D. C

Witness Platt Impairs Case as Mrs Elias Is Freed

In New York on June 11 Mrs Hannah Elias was discharged after John R Platt testified and denied knowing details of alleged extortion. Platt failed to recall payments and signed papers. Elias was rearrested on a civil suit for 685000 but released on 20000 bail.

New York Hannah Elias Rand Jerome John R. Platt Platt Mrs. Elias

Flood toll rises in Indian Territory and Oklahoma

Floods and a waterspout cause multiple deaths across Ardmore Mill Creek Bengal Kiamichi valley and Hobart Oklahoma. Nine people are dead including a woman and child. heavy rain destroys crops and washes out creeks and rails.

Ardmore I. T Indian Territory R. H. Wilson Fay Davis Mill Creek Tony Jones Kiamichi Valley Bengal Wilson Miss Davis Washita Oklahoma City Okla Oklahoma Hobart Charles Hennessy Big Elk Creek

Noted Author Laurence Hutton Dies in Princeton

Laurence Hutton renowned author critic and English lecturer at Princeton died suddenly at age 61 after a period of bronchitis pneumonia and a heart failure attack. He left Harper's Magazine in 1898 to join Princeton University and his wife survives him.

Princeton N. J Laurence Hutton Princeton University Hutton Harper's Magazine

The Most Elusive Plodding Investigator

Commentary notes a detective who blames a microbe for calamities and pursues naming the strike organism. A quip about a hidden professor and a salary drawing “critter” underscores satirical tone in Chicago Tribune dialogue.

Chicago Tribune

Old Soldier's Story of Rheumatism Cure

Delos Hutchins of Sonoma Michigan describes three years in the Civil War with Butler Barker in Louisiana swamps, suffering rheumatism that twisted his hands and feet. After twenty five years in misery a druggist recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills. He reports two boxes helped little, two more brought major relief and now his pains are gone. He claims the pills cured rheumatism.

Sonoma Mich Delos Hutchins Hutchins Butler Barker Louisiana Dodd Mr. Hutchins

Lake Shore Railway Summer Tours to Mountains and Seashore

The Lake Shore Railway offers a book of Summer Tours to mountains lakes and seashore to aid vacation planning. It will be sent on application to C. F. Daly Chief Asst Gen Pass Agt Chicago. The note cites parodies and poems as unread without such guides.

Lake Shore Railway C. F. Daly Pass. Agt Chicago

Miss Whittaker Praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound

Savannah woman testifies the product cured four years of uterine troubles and irregularities within three months. She claims renewal of health and urges others to try the remedy, noting doctors sometimes fail. The advertisement offers $5000 for proof of authenticity.

Miss Whittaker Savannah Lydia E. Pinkham Mas Prirxnauw Miss Easy Whittaker 39Th St. W

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