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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1902
Page
6
Foreign dispatches recount notable crimes and incidents from distant lands. The telegraphic summaries offer a quick glimpse of global events, unusual cases, and regional happenings as received by telegraph services.
John Davis was lynched in the courthouse yard at Lewisburg by a mob over the murder of farmer Robert Adair. Adair’s body was found mutilated in a field near his home after pursuing a thief. a bloodied knife and rifle parts were nearby. Deputies and a minister urged due process as the crowd carried him away.
The Navy Department informed Rear Admiral Carey that yellow fever infected United States mariners on the Isthmus of Parca. Officials remain reticent about details and locations while measures to control the outbreak are discussed by acting officials and medical officers.
A garbled OCR note describes a local incident with references to Avira and Pantani, mentioning wages and a robbery in a distorted narrative. Details are unclear, with multiple misspellings and truncated phrases limiting precise identification of people, places, or events.
A chaotic battle on a city street leaves four robbers and bystanders in peril. Witnesses report a wild charge through the town as police moved in to quell the incident and secure the area.
The passage reports on a tense period of reform efforts in the senate with calls for new leadership and resignations. Senator Montero Rios is cited as opposing repression and exiting politics. Temple Theatre Fort Wayne listings appear as Coming Attractions with several show notes and dates.
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A shooting incident near Boaz Kentucky left a track walker dead. The events occurred sixteen miles below Paducah on the Queen and Crescent route. Police and investigators are handling the case and pursuing leads.
Deputy Attorney General Henry Oman concedes that John Cuneen of Buffalo has won the attorney general contest on the democratic and prohibition tickets, defeating the Republican candidate.
Pennsylvania railroad announces a ten percent wage increase for all east of Pittsburgh earning under $200 a month. The raise affects ten thousand men.
A massive East River bridge fire in New York caused about 1.5 million dollars in damage with no fatalities. Prominent financiers like J P Morgan and Russell Sage faced threats from nihilists. Other items include fires at Philadelphia Baby Carriage Company offices, a series of slayings, jail escapes, labor union clashes, and a railroad collision with one death.
Dergen rescued John Dagan from drowning off Clevehind as Jelon Dergen and Troe Liberal University of Silverton, Orecen, plan transfer to Kansas City after year start. The Llamineid Packing Co of Cheyenne to rebuild a plant with 5 0 million in improvements. Miss Lai Dees killed Hane Johnson during an attempted forced act at Booplar Butts Missouri. Wolfeam Rocharids, 82, of Wellsville Utah, died by his own hand. a Crimean War veteran. Justice Jovise Sherwood rules unconstitutional state whisky tax law in en banc Sacredm Court Jefferson City Missouri. Murciars brew open Post Office safe in Spencer South Carolina, stealing stamps and jewelry. Buffalo Gil ends wild west show in Omaha. tour Europe then retire. John H Menning stable fire in Ironton Ohio damages building. horses rescued. St Louis horse show jump record as rider unhurt after two falls. pony Krueger clears six foot hurdle. Welcome Parsons and Walter Holman die from pistol fight a- crossfarm.
Ernest Armstrong, a married brake man, died after a fall from a moving freight car in Lexington yards when a step broke leaving him astride the rail. John McCormick Gibson of Cincinnati died at Asheville after a deathbed marriage. his will left 1 million to his bride. J M McKnight, ex-president of the German National Bank of Louisville, sentenced to six years for embezzlement. Henry Youtsey, convict in the Gobel murder case, confesses in social conspiracy matters kept from public view pending corroboration.
Reports describe a violent volcanic eruption on Strombell Island off Siena with a towering ash column and incandescent ejecta. Destruction of miner houses is reported while other world events unfold, including royal marriage talks and global woes.
A syndicate led by Judge W. HL Uret of Chicago and J. F. Engan of Rock Island buys 2,000,000 acres in Canada with plans to settle 12,508 families. Also included are Cuba protestors in Havana seeking end to a cock fighting ban and notes on rural free delivery funding and iron demand. The Yukon ice blocks ships Amur and La France with fears of winter damage.
President Roosevelt’s arbitration panel opened hearings at Scranton as Mr. Mitchell laid out a case for full United Mine Workers recognition. He detailed miners’ dangerous labor, calls for fair tonnage pay, and the unions’ role in securing peace and lasting industry stability.
Miss Louise Hoge of Evanston died Wednesday night after a month long illness in Washington carried under Christian Science treatment. Coroner ruled death from hypostatic pneumonia and no criminal negligence found. she was 26 and prominent in Evanston society.
Col Edward Butler was found guilty of attempting to bribe a St. Louis Board of Health member to gain a city garbage contract. He received a three year penitentiary sentence in Columbia Missouri. Indictments spanned Becker Snyder Kobusch with related bribery and perjury charges amid ongoing grand jury investigations.
United States Senator Quarles spoke at West Superior Wisconsin on federal control of trusts. Rev C M Sheldon declined fusion nomination for Congress in favor of instructing youth. James J Hill warned against stock printing outfits. Senator West warned government ownership of coal mines would centralize power. Attorney General Knox urged constitutional amendment and expanded interstate commerce powers. Wisconsin Sugar Co postponed beet plant plans near Milwaukee pending Cuban reciprocity. Postmaster General Payne signaled a tariff commission as part of President's forthcoming message.
Safe blowers robbed Benjamin F Volfe & Co hardware store at Edwardsport Indiana taking fifty dollars cash and one hundred dollars in cutlery. Bloodhounds from Bicknell traced the robbers to Hitchcock but the trail was lost.
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