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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
6
Forty or more items span labor strikes in Minneapolis to a bank failure in Burton Ohio. Continentally, a Kansas City convention splits over a Buchanan seat and a Chicago fire recalls the great 1871 blaze. Wars and rail robberies thread through the week with multiple deaths and financial losses.
Several brief items: a Kentucky shooting over 20 cents, Alabama banning Sunday baseball and other sports, drownings in Minnesota, a Kentucky hanging for murder, Niagara Falls adjournment of a farmers congress, a Denver parish financial scandal, Roosevelt returning to Washington, Ohio and North Carolina political tensions, a Huntington judge’s death, Iowa’s Des Moines campaign kickoff, and Pius X and Cardinal Gibbons alignment.
The Porte desires withdrawal of American warships off Beirut but Constantinople doubts U S consent. Britain asserts a strong hand under King Edward VII amid cabinet tensions and African war scandals. Britain and Spain back a French Morocco protectorate. Balloonists de la Vaulx Dautremort and Veger set a Paris Hull record of 360 miles in 17% hours. Beirut situation remains uncertain per State Department cables. National encampment of the Union Veterans Union and Women’s Veteran Relief Union meet in Louisville October 14 and 15.
Labor tensions rise as stockyards workers in Chicago Kansas City and Omaha refuse wage and hour concessions. Fire at Standard varnish works in Chicago causes 350000 loss. Danville Virginia reports a deadly Southern railway wreck.
Owing to a shortage of boys in Kansas City women fill messenger roles. Omaha officers find nearly 1000 children working in packing houses and order them to school. Dr. M Malloy plans a sixth flying attempt in San Francisco after five failures. Railroads dismiss employees who drink or frequent liquor outlets. James Wallace, Omaha club man, disappears leaving a letter asking his father not to search. Roosevelt stands firm on labor conditions in the government printing office. War department reports show soldiers improving in small arms through summer range practice. The Salvation Army plans a nine day Bowery invasion in New York. Government saves 51000 on bids for money order supplies. A French geographer and an aviator plan an Atlantic airship flight from the Canary Islands next May. Columbia University hires a woman directly as professor for the first time Miss Margaret E Maltby Ph D. Consul General Hughes reports Germany in a low mood with widespread unemployment and falling wages. Belief grows that Orlando P Dexter murder tied to Adirondacks natives’ hatred for the rich after shots fired at William Rocketfell er’s house.
Charles B. Farwell, Chicago businessman and former senator, died at his country home in Lake Forest at 6:45 am after pneumonia. Born 1823 in Painted Post New York, he moved to Illinois in 1844 and built J. W. Farwell & Co. He served in Congress 1870 1874 and again 1880 1887, later serving in the Senate from 1887 to 1891.
Secretary Shaw announces renewed refunding operations to 20 million dollars due to a tight supply of two percent bonds. He notes 480 million of the 517 million issue remains on hand for circulation and deposits and confirms redemption of five percent bonds due February 1, 1904. Subtreasuries are instructed to redeem on presentation and banks may substitute state and municipal bonds at 75 percent par for five percent bond security.
In Montgomery on September 26, the senate approved the measure already adopted by the house. The bill forbids playing baseball tennis golf and football on Sundays and violations are declared misdemeanors awaiting governor approval.
A fire at Noble firm’s Bilebat naphtha furnaces in Baku has destroyed the works and caused damage estimated at 2.5 million dollars. The blaze began in St. Petersburg on September 24 and continues to spread.
A lawyer notes amusing divorce charges. He recalls a wife who sought legal steps and charged her husband with failing to peel down and say his prayers on their wedding night. The anecdote, from the Chicago Chronicle, highlights odd early complaint patterns in divorce cases.
Kansas City Southern Railroad announces a $15 round trip excursion from Kansas City to Lake Charles Shreveport Beaumont and Port Arthur valid 21 days from sale with ready stopovers en route. Rates may extend from north and east. inquiries to S G Warner J H Morris and others in Kansas City Mo for safety and comfort guarantees.
An advertising note touts Numitor Gold Mine bonds as safer than savings banks. It claims a gold bond secured by real estate, with ownership of mining stock, profit participation, and 80 percent liquidity. Also references a dated quotation from the Baltimore American.
An ad claims a cold can be cured in a day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and offers a money back guarantee if it fails. The note adds a quotation from Madam Necker and a remark about the Chicago and North Western railroad’s double track status.
An ad claims Dean's Kidney Pills ease aching backs and rheumatic pains, dissolve stones, and improve sleep. Readers share testimonials from Stephen Schaefer and others praising rapid relief, with cases including kidney trouble after scarlet fever and nocturnal urination.
In New Philadelphia Ohio on September 25 a head-on collision on the Klondike coal branch of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh line east of town killed two men and fatally injured two others.
South Bend Indiana September 23 Former County Commissioner Samuel Bowman longtime northern Indiana figure dies at his home after a prolonged illness.
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