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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1903
Page
6
Bodies of William Foulke and his wife found along the Allentown to Fullerton road in Pennsylvania. A revolver with empty chambers, six loaded cartridges, carbolic acid, and a cup with acid suggest murder followed by suicide. Each victim had two head wounds. two children survive. No motive is known for the tragedy.
Willis Frederick M. and Burton Van Wormer faced the death penalty for murdering their uncle Peter J. Waltenbeck at Greendale Columbian County on Christmas Eve 1901. The sentence, upheld by the courts and Governor Odell, was carried out in fifteen and a half minutes amid a sensational scene.
The bureau of labor will issue results from an exhaustive study on the cost of living in recent years tied to rising waves of prices. The report casts doubt on a strong similarity between supply and demand and notes that price increases far exceed popular estimates.
Hr. Metyule Hanna brother of Senator M.A. Planna has studied at Western Reserve University. Income from the endowment will promote instruction and research in anatomy and related fields. The endowed department is named the Henry Wilson Payne department of anatomy. Mr. Payne is son of their Senator Payne and father of Colonel Payne of New York.
A nitro compound was found on the track six miles east of Butte Montana near a trestle. Suspects who have been trying to dynamite Northern Pacific trains in several areas are believed responsible. The explosive was discovered by a waterman patrolling ahead of the North Coast Linntead train.
A violent clash occurred between striking workers and soldiers in Budapest. Both sides reportedly used rifles. many were wounded and several mortally. Police arrested numerous participants as strikers, numbering about 20, attempted to bar non strikers from work and attacked carriers’ guards.
The severely harmed body of Sarah Roberts, a two year old Chectawai, was found beneath a fallen treetop near a slough. The body was naked and showed tearing with signs of attempted cremation. Police treat the case as a serious mystery. The head lay nearby.
Five men were killed and eight injured seriously when the Wisconsin Central limited westbound crashed into a Forty-eighth avenue trolley car at the Fifty-second avenue crossing of the Illinois Central in Chicago. The trolley blocked the railroad crossing as the fast train appeared.
A freight train lumber car axle break at Union City Indiana killed one man and fatally injured another. Five additional tramp passengers suffered broken bones and serious injuries. Names of the injured were not known.
In Toronto arrangements are completed for Queen Victoria’s jubilee gifts to be shipped to the St. Louis exposition within a few days.
Authentic dispatches from Constantinople describe brutal excesses by Turkish troops in the Macedonian town of Sorovitz. The reports recount severe acts of violence against local residents with chilling specifics unfit for earlier wire services.
The Associated Press reports Lord Milner has refused the colonial office portfolio. Premier Asifour is expected to confirm the decision during a lunch at Shetheid.
The Taylor and Mandeville firm of the New York Consolidated Exchange suspends operations after a sharp market break. Margin calls were not met by customers, a likely cause of the failure.
A compilation of assorted brief items notes President Roosevelt and his family returning to the White House after a thirteen week absence. Other snippets report the Shenango tin mill closure in Newcastle Pennsylvania, a fire destroying Ferracute Machine Company in Bridgeton New Jersey with $100000 loss, and various incidents from rail, road and parish life across the country.
News briefs detail a deadly year in St Louis trolley incidents, a Derby homicide by James Keffer, a fatal fire destroying Dr Ralph's sanitarium in Kansas City, and multiple Washington political shifts. Also noted are Chicago railroad wrecks, bank robbery foiled in Downing, Kansas deaths during operations, and a Springfi eld piano plant fire with heavy losses.
United States Senator Stone sues Judge Grisman of Kansas City Mo for mali cious deception over money placed in a Kansas City newspaper. Various incidents follow including arrests of lumber dealers in Hobart Okla and other 1900s era items.
A compact market snapshot lists bids and ranges for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and other hubs. It covers wheat corn oats rye barley and dairy items with price ranges and grade notes.
Investors weighed cheap mining stocks with claims of oil prospects as hopes rose for doubling funds raised for cathedral construction amid market volatility. The fragment hints at oil optimism and financial strains influencing fundraising.
The item notes Elijah Boden’s death in Jackson Kentucky jail by morphine, a Greensboro oil tank explosion destroying railroad cars, Beatrice steamship Beatrice missing and coastline search, major fire in Hattiesburg Mississippi consuming fifteen businesses including the post office, and Curtis Jett sentenced in Cynthiana Kentucky for killing James Cockrill with a hanging date in December 1902.
Sir Michael Herbert the British ambassador to the United States died at Davos Platz Switzerland from quick consumption. Advices from Gore indicate Congress authorized a canal treaty with the United States on a basis without congressional approval. J B Greenhut reports the Wischineff massacre was a deliberate Russian government plan to deter socialist agitation. Hurricane two swept Bermuda damaging hundreds of houses and injuring the banana industry. Taft approves a $200000 canal project to give Batangas province an outlet for its products.
The report notes large trade volumes and active distribution of merchantile taxes and shipping, with a push to restrict pig iron production. Railways show September gains ahead of last year and 1901, while iron and steel idle time declines and cotton mills resume. Prices ease for staples as crop prospects improve and grain falls, breadstuffs strong. Livestock receipts rise sharply with cattle, hogs, and sheep firming.
Bradstreet's Trade Review reports conservatism and caution in fall and winter trade due to weaker demand and no urgency from buyers. Shipments slowed by lake vessel strikes, with higher freights and cotton prices pinching production. Wheat and corn exports for the week and twelve week cereals year show sharp year over year swings.
At a White House conference with AFL officials the President stated that government employment decisions must be governed by law and prohibit discrimination, regardless of union membership, race, birthplace, or religion. He emphasized that personal fitness is administrative, not grounds for broader discrimination, and declared his decision final.
Yellow fever in Laredo Texas worsens with 37 cases, 16 confirmed by marine hospital service experts. Eleven new cases reported Tuesday, some confirmed and some suspected, including one described as yellow fever in its worst type. A second detention camp opens at Cactus station about fifteen miles from Laredo under fever control efforts led by on site experts.
A collage of cheeky and speculative notes mentions Beiruts status, the Sublime Porte, North Pole claims, Danville mobs, Canadian farmers, boxing, and naval officers. It jests about war prophets, Lipton, May Goelet, Peary, Cotten, and Turkish massacres while lightly alluding to immunity from disease, social mores, and counterfeit coinconvicts.
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