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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1905
Page
6
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Michael Nok, 27, an Austrian, was murdered in his sleep in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, by his wife Annie, 1. years. She used an ax to strike him in bed with the fatal throat blow. Annie is jailed awaiting coroner action. thirteen boarders detained as witnesses. Police say motive was revenge for brutality. The couple married four years ago and the husband had demanded money from his wife.
A passenger train derailed at Seeveaun railroad near Arcueil three miles south of Paris. The wreckage caught fire and cars overturned. Three people were killed and seven injured. The service line is noted as a remarkable engineering feat with tracks winding between hills south of Paris requiring special pattern cars for sharp curves.
Mrs. Robert Biseal of Freelandville near Terre Haute dies after consuming greens she prepared for her family. Her husband and three children were left in critical condition. A physician treated the family for poisoning, but the poison’s plant species remains unknown.
Burglars broke into the G. R. and TL depot at Avilla Imdb. Adams express office. safe unlocked and ransacked with drawers searched and express packages checked but no valuable items or money found. No express matter pending and no crew observed. burglars described as likely tramps.
The Frisco and Southern railroads plan a great New Orleans station to handle migrants, challenging Castle Garden. This clash reflects the bitter competition among Atlantic and Gulf port interests and ties to the ongoing grain rate dispute.
One woman sustained serious injuries and several others were slightly hurt when the Blomington accommodation collided with the rear half of a freight train near Leatherwood, three miles south of Bedford. The injured include Mrs. Ransom of Jasonville. other passengers suffered bruises.
Sol A. Wood representing the Angola Railway and Potter Company has let the contract to join the Pleasant Lake stretch for a hotel at the end of the traction line from Antola to Lake James. It will include many rooms and be the largest hotel at any of the lakes in Uwine County. Completion is aimed for the summer season.
The American Smelters Exploration Company was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey with capital of 54 500000 to conduct mining operations. Incorporators are William W Porter Frank W Hills both of New York and John F Tracy of Jersey City.
In Huntington W Wall special report a boiler at a small sawmill on Sand Stone creek in Moice county owned by Walter Farrell exploded. Three men were killed and two injured as portions of bodies were blown up to twenty yards. The mill house was wrecked and part of the works destroyed by fire.
Barney Science Hall at Dennison University in Granville Ohio burned completely. Origin of the fire is not yet known. The loss to building and contents is estimated at 85000 dollars. The hall was funded by Eugene Barney of Dayton as a memorial to his father Eliam Barney.
Frank E. Byers a 21 year old University of Michigan law student at Ann Arbor drowned while canoeing on the Huron River near Ann Arbor. Glen Robinson of Birmingham Michigan was with him at the time.
Berlin dispatch reports Herr von Budde minister of railways and transportation issued an order forbidding trailway employees to drink intoxicants while on duty. He attributes half of all road accidents to alcohol.
St Petersburg police arrested a suspicious man at the Hotel Palais Royal. A room search uncovered several bombs, marking the suspect as a dangerous anarchist.
Eastern news item notes the Pennsylvania Senate passes a bill for annexing Allegheny City to Pittsburgh. Other items include a fatal accident at Schaghticoke powder mills, a Belmont filtration plant fire in Philadelphia, and various legal and industrial developments across New York and Pennsylvania.
A varied report lists Mrs Chadawick’s ten year sentence by Judge Tartand, Cleveland mayor bribery charges demand, Wickes of Pallasna Company dead, Leighton guilty of forgery in Lima, torpedo boat Gouldsborough speed, Burrows predicts a special session by Oct 15, Connors indicted in Chicago beef probe, Lake navigation opens with Bon Ami sailing Duluth, Missouri River drownings of five men dyke building, Nebraska bans sports on Memorial Day, and Memorial Day sports restrictions in the state.
Otis Botts, 21, convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death. Denison University’s Barney Science Hall burned for a loss near 100,000. St James' church in Manitowoc robbed of vessels valued at 5,000. A tornado wrecks Louisburg Minnesota, killing several and injuring seven. Multiple other crimes, accidents, and civic items follow including a city hall theft, bank embezzlement indictments, and a Roosevelt family note.
Governor Frazier vetoed a bill to raise the Tennessee governor’s salary from 4000 to 5000 dollars yearly. A Farnsdale Alabama fire destroyed most of the town’s business portion, about 55000 in losses with roughly one quarter insured. Hanson Kentucky fire wiped out property valued at 100000 including churches factories and homes. Fourteen residences a drug store and more suffered damage.
Three U S warships will stand off Monte Christi to deter trouble amid agitation. Russia outlines peace terms while St Petersburg says US and France clash over events. A Hungarian landslide kills eight soldiers and injures nineteen. a Norwegian vote rejects a government bill on equal rights for women. Other items include census news from the Philippines, German Southwest Africa combat losses, a Pittsburgh murder by a wife with a hatchet, and bombings in Warsaw injuring Baron von Nolken.
Negotiations press for the Hamburg America and North German Lloyd steamship amalgamation while talks aim to meet the US and Mexican presidents on the frontier. Rockefeller gifts to the American Board of Foreign Missions face protests as Canadian honors and imperial questions stir Ottawa.
AP dispatch from St Petersburg notes a peace step with Russia offering no territorial cession or indemnity. Japan must decide if talks can start under these conditions while Tokyo holds the key to peace and indemnity cited at 800 million dollars. Chinese officials warn of a grave crisis looming after the war.
Federal authorities in Chicago announce an indictment against Thomas J. Connors director and general superintendent of Armour & Co alleging he attempted to influence witnesses before the beef trust grand jury. Connors was arrested and later released on $5,000 bond. A related high official faced a possible conspiracy charge but was not indicted.
Women and children are reported fleeing Herbion while shops close and hospitals move back. The Manchurian railway is readied for the next stage as Gen Kuroki shifts toward Vladivostok with a new base at Gensai. Some experts think Japan may pull pressure off Gen Linievitch to draw him into another clash near Sastoupu Tie Pass.
The Massachusetts legislature passed a law requiring street railway companies to carry public school pupils to and from school at half fare. The full bench of the state Supreme Court has declared the measure constitutional, rejecting the challenge that it was unconstitutional.
The weekly Chicago review notes swelling trade and smooth movement due to spring activity and confident outlook. Demand for raw materials and finished goods held, with broader goods distribution and rising railroad earnings from heavy tonnage.
The report lists current price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York with values for wheat corn oats rye barley and dairy eggs butter and potatoes. Prices show wide variation by city and product including cattle 3.50 to 6.05 for New York and 4.00 to 5.65 for Buffalo shipping steers and grains such as No 2 wheat at 1.11 to 1.14 in Chicago and corn 44c to 52c in Toledo.
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