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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
2
Foreign news digest reports on crimes, casualties and fires from distant shores. The Telegraph consolidates major allegations and events in a weekly update, highlighting notable incidents across continents and sea routes.
A telegram from Wanatah Indiana reports the drowning of Nelson N Reynolds and his family of Laporte County in a Tennessee flood. A daughter survived. The family was visiting Tennessee and were crossing a bridge when swept into a racing stream, before help could reach them.
William P. Agar of Terre Haute attacked his nurse Mrs. Davis then cut his own throat and jumped into a cistern. Rescued by his brother, he was taken to a hospital where he stabbed himself again near the heart. He has been ill for weeks with mental aberration. recovery possible for both.
Confused dispatches report a steamer from Seattle arriving with claims of a port and Arctic ocean route. Passengers and prominent operators aboard are cited as aboard the vessel amid scattered reports from Portland and Seattle.
The text details Albert Caedo in Dresden, mentions his eldest brother Prigece teerice as representative in Athens Paris, and cites the Saxony king with one son Prince George as heir. It notes the brother was last to command the German army.
A New York case records Johan Most convicted of arson related charges. He received a one year sentence after appeal processes. The report notes the incident and related legal proceedings culminating in a court of appeals decision.
Fragmentary report notes a deadly fire near Jiovel burning Annie Rene and Chita, with several others seriously injured. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as flames spread near the Robinson area, with four assistants also reported harmed.
The court addresses whether a claim of self-defense can justify an assault when one party provokes, ruling on the burden of proof and the conditions under which provoked acts may be excused. The decision emphasizes that self-defense must be proven by the defendant and hinges on the immediacy and reasonableness of the threatened force.
A damaged OCR passage mentions Irish and Lowan references, a Scottish short item, and a vague tally of voltages. The text contains many misread words and names, making precise extraction challenging. No clear event, persons, or organizations can be confirmed from the fragment.
Fragmentary report indicates Vedro Peter and a Tidrones unit captured a Binan fortification during December 1962 operations. Details show a sergeant and four privates among captured troops, with one wounded from combat actions.
A fire at the St. Clair hotel in Toledo injured sailor Robert Smith from Oswego who was bedridden. About forty inmates escaped by jumping to safety as the flames caused only minor structural damage.
A fire at Rover Wheel Works in Aurora destroyed facilities causing temporary layoff of 306 workers and estimated losses around 72 dollars in damage. Fire department and city officials investigate cause.
An explosion of powder at a sewer site nineteen miles from Johnstown Pennsylvania killed three men and injured five others. The incident occurred at the work area where workers were handling explosive materials, with officials beginning inquiries into the cause and safety procedures.
President Sechu of Cornell accepted a $250,000 check from John D. Rockefeller after the university had raised a matching sum ten months earlier. The gift fulfills the conditional pledge and completes the requested funding.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr of the second form received a punctuality prize at Groton School graduation in Groton Massachusetts. Alice Roosevelt, his sister, attended the ceremony.
The Humberts, fugitives from Paris, are accused of siphoning $8,000,000 from French bankers on a phantom American inheritance. The safe held by creditors revealed emptiness. The case has toppled magistrates, notaries, and implicated prominent French figures amid political turmoil.
A fragmentary report cites that ten corporals and two privates of the Fifth Cavalry were captured on May 30 by Teledrones at Bingeman. The recovered bodies include Sergeant Stewart and Corporal Black.
Reported figures show a total loss of 25 million dollars since the May 12 anthracite strike began. The toll includes wage losses for miners, prices paid by operators, and business downturns, with injuries to two boys and widespread disruption to workers and property.
Chicago grain trader James A. Patten, Evanston mayor, closed a long beer long standing oat deal. His profits are estimated at 500000 dollars as 400000 bushels moved at the high price 49 cents on the Chicago Board of Trade pit.
Readable fragments describe violence and military actions amid a rebellion. Mentions units and individuals, including police, in Teresa Morons province with calls for reprisals and officials facing scrutiny for interviews. The article references unrest, court martial and political reactions.
With the appointment of a new Philadelphia mint superintendent, a full recount of all stored coins and bullion will take about two months and cost the government around $60,000. The mint houses vast treasure including 550000 pounds of gold stone and various bullion and coin totals. If shortages arise under new management, the superintendent may be responsible for replacement.
Patten served on the board for over twenty years and built a career in grains and stocks as a cautious, shrewd operator. After an early start with the State grain inspection office in Illinois and a move from Sandwich to Chicago, he entered politics, failed as an Alderman candidate, then moved to Evanston where he now serves as mayor.
A collage of brief items notes Roosevelt shaving daily, Milles retiring after eighteen rows, Senator West’s term concerns, Spooner preferring Senate to cabinet work, Georgia governor staff strength at thirty colonels, Beveridge doubting Wall Street wizards, Croker’s $25000 personal assessment, Carr discussed as Danish West Indies governor, MecCroskey the youngest US governor, Vanderbilt’s fast car, Penrose seeking more Senate members, Boucher still living inventor of the screwhead banjo, Gov. McBride discharging state workers with railroad passes, Yerkes paying Constant for a portrait, Carter said dying of a broken heart, and Roosevelt aging in six months at the White House.
Bituminous miners hinder anthracite shipments while 5 000 anarchist mob attacks silk mills in Paterson New Jersey leaving ten shot and four dead. A Cambria powder plant mill blast in Seward Pennsylvania kills three, injures five. A Vermont wreck kills five railroad workers. Notable items include Schwab's donation with a boyhood theft claim, dispatchers' convention picks, Hoffmann death, counterfeiters captured, Newark man questioned, New York tunnel injury, and various legal cases involving Austria Hungary heirs seeking damages for Eliza furnace explosion.
News briefs report two earthquake shocks in Newport Oregon and fires destroying warehouses in Denver and Chicago area. The items cover political shifts, arrests, pardons, murders, and a mass rush of homeseekers into Idaho with large crowds and official preparations.
A British ship grounded near Cape Henry but resumed voyage. fires in Shreveport destroy several plants with 100000 dollar loss and one third insured. A mixed train derailment near Shelby injures four. A Mississippi mother kills five children then escapes. North Carolina governor offers rewards for lynching suspects. Texas crops show mixed results. reports of a man’s death by suicide in Wheeling. Knoxville mansion collapse causes panic but no injuries. A fatal rail collision near Chattanooga leaves four dead, fifteen injured. Mobs in Kentucky target Mormon meeting. Hardy Limb shot in leg. More bloodshed feared.
Reports note Albert of Saxony’s death after a thirty year reign due to cancer. Spain plans to appoint a Cuba manager. A Methodist missionary from Lancaster dies by drowning in Seoul. Anarchist plot targets Emperor Franz Joseph in Vienna. a tailor linked to the hit vanishes. Danish West Indies fate debates in Copenhagen. Russia endures a long winter hurting vineyards and crops. London stirs rumors of an Edward assassination plot while masking illness. Manila honors Gen. Chaffee and army ties with local commerce. Bodies of five soldiers captured May 30 near Binangonan, Rizal are recovered. several were mutilated beyond recognition.
The piece notes Lake Shore Pennsy York-Chicago speed gains and an eightfold time claim, the Senate passing a canal bill with Spooner amendment allowing presidential purchase of the Panama route, and US cruisers Chicago officers exonerated after Venice arrest amid blame on Captain Dayton.
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