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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
2
Savannah special says William Brant, a Prosperous Laston district farmer, found $30,000 in gold at the end of an old mill dam as a fortune teller warned. Brant is $80,000 richer overall and the town buzzes while the exact burying details remain unknown.
The Denver Times reports a sensational claim that a western financier predicts a plan within five years to hand over all U S railroads to the government. He says Rockefeller Harriman Vanderbilt Gould and Morgan interests would transfer every line, with the government paying about 10 billion pounds and a linked bank coalition funding the deal.
Prominent boer sympathizers prepare to receive President Kruger with a New York conference naming Charles D. Pierce consul general of the Orange Free State as reception committee chairman. Pierce said no definite plans exist and Kruger would arrive late in the fall.
In Toronto Judge McDougall ruled that American divorces are not valid in Canada. The decision arose from the case of John L. Sheppard who had been arrested for non support of his wife after obtaining a US divorce. The ruling establishes Canada will not recognize US divorces for purposes of support obligations.
Four passengers sustained injuries in a derailment near Transfer Pennsylvania after the Erie and Pittsburg flyer left the station. The rear axle of the tender broke causing the tender baggage express and vestibuled coaches to leave the track and overturn. Injured were Miss Hannah Smith William J Howard Mrs J H Snyder and Thomas Kane all from New Castle Greenville Jamestown and surrounding areas.
Civil government to be established in the Philippine Islands on July 4 with Judge William H Taft designated as civil governor. He will lead the Philippine Commission which is to be continued. The order will be issued by the President through the Secretary of War.
The Philippine commission met in Manila to define a judicial role and allow court pleadings in Spanish or English at the parties choice. Courts must prepare records and briefs in both languages.
In Shreveport special dispatches the men identified as Prophet Smith and F D Me claimed as accomplices in the John Gray Foster murder were taken by a mob at Benton and strung up from a tree, left dangling.
A broken rail on the Dry Fork Railroad sent a work train off a trestle at Hendricks West Virginia. Three rail workers died: superintendent aeiam Booker, Fireman Crow, and another crewman named forrison. The incident halted operations and prompted investigations.
A Black preacher named B. Jones, accused of attempting to assault Mrs. Noah Davis near Lagrange, was seized from the guardhouse and lynched. The incident follows prior tensions in the area and underscores ongoing mob justice.
A transport ship arrived in San Francisco from Manila with 29 officers and the entire Forty‑second Infantry aboard.
Police report two gangs implicated in a counterfeit operation with about fifty suspects. Officials describe a Mexico special investigation leading to arrests and charges against key members.
A compilation notes losses from various incidents including an Albany Street Boston crash site. Rev Kennedy appointed rector of the American College in Rome by the Pope. would be wreckers drugging a Reading Railway operator thwarted. death of J D Barbour of Barbour & Sons Paterson N J and Ireland. 18 year old Samuel Levenberg of New York claims wireless telephony secret after night work. John Biddle convicted of murder in the Kahner killing in Pittsburgh. US transport capsized in Erie dry dock killing one and injuring twenty five. ferry Northfield collided with Mauch Chunk off Straten Island and sank with 200 passengers rescued. Senator Platt of New York vows no Senate bid. William Beresford and Florence Miller wedding. three clerks jailed for jewelry theft in New York Adams Express branch. Empire Theater Lynn destroyed by fire incl losses. five story Syracuse building gutted. William H Young of Bliss Howe sewing machine fame dies in Bridgeport poorhouse.
Kansas congressman S. St. Peters named pension commissioner. Farmer Mike Hess swindled of 2500 by two confidence men in Hastings Nebraska. Hazen S. Pingree dies in London after brief illness. Train collision near Williams Arizona kills two. four injured. Dayton Cash Register Works strike settled and factory reopened. Omaha jury awards 545447 against Bartley bondsmen. St. Joseph drownings at Lake Contrary. Harlem Jockey Club sued to restrain bets. Omaha judge sends James Callahan for trial. bail set at 1300. Chicago grand stand collapse injures seventeen. Indictments for bribery in Grand Rapids water works deal. Clara Newberry maintenance suit will be dismissed after family council. Mount Vernon murder verdict second degree. Kansas City murder verdict second degree 10 year sentence. Cincinnati manufacturer William Stacey dies after a fall. Pendleton Oregon report of Black Horn shot. Jack Smith rescues two men after jumping bridge. George Baird of New York Life dies by suicide in Cleveland using gas.
The Baltimore and Ohio Newark roundhouse roof gave way fatally crushing Ernest Jackson, 19, and injuring three others. One man was pulled from under a locomotive uninjured. Other incidents across the country include a Beadle County murder verdict reversal and a Petersburg shipyard fire with massive losses.
The oil craze spreads in Kentucky with over thirty new prospecting firms forming in Wayne County in thirty days. One well yields 500 barrels daily as Huntley Oil and Refining Co plans to explore twenty five Texas counties.
Foreign news notes Alfonso of Spain at his first bull fight. British forces win multiple engagements against the Mad Mullah. Foxhall Keene donates 13250 to charity, half the Oaks stakes. The Russian Czarina has a daughter named Anastasia. A statue of Bismarck was unveiled in the Reich.
Government sources note Secretary Gage formally accepts the Philadelphia mint. Other items cover travels, naval records, and market data including a Dun and Bradstreet summary on wheat, trade, and manufacturing shifts with June 1 crop prospects and weekly failure counts in the U S and Canada.
Consolidated price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee and Buffalo. Highlights include Chicago cattle $3.00 to $5.80 hogs $3.00 to $6.10 sheep $3.00 to $4.25 wheat No 2 red 69 to 71c corn No 2 41 to 42c oats No 2 21 to 28c rye No 2 46 to 40c butter 18 to 19c eggs 6 to 10c potatoes 90c to $1.05 per bu. Other cities show similar spreads for cattle hogs and grain futures.
Hazen S Pingree died after a long illness described as stomach ulceration with a complex disease. He had served as Detroit mayor from 1889 to 1896, cut street railway fares to three cents, promoted potato patches for the poor, and was governor of Michigan from 1896 to 1898. His son Pingree Jr. was at his bedside. the body to be embalmed and sent to Detroit.
Miss Anna Irvine of Washington travels to the Philippines to marry Capt. Charles Lyman of the Marine Corps. She is twenty years old and travels for the wedding amid a long journey.
Accompanied by Mrs. Chas H. Lyman mother of the bridegroom, Miss Irvine travels far to wed, as her affianced cannot attend. The line notes a global journey for a nuptial union.
Bob Saunders killed Pat McQuery near Ghecotah I T. Charles Clark a young farmer was killed by a train near St. Francis Ark. Coal has been discovered on the farm of T G McClure near Aurora Springs Ohio. Germany has acquired a coaling station on the Farson Island for the China transport service. Charges amade in the British House of Commons that the government has been grossly defrauded by agents in purchasing mules and horses are to be investi
The proposal would ban marriages within extended families through blood or marriage and restrict unions with deceased wife’s relatives. It notes longstanding English law limits on marrying a deceased wife’s sister and bans post divorce marriages where divorce grounds arose after marriage.
John Alexander Dowie appeared before his Chicago congregation with wings on his robe and warned of a plot by physicians to kidnap him and confine him to a detention hospital. He pledged to protect himself with Zion guards, denounced critics as paranoiacs, and threatened to indict newspaper editors for inciting murder.
W S Rowley from Boston notes rapid Southern development seen during a Savannah to Atlanta ride. He cites many cotton gins and argues industrial education is reshaping the Black workforce into skilled laborers and property owners. Carter Harrison of Chicago contests open town claims, urging education over law for reform. Senator George F Hoar recalls costly law practice and argues public service should not mix with outside business.
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