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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1901
Page
2
Short summaries cover miscellaneous items including crimes and fires, plus political and religious notes. The collection compiles casual reports from the telegraph column with quick updates on notable incidents and public affairs.
Senator Pratt of Connecticut seeks a joint resolution to press five U S demands on the new Cuban government without new sessions. The goals include protection for Spaniards in Cuba, refusal to recognize the Spanish debt, reimbursement of U S costs from the Spanish War, coaling stations and a naval base, and U S control of foreign treaties. The plan is to attach this to the army appropriation bill and let passage depend on the Democratic opposition.
A Chihuahua special reports a devastating mining explosion at the San Andreas mine in the Sierra Madres western Durango. The blast, traced to several hundred cases of dynamite stored underground, killed eighty seven people and injured many more.
United States Consul Skinner at Marseilles reports to the State Department a French decree applying a provisional minimum tariff on coffees until June 30. The measure affects the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. Green coffee duty ranges from $30 to $57.90 per 220 pounds.
The great steel combine provokes deep unease with debate over its naming as a community of interests rather than a trust. The London Chronicle calls it a menace to civilized world commerce. Rep. Fitzgerald of Massachusetts introduces a House resolution urging the attorney general to shield the public from this vast consolidation.
General Benjamin M. Prentiss a veteran Civil War officer died at his home in Bethany Missouri at age eighty one. He defeated Holmes and Price at Helena July 4 1862 and resigned in October of that year. Known as The Hero of Shiloh he was the last survivor of the Fitzjohn Porter court martial and a prominent Georgia Republican.
Three masked men entered the Antover bank in Ohio and bound the watchman Alonzo Root. They blew the safe open but fled after an explosion drew bystanders, leaving the safe single shattered and the building badly wrecked.
The report states President Castro of Venezuela has brought peace via the Venezuelan consul at San Juan Puerto Rico. General Julian Acosta, a revolution leader, has been captured and the country is said to be peaceful.
Green H. Champlin of Hopkinsville Kentucky found a pearl the size of a navy bean while eating oyster stew. An expert valued the gem at five hundred dollars.
Theodore Rosenbluh his wife and four children were injured in a natural gas explosion at their home in Canton Quebec Mars reports Rosenbluh likely to die and the family remains in critical condition.
Intense cold in Canton leads to mass hardship and officials report over one hundred deaths from the freezing conditions. Authorities urge warmth and aid as residents struggle for shelter.
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple presents The Girl From Maxim's on February 23, a light operetta style attraction. Local theater group performs at the historic venue with tickets available at the box office.
A sweeping digest reports multiple incidents including murders, accidents, and disasters. Notable items: Thomas McHenry shot by unknown assailant near Rohrsburg. a deadly collision at Wallace Junction killing Freight Conductor Peter Donahue and injuring twenty. a Pittsburg poisoning incident leaves one dead and five ill. Carnegie stock sale to Morgan group closes. fire damages Boston First National Bank building and Globe Newspaper adjoining property. mass series of crimes and accidents across cities with deaths and injuries. diverse notices of industrial fires, mine explosions, and public safety events.
The report notes George Jurkes and Winfield Rogers killed on a Chesapeake and Ohio trestle in Richmond Virginia by a moving engine. In Louisiana near Arcola two brutal murders target Arthur Nickerson and his 5 year old daughter by white attackers. Tobacco dealers in Chattanooga report anti-cigarette law passage and governor signature ending cigarette sales in the state. Bennett Ripley or Henry.
Riots spread to Valencia attacking a Jesuit college. Caunt von Metternich receives the Grand Cross of the Victorian Order. Italian Senate approves Verdi birth house as a national monument. Abyssinia reports severe fighting with 7000 casualties. Duke Henry's Hague entry for Queen Wilhelmina's marriage foretold. French torpedo boat No 24 sank near Havre. two survivors. Queen Victoria laid to rest at Windsor. tommy Atkins, famed two year old on American turf, dies in England.
Reported deaths from a nitro glycerin explosion at Giant Powder Co. near Victoria BC. Army orders prohibit sale of alcohol on reservations. Brawls at Nacosari camp in Mexico leave Tom Barnes and Chris Morales badly hurt after a 43 round bout. Maya rebels clash with Mexican troops near Merida with 800 Indians attacking. The battleship Wisconsin is commissioned at Union Iron Works San Francisco with 300 marines aboard. Bradstreet notes mixed business activity with cold weather boosting retail demand for boots and clothing while rubber goods face price pressures and cotton costs rise. Wheat shipments total 3,776,100 bushels. corn exports 2,487,700 bushels. US failures total 238 last week. Canada reports 27 failures.
Market notes show Chicago cattle 3.00 to 5.85, hogs 3.00 to 3.45, sheep 3.00 to 4.50 with grain bids including No 2 red wheat and No 2 corn. Indianapolis and St Louis report varied cattle 3.00 to 5.60 and 3.25 to 5.80 respectively, along with hogs 4.00 to 5.35 and grain bids for wheat corn and oats. Cincinnati Detroit listings continue with mixed prices across cattle hogs sheep and grains.
The congress debated post office appropriations and shipping subsidies as amendments were offered. The Senate discussed the ship subsidy bill while approving a Hammond Indiana public building project and a twenty year bank charter extension. Other actions included ratifying Crow Indian and Hawaiian coin measures and tribute to Senator Davis of Minnesota.
An Indiana session advances anti lynching bills, sheriff removal for custody failures, and governor recall provisions. Resolutions call for investigations of state reform schools and prisons, while debates touch Christian Science, newspaper printing parity, and electrolysis requirements. Epileptics bill moves toward Columbus facility.
Short state items note three smallpox cases in a Hartburg family and in Cicero. Other items mention a severed arm from an accident near Merom, a cattle herd killed by dogs near Kokomo, peddler John Woburn returning from Richmond, merchant Richard Probasco's death in Knightstown, and Saint Terre Haute seeking funds for a mill. Urban outbreaks and local notices are summarized from the clipped report.
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