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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
1
History of a Week highlights Crimea and criminalls, accidents and fires, with wide coverage from north to west. It notes strength in iron, steel, cereals, feather and cotton goods prices remain firm while sugar and anthracite coal hold. Fall demand expands, northwest reports suggest surplus corn. next year’s needs dominate trade talk amid slow near term deliveries.
A boiler at Yoder & Son’s stone quarry near Linn Grove Indiana exploded with great force. Fireman Alfred Minger was badly scalded and likely to die. Daniel Yoder owner was seriously injured and may not recover. Eight other quarry workers variously injured. boiler and engine hurled twenty feet from foundation. report heard for miles.
Silas A. Brown and Matthew Craig were hanged at Muscogee in the Indian Territory. A daughter of Craig's victim witnessed the execution and smiled as the drop fell. They were among the first whites to be executed under Federal authority in the territory after Craig shot U.S. Marshal Joseph Hendrick following a whisky arrest near Tahlequah last February.
German baker K Trenkaus, 40, and his wife were shot by Trenkaus' brother in New Milford Connecticut. The wife died instantly while Trenkaus was wounded with bullets in the breast and arm and is expected to die. The fleeing assailant shot himself in the temple as authorities closed in. The attack occurred at Trenkaus bakery.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro to The New Republic reports Acre inhabitants proclaim independence and form a new South American commonwealth amid dispute over the Acre territory and the alleged conference of the American Minister Mr Ryan.
An engine struck three cows tied near a trestle in Mineral Point causing the locomotive to be hurled into the mud. Fireman Mack Christ died, the engineer was injured, and four may on the tender suffered minor injuries.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson argues against market cornering by slaughterers saying cattle are held by many hands. He maintains higher beef prices reflect prosperity and rising demand.
Police guard increases around Maitre Labour amid reports of a potential assault linked to the Dreyfus court martial. In Whitehall New York, 67 year old printer William T. Bodwell and former ITU president dies.
A passenger train derailed by the River Mapocha in San tiago Chile with many deaths reported. An earthquake shock was felt in Concord New Hampshire at 4 47 AM Saturday, causing additional alarm and damage.
Gov Powers received Thomas B Reed’s resignation from the First Maine district effective September 4. The list of incidents includes canal breach at Syracuse New York a fatal shooting in Paulsboro Pennsylvania a jail breakout in New York a deadly train collision in Philadelphia area and several fires floods and accidents across multiple states with numerous fatalities and bankruptcies.
A chaotic report detailing a wife and mother killed by a jealous husband near Davenport Pea. a mob killing two jail inmates in Hall Jordan. thirty North Carolina coast deaths from wrecks with eleven vessels ashore between Hatteras and New River inlet. a Florida deputy sheriff killed during a distillery raid. a Portsmouth sawmill boiler explosion kills a fireman and injures several including a water tender and an engineer.
An English officer claims to have found the malaria mosquito from South Africa. The IXhedive of Egypt will seek treatment in Gradfenburg Silesia for several weeks. Alsace and Baden face partial hop crop failures in yield and quality. Dublin mayor and John Redman may visit to bolster Parnell statue funds. Pekin reports Emperor showing insanity symptoms. The Nettleton wrecked off Marion Island. crew saved by USS Montgomery. Paris riot leads toward revolution. St Joseph’s Church looted. hundreds injured. Prof Pickering plans Jamaica location for a new world class telescope.
Cambridge reports observation of a new planet expected to pass close to Earth in about eighteen months. A Birmingham firm won a large order for 14 million Mauser cartridges for urgent delivery to South Africa. Secrecy surrounds the destination, Boers said to use Mauser rifles there. Prince Henry of Prussia plans a Pacific squadron tour and may visit San Francisco aboard his flagship after China. He may also visit Washington to see President McKinley who invited him.
Drownings occur in New Brunswick Loch Lomond Lake and Kennebecasis river as Arthur Brass and Melvin Stackhouse perish. Four thousand Havana masons reach a strike demand of 3.50 for ordinary work and 4.50 for special work. Alaska towns call for a territorial convention in Juneau with seventy delegates.
Chicago to New York market data show cattle hogs and sheep price ranges across cities including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Buffalo. Wheat corn oats rye and butter egg prices are listed with quality grades and varying futures values.
London reports show President Kruger rejecting Chamberlain's proposed court of inquiry and issuing new proposals seen as open defiance. Officials fear war with the Boers is now inevitable, with Britain delaying action to justify aggression and the public pressing for a quick resolution. Prayer services across the Orange Free State and Cape Colony marked a call for peaceful settlement.
A Chicago dispatch reports Democrats favor an early national convention to raise funds for 1900. Ex Governor Stone of Missouri leads the plan, aiming to nominate Bryan for president with a running mate chosen for expediency. Bryan is favored as the nominee, with a February or March meeting of the national committee in Washington likely.
A Monday blaze in Victor Colorado swept the business portion of the city destroying Merchants' Row near the Bank of Victor. Wind fueled flames as Cripple Creek crews aided, explosions rang out, and residents fled with belongings while the business area suffered a $2,500,000 loss.
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