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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1904
Page
6
Congress at Work In Senate and House Briefly Told
Senate debates delay on battleship in naval bill and passes Military Academy funding. House approves Alaska delegate bill and other measures. Dalzell accuses Cockran of campaign funding, Cockran denies and seeks investigation. Final conference reports on several appropriation bills approved. sessions adjourned. Anecdotes include coal shipments, G A R events, divorces, floods, a cruiser launch, drownings, a Civil War monument, and criminal cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Far East
House
Alaska
Dalzell
Bourke Cockran
Cockran
Cannon
Littlefield
Williams
Cochran
McKinley
Capitol
Notable incidents and trials from across the states
Reports include Winkle and Mitchell fatally injured in Wheeling while Emerson, the third in the nation to have a heart wound repaired, leaves a Philadelphia hospital. Dedham youth Dexter acquitted, Greenwood safe robbery, Missouri declares a World’s Fair holiday, Los Angeles Conference visitors expected, Ottumwa killing over a horse trade, John Stanley works fire losses, St. Louis fair rush to open, coal trust case resumes, New York教育 board reverses marriage ban on women teachers, Middlesboro shooting over a young woman and the suspect on the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Winkle
Edward Mitchell
Chicago
Wheeling
Thomas Emerson
Philadelphia
Dedham
Mass
Harris E. Dexter
Randolph
Parker
Safe Crack
Clemens
Greenwood
Ind
A. M. Dockery
Missouri
Los Angeles
Cal
Levi Woods
Ottumwa
John Harris
Coted
John Stanley Soap Works
New York
Knox
Supreme Court
New York Board of Education
Middlesboro
George Matthews
Green Henderson
Political notes from Washington and Midwest gatherings
Executive session failed to confirm William D Crum as collector of the port of Charleston S C. Roosevelt nominated Justice Peter C Pritchard to the US circuit court for the Fourth Circuit. Grant birthday observances held at Galena Ill. Chapman named for Congress. Hanly nominated for Indiana governor. National Municipal League meets in Chicago. Grant residence gifted to Galena. Congress appropriations total 781,574,629 with expenses 698,272,786 and estimated revenues 704,472,060. Indiana populists urge Samuel W Williams for president at the state convention in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Crum
Charleston
S. C
Senate
Roosevelt
Peter C. Pritchard
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
United States Circuit Court
Fourth Circuit
Charles H. Simonton
Gen. A. S. Grant
Galena, Ill
Samuel Fallows
Chicago
Illinois
Pleasant T. Chapman
Congress
J. Frank Hanly
Lafayette
Indiana
National Municipal League
U. S. Grant
Galena
Frederick D. Grant
Indianapolis
Samuel W. Williams
Vincennes
Royal visit to Ireland and Far East war reports
The article notes King Edward, Queen Alexandra, Princess Victoria and suites beginning a visit to Ireland. It reports Russian forces set a mine in a mountain pass near Wiju blowing up Japanese infantry with many dead or wounded. It mentions rumors of Japan seeking to occupy Fukien coast opposite Formosa and actions of ships and submarines in the Russo Japanese War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Victoria
Ireland
Wiju
Japan
Fukien
Formosa
Formosa Strait
New York
Europe
Hungary
Vladivostok
Tocina
Seville
Yalu
Viladivoostok
Yalu River
Emitjiv
Lizayena
Panama Canal Company Paid in Paris as U S Holds Title
The Panama Canal Company received 40 million dollars in Paris and the United States government now holds title to all of the company’s property. In Asia two Japanese infantry corps crossed the Yalu near Tchangdjiou, protected by a feint at Tatungkau, entrenched, and, under incoming fire, pushed forward with reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal Company
Paris
United States
Yalu River
Tchangdjiou
Tatungkau
Disorderly World in Early 1900s News Blitz
A long list of incidents across cities includes murders in Grand Rapids and Chicago, a fatal wreck at Kimmswick, and arson in Lansing. Reports cover the Louisiana Purchase Exposition opening in St. Louis, battles in Asia Minor, Japanese-Russian combat near the Yalu, and various political and legal notes from Indiana, Wisconsin, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. O. Webster
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Mich
Thomas Brenan
Chicago Board of Edution
Kimmswick
St. Louis
Taft
Roosevelt
White House
Sassun
Asia Minor
Talori
Kuroki
Yalu
Antung
Yalu River
Wisconsin State Insurance Commissioner
Prudential Company
Supreme Court of Indiana
Albert Wood
Curtis Gregory
Mount Vernon
Ill
Gillingworth
Conn
Congressman Sperry
Bryan
Lansing
Michigan Central
Ledyard
Newman
Wendell Phillips Stafford
Vermont
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Peter C. Pritchard
United States
Rock Rapids
Charles Rocker
August Schroeder
Doon
Fernin
B. C
Crow’s Nest Pass
John J. Jenkins
Wisconsin
John Terrell
Bluffton
Indiana
Durbin
Homer McConnell
Sullivan
Ind
H. E. Osgood
Hiram
George A. McKay
Albert A. Munger
Auditorium Annex
Vladivostok
Alexieff
Port Arthur
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Opens With Pageant and Speeches
The Louisiana Purchase exposition opened in St Louis with an elaborate ceremony. President Roosevelt signaled the opening at 12:15, then Director Taylor unfurled the flags at 1:04. D R Francis chaired the event with speakers including Rolla Wells Thomas Carter Burnham James Tawney and E H Harriman. The program featured a grand choir and the hymn Hymn of the West followed by remarks from Taft acting as president’s representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Roosevelt
White House
Taylor
Francis
National Commission
Board of Lady Managers
Plaza of St. Louis
Louisiana Monument
D. R. Francis
Frank M. Gunsaulus
Chicago
William H. Thompson
Committee On
Francis Isaac S. Taylor
Alfred Ernst
John Kneewles Payne
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Earth
Rolla Wells
United States
Thomas H. Carter
Senator Burnham
Senate
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
National House of Representatives
E.H. Harriman
Michel la Grave
France
America
William R. Taft
Peruna Aids Catarrh Across Female Health Issues
Rachael J. Kemball gives testimony on Peruna curing catarrh linked female troubles. The ad argues catarrh affects pelvic organs and other sites, urging readers to seek Hartman guidance if no prompt results, and notes the author’s Buffalo and University of Buffalo ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peruna
Vic
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Ate Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Hio
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Congress AT Work
Pittsburg
Robert Mann Woods
Joliet
Ilinois G. A. R
Springfield
R. L. Taylor
Robert L. Taylor
Hannibal
California
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Kewenaw' Bay
John Matson
Charles Kotila
Pequaming
Grafton
W. Va
National Cemetery
Bailey Brown
W. D.crum
Crum
A. O. Wilson
Janesville
Wis
E. M. Withercut
Nassau Trust Company
Brooklyn
Alpena
William Chounard
Ophir
Rachael J. Kemball
Virginia St
Buffalo
N. Y
University of Buffalo
Rachael J. Kemball, M. D
Eday Dela
Mrachael
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Ene
Douglas
Bruockton
Piso
Clark and
Liberty Streets
Warren
Western
Canada
Wilfred ‘Laurier
EERE
Ottawa
C.J. Broughton
Quincy Building
J.C. Duncan
Big Four
Inds
T. Houuks
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Minn
J. V. McInnes
6Th Avenue
Detroit
T. O. Currie
Callahan Block
Milwaukee
Wise
Michigan
Edwin A. Wildey
Michig
Commissioner of Pensions
James F. Mullaly
National Union Building
Washington
Montana
WM. Ritchie
North Dakota
Ohio
W. McCormick & Sons
Walnut Sr
Cincinnati
Ritzgerald .& CO
K&, Washington, D. C
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