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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1899
Page
2
Sailors report gusts from many shores as new developments unfold overseas. The Telegraph notes fresh foreign affairs details including incidents, fires, and casualties across regions, with emphasis on notable crimes and disasters shaping the week’s global scene.
A Washington special reports President McKinley backs reviving the Vice Admiral title to aid Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley. He says he would nominate both if a bill creates two Vice Admirals passes, with Wellington expected to introduce it soon. The plan aims to win broad support among friends of both officers.
Two bodies recovered and three missing presumed dead after a Read ing Pennsylvania hosiery factory fire that sent 600 workers into a panic. Property loss listed at 250000 with 150000 insured as many workers injured and some critical.
An explosion at James S Miller powder works near Sumneytown Pa. destroyed five buildings. Three workers William Barr Allen Schenck and John Sehwager were killed. Frank Schaefer was fatally injured and Raymond Jrust seriously bruised. Cause of blast unknown.
Elmer Fleming found his sister in law Mrs William Fleming burned to a crisp at her home four miles east of Seymour Indiana. The 1 year old baby was badly burned and expected to die. Fleming was at work four miles away and four other children were at school. Authorities suspect a fit caused her to fall into an open grate. She was 35, leaving a husband and five children.
General Otis reports Young's brigade located near Narbacan twelve miles south of Vigan and routed the enemy. Six hundred Spanish and American prisoners escaped to join allied forces. One American killed and twelve wounded. The enemy left twenty five dead.
Report says General Woods will be promoted to Major General as a step toward him becoming Governor of Cuba. President McKinley reportedly plans to rule the island as a whole with Woods governing. Army officers may move to block Woods' Senate confirmation.
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is gravely ill at his Washington home after a bicycle accident. He was initially believed to have minor injuries but is now feared to have internal damage from the fall.
Samuel Johnson, a 22 year old Black man, was hanged in the Hagerstown Maryland jail yard at 1 23 p m The drop dropped and he was pronounced dead eleven minutes later The neck was not broken and death occurred by strangulation
Port Colborne Ont dispatch reports the Canadian steamer Niagara believed sunk on Lake Erie with all crew lost. The crew likely numbered sixteen. Fort Wayne list notes Hoyt's A Texas Steer with December 18 repertoires by Peruchi Beldini Company at the Masonic Temple.
Cape Town dispatch reports the Transvaal Government refuses U S interference over Pretoria prisoners. It states Britain must seek inquiry through Commandant General Joubert.
Modder River dispatch reports Kimberley fully provisioned for forty days with thirty days forage and ample water. Colonel Kekewich forwards the message stating goods and supplies are sufficient to sustain the town.
The summary reports on diverse events including a new torpedo boat Bailey launch, a wage increase for nearly 100000 New England mill workers, a fatal crushing at Bradford mills Philadelphia, bankruptcy filings by S J Newell and John McKay, a university vivarium opening, receivership for J C & J C Miller, H C Frick resigning as Carnegie Steel chairman, another bankruptcy filing by Samuel E George, death of H B Fellows, a possible Niagra Falls murder case, a disappearance of Milton Oppenheimer, a collision at New York harbor involving Lassell and Ifriesland, and related stock and corporate upheavals.
The Missouri Supreme Court upholds St. Louis police and election laws. Ex mayor Joseph Brown died in St. Louis at 66 from disease complications.
A man found with a crushed skull and disfigured face died from a robbery attempt after his pockets were empty. The report notes the location as the county court house and details the brutal violence and theft.
Fire destroyed the Schuch & Martin foundry in Covington causing about 50000 in losses with 10000 insured. Nashville furniture factory suffered 35000 in damage with 25000 insured. BE Hamilton and E R Beauchamp merchandise stores and Beauchamp residence at Edmonton burned for 15000 with 7500 insured. A mob burned Dick Coleman near Maysville after arrest for murder. At State Line Mississippi a five year old boy killed his brother and wounded another with an airgun and shotgun incident.
The Fifty sixth Congress convened and Secretary Long urged eighteen new warships for the navy. Ambassador White seeks transfer from Berlin amid criticism of his German stance. A Samoa Islands partition treaty was signed at the State Department with McKinley and others present. A parcels post treaty between the United States and Guatemala was signed to take effect January 1. The War Department released further details without ceremony.
Report shows imports across five principal ports totaled 2,572,618 dollars and exports reached 2,920,500 dollars for May June and July 1899. Port names, vessel names, and commodity details are not provided in the excerpt.
Theodore Schreiner claims Boer War planning dates to 1882 while Lord Mayor Newton is acquitted. American garrison repels Fili pinos near Wigan Luzon with 8 Americans killed and 35 Filipinos dead. Maracaibo falls to Hernandist forces after a 16 hour battle. Surds raid Armenian village Wostur, killing 300. Warrimoo reports cannibal tragedy in Admiralty Islands. Harvard Observatory notes Charlois discovers a tenth magnitude minor planet with specific motion.
The Kootenai Yale timber combine aims to control British Columbia lumber with $500,000 capital. Regian students drown after breaking through ice at Regina. The barkentine Culdon arrives minus bowsprit after collision with Santanderine. first mate killed. Hat manufacturers consider a nationwide consolidation with $15,000,000 ready to buy plants. The U.S. auxiliary cruiser Prairie sails from Brooklyn for Havre with exhibit cargo. A runaway Canadian Pacific train reaches 150 mph on Bruce division before stopping. A St Louis deal seals 1,250,000 pounds of territory wool, worth over $250,000, in the largest West wool sale. Bradstreet notes dull distributive trade but strong price levels. Wheat shipments for the week total 3,699,400 bushels. since July 1 exports reach 89,167,964 bushels versus prior years.
The market report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with No 2 wheat prices ranging from 64c to 75c and corn around 29c to 41c. It also notes butter eggs and oats values, reflecting broad regional commodity activity.
Brigham H. Roberts of Utah is barred from taking oath as a member of the Fifty-sixth Congress. The House rejected his oath by 302 to 30, appointing a nine member special committee to investigate. Roberts contemplates appealing to the Supreme Court if needed.
Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith calls for curbing second class mail abuse and reclassifying improper items to third class. He notes a $20,000,000 plus annual loss, a current year deficit of $6,610,776, and that one quarter of mailed weight is misclassified yet yields only a fraction of revenue.
The Republican currency plan solidifies the gold standard with a dollar defined as 25.8 grains of .9 fine gold. It directs redemption of greenbacks in gold, creates a $150 million redemption reserve, and allows bonds to support the fund. It broadens bank note issuance against bond collateral, lowers tax on circulation for certain bonds, and contrasts with House provisions on notes and coin exchange.
Telegraphic items report Rowland East, the American and British Consul at Piura Peru, is dead and W H Watson, a New York thief, captured in Houston Texas. Others include a pension fraud case in Nashville and a series of violent incidents from Auburn New York to Seattle.
Advices from Manila say Aguinaldo and his Maccabebes press the Filipino retreat while Gen. Young secures a route from Vigar toward Bangued to guard prisoners. Maccabebe scouts block possible rearward movement as Maj. Swigert raids coast hoping to trap the rebel by sea. A Hong Kong dispatch notes contact with Aguinaldo.
Rebels attacked Vigan in South Itocos with eight Americans killed and fifty wounded. The defending garrison repelled the assault after a hard fight, forcing the insurgents to retreat into the mountains. Reported threats of safe haven in Hong Kong and advice to seek U S consul mercy.
A passenger rate war involves all main lines from New England to the Pacific Coast. The clash pits Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania systems against Northwestern Rock Island Burlington St Paul on one side and Chicago Atlantic lines with Southern Pacific Santa Fe Illinois Central on the other. Only California traffic rates are gravely affected so far, but broader demoralization looms. Second class Boston to San Francisco tickets now sell about ten dollars cheaper than the Chicago to San Francisco regular second class fare.
Emmett Peterson, a prisoner in the Suf folk, Va., jail, attempted an escape. He fired at the jailer's wife and then killed himself. Other brief items note a coal handling test aboard the battleship Massachusetts, a man drowning after stepping from a train onto a Catawba River trestle, Thomas S. O’Keefe of St. Louis losing his job and killing himself, and three Black men in Mount Belmont, La., killing Deputy Sheriff Marquette.
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