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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1903
Page
6
A westbound Big Four freight and a work train collided in a deep cut between Backinaw and Tremont Illinois. Thirty one men died and at least fifteen were injured. Twenty six bodies were recovered from debris piled thirty feet high with five still buried. Most victims were work train crews who leapt to escape as engines jumped.
A fire in a Sharon Michigan general store owned by George Johnson caused by an overheated stove led to a dynamite explosion. Three men were killed and a fourth severely injured, likely to die, as workers attempted to fight the blaze after closing for the night.
At the Jos. Stearn & Sons soap factory on West Fortieth street New York the bottom of a vat gave way to steam injuring five workers in a nearby room. Injured were Alex der Duaberlant George Simon Nathan Swesky Peter Campbell and James Metiuire. They were taken to Roosevelt hospital and expected to recover.
Sheriff Beckley seized a valise containing 2000 dollars from Tarmaster Snee of the Pennsylvania road company as he left the First National Bank in Lecansport Ind. The money was poured on a court table for judgment in favor of Thomas Collins and George Leightheiser. Snee was transporting funds to a pay car for railroad employees.
Miss NeHia Afeligurs sustained serious burns to the lower body while performing at Bruig's theater in Ginaba Neb. A second act evacuation attempted to rescue a school child from a burning schoolhouse, leading to further injuries before the flames were controlled.
On Wolf Island in the Mississippi River a dispute over a girl led to a fight between President Cotten and Bartey Bowden. Bowden was struck with a weapon, then Cotton fired a public safety item into Bowden’s mouth, killing him as he fell. Cotton escaped.
Officials at Standard Oil company in Whiting Indiana say rising prices and cost cutting drive layoff of 150 workers in steel tank car production with no current work available for the affected employees.
Arthur Webmeyer a Baltimore and Ohio brakeman was killed at Albion Indiana after being struck by an overhead bridge while on top of a moving train. He died several hours later leaving a young wife.
A state department dispatch reports that the Canca and Antixusi departments in Columbia intend to secede and seek admission to the Panama republic.
Rome special dispatch reports three anarchists detained in Milan tied to a plan to assassinate Switzerland's President M Deucher. Authorities described the operation as foiled and under investigation.
Lizzie Mummey, 14, was arrested in Urbana Ohio on charges of attempting to poison her parents sister and two brothers. She allegedly hid arsenic in tea with motive said to involve opposition to her lover.
Colonel Robert B M Sands, a prominent surviving Confederate officer, died at his Mobile Alabama home after a two week illness at the age of 81.
East coast and Midwest items include Harry O Rose guilty of killing his wife in New York, a fatal football injury in Seney Hospital, Fraternity meeting set for Chicago, A. J. Cassatt selling his Philadelphia townhouse, and a major New York dog pound explosion injuring workers and killing many dogs.
A block of business houses in Fessenden North Dakota burned with an estimated loss of sixty thousand dollars. The Cass County courthouse in Fargo also burned, with a loss about seventeen hundred fifty, fully insured.
Reports from Europe and Asia cover railway openings in Canton and Fatshan, arrests in Milan over an assassination plot against Swiss President Deucher, and Bulgarian Turkish disturbances with up to 15 000 dead. Emigration from Russia grows while De Beers reports 26 205860 in diamond sales and 11 511490 profit.
Reports show American emigration to Canada dropping to 39,046 from an estimated 100,000, with the United Kingdom sending 47,541. W S Cockrell, son of Senator Francis M. Cockrell, reportedly renounces US allegiance and becomes a Mexican citizen. San Domingo claims to have granted American demands from the San Domingo Improvement Company. Rebels bombard the capital. Cuba’s President Palma sends the 1904 budget to Congress, with income at 18 189 9600 and expenses at 17 924 000. November rail earnings rise 48 percent over 1902 and exports expand per Bradstreet. Admiral Glass visits the Panama junta as warships salute. The Mayflower carries Colombian envoys. they refuse to join the mother country and return home. Cuban Havana to Santiago through train cut travel time from three days to 25 hours. A movement proposes a 2 percent income levy on wealthy American Jews to aid Russian Jews, led by Dr Isadore Singer of the Zion Educational League.
The Senate opened discussions on Reed Smoot of Utah seat eligibility with Dubois opposing Hoars view on petitions against Smoot. House and Senate considered Cuban reciprocity bills, executive sessions held, and numerous appointments confirmed as memorials were observed for Foerderer and Boring.
Odds end Ende William Steahlinecker Jr son of a former congressman and Yonkers mayor was arrested in that city for burglary. Italian miners Humbert Cattlina and Martin J. Pish kur died in a mine fall at Minnie Healy mine Butte Montana. Judge John E Carland upheld anti compact fire insurance rate fixing law. Estate of A P Fr Goape noted.
International Mercantile Agency reports mixed signals from Chicago to Baltimore. Staples demand weak in Philadelphia and Louisville while New England benefits from cooler weather. Cotton markets drive foreign exchange as high prices attract Europe. Rail sales to China bolster steel, with more mills opening and some temporarily closing as prices and wages bite into prints makers.
Dun's Review notes bank activity ahead of last year but trade curtailments in key areas. Weather and streetcar strikes slow retail, grain shipments total 3,681,191 bushels with corn at 1,649,056. livestock receipts down 10 percent. Prices dip for grains. hogs fall 20 cents per hundredweight while cattle rise 20 cents. Provisions demand weak on exports but steady domestically.
The western farming belt shows prosperity with high crop yields and expanding acreage. Nebraska expects 200000000 bushels of corn and over 40000000 bushels of wheat, 150000000 dollars in livestock value, and 15000000 acres of cropland amid growing immigration.
Cattle in Chicago and other cities move from common to prime prices with hogs, sheep, and lambs quoted across multiple markets. Grain notes include wheat No 2 around 84 to 87 cents, corn No 2 near 40 to 47 cents, oats 34 to 38 cents, rye 52 to 57 cents, with dairy and produce figures such as butter 18 to 22 cents and eggs 28 to 21 cents.
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