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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1905
Page
6
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A Lahore dispatch says Dharmsali hill station was struck by a quake with hundreds buried alive in Gurkha regiments and Kangra near wrecked telegraph stations. Palampur and surrounding valleys are reported severely damaged with uncertain rescue prospects and unconfirmed casualty figures.
In a case tied to national security, an ex army captain has been arrested on conspiracy charges. Authorities report seizure of several cartridges and a uniform during the operation. The secret police continue pursuing other implicated officers as investigations expand.
A runaway freight engine derailed near Moorfield and crashed into an Erie and Western locomotive. George Todash, Oo AL Eiminger, and Edward Collier perished. the two engines wrecked and no switch was turned.
Partial readable lines describe deaths and names such as Mary Clark and a father figure, plus scattered references to a track event, a driver, and a hive. The garbled text omits clear dates, places, and cohesive facts, leaving only disjointed mentions of people and incidents.
A fire outbreak reported at Padisna Reformatory causes alarm across nearby districts. Emergency crews battle flames amid smoke as officials assess damage and safety implications for inmates and staff.
A two masted schooner under full sail struck off Sachuset Point and sank near Newport. No sign of the crew was seen at the wreck and Brenton Point life savers who rushed to the scene believe the crew abandoned ship when they saw the vessel taking water.
A dispatch from Astrakhan reports large ship yards workers have struck and shipwrights across the Volga region are discontented. A general strike is expected when navigation opens, signaling broad disruption in shipbuilding activity.
Fire destroyed the Ewan and Dean boiler works in Marion Indiana. Two losses were estimated at $8.90 with partial insurance coverage.
Unconscious and half frozen Miss Anna Leonard a 30 year old resident of Connersville Ind was rescued from the canal about a mile south of Connersville Authorities found no evidence she attempted suicide and say no known reason for such belief.
Charles Groves arrested in Wabash Indiana by federal authorities for blowing the post of a safe at Payne Ohio a year ago. He allegedly escaped from jail at Van Wert and was returned to Ohio.
A long stream of items covers a Pittsburg wedding between Barry K Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit, a New York mutualization plan for Equitable Life, domestic violence in Maryland, a Newark girl skipping rope record, Bridgeport explosions, a Pittsburg railroad death, and a Chicago piano firm founder's death. Numerous robberies, fires, and political shifts appear, including election returns, suicides, and notable court cases across the nation.
An explosion at the Leiter mine area killed thirty five workers and injured six, three fatally. A crash damaged Armour car lines on the Michigan fruit trade as Michigan Central Railroad planned to add its own refrigerator cars. An accommodation train on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh line wrecked near Toronto Ohio with two employees dead and three passengers lightly injured. Julius Schurs, long believed dead, reappears in Michigan City to meet his sister Augusta Feusch, who attributes the event to the strange turn of fate.
A Pennsylvania division freight train struck a Broadway car in Louisville killing one and injuring two. Minnie Newton and her brother were drowned near Laecer West Virginia when a wagon hay load overturned. A man was shot and killed in Hmvsvile and his sweetheart killed herself after the attack. The Lampasas returned to its wharf with fire on board after unloading sixty damaged bales. A treasure find near Mount Pleasant Texas uncovered nearly $2000 in gold coins.
A bomb at Sarhin artillery depot killed 74 and destroyed ammunition. a Cossack disguise incriminates plotters. In Wales a medical operation, in Serbia Prince George faces a royal scandal amid conflicting reports of an attempted assassination or accidental shooting during a hunt.
Two explosions in Joseph Leiter's Zeigler coal mine trapped thirty four workers Monday morning. Rescue efforts were hampered by gas and debris as rescuers were overcome by afterdamp and air shaft damage. Gas accumulation blamed on lack of fire damp training and a nonoperational fan.
The article notes a looming multi million payout to the five civilized tribes ending their tribal governments by 1905. Osage funds near eight million dollars in the U S Treasury promise substantial per capita incomes while vast land holdings may raise average sums. It warns payments may stretch over months and favor some while leaving others worse off.
Dun and Co notes bank exchanges indicate solid trade progress with March total at 865,505,533, up 13 percent from March 1904. Weather and diverse enterprise boost production, grain and railroad movement rise, while delays and car shortages loom. U S and Canada failures rise modestly.
Announcement of a combining NYCentral Northwestern and Union Pacific into the first real transcontinental line is expected soon. Roosevelt names Panama Commission leaders Shonts Wallace and Magoon to direct the work and orders results.
Mrs Cassie L Chadwick announces she will write the true story of her life including her troubles and their source. James G Ferguson was sentenced in the United States District Court to three years in the Maryland penitentiary for robbing the mails. C W Marlatt a Chicago Board of Trade settling clerk shot himself in a Toronto hotel while despondent. his widow is in Chicago.
The listing shows varied prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with ranges for wheat corn oats rye and livestock and dairy products including butter and eggs. Notable figures include New York cattle 3.50 to 6.10 hogs 4.00 to 5.50 and corn 52 to 54 cents per bushel.
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