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Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1903
Page
2
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Train Wrecked on Rock Island Bridge Near Alma Kansas
A Texas express engine mail car and baggage car plunged through Hendricks creek bridge near Alma. Fireman John Leggett died. Engineer John Xe Steen was seriously injured. Baggagemen and expressmen fled into water and were rescued by fisherman William Graves. One car hung from the bridge and another lay in the bank. bridge failure blamed on cloudburst flooding the stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Texas Express
Rock Island
Hendricks Creek
Alma
John Leggett
John Xe- Steen
William Graves
Graves
Cleveland man held on mayhem charge after acid attack
Peter McCarthy known as Peter Nairy is jailed in Cleveland on three counts of mayhem for throwing carbolic acid at Bessie Farris Aggie Lee and Mrs. Annie Haslam. Haslam, blinded in one eye, may die and lose sight in the other. Farris may lose a left arm. Haslam had ordered him from her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter McCarthy
Peter Nairy
Cleveland
Ohio
Bessie Farris
Aggie Lee
Annie Haslam
Haslam
Lakeside Hospital
Miss Farris
McCarthy
Trio Killed in Blast Furnace Collapse at Cleveland Plant
At Cleveland Ohio three men Frank Virone George Peters and Michael Kreen were instantly killed inside the stack during the first plowing of a new blast furnace. A six ton bell at the top of the stack fell without warning due to a machinery breakage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Furnace Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Virone
George Peters
Michael Kreen
Roosevelt Talks at Oyster Bar May Trigger Extra Session
At Oyster Bar in New York President Roosevelt meets with the senate finance sub committee. Congress may be called in extraordinary session in October though the exact date is not set yet and will likely be several weeks before November 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bar
N. Y
Roosevelt
Senate
Finance
Congress
President invites naval attaches aboard Kearsarge for maneuvers
The President invites foreign naval attaches accredited to the United States to join him on the flagship Kearsarge to observe North Atlantic Squadron maneuvers. Attaches will board a torpedo boat destroyer at the New York Yacht Club landing and tour by bay to the Kearsarge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North Atlantia
New York Yacht Club
Wreck on Vandalia Freight Kills Three Near Effingham
A Vandalia freight collision eighteen miles east of Effingham Illinois killed the engineer and fireman of the second section and another man. A relief train was dispatched from Terre Haute to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Effingham, Ill
Rebels Defeat Imperial Troops at Hwei-Chou-lu
Rebels defeat Chinese imperial troops at Hwei-Chou-lu in Kwang-Tung province. Imperial reinforcements arriving at Canton include 3 003 German drilled troops aiding the imperial forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Hwei-Chou-lu
Kwang-Tung
Canton
Miss Maude Espy Dies After Eating Toadstools
Miss Maude Espy died at her father's summer home in St Paul Minnesota after eating toadstools mistaken for mushrooms. Mrs Espy was poisoned but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Espy
John Espy
St. Paul
Minn
Mrs. Espy
Collision sinks two ships off Elbe. twenty five sailors dead
The Hamburg special reports the German sailing vessel Isabella and the Norwegian steamer Theodore collided near the Mouth of the Elbe. Both ships sank and twenty five seamen are reported drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Isabella
Theodore
Elbe
Coming Attractions at Masonic Temple Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne listings show August 21 Hloosier Circus August 25 Tess of the D Urbervilles August 26 Garden of the Gods August 27 Hottest Coon in Dixie at the Masonic Temple Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Ind
Starvation Follows Kingston Hurricane Aftermath
Thousands left homeless and ill clad flee toward towns for shelter as churches and public buildings lie demolished. The scene is dire with widespread misery and scarce supplies amid the Jamaica hurricane aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Architect Cobb Removed From Chi Project
Secretary Shaw has removed Mee Celis as special architect for the Chicago project, signaling a leadership shakeup in the ongoing construction effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb
Shaw
Mee Celis
Chi
Cash Buyers' Union First National Co operative Society Incorporated
A new company formed in Trenton New Jersey with 5 million dollars authorized capital. The Cash Buyers' Union First National Co operative Society aims to run department stores across the United States and Europe and engage in manufacturing printing and publishing among many other ventures. Founders Gerald A Griffin Frank H K Serles and Joseph Gerrardt are clerks in East Orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
James B. Dill
United States Steel Corporation
Union First National Co-operative Society
Lake Passenger Steamer Beached to Avert Sinking
The Lake Passenger Steamer Enterprise with seventy five passengers aboard ran aground near the shore as water flooded the hold. Firemen extinguished boilers and the captain steered for shallow water while engineers kept steam up, only revealing danger when the bow struck the beach.
Carrie Nation Case Reversed by Judge in Scranton
Carrie Nation’s summary conviction for selling hatchets violated city ordinance. Judge Newcomb sustained the writ of habeas corpus due to defective magistrate records. Nation’s counsel plans a $50,000 damages suit for false arrest and imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Nation
Newcomb
Scranton
Mrs. Nation
Tornado Lays Waste Across Pittsburg Mining District
A tornado ripped through the dense mining area north and east of Pittsburg Inco destroying hundreds of houses tipples and buildings and turning an eight by two mile strip into ruins. At least two people were killed and about sixty injured in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Inco
Philippine coins meet resistance in islands
The U S government push to introduce new currency in the Philippine Islands has not gone as expected. Despite many coins minted in San Francisco reaching the islands, there is strong prejudice against using them, particularly in the provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Building Projects Stalled by Costs in Chicago
Building operations in Chicago halt as contractor pools and high labor and material costs bite. The Union League abandons plans for a new wild house and other builders delay construction awaiting better conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Union League
Powder Mill Explosion at Dupont Plant in Delaware
A packing house at Dupont powder mills in Carney's Point Delaware blew up with no injuries as no workers were present. The blast caused only minor damage and the cause remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupont Powder Mills
Carney’s Point
Del
Salt Fork Tornado Destroys Town in Oklahoma Area
A tornado hit Salt Fork, thirty miles southwest of Blackwell, Oklahoma, demolishing the town. No fatalities reported and one injury to a Frisco Road section boss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Fork
C. T
Blackwell
Ohls
Turkish Troops Engage Near Sorovitch in Real Battle
An encounter near Sorovitch pits Turkish units against opposing forces in a declared real battle. Reports describe active fighting with artillery and infantry movements as the clash continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorovitch
Sroons
Turkiye forces attack 1700 insurgents in fierce battle
Battalions of Turkish soldiers with artillery assaulted 1700 insurgents, mostly Bulgarians, who fought bravely despite being outnumbered nearly four to one. The Bulgarians were defeated after many casualties on both sides.
Fever Drives Buffalo Man’s Fatal Family Tragedy
Kent Stow and his wife were found after a double shooting with the wife dead and Kent unconscious. He had been ill with malarial fever and a child was present, with authorities noting possible temporary insanity from the illness. The couple had a two year marriage and a one year old infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Shoota
Kent Stow
F. D. Stow
Merchants’ Dispatch and Transportation Company
Stow
Mr. Stow
Young Stow
Stows
Ale trains to carry mail plan to put trains under government
Postmaster General Payne proposes placing all railway trains under federal protection and making every trainman a government employee to handle mail. Mail would be loaded aboard trains similar to newspaper distribution, with trains becoming mail trains and stopping one would be an offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Ohio Bank Cashier Disappears From New Holland
John Ix Brown cashier of Union Banking Company vanished after closing the bank one night. An expert from Cincinnati searched the safe as the bank remained closed pending investigation. Brown, cashier for twelve years, is believed to have fled toward Pleasant Ridge in Hamilton County where his mother resides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holland
Ohio
John Ix. Brown
Union Banking Company
Brown
Cincinnati
Grown
Pleasant Ridge
Hamilton County
Tacoma clergyman leads colonization plan for Negroes
Rev. J. F. Davidson of Tacoma organizes a colonization effort to resettle Southern African Americans in Washington state farming lands. He traveled via St. Paul with 25 Louisiana blacks who will take up land, described by Mrs. Davidson as the vanguard of a larger westward movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Rey. J. F. Davidson
South
St. Paul
Louisiana
Washington
Three Lives Crushed At Cleveland Furnace Plant
The Cleveland Furnace Company plant near completion at nearly one million dollars saw three workers killed instantly when a belt at the top of a seventy five foot stack collapsed onto them as they laid the last course of material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Furnace Company
Shaw Removes Cobb in Federal Building Scrutiny
Secretary Shaw removed Henry Ives Cobb the architect in charge of the Chicago Federal building and accepted resignations of two employees who quit government service over Cobb method disputes. A congressional investigation of the affair is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Cobb
Henry Ives Cobb
Chicago Federal
Priest Deposed for Remarrying Clergyman’s Divorced Wife
Rev. George F. Kettell assistant rector of Christ Church in Baltimore is forced to resign and will be deposed from the priesthood after marrying the divorced wife of a brother clergyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Kettell
Christ Church
Baltimore
Boundary Water Incident Damages American Tug Silver Spray
The American fishing tug Silver Spray of Erie was fired on and damaged on Lake Erie by the Canadian revenue cutter Petrel near the boundary line. Complications may ensue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Spray
Erie
Lake Erie
Petrel
Boundary Line
Ghastly River Mystery Near St Paul Dam
A dismembered headless human trunk was found floating in the Mississippi River near the St Paul Boom Company dam. The body had decay that hindered identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Stone elected grand chief engineer of engineers union
W. S. Stone of Elden Iowa division No 131 has been elected to fill the unexpired term as grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers following the deaths of P. M. Arthur and A B Youngson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. S. Stone
W. S. Stone
Elden
Iowa
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
P. M. Arthur
A. .B. Youngson
Miner Killed in Feud at O'Neill Mines
At the O'Neill coal mines in Wilsonburg West Virginia Italian miners attacked American mine employees. One Italian was killed and weapons including pistols shotguns and bowie knives were involved in the feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neill
Wilsonburg
W. Va
Great Loss in Jamaica After Storm Strikes Island
A hurricane battered Jamaica causing widespread damage to banana plantations in the eastern half and extensive property loss in Kingston and suburbs. Telegraphic outages hinder loss estimates though figures may reach millions. no lives reported, electricity plant roof blown off and rail traffic disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Kingston
Rare California cave finds reveal extinct animal bones
Prof John C Merriam and assistants explored Shasta County caves discovering bones of extinct species including a cave bear and porcupine. Finds also include a well preserved woman skeleton at the bottom of a deep ancient well tied to local Indian tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Merriam
Geological Department
University of California
Shasta County
Four Slashed in Missouri Tragedy Leaves One Dead
Lindsey Pitts, a Black man, slashed four people with a razor in Roanoke Missouri in a jealous rage targeting his sweetheart Charlie Herndon. City Marshal Patterson and Deputy Hayes were wounded in the attempt to arrest Pitts. Patterson fired five shots but missed. Pitts fled into the woods as a posse pursued him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Roanoke
Lindsey Pitts
Charlie Herndon
Patterson
Robert Hayes
Pitts
Nellie McHenry Finds $50,000 in Securities
Mrs John Webster known as Nellie McHenry found about $50 000 in securities believed lost by her late husband. The papers were said to be in the vaults of two New York safe deposit companies and are now in the possession of the theatrical manager's widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie McHenry
John Webster
Nellie McKlenry
Walue
New York
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Union Coal Company
United States Steel Corporation
United Coal Company
T. C. Keller and
Trammoth Wein
W.S. Bogle
S Mildred
E. & T. H. Railroad
Mildred
Jackson Hill Coal Company
Douglass
Samuel Douglass
Frankfort
Mame Planer
Connersville
Chicago Boy Ayres Missing in Omaha Area
Omaha police seek 12 year old Bardsall Ayres of Chicago who vanished from Florence, a suburb where he had stayed weeks with Caunt. The father traced the boy to Florence where he and another youth reportedly ran away days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Omaha
Bardsall Ayres
Tfforences
Caunt
Ayres
Florence
Katy Flyer Derailed Near Sehell City Missouri
The north bound Missouri Kansas and Texas flyer derailed two miles north of Sehell City Missouri. Twenty passengers were injured as the postal car and two other cars were splintered. The combination mail car and chair car were derailed along with three other cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
Sehell City
Moe
President Roosevelt on Lynching Letter Warns of Mob Violence
Durbin of Indiana declares lynching a growing form of anarchy and a threat to the republic. He urges speedy trials and firm punishment of criminals as the remedy to mob violence in a letter to Gary and in broader remarks attributed to President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Gary
Durbin
Indiana
Republic
Farewell to the Army From Lieut Gen Miles
Lieut General Nelson A Miles retires as army commander and issues a general order urging soldiers to keep service untarnished and honorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson A. Miles
Rockefeller and Sweeney Form Lead Mine Merger
John D. Rockefeller and Charlies Sweeney organize a merger of the Coeur d Alene lead mines with a capital of 30000000 dollars. The company will engage in mining and ore smelting operations.
Enda Life After Quarrel In Candor Village
Sadie Van Den Mark age 16 at Candor New York drank carbolic acid in a fatal act. Officials say a quarrel with her mother sparked the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enda
Candor Village
N. Y
Sadie
Peter van Denmark
New Pope Ils Crowned
The coronation of Pope Pius X drew a vast throng to St Peter's Rome in a ceremony not seen for fifty seven years. The pageant reflected a grand traditional spectacle in the papal seat with widespread public attention.
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Ils
Pius X
St. Peter's
Rome
Trains Collide in Durand Killing 21 Circus Workers
In Durand Michigan a Grand Trunk yard crash involving Wallace Bros circus trains left 21 dead and many injured with several others critical. Dozens of workers were affected as rescuers battled smoke and wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durand
Mich
Wallace Bros.’ Circus
Grand Trunk
Business Men Reassured by New Abstract Report
A new abstract report reassures business leaders on market stability. The document outlines improved credit conditions and signs of cautious optimism across industries. It notes steady demand, stable prices, and ongoing investment despite uncertain global factors.
Retirement of Lieut Gen Nelson Miles as Army Chief
Secretary Root announces the retirement of Lieut General Nelson A Miles as head of the United States Army. General S B M Young serves as acting commander for six days and then becomes chief of the general staff, signaling a transition in the army’s command structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
Nelson A. Miles
United States Army
General Miles Early Volunteer Service and Indian Campaigns
The article recalls General Miles entering the army as a 22 year old volunteer officer in the Twenty second Massachusetts infantry under the nen army bill. He led a brigade at 25 during the Civil War and gained fame as an Indian fighter on the plains after the war. He commanded Jefferson Davis in captivity and forced the surrender of Geronimo and other noted chiefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Twenty-second Massachusetts Infantry
Jefferson Davis
Geronimo
Missouri Farmers Battle Over $30 Steer Enters Fourth Year
Two wealthy Missouri farmers John Massengale and Elijah Rice clash after a $30 steer dispute that began in Bee Branch justice court in 1889. Four trials across justices and circuit courts plus an appeal to Kansas City Court of Appeals have failed to settle the matter, with costs surpassing $3,000 and growing. The case centers on principle as much as property, amid fierce, personal resolve. Also, Thomas Breem dismissed as superintendent of the Indian school at Fort Lewis and William Feterson appointed in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
John Massengale
Micon County
Elijah E. Rise
North Chariton County
Bee Branch
Kansas City Court of Appeals
John Massengak
Brooks
Massengale
Rice
Thomas H. Breem
Fort Lewis
Colo
William M. Feterson
Chioceco
Oklahoma
Indiana Neighbors Report Lightning Kills Farmer Near Huntingburg
A composite item lists multiple Indiana incidents including the death of farmer Charles Rietman near Huntingburg by lightning, a 60 year old woman dying from heart trouble in Coal Creek, and various injuries and accidents across cities such as Jeffersonville, South Bend, Kokomo, Lafayette, and Fort Wayne with details on trains, fires, and mishaps. It also notes a soldier reunion in Jeffersonville on September 12 and ongoing coal mine development near Sullivan.
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Charles Rietman
Huntingburg
Jeffersonville
Jane Boyd
Coal Creek
New Lebanon
Irvie Williams
South Bend
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