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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
2
The Weekly Record summarizes local events and notices published by The Record Publishing Co. This compact item notes the newspaper’s ownership and appears as a routine inventory of the publication’s archival period.
Two natural gas explosions in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania wrecked two houses and injured seven people. The blast followed a valve gate break on the Fort Pitt gas line, allowing gas to fill cellars and lower parts of homes before fire spread to the adjacent dwelling. Estimated property loss reached ten thousand dollars.
State Department received a cable from United States Charge D Affairs Deaupre in Bogota about a two day battle at Girardot Point on Magaldine River Colombia. Government forces won decisively with about 600 killed and hundreds wounded. Additional government victories were announced as strengthening the government.
War Department reports the transport Grant arriving in San Francisco about the first will carry 39 percent War Department officers soldiers and civilian employees who died in Hawaii China and the Philippines. The Sherman due December 12 carries twelve bodies. Among them is Young Barber nephew of Mrs McKinley who recently died in the orient.
A dispatch from Cape Town reports 2000 Boers invading the northern Cape Colony district. Dutch sympathizers may join the rebellion, risking spread. While ultimate British outcome is not feared, the shortage of mounted troops worsens the crisis amid heavy horse losses in South Africa.
Lincoln special reports a bold attempt to rob the state treasury at the capitol. Watchman Good fought the burglars in a pistol duel. a bullet pierced his coat and cut his watch. The vaults reportedly held between 100000 and 200000 dollars. The intruders fled via the windows, leaving tools behind.
A dense fog caused a collision of two street cars in Ashland Kentucky. Three persons died and five were seriously injured. About a half dozen more suffered severe cuts and bruises as the cars neared the city center with passengers on their way to work.
Ohio Attorney General Sheets asks the Supreme Court to dismiss all oil and tobacco trust cases. He claims evidence in the oil cases is insufficient for conviction and that Continental Tobacco is merely a large corporation, not a trust.
The Fort Wayne Masonic Temple announces holiday attractions with performances starting December 31 and continuing into January. Acts include The Tyranny of Tears, Thomas Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle, and At the White Horse Tavern.
The committee presenting engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen of the Santa Pe railway system declared they would not advise a strike in sympathy with the telegraphers.
In Gulfport Mississippi a mob of citizens lynched one Black man and pursued three others following the murder of Town Marshal W E Richardson. Authorities reported the fatal attack sparked a manhunt and heightened tension in the town.
The Ohio Box Manufacturing Company plant in Middletown Ohio, a major local industry, was destroyed by fire with losses estimated at $200000.
The Philippines Co of New York City with capital 1200000 was incorporated at Dover Delaware. Its purpose is to construct railroads and acquire and develop lands in the Philippines.
Mayor Harrison revokes all prize fight permits issued before Chicago anti fight ordinance. City council action halted the pre passage events and ends what was described as cries against the new law.
The House rejected Newlands and Barthold efforts to cut war tax on beer to 1.20 and 1.50 per barrel. The Ways and Means plan for 1.60 per barrel passed. A Smith amendment to restore the stamp tax on express receipts was adopted in the committee but rejected by the full House. The day also saw swift action on pension bills and district court reorganizations, with Hawaii’s R W Wilcox sworn in as delegate and a recess resolution for late December into early January approved.
The Senate refers the credentials of W. A. Clark and Martin Maginnis as Montana senators to the committee on privileges and elections for inquiry and review.
Senator Cullom introduces bills to grant $50 per month pensions to the widows of Generals John M. Palmer and John L. McClernand. The proposals aim to provide ongoing financial support to the survivors of these Civil War era figures.
The President proposed to Congress the establishment of an agricultural experiment station in Porto Rico. The judiciary committee reported favorably a bill for an additional district judge for the northern district of Ohio.
Gen Miles testified before the Senate military affairs committee urging revisions to the House army bill. The Senate confirmed Col John I Weston as commissary general of the United States Army.
Boston saloonists forced to close at 11 p.m. The yacht Turtle of the New York Yacht Club departed St. Louis for New York via the Mississippi and gulf. Rear Admiral Rogers ordered to the Asiatic station. Three flag officers there with Remay and Kempf already present. In New York 702 horses sold at a single auction for 352180 dollars averaging about 500 dollars each. Governor Brady of Alaska seeks a government insane asylum at Sitka. Puzzle maker Harry Mahood of Philadelphia ends life by self-inflicted gunshot. An industrious American erects steam pumps on the Jordan supplying churches across Europe with Jordan water.
A mass of brief notices: Miles Novotny died by accidental asphyxiation in a New York boarding house. Justice Henry Beekman died of apoplexy on his steps. Weslie Moffat, 15, arrested in New York for forging checks to steal 340. Apt Brothers of Philadelphia enter voluntary bankruptcy with liabilities 205000 and assets 300000. Monks from Westchester return to France due to climate. Mrs. Anna Stenner finds a diamond ring in canned salmon in Plymouth Township.
Headlines report deaths by a train near Philadelphia Tennessee and a double murder in Arcadia Mississippi after a boat robbery. Authorities captured and confessed. A Florida town project is planned with $100000 capital. Detectives identify a Chicago mail train gang leader via a conductor’s watch. A Calcutta Georgia assault injures Annie Neal. A Norfolk Navy yard construction office burns destroying papers.
A blaze swept the construction department destroying more than 7,000 drawings and live oak timber valued at 100,000 dollars. Total loss to buildings and contents exceeds 200,000 dollars.
Britain urges Turkey to pay indemnity claims of British subjects amid global tensions. Antwerp dockworkers strike for double pay for night and Sunday shifts as Pekin negotiations face delay over England's note change. White Star liner Cusic towed to Queenstown after losing its propeller. First Officer Crosby drowned.
The deaf blind student Helen Keller, a Radcliffe College freshman class vice president, delivered a short address at a class luncheon in Fay Hall to inspire fellow students. Seismic disturbances and earthquake reports from Cuba and several U S regions are described, with regional impacts noted.
Market listings by city show cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across major centers. Prices include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with cattle $2.50 to $5.75 hogs $3.00 to $5.35, wheat No 2 around 69¢ to 76¢, corn No 2 34¢ to 45¢, oats 22¢ to 31¢, butter 24¢ to 25¢, eggs 27¢ to 28¢.
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