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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1899
Page
2
A fatal gas explosion leveled a two story brick dwelling in Wabash Indiana injuring Emiline Burns and her adopted daughter Bessie Lane. Bessie died from wounds while Burns survived though burned. The blast shattered nearby windows and tossed debris miles away.
Teletype reports Muskogee Oklahoma burned, with the telegraph office destroyed. Muskogee, Creek Nation hub on the Missouri Kansas and Texas line, 117 miles south of Parsons Kansas, hosts key trading buildings and businesses. Salvation Army adjutant Andrew W Crawford in Indianapolis injured after attempting to eject a hoodlum at headquarters, stabbed and bruised.
Washington's birthday events included Gov. Roosevelt signing a bill to prevent desecration and improper use of the American flag. A dramatic fire at Swift & Co. warehouse in Chicago threatens stockyards, with losses estimated at $250,000. A man was killed and another injured by a collapsing wall.
Central Union Gas Company organized under Virginia law to control gas wells and plants in Ohio Indiana and southern Illinois. Authorized capital 24 million dollars with 10 million preferred and 14 million common. Eleven major gas producers have joined the pool including Dayton Covington New Western and Springfield. Net income cited at 600 thousand dollars annually to support 7 percent on preferred and 3 percent on common with expected gains from consolidation.
Thomas O Neil a South St Joseph Missouri butcher employed at Swift s packing house is killed by his two younger brothers Edward and Jack after a money dispute. Edward and Jack attacked with butcher knives stabbing Thomas twice in the heart and inflicting many wounds. Edward is badly cut and Jack claims self defense.
Four killed by asphyxiation in a Philadelphia home at 3416 North 52d street. Victims include Mrs. Charles Fahrenkamp, her two children, and an unknown woman. Police suspect one of the women authored the crime. no identification found for the unknown woman or the premises. Saved From Perishing by Indians. Advices from Dawson report Lieut. Castner and two companions survived a raft voyage down the Tanana river after their craft wrecked. They met an encampment of anana Indians and later white settlers. Castner notes maps were wrong but a feasible trail or railway from the coast to the Yukon river below Circle City could exist.
A Wells Fargo express car on the Santa Fe line between Cherry Vale and Coffeeville was robbed while Express Messenger Cooper was at breakfast. The safe opened with a skeleton key and the haul, estimated at 4000 dollars, was secured by the thief who escaped. Officer kills Two Brothers in Enterprise. debate over gunfire follows.
Gen. Gomez in a Matan/zis interview urged Cubans to unite for independence and honest governance. He praised Spain and the United States for approaching peace, noted allied support, and predicted broad U S sentiment backing Cuba’s pledged reforms amid ongoing tensions and danger from selfish politicians.
A second snowslide at Silver Plume Colorado swept away all buildings of the Seven-Thirty mine and several miners cabins, burying four men while two were rescued alive and badly injured. Rescued are Peter Olson and David Fitzpatrick. The slide began at Brown Gulch head and crossed the Seven-Thirty and part of the Dunderberg mines.
Exclusion Act pushes prospectors into American territory. Numerous bench claims map Tahkis Creek in Porcupine Alaska with strong summer prospects. Canadian exclusion sends gold seekers behind Haine's Mission to locate twenty acre and 150 foot claims in American lands.
Wages are 10 percent higher in Tomas Iron Company plants at Allen Town Pennsylvania. Potts Bros to raise paddlers’ pay to 2.50 per ton at their Pottstown mill on April 1. Other workers also to receive raises. Great Northern east bound flyer wrecked near Wilson Creek between Spokane and Wenatchee due to spreading rails. No lives lost. Dos hisha board in Tokyo restores former university constitution to continue pre revision religious policy. Mrs. Nancy L Sargent found frozen to death in bed near Hanover Ohio. nearly 80, widow, lived alone.
Large fires hit Manila with extensive damage. Firefighters struggled due to faulty equipment as insurgent actions are suspected. Also notes grants revoked by the Sultan of Oman to the French under British threats, and a Virginia case where a wife killed her abusive husband.
In Omaha two plainclothes officers Giseke and Cunningham chased two armed men through a busy street. After a brief exchange of gunfire the four men pursued each other for four blocks. One crook was badly wounded and fled leaving a blood trail. the other crooks escaped.
Rumors say a New York backed syndicate plans to buy Cuban tobacco funds and obtain Havana control within two weeks. The American bid faces competition from a foreign syndicate with tobacco bearing lands and factory options. If not completed, American options may lapse. Meanwhile, in St Louis three highwaymen held up nine Broadway streetcars in broad daylight, firing over twenty shots at conductors and gripmen.
The Continental Tobacco Company dumped a bomb into the camp of independent tobacco factories after buying 138 303 dollars in revenue stamps in an unprecedented sale. Admiral Schley says Sampson unjust over Cervera delay. Professor Stephens found guilty of arson at Lafayette College Pardee Hall. King Oscar health restored and ruling again in Stockholm. Illinois legislature repeals Allen law and passes horse and dummy act. Philadelphia elects Ashbridge, Republican, by a large plurality.
Chicago cattle and hogs move at three to six dollar ranges with wheat and corn values across cities from Indianapolis to New York. The dense pricing ledger lists No 2 red wheat about 69 to 88 cents, corn around 34 to 42 cents, oats near 28 to 32 cents, rye 56 to 64 cents, and dairy and eggs bidding in the mid teens to low twenties per unit.
Congress pressed a busy agenda with the House approving the naval personnel and other measures while debating the naval and post office appropriations. Key events included the Senate upholding a Mudd point of order, reorganization talk, and eulogies for Morrill, Northway, and Fustin.
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