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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
2
Brief radio digest notes foreign dispatches from Crimea and Casaultica via telegraph. Wires report latest global weather and shipping notes mixed with dramatic travels and the week’s notable record summaries.
An explosion at Irvine's Mills Virginia seven miles from Wradford leveled the area. A wagon horses and forty ton cans of nitro glycerine blew skyward. Victims were Joseph Gil son and Oscar Berevail Pennsyl vania Torpedo Co. employes. The wagon wheel likely dropped into a rut triggering the blast. Only a fragment of a horse remained.
The Doherty brothers, famed former English doubles champions, defeated Holcombe Ward and Dwight F. Davis on Crescent Athletic Club courts in Baybridge before 7,600 spectators. By this loss the American team relinquishes its national title, which they won two years earlier at Longwood, Massachusetts, by beating the Lintens in the international series.
American ambassador Joseph Il boote presents a portrait of Washington in Masonic regalia before a large assembly of Free Masons in London. Earl of Warwick, deputy grand master, presides and pays tribute to Washington's memory and his ties to fellow Masons during the year of American independence.
Lewis Goombs Toombs faced execution at Chicago for the December murder of Carrie Larson. He climbed the scaffold without tremor and protested his innocence, expressing belief his name would be cleared as he died by strangulation after thirteen minutes.
The Durango Joela reports Navajo country suffers extreme heat and ruin of ranges leaving horses cattle sheep and grain scarce. Indians may starve unless government aid arrives. they must endure the coming winter with little food beyond horse meat.
An account describes a 1-year-old Black child named Harry Berton who was killed by a mob in Tromer Louisiana. The child was tied to a tree, strangled with a noose, dragged by a horse, and shot multiple times. The report notes violent acts by several unidentified assailants.
A cloudburst at Bloosturg five miles west of Raton New Mexico drowns four people including Mrs Francisco Dominiquez and three children. Another family of husband wife and three children is reported drowned at Tereco as a wall of water arrived and rescue efforts failed.
Report from Berlin via Apoteleran says medical resources are exhausted to combat the cholera epidemic in Blagovestchensk with 161 cases and 101 deaths between July 22 and August 3.
The Bridges washery of the Ontario and Western Railway Company in West Scranton Pennsylvania was totally destroyed by fire. The origin is unknown. Thirty non union men were at work. The loss will reach 25 dollars.
Official dispatchs deny reports of a sale of friars lands to an American syndicate in Manila. No facts support a completed transfer or sale as claimed by earlier press reports.
A catastrophic explosion at Bowen No. 3 mine near Trinidad Col. results in at least thirteen known deaths. The number of miners underground on the night shift remains unknown.
An explosion at the Camargo iron works near Santander Spain destroyed five houses killed fourteen people and injured many others.
Senator Quay escaped death in a fishing smack off Atlantic City when a sudden storm rose. Also in headlines a Boston socialite sues for divorce from W H Hunnewell, a Philadelphia climber known as Steeple Jack dies after a 98 foot fall at Philadelphia city hall, and a large number of other incidents are reported including crimes, rescues and accidents across the country.
A garbled bulletin lists multiple incidents including a gas explosion killing several in Aguilar Colorado and Beardshear’s death at Iowa State College, a fatal freight wreck near Peelles Ohio, a lake gale and wrecks on Lake Michigan, a field shooting in Arkansas, a large ore discovery near Grand Marais Minnesota, a Spokane flour mill fire, a bandit suicide in Washington, a Chicago fire at Badenoch & Co elevator, and a Bowen mine explosion with many deaths, plus a Chicago to Minneapolis rail service cut.
A Tennessee highway was the scene of a fatal shooting near Sneedville. In Mississippi a feud in Pearl River County left Homer Bennett dead and his father-in-law wounded. Other reports include lynching implications in Leesburg and a prison breakout with one guard killed and two convicts recaptured.
An interview from Rome quotes ex secretary Reitz's son asserting that war in the Transvaal may resume in a few years. The Pope informs European royal houses no more dispensations for consanguineous marriages will be granted and suggests marriages outside royal families to curb degeneration. A bandit Mauras, terrorizing Romobion, drowns after leaping overboard near Sibuyan. Cholera declines in Msayila but provinces report many cases and deaths. total archipelago toll stands at 21,408 cases and 16,105 deaths. Vatican circles claim an American syndicate purchased friars land in the Philippines as government officials note transfers but keep aims secret.
Ambassador White mails his resignation to become effective in early November. Roosevelt defeats Snyman in a pistol and rifle contest, setting a five shot record. Porto Rico and Philippines natives must undergo immigration examinations under a circular. Cuban House bills $35 million in government securities for 40 year redemption with 3 percent interest. Robert Downing obtains divorce from Eugenia Blair after testimony from himself and his daughter. Santa Fe Railway increases carmen wages. Highest wages reported in Needles Barstow and adjacent states. A woman’s body found in St. Michael’s bay with $15,000 in drafts and gold. identified as Becky from Lower Yukon. Federal authorities take custody of the money while heirs are sought.
Six masked bandits robbed CB&Q Train No. 47 near Savanna around 11:30 PM blowing the express car with dynamite and looting about 2000 dollars from the safe. They separated the engine crew, cut the train, and fled into woods as officers chased the scene from Savanna toward Marcus and Savyunna. A guard on the coach train was killed by one robber during the escape.
Reports from Creston say the infamous outlaw Tracy, surrounded in a swamp near the Eddy farm eleven miles southeast of town, shot himself after hours of fierce pursuit. Sheriff Gardiner's posse escaped unharmed as men from Davenport and surrounding areas converged with orders for reinforcements. Tracy had withstood long-range gunfire and abandoned shelter to face his pursuers, ending his career with self-inflicted death.
Secretary of War Root starts a weeks long European tour. John W. Mackay divides real estate between his wife and son King George of Saxony who ascended June 19 after his brother Albert’s death and is reported ill with pneumonia. Professor Alice Fortier of Tulane University has been honored by France with the cross of the Legion of Honor.
S rexas floods aside the latest weekly review notes strong iron and steel loading and textiles amid broad retail activity. Pig iron output reached 3 308 574 tons in H1 1902 with stocks low, while fuel scarcity slows some output. grain prices slipped as July ends and reports indicate robust demand for consumption and a steady meat market.
Grain and livestock prices from multiple cities listed with ranges for cattle hogs and sheep. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye barley and dairy products with varying grades and regional markets such as St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo New York Buffalo and others.
Time will show if the strawboard project truly functions as a genuine combine or remains a nominal venture. Enduring results will confirm whether the effort yields practical performance.
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