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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1901
Page
2
A condensed weekly digest highlighting notable crimes accidents fires and civic events from regions across the country and beyond. Bright entries cover diverse incidents and notable happenings in a compact survey.
Dispatches from Dawson April 18 describe two unnamed men arriving from Nome with sensational reports of wholesale deaths by exposure along the coast. They say about 200 persons had died from freezing before mid January at various coastal points.
A hurricane swept the southwestern coast of Spain and Canary Islands. It killed twelve people in the northern Canaries and destroyed a block of buildings. Cadiz reports navigation suspended and several vessels lost off the coast.
A terrific wind and rain storm damaged Selma electric light plant and other buildings, uprooting oaks. A Mobile and Birmingham freight train near Jackson wrecked. Engineer Elwood killed and a brakeman badly hurt. Damage reported in Chattanooga Montgomery and Bridgeport.
Dispatch reports a blaze in Pekin leveling the imperial palace and the asbestos house brought by Count von Waldersee. Waldersee escaped through a window. General Schwartzkoppen, who re-entered the building to save others, is believed dead. Fire blamed on incendiaries.
An extra freight train No. 11 on the Lake Erie and Western railway wrecked at Cassville fifteen miles south of Peru Indiana. A boiler explosion on the front engine caused the crash. Six crew members were badly injured, two of whom may die. AIF of the injured trainmen live at Peru.
A.J. Schrotha, an individual bookkeeper for the First National Bank of Birmingham South Side, Pittsburg, Pa, was arrested on information by U S Bank Examiner W W Stack charged with defalcation of bank funds totaling 34,999.95. He was released on 10,000 bail.
A Colorado and Northwestern Railroad wreck near Boulder results in four trainsmen killed after two passenger train engines are struck by a snow slide and hurled into a chasm. Casualties and details remain unconfirmed as reports come in from Boulder dispatch.
A sand bank near Durant Oklahoma collapsed burying five boys. Four died: James Angees 18 Pres ley Angees 4 Claude Etheriace 15 and John Bain 15. Claude Ban 15 escaped. The accident occurred during play on the bank.
Owen Bradley 60 a noted trainer and horse owner was shot and killed by William Nichols in Lexington Kentucky. Both families are prominent. The motive described as an old feud.
A warehouse safe at the Standard Oil Company near Sandusky Ohio was blown open in a recent blast. The explosion wrecked the office and $800 in cash inside the safe was stolen or destroyed.
Amid strong representations to Beijing, an imperial decree requires Chinese troops at Howai La to move immediately outside the great wall. The order signals a formal withdrawal from the region under imperial authority.
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple hosts a week of attractions featuring Fernberg Stock Co presenting Way Down East from April 29 onward. Local patrons will attend performances at the temple seats and schedule details appear in this notice.
Local incident reports an Ohio farmer shot by an unidentified assailant in broad daylight on his property. Authorities are investigating motives and seeking witnesses to the shooting.
A Boston area firm lost 350000 in a four story Philadelphia building fire housing P T Hallahan shoe factory Franklin shoe store and Birschter wallpaper. In Wilkes Barre four crossing victims on Lehigh Valley tracks were killed or injured. Chicago Burlington and Quincy deal reportedly closed. Batavia saloon burned killing two men. Yale students rescued after shipwreck near Savin Rock. Plainfield man wounds wife then attempts suicide. East Rochester NY car shops burned over 100000 loss. Derrick car derailment near Buffalo killed two workers.
A compilation of short items: tuberculosIs policy bars teachers and pupils in Colorado. Indianapolis Press ceases, absorbed by Indianapolis News. Missouri governor vetoes compulsory education bill. Eastern syndicate gains oil leases near St. Joseph Arkansas valley. A boy killed by a circular saw. a Detroit ferry incident. Foley Bean Lumber fire in Milaca Minnesota. Apostle George Q Cannon dies in Monterey California. Tombstone silver mines to reopen. daughter of Gary Nash to name the battleship Ohio in San Francisco. Col John R Musick dies in Omaha. Red Weaver killed in Alma New Mexico. shooting accident on a Minnesota farm. George alias Peg Anderson jailed in St Joseph. Hunt Brothers plant fire in Haywards. Cripple Creek electric car derailment. Owatonna store and bank fire losses. Denver arsenic candy eggs death. post office robbery in Washington Indiana. Salina County farmers continue reading challenges.
The University announced the appointment of Associate Dean Charles Noble Gregory of the Union Wisconsin as dean of the Town College of law. Separate items report a Burlington freight collision near Omaha killing 200 head of livestock, severe engineer injuries, and wrecked engines and cars.
Sobn Martin and Wise Turner quarreled in a Middlesboro saloon. Turner was killed. W. S. Lanier, once sentenced to hang for murder in Aberdeen, Mississippi, escaped and remains at large. Gen Alexander C. McClurg, Chicago publisher, died in St Augustine Florida from Bright's disease. A head end collision near West Pineville on the Louisville Railroad caused multiple fatalities.
Partial OCR notes report an accident near an unnamed location where an engine derailed or broke apart and cars were destroyed. Engineer John Pennck of Parkersburg was on his engine and killed.
Foreign reports note Manila-Dagupan railway owners seek 2 300 000 dollars for damages since 1899. Budapest census shows population 703 448 with Jews up 62 percent in ten years. Japan demands imperial return to Pekin and 20 000 Chinese troops for Manchuria. Prince Louis Napoleon marries Helena. Cardinal appointments in Rome. Amsterdam says Kruger life threatened. Japan urges Russia ousted from Manchuria or occupation becomes international.
A kite-launched revolving windmill by W A Eddy succeeds in signaling and display tests. The report notes parallel global and economic items including Alaska quartz mining, a Mexico dynamite blast injuring several, and free trade shifts with Porto Rico. Expanded railroad plans by Pennsylvania and a San Juan court result in mixed outcomes, while Bradstreet's reports wheat and corn export figures and market tones.
The Weather Bureau reports mixed conditions with cool weather slowing germination and growth in many areas. Excessive rains hindered the mid Rocky Mountain slope and lower Missouri valley while parts of the lake region Florida and California need rain. Texas reports good rains boosting progress but insect damage remains. Spring wheat sowing progresses, corn planting slow north of the Ohio river, and cotton planting underway in the central and southern belt with slow germination. Tobacco in Virginia the Carolinas and Kentucky lags behind though Maryland shows thriftier plants.
Market summaries list cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across cities. Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Cleveland Milwaukee show bids for cattle shipping hogs and wool with cereals wheat corn oats rye and seeds noted in No. 2 grades and assorted price ranges.
Miss Lillian Hawkins of Ashtabula Ohio has endured several life threatening attempts. Most recently a cup of carbolic acid was dashed into her face at the door disfiguring her for life.
English noblemen receive circulars from Paris offering access to an American heiress market. For a sovereign a month subscribers learn about the wealth and prospects of potential brides and may gain introductions. Rumors say some will be grub-staked to pursue wealthy wives in America this year.
The telegraph and cipher bureau known as the war room links Washington to the globe. It carries orders from the President to the army and navy and transmits dispatches from front lines. During the Spanish war signal corps heroes worked from near Santiago, risking heavy fire to keep messages flowing.
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