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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1902
Page
2
Dominican Father Comments on Taft Vatican Talks
Father Santiago Payá provincial of the Dominicans in the Philippines voices satisfaction with Cardinal Rampolla's proposal to discuss land questions in Manila between an apostolic delegate and Governor Taft. He says Filipinos profess friendship to Americans while inwardly disliking them, recalling their struggle against Spain to gain independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Pier Gra
Rome
Father Santiago Pe ‘A
Philippines
Associated Press
Taft
Vatican
Cardinal Rampolla
Manila
Father Paya
Spain
Tragic Whale Boat Capsizing Off Star Island Claims Sixteen
A 19 foot whale boat from Oceanic house Star Island capsized in a squall on Portsmouth Bay. Four of the fourteen drowned were Far rington and Alverno Harvard students. many victims were young Massachusetts girls who had served as hotel waitresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
M Il
Oceanic House
Star Island
Isle of Steals
Fred Miles
Farrington
Alverno
Harvard University
Forsyth Hall
Arrest of Anarchist Barber in Bra Near Turin
A young barber from Paterson New Jersey, named Tonetti on arrest near Bra, allegedly confesses to anarchist ties. Police seize papers showing correspondence with Paterson and a document claiming intent to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel while he travels by motor car to his private estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Haly
London Daily Telegraph
Bra
Turin
Paterson
N. J
Tonetti
Lediginfe
Mrs Joubert Kills Two With Revolver at Home
Mrs George Joubert shot and killed her husband and her brother in law Moses Joubert who she believed were burglars. The family lived about five miles east of Avati. Geares and his brother had returned to the village when the door Mrs Joubert had asked to tear. Two women were frightened and supposed they intended to kill her. She died with her husband's revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Joubert
Moses Joubert
Joubert
Ava Ti
Geares
Moses
Fred Ames
SR Rose Police
Europe
Pla
Palmer
New York
Muncie
Ind
Anson Crippen
Mound Hide
Ikan
Robert Mo la Follette
Lovernor
Wisconsin
Daly- West
York City
Utah
Anthony Vaughn
Lima
Ohio
Hobson
East St. Louis
Cleveland
Joseph Callaway
Quantrceifs
Lexington
Doc” Johnson
Kirkersville Station
Baltimore and Ohio
J. A. Little
Orrin Dittem
Jessie Morrison
State Penitentiary
Lansing
Kan
Olin Castle
Eldorado
William Choka
Nebraska
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Omaha
Father Choka
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Dakota
Minnesota
Streeter
Watchman Kirk
Wiliam Force
Willis Bartlett
Wichita
Nan
Luther Crosswaite
Crosswaite
Bartlett
Tulsa
I. T
Charlies Mingo
Texas
James Conover
Mason
Conover
de Lemaine
San Francisco
Lena Rohmer
Gretna
Neb
Union Pacific
Union Station
Denver
Colo
Mattie Beals
Charles W. Paine
Lawton
Dooley
William Harris
Frank
Doe Run
Marie Ixarcus
Wilber
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln City
Lincoln Oat Spriigfeld
J. M. Speyer
New Orleans
Kansas City
Speyer
la Crosse
West Salem
Melrose
Royal Center
John Kane
Vane
Mange
Skebert Hayes
Cottage Grove Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Ife
Hayes
Edward Dillon
Dillon
Marshall Pass
Denver and
Rio Grande
Mill Switch
Chester
Gunnison
Lake City
Ouray
Telluride
Ogeenisboro
Thomas Roy
Savannah
Lizzie Wilhiam
Stockbridge
Dollie Miller
Rachel Roberts
William Odey
Clayton
Mississippi
German-American Oil Company of Texas
Samuel Sturgis
Sturgis
Union County
Jennings Oil Company
Jennings
Illn
Conlee
Boiler explosion harms Clover Leaf train near Continental
A boiler exploded on a Clover Leaf freight train near Continental Ohio. Engineer Mathers and Fireman Smith were killed. Mrs Ladd, seated on her porch near the tracks, was blown through a window and severely injured. The locomotive was pulling a freight train when the blast occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clover Leaf
Continental, O
Dicries Mathers
Fure- Man Smith
Swedish Police Prevent Duel In Stockholm Arena
Stockholm dispatch reports police learned of a planned armed duel involving Captain Arvid Wester of the general staff and American Casper Wallin at the Irrland Arena Palace and blocked the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Arvid Wester
Wallan
Casper
Irrand Arena
Lightning Kills Three Near Millstadt
Eight year old Fred Weshboro and his siblings ages 14 and 15, children of Jacob P. Muskof, were struck by lightning near Millstadt in St. Clair County Wisconsin and killed instantly. A wagon with two horses hit by the bolt also perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Weshboro
Jacob P. Muskof
Millstadt
St. Clair County
Mississippi River Runs High Flood Reaches Deep In Illinois Banks
The Mississippi River is at its highest level since 1892 flood years. On the Illinois shore between St. Louis and Alton many farms are flooded. At the Missouri River mouth the overflow covers about ten miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
St. Louis
Alton
Missouri River
Governor Nasi appoints Judge Crew to Supreme Bench vacancy
Governor Nasi names Judge W D Crew of McConnellsville as candidate for Supreme Judge on the Republican ticket to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Chief Justice Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nasi
W. D. Crew
McConnellsville
Supreme Bench
Williams
Farmer Finds Counterfeiter’s Equipment Near Bremen
A farmer hunting stray cattle in a flood near Bremen Indiana found a complete counterfeiter’s outfit for making quarter dollars. Much of the coin had circulated. Secret Service agents were at Bremen recently and conducted an unsuccessful search for the makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
Ind
Secret Service Gen
Burglars Steal From St. Ignatius Church During Dedicatory
Burglars entered Rev. Father Leo Broens of St. Ignatius Catholic Church Toledo residence and fled with the proceeds of last Sunday’s dedicatory services totaling 3600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo ‘Broens
St. Ignatius Catholic Church
Toledo
Saunday
United Mine Workers Hold Indianapolis Convention Meeting
The national UMW convention opens in Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis with about 200 delegates, many with proxies. President Mitchell arrives to cheers and says the strike question will be decided by the convention, with no stated position on a general strike. Secretary Wilson reads credentials as delegates’ names and proxy tallies are reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Convention of the United Mine Workers
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Wilson
Committee On
Michael McTaggart
Hit
Nail
Ar. Mitchell
Inter
Coal Miners in U S Face Convention Action in Indianapolis
Latest statistics show 466,878 coal miners in the United States with about 400,000 in the United Mine Workers of America. The convention begins in Indianapolis, with Pennsylvania and a broad list of states most affected. Contracts signed across numerous states run to April 1, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Alabama
Kansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Colorado
Maryland
Virginia
Michigan
Iowa
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Multiple 1900s incidents span crimes fires and deaths in US
A mosaic of brittle notices records deaths from a bull attack near Malone and a foundry fire in Philadelphia. Other items recall a drowning tragedy at Isles of Shoals, a Maine battleship trial, suicides tied to pets, trolley carriage collision in Canarsie, and Italian counterfeiters’ sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehn Fia Meur
Malone
Josiah Thompson & Co
Philadelphia
Wellington Wells
Brookline
Mass
Silverlake
Harrisville
N. H
Maine
Cramp’s
Havana Harbor
Delaware Capes
Harvard
Isles of Shoals
New Hampshire
Bost
Brylgow Steel Casting Company
Reading
John W. Bookwalter
Springfield
Ohio
Lizzie Hambright
Canarsie
L.I
Neptune Skidmore
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Morris
Tertius
Frank C. Wachter
Hattie C. Wachter
St. Bernard
New England States
Colonial Box and Lumber Company
New York
Clark University
Worcester
Andrew Carnegie
Jonas G. Clark
Carnegie
George F. Hoar
Evelyn Oldring
Miss Oldring
James Treviin
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steelton
Edtriin
Jxrauseix
Devlin
John Savach
Roger Harvey, Sr
John Wells
Berwind-White Coal Company
Winder
Savach
William Hussman
Oon-Union
Upper Lehich
Hussman
Hiussman
Board of Trade
Lynn
United States
Vast list of midwestern tragedies and crimes in wartime era
A scattered report of numerous incidents across states includes killings in Ohio and Missouri, lynch threats in Kansas and Wisconsin, drownings in Illinois, a Cuban war hero rescuing a drowning girl in Illinois, a train robbery near Marshall Pass Colorado, and a factory fire linked to a firefighter’s heroism.
Storms Ravage Red River Valley Crops at Grand Forks
Terrific storms near Grand Forks North Dakota cause great damage to growing crops in the Red River Valley. Farmers suffer heavy losses as fields are ruined by severe weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River Valley
Grand Forks
N. D
Farmere
United Mine Workers Convenes Over Broad Labor Action
The United Mine Workers convention discussed a general coal strike in support of striking oilfield miners and considered financial aid to anthracite miners. The gathering spanned Pennsylvania districts and neighboring states as coal regions prepared for a possible nationwide stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers’ Convention
United States
United Workers
Flacipie
Pyeaneylvania
Woth
Iteidas
AC Brent
Atlantic
Miss King Dies Amid Controversial Tuberculosis Experiments
Miss Exuroa He Ring, the Seung Woman who submitted to bovine tuberculosis injections in a Brooklyn doctor’s test, died in Shippensburg New Jersey after taking arsenic in a self-administered medicine. Police investigate as doubts grow over intent and cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exuroa HE. Ring
Seung
Dy. de Barney
Brooklyn
Shippenuport
N. J
Miss King
Barney
Prof. Koch
Miss Ning
Storm Devastates Farm Here with Widespread Crop Loss
A massive hailstorm cut a ten mile wide swath through farms, destroying or severely damaging buildings and flattening wheat fields. In many areas every head of grain was wiped out and recovery costs run into hundreds of thousands, with crop prospects ruined for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Gyn
Multisport Notes From Early Baseball and Racing Circles
Waener once led the league now at No. Duampeng in league letters. Bradley leads the American League in Sure runs Meister in triples and Juve in doubles. Adam B Giunn of Buffalo shows amateur versatility while George Davis played 38 games without a strikeout. Tiaus Wagner expected with the Americans in St Louis next season. New York team boasts several college men including Mathewson Leader Sparks Clarke Hendricks WashinKin and Georgetown twirler. Kramer famed for speed keeps rivals at bay as cycle racing lingo notes him buffaloing rivals. San Francisco crowd says Gans McFadden bout was a fake or gross imposition. Three trotters Bayalma The Abbot and Lord Derby in major matches worth over 380000 all in prime form for turf clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waener
Duampeng
Bradley
Meister
Adam B. Giunn
Buffalo
George Davis
Cs” Young
Bun Johnson
Hhis
St. Louis
Tiaus Wagner
Pittsburg
Americans
New York
Mathewson
Sparks
Clarke
Hendricks
Washinkn
Georgetown University
Biewethyi
Kramer
San Francisco
Gans-McFadder
Thomas Lawson
John J. Scannell
the Abbot
E. E. Smathers
Lord Derby
Wind wrecks Texas schoolhouse killing four pupils
Wind wrecked a school house at Cen ter Texas fatally injuring four pupils. Fire destroyed the Henderson Grain Elevator Company elev ator in Henderson Ky with loss of $1,000,000 covered by insurance. In a white black riot at Orangeburg S C knives and pistols were used. Isaac Smith colored was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center
Texas
Henderson Grain Eevator Company
Henderson
Orangeburg
S. C
Isaac Smith
Col
International turmoil and disasters sweep world news
Sir Michael Hicks Beach resigns as chancellor with changes expected. Balfour becomes premier. A Russian steamer sinks on the Lure River with many drowned due to overcrowding. Winter grain condition in European Russia remains largely unchanged. The Russian czar invites foreign powers to a conference based on The Hague pact. The Campanile of St Mark in Venice collapses, feared loss of life. Riots in Belfast leave police and inspectors injured amid nationalist clashes. Investments in Persia rumored involving Belgium and Colorado capitalists. Violent storms hit southwest France with floods and casualties. The Italian flagship Carlo Alberto reports wireless signals from Cornwall. battleship Illinois stranded briefly in Kristiania harbor before refloating. Distribution of annexed South African territories faces Boer resistance and reports of scouts shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Hicks-Beach
Balfour
Lure River
Probroa-Schenskaia
Russia
1Haq
Hague
United States
St. Mark’s Church
Venice
Iraly
Belfast
Irelad
Newry
Down
Armagh
Paris
Ing Lippold
Belgium
T. F. Walsh
Colorado
Persia
Walsh
France
St. Etienne
Department of Twelve
Turens
Marcom
Carlo Alberto
Cronstadt
Hussia
London
Cornwall
Skagen
Denmark
Erm
Press of India
Nanking
Atueco
Hsia Kuan
Christiana
Norway
Arent S$. Crowninshield
South Africa
Explorers and generals update in general news
Explorer Harry De Windt reaches Dawson while Maj. Gen. Lloyd Wheaton retires at 64. The President commissions Merriam as census director under a new law. Chaffee is relieved in the Philippines and Davis takes Manila command. The President censures Gen. Jacob F. Smith and retires him. John Willis Baer resigns to join the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions as assistant secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry de Windt
Paris
Dawson
Lloyd Wheaton
Merriam
Department
Gen. Chaffee
Philippines
Department of Eiast
Gen
Davis
Manila
John Willis Baer
Christian Endeavor Society
Presbyterian Board, of Home Missions
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North Carolina
California
Wyoming
Western
Tomlinson Tall
Southern
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