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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1901
Page
2
A compact clipping reports a week of events across the town including political and religious notes, small crimes, lone fires, and assorted incidents. Names and places are sparse but signal a broad snapshot of local life.
Passengers Justin from Dawson describe a discovery of a rich second bed rock on Eldorado creek in the Tacoms Washington district. Grading gravel yields nuggets from quarter ounce to an ounce. pans show as much as $50 and two men reportedly hauled $5,000 in a day. The find has provoked widespread excitement along Eldorado.
William J. Bryan states he has no plan to seek another nomination. He explains he would not be editing a paper if he were candidate again and adds his future runs would only occur if necessary to advance his principles, which he now doubts.
Revenue Collector Mullineux seized the Lookout Distilling Company plant in Chattanooga Tennessee with 631 barrels of whiskey. Former owners Shu multsky and Connor arrested after selling the plant on April 1. Charge includes duplicating wholesalers stamps on original packages.
In Anaconda Montana two men carried out an audacious early morning heist at the Alaska saloon. They forced the main doors, dragged a 300 pound bale from the vault, loaded it into an express wagon, and headed back toward the city before escaping.
State Department cablegram from Pekin reports the empress dowager has formed a national administration board to relieve her of public duties. The board includes three cabinet members, with the empress, and Prince Ching, Viceroy Li, and Prince Kung in Pekin.
A disaster at Griesheim Electro-Chemical works near Griesheim Germany killed about fifty people and injured 149 as three boilers blew up causing a fierce factory fire. Frankfort fire units ladders and ambulances rushed to the scene to aid.
Captain James Hi Mc Rae of the Third Infantry with companies G and F engaged insurgents near Norzagaray Bulacan. Five insurgents were killed and twenty five rifles captured. General Morres with six men arrived at Norzagaray and surrendered. Later General Morales surrendered.
Rear Admiral Bowles, head of the bureau of construction and repair in Washington, is rumored to take a top executive role at a forthcoming ship building concern with a reported salary of 50000 dollars. The story notes speculation on the appointment and compensation.
The Michigan House passes by unanimous vote a stringent anti cigarette bill. If the Senate concurs and the governor signs, it will bar manufacturing selling or stocking cigarette products and papers in Michigan.
A court hearing in Fort Wayne on the James Calishan case proceeds with a trial date set for May 6. Officials from Masonite and local authorities outline charges and courtroom procedures.
News item summarizes multiple incidents and business deals including the Wayne Railroad near Lima Ohio fatal accident involving Mias Ruth Cardie Long and John D Long. ship collisions off Cornfield New York with the schooner Samuel Ricker sinking and captain drowned. Craig Shipbuilding Toledo lands two seagoing vessels for United Fruit Company at 400000. Minnesota ore mine sale by P L Kimberly to Jones Laughlins for 2500000. circus clown Costello dies in New York. fires in Pittsburgh and hotel explosions. attempted bank robbery in Wiscasset Maine. revenue stamps removed from export bills. Lake Superior tourist route plan with Ossifrage steamer. derailment near Cambridge killing engineer Fred Johns and injuring others.
Fire at Plainview Nebraska destroys part of the business district and damages homes with a total loss of 35000 dollars. Ohio river and train accidents claim several lives while burglaries and attempted mail bomb incidents surface nationwide. Notable deaths include William Falavre and others from Illinois and Ohio incidents. Bank officials in Vancouver die by suicide amid a shortage probe. jail escapes and tunnel accidents also noted.
A procession of violent events and disasters is recounted: a family fire tragedy in Southport where an infant died and Mrs. James was fatally burned. a suicide by William S. Fasold in Dayton amid personal troubles. the Bank of Gilbert Brothers in Salem closed amid litigation by Cosper heirs. a copper mine foreman’s double homicide and suicide at Copperopolis. a man found dead by hanging in Chicago. a woman’s suicide in St. Louis. Kansas wheat crop outlook and labor needs. Winifred fire losses. Philip Gunn dies after heart surgery in St. Louis. a Delaware Ohio swindle case. Union miners drive a legislator from Globe Arizona camp. a fatal building collapse in Chicago. a bandit hold‑up on a Choctaw Gulf train. a large steel tank collapse at Madison and Franklin. a Chicago fresco artist injured in Youngstown. railway wage hikes at Parson and extended hours.
Sidney Cole of Parkersburg shot and killed William T. Terry a carpenter on the steamer Keystone State. Twenty-five hundred mine workers in subdistrict No. 5 of Ohio and West Virginia go on strike over dead work scale. Joe Johnson and John Potter of Creed Potter and John Reynolds' band of outlaws in Kentucky have surrendered. They say the other member of the Ka Kinx will not give up.
The dispatch notes King George V reportedly mad due to jailer mistreatment. Mount Vesuvius erupts with scientists, students, and American tourists fleeing Paris for Naples. Boers burn a supply train near Molteno, two natives killed. The Sultan of Turkey promises to pay $100,000 to the United States. A German missionary reports Boxers preparing for a new uprising in southern China.
Reports note a third bridge over the St Lawrence opposite Montreal with NY Central gaining control of the Montreal Bridge Company. Stolen mail from Moncton with pouches, while ministers from six nations push for expanded penalties on Chinese officials. Chicago Great Western concedes to IAM demands ending the strike threat. US recalls Minister Loomis over Venezuela treatment. Bradstreet notes cold rainy weather slowing distributive trade and crop planting, with Wheat and Corn export totals and weekly business failures.
Regional commodity prices listed show cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Toledo. Wheat corn oats rye and dairy items vary with No 2 grades and mixed labels.
The weekly outlook notes varied crop progress across regions. Winter wheat stalled by cold in the Rockies and Oklahoma Texas faces insect damage. cotton planting slow in central belts. oats nearing completion in central valleys. Tennessee and Indiana show slow seeding with frost concerns. California late sown wheat promising. Nebraska and neighboring states see frosts and backward vegetation.
The article cites vast national expenditures on salaries and alcohol, per capita spendings, and beer production alongside rising foreign trade exports and falling imports. It notes a March 31 fiscal year balance, changes in trade with China, and postal regulations on stamped envelopes and second class mail handling.
The steamship Northwestern sailed from Chicago on a direct transatlantic voyage to Liverpool, carrying harvesting machinery provisions and about 50,000 bushels of grain for Buffalo. The itinerary includes Buffalo Montreal Sidney Cape Breton and Liverpool as it links Chicago with old world ports.
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