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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1899
Page
2
Telegraph dispatches summarize recent events in brief paragraphs. Reports describe numerous casualties, a handful of crimes, several fires, plus political and religious news across regions. The items are presented in concise, neutral prose.
Miami dispatch reports Red Bay on Andros Island twenty miles southwest of Nassau wiped out by a tropical hurricane. Capt. Dillon of the Cocoa notes about 300 lives lost with eye witnesses estimating up to 600 dead on the island. Winds reached ninety miles an hour with gusts to 165.
A carriage with six aboard was pulled into White River at Washington Indiana when the hawser parted as the ferry boat was boarding. The horses stepped aboard and the craft swung away, sending the carriage and all occupants into the river. The dead include Mrs Albert Hensel, four Hensel children, and Miss Amy Dillon.
Eliza Day a 60 year old patient at Columbus State Hospital Ohio died of peritonitis. Autopsy shows five silver spoon handles and fifty cambric needles in her stomach and nearly fifty more needles in the bowels. She had previously claimed swallowing spoons, dismissed as delusions.
James Whiting of Mile Run Ohio was killed by Jacob Keble a Williamstown farmer after being caught stealing melons from a patch near Marietta. Ninety buckshot pellets were recovered from the body by a physician, indicating a heavy loaded firearm.
The London press in Rennes is largely pessimistic about Capt. Dreyfus. They fear a guilty verdict, with the Daily Telegraph noting that unless Germany discloses the real traitor, a verdict identical to the prior court martial is likely.
A wooden box with 150 pounds of dynamite stored on a vacant Harlem lot exploded after boys built a tire on it. The blast felt for half a mile shattered windows and knocked people down. Fifty injured, none seriously, though one man lost his nose to broken glass.
Forest fires rage across the Adirondacks threatening a major blaze. Navigation on the St. Lawrence River is hazardous as boats are overdue and travel slowly through dense smoke. Heavy rains are needed to control the fires.
Dispatch from Ville Franche reports priest Vial arrested on charges of involvement in a plot to alter the form of government. The case centers on his alleged connections to the conspiracy and possible political aims.
Keeper Pugh of Gull Shoal life saving station in North Carolina reports the schooner Aaron Reppard wrecked three miles south of the station. Five of the eight crew were lost.
Word from Manila says Gen. Pio Del Pilar, a leading Philippine general, is dangerously wounded and at Gapau near San Isidro. The report notes his critical condition and location as the situation unfolds.
Mrs. Virginia Taylor Grosscup wife of Federal Judge Grosscup died in Ashland Ohio from complications after typhoid fever Funeral arrangements were not disclosed in the notice.
A train plunged from a railway bridge into a river near Santiago de Chile during gales and floods. Fifty people drowned and a nearby house was washed away with nine occupants drowned.
Philadelphia pugilist Jack McCormack Knocked out Kid McCoy in about one minute in Chicago. The six round match was expected to go the distance but McCormack dominated quickly.
A mastodon skeleton was uncovered on a farm near Newburg New York. The article also lists multiple incidents including church destruction in Westchester and various deaths, fires, and accidents across the region with values and names noted.
A tornado wrecks Redfield Arkansas. Lillian Lewis dies in Minnesota from consumption. Struthers Iron Company mill burns, loss about 50 thousand dollars. First Y P C T U national convention to meet in Chicago on September 26. Cass Lake Minnesota suffers fifteen-building fire after gas stove explosion. Tuscan Springs hotel destroyed with one life lost and about 40 thousand dollars in damages. Denver pioneer George W. Clayton dies from a stroke, fortune estimated up to five million. Senator Hayward felled by apoplexy at a Brownville picnic. Desertion and elopement cases near Buckeye Lake Ohio. Buckeye Lake area murder conviction at Bowling Green. Cordelia Botkin gets extended stay of execution in San Francisco. Elkton Maryland arrestees killed in self defense. Lightning kills John Matthews and son near Colony Oklahoma. Mysterious murder in Vandalia Missouri. two police officers killed at Denver. Fire in La Crosse Wisconsin destroys a furniture factory, 50 thousand dollars loss.
A long list of brief items covers a fatal bat attack in Ohio, electrocution blame in Omaha, a large Ohio saloon tally, ore discovery in Minnesota, a Colorado smelter strike, and various legal and corporate actions including Cleveland Bankrupt Store receivership, a Harding Paper plant sale, and railroad accidents. Also noted are potential American exhibitions abroad and military moves in Europe and Asia with Kitchener and Russian policies affecting students.
Southern cigar workers win their Tampa strike as political fights flare with Kentucky governor race moves. In East Bernstadt Charles Jones is shot dead by Cam Williams who is jailed. Abbeville County sheriff appeals for aid to quell whitecap violence. In Port Gibson a young black man Bill Wilson is hanged by unknown lynchers. Chicago capitalists gain 30 day option on Chattanooga streetcar lines. A deadly duel in Dallas ends with officers Rawlins and Daniels dead. Jose Rivera’s Tampa factory and Piera in Jacksonville seized by revenue officials. Clay County Kentucky cites looming feuds between Benges and Stapletons and clashes on Red Bird Creek between Sizlores and Ashers.
Foreign news notes Emperor William at the Dortmund Ems canal opening in Germany and Prince Henry of Germany slated to visit the United States after returning from the West. Reports warn of plague like symptoms in Oporto Portugal along with earthquake shocks and heavy rains in central Portugal. August von Mosetig an Austrian railway employee is arrested as a spy for France. Two men ambush Maître Labori counsel for Dreyfus at Rennes.
Seven thousand dollars in bank bills were reported stolen from the Joliette Quebec Canadian Pacific Railway station. The piece notes a US customs seizure of six Canadian fishing boats near Point Roberts likely to be settled by release. It also mentions Texas rail rebates leading to restricted pass issuance, a $20,000 damages suit by Joseph Brunock against Colorado and Southern President Trumbull for alleged blacklisting, and military actions in Santo Domingo with Gen. Escobaza claiming a decisive end to the Jiminez uprising. Additional items cover a Tampico roundhouse explosion with multiple fatalities, and a Dun & Co weekly trade review detailing iron production, wool activity, and recent failures in the US and Canada.
Chicago to New York market figures show cattle prices from $2.50 to $6.25, hogs $2.75 to $6.00, sheep $2.50 to $5.25, and grains including wheat No 2 red around 68c to 78c, corn 32c to 39c, oats 19c to 29c, rye 53c to 58c. Regional ranges listed for Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with assorted prices and grades.
The Dreyfus trial features a refused adjournment after Labordis wounding and vivid testimony alleging army corruption. Witnesses Lebon, Henry's widow, and Gen Roger attack Dreyfus, while Picquart and Bertulus testify for him. The court pauses as defenses push back on guilt claims.
American forces attacked 2 500 insurgents entrenched near Angeles with ten infantry companies and two cannons. The Filipinos were forced to retreat with about 200 dead. Americans suffered two killed and twelve wounded. The capture of Angeles marks a key strategic move. Secretary Root's new bird's-eye map tracks troop movements. Wheeling returned from Luzon coastal cruise reporting insurgents in control of villages. reports from Negros and Cebu are unsettled.
Notes of Current Events report McKinley will visit Milwaukee on October 11. The Mazer committee of New York adjourned to September 12. John Burch of Middlesboro Kentucky sentenced to hang but granted a respite to September. Dave Ogden of St. Louis sold his Arizona copper mine claim for 200000 dollars. A company of the Thirty first regiment includes the fighting feudist of Clay County Kentucky.
Formal orders issued Thursday by Secretary Root call for ten additional regiments for service in the Philippines. President McKinley approved the plan including regular army officers for colonel and lieutenant colonel roles. The move adds to Gen Otis’s force, with 62,451 men and regiments organized in the United States and in the Philippines, including volunteers.
The plan calls for 62 451 additional combatants plus 2000 hospital corps in the Philippines and more medical officers to bring Gen Otis’s force to about 65 000. Secretary Root, citing Otis, expects this will quell the insurrection in the fall. Ten more volunteer regiments raise the total volunteer force to 30 500, leaving 4 493 of 35 000 authorized uncalled, with overall army strength near 95 000.
General Davis reports appalling conditions in Porto Rico after a hurricane. He says deaths will reach 2,000 with many dying daily from injuries and privations. A San Juan cable notes hundreds starving, Bayamon and Arecibo devastated, towns flooded, and 200 bodies recovered with more missing or swept to sea.
A cascade of editorials from major U S papers reacts to the Labori assassination during the Dreyfus trial. They warn of bloodshed and argue justice for Dreyfus, fearing public opinion shifts and renewed calls for reconviction amid a fraught political climate.
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