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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1899
Page
2
A compact roundup highlighting notable crimes accidents fires and world events from across regions. Includes brief mentions of human-interest happenings and minor affairs in a period-typical domestic newspaper style.
Government proclamation will open the 600000 acre Ute Indian reservation to settlers at noon in May. Claimants pay 50 cents per acre upon filing with a minimum charge of 1.25 dollars per acre and may purchase up to 160 acres. Improvements owned by the Indians will be appraised and sold at auction to the highest bidder. Durango Colorado is the reservation center and railroad terminal for the Rio Grande system. Sixty thousand acres are reserved for the southern lands for agriculture and grazing.
Washington reports fully approve Admiral Kantz actions in Samoa as set out in official dispatches and newspaper accounts. He followed orders to avoid needless collisions while protecting property and life until the three treaty powers decide next steps. Officials say he acted with British forces in defense of foreign interests and expect continued effort to restore peace.
General Lawton moved into the Jaaguna de Bay region on Saturday targeting Calamba, a rebel stronghold. He reports four towns taken, seven enemy boats captured, and nine killed with sixteen wounded. Many Filipino prisoners are being released amid promises to spread the proclamation.
The USS Sheridan formerly the Massachusetts reached Manila on February 19 after voyaging from New York with the Twelfth and a battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry. On April 11 Lieut Meyer vanished from the ship, likely by falling overboard in hot conditions. Three privates and six children of privates died of pneumonia during the voyage.
In a pessimistic leader the Sheffield Telegraph warns that America now fears Germany as the central threat to home hardware. It notes British consul reports 1898 bicycle imports to Argentina totaling 4 545 with 2 500 from the United States and none from Britain.
After a Cabinet meeting Prime Minister Silvelra announced the government approved Bellamy Storer for the U S minister to Spain. He said Spain would appoint a representative in Washington once the appointment is officially communicated, likely Duke de Arcos.
Fires rage through Keith County spreading to McPherson and Lincoln counties. Twelve townships north of the North Platte River were swept bare with all ranch buildings destroyed and many cattle killed. Losses run into thousands of dollars.
Rev. Dr. Reese F. Alsop of Brooklyn N. Y. has been elected General Secretary of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States.
Spain plans a new navy as the Minister of Marine will submit a chamber bill for the construction of ten ironclads. The proposal signals a major expansion of naval power and defense capabilities.
A Pomeroy Iowa blaze nearly wiped out the town causing losses estimated between 75 000 and 100 000 partly insured. The fire left the community without firefighting capacity and consumed five leading businesses overnight. The 1893 cyclone tragedy had killed forty eight residents.
Brooklyn servants have formed a union. Notable deaths include Wilson J. Dodge of Boston aged 67 Frederick F. Thompson of Philadelphia George Merriam Hyde reportedly missing in New York Moses W. Dodd founder of Dodd Mead & Co died New York aged 86 Dr Minton Warner accepts Harvard Latin chair Oscar Hammerstein bankruptcy with 142 486 liabilities Willis avenue bridge collapse in Harlem kills four and injures many a Chicago pair fined in New York police court Guilford pleads guilty to manslaughter judges impose ten year sentence and $1 fine
A list of deaths and disasters includes 13 year old L V Bockius of Canton dying of paralysis and Judge J J Power collapsing in Oklahoma. Fires devastate Mandan shops, Proctor Not Minnesota hotels, Geneva Wheel Works and more. Poisonings kill two Viborg children. Enid Postmaster Day slain. Yellowstone ice claim 17 lives. martial law in Pana Illinois. parlor bill failure. yacht couple shooting in Alameda. Oberlin church fire. plus donor gifts to Oberlin College and the Trans Mississippi Expo finance.
The report covers a stock association balance near 8736 percent, a Sierra Blanca peak strike creating a new El Dorado, a favorable Supreme Court ruling on land titles for Southern Pacific, and palatial homes inside a California forest reserve. It also notes the murder of George B. Fern in Chicago, a smallpox quarantine on the City of St Louis, a New Mexico bank hold up for 50000 in scrip, Rajah the elephant killing Frank Fisher, and local calls to cull the beast amid circus protests.
The State Department cannot issue a warrant for Santiago Robert Douglass superintendent of the Whitestone quarry near Bowling Green Kentucky and his son Otto who were shot by Frank Crottswallig a carpenter. Accidents in Arkansas are to suspend business under the anti trust law passed by the Legislature. The John I Speed stern wheel steamer was wrecked near Louisville Kentucky with 109 aboard. all were rescued and losses put at 8000 dollars. Dr Walter B Lafferty son of Rev J J Lafferty editor of the Christian Advocate is dead in Richmond Virginia after being found unconscious by the Chesapeake and Ohio track near Meechums river with injuries. James Shotwell and son John intoxicated and disorderly in Corbin Kentucky resisted arrest and Police Judge Moffitt was killed. William Holland wounded mortally at the same house. A pitched battle in Brunson South Carolina left George Ried killed Mack Ried fatally and Joseph Connelly seriously wounded along with James Preacher and Aren Preacher.
Washington reports Bartlett Tripp of South Dakota, former minister to Austria, named United States representative on the Samoan joint commission. A Hong Kong cable reports the disease Plague on the Chinese coast. Mitchell rules war-time extra pay for Spanish War veterans. The President also names twelve new warships including battleships Pennsylvania and New Jersey and cruisers Denver and Galveston. Georgia did not petition for name consideration.
Nationalists win 544 seats and Unionists 119 in Irish county councils race. The British destroyer Albatross, 227 feet long and 33 knots on sea trial, is built at Chiswick. Port au Prince reports the Manou bia wreck with all aboard saved. details of a Mont Valerien fortress suicide and forged letter confession surface.
Dispatches report Dreyfus revision suicide in Paris. Jamaica’s governor retracts censure and approves 500000 for urgent liabilities. Bolivian clash near Oruro ends with Pando victory and Alonzo's flight. Germany deems Samoa actions illegal. Cuban castle yard yields Spanish gold coins dated 1780–1808 worth 306. Irish express wreck attempt foiled by a boulder on a London to Waterford line.
The Great Northern and Northern Pacific rail lines suffer flood damage in Montana halting coast to coast service. Government orders curb mining claims in Yukon and tax exemptions up to five thousand dollars. A mining disaster in Coahuila Mexico claims twelve lives. A court damage verdict awards George M. Porteous seven hundred fifty dollars for libel in Cosmopolitan Magazine. A new Alaska mail route is planned via Kotzebue Bay with three annual trips. Dun and Co reports 1899 first quarter business failures totaling 2,772 with liabilities of 27 million dollars, down from last year.
Across markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York traders report cattle prices from 2.50 to 6.00 dollars per head with hogs from about 2.75 to 4.50 and sheep from 2.50 to 6.50. Grain values list No 2 red wheat around 72 to 83 cents, corn 32 to 48 cents, oats 26 to 39 cents, rye 54 to 66 cents, plus various regional figures and seed prices.
Formal exchange of ratifications occurred at the White House with Ambassador Cambon acting for Spain. Secretary Hay signed for the United States as the ceremony closed, marking the end of hostilities and the return to peaceful relations.
Gov Roosevelt headlines the Hamilton Club Appomattox day banquet in Chicago attended by about three thousand. Postmaster General Smith, Rep Settle of Kentucky, and Gen John C Black of Illinois spoke on themes of active Americanism and nationalism while praising Grant and Lee in distinct tributes.
Police declare Fern, the Chicago merchant, killed himself. The investigation is closed with evidence of murder alleged by authorities, citing a mask, hair, empty cash drawer and weapon details found at the scene.
Notes of Current Events mention the President may visit Yellowstone Park during the summer vacation. The piece also notes McCoy the prize fighter reportedly faces heart trouble while Chinese cooks with the US Army in the Philippines have been fighting in trenches. The revenue cutter Thetis sails to Siberia to secure reindeer for Alaska mail, and the gunboat Wilmington prepares to travel up the Amazon to Peru.
A fatal clash occurred Monday in Pana Illinois between deputies, white miners, and Black miners. One white miner and another man were killed, with several injured as gunfire erupted after a drunken miner opened fire. About 150 Black residents fled the city while deputies guarded those loading for shipment to Iowa, and tension prompted a guard of 50 deputies at Union Miners’ Hall.
Stephen J. Field, longtime Supreme Court justice and one of four famed Field brothers, died after a long illness. He retired December 4, 1897, due to age and feebleness, later weakened by kidney trouble and a grip. His rulings included the test oath case and notable dissents in confiscation, legal tender, and the New Orleans slaughterhouse cases.
A satirical roundup notes the soft coal and baking powder trusts rising in influence while mocking Aguinaldo and his congress. It cites wireless telegraphy tests, Samoan missionary provocation, and vague hints of foreign policy bluster. A North Carolina county reports no marriage licenses in a year, and an Illinois woman defeats her husband for school trustee. A New York lecturer denounces kissing, and observers debate whether Samoan events will lead to something bigger.
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