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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1903
Page
6
A compact roundup surveying global casualties fires political notes business failures and resumptions and notable weather records. It traces conflicts disasters markets and climate events across continents with brief, era-appropriate summaries of ongoing situations.
A digest of incidents and events notes earthquakes felt in Bowl der and nearby towns, a California anniversary, a series of killings and accidents across Illinois Wisconsin and New Jersey, plus court sessions, financial woes, railroad and postal probes, and weather impacts across the nation.
Judge Charles E. Flandreau, a leading Minnesota pioneer, died at his home in St Paul at age 75. Ohio Democrats opened the state campaign in Akron with Gov candidate Tom L. Johnson as principal speaker. D W Green of Washington D C died of apoplexy in Seattle. Mayor Seth Low to lead fusion fight against Tammany Hall in New York. Anna C. Hines dies in Shelbyville Indiana at 103 years six months. Texas eighth district Republicans nominate Dr Max Urwitz of Houston for Congress.
Reports say Rear Admiral Cotton discussed landing Marines in Beirut to protect consulates. Turkish forces move toward Adrianople while pressures rise to avert Turko Bulgarian war. A U S gunboat seized three islands near Borneo as England protests. Tolstoi turns 75 at home in Russia amid global upheaval.
Porte shows eagerness to grant U S demands for protection of Americans and settlement of old questions. Yellow fever epidemic in Linares Mexico claims 3000 lives, about one fourth of the population. A severe British gale causes extensive land damage and fears many ships lost.
On William McKinley’s second death anniversary Ohio unveils its first statue of the late president in Toledo while Canton observes with flowers at his tomb. Reports deny mutiny rumors aboard the Kearsarge and Bonaparte accepts an Indian Territory investigation role. Fierce weather floods Eau Claire county Wisconsin and crops face losses.
Pope Pius X wears an American made watch. Senator Tillman vows to stop lecturing. Dr Adolphus Keckler of Cincinnati begins his fifty ninth world tour. Baron Toll, last heard from in 1902, departed St Petersburg in 1900. Mrs Robert J Burdette named Pasadena police officer with star 36. Oscar Johnson once a Minneapolis newsboy now army paymaster. President Loubet buys Mezenc Castle once tied to Diana of Poictiers. Maj E H Ellis to survey Canadian military maps. Canada’s Commons includes US natives among four members. Cripple Creek tunnel completes drainage to 250 feet deep. U S Christian Endeavor to meet in Baltimore July 5 1905. Ferdinand W Peck reports Alaska Siberia minerals. tin may rival gold. 25000 sq ft site east of Art Hill for Marconi wireless demo station at World’s Fair. Japanese commercial agent to test orange shipping to Japan. Whippingham church installs Victoria memorial oak pulpit.
A cable from Rear Admiral Cotton from Beirut dated September 7 reports violence between Mohammedans and native Christians with six Greek Christians, two Mohammedans and a Turkish soldier killed and many wounded. The Turkish governor promises protection and 1000 more soldiers as safety measures are debated with officials in Constantinople.
Two quake shocks were felt in Portland at 3 45 Friday afternoon with no known damage though the largest brick buildings were shaken quite severely in this Oregon city report.
Porto Rican cotton the first base exported in four decades left San Juan on September 9 aboard the Red D line steamer Caracas, consigned to a Porto Rico firm in New York.
Oyster Bay September 14 The presidential decision settles on a November 9 convening of Congress to enact Cuban reciprocity measures. A October early session was rejected due to campaign duties, and no firm plan exists for financial legislation.
Milwaukee report says Frank Day, chauffeur for Barney Oldfield’s Red Devil, crashed during a five mile attempt at the state fair park. Day died minutes after the accident, following the machine’s plunge at the home stretch. He lived in Columbus, Ohio, and was the son of James B. Day. This marked the second fatality linked to the Red Devil in a week, after a Detroit race spectator died.
In West Bay City two Michigan Central switchmen Clarence Hopper and Roy Boucher were killed by a dynamite explosion as a switch engine moved cars. Engineer Robert Roblin and fireman William Noble were injured and Conductor John Cradle severely hurt. The blast wrecked cars and damaged nearby homes while shock was felt three miles away.
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