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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1900
Page
6
Dynamite Train Wreck at Ashley Pa Kills Three
A heavy freight train of twenty four cars lost control on a steep grade in Ashley causing a massive explosion. A car with thirty boxes of dynamite blew up. ten locomotives wrecked and the round house roof was blown away. The blast shattered windows and frightened the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Cental
Ashley
Amd
Emperor Ousted as Heir Appointed Amid Health Crisis
Pekin dispatch reports the imperial edict naming Pu Chun, son of Prince Tuano, his heir due to the Emperor’s failing health. The Dowager Empress reportedly forced abdication around the Chinese new year, facing court opposition as she pursues a long-planned program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Pu Chun
Prince Tuano
Army officer rallies Fourth Cavalry in Luzon actions
Col Hayes led the Fourth Cavalry in driving the enemy from Liuzena Tayabas and nearby towns and freeing twenty prisoners including five women. Enemy forces were dispersed. Records dated the fifth inst indicate eleven American prisoners to be released the next day. Casualties: one American killed, three mortally wounded, two lightly wounded. Unknown price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis
Col Hayes
Liuzena
Tayabas
Death at East St. Cloud Seeks Cause of Blaze
Frederick A. Lempke a local Christian Science operator in St. Cloud Minnesota reportedly burned himself to death at J K Orton’s East St. Cloud home. A letter found states he could not concentrate his thoughts for some time and indicates self inflicted fire exposure with his head in a heating stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Lempke
St. Cloud
Minn
J. K. Orton
East St. Cloud
Man Devoured by Wolves Near Michigan Logging Camp
John Smith, a former Detroit resident and Spanish American War veteran, strayed from a logging camp near Presque Isle, Michigan, and was found the next morning partially devoured in the snow by wolves. The incident occurred in the early evening hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Detroit
Presque Isle
Mich
Smith
Fire claims woman and harms two in boarding house blaze
A fire at 415 West 57th Street New York left Annie Holland Natalie Miles and Helen Miles badly burned while attempting to pass through a burning room. Natalie Miles died later at a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Fifty-seventh Street
Annie Holland
Datalie Miles
Helen Miles
Natalie Miles
Bicycle Tire Prices Set to Rise 50 Percent
Akron special: Diamond and Goodyear Rubber Companies announce an agreement with Theodore A. Dodge of New York, holder of patents on single tube bicycle tires. The accord will push tire prices up by about fifty percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron (O
Diamond and
Goodyear Rubber Companies
Theodore A. Dodge
New York
Banquet Honors Admiral Schley in Buenos Aires Harbor
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports a brilliant entertainment for Admiral Schley hosted by American residents. Present were many British and Argentine residents. President Roca is invited to dine with Schley aboard the cruiser Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Admiral Schley
Roca
Chicago
Wages Increase Ten Percent At Pennsylvania Steel
The Pennsylvania Steel Company in Harrisburg boosts wages by 10 percent for about 7,000 employees, effective March 1 after low-priced contracts carry over from last year expire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Steel Company of
Harrisburg
Fire destroys Angora Plant. 17 year old Lizzie Black Turn missing
A Philadelphia Angora Manufacturing Company plant burned down with extensive damage. One seventeen year old employee, Lizzie Black Turn, is missing and believed trapped in the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angora Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Lizzie Blackturn
Secret Service Week at Davidson Stock Co in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne column notes a Davidson Stock Co appearance week of February 12 at the Masonic Temple with events tied to a secret service act.
Plague Appears at Nosario Prompting Isolation Decree
Official notice reports bubonic plague showing up in Nosario on the Parana river west bank about 230 miles waterward northwest of Buenos Ayres. The Government issues a decree of absolute isolation to contain the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Nosario
Parana
Death of a Duchess in Dresden Dispatch
A Dresden dispatch reports the death of the Jowager Duchess of Schleswig Holstein mother of the Empress Augusta Victoria after a struggle with pleurisy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Jowager
Schlesswig-Holstein
Augusta Victoria
Eastern. Assistant Secretary Hill named president of Columbian
A large cluster of brief notices lists notable deaths and events. Hill's selection as president of Columbian University is noted alongside several fatal or near fatal incidents, industry losses, strikes, and notable career milestones across major U.S. cities and institutions.
Chinese Six Companies Aid Police Against Highbinder Murders
A historical brief notes the Chinese Six Companies offering help to San Francisco police to suppress highbinder murders. It also lists varied incidents from 1897 to 1899 including embezzlement arrests, suicides, robberies, and a rail accident with fatalities across Chicago Detroit Cleveland and other locales. The report references notable individuals and institutions such as Secretary Gage, the Palace Hotel, Lloyd Tevis estate, and several rail lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Gage
Congress
Marine Hospital
Chicago
Julius Friedman
Palace Hotel
Charles McCarthy
Clifford R. England
Warren Schart Asphalt Paving Company
Detroit
Mich
Fort Worth
Texas
Edwin S. Chase
Bank of
Ellersville
Ind
Susan G. Tevis
Lloyd Tevis
Thomas Hennessy
St. Louis Radiator Manufacturing Company
Mercy Hospital
Hennesy
Great Northern Express Company
North Dakota
Julius Wenzel
N. A. O'Connor
Zanesville
George P. Haywood
Linesley
Lafayette
W. EF. Wilhelms
Redwise & Co
Rank Overmeyer
Burr Oak
Redwise
Grand Trunk
Port Huron
Sarnia
William Riggs
John A. Burke
Erie Railroad
Milton Tower
Ohio
Notable incidents and trials across the nation today
A long digest of calamities and legal actions includes a train wreck with a gas tank explosion killing a man, a bank robbery in Silver Lake, and fires in Muncie. Legal cases report a $1,650 verdict in Kansas, while Des Moines upholds a collateral inheritance tax. Officials note subscriptions to the St. Louis fair and a flood rescue reward ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Iowa
Frank C. Stewart
Council Bluffs
Thorne
David Rutherford
Sokomo
Ind
David Hiley
Hiley
Rutherford
Multiple homicides and suicides reported across states
The report lists several violent incidents including two Black men shot during an attempted arrest in Macon Georgia, Alex Wyatt a colored man fatally shooting his wife in Nicholasville Kentucky before killing himself, a fatal fire in New Orleans with six suffocations, Mrs. Willie Shropshire’s suicide in Lexington Kentucky, and an infernal machine found in New Albany Mississippi aimed at harming a key witness in a major trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Nicholasville
Alex. Wyatt
St. Mary Market
New Orleans
Willie Shropshire
Lexington
Criminal Court
New Albany
Miss
Bible Translation Spreads Through Philippine Dialects
Russia agrees to loan Corea 12 million dollars. Osman Digna, Khalifa Ab dullah’s chief general, has been captured. Tirebuck dies of pneumonia in London. Richard D. Blackmore, born 1825 in Berkshire, dies in Teddington. Duke of Teck dies at White Lodge. Paris steamer floated after dock repairs at Milford Haven. John Ruskin dies at Brantwood. Bubonic plague bacillus found on dead rats in Adelaide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Osman Digna
Khalifa Abdullah
William Edward Tirebuck
Gwen
London
Richard D. Blackmore
Teddington
England
Longworth
Berkshire
Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander
Duke of Teck
White Lodge
Richmond Park
Paris
Milfordhaven
Fingland
John Ruskin
Brantwood
Adelaide
Australia
Earthquake toll and world news from Mexico to Canada
Seven killed in Olima Mexico by a quake with widespread damage. Weather service chief I M Cline plans meteorological stations across Mexican gulf ports from Tampico to Progresso. Reports of Yaqui conflict losses, Mediation gestures from Kruger to McKinley, circus merger talks, Growers Shippers Union formation. War hat rules and shipwrecks near Battery Point and Haynes Mission. Canada plans grain route expansions via North Bay and St Lawrence. R G Dun notes mixed 1899 trade, wool prices up, US and Canada failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olima
Mexico
I. M. Cline
Weather Bureau of
Texas
Mexican Gulf Ports
Tampico
Progresso
Nogales
United States
Macrum
Kruger
Transvaal
McKinley
Great Britain
Sells Brothers
James A. Bailey
W. W. Cole
Cottage City
Townsend
Battery Point
Skaguay
Haynes Mission
J. Israel Tarte
Dominion
Toronto
Canadian Lakes
St. Lawrence
West
Northwest
North Bay
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific Railways
Fort William
Parry Sound
R. G. Dun
Review of Trade
New York
Canada
Market Reports From Major U.S. Cities
Chicago to New York price ranges cover cattle hogs and sheep across multiple markets. Grain and dairy quotes include wheat No 2 red 68c to 75c, corn No 2 30c to 42c, oats No 2 22c to 28c, rye No 2 53c to 59c, butter 21c to 26c, eggs 14c to 20c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Senate and House Debates Highlight 1900s Legislation
The Senate debated Philippine policy and a nine tenths public sentiment on Boer War. The House passed the pension bill at 145 million dollars amid criticism of pensions officials and added discretion to withhold attorney fees. Other actions included bridge work at St Charles and dry dock construction at League and Mare Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hale
Great Britain
Allen
Transvaal
Morgan
House
Commissioner of Pensions
Curtis
Lentz
Norton
Ohio
Robinson
Indiana
Missouri River
St. Charles
League Island
Mare Island
Roberts
Danford
War Department
St. Mary’s Rapids
Lake Superior
Pritchard
N. C
South
North Carolina
Turner
Wash
Beveridge
Pratt
New York
United States
Canada
Rawlins
Gage
National City Bank of New York
Appropriations
Rock Island
Springfield
Kyle
Labor
Pettigrew
J. C. Bate
Sultan of Sulu
Caffery
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Company
France
Secretary of Treasury
Old Custom House
National City Bank
Rose
Sulu
Messrs. Landis
Crumpacker and Miers
Lacey
Iowa
Wilson
Idaho
Powers
Vermont
Snodgrass
Tennessee
Indiana cadet C L Lacey discharged after exam deficiency
C L Lacey of Indiana was found deficient in the examination at West Point and discharged. In other items Lucheni the Empress of Austria’s assassin is allowed to work in prison shops instead of solitary confinement. The Bloody Tower at the Tower of London is being repaired with its upper face refaced and painted to look aged as restoration proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Lacey
Indiana
West Point
Lucheni
Austria
Tower of London
Bloody Tower
Traitor’s Gate
Hoosier Happenings and Local Notices
Hoosier items report new planing mill planned for Linton and a range of local events. Smallpox rumors in Alexandria denied. Gas and oil drilling fund raised at Silver Lake. Alexandria police move to close gambling rooms. Han gerstown considers waterworks and electric light improvements. Fortville burglary at A J Whetsel’s store. Laporte County bid awarded for printing and stationery. Parker boy 12 dies from accidental target gun shot to the brain. Timber tract near 350 acres to be logged and shipped to Jeffersonville. William Lanahan, linguist, dies in Laporte County Infirmary. Carl Fritsche killed by Michigan Central train near Lake Station. Bloomington to hire paid fire department at cost 3000 yearly. Ex Senator Silas Hale wounded by accidental gunshot. Marion Twentieth Century Club seeks subscriptions for indigent women home. Godway plant sold for 75000 to new firm for windmills. Rural free delivery routes eyed in Howard County. Coal prices drop at mines 25 cents. Terre Haute prices fall 60 cents from ten days prior. Elkhart County Mutual Aid adds cyclone windstorm insurance. Indiana patents granted to Clay, Collins, Edwards, Hack, Huestis, Hunter. Easthaven board of trustees reconstituted with Page, Ogborn, Hale. Veneer Works worker Dierschman dies after boiler tank accident. State fee and salary plan recommends population-based clerical salaries and county fund remittance. salaries quarterly. Logansport gas pumping station at Converse explosion kills fireman John E Clark. station damage 5000. Peru gas supply affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Lake
Alexandria
Hangerstown
Fortville
Stors
A. J. Whetsel
Laporte County
Wilson É. Humphrey
Lake Station
Carl Fritsche
Michigan Central
Fritsche
Bloomington
Silas W. Jlale
Geneva
John Meeks
Twentieth Century Club of Widows
Marion
Godway
Anderson
J. L. Falkner
B. Latchem
James Lynn
Terre Haute
Farmers’ Mutual Aid Association
Elkhart County
Harry C. Clay
Columbus
Samuel W. Collins
Indianapolis
William H. Edwards
Hillsboro
Peter Hack
Michigan
City
Charles Huestis
Fort Wayne
Charles N. Hunter
Versailles
Logansport
Wabash Valley Gas Company
Converse
Peru
John E. Clark
Clark
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Weekly Record
the Record Publishing Co., Publishers
Qiang
Schley
Hill
Columbian University
William L. Sontag
Pittsburg
Beverley Chew Duer
Bank of the State of New York
Burrows & Co
Baltimore
Abram H. Witmer
Government Hospital For the
Washington, D. C
Red
American Steel and Wire Company
Seaver Falls
John Potter Stockton
New Jersey
New York City
Erie
William J. Thomas
Wellsboro
Johnson
Alfred Joseph Watts
Watts
Brooklyn
N. Y
Troy
United Traction Company
Isabella Hunt
Henry A. Hazen
The
Weather Bureau
Western
Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
Kan
Capital
Redwood Stalls
Man Slover
California
Moses Lufkins
Gales Township
William Rose
Commercial Bank
Muncie
Union Traction Company
Snyder Cooperage Works
Traction Company
KR. Kirk
Mary Eggleston
Larned
Kirk
Eggleston
George
Ed Meeks
Kansas City
Leopold Edlinger
Bates County
Missouri
Amos Phillips
Jamaica
Joseph Chamberlain
America
Methodist Church
Philippines
J. H. Thoburn
Manila
J. E. Wismer
Mary A. Cody
Mostes
BE. Anderson
Malasia
Southern
Market Reports
Wellington
Teller
Ross
Hoosier
Linton
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