Record of the Week Telegraphed From Foreign Shores
A digest of international happenings across waves and shores with brief notes on crimes, casualties, fires and other incidents reported by telegraph.
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
6
A digest of international happenings across waves and shores with brief notes on crimes, casualties, fires and other incidents reported by telegraph.
The War Department Bureau of Military Affairs released a forty eight page pamphlet of Aguinaldo telegrams from July 15, 1898 to February 8, 1899. Capt John R M Taylor recovered them from insurgent papers showing internal opposition and plans to attack Manila. The text notes promises of nobility titles to insurgent officers if Manila fell and American forces were captured.
The Oceanic from Liverpool and Queenstown and the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse from Bremen Southampton and Cherbourg reached New York amid a hurricane gale. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse reported five lifeboats wrecked and had to travel at reduced speed for five days as heavy seas swept the decks and salt crusted the four funnels.
Mrs. John Greenwood and her three children aged 16 12 and 11 along with the mother’s eldest daughter were struck by Cincinnati freight No. 55 southbound while crossing the Big Four trestle west of Springfield Ohio. The mother and the oldest girl died instantly while the other two were fatally injured. They were knocked into water fifty feet below. Engineer Thomas Leay cited dense fog restricting visibility to about twenty five feet ahead.
William Ross was executed by hanging in Botineau for the murder of Thomas Walsh on July 5, 1992. He faced the scaffold bravely and expressed remorse. before the trap fell he claimed, "Garl Hangen" as the killer of Lemay, a previous case still shrouded in mystery.
Naval circles believe Captain Charles J. Barclay commandant at the Boston yard will be assigned to Bremerton Washington. His rise to rear admiral is expected soon after the transfer as no official announcement has been made.
A black man entered a white man’s Cordova home before daylight aiming to rob. A fight occurred. the intruder killed the house master and then murdered the wife and child. Names are not learned. bloodhounds have the scent.
James Beahan distributing officer of the board of health was convicted of altering records and awaiting embezzlement trial when he fled to Shanghai. The Philippine government seeks his extradition.
Richmond special reports the bill to place a General Robert E Lee statue in Statuary Hall advanced with Senate approval and now awaits only the governor's signature to become law, the measure having passed without debate.
Listing of show titles with dates at Temple Theatre Fort Wayne. March 12 Princess Chic March 13 For Her Children's Sake March 14 Vogels Minstrels.
The President sent to the senate the nomination of W. D. Crum a colored man for collector of the port of Charleston South Carolina This would be the second nomination after Gram failed Senate confirmation in the just closed session
The Frankfurter Journal, once among Germanys top newspapers, ends publication. Its exact age is unclear, with earliest mention dating back to 1673, marking it as one of the worlds oldest papers in history.
The piece honors Nevada Senator Jones and Missouri Senator West, noting Jones’s long steady influence and West’s bright oratory despite deteriorating health. It also marks Arkansas Senator Jones’s long service and Pennsylvania Congressman Galusha Grow’s nearly sixty years in office, including his Civil War era leadership and homestead law milestone.
The report details varied wage increases and union actions from Chicago carpenters seeking 50 cents an hour to Baltimore clothing cutters gaining 25 cents a day. It notes growing union membership, protective alliances, and efforts in cities from Belfast to New York, with calls for reforms like injunction limits and child labor bans.
The Fifty-seventh Congress adjourned with total appropriations surpassing 1.5 billion dollars. Senate and House records show passage of sundry civil, naval, and public building bills, plus bills on sugar duties and immigration. Senator Allison cited 1,554,108,514 spent, explaining rises due to river harbour, canal, post office, and public works funding.
The Senate approved $50,000 for Count Pulaski statue funds while an amendment to spend $25,000 on experimental telephone communications for farmers failed. Brig. Gen. John V. Furey retired after promotion from colonel in the quartermaster corps. Navy plans seventy two first class ships in twelve years. Leprosy cure reported in Canton with antiseptics sea water and sunlight. Furs of Mrs Charles F Sir allegedly exchanged for inferior items after death. Tillman’s anti Negro speech deemed hopeful for some yet called to close doors for others. Illicit birth ratios in Washington DC cited as troubling.
A retrospective on the Fifty-seventh Congress notes hard work and broad legislation. It highlights antitrust efforts, the Elkins bill on rebates, publicity of corporate operations, and rapid anti-trust suits, plus actions on immigration, currency, and colonial affairs. It praises government-building projects and warns of shelved measures and defeats. Fatronize those who advertise.
The House and Senate clash over pay raises for state tax commissioners and judges, while local authorities consider raising the school levy from 35 to 50 cents to relieve short terms. Bills move on gambling, pensions, and voting rights, with committee reports and veto talks shaping the week’s action.
The weekly Dun and Co trade review reports broad demand for merchandise and easing fuel pressure, with returns in domestic and foreign trade matching last year. Iron and steel markets firm with a $2 per ton rise in wire products, higher ore costs, and pipe movement, while leather, woolens, and shoes show varied shifts. Failures: 211 in the U.S., 28 in Canada. Wheat and corn exports for the week and fiscal year totals are listed.
The page lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye butter eggs timothy hay prairie hay and potatoes with values per bushel or cwt and per hundredweight.
Fragmentary notice places Harrington as incoming commander at Bremerton Washington Navy Yard. Other readable items mention Captain Purnell and a death related to a person identified as Je Jackson, with mentions of Kraut and Mercury in Texas.
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