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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1903
Page
6
A compact roundup from Westville Indiana citing global events and local incidents. It notes floods in Jacksonville Florida, a New York 250th anniversary plan, a Chicago fire, rail strikes, labor unrest, and political developments across the United States with multiple fatalities and ongoing investigations.
Joseph Bashaw died in Salem Oregon at age 114 after serving in the French war under Napoleon. Bishop Thomas Alfred Starkey of the Episcopal diocese of Newark died in East Orange New Jersey at age 85.
Reports cite Japanese arsenals being worked day and night and hurried preparations for war with Russia over Manchuria. Revolutions spark serious Colombian financial trouble while Canadian officials bar Americans from crossing the border without full duty. Two hundred killed or wounded in Chile labor riots as dockers burn goods and loot shops. Mabini dies of cholera in Manila. Chamberlain warns Britain to adjust free trade. Kirschineff pogroms leave 1,000 victims. 65 killed and 300 maimed. Lorillard jewels valued at 50 000 robbed en route Paris to Calais. Russian Jewish killings confirmed by reporters. Sybil Sanderson dies in Paris of pneumonia. Europe awaits Russian moves in the Balkans amid Bulgarian tension. John Muir claims hog hide tanning yields rubber substitute.
President Roosevelt’s coach reached Raymond from Yosemite in ten hours amid a blizzard that killed tens of thousands of lambs in Montana. A train hit a rock slide near Palisades Colorado killing Engineer George Stewart and Fireman W A Woods. three others died in a Latrobe Pennsylvania mine wreck. a Culver North Dakota bank safe was robbed of 3000 dollars. Pinkerton guards in Chicago struck for two dollars daily.
Eight million feet of timber burned in Pennsylvania forest fires. Outbreaks against Jews in southwestern Russia feared due to economic woes. Former State Senator Busche of St. Louis confesses to doodle deals. Christian victims in Monastir area tallied at 72. Dog and cat exhibitions banned in Vienna and South Austria due to madness. New York Rapid Transit plans a second East River tunnel from Maiden Lane to Nassau Street. Body of James S. Mulvey found in Seattle tide flats. Great Northern Railway to renew search for Superintendent Egan in Montana. Mexican silver dollars to be legal tender at 50 cents each with a $25 million gold redemption fund. Burlington and Alton plan joint line between St. Louis and Kansas City, reusing former track to Old Monroe then to Mexico. Independent river coal operators of Pittsburgh and Cincinnati seek a $16 million combine. Western farmers face a hired hand famine as young men move to cities. Liberal salary and light work offered to city folks for rural summer. An American flag torn down by a leading actress in Manila during a Filipino play scene. scenery demolished and audience expelled.
American opera star Sybil Sanderson died in Paris from pneumonia after a grip. Her death date followed a six week illness in which she lived with her mother at Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. Funeral set for St. Honore d'Eylau. she had been linked to Count Tolstoi and had a notable career in European opera.
Capt. Clough Overton of the Fifteenth cavalry and Private Harry Noyes were killed while guarding insurgent prisoners at Sucatan Mindanao with Private Hartlow wounded. The patrol had tracked Flores’ forces, captured 50 followers, and left three guards with four Americans when bolos allowed a breakout and attack. Overton faced criticism for guarding 50 with three men.
Chillicothe Ohio gears up for the centennial of Ohio’s statehood with an extensive program running through next Thursday night. Surviving former governors will attend with Gov Nash and Senators Foraker and Hanna, plus Ohio congressmen, state officers, and legislators. Chillicothe, once the state capital, is heavily decorated and Ohio day was observed in local churches.
San Juan Porto Rico May 18 continued southerly winds cause alarming drought. Orange blossoms drop. cane crop delayed. cattle suffer from lack of food and water. Several small whirlwinds, crops scarce, coffee in good condition.
A retrospective notes the May 17 1908 fiftieth anniversary of New York Central Railroad incorporation. It traces consolidation from ten small roads into a continuous Albany to Buffalo line, linking ocean to inland seas and spurring state industrial growth. It cites key dates 1853 and 1869, and recalls Joshua Wilber’s 1839 travel account from Albany to Lockport via old horse powered cars and canal packets, ending with the modern line’s gains.
Travel booklets debut to help summer trips by railway. Promotions highlight Colorado California Lakeland and Lakes Osoboji Spirit Lake destinations for six to four cents. Publisher F A Miller invites mail requests. Also notes May issue of The Coming Country and Chicago to California trains.
In letters from Louisville Aberdeen Chicago and more readers report relief from back and kidney pains after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Testimonials claim sleep returns and mobility improves with reduced swelling and urinary issues.
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