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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1903
Page
2
Plans discussed at a Chicago conference aim to unite farmers fruit growers dairymen and other natural food producers into a national organization. The goal is price stability control of distribution and savings on commissions. A convention is set for Chicago on September 8 to work out organizational details.
The Sultan of Deseen appeared before R A W Bullard with a marked retinue and made a full apology for the insult to the United States flag. He claimed his insane son, disinherited, bore sole responsibility for the outrage. The Sultan of Bacolod is said to fortify camps and seeks indemnity for war losses before submitting.
Mrs Lilian Allien Barnes inherits the Lorillard farm in New Jersey from Pierre deeriard and causes a maiden race entry to be withdrawn at Saratoga as Pierre Lorillard the younger objects to Torliard colors appearing in the race.
A report from The Independence Beise says the powers have agreed steps to suppress unrest in Macedonia and reform efforts. It claims Russia will seize sea access by securing the Certanelles and Bosporus, Austria will move on land, and Italy will monitor Albania. After peace, sovereignty would be restored to Turkey.
The Pianepine commission names Capt. Treo. Tl. Langhorne of the Eleventh Cavalry becomes secretary to Mora province and Captain Keller, engineer, both to receive a twenty percent raise. Major Robert L. Bullard plans a grand celebration and peace conference upon completion of the Lando military road with Moro chiefs assisting.
A Dalti more & Co passenger train derailed after passing an open switch in Cannelisville Pennsylvania. It struck a moving westbound freight, injuring nine people, three seriously. Authorities investigate cause and assess damage to both trains and track.
Robert Snowtail, boss of Steven's No.timine at South Fork Penn, shot his wife through the neck during a quarrel likely sparked by her threat to leave. He then killed himself with a shot to the right temple. Snowtail had been drinking recently. the woman probably recovers.
Nearly no union bricklayers quit work in Minneapolis as they were not affected by helpers. Building operations worth over 2,000,000 dollars are tied up. The tie strike stemmed from the building laborers union demanding higher wages and recognition.
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple lists upcoming screenings with dates in August. Hoosier Circus on August 25 Tess of the D Urbervilles on August 26 Garden of the Gods on August 27 and Hottes Coon in Dixie on August 2h.
A Bar Harbor Maine telegram says former Postmaster General Bissell is gravely ill and his friends fear he cannot recover.
Lieutenant Kayser fatally shot in a duel with Lieutenant Kiauen Sugel at Allenstein. Both officers from the Seventy third regiment of field artillery. The duel followed teasing at a farewell sapper party for Captain Fiege at the officers casino.
A dispatch from Vienna to a London agency reports Bulgaria has ordered fifteen million cartridges from a Viennese firm for prompt delivery.
A collage of brief items includes Hicherd Canfield winning 200000 on Wall Street reading. 13 year old NS boy shot dead. Lucien Drew 20 Ithaca Michigan after a cel. Carrie Nation fined 10 cents in Bayonne for hatchet attack. Fred Vanderbilt donates a 1000000 dormitory named Cornelius Vanderbilt to Yale.
A string of untimely events includes a fire destroying Barton salt plant in Tlateliusen Swan and a rail crash injuring fourteen near Nath rop California. suicides and murders noted in Minnesota Ohio Kansas and Colorado with various fatalities. Floods threaten Kansas City bridges while a prominent Idaho judge dies accidentally. World’s fair announces anti cigarette day at St Louis October 1904.
A flood of narrow escapes and disasters spans Ohio Indiana Missouri and Illinois. A runaway wrecks in Fostoria injuring a family. a cloudburst devastates Manuel California. a crime spree hits Sherman North Dakota. a train wreck in Cleveland kills and injures. widespread theft and arson disrupts mills in Minneapolis. Authorities chase mobsters and Mafia ties. political conventions and boxing titles headline a volatile period.
Kingston Jamaica reports a deadly hurricane with seventy confirmed deaths and ongoing relief efforts. Hospitals overflow in wind swept districts as food and aid shipments from America are urged to prevent starvation.
The weekly crop bulletin reports three weeks of cool weather east of the Rockies with uneven moisture. Northern districts lag in corn maturation and wheat harvest halted by rain while the south sees better temperatures. drought in the upper Ohio valley and parts of Texas and Florida threatens crops. Apple prospects look poor with widespread stress across apples, oats, tobacco, and corn regions.
August trading reports from R G Dun & Co and Bradstreet's Trade Review indicate railways posting about 7.7 percent gains over last year and 16.3 percent versus 1901 with heavy merchandise movement and steady staple prices. Foreign trade at the port declined. iron and leather markets improve while hides stay weak.
Report notes March gold production of 230000 ounces in the Transvaal. The rest of the items mention injuries from blasting coal near Bristol Tennessee, a fatality in Mountain Park Oklahoma Territory, local town quarrels, an aggressive Chicago undertaker, a Henderson Texas mob freeing a black man, a Cincinnati car wound, and a San Francisco woman buying a coffin after failed money from Denver relatives.
Chicago to New York and other hubs report cattle prices from 3.50 to 5.50 per hundredweight, hogs mainly 4.00 to 6.00, sheep around 2.50 to 4.00, with wheat and corn futures and other grain values listed for No. 2 and No. 3 grades across several exchanges and states. Prices show regional variation in livestock, grain, and dairy commodities.
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