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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
3
A Lake Erie and Western switch engine hit an electric car on Thirteenth Street Indianapolis injuring fifteen to twenty people. The car was torn apart with timber trapping passengers as it was pushed against a freight car.
Sensational cases from Nassauritz near Dresden include a railway official Dittrich run over and later killed by his wife who then hanged herself. A Indiana man shot a sweetheart’s father over marriage, and another murder followed with an acquittal. Bank robbers kill a constable in Nevada Missouri. $4,000 rumored stolen. Also notes on crop shortages, a mob hanging in Louisiana, and Manila-bound transport deaths. Archbishop Ireland arrives in New York.
RG Don & Co. reports seasonal weather boosts trade but coal strikes restrain business. West distribution remains active though labor shortages worry rail and factory sectors. Gold flows from Europe ease tension in New York as wool sales rise and weekly US failures reach 223 while Canada sees 32.
Major Charles N Rockefeller, sent to the Philippines in 1899 with the Ninth Regiment, led troops near San Bevis and killed a insurgent foe, later revealed to be his son who had been stolen as a baby and raised by a Chinaman in Hong Kong. He deserted the army after the tragedy.
Ada Lantz an 11 year old girl is found murdered after a birthday party in Dayton Ohio. Police arrest Nathan A Emmons as investigators probe an assault and the grim crime that followed. A separate report notes a deadly shoe factory accident in Detroit and a shocking self murder in New York.
Echooner Oneida Springs to leak in on a northwester and drifts into Chicago harbor with a crew of six exhausted after thirty six hours pumping. She sought shelter behind the breakwater then towed to an Illinois Central slip with a hold full of water after a Muskegon misfortune.
Flames struck the American Cereal Company oatmeal warehouse and the Featherstone bicycle plant in Chicago nearly simultaneously. Firemen fought the blazes across both properties, with total losses estimated at 20000 dollars. No cause has been determined.
Leaders of the St. Louis street car strike petition the City Council for a franchise. The Union Street Railway Company seeks to use or build tracks on existing streets, offering 8 to 15 percent of gross receipts. The company is not incorporated.
The Corwin expedition party returning to Port Washington reports a vast coal field near Cape Sabine on the Arctic coast of Alaska. Coal is described as abundant and occurring in great veins exposed in cliff faces along the coast.
A major initiative backed by American and Canadian capital aims to establish a vast undeveloped water powered pulp mill in the Rainy Lake region of Western Canada. The venture cites inexhaustible spruce resources and water power, targeting the world's largest pulp mill status.
A severe storm battered New York and nearby regions causing widespread damage. Three men died and six were injured when a building collapsed in Kearney New Jersey amid the storm. Deserts Bryan to Gain a Bride details a Kansas man Mathew Mersch marrying Anna Smith after pledging to vote for McKinley, with the bride's father imposing the condition.
Remains discovered near Spence's cabin Blount County Tennessee last January point to two English prospectors identified as Harry Sherman and a companion. Skeletons, gold money, a watch and clothing suggest death by freezing. No signs of violence. the men likely timber and mineral prospectors.
A blaze in Oshkosh Wisconsin destroyed 18 million feet of lumber and damaged the Hollister Ames mill and Challoner Sons plant. Estimated losses include 80000 for the saw mill 175000 for Diamond Match lumber yards 20000 for pattern shops and warehouses with insurance covering all amounts.
Chicago and multiple cities report cattle prices from 2.50 to 5.80, hogs 3.00 to 5.60, sheep 3.00 to 4.25, with grains and dairy values. Prices cover wheat No 2, corn No 2, oats No 2, rye No 2, butter creamery, eggs, and potatoes across markets including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York.
A long roundup from Indiana reports numerous local misfortunes. Drownings, crush injuries, and a fatal horse kick are noted alongside smallpox quarantine at Mays and civic moves in Elkhart and Kokomo. Postmaster changes and a rail accident also appear amid municipal plans for electric light and industrial expansion.
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