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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
6
Daily dispatches summarize ongoing clashes between Russia and Japan with reports from Washington and global incidents. Officials assess military moves, diplomatic notes, and shifts in public interest as the war unfolds across continents.
The Chicago teamsters strike appears settled with terms including reenloyment of strikers as needed and open shop in city teaming. Two thirds of striking workers may not be rehired. President Gompers of the AFL influenced a swift end, and the city council urged arbitration via a five member committee. A schoolboy was shot dead in Chicago by a strike breaker amid jeers from youths.
The Russian fleet has reportedly left the Indo China coast while St Petersburg foresees imminent naval action. Rumors say Rozhestvensky delays battle to skirt Japan toward Vladivostok as Vladivostok fortress hosts war efforts. Port Arthur ships may be salvaged, and Admiral Biriloff takes supreme command at Vladivostok.
Russia warned the United States that Japan plots to abduct the Korean emperor. Hoch found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in Chicago. Wood pleads guilty to second degree murder and gets 30 years. Secretary Marion to retire with four job offers. Archibald McLellan dies by his own hand in Chicago. Warsaw socialist dies with a bomb killing officers and injuring 23. McComas slated for DC court of appeals. Moro outlaws wiped out. 9 Americans killed, 21 wounded. China-US treaty talks hit by sentiment. Mannington shooting leaves Isaac Dunning dead. Roy Blanks surrenders. Brinkman raid nets $40-$50 government property in Afton. Basilika fighting near Salonica yields Greek casualties. Balkan conflicts and Bulgarian losses near Krusheve. Unseasonable weather cited as a major distribution and agricultural complaint per R G Dun Weekly Review.
A wide range of incidents reported include Garrett Mann Jr. crushed in a coal mine at Latham Coal Co Lincoln. Matheson, Natchez book agent, kills A Z Bidwell and wounds two fishermen. a mother-in-law and 14 year old girl affected by a shooting. Other items cover rail tax upshots, bank closures, industrial fires, and political shifts.
Complications arise as the Teamsters' Joint Council rejects a settlement backed by employers and union leaders. The council votes to continue the strike after express companies refuse to rehire former drivers, conflicting with terms proposed by the Chicago Employers' Association. The piece also surveys Southwest opportunities for settlers and notes contact for more information.
New York reports a Tiffany & Co robbery on May 4 where three diamonds from the Excelsior stone, part of ten cut from the gem last fall, valued at 90 000 dollars, were stolen. Detectives on two continents pursue the gems. the larger theft involved ten stones worth 500 000 dollars.
President Roosevelt plans to address immigration as a major issue. He cites a projected year ending June 30 with about 1,000,000 steerage passengers arriving, surpassing prior records of 857,046 in 1903 and 812,870 in 1904.
Milwaukee editor William E. Cramer aged 48, editor-in-chief of the Evening Wisconsin, died of pneumonia after a two month illness. He directed the paper’s policy for 57 years, working daily despite blindness and deafness, and remained active in publishing with editorials until shortly before his death.
Lockesburg Colony in Sevier County Arkansas with about 30 000 acres and Loring Colony in Sabine Parish Louisiana with about 24 000 acres are now open for settlement. Lands priced 7 to 15 dollars per acre on easy terms for actual settlers. Colonies offer farming stock raising fruit growing and corn and cotton potential in a healthy climate with good water. For books and Current Events Magazine write to 8 G Warner G P T A KC 8S Ry Kansas City Mo or F J Roesler Immigration Agt MN C 8 Ry Kansas City Mo. The nearer one gets to God the closer one gets to one's neighbor.
Grand Trunk Railway offers season fares from Chicago to Asbury Park Baltimore Buffalo Niagara Falls Philadelphia Toronto with varied going dates. Fares range from 12.25 to 21.80 dollars with liberal limits and stopovers. Descriptive literature available from Geo W Vaux A G P T A 135 Adams St Chicago.
Mrs Sarah Kellogg Browne of Denver writes from 1628 Lincoln Ave praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing a long standing tumor. She details severe symptoms and recovery after seven months, urging other women to use the product and request advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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