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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
2
Intelligence from Electric Wire surveys foreign affairs and home happenings across the civilized world. It covers notable events and daily occurrences gathered from every quarter, presenting a compact view of recent international and domestic developments.
The State Department will cable Consul Harris at Nagasaki for information on Senator Albert J. Beveridge. The last note said Beveridge was aboard a plague ship near Nagasaki and the letter reached Indianapolis on June 30. The quarantine rules against infected ships heighten the risk and secrecy of his whereabouts.
Manila special reports Gen Hall captures Calamba on the south shore of Laguna de Bay after fierce exchanges. Four Americans killed and eleven wounded. Calamba hub for insurgent telegraphs in Southern Luzon and Gen Malbar’s HQ. Regulars led wading ashore neck deep as gunboats cover the expedition. Calamba lies in Laguna Province about thirty miles southeast of Manila with 11 475 people. Its seizure is to harass insurgents rather than strategic pivot.
The steamer Alnmere from New Castle England was towed 400 miles to Halifax by the steamer Daniel after drifting eleven days. She lost her tail shaft and propeller in a gale on July 10 and remained adrift until picked up by the Daniel bound for New York.
The inmates Hurley Marlatt Atkinson and O'Neil are confined in a special steel cell at Columbus penitentiary. Marlatt attempted to assault guards during transfer and was overpowered by six guards. Atkinson and O'Neil killed a guard recently. Hurley stabbed Miss Sprague and Marlatt crippled several guards.
Twenty people were injured in a riot at Coney Island New York between picnickers and Brighton Beach racetrack men. Two men were jostled and fifty fought fiercely. Police arrived to find twenty on the ground with several unconscious or injured others. Several were sent to hospital.
A Shanghai telegram reports that persistent denials of a Japanese Chinese alliance have taken definite form, provoking great excitement in Russian circles.
Cremation of Col. Robert Ingersoll took place in New York on Thursday. After the cremation at Freshpond the ashes were taken to the family home for interment.
Bert Kimball of North Adams Michigan an aeronaut drowned at Baw Bees Park near Hillsdale Michigan after his parachute fell into the lake.
Andrew Carnegie offers to donate 50000 dollars for a San Diego California public library and to maintain it at the present level, if a similar sum is raised locally. The proposal aims to establish a lasting civic library endowment similar to other Carnegie gifts.
Cape Town reports confirm President Kruger of the South African Republic has resigned. Advices indicate the move ends his long tenure and triggers a political shift as government leadership changes hands.
President McKinley and party arrive at Plattsburg New York to a welcoming scene at the Hotel Champlain. Mrs McKinley looks pale yet endures the trip while the flag is raised and the band plays Hail to the Chief.
General Otis reports rapid enlistment applications from veteran volunteers in Manila and considers forming an additional regiment drawn exclusively from volunteers to bolster forces.
Bradstreet's commercial report notes that prices for corn are declining due to the strong possibility of a record or near record crop. Kansas is highlighted for potential enormous yield, while wheat shipments for the week total 3,408,073 bushels and corn exports reach 3,666,294 bushels for the week. Since July 1, wheat exports total 10,430,860 bushels and corn exports 12,317,10 bushels, with year over year comparisons provided.
E. E. Rittenhouse of Colorado Springs praises H. R. Bostwick of San Francisco and HW. Raymond Krumm of Columbus, Ohio for dispersing a 3,000 strong mob during a Seoul attack on the electric car line. They were unarmed, Bostwick raised his hand and ordered dispersal by U S authority, provoking the crowd to drop weapons and flee.
Four Caldwell girls aged 16 to 19 drowned at Brury a fishing and bathing resort six miles east of Caldwell while swimming in the river. Edith Batlin nearly drowned but was saved after strenuous efforts. The community mourns the loss of Edna Curtis Millie Dedrick Inez Neal and Mabel Neal.
Four men were buried under 400 tons of clay in a Buckeye Sewer Pipe Company bank east of Akron Ohio. The victims are Daniel Callahan Andrew Płon s ky and two unidentified onlookers or Germans. The fall dropped forty feet and left no chance to escape. No blasting occurred and inspectors found the site safe the day prior.
A freight and passenger train on the Chesapeake and Nashville line passed a washout at a trestle near Westmoreland Tennessee and was burned. An advance agent for Cooper and Co. circus named Simmons died from burns. Injured include John E. Dalton Mrs. Thomas Epperson and son Prof. Buck John Rogan and other trainmen.
Mrs. Rich was delivered to Mexican authorities in El Paso after being charged with murdering her husband in Juarez. United States Marshal Liebricht transported her from San Antonio and she was receipted for by Mexican consul Francisco Mallen. Before leaving her cell she wrapped herself in an American flag.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad announces an 85000 gift to the 5000000 World’s Fair fund with railroads terminating in St Louis likely to exceed 600000 in total subscriptions. The Burlington system adds 55000, underscoring strong railway backing for the project.
The Youngstown finishing mills strike ends as workers accept Manager Campbell's proposal to restore pre 1892 wages, effectively raising wages by about 25 percent. The settlement ends a major labor dispute involving employers in Youngstown Ohio.
F Thever a 50 year old cobbler fatally shoots Miss Dorothy Mee Kee 24 on Long Beach California after jealousy. He then dies by suicide at the scene leaving a tragedy on the sand.
A fire near Anderson South Carolina killed three Black children after their mother left them alone to visit a neighbor. Authorities suspect the fire was set by the children.
Dynamite destroyed Col. Hooks residence in Hooks Texas killing the resident. Authorities suspect Will Jackson, a Black man, as the alleged perpetrator in the crime.
The Paris Politique Coloniale reports that Russia and Japan are arming with a view to a possible conflict in Corea.
A new explosive, called by its discoverer John Karstairs, is described as smokeless and containing neither nitro glycerin nor nitro cellulose. It is claimed to be more destructive than dynamite and safer to handle, with Russia and Germany adopting it for military use and other powers experimenting to replace current explosives.
Engineer George W. Rafter leads the survey for a proposed canal from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario at Oswego. The project envisions a thirty foot deep, 340 foot wide waterway from Oswego through the Oswego river to Oneida lake and Mohawk valley to the Hudson with a 1000 foot long lock. Another route would run from the St Lawrence river via Lake Champlain.
Masked robbers entered David Miller’s east of Galion residence and bound the family. They demanded the safe key and combination, threatened to ignite a mattress pile doused with kerosene, but an elderly victim guided them to a store to force the safe’s combination. About $1,000 was taken and split.
Israel Perrault, a professional bridge jumper and worker on high structures, began painting the Yankton electric light plant smokestack and fell more than fifty feet after defective apparatus failed. He struck on his feet, splintering bones nearly to the knee but is expected to recover.
George B. Wightman sues Charles F. Tatum in New York Supreme Court for 150000 dollars alleging alienation of his wife's affections. Tatum counters that in October 1896 Mrs Wightman divorced Wightman in Dakota, months before the alleged acts.
A fire in East Toledo at the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton elevator caused near one million dollars in loss to the building and its contents. The building carries 185000 dollars in insurance, while coverage on the contents is undetermined. The extent of insured cargo, including 900000 bushels of wheat, remains unclear.
One of Montreal's oldest banks, the Villa Marie Bank, suspended payments amid claims of cashier I. Lemieux and teller J. H. Herbert defalcations. Both men have disappeared, leaving a shortage estimated at $58,000.
Four hundred coal miners at J. E. Durkee Coal Company in Weir City Kansas go back to work after a strike stemming from claims Durkee sold coal to a rival company to meet its contracts.
The Finlayson-Bonsfield Company limited of Grafton Massachusetts joined the thread combine and the property has been transferred to the trustees of the trust. The deed shows a price of 227000 dollars.
A cyclone struck the eastern part of La Porte Indiana tearing down Butterworth and Co boot and shoe shop and leveling several other buildings. The event caused structural damage across multiple blocks and authorities investigated injuries and recovery plans.
Cincinnati messenger boys strike for higher pay and amid tensions two youths were stabbed while others were struck by missiles and clubs, sparking serious disorder late at night.
A 14 year old girl Jessie Hoover drowned at the Omaha Exposition Grounds while wading in the pool used for the Manila battle production she went beyond her depth and was swept under.
Formal announcement confirms Elihu Root’s appointment as Secretary of War. He has notified the President of his acceptance, marking a key cabinet change in Washington.
At Athens Missouri B L Hull fatally shot his sweetheart Florence Gordon and then killed himself by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. The double tragedy shocked local residents and police investigated the incident as a domestic homicide followed by suicide.
President Ulises Heureaux of the Dominican Republic was shot dead at Moca in Santo Domingo. The assassin, Ramon Caceros, fled the scene after the killing.
Christiania authorities announce a bill to establish a wholly Norwegian flag for consulates. The measure aims to replace foreign ensigns with a national banner in official Norwegian diplomatic offices.
In Lincoln Park Chicago Raymond Corcoran fourteen and Anderson eighteen drowned while attempting to rescue each other. Crowds on the beach watched as Anderson drifted out too far and cried for help. Corcoran, a capable swimmer, went to assist but cramps struck and both men disappeared beneath the water after a final struggle. Park policemen rushed to assist but could not reach them in time.
Judge C S Johnson of the U S Court for Alaska extends his tour of the Yukon to appoint judges under new Alaska laws. He may hold sessions in several towns as he travels from the source of the Yukon to its mouth and back to Sitka. Accompanying him are Clerk A D Elliott Marshal J M Shoupe and A J Daly.
James Harren of Freeport and Miss Agnes Herzog of Millwood were instantly killed by a lightning bolt at Miss Herzog’s home in St. Cloud Minnesota. The Herzog family and Harren were sitting on the porch when the bolt struck the corner of the house. others were unharmed. The couple were engaged to be married.
Dr. M. Lafater was killed in his Manchester Tenn. dental office by Campbell Green. Green fired three shots, two hitting Lafater in the mouth and heart during a dispute over a trade for some males the men were negotiating.
The puddling department of the Etna mill operated by Spang Chalfant and Co in Pittsburgh has restarted after a shutdown since July 1 due to puddlers strike, now employing colored workers. There was no trouble when the African American workers joined the mill.
A great fire swept Marienburg in West Prussia destroying fifty houses including the rathhaus from the fourteenth century and seventeen historic arcade houses in the market place.
At Fairhaven Washington a brawl broke out between fifty Japanese and 250 Chinese. Knives rocks and iron bars were used leaving ten Chinamen and one Japanese injured. The riot stemmed from intoxication and disorder.
In Denmark Indiana Charles Wolfnagel killed his wife and two daughters with a hatchet then cut his own throat and died beside his wife. Authorities deem him insane as the crime shocks the community.
William Wiesbusch died at the post graduate hospital in New York after a mosquito bite on the temple a week earlier led to blood poisoning. He ignored the wound, and complications developed resulting in death.
An explosion at the Redstone Coal Company mine near Brownsville Pennsylvania kills three men outright and entombs seventy others.
A reciprocity treaty with France was signed in Washington after a long period of dispute and negotiation, marking a formal agreement in trade relations between the two nations.
The report lists live cattle hogs and sheep quotes across markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye clover seed and creamery butter and eggs. Notable ranges include Chicago hogs 3.00 to 4.75 and New York wheat 77 to 79 cents.
Adolph Luetgert, jailed for the Louisa Luetgert murder, died in his Joliet prison cell before 7 a.m.Authorities cite heart disease as the probable cause with no signs of poisoning. The condemned man maintained innocence and anticipated a rehearing, while prison officials called him well behaved despite a solitary confinement incident.
Rioting and disorder erupted at two Evansville coal mines as colored non union miners faced a crowd of youths with tin cans. Shots were fired but no injuries reported as police dispersed the crowd and escorted miners home. Mayor Akin banned parades.
Illinois River Valley Association calls for dredging the Illinois river and removal of all dams before the Chicago drainage canal is diverted there. The group, meeting at Whitehall, adopted resolutions to be sent to Governor Tanner and President McKinley. About five thousand attendees backed the plan and implied they will withdraw opposition to the drainage district if the conditions are met.
Italy to receive indemnity for three of five Italians lynched at Tallulah Louisiana. The State Department aims to establish that an alien becomes a U S citizen only after formal naturalization papers are issued. Official legal steps will follow to determine the facts of the case.
General Otis establishes a provisional military government for the Island of Negros with a civil governor to be elected later. Bacolor named capital. cabinet to be appointed. voters require literacy, property, and residency. Civil council to draft uniform taxes. salaries listed. military governor retains veto power. Washington dispatch notes no removal of Otis from command.
The body of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll was cremated Thursday at Fresh Pond L I. The coffin was plain with black cloth and no plate or handles, used only to transport the remains from the house at Dobbs Ferry to the crematory. A special train stood ready at the Dobbs Ferry station.
Mourners stayed at Fresh Pond after Col Ingersoll's death as a special Long Island Railroad train operated. The widow later took the ashes home in a cinerary urn chosen by sculptor George Gray Barnard who took the cast of Ingersoll's head after death.
Manila dispatch says Brig Gen Hall with 1000 men captured Calamba on Laguna de Bay southeast of Manila. US losses were four killed and twelve wounded. Calamba, population 11,476, lies about 27 miles from Santa Cruz on the bay’s eastern shore. The seizure aims to harass insurgents rather than yield strategic value.
Reports from Akron Pittsburgh Kentucky and other places note fatalities from traffic and ambushes. Dawson City prospectors head to Nome as a $9 million fertilizer trust proposal surfaces. Ex-Commissary General Eagan returns from Hawaii.
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