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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
2
Director Roberts releases early estimates for 1900 production. Gold yield totals 8,837,215 fine ounces valued at about 79.3 million dollars while silver reaches 59,610,643 fine ounces valued around 36.4 million dollars. The report notes 1899 outputs and mentions Klondike contributions.
A snapshot of crimes, accidents, and public notices from northern southern eastern and western regions. Minor affairs and daily happenings accompany the main reports, detailing notable people, places, and events across the globe and communities.
Paris Illinois a special reports Thom as J Coffman an attorney of Hume narrowly escaped being blown to atoms by an internal machine sent by mail The wooden box with sliding lid held a pound stick of dynamite and several match heads that failed to ignite when opened Two brown papers wrapped the box thought to have been disarranged by mail folding Indistinct postmark suggests Logansport Indiana as the origin
Nine men were caught looting a Cayette Ohio safe when an explosion drew citizens who fought back. Fifty shots were fired with no injuries. The burglars fled toward Lima after taking about $500 in cash and valuable papers from William Hoagland's general store.
John Yates and his son George were burned to death in their Wells village cabin Ohio. A large amount of powder in the house fed the blaze though it did not explode. The men apparently perished before escaping and were found where the bed once stood.
Warships Hartford Scorpion and Buffalo were dispatched amid tensions in Venezuela. U S actions follow concerns about concessions to an American asphalt trust and a home company involved in the dispute.
A violent blast at the Repauno Chemical Company powder machine house at Thompson's Point N J annihilated the building and killed three workers inside. The plant sits on the Delaware River twelve miles below Philadelphia.
A tenement fire at 221 East Third Street New York claims the life of six year old Berwitz and leaves six other children missing as firefighters search the crowded building. The panic in the crowded tenement led to the children being forgotten amid the rush to escape.
Engineer E. McMaster died and Fireman Patrick Squire fatally injured in a freight locomotive explosion on the McGees and Newtonburg lumber road in Clearfield County Pennsylvania. Supt. John Miller was seriously hurt in the blast.
January 12 shows Uncle Tom’s Cabin, January 14 features Alberta Gallatin in New Gwynne, January 17 lists Zaya as part of the Fort Wayne Masonic Temple event lineup.
A fragmented OCR reads about meal Rost rost and a peon tied to it. Readable names or places are missing, leaving ambiguity about the event or people involved.
Reports detail a range of violent and public health incidents including starvation rumors among Russian settlers near Anamoose North Dakota and a tense demand to withdraw a reward offer in Cudahy Wisconsin. A six year old accidentally shoots his sister in Nevada Missouri amid a spate of fatal shootings in De Kalb Missouri. Six Japanese laborers die near Culbert Montana after being struck by a freight train. Quarrel leads to two deaths at a De Kalb dance. St. Pancras health chief imposes strict smallpox quarantine on Winona Minnesota as cases grow. Smallpox uptick at Leavenworth Kansas Soldiers Home with many exposed. Boiler explosion kills two Hitchcock men near Courtland Ohio and injures three. Steve Holgate dies by morphine at Grand Forks. Fire destroys Bellaire stamping plant in Harvey Illinois, causing over 400000 dollars in damage.
George Fuller, a Black man, accused of burning a barn was lynched by a mob near Mariog Georgia. Dr James Gibbons a nephew of Cardinal Gibbons was shot and killed by footpads in New Orleans. Vestern Griffin who shot and killed Georgia King at Danville on July 30 night. Two heavy freight trains.
Newswire items note a 10 foot sea serpent caught in Kootenay Lake and Apache and Yaqui raids in Chihuahua and Sonora. A coach team bought for President McKinley ships from Ohio. Banking firm Francisco Martinez Negrete & Sons fails with 2.3 million liabilities in Mexico City. Gold findings near Pitt Lake spark prospecting. Canada tightens lotteries with Jan 11 1901 law. International markets show mixed wheat and corn signals, with US business failures at 213 this week and Canada 15 failures.
The reception began as the President directed the crowd to proceed with Mrs McKinley enduring the ordeal beside him. Ambassadors from Britain Italy Germany France Russia Mexico led the line followed by their staffs and ladies, then the Chinese minister and Mme Wu drawing attention. Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges, Senators, Representatives, and former cabinet officers joined next, moving from the blue to the red parlor.
The article describes a coming summer opening of Fort Sil country between Texas and Oklahoma for homesteading under government auspices. One third of the land goes to Indians with sections reserved for schools and government uses. about 1,614,076 acres remain for settlers plus 50,000 acres for the Fort Sil military reservation. The President will set the exact opening date, and thousands are expected to seek free homes in the Indian country, though many winners may be disappointed.
Fragmented OCR recalls Ignatius Donnelly with a Minnesota career spanning both legislative chambers. Born 1831 in Philadelphia, he is described as a prominent figure on a reform ticket, with ties to literary and political life and noted for long service and alleged influence in state politics.
Market notes show cattle prices in Chicago at 3.00 to 5.30 per hundredweight hogs 3.00 to 4.87 per hundredweight and sheep 3.00 to 4.50. Wheat No 2 red 72 to 73 cents corn 35 to 206 oats 21 to 25 rye 41 to 47 creamery butter 23 cents eggs 20 cents per dozen. Also Indianapolis cattle 3.00 to 5.50 hogs 4.00 to 4.95 sheep 3.00 to 4.00 wheat 2 No 2 72 to .73 cents. St Louis cattle 3.23 to 5.45 sheep 3.00 to 4.30 wheat No 2 6 to 70 cents.
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