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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1900
Page
2
Hurst Executed in Glendive Montana Jail Yard
Joseph C. Hurst was executed by hanging in the Glendive jail yard for the murder of Sheriff Dominick Cavanaugh. He proclaimed his innocence on the scaffold as crowds gathered fearing a reprieve would trigger a lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Hurst
Glendive
Mont
Dominick Cavanaugh
Aiken
H Hurst
Hurst
Cavanaugh
Indianapolis Special on Kentucky Goebel Troubles Influx
Charles P. Finley ex Secretary of State of Kentucky is in Indianapolis for a week staying with Sheriff Clark at the County Jail. Prominent Kentucky Republicans, including Governor Mount, recognize Mr. Taylor as Kentucky governor and refuse Beckham requisitions. The stance draws Kentuckians fearing arrest and seeking safety in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Charles P. Finley
Kentucky
Goebel
Ile
Clark
Mount
Taylor
Beckham
Funeral for Rabbi Isaac M. Wise Draws Prominent Hebrews
The Cincinnati funeral attracted a large gathering of rabbis and leaders. The family service occurred at home, the body lay in state at Plum Street Temple from 8:30 to 10, and the temple overflowed with attendees. Rabbi Louis Grossman gave the oration. psalms were sung and prayers offered. A long carriage line carried the body to Walnut Hills Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Isaac M. Wise
Plum Street
Philipson
Louis Grossman
Walnut Hills
London Special on Gen. Joubert Death and Kruger Policy
London dispatches signal Gen. Joubert’s death as causing major concern with Kruger seen likely to succeed him. Report suggests Kruger aims to prolong the war and resist to the death, with Bloemfontein to be retaken within a week and Boer forces advancing southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joubert
Kruger
Bloemfontein
Joondon Morning Post
United States protests Ottoman pork import ban
The Porte informs the United States Legation that future imports of American pork will be prohibited citing public health concerns. Mr Loyd Griscom the US Charge d Affaires protests energetically and demands annulment of the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Porte
United States
Legation
Loyd C. Griscom
Billows Sues Restaurant Keeper Over Refused Meal in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh a jury found for Assistant District Attorney Walter E Billows colored against William J McCarthy prominent restaurant keeper who refused to serve a meal to Billows and Congressman George White colored of North Carolina. Damages set at 6 14 cents with Billows seeking 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Walter E. Billows
Wiliam J. McCarthy
Billows
George White
North Carolina
Poisoning at Cincinnati Linked to Women and Servant
Mrs. F Aiken and her daughter Mrs O Wineld with two children were poisoned in Cincinnati and are in danger. Servant Mollie Foster was arrested and confessed to placing arsenic in the food she said was ordered by Wineld’s divorced husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Aiken
O. Wineld
Cincinnati
Mollie Foster
Beaverdam Lumberman Identified After Lake Mercer Body Found
The body recovered from Lake Mercer near Celina Ohio has been identified as John Dilley a retired wealthy lumberman from Beaverdam. He was known to carry large sums of money and authorities believe robbery led to his murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Mercer
Celina
Ohio
John Dilley
Beaverdam
Masonic Temple Fort Wayne Hosts Imperial Stock Company
At the Masonic Temple in Fort Wayne Indiana on April 9 the Imperial Stock Company presented a weeklong program. Local residents attended performances and the venue advertised stock offerings and upcoming show dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Ind
Imperial Stock Company
Brother Placed Her There In Columbus Convent
Nellie O'Brien of Marion Indiana was found in the Good Shepherd Convent in Columbus Ohio. She is entitled to a substantial inheritance from a deceased relative and had recently vanished. She says her brother had placed her in the convent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie O’brien
Marion
Ind
the Good Shepard
Columbus
Ohio
Miss O’brien
Duke of York Receives Shamrock Seed for Irish Graves
A Cork resident gives the Duke of York one thousand packets of shamrock seed to sow on the graves of Irish soldiers in South Africa, as part of a London special tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of York
Cork
South Africa
Multiple historical incidents report from 1899 Pennsylvania era
A compilation notes lynching of Louis Harris in Belair and other events including acquittal of J J Coyle on bribery, absence of Carnegie or Frick on a Carnegie company board, start of a New York tunnel project, fires destroying mills and institutes with high losses, deaths from collapses and gas inhalation, a 20 percent wage rise for miners, court orders for milling company receivers to borrow, a fatal shooting in Oil City, tanning patent sale, a deadly explosion at Evie mill, and a mining accident mortality summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Harris
Belair
Ald
J. J. Coyle
Philadelphia
Carnegie Nor
Frick
New Carnegie Company
New York
Bachman & Forey
Columbia
Clinton Liberal Institute
Fort Plain
J. A. Ford
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ocean Grove
N. J
James B. Dill
White Hall
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
T. L. Sleimer
Cincinnati
Anton Schwartz
East Forty-fourth Street
Altoona Coal and Coke Company
Henrietta Coal Mining Company
Frugality Coal and Coke Company
Altoona
Pitney
Jersey City
Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling Company
Flour Trust
Oil City
Amos Elder
Elder
Thomas Burkholder
Hosensack
Allentown
Joseph Stahl
H.F. Watson Company
Evie
James Roderick
Pennsylvania State Bureau of Mines and Mining
Pennsylvania
Notable deaths and crimes sweep across towns in brief item roundup
Dr. Isaac Wise dies in Cincinnati at 81. Col Will Eisey killed in Guthrie in a timber dispute. Macon post office robbed for cash and stamps. Kansas City Board of Trade balks at long option terms. Mexico Missouri postpones murder trial. Bank robbery attempt foiled in San Francisco. Jasper mine strike uncovers vast lead ore near Helena. Sawmill boiler explosion near Lancaster kills owner and injures four relatives. Reno artist J B Schweitzer inherits fortune. Dr Oscar Richards whipped in Mounds Oklahoma amid alleged false prescriptions. Ohio burglars terrorize Bloomdale resident. Chicago party investors buy Chiapas land for coffee rubber. Italian Vito Paoletto kills partner in Chicago. case mystifies doctors. Oxford Ohio seniors expelled after initiation raid. Chicago dynamite attack linked to feud. Lawrence Kansas fire at Pierson Flour mill. Insurance set at 80 000 dollars. William Miller praised as a martyr to truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac M. Wise
Cincinnati
California
Guthrie
O. T
Will Eisey
J. A. Bolin
Macon
Neb
Kansas City
Lancaster
Ohio
Louis Neubauer
William Young
J. B. Schweitzer
Reno
Nev
John Bryan Griffith
India
Oscar Richards
Mounds
Oklo
Charles Pisel
Bloomdale
Chicago
Chiapas
Vito Paoletto
Frank Giavito
the Western
College For Women
Oxford
John Bude
Bude
Lawrence
Kan
Pierson Flour Milling Company
William Miller
Omaha
Prominent Robberies and Violent Incidents Reported
The article lists multiple criminal acts and incidents including highway robbery charges against Hurman with Miller as victim, thefts at St. Mary's Church in Chicago, the shooting of Assistant City Marshal Hennecke in Boonville, a Bank of Hardy heist, and a lumber yard fire at Red Wey Indiana. It notes further killings in Osage Nation, the murder of Richard Wilson and wounding of John Rush by deputy marshals, and other crimes across Ohio Kansas Nebraska Wyoming and Illinois with various arrests. It mentions the dismantling of the Daniel Scotten tobacco plant in Detroit affecting 1,000 workers and political military moves in India and Paris. The report closes with maritime wrecks and volcanic eruptions in Asia with crop destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurman
Miller
William Porter
Edward Jackson
St. Mary’s Catholic
Chicago
Ellsworth Evans
Jocko Jones
William Hennecke
Boonville
Hennecke
Red Wey
Ind
Arkansas City
Kan
Richard Wilson
John Rush
Wilson
Kansas Penitentiary
William Hootenbardner
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Beaver Dam
Paul Flemrey
Cheyenne
Wyo
James Dunlap
Northampton
Daniel Scotten Tobacco
Detroit
Continental Tobacco Company
Scottens
Charles Morthaler
Cincinnati
Multiple Executions and Disasters Reported Across States
A diverse set of incidents: Joseph J. McCloskey, a Louisville broker, files for bankruptcy with assets under liabilities. A mob hangs Wing Smith for the Johnson murder in Mississippi. Goebel murder case suspects confess in Kentucky. A Louisville Southern bound train strikes a freight near Cave City, causing derailment and injuries. Birmingham officers are shot. two robbers suspected. A West Point Opelika wreck kills a messenger and injures the baggage master. Emporia mob hangs two prisoners after a long standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph 3. McCloskey
Louisville
Will Edwards
Wing” Smith
Edward B. Johnson
Dulancy
Levee
Deer Creek Bridge
Miss
W. H. Culton
Caleb Powers
John Davis
Goebel
Frankfort
Louisville and Nashville
Cave City
George W. Iirkley
J. H. Adams
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
West Point
Opelika
Oslin
W. B. Blunt
Emporia
Walter Cotton
Cotton
Government and Military Appointments and Policy Updates
The President names John P. W. Gridley as a second lieutenant of Marines. Chief Moore bans smoking by Weather Bureau employees during work hours. The Supreme Court rules Lama land grants in Leos County New Mexico invalid. Treasury plans a five cutter Bering Sea patrol including Bear Manning Perry McCulloch Rush. War Dept recognizes Honolulu as open port for transports to Manila, with Hancock pausing at Honolulu and Guam en route to the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. W. Gridley
Pennsylvania
Chief Moore
Weather Bureau
United States Supreme Court
Leos County
New Mexico
Washington
Lord Salisbury
United States
Durban
Charles ©. Macrum
Pretoria
Treasury Department
Bering Sea Patrol
Revenue
Bear
Manning
Perry
McCulloch
Rush
War Department
Honolulu
San Francisco
Manila
Hancock
Philippine Commission
Guam
Explosion at Hand & Co fireworks plant shocks Hamilton
A major explosion wrecked a large Hand & Co fireworks factory building in Hamilton Ont, blowing out Walter Teale son-in-law of Prof Hand. The blast follows a string of international events and economic notes from Bradstreet and market reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hand & Co
Hamilton
Ont
Walter Teale
Hand
Bacatete Mountains
Elsie Tyson
Humboldt
Cal
England
John Tyson
New Providence
N. J
James Tyson
Melbourne
Chihuahua
Mexico
Utah
Uniontown
Waynesburg
West Virginia Railroad Company
Chicago
West
Connellsville
Fayette Fields
Cincinnati
Bradstreet
New York
Europe
Central West
Piet Joubert Dead A Boer War Leader Dies At Majuba
Gen Piet Joubert commander general of the Transvaal forces and organizer of the Boer army dies after illness. He led the Boers to Majuba Hill victory in 1881 and shaped mobilization across seventeen military departments amid the South African conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camille Mazella
Rome
Piet Joubert
Pretoria
Terrible
Durban
China
Hofmoki
Vienna
Liberia
State Department
Finland
Duke of Orleans
Kruger
Majuba Hill
Joubert
Lorenzo Marques
Pietrus Jacobus Joubert
Transvaal
Slien Piet
Slim Peter
South Africa
Cape Colony
Orange Free State
Natal
South African Republic
Paul Struger
Sir George Colley
Republic
Europe
I Kruger
Sions
Pretorius
Isinger
Market Reports Global Grain and Livestock Prices
Regional price data for cattle hogs sheep and grains across multiple cities. Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Chicago markets show varied ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes with notable spreads and quality distinctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
War News In Brief From the South African Campaign
Major General Prettyman named military governor of Bloemfontein. Lord Roberts nears the Vaal with about 80 000 troops. Buller with 40 000. Ladysmith shelled. 35 dead, 188 wounded. Casualties total 14 911. fleet expenditures for 1900 01 reach 137.6 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prettyman
Bloemfontein
Wessels
Raad
England
Witchener
Gen. Roberts
Ladysmith
Buller
Gen. White
Lord Roberts
Vaal
Cape Colony
Kitchener
British War Office
South Africa
Montagu White
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Cecil Rhodes
Senate Holds Porto Rico Bills In Conference Debates
The Senate sent the diplomatic and consular bill to conference and passed the Porto Rico appropriation as amended. House actions included logs and lumber regulations for Minnesota and Wisconsin and 144 private pension bills. Debates covered Alaska code changes and warnings on army policy, with votes on Porto Rico tariffs and free trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Secretary of War
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Porto Rico
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Statuary Hall
Alabama
James Drake
Washington
Orient
Foraker
District of Alaska
Jett
Cox
Lenn
Ridgely
Khan
Meyer
Pierce
Tenn
Hull
Sulzer
Lentz
Ohio
Philippines
Marsh
Til
Congress
Mr. Davis
New York
Driggs
N. Y
Sumner
Beveridge
Porto
Rico
Island
United States
War Department
Parker
N. J
Vincent Boering
Kentucky
White
Netherlands envoy Lebaron Gevers and other political notes
Lebaron Gevers, the Netherlands minister to Washington, is a grandson of Senator Wright. Miss Estelle Reel plans a bill for compulsory Indian school education. Gov. N O Murphy of Arizona argues for statehood admission, optimistic about Arizona becoming a state next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odds
Enas
Lebaron Gevers
Netherlands
Washington
Wright
New Jersey
Estelle Reel
Congress
N. O. Murphy
Arizona
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Weekly Record
TRE Record Publishing Co., PublIshers
Silver Lake
Aos
Montana
Rabbi Wise
Western
Hungary
Arthur Power Palmer
Lockhart
Earl of Harrowby
London Board of Trade
Otis
la Patria
Vatican
Triton
Dunkirk
France
Paris
M. Loubet
Straits Settlement
Kang Yu Wei
Oriental Mail
Amayama
Kirishima
Japan
Southern
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