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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
2
A compact weekly recap reports numerous casualties and a handful of crimes while covering fires, political developments, and religious news. The item notes varied incidents and notable events across communities with terse summaries.
London reports Gen French arrives in Kimberley with cavalry and links with the retreating Cronje. A Boer wagon train moves toward Bloemfontein as supplies and ammunition are left behind. Lord Roberts scores a preliminary success and plans another strike.
In Albay near Daraga three thousand bolo men attacked the Americal garrison. Reinforcements arrived from Albay while rebels retreated after burning houses. The garrison held a convent position as Caragea troops fought with Spaniards all night. Bolomen suffered seventy one killed. two Americans killed and five wounded. Rebels were armed with masers.
A masked robbery south of Benson Arizona on the Benson Nogales line left Express Messenger Milton seriously wounded after a brief shootout. Milton fired his Winchester to defend his carriage when the robbers demanded the safe and the assailants fled toward Mexico. Officers rushed to the scene as pursuit began.
John Weier, a Bloomington Illinois farm hand, was found nearly frozen in a Swift packing car in Kansas City Missouri. He had crawled into the car four days earlier hoping to ride to Southern Kansas to relatives. A man closed and locked the door trapping him. he was rescued in a pitiable state but is expected to recover.
Lansing Michigan authorities announce a $1000 reward from Secretary of State Stearns and Sheriff Porter for ex Quartermaster General William L White. White, former Michigan Military Board member, is charged with embezzlement and has been missing for weeks.
Roland B Molineux was sentenced to die in Sing Sing during the week of March 26 for the murder of Ars. Katherine J. Adams. He said he had not been fairly convicted and accused yellow journalism of putting a price on his head.
Louis Kentz of Elkhart Ind became violently insane and terrorized his household. He drove out his attendants with a chair then pressed his face into a coal stove nearly burning flesh to the bone and flung live coals around the room with his hands.
Mrs Jeanette Schwartz and her two children Lulu nine and Henrietta four months were found dead in a bed in Chicago from asphyxiation.
Local events list at Masonic Temple Fort Wayne Indiana covers February 23 24 March 3 with acts Through the Breakers Finnegan's 400 and The Highwayman scheduled for performances.
Mr Varicle who went from Paris to Dawson last year plans a spring trip from Vancouver to Dawson by balloon. The balloon used for the attempt was shipped from Paris to Vancouver for this voyage.
The Quay group was defeated in the Republican senatorial caucus. It was decided to take the Hawaiian bill up first and then the Porto Rican and Alaskan bills, delaying Quay.
Multiple early 1900s items report: Sago towed into Boston harbor after two months at sea. deaths of Lieut. Col. W. H. H. Renguard and Gen. Nelson A. Miles. War memorial tower cornerstone laid in Philadelphia. Rev Dr McGiffert cleared of heresy charges. Frick sues Carnegie over $21 million share claim. Roosevelt declines VP nomination. James M. Brown hanged in Jersey City. James Walter Kennedy dies in Boston. Hatcher resigns Princeton curatorship. Molineaux convicted of murder in New York. Brooklyn Navy Yard building 7 fire causes $100,000 loss. August Horrman commits suicide. Gertie Homan marries Edwin Thanhouser. Worcester biscuit plant fire causes $60,000 damage. Gate City steamer goes ashore at Great South Beach Long Island.
Melbourne MacDowell sprained his ankle in Leadville while Charles Holly was fatally cut by Slate Simmons in Lima. James Sweeney, a white man, was lynched at Port Arthur after killing a laborer. A gas leak killed Martin Jordon, his wife, and infant in Chicago. A firecracker works explosion at Fostoria injured eight, one fatally. The Texas Legislature considers banning future cotton contracts. The Grand Jury in Tiffin declined to indict Orpha Sheets for murder. The arson verdict follows the St Louis fire at Broadway and Franklin. Sheriff Secord of Davenport killed highway robber Hawkins in a dramatic early arrest.
Reports from across the country and abroad note a series of incidents and developments. A felon killed during an attempted arrest in Chillicothe while a store safe entrance was being forced. a steamer sank at Cincinnati with one confirmed drowning. Proposals for a new transcontinental line reach Los Angeles with multiple railroad giants involved. A Kansas Supreme Court ruling declares livestock free transport unconstitutional. Individual deaths include William Knapp in Chicago. Florence Hardiman Miller found on Angel Island. Accidents, robberies, and legal actions follow in Las Cruces, Canton, Dayton, Clayton, Omaha, and other locales. International notes cover jail reforms, coal shortages, and Russia’s railway policy, plus missionary deaths in Liberia.
Major General Henry W. Lawton buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Will Golson hanged in Birmingham jail for murder of Chief Deputy Sheriff Robert Warneck. Athens post office burglarized with all letters opened. Three masted schooner C A White wrecked on Virginia coast. Jim Gordon fatally assaults Mrs. Rollins at Cherry Station and is shot by her husband. Rodgers Krull jewelers in Louisville robbed of diamonds worth $3000.
Rebellions unfold in Swatow and Spain with a carlist armory found in San Sebastian. Deloche, a historian and archaeologist, is reported dead in Paris. A coal strike presses Carmaux Francia amid regional political tension. Typhoid spreads in French boys schools due to bad water. Persia plans to repay English loan and borrow from Russia. Lavof’s funeral in Paris sparks socialist demonstration. A London letter notes the marriage of renowned soprano Abbie Beeson Carrington.
A US steamer Nero finished its survey for a Pacific cable. Senate inaction on the Argentine reciprocity treaty doomed its date. A list of other items follows: a fatal accident near Lytton BC, a Martinique mining clash, a McGill student insult incident, and notes on demented soldiers and naval manpower. Trade figures show Porto Rico imports at 12.19 million with exports near 11.70 million. Bradstreet remarks highlight staples strength, wool prices, and varied weekly grain exports.
The report lists prices across multiple cities for cattle hogs and sheep, with grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and byproducts. Prices vary by region with ranges such as Chicago cattle 3.00 to 6.50 and New York wheat No 2 red 7c to 79c, reflecting market breadth across markets.
Charles E. Macrum of Ohio, former U S consul at Pretoria, releases a long statement detailing why he left his post. He alleges official American mail was opened by British censors and hints at a secret U S Britain alliance while attacking State Department conduct. He cites interruptions of transvaal and Delagoa Bay communications and claims his dispatches were censored in Durban.
Henry C. Frick sues the Carnegie Steel Company and Andrew Carnegie with partners including Henry Phipps Jr and W. Schwab to recover 16 238 000 as his stake in the concern. He alleges a London syndicate offered 250 000 000 with a 1 170 000 bonus for a ninety day option on Carnegie 358 14 percent, seeks a receiver and fair distribution of debts and surplus.
Advices from Porto Rico warn that riots may follow if Congress does not act quickly to aid planters by creating a market for sugar and tobacco. Workers face poverty and unemployment as production declines and laborers suffer.
The article reviews a week of Senate and House activity with emphasis on financial measures, pension bills, and a public building project in Deadwood South Dakota valued at 200000 dollars. It notes adjournments for Gen Lawton’s obsequies and discusses bids on currency, bi metallic policy, and Philippine questions among other topics.
A compilation notes Denmark not eager to sell the Danish West Indies. Klondike output forecast at 21.6 million. a bullet found in Gen Botha’s pocket amid shelling near Ladysmith. citrus percentages and exhibits for Paris Exposition. Salvini scenery sold for 1705 in Columbus after costing 30,000. British sentiment stirred by Von Buelow’s Reichstag speech. Nipamarra voyage reportedly attacked. Chicago reports 452 pupils excluded for contagious diseases. shipping orders rise ahead of bill passage. Stuttering cured by Mau ser bullet shot in Manila. Philadelphia libels business. Mel Linley invited to Ecumenical Conference in April. NY fire dept to receive pocket telephones. Backbone Lab in Centralia pledges no tobacco. 300 miles of Hawaii trolley plans. Pullman conductors’ wages cut. Capt. Waring retired. Olympia repair cost estimated at half a million dollars.
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