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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1899
Page
2
A brief digest summarizes happenings from the past week including political and religious news, minor crimes, and fires. It notes many casualties in certain incidents and highlights notable events from various locales.
Bradstreets notes quiet general business while industrial activity remains strong. Wheat damage lowers expectations for winter yields but better spring prospects and favorable crop reports abroad support prices. Demand for manufactures rises as agricultural exports weaken, with cereals and cotton showing declines versus last year.
E. R. Harper special Indian agent at Duchesne Utah reports from Denver en route to Washington that White River Utes intend to cross into Colorado to hunt this summer. He failed to secure a pow wow with tribal leaders and says the Indians are in an ugly mood and threaten to force their way across if not allowed to hunt unmolested.
Consul Ayme reports from Pointe-a-Pitre that a midnight Thursday fire in sixteen squares near the Consulate burned four hundred houses and caused thirty-one deaths. Two thousand thirty people were left homeless while the blaze is now extinguished. The island governor arrived with fifty soldiers amid unrest.
The wrecking steamer Rescue of Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company is being fitted in New York for a May 15 sail to Santiago de Cuba. She will tow the raised Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes, from Admiral Cervera's fleet, to Norfolk, Virginia.
Gen George B. Davis, member of the Beef Inquiry Board, to succeed Gen Henry as Military Governor of Porto Rico about May 1. Gen Wade to succeed Gen Shafter as commander of the Department of California next October with Shafter retiring.
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay was found not guilty by a jury of conspiracy to misuse state funds deposited in the People's Bank of Philadelphia. The verdict allows Quay to resume political duties amid public attention and ongoing scrutiny of state finance.
Six companies of South Dakota and Minnesota Volunteers fought about 500 Filipino forces north of Bocave. The Filipinos retreated after heavy losses, with only one American wounded.
The week begins Thursday April 27 with The Banda Ros at the Masonic Temple Fort Wayne Indiana. Friday and Saturday April 28 and 29 feature Hiawatha. The week of May 1 presents Bryan’s Comedians.
Gov Stone appoints M S Quay as Pennsylvania senator to fill vacancy after legislature failed to elect. Appointment lasts until next legislative session.
Montevideo dispatch reports Savaralis yellow fever serum giving good results with several people completely cured by its application.
Major John C. Muhlenberg named Chief Paymaster of the Department of the Gulf to succeed the late Colonel George E. Glenn who died recently in Baltimore.
The American Window Glass Company has advanced window glass prices by ten percent effective immediately.
Toddy Root, long afflicted with hydrophobia, dies after several days of illness at Bedford Indiana. The report notes the fatal condition and the ongoing suffering prior to death.
The Cabinet Council decided to modify the law of criminal procedure to end imprisonment without defense. In the future no person will be incarcerated without counsel, and all will have the right to legal representation.
A two year old girl named Helen Seeley from near Osborn Ohio drowned after falling into a tub of water at the home of Charles Seeley. The accident occurred in the household setting prompting an investigation into safety practices and child supervision.
Eastern district reports that Brooklyn servant girls have formed a union. The article notes rising labor organization among domestic workers and local advocacy efforts.
West ern Rt Rev John Ambrose Watterson dies suddenly in Ohio. Min neapolis planing mill destroys plant and lumber yards causing ten thousand dollars loss. Chicago musician Tans Balatka dies after long illness from heart disease. Mecksinley accepts G A R state encampment invitation in Youngstown Ohio. Four funeral processions in Calvary cemetery injure seven. Sac and Fox Indians in Oklahoma suffer smallpox losses with 300 full bloods and 1132 deaths since February. Cleveland fires wipe out almost half a block of business causing near million dollar damage. Mo town Missouri man kills man, shoots wife then commits suicide. Vernon County Missouri representative J D Ellis dies of pneumonia. wife dies a week earlier. Baker Opera manager Newton Hilliard declared insane in Cleveland probate court. Kansas City box company building burns for 25000 loss. Ida Ewing acquitted of murder in Hopkins Missouri. Duluth widow Georgiana Dworschak shoots herself and two children. Cleveland jealousy leads to homicide and assault. woman to recover. Wessington Springs prairie fire destroys thousands of acres. Dr James G Field breaks both arms in Denver gym. Chicago fire smothering deaths. five rescued in Milwaukee avenue blaze. Denver Pintsch gas works explosion injures nine firefighters. no fatals. Missouri Gov Stephens returns Farris Insurance bill to Senate.
Across St Louis area fires devastate Hay Exchange E levators Nos 2 and 3 causing about 60000 dollars in losses. Five loaded hay cars and four empties burn on the side track. In Ohio a missing boy from Knox ville returns to Marion with his father awaiting at the depot. A Cleveland bridge accident injures one hundred aboard a passenger train. A Nebraska prairie fire expands near Broken Bow burning stables. two men perish. Indian migration from Indian Territory heads toward Mexico with a large capital and planned settlement. An attempted hold up at State Savings Bank in Council Bluffs ends with A J Brown shot in the arm and the robber escaping.
Samuel Abbott of the First Artillery shot and killed Thomas Craig at Wise's Landing after a family grievance and surrendered to authorities. In Arkansas, a fire destroyed parts of the Little Rock Oil and Definting Company and Aurora Manufacturing Company plants, with losses around 75 thousand dollars and about half insured. The Arkansas Valley and Gulf Railway petitions for a charter to build lines through Oklahoma and Indian Territory to Texarkana, with a branch planned via Blackwell or Kay City to Tonkawa, capital set at 100 thousand dollars. In Everbaugh West Virginia Elza Matthews killed his six year old son then took his own life, after spending the day with his wife's parents. In Henderson, Team, a mob hanged A M La Rue after overpowering the sheriff, and in Clinton, Arkansas, a mob shot and killed Hardin in his jail cell despite the governor's commutation to life imprisonment.
In Washington a telegraph record of 120000 words per hour was set in the War Department. A major beef contract was awarded to a Kansas City packing house for 1500000 pounds of export beef to the Philippine Islands. War orders reorganize Cuba departments from seven to five, eliminating Pinar del Rio and Matanzas. Porto Rico memorial seeks territorial government form and free trade with the United States.
A blaze at La Pointe a Pitre on Guadeloupe wrecked about 150 dwellings. In London, Lady Frances Anne Emily widow of the seventh Duke of Marlborough, has died. Reports from Porto Rico say General Henry will be relieved due to illness and the governorship and force there will be reduced. Emma Nevada, the American prima donna, has cancelled a six engagement tour.
Reports from Cetinje state that the Montenegrin crown prince Danilo Alexander is betrothed to Duchess Augusta Charlotte Jutta of Mecklenburg Strelitz. Elsewhere, sailors captured near Luzon remain unconfirmed in fate as tensions rise in Asia and riots flare at Whiiff University with broad arrests.
Ben Hur is to be dramatized. Prince, the murderer of Actor Terriss, writes from prison asylum warning he will kill Sir Henry Irving upon release. Lieut. Stokely Morgan of the Olympia receives a sword from Camden citizens. Mrs. Middleton is killed by a runaway team near Winnipeg. her sister survives. Mexican government orders 32,000 light rifles from New York, a record foreign sale. Belgian Antarctic expedition reaches 1 degree 36 minutes south, names land Dan co. US torpedo boat Somers shipped from London. Tile company consortium forming Encaustic Tile Company of America with 0 000 000 capital. Anthracite coal price schedule set to raise costs by 10 to 50 cents per ton. Dun & Co. reports broad business growth and high trade volumes with large weekly clearings and many failures.
Canton observers follow the trial of Mrs. Anna E B George charged with murder in Canton Ohio for the Saxton death. Prosecution portrays a crime with political overtones while defense argues justifiable homicide or emotional insanity amid public sympathy and steady courtrooms scenes.
Thomas Brackett Reed will resign his House seat to join the New York law firm Simpson Thacher Barnum. He will begin practicing upon a brief abroad trip, may earn up to 100000 yearly from insurance work, and is considered a strong presidential prospect for 1904 with future Speakership contenders listed.
Regional price listings show cattle hogs and sheep ranges in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati and Detroit with wheat corn oats rye and butter egg and potato prices. New York and Milwaukee markets add further ranges for futures or spot goods.
The American navy is nearly rebuilt since 1883 as a new phase of growth unfolds. The black plague remains active on the Island of Normosa. Germany expresses sympathy for U S losses in Sanica.
Secret Service under Chief John Wilkie arrests Lancaster cizar producers William M. Jacobs and W L Iendig and engravers Arthur Taylor Baldwin S Bredell with James Burns. Philadelphia and Lancaster coordination followed a year of undercover work to seize telltale plates and halt the Monroe note counterfeiting network.
The report says fourteen thousand regulars will reinforce General Otis in Manila as soon as transport is available, bringing total troops in the Philippines to 21 729 and aimed at 35 000 by autumn. Volunteers will return home, 12 000 going back, to justify sending 14 000 regulars to occupy forts and establish governance amid negotiations with Aguinaldo.
A Denver resident named William Whist died of apoplexy while saying his prayers. In Detroit a burglar stole a piano and two other valuables from a robbed house.
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