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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1899
Page
2
Four men were killed and five missing after a section of a large coal bank collapsed at Centralia Pennsylvania while Hungarian workers screened coal. The bank tumbled, burying the laborers, with rescuers recovering four badly disfigured bodies after two hours of effort.
A construction train derailed at a trestle over Spangler's Run near New Castle Pennsylvania. Eight people were involved with two killed and six injured. The dead are William Wolcott brake man and an unknown Hungarian. Injured include Even Moresidhe Peter Bennett Mike Mopin Peter Milich Mike Wadowitch John Sloreische. Some patients were taken to New Castle Hospital and several may die. The trestle was temporary.
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, chairman of the American Anglo Commission, visited the State Department to discuss matters with Secretary Hay. He will depart Seattle around June 10 for a personal investigation of the Alaskan boundary, a major point of difference between the United States and Great Britain.
Bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tincknall found in Auburn rooms. The man dead with no visible injuries while the woman lay unconscious with head battered and brain exposed. She survived hospital admission briefly but is not expected to live. Authorities suspect a hammer attack followed by the husband’s suicide by poison.
General Greely states the wireless telegraphy under the Signal Corps will not soon replace standard telegraphy. He notes the results so far are uncertain and the system is not likely to supplant existing methods.
Former governor Roswell P. Flower died Friday night at the Eastport Country Club Long Island N Y after an acute indigestion attack followed by heart failure and a fainting spell.
The Erie Railroad Company brought two carloads of New York Italians to Niles Ohio to replace striking section men at Niles Mineral Ridge Canfield and Leetonia. The newcomers were warned to avoid work and did not start. A clash could occur if they proceed.
A special train on the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad crashed into the express train at Exeter Station near Reading Pa. The wreck killed twenty five and left fifty injured as passengers had attended the Hartranft monument unveiling in Harrisburg.
A dispatch to the New York Journal and Advertiser reports that insurgents assassinated M. Dumarais, a Frenchman who crossed their lines under a flag of truce to negotiate the release of Spanish prisoners. The killing could spark a demonstration by francs.
Five tramps entered W. H. Rileys harness shop in Bryan Ohio and robbed the safe of about 50 dollars. A fight followed and Marshal Heidley shot and killed one of the robbers.
Fort Wayne report notes Richard Mansfield stars in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Masonic Temple on June 10 with performances announced for the local audience.
The Paris Petit Blue reports ten members of the Republican Guard and four gendarmes have departed St. Nazaire to form an escort for Dreyfus and bring him back to France. Return may come by the end of June.
Edward Smith was hanged in Washington D C for the murder of his mistress Edmona Jackson with an ax while she slept. He reportedly shared a bed with the corpse for about a week before the murder was discovered.
Dr. Austin Flint recovers from illness. William Parish, 18, shot dead in Cumberland Maryland by John Meyers. Anna Espen shade burned to death in Lanécaster Florida. Harry McRostie drowns off St. Lawrence. William Wasco kills Annie Sestak and wounds self in Pittsburg. E Strickler flour mill Lebanon destroyed for 45000. Sewing Machine Attachment Company of New York formed with 500000 capital. William Trasce kills sweetheart Annie Sestak and wounds self in Pittsburg. Bowser farm residence burned near Wranklin. rescue of Bowser and two granddaughters. Mrs. William C Whitney dies in New York after fall from horse over a year ago. Maj. L C Overman killed in Nantucket by fall from staging. Rev Edward Morgan named millionaire by aunt’s New York death. Pottsville powder plant explosion. eighteen tons of powder ruined. Tramps set fire to magazine. loss 10000. George Uhler near Mount Hope kills wife with ax, then hangs self. religious insanity cited. Fleisch & Co bankrupt. liabilities 235412 assets 95260.
Detroit hosts the twenty seventh session of the grand division Order of Railway Conductors while a Cleveland contractor dies after a cat bite. Fires devastate Santa Cruz and Kansas City warehouses. shootings occur in Mount Victory and Omaha. A Toledo park is closed for factory plans. Iowa bans certain gambling related debts in court.
Reports recount a mix of crime and disaster across towns: pardoned Utah inmate Harry Hayes for 1895 murders at Pelican Point. George H. Wright charged with the crime. Nebraska boundary quarrel ends in death. Walla Walla suicide of railroad man W. E. Gooding. Hutchinson murder conviction of John Moore for mass child killings. violent windstorm in St. Louis causing extensive damage. Duluth streetcar wreck. Atchison Santa Fe tax seizure. Jamestown Postmaster McLaughlin killed by friend. Massillon fire destroys plant killing and injuring workers. Bellefontaine mayor assaulted by milliner Miss Minnie Crawford in public.
Reports from Scuffletown North Carolina describe Edward Lowery killing Tucker Dial before fleeing. A Georgia fire destroyed Dr. L C Bagwell's home with three children and a nurse burned to death. The Texas Senate passes a strict anti trust bill with deep amendments. A street clash in Okolona Mississippi leaves four men dead over a bill dispute. In Louisville a jury awards George Dinning fifty thousand dollars after a fatal confrontation with Jodie Conn.
The thirty ninth meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers occurs in Washington. William Strather and Charles Winston are hanged in Washington D C for jealousy murder. Albert S Kenny named paymaster general of the navy. War secretary Alger approves tapping Lake Michigan for Chicago drainage, to be sent to Congress. Rural free delivery split into western and eastern divisions with St Louis and Washington headquarters. Beef inquiry censures General Miles for not reporting ration unfitness. General Eagan criticized for buying untried rations. packers exonerated.
Alexandre Weill and Cardinal Philip Krementz die, while the German Emperor appoints Frommann consul at St. Louis. Venezuelan revolutionary Gen Ramon Guerra is a fugitive. General Baron von Falkenstein dies. A Titian fresco of Madonna and child is found in the Doge's Palace, Venice. The Pope signs a bulk proclamation.
The Czarina has provided 50,000 rubles for famine victims in Russia while other 1900s dispatches note a British troop draft sailing to Cape Town, Gen. Rios returning to Spain, and delays to the British Venezuelan arbitration. Also reported: deaths of Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland, orders for engines, a German cable plan, Loch Sloy wreck with loss of 30 lives, and military actions in Africa and Egypt.
The Dresden Ont branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce was robbed of an estimated 10000 dollars. The burglars fled without leaving a trace.
Cattle ranges in Chicago from 3.00 to 5.75 dollars, hogs 3.00 to 4.00, sheep 5.25 to 8.00, with grains and dairy items quoted in varied cents per unit across Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo and New York markets. Distinct city quotes include wheat No 2 red around 0.83 to 0.84 dollars, corn 32 to 41 cents, oats 25 to 36 cents, rye 57 to 63 cents, butter 13 to 18 cents, eggs 11 to 18 cents.
General Otis reports six chartered transports sailing from Manila for San Francisco carrying sick and wounded. City of Pueblo Zealandic Pennsylvania Nelson Cleveland and St Paul. Volunteers expect to depart late month while regulars relieve in Manila. Pacific route chosen over Suez for safety and economy.
Edward Atkinson a leading Boston economist and vice president of the Anti Imperialist League opposes U S Philippine policy. He has circulated anti expansion circulars urging troops to refuse enlistment and seek release. President McKinley denounces the circulars as seditious and traitorous. they were seized in San Francisco by order of the Postmaster General.
War brief notes ten machine guns landed by insurgents at Capiz Panay while MecArthur's troops tire under heat. Loyal forces prepare to resist as Gen Luna moves east of the railway and reconnoiter shows insurgents entrenched near San Ildefonso.
May 1 winter wheat in cultivation totals about 25.9 million acres, down 4 million from last fall’s sowing but above last year’s harvest. Major state reductions include Kansas 868 thousand and Illinois 761 thousand acres. Conditions show varied state scores with many regions lagging in spring work. only about 57.2 percent of planned plowing completed versus a typical 75 percent by May 1.
A Civic Federation backed national conference on trusts and combinations will gather labor, commerce, law and education leaders from across the country in Chicago for four days. Sessions will cover railroad and industrial combinations, remedies, procedures, and jurisdiction between States and the Federal government, with governors and attorneys general invited to participate.
Severe storms sweep Coldwater Lexington and Ashland Kansas causing one death and several injuries. Aldrichs store and Main street brick block wrecked. Presbyterian Church unroofed and courthouse damaged. Elllis County wind carries barbed wire to Munster church steeple. Northwestern Nebraska sees heavy rain with extensive property loss but no reported fatalities. Homer and Winnebago agency suffer major damage and hail accompanies the storm.
Severe tidal waves are reported from the Caroline Islands. In Morgantown, G W Spurgeon is killed by lightning. James Harvey fatally strikes James P McClure in Bickhorn West Virginia. An unknown man, about 30, was found dead in a Chicago opium joint, suspected poisoned by four women. Julius J G Lay of Washington appointed consul general at Barcelona Spain.
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