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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1897
Page
2
Battle Likely Near Havana as Forces Mobilize
Report from Havana cites an imminent engagement with Spanish forces under Gen. Paredas meeting Cuban units led by Juan del Galdio Nadarez and Rafael de Cardenas. Spanish losses in recent fighting include a colonel, major, seven captains, and seventy four privates with many wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Paredas
Senor Canalejas
Llavana
Maysia Rodrigenz
Juan del Galidio
Nadarez
Rafael de Cardenas
la Luisa
Guira de Melina
Pinar del Rio
Pinar de Rio
Rebels Capture Calmanera Amid Havana Special Report
Spanish headquarters announce a force of about forty guerillas and natives captured the port Calmanera near Guantanamo. They allegedly plundered a store, seized $30,000 on a wharf, killed a police inspector and two gendarmes, with guerillas from Lore joining the currents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Calmanera
Treaon
Gauantanamo
Bay of Guuantanamo
Cumberland Harbor
Cula
Almanera
Crop Conditions Report From Agricultural Department
Agricultural Department final estimates show December farm production averages for main crops. Corn at 26.5 cents per bushel versus 21.5 last year, oats 18.7 versus prior 18.7, barley 32.3 cents versus 40.9 last year, buckwheat 42.1 cents versus last year, hay $6.00 per ton versus $5.5 last year. Averages for some products are withheld pending revision and winter acreage estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Oklahoma Sensation in Guthrie on train robbery case
Reports from Guthrie Oklahoma claim Houston of Woodward Texas fame will defend himself against charges. The Jennings brothers and a gang are on trial for train robbery and related crimes. Temple Houston and Al Jennings are named in the disputes surrounding the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Guthrie
O. T
Houston
Woodward
Ouston
Texas
Sanings Brothers
Temple Houston
Jennings Brothers
Alt
al. Jennings
Explosion among youths injures several in village
A natural gas blast sparked by a lighted match injured Glenn Port and George Hatfield, with Port severely burned and facing possible death. Anthony Bussert also burned, Hatfield unharmed. The incident occurred near a mains site as villagers report the event across Pearl River. The sheriff tours the local area amid unclear details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Ohio
Glenn Port
George Ind
Anthony Bussert
Hatfield
Porter
Dlatfield
Many events ripple through West and Midwest in 1900s era
The Chickasaw Nation rejects the Dawes treaty while ships including the Algonquin launch successfully in Cleveland. Delegations from Choctaw and Chickasaw nations press lawmakers in Washington as fires kill a North Yakima resident’s child. Poisonings in Exeter, N H claim two lives. Military chiefs gather in St Louis. A Seattle murder appeal ends. A Hardin Mo youth dies over a boyfriend’s gunshot. Milwaukee fire kills one, injures five. A murder conviction hard labor. Alaska voyage damages awarded. a Gardnerville mob hangs Uber. Missoula captures a black man linked to a Sweet Springs case. The Alert prepares for Pacific canal work. A Kansas City report notes a whisky cargo dig finds possible submerged whiskey from Arabia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Algonquin
Revenue Cutter Service
Lakes
Clevland
Indian Affairs
Jones
West
Wichita Mountains
Indian Territory
Washington
Leesh
Yakima
Wash
Supreme Court
W. H. T. Durrant
Blanch Lamont
Minnie Williams
Dallas Neally
Hardin, Mo
Henry Evans
Lake House
Milwaukee
Frank A. Novak
Vinton
Town
Anamosa
Seattle
Hanford
Caston Jacobi
Charles Buff
Alaska
Eugene
Dawson
Adam Uber
Hans Anderson
Gardnerville
Genoa
Nev
Joe Johnson
Ate Neill
Sweet Springs
Missoula
Mont
Butte
United States Steamship Alert
San Francisco
United States Commission
Kansas City
Arabia
Missouri
Navy moves toward Cuba as Sicard arrives in Washington
Admiral Sicard arrives to receive policy guidance as the North Atlantic Squadron maneuvers near Havana. The president’s Cuba course signals a pacific approach and a plan to deter Cuban sympathizers while suppressing filibustering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicard
Washington
Havana
Cuba
Congress
Gulf
State Department
Immigration
Fitchie
New York
General Powderly
United States
Rome
Italy
Powderly
Witchie
Europe
Alger
Capt
Lovering
Fourth Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Hammond
Leonard A. Lovering
Capt. Lovering
Escaped murderer Virgil Staley flees Huntington jail
News notes a murderer Virgil Staley escaping from Huntington jail after a desperate battle with the jailer. Other items report Hoke Smith denying an imminent move to New York, Christine Bradley to christen the battle ship Kentucky, and a fatal knife attack in Hot Springs. Additional items cover a veto on an anti football bill, a moonshiner murder of Albert Giles, and a Tennessee railroads case against the State Railroad Commission in Chattanooga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We ‘Va
Virgil Staley
Huntington
Hoke‘ Smith
Atlanta
Interior
New York
Christine Bradley
Kentucky
Long
Hot Springs
Ark
Henry Wise
Frank Harvey
Wise
Harvey
Atkinson
Georgia
Albert Giles
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Tenn
Clark
Tennessee
State Railroad Commission
Martial law in Brazilian states and other global moves
The report notes martial law in Rio de Janeiro Parana and Sao Paulo amid unrest. The Italian ministry resigns to enable Marquis di Rudini to form a united cabinet. German marines seize Kiao-Chou China’s city walls and gates with machine guns. Japan opposes Hawaii annexation. English travelers including Robert Barr are detained by Turkish soldiers at Suediah in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Parana
Sao Paulo
Marquis di Rudini
Kiao-Chou
China
Japan
United States
Hawaii
Germans in Kaio-Chou Bay Attack Reported
A Shanghai dispatch says Captain Becker with 310 German marines moved from Kaio-Chou bay to seize surrounding villages and capture the city. Chinese forts fired, the Germans returned fire, three Chinese garrison members were killed, village leaders were beaten, and the Chinese general was captured then released. London reports China may pay a 1,000,000 taels indemnity and cede Kaio-Chou bay. Paris dispatch notes French cruisers Jean Bart Isely Alger prepared for dispatch to China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayti
Count Schwerin
London
Shanghai
Becker
Kaio-Chou Bay
China
Paris
Jean Bart
Isely
Alger
Trading and legal notices from early century press
A collage of items notes Union Pacific reorganization efforts to annul a sale, Ontario postal cards allowing ads on faces, Miss Butler pressuring Frances Willard over Temperance Union disputes, Joint Traffic Association opposing mileage tickets, British Columbia divorce jurisdiction dispute, and trade reports from R G Dun & Co and Bradstreet on failures and export totals amid seasonal demand shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Postmaster General
Ontario
Miss Butler
Frances E. Willard
Purity Branch
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Henry Somerset
Butler
Joint Traffic Association
Central Passenger Association
Western Territory
Theodore, Davis
British Columbia
Matthews
High Court
Canada
Dominion Senate
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Bradstreet’s
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
St. Joseph
St. Paul
Kansas City
Montreal
Market Reports from Chicago to Milwaukee Prices and Grades
Market notes list commodities in multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee with cattle hogs sheep and grain prices by grade. Prices range cattle 2.50 to 5.50 hogs 3.00 to 3.75 wheat No 2 around 90c to $1.01 corn No 2 24c to 28c oats 21c to 28c rye around 45c to 47c and clover seed 3.10 to 3.15 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
San Toledo
Milwaukee
Congress Opens Amid Hawaii Annexation Push
Washington dispatch describes the new session of Congress with President McKinley at his mother’s bedside. House and Senate organize rapidly as annexation advocates push the Hawaii treaty, while debates on bankruptcy laws and other measures begin. The opening features crowded galleries, floral Senate displays, and plans for swift action on key fiscal and territorial issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
McKinley
Washington
Third House
Capitol
House
Senate
Appropriations
Cannon
Judiciary Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Reed
Hobart
Senate Chamber
Hawaii
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Foreigns ‘Relations Committee
Eckels Urges Bank Note Reform in National Currency Act
The 1897 annual report of Comptroller James H. Eckels reviews the national bank act history and urges amendments. It argues for banks to issue notes to meet trade needs, criticizes government paper currency, and notes bank circulation figures, bank failures, liquidations, and dividend totals through 1893–1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H.eckels
Congress
United States
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