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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
2
Four men attempted an uprising near Bayamo in Santiago province. The leader was captured with his horses after gunfire. the other three were killed in the pursuit. Two were ex-convicts. only one had served in the revolutionary army.
The Seaview house on Old Orchard camp grounds in Maine burned to the ground. Two women guests from East Grafton New Hampshire Mrs Helen Miartin and Mrs E A Stevens are missing. One body was found in the ruins too badly burned to identify. Search continues with renewed energy to confirm whether both women perished.
Masterson a steel works foreman was murdered by a gang of laborers after midnight. Sixteen workers were arrested on suspicion for the crime amid reports of prior foreman disputes and three suspensions the night before. The killer used a shovel and struck Masterson three times, fracturing the skull.
Walter W. Cond on, once of Coldwater Michigan, believed heir to a 5000.60 estate in Wisconsin, was located after years absent. At age 16 he worked as elevator conductor in a downtown Chicago build ing. His parents and grandmother died. custody and inheritance settled through courts with cousin Charles Conden identified as heir.
Secretary Cortelyou proposed selecting a limited number of women from civil service lists to be matrons in the administration service. They would board arriving ships and aid in examining women passengers and assist male inspectors. A ten month trial in the spring of the year led to abandoning the plan.
A Union Traction Company train wreck near Anderson, Indiana, killed one person and seriously injured two others. The car derailed after the brakes failed and struck a short shore, then overturned in the suburb.
Town menaced by fire as several business buildings burned in Colebrook New Hampshire. An elderly owner, Jesse Forristal, 85, was seen entering his wooden block during the blaze and was reportedly missing but later saved. The Hawes building was among those affected.
The report states the year's scotch harvest in Glasgow is almost a total failure with the lowest yield in twenty years, causing farmers to face losses. It notes a likely surge in demand for American grain and cattle as a consequence.
Will Jones, recently convicted of the murder of Jack E. Lee, is set to be hanged in Clanvillie Virginia on August 3. Two other men were implicated, with Arthur Wilson hanged two months earlier.
Fort Wayne Indiana schedule features matinee and evening shows on August 15 with Pield's Minstrels. For August 17 the week presents Renfraw's Path Finders in a history of late dramatic successes.
About six colored attendees interrupted Booker T. Washington during a Zion church address in Boston Massachusetts. The disturbance nearly sparked a riot and 25 police were summoned to quell the scene.
A thunderstorm caused a lightning strike at New Hope church in Appomattox County Virginia killing three people and injuring more than twenty others. Local authorities investigated debris and secured the scene as mourners gathered.
A Brooklyn hospital case describes restoring life to a reportedly dead child after a saline solution was injected into the intestines and veins following an appendectomy. Doctors watched for hours as the patient revived and recovered, prompting mention of another salt based life demonstration in Indiana.
Consul Gudger reports in Washington that soldiers searched the governor's residence about 10 pm, the governor escaped and was intercepted trying to reach the consulate. Secretary of state, chief of police and department employees were arrested as money disappears from the department. The governorship was tendered to an unknown party and the situation is described as grave.
A severe tornado swept Minneapolis early this week causing widespread destruction. Many structures were razed or damaged, utilities failed, and streetcar service halted for hours though no fatalities are reported. City-wide damage totals run into thousands of dollars.
The treaty to acquire the Danish West Indies for the United States officially failed on Friday. If Trenmark pursues a sale, revival of the treaty is possible. The State Department remains comfortable, having fulfilled its part toward completing the bargain.
A misread line reports a woman causing fatal harm to an elderly Black man named Hebert Anderson near Evinge Mississippi. The event is tied to conflict involving Miss Annie Strong and neighborly tensions at the Strenz homestead.
Two leading Wall Street brokerages, Tailor J. Waxytor & Co. and W. L. Stow & Co., suspend operations amid a sharp drop in stock values. The head of the Taylor house is Joseph Keene’s son in law, and millions of dollars are tied to the failures.
The Rock Island system, via the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, gains control of the Evansville and Terre Haute and its sub subsidiary Hines by purchasing the holdings of the Bernard S. Hooley syndicate.
Joshua Butler his wife and infant were struck by the east bound Black Diamond express on the Lehich Valley Railway while crossing the tracks at Port Bowkley Pa. all three were killed in the accident.
A. B. Youngson, who became grand chieftain after Chief P. M. Arthur’s death, died at Meadville Ta. He had succeeded to leadership of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Two people were killed and seven injured in a rear end collision between the Southwestern vestibule limited of the Southern Railway and a work train at Springfield Virginia.
Two passenger steamers carrying crowds of Sunday excursionists drifted helplessly on Lake Michigan in a wild trip. The vessels became hard to control as they rode the waves with passengers fearing a collision or capsizing.
Night through disabled mac details a fleet towed into port. Passengers were badly seared but no serious injuries reported. Steamers Alice Stanford Muskegon to Chicago to Muskegon and Mary Chicago to Michigan City to Chicago were towed back for safety.
Roslyn Wells was found on Antelope island rocks after a night of buoyant brine currents at Great Salt Lake. Roy Larkin, 15, remains missing as rescuers search and Miss Pomeroy reaches safety at Saltair pavilion. Wells said he held Larkin all night before their separation.
Bradford was arrested in St Louis by postal inspectors on charges of using the mails to defraud in a land title swindle probe extending across Colorado Michigan Pennsylvania Missouri Texas Kansas Kentucky Tennessee West Virginia and North Carolina. Bond set at 20000. Thirteen others held in similar charges. arrest described as a potential end to a massive nationwide scheme.
Albert Swanson son of Charles Swanson a homesteader near Gowan Minnesota was lost in a large swamp for four days and nights. An Indian guide John Lapario found him after helping lead a search by 100 white men. The boy was near death from hunger and fear on a deer trail.
Delaware Ohio Circuit Court rules the criminal clause of the Valentine anti trust law unconstitutional in the case of Charles W Gage one of seven Delaware Coal Dealers Association members indicted and fined. The decision may go to the Ohio Supreme Court for review.
The Farmers' Co operative Union of America organized at Hutchinson Kansas aims to push wheat prices higher by circulating leaflets in the West urging farmers to hold grain. It claims farmers are in a strong position to execute the plan and has set Chicago as a base for its object.
A natural gas blast in Columbus Ohio destroyed a two story brick saloon and restaurant at 177 North Uligh Street trapping residents. Mrs. Lewis is believed buried in the debris while several women were rescued and dug from the ruins.
Five boys and two men were seriously burned at West Newton Pennsylvania when three powder cans exploded. Three of the boys may die. Investigators say smoking cigarettes and sparks likely ignited the powder.
An ammonia pump engine cylinder head blowout at the Jacob Ruppert Brewing Company ice plant in New York killed three men and injured six. Authorities investigate the blast and assess structural damage at the facility.
A blaze in Tacoma Washington destroyed the Cascade Cereal Company's plant and the adjacent Deming Berry Pulley plant, causing about 150000 dollars in losses. The Denver House and the St Pauli House plus several residences were damaged in the same fire.
The pleasure boat Wisconsin carrying fifty passengers sank at Stevens Point in the Wisconsin River but all aboard were rescued.
Venezuelan forces captured Ciudad Bolivar after costly fighting with over 1500 dead or wounded on both sides due to treachery.
Reports from Kansas counties say heat and drought threaten corn while some regions still lack moisture. In Rice County a record 107 degrees was reached. Harvey and Pawnee report high heat and significant damage to tasseling corn. A dry May forced replanting as fields baked and no timely rain arrives, jeopardizing harvest.
Samuel B. Clutter attacked worshippers with a club at the Eree Methodist Church in Akron after disturbances from a shouting congregation. He overpowered bystanders and fought to the police station, injuring several, with two seriously hurt. He is jailed awaiting arraignment on assault with intent to kill. It is believed temporary insanity. He lived next door and had complained of noise.
Henry F. Kruse a Lafayette business man aged 62 drowned while rescuing his children and others from the Wabash River opposite the State Soldiers Home. He pulled Henrietta and Laura Kruse and George Metzger to safety but expired from overexertion before he could reach shore.
In Philadelphia 45 year old Joseph B. Reitz shot and fatally wounded Like Jane, 52, and seriously wounded her divorced husband Charles Knapp, 34, then killed himself. The incident ends with Reitz dying instantly.
Eighteen or twenty inmates escaped from Folsom California taking Warden Wilkinson his grandson Harry Wilkinson Captain Murphy and two other officers. Guard Cotton was mortally stabbed during the breakout. The fugitives seized several rides from the prison artillery before fleeing.
Thirteen people were injured in a crash on the Compton Heights and Fourth street lines of the St Louis Transit Company, with one believed fatally hurt. Motorman R. E. Matthews was among the injured but fled the scene after the collision.
The Colorado General Assembly adjourned at 1 am Sunday after approving a general appropriation bill. The House defeated the Senate joint resolution urging the World Federation to disband.
A powerful cyclone swept through the district of Tchernigof Russia destroying three villages within minutes. Churches and homes were lifted from foundations and carried far away. The death toll is reported as heavy with extensive damage across the region.
Extreme heat sweeps Nebraska and western Iowa with Omaha reaching the 9S mark. In Schuyler, Neb., Robert Barnee dies from heat related illness as humidity soars and temperatures stay hazardous.
William E. Curtis reports settlers are breaking up the so called bonanza farms in the Northwest to establish homes and diversify crops across large tracts of land.
William E. Curtis notes in the Chicago Record-Herald that the 1900 census tallies 210 million commercial apple trees, with 175 million bushels yielded from those orchards. Exports last year totaled 2 543 759 barrels mostly to Britain, with Germany and other nations receiving smaller shares.
A prairie flood along the Kansas Missouri basin washes 200 miles of valley, drowning hundreds, wiping out tens of millions in property. Kansas City Topeka and rail hubs suffer heavy losses while farms, though enduring, will recover with time and effort.
The report notes fewer midsummer dullness signs with more prompt collections and many unions signing working pacts in the building trades. Rail earnings for July rise sharply, بينما farm merchandise activity lags, while exports fall. Steel markets show price stability with a billet pool revival, yet iron pig weakness persists and structural work rises in New York.
Market prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains listed by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York with ranges for cattle hogs and grains such as wheat corn oats rye and hay plus dairy and eggs noted in no frills price bands across multiple markets and regions. Prices vary by grade and destination reflecting shipping and market conditions.
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