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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1903
Page
6
A compact roundup from CIRCLING THE GLOBE presents intelligence from every quarter of the civilized world. It covers foreign affairs and home happenings with brief summaries of notable events across nations, markets, and societies.
Information from political allies says Governor Nash’s illness is far more serious than previous attacks. He remains alive only with stimulants and suffers a brain blood vessel lesion, with vitality exhausted and condition described as critical.
A letter from A Ballentine, curator of the interstate estates of l'ort Moresby, confirms Milton J. Flood, a scientific investigator, was lost near the Vanao river in the central division of New Guinea and believed killed by cannibals after leaving his camp in late October. Ezard joined the search with a group of natives but found no trace. The matter was reported to the Pork Muresby government.
Secretary Aboody accepts the resignation of naval constructor Hobson born in the 1860s. He notes receipt of resignation tendered January 29, 1903 and telegram February 5, 1903, declining reconsideration. Resignation from the United States Navy takes effect February 6, 1903.
Ex Senator Henry L Dawes died at his home in Pittsfield Massachusetts aged 86 surrounded by family. He retired from the U S Senate on March 4 1893 after 36 years in Congress. His legislative length is noted as the longest on record by any American.
Senate military affairs committee approves a favorable report to reinstate Alexander G. Pendleton as a cadet at West Point. Pendleton was appointed from Arizona and dismissed for hazing, with his supporters arguing his dTeco4 did not properly fall under hazing.
The Vienna Tageblatt reports both Mikialowski and Sarafoil sections of the Macedonian committee are openly arming with Bulgarian government oversight. It adds insurgents are moving toward Macedona to ready an outbreak.
A dispatch from Asheville North Carolina reports congressman J M Moody of the Asheville district died at his Waynesville home after illness in Washington. Death caused by congestion of the lungs ends his public service after several weeks of illness.
A section of the lower structure at a Buffalo tannery collapsed during demolition, trapping and injuring workers. Six men were killed and several others wounded in the incident amid the remaining gang’s effort to tear down the old building.
The seven masted steel schooner Thomas W. Lawson, bound from Newport News to Boston with about 000 tons of bituminous coal, ran aground on Middleground shoal in Vineyard Haven Massachusetts. She is the largest schooner in the world.
Fabri, the noted socialist leader who fled Holland to avoid imprisonment after the Antwerp strike last year, has surrendered and is back in the Antwerp prison.
A head on collision between two Rock Island freight trains near Tecolate New Mexico killed five men and injured several others. The wreck occurred on a sharp curve on a grade about 2.5 miles from the scene.
A fragment notes the War Secretary accepting a commission design. The garbled text hints at official acceptance by the Secretary of War and a presidential connection, mentioning HeMOShork.
Six hundred Wilkesbarre carpenters strike after contractors refuse wage rise from $2.50 to $3 per day. The East River tunnel under 42nd Street may be rushed to completion. Detectives search fifty six wealthy houses in one hour to probe robberies. Fire disrupts Syracuse Hotel Mowry with eighty guests escaping. A Harrison New Jersey shooting kills Walter Ramsey.
Reports include a cave in at Pioneer mine in Ely Minnesota killing Jacob Maki n Finn and injuring three, post offices robbed in Dodge Center Brice and Cambridge with cash and stamps stolen, a hangings and a dynamiting, a large fire in Waukomis Oklahoma, a weather bureau sergeant hurt in Indianapolis, and a bank robbery near Cambridge Illinois with five suspects captured after snowfall.
The trial of a picket charged with murdering the non union foreman of Gauger Manufacturing ended with acquittal in Chicago. Judge Brentano termed the verdict a direct affront to justice. Other items note fires in Ogden Utah dormitories and notable deaths and political moves across the nation.
The Southern Pacific and its firemen agreed on wage terms with raises averaging between 8 and 12 percent. A six person freight and emigrant car plunged from Queen and Crescent rails into a river at Vicksburg Mass drowning all aboard. Franklin County Kentucky grand jury adjourned amid ongoing Goebel era prosecutions. Henry Youtsey, serving life for Gov Goebel murder, appeared before the jury but no indictments were returned. Gecebel case and masked men at Atount Giese Ry noted.
Reports list losses at sea with twenty four Norwegian sailors after the Avena went ashore off Denmark. Sven Hedin may head south pole search. British cruiser Pioneer clashed with Orwell. fifteen sailors died. Rumors of Empress Dowager’s death and Jesuit readmission in Germany. European iron trade and Norwegian Swedish influence feared. Japan arrests over school book bribery. Ireland revokes Crimes Act districts. Moroccans defeated. Bu Hamara killed. Carnegie Steel’s Henry Phipps donates to India. Swedish famine relief urged. Isabo volcano activity rising. Filipino clashes at Ormoc kill eight ladrones. many surrender. Scottish floods from snowmelt devastate Tay, Dee, Inverness areas.
General notes deny a Rock Island telegraphers strike amid rumors. Tragically eleven women and children burned, seventeen injured in a Finnish settlement on Malcolm Island near Vancouver. Naval Constructor Nobson resigns over eye disease. U S coinage for January totals 9 563 085 dollars with gold 7 635 178, silver 1 707 000, minor 220 910. France informs Venezuelan customs will be collected by French officials under treaty rights. Castro governs claims equal treatment. Bowen’s compromise rejected. Hague reference proposed. Washington talks at standstill. Dr George F Shrady warns U S birth rate declines, cites French trend. Guatemalan cable notes Godfrey Hunter Jr acquitted of murder. conspiracy claimed in final thirty eight witnesses. Secretary Root delivers Adjutant General returns to House.
The Senate and House devoted time to statues of Charles Carroll and John Branson from Maryland in Statuary Hall. Congress passed multiple bills including army central staff, Alaska fur seal provisions, and a new Agriculture building. The statehood bill remained on the calendar amid debates on post office funds and anti trust measures.
Debate covered power to remove board members with due process. juvenile court bill in Indianapolis. separate girls industrial school from women's prison. nine member jury verdicts. Saturday half holiday for bank clerks. traveling library bill advanced. Shelby County made a judicial district. governor appoints deputy labor inspectors bill to engrossment. penalties for public officials gambling. Jewett visit sparks party split. garnisnes bill third reading. barber and county superintendent bills moved. Vincennes University claim introduced. reading primer and prosecuting attorney salary bills debated. dentists and county superintendent bills among orders.
In the National Capital Senator Foraker introduces a bill renouncing U S rights to church lands in Porto Rico. Republican leaders press the Panama canal treaty to win ratification before March 4. Senator Morgan opposes. Fortifications appropriation bill totals 7 093 943 dollars, 205 012 less than existing law and contains no new laws. President commuted death sentences of George Barclay and James Brommett in an Oklahoma murder case.
Measures pass with wide margins across counties and cities. prison system, road and tax changes, and codified reforms advance. Notable items include county jailers for large counties, boiler inspections, coliseum in Indianapolis, and a uniform negotiable instrument law with multiple judiciary bills advancing.
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