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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
1
Amid ruins the city shows social leveling as rich and poor start anew. Notable residents, mixed neighborhoods, and key leaders mingle in improvised offices and relief rooms. Rescue deeds by Mrs Kane and Policeman McLean highlight human courage.
An Oakland engineer estimates the blaze scorched about 10 000 acres in the San Francisco area, equating to roughly 15 square miles, noting the extensive loss of valuable property across the region.
The proposal seeks a $100 million loan to rebuild a new metropolis on the Pacific coast on the site of the devastated city. The loan would be secured by real estate and run for 25 years at two percent per annum.
New York report on the coal dispute shows operators rejecting the miners sliding scale. They argue a scale would raise coal prices 36 cents a ton while current profits run 20 cents. Scranton prepares for a convention to act on operators reply and possible strike calls.
Springfield Illinois senate approved the Stead plurality primary bill by 36 to 1 amending a convention nominates system for congressmen legislators and county candidates with a one third plurality threshold. Galvin's measure for city officer primaries also passed 27 to 1.
Fire swept through Harrisville West Virginia early Sunday threatening the town. It started in the National hotel destroyed that building and burned the First National bank and the post office with contents. Loss about 25000. Every available man fought the flames with two hand engines and a bucket brigade.
The Vatican plan for the 7 million dollar settlement with the Philippines friar lands has been accepted by the Dominicans and broadly agreed by other orders. The Vatican will keep the principal and part of the interest, with an annual allowance to Philippine dioceses and the rest to be shared by religious orders in the islands per the agreement.
Elections to the Hungarian diet opened Sunday and will run for ten days. Of thirty five contests decided so far thirty nine Kossuthists were elected with Premier Wekerle Count Apponyi and Francis Kossuth all returned.
At the sixteenth annual United Confederate Veterans reunion in New Orleans the main new measure urged pensions for former enslaved people who followed their masters in the war. Also proposed is dedicating one day per year per camp for Confederate memorial services. Richmond, Virginia, was chosen by acclamation as next reunion site.
Zion's revolt against John Alexander Dowie persisted as Voliva dominated the gathering on the college campus while Dowie, frail and aided into the auditorium, denounced Voliva and his followers as thieves. Jane Dowie and Gladstone observed, deeming Dowie insane and seeking to comfort him.
A federal grand jury in Roswell New Mexico returned four indictments against Chester I Tallmadge E R Tallmadge P E Tallmadge Karl C Young and John H McHinstry. The charges mirror those in the October arraignments with pleas in abatement allowed. The defendants were arraigned Saturday and given until Tuesday to plead.
American athletes win praise at the Olympic games but Greeks show some ill will amid overall good sportsmanship by competitors and spectators in Athens.
Father Thomas Sherman son of General W. T. Sherman and a Catholic priest began from Fort Oglethorpe on Monday with a detail from the Twelfth Cavalry to trace his father’s famed march to the sea near Chattanooga Tennessee.
Henry G. Goll former assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Milwaukee was found guilty by a federal jury on 19 counts involving false entries and misapplication of funds totaling about 250000. The trial spanned three weeks with testimony from former bank president Frank G. Bigelow now serving a ten year sentence.
Dallas reports a lynching at Oakwoods where a Black man was burned alive after breaking into a woman’s home. Mob members fired rifles during the torture, attempting to maim or blind him before he collapsed unconscious in flames.
An abandoned mine cave under Quinnisec Michigan caused a ground collapse of over one acre. The land dropped about 100 feet and damaged many buildings and the city water system. Fear spread that other parts of town could fail as mine workings extend beneath much of the area.
Richard Burke master of the Tipperary Hunt sides with business shifts as he agrees to relinquish his hunting establishment in London and plans to move to San Francisco where he is part owner of multiple buildings.
A cyclone swept Bellevue Texas on Thursday night killing thirteen people and injuring many more. The tornado, a mile wide and eight miles long, destroyed most homes and businesses, caused fires, ruined crops, and left the town homeless and destitute with an estimated two hundred thousand dollars in losses. Among the dead were R. L. Russell and family members. several Gray and Smith family members were seriously injured, with some deaths occurring later. Reports from Stoneburg noted the cotton gin wrecked and some homes damaged.
A hotel fire in Frankenmuth Michigan killed two people and injured four others. Henry Goetz Sr father of the proprietor L Hartner is among the deceased. Injured include Anna Snelling and Anna Reichle dining room workers, Mrs Goetz, and Eugene Williams. Fire began at midnight trapping guests on the second floor as mattresses were used to escape.
In Hackensack New Jersey Anna Valentina has again been sentenced to death for the murder of Rosa Salza. This marks the third time a death sentence has been imposed. Previous attempts to save her involved petitions with thousands of names and intervention by the Italian government, which brought her case before the US Supreme Court. The court ruled against her.
Easton, Pa. report states Lafayette College found a group of 11 seniors one junior and no sophomores guilty of hazing the freshman class. The college imposed penalties including suspensions.
San Francisco faces a food shortage as Mayor Schmitz reveals at a municipal committee meeting. Gen Greeley’s distribution plan starts in several districts, some drop in output observed, and rebuilding efforts continue after blast devastation on Van Ness Avenue.
In Mount Carmel Pennsylvania a clash between idle mine workers and a State constabulary platoon left about twenty injured and three believed near death. The melee began when several hundred foreigners attacked the state police with stones forcing them to fire into the crowd. Officials counted ten injuries. three may die.
The senate will begin voting on amendments to the railroad rate bill on Friday May 4. An amendment to fix a date for a final vote was discussed but could not be extended to include a final vote date. Senator Tillman proposed May 9 as the final vote, but Senator Morgan objected.
Henry C. Rouse chairman of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Rail way and director in at least 25 transportation firms died in Cleveland on Monday from pneumonia. He had represented Rockefeller on several boards and led multiple western railways.
Wilkesbarre pa intimations on Monday suggested President Roosevelt would intervene at the last moment to avert a bitter coal strike. The two sides have been apart over a demand, and hopes rise for a settlement before action.
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