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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
2
The record sets a dramatic tone as a Telegraph-Latent feature surveys crimes, customs and fires from distant shores. It frames foreign events as a weekly important chronicle, linking international incidents to the reader’s local concerns.
Captain reports over 100 passengers feared drowned after the wooden side wheeler Northfield, in service 38 years for Staten Island Ferry Co, was rammed by the steel-hulled Mauch Chunk off Whitehall Street. The collision sent passengers into the East River with 25 to 30 leaping to the water. no bodies recovered yet.
The North American quotes British capitalists entering the American steel scene to buy good steel companies outside Morgan's trust. Investors may hold and operate plants, sell them, or merge them into a rival steel trust opposing United States Steel Corporation.
The Mineral Springs hotel in West Baden Indiana was a total loss after a fire that began in the kitchen around 1 AM. The building suffered estimated damage of 500000 while no lives were lost. Guests escaped in night clothing and some leapt from balconies but injuries were not serious. Personal clothes and belongings were a total loss for many guests.
Five African American men Arnold Augustus Andrew Davis Richard Sanders William Hudson Samuel Baldwin were executed at the county jail yard in Sylvania Georgia. Four died from neck breaks and one from strangulation. They sang on the way to the scaffold and thanked the sheriff after drinking lemonade. All admitted guilt.
Mary Collins age 22 of 9 State Street Brooklyn carried a pint of sulphuric acid from her home to Fourteenth Street and Ninth Avenue Manhattan and threw the liquid in the face of Patrick Mawkins a printer. Mawkins suffered severe facial burns and llikely permanent blindness.
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, commander of the north pole expedition, telegraphs New York Friday for Dundee. Other American members have preceded him to Tromsø, and upon his arrival everything will be ready for the departure scheduled for June 25.
A Pere Marquette passenger train struck a double carriage at Hamilton Avenue crossing in Oak Park, Flint suburb, killing four well known residents instantly. The deceased are Major George W Buckingham and Miss Abbie Buckingham of Flint, Mrs Thomas Applegate of Adrian, and Mrs Wm Humphrey of Adrian.
Ambiguity persists over a settlement near, with indications pointing to a definite indemnity issue to be discussed at the next ministers meeting. Officials expect a strong effort to terminate the affair if possible.
A robbery occurred twenty miles from Guthrie as Cravers and an unnamed companion used dynamite to blow open a Santa Fe safe, stealing 1500 dollars and escaping.
Fire destroyed property with $45 000 loss and $15 000 insurance. West Point cadet entrance exams show 22 of 59 admitted. Seventeen miners entombed in Port Royal shaft No 2 after explosions. War Department bans hazing at West Point. Chief Justice Andrews resigns for health. Dr Daly commits suicide amid embalm ed beef scandal. Harvard freshman killed by Cambridge fire engine. driver blamed. Six aboard a Delaware River skiff drown in squall. Headless woman found near Chelmsford Center. head search ongoing. Freight wreck at Vestal kills six. dynamite blast injures others. Philadelphia express wreck attempt foiled near Christiana. Henry Dingledy dies on a Buffalo train. brother's premonition echoed in tragedy.
The report lists a Frisco eastbound wreck at Greenwood Kansas injuring ten, two fatally, plus fire destroys chair works in Canton Ohio. Other items include a fatal ax murder near El Reno Oklahoma, a company move to Kansas City, a bank self-inflicted death in Dexter Kansas, a Bavarian agent’s suicide, three Indian deaths near Holbrook Arizona, a tornado hits Adrian Minnesota, a New York traveler’s homicide and suicide in Chicago, deadly track accident near Montpelier Ohio, a farmer’s suicide near Rochester Missouri, a mistaken shooting in Omega Illinois, a lightning fire on Mount Barbers Military Academy in Salina Kansas, and Fire Chief Swenie resigning after 51 years.
A wide array of events spans from Arkansas lynching of James McLard in Hamburg and criminal cases in Chicago to shipyard and railroad accidents in Ohio and Kansas. Notable items include the Oregon battleship’s San Francisco arrival, property deals in Minnesota, and a Morristown, Ohio alimony suit. Also: a deadly boiler accident at Banty Supply in Toledo and a fire at Humphreys in Mansfield.
Seven trainmen injured but none seriously as a South bound passenger train carried no passengers. John David was killed by Co B Byrd at Pioneer Tennessee after a confrontation over a blind tiger near Byrd’s store. Byrd shot David after imprisoning him for a day or two. In Richmond Virginia the constitutional convention declined to take the oath tied to US Constitution pledges amid fears over negro disfranchisement. In Corbin Kentucky a shootout during an arrest left two dead and one mortally wounded as Deputy Branham demanded surrender and Cox fired a bullet killing Branham, then Cox was killed by Silas Wilder.
French officials signal concern over new unrest in Algeria while British naval trials wrap on the Viper. Andrew Carnegie to receive LL D from Glasgow University. Dated: May reports note declines in Suez vessel tonnage and trade. Sir Walter Besant dies in Hampstead after a brief illness as grip claimed lives.
General overview notes Ecuador's millions in U S railway material contracts, President McKinney denying any third term bid, Cuba accepting the Platt amendment by 16 to 11, and a fatal domestic tragedy in Ontario. It also cites unsettled labor in the U S, improved winter wheat prospects, and May railroad earnings up 9.6 percent.
After a Havana session the Cuban constitutional convention voted 16 to 11 to adopt the Platt amendment as part of the constitution. The agreement allows U S intervention to preserve peace and sanitation, and U S naval stations in Cuba, with the Isle of Pines to remain U S property. Washington welcomed the result and officials foresee possible troop withdrawal and Cuban independence by next autumn if other conditions are met.
The market notes list cattle shipping and hog prices across Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Toledo, and Milwaukee. Prices cover cattle, hogs, and sheep, along with grains including wheat, corn, oats, rye, and staples like butter and eggs, with wide ranges per market and grade.
A colonial era column criticizes agricultural exports and pests in the Philippines, notes American soldiers hunger for apples, and describes Porto Rico farming: population, city reach, farm sizes, ownership by whites, and owner cultivation rates. The piece blends satire with factual figures about land use and agriculture.
Crop reports detail frost damage in the Dakotas and Minnesota, improving conditions for winter wheat in the Missouri valley, and Hessian fly issues in Michigan New York. California harvests are fine while Oregon faces insect damage. Cotton and tobacco conditions vary by region with apples and peaches declining in some areas.
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