The Weekly Record Publisher Note
The Weekly Record lists C. Marten & Dro publishers in Silver Lake Indiana as part of the local newspaper record.
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
2
The Weekly Record lists C. Marten & Dro publishers in Silver Lake Indiana as part of the local newspaper record.
A compact roundup from Entelligence by Electric Wire surveys seven days of foreign affairs and domestic events across the civilized world. The digest covers notable developments, policy shifts, and key incidents shaping global and home affairs in a brisk, index-like format.
The Bayombong garrison in Neuva Vizcaya Province surrendered to Lieut. Monroe and fifty Fourth Cavalry troops. About 800 officers and men gave up rifles and prisoners, ending Aguinaldo’s contemplated retreat to Bayombong as an insurgent capital.
Rockport dispatch reports storm damage and fatalities far higher than initial estimates. Bodies of James Sanders and two unidentified men found in the mouth of St Charles Bay. Thousands of sheep and cattle drowned, with one ranchman losing over three thousand cattle.
Harry H. Trumball collector for Packers National Bank of South Omaha held up by foot-pads as he left the bank. After a brief exchange Trumball shot one highwayman through the heart, fatally wounding him. the other was wounded and escaped. The dead man, said to be local bad man known as Kid Sley, recently released from the penitentiary.
Dispatch from Cape Town reports a Boer force blowing up Colenso bridge was driven back by British artillery. Gen Hildyard advances to relieve Ladysmith and has overcome obstacles at Frere reaching the Tugela River's south shore.
General Leonard Wood met with Secretary of War Henry Stimson in Washington for two hours. Secretary Root announced that his recommendations to remove troops from Cuba were approved and orders implementing the plan would be issued.
A Pennsylvania train rammed a stage at Cranberry Crossing near Hazleton killing Miss Davidson of Grafton West Virginia Miss Emma Gooddee of Butler and Mrs Paisley of Harwood. Driver Toney Cherby of Hazleton was severely injured.
Eleven hunters died and seven were wounded in the Michigan and Lake Superior regions of Wisconsin and Minnesota during the recent deer season. Most fatalities and injuries were due to mistaken identity as deer.
London special reports Michael Sampson ex City Auditor of Chicago was arrested near Limerick Ireland on a charge of embezzlement He was arraigned in Bow Street Police Court and remanded.
Fire destroyed the entire business district of Onan eocoke Virginia in Accomac County. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars with 25000 dollars covered by insurance. Origin of the blaze unknown.
A St. John s Newfoundland dispatch reports the schooner Seraphis bound for the Bay of Islands appears to have foundered with seven crew members lost.
The ships Denny Wostock and Columbia departed San Francisco carrying the Forty second Infantry bound for Manila. The voyage marks a deployment from the West Coast to the Philippines with U S forces aboard.
London report confirms Gen. Methuen was among wounded at Modder River. Military update notes Second Army Corps to be called out, with a division soon to depart for the Cape, per Lord Wellesley in London. Fort Wayne dispatch mentions the Evil Eye show at the Masonic Temple.
A counterfeiting outfit was captured in the Alabama Penitentiary at Wetumpka. The gang used a mold made by wet plaster to cast impressions and produced dollar pieces designed to deceive.
Reports from the East describe rioting by wives and female relatives of striking miners in Nanticoke Pennsylvania. One woman was arrested for peppering a deputy's eyes.
A night watchman in Hicksville Ohio was shot by burglars. Fire destroyed the Jones Brothers Hardware warehouse in Little Rock Arkansas with losses around 175000 and 125000 insured. A Chicago planing mill loss reached 150000. Studebaker ships 300 wagons to South Africa for Britain. Several deaths include Col George R Davis and Charles Coghlan. A Sedalia Missouri acquittal, Oregon train wreck, and executions in Billings Montana are noted along with medical advances in Toledo and other regional notes. Several legal and court actions are recorded including a Minnesota marriage ruling and a Kansas railroad court. The piece closes with a large Weston fire.
The article reports a failed effort to form a national trust to control independent U.S. telephone companies, with key financiers withdrawing. It notes a Quebec bank robbery of about $15,000, a ship collision near Boston causing two deaths, a Manila-bound transport delivering troops after a typhoon, and Cherokee Nation attorneys appointed for rolls. It also covers the Donaldson Line voyage, rescue at sea, and Dun & Co. trade review highlighting bond sales, iron and wool markets, and weekly failures in the U.S. and Canada.
A fire destroyed twelve buildings housing about twenty businesses with damages near 60000 dollars and insurance around half. Attorney James T. Roberts killed Prof Ray Simpson over alleged romance with Mrs Roberts. Timber prices rise as eastern lumbermen buy Washington State fir tracts. North Carolina Supreme Court decision tightens residency requirements for divorce cases. A coal train collision near Coshocton Ohio killed three and injured twenty five people.
Chicago markets show cattle common to prime 3.00 to 7.25, hogs 3.00 to 4.00, sheep 3.00 to 4.50, with wheat No 2 red 65e to 6e, corn 81e to 32c, oats 22e to 23c, rye 54c to 55c. Indianapolis cattle 3.00 to 6.50, hogs 3.00 to 4.25. St Louis cattle 3.25 to 6.75, hogs 3.00 to 4.00. Cincinnati cattle 2.50 to 6.50, etc. New York cattle 3.25 to 6.75, hogs 3.00 to 4.50, wheat 72c to 74c, corn 39c to 40c.
The army transport Manauense arrived in Manila thirty three days from San Francisco carrying Lieut Col Webb Hayes and three companies of the Thirty first infantry. The ship faced a two and a half day typhoon, engine failures, and lifeboat crowding with four hundred exhausted men. Soldiers baled for twelve days as the vessel leaked and the crew deserted, yet the ship carried on in darkness and peril to reach Manila.
The Franklin syndicate proved a barefaced swindle promising 10 percent weekly returns from stock speculation. It paid such rates for over a year, held over a million dollars, and collapsed after depositors demanded refunds. Police seized the house as banks shut down and investigators pursued the case.
The report outlines a large fraud run by promoter Miller who is indicted and in hiding. Police seized $15 000 in cash and Miss Annie Gary hid $9 000 in an adjoining apartment. The daily mail at Miller's office amounted to three wagon loads. A Franklin syndicate man allegedly took in over $4 000 000 and nearly every letter contained money.
A string of brief notes reports on figures from Europe and Britain. It mentions Argentina's president and a $7500 uniform, King Alfonso of Spain with a new automobile, ex president Pierola of Peru with $50 million, Earl of Harrington's London grocery, and royal figures like the Grand Duchess Nicholas Nicolaie and Prince of Wales inspecting troops. It notes Danish princesses learning to sew, Queen Victoria advocating sensible footwear, and others including the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Duc d Orleans, Lord Lister and Sir William Turner, Princess Victoria of Wales and Princess Charles cycling, and a testament about a legacy badge of the Order of St John. It also cites a Bombay governor being made a baronet to preserve a famous name.
A Hillsboro Illinois prison case centers on Ellis Glenn a supposed forger and fiancé of Ella Dukes. The prisoner claims to be a woman and to have posed as her twin brother Elbert Glenn to secure his release. The tale spans St Louis Paducah and Chester with claims of disguise and sacrifice for her brother. The postmaster incident in Maryland is also noted.
A roundup of minor Indiana items reports a Rising Sun bank opening January 2 with 40 600 capital. Killed by a falling tree David Whitted Bedford 78. Muncie yard accident Frank Coffman crushed. Chesterfield youth Lincoln Bryant 21 blinded by ink thrown earlier. Jeffersonville child burned. Union Labor Library started in Muncie with 100 volumes. Elwood tin plate mills under construction. Sullivan accident fatal shotgun discharge. Dillsboro votes to remain dry. Indianapolis electric road franchise for Jackson County. Vin cennes boy Prentice Lyons 16 dies by own hand. Shelbyville boy John Rhodes 10 crushed by wagon wheels. Richmond Kokomo teacher Ernest E Jones injured in lab explosion. New private telephone line 18 miles in Bartholomew County. Sullivan Greene narrow gauge rail changes. South Bend divorce notice leads to fatal stroke. Typhoid deaths near Muncie and Spiceland. Tipton deed forgery case. Lafayette girl saves a child at Monon crossing. Muncie worker goes mad at factory meeting. Distillery plans Terre Haute with major land purchases. Fort Wayne G A R sword gift to Gen Lawton planned. Indianans receive various patents. Elkhart cement plant 1500 barrels daily, 200 workers. Sullivan man William Boles dies from gun mishap. Brother serves in Philippines.
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