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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1902
Page
8
A compact bulletin features the latest telegram reports from foreign shores, with brief notes on notable crimes, fires, and civil incidents. The column frames each item as a concise update from the week’s telegraph news.
At Allen County Court House in Fort Wayne Indiana on September 23 the dedication will be attended by President Roosevelt Governor Durbin and staff and Hon Bare Corkran. The President arrives at 6 p.m. and departs at 7 p.m.
Secretary Wilson, returning to Washington from the West, cites strong crops in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. He notes corn crops in Kansas, Nebraska, and Indiana are among the finest on record, with late but safe ripening and high quality yields overall.
Luther W. Spear district agent for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance and church leader, missing since June 11, walked into Sheriff Payne at the Muskegon county jail and surrendered declaring he will plead guilty. He admits forging about 50 000 dollars and says he faced months of strain. Victims in the case and the town react to the sudden development.
Cleveland special: Mayor Johnson states he is not a candidate for governor or president. He says his field of usefulness lies with the city of Cleveland and he will focus on municipal work next spring.
Brany Ss. Tiewitt, once mayor of New York, stated he knew positively that 4b. Mo reap would not interfere in the email affair. He claimed the coal potters would not force arbitration and believed the grievances presented by their executives were valid.
Reports say the United States battleship Towa ran aground near Cape Nos a while returning to Proarsland after finishing maneuvers. The Brazilian minister ordered a warship to go to Towa's aid as cables in New York dispatches noted the incident.
Secretary Moody telegraphed commanders of the Wisconsin at Bremerton and the Cincinnati at Cape Heaytrea directing them to proceed as soon as possible to the Isthmus of Panama. The Wisconsin reinforces the Ranger at Potions and the Cincinnati takes station at Cod en.
In the Kiamita Indian territory seven people eight people? die from inhaling Paris green dust used to treat worm-infested cotton pilots. Four men and three women working in a field succumb to the toxin.
Indiana manufacturers met in Anderson to set a new bottle price schedule. The rise, about sixteen percent, will apply to bottles from most factories with one possible exception once the schedule is announced to the trade.
Listings include Uncle Tom's Cabin on Sept 3 For Love and Honor on Sept 3 Henrietta Crosman on Sept 7 and Side Tracked on Sept 7 at Temple Theatre Fort Wayne Indiana with dates noted for each attraction.
William F. Morrison chaplain of the cruiser Olympia killed himself with a shot to the head at the naval hospital in Boston Massachusetts after weeks of ill health and melancholy. He had been transferred to the hospital when Olympia arrived at the navy yard for treatment.
The weekly cholera returns for Egypt show 1 380 new cases and 16 209 deaths since July 15, with total ZOWS cases reported to date.
A jumble of brief notes covers deaths and incidents including lawyer William Allen Butler’s passing in Yonkers, a fatal deer misidentification in New York, ship and military news, fires, mining violence, lawsuits, and notable disappearances, reflecting a busy, unsettled news night.
A bright meteor lights Colorado near Buena Vista while a Nebraska burglar spree cracks Arcadia post office. A train crash injures twelve in a Ko komme man incident. A murder with an ax shocks Stamps Ohio family. Swift & Co. drivers strike in Chicago amid alleged discrimination. Four Kansas City youths confess arson to thrill engine runs. Four men shot on a train near Osceola Arkansas in a racial incident. Sidney Colomb embezzles 85010 from Wooley & Co. James Kaye gets 27 years for wife murder. National Irrigation Congress heads to Colorado Springs. Storm barge H. Cushton sinks at Detroit dock. two crew drowned. Attendant dies from joy at Springfield Ohio visit. Wild West show attache shot at Perry, Kansas.
A collection of brief items reports Mrs. Anas J Bickford of Albert Lea Minn dying in Waseca from injuries received in a wreck involving a Northwestern train blown by a lake shore blast. Other notes include fires deaths burglaries and crimes across multiple states and mentions of political and social events.
The report lists Count de Miranda dying at Cambo France, Sir Frederick Abel in London, and an Italian plan for rapid electrical delivery to Rome. It notes battleship Town aground near Cape Mossa, Sino river floods in China, a Formosa coastal disaster, a Tivoli maneuvers blast injuring 16, and a large whale hunt at Hillswick Shetland. Russia orders Manchuria customs and postal officials expelled by China.
Fire raged through the Beaumont Texas oil field destroying derricks pumping plants and thousands of barrels of oil. Two lives were reported lost as tanks exploded and spreading flames reached the Keith Ward tract and Spindle Top heights. Loss initial estimate near 100000 with potential rise. district output amounts to tens of millions in value.
At a labor convention Sargent’s resignation as grand master was read and accepted. W J Bryan may run if the convention supports him. Treasury funds near 374 million dollars. Union Veterans’ Union plans the seventeenth national encampment in Washington. Battleships Wisconee da and Cincinnati redeployed for defense. A steamer burned near Clear Creek. crew saved. Cuban bill passes with bonds issued. A 4 million loan aids agriculture. meat-packing merger set for Sept. 27. Alaska volcano activity reported. Lake Huron wreckage found near Ontario. Nazina gold strike in Copper River valley proves richest Alaska find since Nome. Arsenic springs in Mapiami cause health crisis drinking water.
Reports describe extensive forest fires near Springwater and Molalla Oregon burning houses barns and cattle sites. Smoke from the blazes caused an unusual sunset effect at Astoria while ships avoided travel and commerce slowed as fires threaten Mehama Elkhorn and surrounding timber country with widespread damage and losses.
The United States orders the cruiser Danther to land a battalion of about 4800 Marines and move toward Colon to counter a threat at Panama. Wisconsin guards colon traffic and may land Marines to protect rail routes as revolutionaries seize key government posts along the Isthmian railway.
The Cuban Senate approves higher import duties on balls and shoes coal lumber and provisions. German emigration rises while Baden residents back a national school to preserve German character. Gerald Kitson appointed governor and commandant of Sandhurst Military College. Berlin reports Germany’s 1900 population 5 587 600 with 22 809 emigrants and 1 071 strikes last year, coal and iron up while beet declines.
Weis and Dun & Co report a sturdy trade backdrop with heavy merchandise flow and lifted earnings for railways in August by 3.6 percent versus last year’s. Cotton demand remains cautious, footwear prices steady, leather firm, and grain movements hindered by weather but improving. Concerns persist over coal and iron, with anthracite strike unresolved and potential effects on broader prosperity.
Freight rail and agricultural markets show Chicago and multiple cities listing cattle hogs sheep and grains with varied sending ranges. Prices cover Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley Butter Eggs Potatoes by city including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo with frequent shifts in bid levels and quality ratings.
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