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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
2
Intelligence by electric wire reports seven days of foreign affairs and home happenings from around the world. Updates cover political events, trade, and cultural notes gathered from international dispatches and domestic society items.
The Yaqui force in Sonora is dispersed and the Indians return home. Governor Torres adopts Gen Miles style removal of Apaches, sending Yaquis deeper into Mexico. About fifteen hundred have been moved with more to follow by gathering renegade families.
John Peters a colored man who assaulted Kate Richie a 16 year old white girl near Taszwell Virginia was lynched Friday night. He had been captured with bloodhounds and jailed at Taszwell. Masked men broke in at midnight dragged him 200 yards along the railroad and opened fire as they pulled him into the woods where he died. The rope was then used to hang him from a tree.
Bay City dispatch reports the Ajax Dynamite Works packing house near Kawkawtin exploded killing three men. Families left behind include young wives and children. Bodies were found in shreds with debris filling a bushel basket as trees uprooted and buildings wrecked.
Chief of Police in Cleveland receives Toledo telegram confirming George Willard, ex-caroner, under arrest there for involvement in the Sigler Brothers jewel theft. The jeweler firm had offered a reward which has now been withdrawn, suggesting diamonds may be recovered.
A German Yards employee condemns Armou Co Nelson Morris Swift meat inspectors in a satirical letter reproduced by agrarian Berlin press. He cites alleged facts and says adopting a German meat inspection bill would benefit both nations.
An east bound fast freight plowed through a bridge near Cochran Indiana. Engineer George Crane and Fireman Frank Reynolds died under wreckage. Brakeman C W Hook was fatally injured. Five cars burned, one whisky car fed fire that destroyed the bridge and wreckage.
A Wanita cotton mill dam collapse six miles above Enterprise, Mississippi, unleashed a flood fifteen feet deep over ten acres. Water rushed through the Chunky River swamp, and many plantation workers are feared dead as they fled for higher ground.
An Accra dispatch reports that rebels overwhelmed loyal Bekawi forces and massacred about six hundred. Survivors from the Dekawi tribe were compelled to join the rebels after the engagement.
London reports keen interest in potential United States steps against Turkey over the Sultan’s tax policy. Observers note Ankara’s stance on customs duties heightens concern for diplomatic relations and trade.
Muskegon Michigan. Immanuel Holland Reformed Church burned. Fireman Nicholas Carey killed by a falling wall. Ben Peterson seriously injured. Loss about 4000 dollars.
The Chicago Opera Company performs on April 20 at the Masonic Temple in Fort Wayne followed by The Belle of New York on May 1. Presented as a civic arts calendar entry.
A dispatch to the London Daily from Lorenzo Marquez reports nearly half of the Chicago ambulance corps tore off Red Cross badges upon arrival at Pretoria after being offered Mausers. Adelbert S. Hay United States Consul notified the Transvaal Government and said he would report the incident to Washington.
Gen. Wood cables the War Department that he has chosen June 16 as the date for municipal elections to be held throughout Cuba.
A roundup of brief tragedies and incidents across the United States includes 5000 cigarmakers locked out by six firms in New York, a fatal shooting at Croton Dam, a suicide in Scranton, telegraphic marriage, and a dozen other somber events from Massachusetts to Maryland.
Western delegates from Cleveland advocate a briefer creed at the Presbyterian general assembly. In Minnesota at Northfield the $20 000 auditorium owned by A K Ware was damaged by fire for about $10 000. Several other incidents include crimes disasters and corporate changes across the nation.
A six inch flood buried a man face down and suffocated while a dental student at the University of Minnesota was struck by a hammer thrown by a fellow student. Other items include a cyclone wrecking Royse Texas, a Burlington Express wagon collision near Harlem Missouri, a furnace explosion at Youngstown injuring three men, and a mule barricade railroad feat at Oronogo Missouri. Additional notes report wage changes for Indiana miners, a Chicago shooting fatality, an elderly Ohio death followed by a son’s grief, cremation in California and Scripps interests, and a notable Ohio Supreme Court ruling upholding the Smith act to curb mob violence.
In Lexington Kentucky Dr James K Parker killed W A Antonalla an Italian tailor during a dispute. In Bakerville Tennessee Joseph Stringer killed his wife by choking then died by his own hand. In Huntington West Virginia 27 year old Thomas Brennen killed himself after a quarrel with his fiancée. In Hickman County Tennessee Craig Tolliver murdered his wife then killed himself slicing her head with an ax and turning the blade on himself. A Southern freight train wreck near Huntsville Alabama killed engineer Percy Armstrong and fireman Sandy Osborne with five injured. Riverside Plant National Tube Company Wheeling West Virginia suffered two boiler explosions injuring several workers and causing about 50000 dollars loss. In Calhoun Georgia Alfred Frix died laughing after a story as he sat at a grocery corner.
Washington reports that Admiral Dewey’s claim for $10,000 as a Philippine commission member was denied. Sam and Otis cannot legally draw two salaries. The Supreme Court ruled express package stamp tax against carriers. Porter resigns as secretary to the President effective May 1 and Cortelyou is named successor. Hay repudiates Spain’s island claims near the Philippine group after study.
The United States and Turkey face a strained relationship over unpaid indemnities for American missionaries whose properties, including eight Hu phrates College buildings in Harpoot and several Narash mission structures, were destroyed during the Armenian massacres of 1895. The Sultan’s failure to pay may prompt an impending ultimatum.
A Turkish state counselor Ebuzia Tewfik is exiled to Asia Minor for an unapproved article. Paris holds a grand third exposition opening amid imperial display. Brussels reports a King Leopold real estate gift to the nation. A Nice assassination plot targets President Loubet. three Italians implicated. Japanese emperor demotes three nobles for dissipation and insolvency. A Chinese claimant to be Emperor arrives in Wuchang, claiming escape from prison and bearing court seals. An investigation is ongoing.
News notes General Wood denies a rumored Cuban outbreak set for June 1. Other items include railway workers winning holidays after ministerial approval, Spain’s Duke of Arcos angered by Dewey parade seating in Chicago, and American Steel and Wire closing twelve mills idling about ten thousand workers. Also listed are war losses tallies, a Mexican emigrant colony's misadventure, a push for a world wheat production cut, and commodity price shifts with wheat corn iron and steel and cotton in various trends.
Market summaries cover Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York futures for cattle hogs and sheep with price ranges for No 2 wheat corn oats rye and related feed items. Regional figures include shipping grades and creamery butter prices and eggs per dozen.
The Senate rejected substitutions for the Nicaragua canal and Alaskan civil code bills and heard speeches on Quay and a Dilliver clash. The House passed a constitutional amendment for direct popular election of Senators and authorized depositories for government funds in Puerto Rico Cuba and the Philippines. Private pension bills advanced and the Alaska civil code bill lingered.
Postal funds stand at 115 million dollars with a large rise in left-handed persons noted by a Washington physician. A New York hotel for women is planned by the Woman's Hotel Company with 400 thousand dollars capital. Brewster and Presidio counties Texas total 600 square miles and reportedly under 8 thousand residents. A Swiss authority claims 200 Russians spend more in a month than 1,000 English in the same period. Last year Americans consumed 2 million tons of sugar, with the American Sugar Refining Company accounting for 1,385,000 tons. The Chinese Six Companies in San Francisco offer to pay for Chinese detectives to keep order in Chinatown with police powers. Paris warns foreigners of widespread counterfeit 50 franc notes. Sailor demand rises amid global trade and naval armaments. Lieut Batson to form Native Philippine Battalions. Yearly surplus revenues may reach 60 million. Hawaii coins to be accepted at face value for public dues. Dewey’s Manila Bay operations cited in a cable bill. Indian Territory cities may gain power to issue bonds. A Dead Sea steamship line is poised to begin service with the first ship already purchased.
Local society column highlights residents of Harrisgee area in Indiana. Includes brief items on community events, personal milestones, and incidents of local interest.
Numerous Indiana incidents span accidents deaths and legal notices. Falls and wrecks claim lives at Noblesville Claypool and Lafayette while a shotgun mishap in Washington and a streetcar crash in Fort Wayne kill or injure bystanders. Property sales include Lake Electric Light Co plant sale to local capitalists with a seven year contract and land deals near Lacrosse. Church calls, suicides, elopements, and a ferry founder's savings reveal a year of local upheaval.
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