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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
2
The Record Publishing Co announces publication details and staff notes for The Weekly Record. The notice highlights distribution plans and editorial leadership for the upcoming issue cycle.
The Second Philadelphia City cavalry is ordered by Governor Stone to report to General Gobin at Shenandoah to protect life and property in the anthracite region, replacing the Governor's Troop sent from Sarmsburg. Also reported: five employees drowned at Lake Goguac near Battle Creek in a collision between the steamer Welcome and a rowboat carrying youths.
A cloudburst in the mountains south of Florence caused rivers and creeks to overflow. Streets in Florence were flooded with many houses becoming uninhabitable. Canon City also reported several inches of floodwater. Rust crop damage was reported as very heavy.
Three men held as suspected bandits in a Northern Pacific passenger train robbery near Sand Point are jailed in Spokane Washington. Arrests followed descriptions provided by William W Pearson a Chicago tramp who rode the tender during the hold up. The prisoners identify themselves as Thomas A McDonald Frank Will and J W Murry.
A fire on the first floor of a five story flat house in West East Street New York caused one death and several injuries from shock and burns. The deceased was Mrs Bea Arendt who lived on the fourth floor. She jumped from a lower floor and died in hospital.Other women injured are expected to recover.
Fragmented OCR note indicates Mrs Fair’s representatives contesting continuance after death of Charles Fair and his wife. Mentions Harriet Nelson, guardianship for children, and a financial claim or settlement. Text unclear and partially garbled.
Fire started in the rear of the Palace of Amusement and spread to adjoining structures. The blaze damaged property including the Sutter Bros. tobacco warehouse and Wingate building. Estimated value set by insurers at $2000. Local fire crews battled the flames.
Sisters expelled from Landtrneag France regain control of the school after an association law change downgrades them from 0027 status. A cheering crowd gives the sisters an ovation upon their return to the campus.
A nortihoansd passenger train on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line wrecked at Cayuga Indiana thirty eight miles north of Terre Haute. Engineer Dad Carey and Fireman Lee of Chicago were instantly killed. Passengers escaped with a severe shaking up.
In a Crane Creek coal area near Hinefield West Virginia striking miners opened fire on operators. Two guards and two miners died and many were wounded in the clash. State authorities begin investigations and security measures are stepped up.
Schedule listing Fort Wayne Indiana Temple Theatre attractions for September includes The Bargomaster opening September 8 with Florodora showing September 6 thou.
H. W. Brinker former receiver of the German National Bank of Pittsburg is jailed on embezzlement charges. The shortage cited amounts to 32,600 dollars claimed as fraud against the bank through manipulated deposit slips.
David Sepal shot himself in the right breast at Boston after attempting to kill his wife Dora and his step-daughter Lillian Coke. The motive or trigger for the shooting remains unknown.
Reports recount two killed and three injured when an automobile plunged on an embankment near Long Branch New Jersey. A Portland Missouri fire suffocated four children and a servant girl in a two and a half story house. Harvard issues a three year BA option. Roosevelt acts as godfather in Newport. Various arrests deaths and accidents across the era include a Philadelphia accountant’s arrest in San Francisco and a 17th fatal explosion in Wilmington Delaware.
Reports cover an Omaha riot arrest of a union leader, Bloomington banning free lunches, forest fires in Colorado extinguished by rain, the Springfield police judge’s suicide, a Kansas man’s murder followed by self-harm, a legislative extraordinary session, a freight car accident in Oklahoma City, missing Duluth sugar worth 6000, Oregon salmon stocking plans, Lewis and Clark monument in Portland corner stone, Kansas floods from Cottonwood river forcing farmer evacuations.
A long dispatch records incidents and updates from across the U S including corporate failures in Chicago and Kansas City Rock Island lines, political fallout from polygamy scandal in Salt Lake, train wrecks near Mexico Missouri and Anoka Minnesota, bank robbery in Aberdeen South Dakota, and rulings on cases from Whatcom to Rapid City. It notes mergers and business moves, disaster reports, and notable deaths and legal actions.
Seven bandits stopped a westbound Northern Pacific train at Sand Point Idaho and forced the engineer to halt. They uncoupled the baggage car and tried to blow it up with dynamite but failed after fifteen minutes then fled.
The text reports a Kentucky workhouse blast killing Ornsley Covington, Charies Hun ter, and John O Hara. Ruskin Georgia suffers major fire. arrests in Tennessee over an 1896 murder in Sumner County. Maud Thompson shot by James Greer in Henderson County. Kenry Mobilingase commits suicide in New Orleans. a $700 shortage is found at the U S Mint in New Orleans after the death.
Reports confirm Mrs. Florence Maybrick’s possible release from Woking prison. cholera totals to 25 664 cases and 18 040 deaths in the Philippines. actual figures are higher. News comes of a major cyclone at Felanit in Majorca with extensive damage. Mount Pelée eruption darkens Martinique. Admiral Von Diedrichs resigns, to be replaced by Buechsel as Germany’s chief of staff. Wolseley endorses the American army as the best in the world in a reply to a correspondent.
A report recalls President Jordan of Stanford University nearly drowning when his boat capsized in Samoan waters. The item notes other current affairs from politics to industry, giving a snapshot of early 20th century events.
George E. Roberts, director of the mint, reports total US production of gold and silver in 1901 at about $111.8 million, down 2 percent from 1900. Gold output declined by 3,805,500 ounces valued at $78,668,700, with Alaska and Colorado showing notable decreases. Silver yield reached 55,214,000 ounces worth $35,128,400, down 5 percent from 1900, driven by gains in Utah and declines elsewhere.
William Ziegler sails July 1 for Franz Josef Land with a Frithjof led party to push toward the pole. He says Evelyn Baldwin is not supplanted and that a separate route may reach Wrangel Island if needed. The party aims to reach the pole first for the glory, with Champ remaining as adviser aboard.
Cleveland mayor opened bids for eleven new 1 cent fare streetcar routes but no bidders appeared. If a gross receipts percentage is required, the 3 cent fare plan may fail. Three months pass before fresh council action. franchises are effectively dead. Also reports death by suicide of Arthur Cromwell near Warrensburg Alabama, and ruling updates on Victor Bell’s collapse in Alma Michigan. Mgr Guidi named apostolic delegate to Manila.
The weekly trade review notes fuel scarcity in New York industry driven by anthracite shortages and coke train blockades. It cites rising coal demand, limited motive power, and delayed deliveries despite higher outputs, with freight constraints affecting furnaces and rails.
Market notes list cattle hogs and sheep prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo New York Buffalo with grain bids for wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and potatoes. Prices shown as ranges from various cities reflect live market conditions and product quality grades.
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