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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1903
Page
6
A compact world summary from Electric Wire dispatches spanning foreign affairs and home happenings. It compiles weekly intelligence from diverse quarters, noting acts, events, and notable movements across the civilized world.
Ralph Sangere heir to 250000 left by Sir William Sangere of Montreal rejects the will's terms. At 26 he works as head waiter at the Christian Brothers College refectory in St Louis to avoid inheritance conditions. Efforts by Lady Sangere and Montreal and Chicago lawyers to reconcile the parties have failed. the man remains reticent about his history.
Joseph E. Mallory George Rankin and George Sherman were arrested in Chicago on the charge of fatally shooting South Bend grocer John M. Koonsman during a Dec 13 hold up. Detectives say two men confessed and rankin is believed to have killed Koonsman. A $1000 Chicago reward awaits conviction.
Mrs Anne Clegg Taylor sister in law of Herbert W Bowen American minister to Venezuela was sentenced in Harlem police court New York to six months in the Magdalen Name. She and Mrs Bowen are Clegg family of Galveston Texas. While Mrs Taylor stood with other prisoners Mr Bowen and his wife were received by President Roosevelt and his wife in Washington. Mrs Taylor has been arrested four times for intoxication.
Bandits forced a city bank entry in Somerton Ohio and blew the safe securing between 5009 and 6030 dollars mostly in coin. At town edge they raided James Gray's barn stealing a valuable horse and wagon before fleeing countryside. Two men and a boy loiterers are suspected.
Colonel Philip Deitch, veteran police superintendent and War of the Potomac veteran, died at his Cincinnati residence. Born in Bavaria in 1810, he enlisted at Civil War onset and served in the Army of the Potomac, then joined Cincinnati police, remaining with the force for most of his life.
A Cleveland dispatch says Erie railroad engineers will ask for higher wages at the general board meeting in New York on February 15. Current pay is three and a half cents per mile, and the men claim no raise in fifteen years.
The United States and Colombia signed a treaty in Washington for the Panama Canal construction. The agreement grants perpetual cession of the canal strip to the United States and includes police control and protection of the canal right of way.
A boxing match in Providence resulted in the death of contestant Eugene McCarthy a New York schoolboy fighter. His opponent Eugene Murphy also from New York and his manager were arrested.
Two men died and four were seriously injured in an explosion at the eastern end of the Wabash tunnel in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. The blast is blamed on someone triggering electrical current without the proper signal.
A Fort Wayne program lists upcoming features and visits Peck's Bad Boy as part of the Temple Theatre lineup for January.
British wheat laden vessel Hilda from San Francisco Sept 3 ran ashore in Ballieronean bay. The crew escaped in small boats reaching Queenstown. Three tugs work to refloat the ship.
A blaze at the Leopold Miller and Sons cigar factory on Crosby Street New York killed three women and severely injured five women and one man as the fire spread from an adjoining building. Authorities investigate the cause amid ongoing emergency response.
A German ship Panther and the Vineta bombarded Fort San Carlos at the entrance to Lake Maracaibo Venezuela. Explosions and smoke hung over the fort while German residents protested. Venezuelan gunners replied, no orders were found for the attack, and the incident may stir anti German sentiment in the United States. Indian fishermen reported the village of San Carlos in flames.
Twelve United States Senators were chosen Tuesday including A J Hopkins Indiana C W Fairbanks Michigan James A. Platt Connecticut Reed Smoot Utah James Hansbrough North Dakota A B Kittredge Missouri W J Stone Pennsylvania Boise Penrose Pennsylvania E Platt New Hampshire Jacob Gallinger New Hampshire Alfred Whitehead South Dakota. The process produced notable contests in Arkansas, Oregon, Washington, Kansas and North Carolina. Panama canal cost estimated at 1 12335558 with route lengths given and transit times noted.
Several rail developments unfold as nineteenth century policies shift. New England to the West second class rates end after eighteen years. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul improves coal car handling. Asher Oklahoma sees Rock Island Choctaw extension work start to Dalas Texas. East of Chicago freight rate changes raise costs by five percent. Pacific coast soldier movements threaten transcontinental lines if colonist rates persist. Chicago and Northwestern reports wage gains for 5,000 locomotive engineers and firemen totaling over 600000 yearly. Guthrie Oklahoma grants charter for Wichita Oklahoma and Northwestern Railroad Company to build a 200 mile route from Wichita Falls through Comanche Kiowa and Greer to Miami Texas. Wabash signs twenty five year freight contract with Carnegie Steel taking a quarter of its business. Chicago Rock Island and Pacific grants engineers a 250000 yearly raise and hours and classifications concessions.
The United States and Colombia reached a treaty for Panama Canal construction. The pact was signed Thursday afternoon at Secretary Hay's Washington home. Officials later confirmed the accord at the White House reception. Key disputes over rent and strip sovereignty were resolved, allowing final agreement and Colombian approval through Dr Herran.
A Chicago to Minneapolis fast train derailed after a defective switch at a high speed. The baggage and buffet cars burned, a corpse burned in the baggage car, two chair cars ran back, several passengers injured, and engineer and fireman killed. Relief trains transported the injured to Freeport hospital. conductor Iarr was scalded.
Col Arthur Lynch, MP for Galway, found guilty of high treason in London and sentenced to death. Prosecution argued his naturalization was a pretext for treasonable intent after leading an Irish brigade for the Boer cause. Lynch, Australian by birth and Irish by choice, had a varied career as engineer journalist and soldier.
Fragmentary remarks discuss various topics including Northwest steam heat, Chicago grain corners, coal laws, Moroccan taxes, a pretender in Morocco, and a rumor about the Panama Canal. The excerpt blends political and social snippets without coherent narrative or clear events.
Construction plans for the final trolley link between Hartford and New Haven complete the New York to Boston system. The fare is expected to be much lower than steam road rates. The commissioner of railroads reports that all government subsidized railroads have settled debts except one, with net earnings rising by 20 million dollars and expenses by 27 million over 1901.
The Indiana Senate and House debate body theft penalties for grave robbing and sale of corpses. Bills advance on railroad density penalties, prison labor, judge term limits, and salaries for county and Marion County officials as sessions continue.
The lengthy report details Moody & Co of Keokuk Iowa suing for payment of about 70 to 300 for equipment furnished to the Third Iowa Cavalry amid Civil War era contract fraud uncovered in St Louis in 1863. It covers congressional debates on omnibus claims 400000 for stores seized by Union forces, House and Senate wrangling over statehood bills for Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico, and related budget and district measures.
A list of bills introduced covering salaries of county officers and judges, property trustees relinquishing to public schools, pay of county commissioners, court timings in the Second Judicial District, and various judiciary matters. Included are bills for city judge salaries, incorporation rights, and governor protection measures, with several measures tied to county and township affairs.
In Washington the House Naval Affairs Committee approves an increase in naval funding as outlined in the appropriation bill. The Navy seeks 5,000 recruits for new ships and favors Western youths for perceived character and intelligence.
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