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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1905
Page
6
A weekly digest reports on the war between Russia and Japan including frontline developments, political repercussions in Washington, and notable world movements and responses. Key actions, shifts in momentum, and strategic interests are summarized.
President Roosevelt met a labor committee in Chicago at the Iroquois club banquet urging upholding the law and condemning revolutionary language. Meanwhile a flour famine threat loomed as 46 teamsters for Weing Teaming protested with up to 2,000 barrels per day hauled. A Chicago hearing showed employers armed teamsters. violence claimed George Waldorn and George Pierce.
Official dispatches in St Petersburg report that the Russian cruisers Almaz and Jemtchug under Rear Admiral Voekershams division have escaped Japanese forces and arrived at Vladivostok. United fleets of Rozestvensky and Nebogatov need coal, while Japan warns coastal routes near Pescadores are mined and dangerous.
The Snyder Oklahoma tornado death toll is expected to exceed 100 with two bodies recovered, a dozen missing, 41 seriously injured including seven fatally, and more than 16 with lesser injuries. Separate incidents include two more deaths from the Cleveland and Cincinnati Express wreck in Pennsylvania, the release of a prisoner after 11 months, a Philadelphia gas tank explosion causing four deaths and nine serious injuries, and a Cotton Belt wreck near Texarkana killing four.
A delegation of striking British bootmakers marched to London in the style of Gen Coxey's march. Roosevelt approves burying John Paul Jones at Annapolis. Sigsbee squadron to sail to France to bring remains.
Dr Harper of the University of Chicago gains strength in New York under fluorescent rays. Justice Gaynor rules a Kentucky contract illegal in New York. A 12 foot boa is killed in New York. Jesse James Jr charged with usury in Kansas City. Palmer arrested over $41,600 bank shortage in Sag Harbor. Count Cassini reassigned to Madrid with Baron Rosen named ambassador. Alaska gold output projected at 22 million. Tornado in Quinlan Okla destroys home and kills two sons. Death sentence fate of Mrs Valentina to fall next fall. Anti Jewish riots in Russia yield 16 dead and 100 wounded. Elevator collapse in Kaw causes deaths and injuries. Winter wheat area about 29,723,000 acres. Brutal ax murder near Watkinsville. Connecticut declares Brandegee senator. Minnesota census bars age questions. Grand jury probes Packers poultry link. Michigan Central to use own refrig cars lowering costs. Rockefeller’s philanthropy continues amid critique. National Sanitarium near Las Vegas funded by Santa Fe gift. Winter wheat yield forecast 461 million bushels. McKinley Memorial planning mausoleum. Senate rate critics target Roosevelt Taft. Marquette tornado kills 29. 44 injured. Belleport hangings for jailer murder. Staten Island trolley crash injures 30. Chicago churches plan tent revival. ICC probes Packers rate tricks. Equitable fraud loan case exposed. Taft shocks rail confidence banquet. Illinois Central president defends rails.
The teamsters joint council decided to gradually widen the strike to involve nearly all of Chicago’s 35 000 union drivers. They rejected owners demands to deliver to contracted rivals amid ongoing picketing. A funeral parade for slain striker George S Pierce drew 7000 mourners, who escorted his body from 940 South Central Park Avenue to Union Depot before burial in Louisville Kentucky.
Mrs. Henrietta Robinson known as the veiled murderess dies at Mateawan state hospital. She was convicted of the 1853 Troy murders of Timothy Lanaga and Catharine Lubee, wore a veil at trial and declined to reveal her identity, keeping the secret for 50 years.
May day events in St. Petersburg were a fiasco while reports from Moscow and provinces describe general order. Minor disorders appeared in Reval Kishineff and a few others but no serious tumults or deaths by midnight. Social democrats and social revolutionists failed to signalize the day. workers observed a holiday with shops closed and overall calm.
Manila reports two weeks of heavy combat on Jolo between 600 Moro followers led by Pala and U S troops under Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. Pala has 200 killed. Wood’s forces suffer seven dead and 19 wounded. Surrounded, Pala and remaining followers reportedly prefer death to capture.
A New York Press quote lamenting how aspiring singers drift from opera after brief training in Paris or abroad. After a season, fledglings fade from the stage with many ending in clerical work or marriage, silencing two grand voices.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt quotes a cynical bachelor warning that a girl will get even by marrying him if teased. The quip frames marriage as payback and reflects light social irony from the era.
In Paulding Mississippi May 15 residents report benefits from Dodd's Kidney Pills. A couple, Mr and Mrs I F Erby, praise the remedy for backache female weakness and a weak bladder, claiming both were cured and health improved. The ad links healthy kidneys to pure blood and overall wellness.
In a terse reflection, the era notes how vanity sours character as readers are urged to curb pride. The quote suggests self-importance leads to a burden that lowers the bearing of many men.
An advertisement touts Cuticura as a complete external and internal treatment for skin and hair issues. It claims to stop hair loss, remove crusts and dandruff, kill hair parasites, soothe itching, nourish roots, and promote hair growth on a healthy scalp. The trio Soap Ointment and Pills costs $1.00, with often a single set sufficient. A new trade stamp blue shade is mentioned.
An advertisement urges safe cleansing of the body using Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for constipation headache biliousness and stomach trouble. It promises pleasant results and a money back guarantee with sales through druggists at 50 cents and one dollar.
An ad touts Pusheck’s Kure as the best stomach and liver tonic priced at $1.00 in drugstores or from Dr. C Pusheck of Chicago. It cites endorsements about credibility and cites testimonials from N Y Times and J F Boyer in 1900, while warning against Piso’s Cure for Consumption.
W J Hill of Concord North Carolina testifies the remedy treats disordered kidneys and backache. He notes irregular dark kidney secretions with sediment cleared after use and claims improved heart health. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sells at 50 cents a box.
Jessie Bartlett Davis a leading comic opera star dies at home 4740 Grand boulevard after a two day illness. Death due to araemic poisoning and heart weakness. At her bedside were husband Will J. Davis son Will J. Davis Jr. and sister Mrs Birdie Quackenbes as she passed peacefully.
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