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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1898
Page
2
A compact digest of world and domestic happenings including foreign intelligence, labor notes, political occurrences, fires and accidents. Highlights key developments from diverse shores and personal pointers across regions.
The Spanish Cabinet accepted Dupuy De Lome's resignation after he confessed authorship of a private letter. News noted the uproar over publishing private correspondence and the prime minister described the admission as brave. The report also lists other events, including corporate bankruptcies and a Civil War veteran’s death.
Capt. Ray reports to Washington that the gold belt lies in our territory along Upper Heamparts Tanannah Manok Creek Birch Creek and Forty Mile head with diggings paying 10 to 20 dollars per day per man but idle due to high food costs. He says cheaper food and better transport could turn the region into a major gold producer.
Judge Payne of Chicago ruled in the John D. Blank v Illinois Central case that a corporation employee may sign a waiver freeing the company from damages even when injuries arise from gross negligence. Blank, an express messenger, was injured Jan 15 1896 in a Chicago to Sioux City train collision and is now helpless.
James Mingle was hanged at Springfield for killing infant Dollie Briscoe and attempting to murder the mother. From the scaffold he spoke of heaven, forgiveness, and reuniting with his baby, then his neck broke in the execution.
General William Booth, head of the Salvation Army and father in law of Commander Frederick D. Booth Tucker, met President McKinley in Washington. The President voiced strong admiration for Booth and the Salvation Army’s work during the interview at the White House.
From Alaska via the City of Topeka a small Juneau to Skagway steamer carried word that five men were frozen to death on the Chilkoot Pass and three others were brought to Dyea. No names were available at the time.
The Masonic Temple in Fort Wayne Indiana lists acts for February 21 to 26 The Brownies perform February 21 Joe Ott stars February 22 in The Star Gazer Sousa's Band appears February 23 Rosabel Morrison features February 26 in Carsmen.
Levi P. Morton’s seven story Nassau Chambers Building on Nassau and Ann streets in New York was totally destroyed by fire. Loss pegged at 509000 dollars.
In Bonham Texas an arrest attempt on William Green e and Bob Gunter led to four deaths and severe injuries to Officers Milstead and Charles Bridges. The two officers are expected to die from their wounds.
The torpedo boat Cushing has sailed from Key West bound for Havana amid naval movements.
San Francisco reports the steamer Mariposa from Sidney brings news of the bark Minor wrecked near Sidney. The vessel was struck by two waves and sank instantly, resulting in five deaths.
A collision on a Nashville road near Mont Aly Engineer, Fireman Ly White and two brothers suffered fatal injuries. The incident details are incomplete but confirm two fatalities and injuries among the others involved.
Multiple brief items report events across the United States and territories. Topics include weather aiding wheat in Kansas. St Joseph joining the Western Baseball Association. a rail rate war. a 79 year old woman from Delaware Ohio robbed of 15000. poison killings in Suisun California. accidental death in Kansas City. mineral finds in Oklahoma. wire price pressures in California. suicides and elopement aftermath in Ohio. jail fire deaths in Colorado. trade exhibits and brewery politics. building projects in Kansas City. a mother’s murder and a man’s death by axe in Ohio. university commerce college plans. bicycle exemption from execution. scientific expeditions to the south seas. a murder verdict in Chicago. senior fraternal orders in San Bernardino. and older Cincinnati to St Louis dispatches.
The proposal would pay four shares for each one held. Dr. H. Sampson was removed from Laurelville jail to Hocking County jail, to prevent lynching as the coroner investigates Bessie Neff's death. Peter D. Peterson sued F. F. O’Connor, a railroad agent, for forgery after a ticket purchase through a scalper, and won.
A string of violent crimes and disasters reported across the South includes the murder of Goodwin Station postmaster J. H. Polk in Georgia, accidental death of Chief J. C. Arnold in Dallas, Kentucky assassinations, cotton fires in Jackson and Savannah, a $25,000 loss from a Planters' compress blaze, and a major Fort Worth area fire that destroyed several buildings with losses above $250,000. Additional incidents cite explosions injuring the Wylies in Dallas, Schofield killing Pfeffer in Louisville, and an earthquake near Christiansburg following a snowstorm. A $13,000 shortage was found in the Elmwood Cemetery Company's former treasurer's accounts.
Washington Miss Aileen O'Donnell wed Viscount de Sayre of France at Washington Cardinal Gibbons performed the ceremony. A government claim settlement with Kansas Pacific may occur without foreclosure sale. Union Pacific reorganization likely to offer full government claim of 6303000 dollars. Enrique Dupuy de Lome recalled as Spanish minister. resignation tendered. Cabinet meeting orders two Alaska troop companies to Dyea and Skaguay to preserve order amid gold rush lawlessness.
A flurry of reports claims 5000 Japanese laborers prepare for a Dawson City descent aided by Nippon Yuren Waisha steamers. Tsarist and Central American upheavals, fires and earthquakes in Asia Minor, and political notes from Washington frame a global tension filled with economic chatter and speculative routes to Klondike riches.
A diplomat argues great powers seek further Eastern territorial gains and that U S policy will sway. Russia Germany and France demand a nonintervention pledge while England and Japan oppose any division of Chinese ports. The clash centers on Washington awaiting the new Russian ambassador.
Regional market sheet lists cattle hogs and sheep prices across cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Buffalo with grain and dairy Figures cover wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes. Values show shipping grades and quality bands for livestock and assorted commodity quotes.
The House failed to reach the private calendar amid systematic filibustering after reporting on claims. Thirty seven private pension bills were acted on last Friday night. Debate over the Kansas Pacific sale arose with Mr Fleming urging full debt bidding. Powers argued the opposition aimed to force government takeover. Senate adjourned after three hours of executive session.
Bolivia fears war with Beri and Argentina as a colored boxer Lemon agrees to meet Kid Merpartidad in Buffalo later this month. The steamer Pennland was floated after grounding at Chester Bar. Edward Mack, Ohio's oldest man at 109, buried in Sandusky. Typographical Union No. 6 earmarks 2000 for vacant-lot potato plots. London police remand Francis Carroll over threats to murder actress Florence St John. A six story Philadelphia building at 42 44 North Street sold to B lumenthal Bros.
Brief survey of local happenings across the state featuring weddings, deaths, crimes, casualties, and general notes from Indiana communities. Names of individuals and places highlighted in timely local items.
James K. Gore announces that several infantry companies have been mustered into service and reassigned to new units in Indiana. Battery C, First Artillery, Dana to Rockville, with term expired, mustered out. Several infantry companies below standard efficiency are mustered out. John J. Buckner the colored captain sees his commission reeoked for insubordination and criticizing the department over unattached guard status.
The Indiana Bureau of Statistics reports winter wheat acreage at 2,581,382 for 1898, with January condition averaging 70 percent. 1897 corn yield 125,499,491 bushels at 31.3 bu/acre. oats 85,574,828 bushels at 80.6 bu/acre. Timothy hay 1,668,527 tons. clover hay 1,997,174 tons. Potatoes 4,027,229 bushels. tobacco 2,797,573 pounds.
Kokomo considers a metropolitan police plan while farmer Jacob Foutz near Anderson dies by suicide. Greenwood raises about 6000 for a new Presbyterian church. A Marion minister cites twenty six gambling houses near the public square. Wheat losses from frost and thaw appear widespread. Champion Novelty Works to move from Dayton to Shelbyville with 150 workers. Longtime Greencastle City Engineer Arthur Throop dies after illness. A 20 month old child in Kokomo fatally scalded. Peru awards contract for a $20000 school building. Frank A. Clark, Seymour native and B&O conductor, dies in Indianapolis. Mrs. Bultman of Osgood suffers mental decline after a raid last fall. Noah Cunningham finds a $40000 coin cache in Evansville. Thomas Carey of Anderson committed to Richmond asylum. Elkhart firms build a colossal horn for the Paris Exhibition. George Fry near Columbus dies after cancer. Heisman Works in Evansville starts a 650000 lb single high pressure Corliss engine for Midland Steel in Muncie. Engine weighs 2500 hp with huge flywheel. Fort Wayne’s Thomas Telley, oldest active engineer since 1852. Nickel Plate’s C D Gorham’s father, a former train conductor. A Ogansport young husband finds a baby with a note claiming paternity. it’s a rag baby.
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