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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1904
Page
6
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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