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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
2
Mrs. Katherine Soffel wife of a Pittsburg jail warden was freed after twenty months for aiding the Biddle brothers in their jailbreak. She helped the bandits escape with them and later received a divorce from her husband. She plans a quiet life at her father's home.
Fifteen injured and one dead after Panhandle flyer No 14 derailed at New Cumberland Junction Steubenville Ohio. Defective switch caused the crash as the eastbound train crossed to the westbound track and hit a freight engine. The second mail car telescoped the smoker, injuring passengers including D M Fisher of Lima in critical condition and Frank A J Salle of Indianapolis, the deceased.
Miss Hillgabeth Gillispie, a prominent Hising Sun society figure, was shot through a window while preparing for a Woman's Literary Club event. She remains alive but unconscious with a grave head wound. no motive or suspect identified, officers say no progress has been made.
Louis Clum, 24, a farmer's son near Lima Ohio, invited his wife to the barn yard after frequent quarrels since their marriage last March. He hanged himself using a rope in the milkhouse as the wife watched, then fled and later died. neighbors came to assist.
Seven Japanese are missing from the Oriental liner Indravelli after the ship left Portland Oregon. Eighteen Japanese were deported for paper irregularities and one for contagious disease. Some men leaped overboard and swam toward shore in icy water, a hundred yards away, amid uncertain fate.
Special briefing notes that two suction dredges will be assembled along the canal route to connect East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. The project aims to open part of the canal to steamers before next summer and will cut toward Lake Michigan and the Grand Calumet river as material is ordered.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee reports the Sunboat Castine has run aground on the Marcus Hook bar while en route from League Island to Colon. He has dispatched the Vamoose to assist the Castine.
An explosion rocks the Eureka mine of the Pittsburg Coal Company at Port Royal Pennsylvania. One man Milton Alc Millan a civil engineer of West Newton is confirmed dead. Two other engineers escaped but were badly shocked. Further details not yet available.
The President has sent to the Senate the nomination of Charles C. Dawes to be Postmaster of Cleveland Ohio. Dawes would oversee Cleveland postal operations upon confirmation.
Navy dispatch from Rear Admiral Glass reports a rumor that a small Colombian force has landed at the mouth of the Arato river on the isthmian waters.
The New York state board of canvassers declares the canal project approved with 678,010 votes in favor and 2,245,182 opposed, totaling 101 million dollars. The outcome confirms the canal's passage by majority.
A wide range of city and national crises appear in the record: Philadelphia endures its worst smallpox outbreak in forty years, while crime and accidents affect multiple cities. Police recapture nearly $10,000 in loot, fires cause loss, and court actions include death sentences for murder and fraud convictions.
A Newark area fire killed Clayton Fowler, 42, his wife, 36, and three children in Clarksburg New Jersey. The oldest son escaped with minor injuries after leaping from a second floor window. The report notes multiple family deaths amid a broader discussion of social concerns and notable incidents.
A west Auburn fire caused 75000 in losses, Newark store burned for 120000, and other incidents include Patzke killing and self hanging in Minnesota, Neeley death in Indiana, and a dynamic mix of crimes, accidents, and societal tensions across Illinois Ohio Colorado Montana Nebraska Minnesota Missouri and Washington with assorted casualties, investigations, and industry impacts.
Reports describe a Yank ledge of gold quartz extending from northern California into Oregon as one of the largest mineral veins, rivaling South Africa. Other items note a Chicago contempt ruling against Franklin Union of Press feeders, a child abduction near Goethe school, San Francisco restaurant closures over open shop, Dowie regaining Zion City control, graft at a St. Louis poor house, and a Cheyenne artesian well flowing 40 feet high with no bottom found.
The Greek steamers Pyloros and Assos collided at Ithaca. Pyloros sank partially and fifty passengers were drowned. A broad panorama of international tensions follows with reports from St Petersburg, Port Arthur, Mukden and Korea.
Secretary Shaw says danger of a financial stringency is past in his annual report. Congress is urged to investigate the Red Cross. Langley’s airship failed breaking apart at launch into the river with the navigator. War Secretary Root lists army strength at 2,764 officers and 55,500 men with most in the United States and the Philippines. Cotton mill production may shrink due to high cotton prices. Swift & Co stockholders receive circulars seeking a vote on capitalization.
A woman writes a lonely confession to a former lover, recounting shared seaside pleasures and emotional tension. She hesitates over recipients before deciding to mail the note to Will, keeping a photo in hand. The scene contrasts beach leisure with private longing and romantic doubt.
Authorities seized a batch of cheap baking powders after lab analysis showed they contained alum and sulphuric acid with rock filler. The dangerous powders were destroyed, while physicians advise choosing cream of tartar powders for safety and quality.
The annual pilgrimage camel from Constantinople to Mecca now partly travels by transport but still starts at Scutari and crosses the Bosphorus amid cannon salvos and officials. In Beirut it is joined by pilgrims, swelling to thousands by the Mecca arrival, guarding gifts and specie.
Valley City resident Matilda M Boucher credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for relief from dizziness and sciatica and Diamond Dinner Pills for a bilious attack. She notes three weeks of treatment restored her health and says many families in Barnes County use both medicines with good results. Weakened text cites widespread efficacy and personal testimony.
The Senate wrapped its extraordinary session at noon and began the regular session, reading the President's message and opening debate on the Cuban reciprocity bill. The House read the President's annual message, debated post office investigations, and advanced bills ranging from warship construction to a national McKinley Day holiday.
An epidemic of smallpox in Goodland Kansas led to school closures and ban on public meetings. A Holton Kansas bond election to fund water works and sewers for 66 000 was defeated. The Asiatic squadrons head to Honolulu for winter maneuvers. An Exposition agent heads to Africa to acquire pygmy representatives. Two killed and one seriously injured by a nitro glycerin explosion at Keystone.
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