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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1904
Page
2
A seven day digest notes Senate actions on citizenship bill rules and fortifications, while the House discusses post office funding and pension provisions. Executive sessions reveal interest in General Wood's Cuba concession and jai alai about to influence confirmation.
A string of events includes a Manila to San Francisco transport, a fatal poisoning in Sikeston, Carnegie joining a civic committee in New York, and New York finance backing a Supreme Court ruling. Also noted are a Chicago factory explosion deaths, a prison suicide in Wisconsin, a major hotel fire in Minnesota, Chicago voting gains, mass New York labor lockouts, Hetty Green buying a Fifth Avenue residence, juror retaliation in Chicago, bank-industry indictments in Iowa, Kenyon College gifts, Civil War veteran disability age change, mine wage referendum trends, a Terre Haute murder and hangings, saloon-liability rulings, the Colombian legation closure, Chicago pensioner deaths, and multiple earthquake tremors in Seattle.
W T Nichols named secretary of Arizona by the president. David Carroll, 30, shot Anna Maxwell, 16, then killed himself at Nemaha Nebraska after she refused marriage. Gov Herrick signs Ohio spring election abolition bill. Hailstorm and heavy rain cause $500,000 damage in New Orleans. Sacramento building industry suspended for second year due to strikes. Boston marks 128th evacuation anniversary. Baltimore fire losses closed at 600 of 1,900. James McDonald pleads not guilty to Bedford murder. trial set for May 16.
Henry MacCracken of Urbana has been nominated for congress by the Democrats of the Eighth Ohio district. J Fred Rhodes editor of the Eldora News is nominated for congress by the Republicans of the Sixth Missouri district. Nebraska Democrats set state convention in Omaha June 1 to choose delegates to the national convention. Indiana Republicans have Hemenway in the Brick in in thee.
A compilation of obituaries and political items: Gen William E Miller a supposed survivor of Balaklava dies in Groton aged 75. Nancy Tigue 105th birthday in Lafayette. various political nominations and conventions in Georgia Illinois and Ohio. multiple deaths including Gideon C Moody and Henry T Thurber. February revenue rises. trust probes. cotton market panic. railroad and coal labor news. foreign events in Bolivia and Asia. and a Paris-to-Portsmouth naval incident.
A Tokio rumor claimed the Russian fleet slipped from Port Arthur on March 11 to join Vladivostok squadron cruisers, with a major battle expected hourly. Reports said Port Arthur had not fallen, while China sought Czarist assurances no Chinese intervention. News noted 265 million dollars yearly war cost and other international moves amid the conflict.
Argentine Brazil Chile Bolivia and Ecuador reportedly unite in a defensive and offensive alliance to curb U S influence. The U S cruiser Cincinnati reported 300 Russians clashing with 200 Japanese near Ping Yang Korea, with Japanese annihilated. The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Skorri hit a mine entering Port Arthur. four of 61 crew survived.
The Russian Vladivostok squadron is believed headed for the Port Arthur fleet area while a Japanese landings attempt near Helena Bay was checked by bad weather. Republicans in Missouri renominated Richard Bartholdt for Congress and Roosevelt delegates were chosen at the Las Vegas convention urging statehood. Henry C Payne's health prompts talk of retirement as postmaster general. A strong earthquake disrupted parts of New England causing property damage. Former President Cleveland marked his 67th birthday at Princeton. Louis H. Mott, accused of wife murder, is noted in Missoula Montana.
An morning quake rattled eastern New England from St John New Brunswick to Taunton Massachusetts. Buildings suffered minor damage in Augusta Bangor and Portland while Cambridge observers at Harvard noted the most severe shock since 1884 with water tanks splashing and doors rattling.
Antonio Fernandez known as Cuco, a matador, was killed by a bull in Juarez after delivering the death thrust. The ring drew about 3,500 spectators, mostly Americans and women, as a sandstorm hindered warning signals and cheers drowned the panicked cries.
Manila reports a March 7 assault by Gen. Leonard Wood’s units including the Seventeenth and Twenty third infantry, Troop B, and Gately's battery enacting a fortress capture in Catabalo Mindanao. Moro defenders retreat after artillery fire. American losses zero. Captured include twenty four cannon and native Jantacas. Datto Subangu and his followers were seized. Troops pursue Ati.
Chauncey Dewey Clyde Wilson and William J McBride were found not guilty on the murder charge of Burchard Berry after a 28 hour jury deliberation. Eight defense witnesses including seven Dewey cowboys will appear next week to post bonds and waive preliminary hearings for their alleged accomplice status.
In Phoenix a wife planning a ranch garden misreads seed packets and ends up planting her mother's liver pills in the sweet pea beds. Her husband watches as packets are placed in neat rows and markers labeled for each plant, revealing the surprising mix-up with the pills.
An article extols Western Canada climate and geography noting an elevation of about 1800 feet, mild winters and warm summers. It cites July highs around 66 at Winnipeg and 62 at Prince Albert with Prince Albert showing a 76 high daily maximum. Moisture and sun foster rapid crop maturity and bountiful yields, with sowing in March or April and harvest in August, while extreme storms are said to be unknown.
The ad promotes Victoria Rape and another fodder plant claiming 14 tons of hay and 80 tons of green fodder per acre. It urges readers to mail 10 cents in stamps to John A. Salter Seed Co. in LaCrosse Wisconsin for a catalog and seed samples. A quote from Alger appears on the page urging men to act on wrath.
Henry Soule of Pultney Street Hammondport New York states eight years of kidney pain and gravel stopped after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports sleep restored, digestion improved, and a lasting cure, praising Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York. The ad notes pills cost 50 cents a box and offers a free trial by mail.
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