Orland Zenith Publication Spotlight
Orland Zenith of Orland Indiana highlights Vernice Briner, publisher, in a brief local notice celebrating the paper and its leadership.
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Newspaper
Orland Zenith
Location
Orland, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
4
Orland Zenith of Orland Indiana highlights Vernice Briner, publisher, in a brief local notice celebrating the paper and its leadership.
Three houses wrecked and several injured after two Fort Pitt gas line explosions in Beaver Falls. The first blast hit Mrs Celia Cox and Barnes family homes. a second blast across the street destroyed H A Moore’s residence. Property damage around 10000 dollars. An earlier valve failure caused the gas leak and fire.
The report lists a wide range of incidents including accidental deaths in New York boarding houses, a New York Supreme Court justice dying of apoplexy on his steps, a 16 year old girl arrested in New York for forging checks to steal 340 dollars, and Apt Brothers of Philadelphia entering voluntary bankruptcy with liabilities of 205000. It also notes French monks in Westchester returning to France, a Plymouth Pennsylvania woman finding a diamond ring in salmon, a railroad wreck at Kitanning Point causing casualties, counterfeiting arrests in Pennsylvania, a strike resolution at Shamokin coal mine, a large bank burglary in Oklahoma, boxing banned by Chicago council, a fire in South Dakota, lynching in Indiana, and various other national and international items including rail and labor disputes, company bankruptcies, and war news from South Africa and elsewhere. The item collection spans legal, crime, business, and disaster notes with many named places and people.
Foreign reports say Great Britain urges Turkey to pay indemnity claims of British subjects. Antwerp checkmen strike for double pay for night and Sunday work. An additional delay in Pekin negotiations follows England's demand for a note change. White Star liner Cunard Cufic towed to Queenstown after losing propeller. First Officer Crosby drowned. Mall advices from China.
A steamer named Alpha dona ree is wrecked off the east coast of Vancouver Island. The captain, three engineers, six managing owners, the purser, and three seamen drowned. The incident follows a succession of tremors and seismic activity reported in various regions.
The report covers Chicago cattle and hogs with prices from $3.00 to $5.75 for cattle and $3.00 to $4.95 for hogs, plus sheep, wheat, corn, oats, rye, butter, eggs, potatoes, and regional quotes from Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Washington, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo and New York. Various No. 2 grades and white/yellow corn values appear, with multiple city-specific figures.
A mob of about 500 in Rockport Indiana dragged Frank Rowland and Henderson from jail to the courthouse yard where they executed them and hanged Rowland after the confession of involvement in the fatal attack on H S Simons. Simons, 30, barber and father of two, was killed returning home from his shop. Police quickly captured two Black men amid public fear and reports tied to the homicide.
Charles A. Towne, a Silverite, was appointed by the governor to fill the vacancy in the U.S. Senate created by Senator Davis’s successor. Towne is a Populist ally and Adlai B. was noted as a possible candidate. The Legislature will elect a permanent successor come January.
The German training frigate Gueiganan wrecked near Malaga after striking rocks in a storm. About forty cadets and the commander reached shore injured or died. the ship went down within an hour. Built at Dantsig in 1899, 242 feet long with 461 crew, used for Kaiser's navy training boys.
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