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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
2
A small crowd gathered outside city hall for a free speech demonstration. Officers reported no injuries as speakers urged reform. Organizers said the event highlighted community concerns about policy changes and public funds.
A compact roundup notes fires and political religious events amid a wide week. The report lists several crimes and casualties, highlighting social tensions and public concerns in the period.
Secretary Long announces that the board of officers convened to select the most suitable site for a permanent naval station at Subig Bay. The dispatch from Admiral Remey confirms the decision and outlines the recommendations under discussion.
In Braddock Pennsylvania two men drowned and a third died soon after from injuries after a barge loaded with steel rails for Carnegie Steel Company collapsed into the Monongahela River. One man is missing and feared buried beneath rails at the river bottom. The accident caused by the heavy cargo led to the catastrophe.
A blaze at Rich Valley near Wabash Indiana destroyed the power house boiler and engine seven tanks of oil for Hochloyer and Neely. Mr Clover and the Wabash Valley Gas Company contingent investigated. Estimated damage ranges from three thousand to four thousand dollars.
Dispatch from Vancouver reports during Torpi-No-Ichi festival in Kangla district Tokio a heavy rain caused a shelter crush. About twenty persons were seated or injured as kerosene lamps toppled and flames spread.
Judge Henry E. Burnham of Madchester led the Republican members of the New Hampshire Legislature to nominate him for United States Senator on the first ballot. He received 195 votes while challengers William E. Chandler and four others trailed, with Chandler garnering 47 votes.
A blaze at the Cudahy home in Omaha Nebraska started in the basement of the Canin mansion. Investigators deem the fire incendiary and linked to threats mailed to Mr Cudahy. Authorities pursue leads connected to the earlier abduction of his son.
Joseph Keith was sentenced to death by the Circuit Court at Princeton for the murder of Nora Keifer in Wartick County Indiana. The body was found May 23 near Evansville after the April 3 crime. Keith protests his innocence as the two week trial drew southern Indiana’s most sensational coverage.
Sitka Indians from Eagle Crow and Frog clans end long quarrel over emblems after a conference and decide to make the American flag their tribal emblem. Epidemic grips world capitals and major cities. a quarter of New York’s population reportedly affected by the malady until weather change.
A Paris correspondent reports that the Powers will decline Washington as the Chinese station seat. The note cites good authority and follows discussions of protocol and diplomatic postings. The item references January dates and theater company notices, reflecting a mixed page item.
A collage of early 1900s notices reports a broad mix of calamities and events. Includes liquor license issues in Maine, bank shortages in Sherpsburg, Utica bankruptcy petitions, a South Hadley mill in receivership, a fatal dynamite blast near Philson, and a harbor steamer fire in Brooklyn. Also notes a Middletown fire killing an entire family, Elk Hill wage strike, and railway accidents in Clearfield County. Western items cover crime, politics, and industry, from capital punishment proposals in Colorado to a Minneapolis lodging house fire killing eight. Additional items report snowbound trains, Armour’s death, shipwrecks, cholera fears, and various corporate moves and public notices.
The Senate confirmed Frederick E. Rittman of Ohio as auditor for the War Department. The report also notes naval and shipping updates and discusses U.S. and international maritime affairs, including Canadian decisions and Pan American exposition matters.
A fragment reports Justices Paynter and Gatty drawing lots to fill a vacancy left by Chief Justice Hazelrigg. The account mentions John W Pennington of Graham Georgia and references a hearing with a mother’s remark, but details are incomplete.
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