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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1904
Page
6
A sweeping digest shows 300 rescued from a Bowery factory fire in New York. Obituary notes include B D Dehay in Texas and ex judge Moran in New York. Other items report shop losses, bank closures, a large hotel fire in Olympia Washington, and a proposed 1915 world’s fair in Chattanooga.
Congressional candidate Edgar Crumpacker of Indiana announces bid to succeed Senator Fa irbanks. Col Frank J Hecker resigns from the Panama Canal Commission citing fear of health breakdown on the isthmus. Roosevelt edges Peabody for Colorado voters. Adams elected governor and opposes miners deportation. Prince Fushimi gifts to Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Hay before St Louis trip. cabinet dinners to be abolished this winter with semi official events planned.
Chinese rebels in Kwangsi province repulsed imperial forces at Liu Chow Enu and have captured five major towns. Reports note international sympathy for Lady Curzon during illness and detail naval and military moves across Asia, including Port Arthur, Chefoo dispatches, and Turkish artillery orders.
President Diaz supports a monetary reform bill placing the Mexican silver dollar on a value level with the U S half dollar in weight and fineness. General Stoessel reports Port Arthur can hold out until the Baltic squadron reaches the area in March if munitions and stores are provided.
A rapid roundup notes a Forepaugh and Sells pay wagon robbed for 32000 in Tarboro North Carolina. President Roosevelt spoke at Washington unveiling Frederick the Great statue gift from the German emperor. The Missouri state building burned at the world’s fair injuring a fireman. Col W C P Breckinridge died in Lexington Kentucky. William Bate shot to death near Lemont Illinois. A Mr Dove linked to the crime at Chicago Auditorium. A Brooklyn tenement fire killed 12. Capt Edwin Ross died by suicide at Oyster Bay. The president offered Senator Cockrell isthmian canal commissionership. Queen dowager Margherita’s birthday celebrated in Italy. Lehigh’s Samuel Hess died from football injury. Harry Hartman convicted of murder in Cherokee Iowa. Hugh Thompson former South Carolina governor died. Foster Furniture plant burned Lafayette Indiana. William Partridge gored by a cow in Beloit Wisconsin. Russian zemstvos adopt memorial urging czar to grant voice in empire government.
Chief Wilkie issues notice on a new counterfeit ten dollar U S note of 1901 series with check letter D and plate 174. the note has flimsy paper coarse silk threads and a space between Washington and D C. also reports other brief items including royal petitions and local events.
A series of acetylene gas explosions at the Pyle National Electric Headlight plant and adjacent factories in Grand Crossing killed four men, injured eleven, and damaged facilities including the Acetylene Apparatus Manufacturing and People's Gas buildings. Residents fled as tanks threatened further blasts and a large-mauge loss was estimated at about 50000 dollars.
By a unanimous vote the delegates of the American Federation of Labor agreed to aid the Fall River district textile workers for three weeks. If the strike remains unresolved, the executive council may extend the donation. Funding will come from a one cent weekly assessment on each member of every AFL affiliated labor organization. Stirring addresses supported the workers' cause.
George Curd and Emma Durham were killed while Thomas Curd was fatally wounded as they passed a cabin near Cumberland Falls. The Curd brothers controlled a large land tract and had past conflicts with squatters. The Durham woman, likely killed and burned to conceal her identity, fired upon them from her house. Thomas crawled two miles to reach home. George died at the scene.
A Fernie dispatch reports 14 miners dead after a massive coal gas explosion in No. 1 mine near Morrissey ten miles west of Fernie. Rescue teams worked through Friday afternoon and all bodies were recovered.
Washington reports ex Governor Frank S Black of New York will not join President Roosevelts cabinet. This statement is made on the highest possible authority.
London Answers notes Mrs Parkdollars, newly matched to wealth, misreads a marble bust of Marcus Aurelius at a large dinner. She asks whether it depicts the present or late Marquis, illustrating her confusion over titles and social ranks.
Baltimore American quotes a exchange praising Calvert Jr for loyalty after he punched Yabsley. The act was framed as loyalty not to Blabsley but to the fact Calvert had written the banquet speech.
Bradford Tenn November 21 Special scientific research links kidney trouble to many diseases and a local user Mr J A Davis reports Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble after a few boxes praising their effectiveness and safety against Bright's Disease Dropsy Diabetes Rheumatism and other painful illnesses.
A Chicago Record-Herald note quotes a woman saying she can forgive her husband for bad temper at home if he behaves in public and makes love only when they are with others.
A brief quote notes Piso's Cure as an effective cough remedy attributed to J W O'Brien of Minneapolis dated January 6 1900. The item also quotes Puck on happiness advising not to let troubles bother you.
Tickets go on sale November 15 1904 for a 21 day limit to Tampa Florida via Seaboard Air Line Railway. The message emphasizes the route as the shortest and best to Florida. The note ends with a personal remark about tenderness and others, signed Rachel.
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