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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1903
Page
6
Madrid papers react sharply to a planned visit by American war ships. El País publishes a soldier’s letter, arguing Spaniards will never forget their humiliation and fearing hostile demonstrations upon entry of the U S fleet.
Telegrams from London report ninety Russian warships have arrived at Ma San Phil harbor in southern Korea and anchored near Japanese vessels. Brigades are hurried to the Korean boundary and encamped as Russia and Japan push for an accord amid escalating tensions.
The Associated Press reports the Mussulman killer of William C. Magelssen at the American vice consul in Paris remains at large. Rear Admiral Cotton confirms the assailant bore no personal grievance against the consul, with the attack tied to Mussulinen hostility toward Christians.
A cave-in at the Pennsylvania Railroad work site near Boiv ar Pa a deep cut caved in trapping several Italians and a steam shovel. Rescue efforts proceed slowly under tons of earth with at least six men believed buried and presumed dead.
In a well organized escape bid at the Utah state penitentiary, a prisoner was killed, a guard shot and wounded, another beaten, three prisoners wounded, and two death-row inmates escaped. Guards Wilkins and Jacobs were overpowered as prisoners were being placed in cells for the night.
Private John Dowd, the U S sentry who shot and killed William Crowley near the United States arsenal at Pittsburg Kansas, was released from confinement after a court martial found him not guilty. Major General Adna R Chaffee upheld the finding.
Justice Pritchard of the District of Columbia issues a bench warrant for the arrest of State Senator George E. Green of Binghamp ton HWY NY, indicted last Monday in the posteat fant case. Wm. Doremus, indicted with Green, appeared in court and posted bond of $10,000.
Turkish troops crossed the Bulgarian frontier and routed Bulgarians at a weak spot near Djuma. Two Bulgarian companies from Dubnitza later engaged the Turks and forced them to retire.
William Jones, convicted three times for the murder of Jake Lee, was executed by hanging in Pittsylvania County Virginia. Governor Montague denied any further respite.
The Standard Oil Company raised oil prices for the third time in ten days, pushing Pennsylvania quotes to 1.65 a barrel the highest in three years. Limited new producing territory drives the increase.
Raymond Nagle aged 12, son of George Majzle, a city fireman, was found dead by hanging in a closet in Wapako peta Ohio. Police report death by his own action following he locked himself in.
A Washington report urges 1.5 million dollars for Brooklyn navy yard upgrades as anarchists clash with socialists in Barre Vermont wounding two and fatally one. Riots injure Bowdoin College students in Brunswick Maine while a nightshirt parade faceoff sparks dozens hurt.
The notice lists multiple incidents including a formaldehyde poisoning epidemic in Phoenix Arizona, a Denver radium mining company, deaths of David Nation and William Baker, a shooting death of Daniel Ogden, and a fatal accident of William Schroader. It also notes a jail pay dispute in St. Louis, a tornado in Sheridan Wisconsin with fatalities, drownings in Green Lake Wisconsin, and a deadly steamer wreck near Green Bay. Additional items include divorces in Cuyahoga County, a Chicago salesman found dead from carbolic acid, and drownings near Brainerd Minnesota.
A dispatch details train near St Louis saved by Engineer Daniel Flynn as air brakes prevented a collision at Ninth and Garr streets. Elsewhere a series of disasters include a dynamite blast near Sault Ste Marie, tornadoes in St Charles Minnesota and Independence Wisconsin, a fatal self inflicted shooting in Massillon Ohio, a deadly railroad crash in Springfield Ohio, and widespread storm and drought damage across several states.
Reports indicate bubonic plague cases in Campos Rio Janeiro state. News from Sofia Bulgaria details fighting on the Demir Kapia frontier with Turkish and Bulgarian troops reporting casualties on both sides.
The narrative lists diverse events including the Burnside cable ship incident in ice waters, US post office tax revenue surpassing a billion, Lipton's Atlantic yacht cup proposal, Yukon grain success, Army leadership changes with Corbin and Chaffee, post office fraud indictments, a Colombian release of Radford, Mayaguez acquittal, a Canadian parliamentary death, Taft’s war dispatches, rifle surrender in the Philippines, Rockefeller and Morgan policy battle at US Steel, a Newfoundland fishery boom, cod market price surge, riot fines in Canada, and an international sympathy strike threatening 60 000 workers with Pittsburg involvement.
The New York Weekly Review notes manufacturing plants busier aside from blast furnaces, footwear reports encouraging, wholesale trade strong, and foreign commerce favorable with rising exports. Rail earnings for September beat 1902 and 1901 figures, while pig iron output is likely to drop about 20 percent to curb stocks. In Chicago centennial week, trade rose with higher retail and jobbing sales, crops priced favorably, grain shipments over 3 million bushels, wheat up, corn down, oats soft, and livestock receipts rising. cattle daily receipts set records while hogs unchanged except for heavier arrivals.
A compiled price rundown lists cattle hogs and sheep values by market including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York with grain quotes for wheat corn oats and rye. Varied ranges show shipping and common grades, with prices in dollars and cents.
Bradstreet's Weekly Review notes mixed trade with some crop estimates like corn showing expansion. Lower cereal prices hint at future large business and rising foreign interest in farm products. Reports vary by region, with best data from the Southwest, Northwest and Pacific coast, and collections improving in the West and Northwest as delayed crops move to market.
The government employs hundreds of crop reporters to gather data across townships. Local correspondents send in updates to federal observers, creating a comprehensive verification system with hundreds of thousands of telegrams and composite reports each season.
Daniel V. Miller and Joseph Johns, both Cincinnati attorneys, were indicted by a United States grand jury on a conspiracy to bribe charge. The case links a $4500 payoff from John J. Ryan of J. J. Ryan & Co. to influence mail service rulings and advertising matter compliance.
A fragmented digest reports on reports of Peter of Servia denying assassination rumors while other tidbits note social clubs, trials, and hopeful youths. Supplies of powder and market talk mix with Balkan tensions and shifts toward new capitals as the Sultan weighs departure from Europe.
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