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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1904
Page
7
A poem reflecting on yesterday and tomorrow as ages fade into memory. The speaker notes how yesterdays depart, bearing memories and duties, while tomorrow offers renewed chance and cheer. Written by Charles W. Stevenson from Springfield Mass. Republican.
An elderly resident recalls overhearing a painter and a young woman as a landlord installs a large signboard. The narrator contrasts his resigned stance with the girl’s displeasure at the commercial intrusion. The piece explores quiet complicity and evolving moral attitudes toward eavesdropping.
A widow-like narrator recalls a painter hired to illuminate a Dorothy cigar sign. The young woman, the painter, and the narrator observe the process as the painter describes his plan to feature a beautiful woman, hoping the sign will boost sales despite noise and rumors. The scene blends curiosity, manners, and budding allure in a quiet urban setting.
An old man peers from a window as a painter lusts after a blonde model to craft a Dorothy cigar sign. The lovers reveal themselves when the sign nears completion, prompting a family confrontation and a dramatic public rise of the young artist.
A May cloudburst caused the Cache La Poudre river to overflow washing away bridges and tracks. Livermore and La Porte were nearly flooded to the eaves as Livermore, Belleview, La Porte, Wellington and Fort Collins faced rising waters. One drowning reported at Livermore with several thousand acres of crops destroyed and livestock lost. In Cheyenne, the Crow river surge damaged Union Pacific and Colorado & Southern lines with six confirmed drownings and many missing.
The British steamer Turret Bay carrying coal from Sydney to Montreal struck rocks near St Pauls Island off Cape North and sank within 20 minutes. Of 22 crew, only nine were saved, with 13 lives lost. Life-saving crews rescued fourteen from wreckage, five dying later.
On the third ballot at the Methodist general conference in Los Angeles Dr. James R. Day of Syracuse University was elected bishop. The list includes Joseph F. Berry Henry F. Spellmeyer William F. McDowell James W. Bashford W A Burt Luther B. Wilson Thomas B. Neeley J R Day. Most new bishops are aged 42 to 48.
Postmaster General Payne announced 1899 fiscal year receipts will reach about 144.1 million dollars, up from 82.5 million in 1896. Rural free delivery costs total 20.82 million, with 200 routes active in 1899 and more than 25,000 rural routes planned by year end serving over 12.5 million people. Star route carriers serve over 500,000 in remote areas.
Charles B. Thomson long associated with Evansville and Winslow Indiana faced arrest in Philadelphia on perjury and grand larceny charges. He allegedly aided a scheme that fraudulently raised nearly $50,000 by misrepresenting stock in Winslow Gas Coal Co and selling it to William L. Davis of Canton Ohio. Davis reportedly lost $20,000, tied to the same alleged stock transactions. Thomson formerly resided in Evansville and worked in brokerage.
Mo non train No. 4 arrived in Lafayette with flames shooting from the rear Pullman and blistered, smoking coaches after passing a burning Romney elevator. The engineer kept speed as flames spread, and firefighters soon doused the blaze with windows shattered by heat.
The supreme tribe of Ben Hur adjourned after four days in Crawfordsville Indiana. A resolution to build a local home at fifty thousand dollars was approved. Salaries for the supreme chief and supreme scribe rose from four thousand to six thousand yearly while the keeper of tributes and the medical examiner’s pay doubled from twenty five hundred to five thousand. An effort to move the headquarters to Cincinnati failed.
Indianapolis lays out a week of entertainment for Prince Pu Lun of China arriving Wednesday. A parade escort of six infantry companies and one battery greeted him, with a reception at the state house where formal welcomes were offered.
The first interurban sleeping and parlor car in the country completed its initial trip on the Indianapolis & Northwestern between Indianapolis and Lafayette. The car reached nearly 70 miles per hour, marking a rapid start for this new service.
Herbert Gibson age 15 was brought before the mayor's court in Princeton Indiana on a charge of intoxication. He begged his father to spare him jail but the father refused to intervene, the case reported from Evansville dated May 21.
Peru Ind May 19 Indiana Pathfinders change jubilee meeting date from June 30 to July 4 in Indianapolis. A class of 1,200 will receive the initiatory degree at the meet.
Prince Lun of China was hosted at a mayoral banquet in Indianapolis with 500 plates at the Claypool. Speakers included Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge. Fairbanks praised U S Chinese ties and liberty through the flag while James Whitcomb Riley recited Old Glory.
Marie Bausser an 18 year old from Hinton mercy county Ohio drank carbolic acid and died within half an hour after a quarrel with her sweetheart Mark Moran over a missed kiss before he left for his business. She had planned to wed Moran in June and had visited Marion to see his sister Mrs T F Goldwin. Moran swooned upon learning of her death.
Roscoe Havens, a prominent Greencastle farmer, armed with a shotgun, waited for Deputy Sheriff Brazier to arrest him after discovering a dead man and his companion in a box car. Havens claims robbery motive and identifies a dead man and his partner as the thieves. An envelope with Louise Butler Warren Pa and a tailor's mark on clothing hint at the dead man's identity.
Marion Indiana May 21 Nothing was done Friday toward transferring franchises in the Central baseball league A meeting of all the magnates is called for Saturday evening in Grand Rapids when a final decision will be reached Fort Wayne objects to moving Marion to Grand Rapids and to moving Grand Rapids to Peoria which may prevent any change in the circuit The stated reason is to help the Marion owner who also controls the Grand Rapids franchise recover financial losses.
About 600 miners in four Hymer area mines near St Terre Haute Ind demand payment on the screened coal basis at 85 cents a ton. The issue referred to President John Mitchell for settlement has been sent back to miners for a mass meeting Friday to decide the course of action.
Alfred C. Parker, a Bedford National Bank employee described as a top accountant, was arrested by federal authorities in Bedford and charged with misappropriating $3,034.69. He was transported to Indianapolis for processing. His family holds prominence locally.
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