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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
2
A compact summary notes numerous casualties, several crimes, a few fires, and political and religious news items reflected in brief paragraphs. The item highlights a broad spectrum of events across the region.
A large mob gathered outside Policeman Brobert J. Thorpe's home in New York seeking vengeance against local African Americans after the officer's death. The crowd attacked indiscriminately, injuring scores. Police reserves and patrols restored order after fierce clashes with clubs and revolvers fired in the air.
Brennan, under arrest in St Louis, identified as one of the men linked to blowing up street cars in the city. Police say Transit Company dynamiting was directed by a regularly organized committee with plans formed at fixed locations and carried out by men compelled to follow orders with dynamite supplied.
The Dawson Georgia region sweltered through record heat with temperatures around 100 degrees. W T Everett described an ear of popcorn that popped naturally from sun exposure, its kernels remaining snowy white after hours in direct sunlight, showcasing the extreme heat's unusual effect.
Viscount Wolseley the field marshal and commander in chief of the British army delivered harsh condemnations at Aldershot after the late maneuvres, saying the 80 000 men were unfit to send abroad due to poor leadership and training. General Montgomery Moore, formerly of Sarees, now commanded at Aldershot, listened among other distinguished officers.
The foreign office announces Emperor William will receive the Brooklyn Sangerbund delegation in early September to thank him for the prize he awarded the group. His engagements delayed the originally hoped reception.
A dispatch reports Sir Robert Hart director general of Chinese imperial maritime customs has left Pekin with staff under Chinese escort and that a cruiser will meet him on reaching the coast.
Fourteen typhoid cases reported on the Moore family farm four miles from Elkton Kentucky with two deaths. Authorities believe the illness was caused by cistern water used for drinking.
London Daily Express dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez reports Boer General DeWet has united forces with Commandant Delarey, signaling a strengthened resistance. The news emphasizes the two leaders coordinating actions in the field.
Fifteen Italian detectives have sailed for New York to shadow anarchist movements in the United States, a Rome correspondent reports for the London Daily Mail. The move aims to monitor potential anarchist activity among immigrant communities.
At Jamestown Ohio A G Binghamp ton killed his wife and his son in law James Bradley then took his own life. Family troubles were cited as the motive for the deadly incident.
General MacArthur reports 3 868 sick in hospitals and 1 261 in quarters totaling 5 129 sick soldiers. This equals 8 7 percent of the entire army in the Philippines. The figures reflect health conditions amid ongoing combat operations.
The twelfth census records New York City population at 2 050 600. The count for Greater New York remains unfinished.
A sweeping list of late 19th and early 20th century calamities and deaths across New York and surrounding states. Fire in Glens Falls causes $100000 loss. William Steinitz dies in New York asylum. Miss Flossie Swetland drowns at Put-in-Bay. Mrs. Camacho dies on a Jersey City train. Gus Ruhlin KO’d by Bob Fitzsimmons in New York. Fitzsimmons buys home in Bensonhurst. Three NY Steam Heating workers killed by pipe explosion. Nine struck by lightning in New York. four die. Paint-store explosion in Rochester does $40000 damage. Portland, Me. Gas Light Co. boiler-house explosion kills three, injures two. Jasper Houston murdered near Zwickley Pa. Dakota Elevator in Buffalo burns. loss about $500000. Diamond earring worth $700 torn from Mrs. Bessie Krum…ewich in streetcar. Dismembered body found near Woodstock Md. murder suspected. Elopement of Dr. Howard Wilkinson with wife’s sister. Fifteen killed, ten injured in grade crossing crash near Slatington Pa. Lehigh and New England wreck. Pittsburgh Reduction aluminum works destroyed by tornado. loss $100000.
A 1904 Seattle world’s fair is proposed to honor Pacific Northwest settlement. Other items note a smallpox outbreak among Turtle Mountain Indians, public school leadership in St. Paul, shipwrecks near Saltake, a hung jury in Lina Quigg case, and multiple regional incidents across the country.
Estate dispute leaves daughter with everything except five dollars. Fire cripples St. Louis factories. losses reach eight thousand dollars. Toledo man dies after a dice game quarrel. Nodaway stockmen fatally shot during heist near St. Joseph. Cincinnati children find a dead man in a sewer. Detroit coal steamer sinks at dock. crew escapes. Wichita murder case. Jessie Morison held for El Dorado killing. Toledo man shoots wife and then himself. wife dies. Kansas prisoner surrenders after long escape. Milwaukee line collision kills two. coal cars derail. Undershirt man fined for peace breach in St. Louis. Chicago poisoning cases prompt police inquiry. Columbus express messenger shot. $45,000 stolen. Salina robbery claim of $3,440. Mrs Craven denied senator Fair estate claim. Cache river bridge collapses. several killed or injured. Great Lakes tug rivalry ends in disaster at Ashtabula. one drowned. Lineman Harry Stearns perishes. others survive.
Summary of incidents includes Langstaff Hardware liabilities. Leslie Goodpaster shot by Edgar Connor in Owingsville Kentucky with Connor dying by suicide. Southern train wreck at Tennille Georgia injuring thirteen. two killed in a Georgia quarrel involving Ernest Herrington and Milton Mears. Erasmus Henderson suicide in New Orleans. Ohio man Leaps to death from statehouse dome after failed poisons. Alabama tragedy as W T Turner and family jump from moving Southern train near Anniston.
Turner died in a Southern Pacific wreck near Lake Charles when a passenger train derailed on a trestle over the Lacasine bayou. The tender jumped the track, the engine continued, nine coaches toppled, and the trestle collapsed. About 150 aboard, only one boy was reported killed. wife and baby seriously wounded.
Across world notices a scramble of events. Barberton named new seat of Transvaal Government. Paris cabmen strike ends in lockout depriving 3 500 drivers of their vehicles. Boer plot in Pretoria to kill British officers. ringleaders jailed. A G Hales says British troops starved by red tape. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sets new record to Cherbourg in 5 days 19 hours 44 minutes. Havre stokers' strike settled with wage increase. Belimarkowiteh arrested in Vienna for insulting Servian Queen. Russian fire mis cues kill American soldiers at Yang tsun. French fleet collision at Cape St Vincent sinks Framee 14 saved 42.
Report notes over 100 typhoid cases in Winnipeg as part of a broader illness surge in Manitoba. Other items include a Nicaragua customs dispute won by American merchants, a discovered letter from Andree, and various brief market and crime notes from the period.
Chicago to New York price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains in regional market summaries. Values include Chicago hogs 3.00 to 5.90, wheat No 2 red 70s to 80c, corn No 2 37c to 48c, oats 20c to 29c, butter 17c to 20c, eggs 9c to 17c, with many city specifics and shipping grades listed.
A dispatch to the New York Journal quotes Ed win Wildman that the allied army entered Pekin Monday and rescued the envoys. Li Hung Chang asks for armistice talks at Tung Chow but the U.S. government rejects terms and keeps the previous stance. Conger’s cable is first to confirm government telegraphic reach and lists marines killed in the legation assaults.
T H Storts of Van Buren Indiana predicted in 1894 that the United States would enter war in 1898 endure seven years of conflict until 1900 and then face a struggle with leading nations. He says after China is subdued swords will turn and great destruction will follow. He bases his forecast on Revelation and warns of near last days and urges strong national preparation.
Miss Thomson of Rochester New York is among the few American women managing a meat market. She did not pick the trade. her father was a butcher and when unable to continue, she took over to support the family. She demonstrates solid business skill and the venture prospers.
Chinese residents in the quarantined San Francisco district prepare to sue health officers for damages estimated at about $2,000,000, claiming losses from the containment action.
H T Vaughn and Henry Greenwell accidentally discovered gold deposits near Libby Missouri believed worth two million. Thirty thousand people traveled on the Metropolitan Underground Railway in Paris on its opening day.
Ex United States Senator John J Ingalls died in East Las Vegas New Mexico early Thursday morning after more than a year of throat illness. Born 1833 in Middlesex Massachusetts he served Kansas in the State Senate and later the U S Senate from 1878 to 1891. He leaves a widow and six children and had recently traveled through New Mexico and Arizona seeking climate.
An article explains how Chinese place and family names reveal geography and power. It decodes terms like Tung east and Pekin capital, Tien heaven, Shanghai city by the sea, Yang-tse river, and Ta Tsing kow empire, showing how rulers and regions are encoded in terms.
Sparks from the wires report a potential Brooklyn water famine and a greening of international events. Ex Gov Wolcott accepts Italy ambassadorship. Navy build costs reach 92 million dollars. Marie Danton heads to America. Yellow fever rages across Mexican ports and Panama. A British cruiser burns 22 thousand tons of coal en route to Australia. Paris water shortages limit private service at night. Pretoria may be renamed Victoria. Alexander Donelson, a Nashville figure, is assassinated. Queen Victoria statue head removed in Newcastle. Harcourt pegs South African war cost near 80 million pounds. Convention Hall Kansas City insured for 150 thousand dollars. About 80 percent of 4 million Spanish pesos exchanged in Porto Rico.
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