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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1899
Page
2
Steamer Margaret Olwill Founders In Gale Near Lorain
A Toledo special reports the steamer Margaret Olwill sank in a gale off Lorain with about twelve crew aboard. Only one survivor, Duncan Coyle, is saved. The vessel operated between Cleveland and Kelley's Island in the limestone trade. Owner L. P. Smith of Cleveland confirmed the loss and noted another crewman was near recovery when overcome by weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Cleveland
State of Ohio
Margaret Olwill
Lorain
Ohio
L. P. Smith
Kelley’s Island
Duncan Coyle
Kelsey’s Island
Willoughby
State of
Coyle
Arctic Explorer Andree Believed Dead, Letter Claimed
Wrangel Alaska report quotes a Norwegian Rosallie passenger who found a sealed bottle letter dated May 4. The note allegedly from Andree says he is leaving the balloon and provisions, placing the balloon west of Iceland and at 74 north. Confirmation rests on the letter's authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IL. J. Baron
Associated Press
Wrangel
Alaska
Andree
Skagway
Iceland
Muskegon Mayor Fatally Shot in Store Doorway
Mayor James Balbirnie of Muskegon Michigan was shot by S W Tayer a disappointed candidate as he stood in his store doorway. Balbirnie ran upstairs to his living rooms and died fifteen minutes later. Tayer swallowed carbolic acid then killed himself with a revolver dying soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Balbirnie
Muskegon
Mich
S. W. Tayer
Tayer
Balbirnie
Boy dies of hydrophobia after dog bite in South Carolina
Preston Ogiesby aged 11 dies at Wildwood Carter County South Carolina from hydrophobia ten weeks after a dog bite. The same dog reportedly bit a horse hog and ox causing several deaths. Chickens fed from the trough died from spasms and a negro's chicken was killed. the family died after eating it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Ogiesby
Wildwood
Carter County
S. C
Pres Bolly McKinley Returns Relieve Mrs McKinley
The presidential party returns to Washington. Mrs. McKinley is assisted from the carriage to her rooms by the President and Dr. Rixey, unable to walk without support. Her condition is not believed serious by her physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Steamer St Paul Flue Incident Harms Five Crew
The St Paul blew its boiler flues north of Alton Illinois and scalded five crew members. The vessel landed safely. Melvin Johnson and Jack Mack died after reaching St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. Paul
Alton
Ill
Melvin Johnson
Jack Mack
Jealous Woman Mortally Shoots In Bloomington
In Bloomington Indiana Mrs W E Martin wife of a railroad man shot Miss Ida Oglesby four times fatally after accusing her of alienating her husband. The case details a jealous motive and deadly confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
W. E. Martin
Ida Oglesby
Flood Wrecks Hit Port Arthur Rail Lines and Homes
Heavy rain and fog cause multiple railroad wrecks in Port Arthur Texas. Floodwaters inundate numerous houses and several fishermen are reported missing. The blinding conditions disrupt transportation and rescue efforts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Texas
Five Men Drown in Mississippi River Near Clarksville
Five government river workers were drowned when a skiff overturned a mile above Clarksville Missouri during river improvement work. The incident occurred on the Mississippi River as laborers attempted to navigate the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Clarksville
Tragic Knockout Ends Fight in Parkersburg Ring
Kid Wanko of Washington Pa knocked out Felix Carr of Huntington W Va in the fourth round at Parkersburg Pa. Carr died soon after without regaining consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kid Wanko
Washington, Pa
Felix Carr
Huntington
W. Va
Parkersburg
Carr
Wreck on the Big Four hits Mayview injuring several
A Knights of Pythias special train traveling from Bloomington to Champaign derailed at Mayview Illinois. Several passengers sustained serious injuries and are being treated. Railroad authorities investigate cause and extent of damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Big Four
Bloomington
Champaign
Mayview
Ill
Chicago Attorney Named Heir to Scottish Estate
Chicago lawyer John R. O'Connor of 2126 West Twenty-fourth Place is announced as one of four heirs to a 6 million dollar estate in Dunfermline Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Atttorney
Friends of Attorney
John R. O’connor
West
Dunfermline
Scotland
Supreme Court overrules Sunday baseball rehearing
Indiana Supreme Court denies rehearing in Sunday baseball case. If the mayor enforces the law, Indianapolis could ban Sunday ball, ending the sport on Sundays per official statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supréme Court of Indiana
Indianapolis
Notable Obituaries and Disasters Across Cities
Massachusetts inventor Josaun Gray dies at 75 in Medford. Fire at Kos ter’s concert hall on Jones Walk and the Bowery damages multiple amusements. Losses reach $30,000. A New York Stock Exchange seat sells for $40,000 for the third time. Manslaughter verdict in Towson. Fatty Walsh dies in New York. Boston ax murder case. mental illness suspected. Fire at Camden chemical works totals $100,000. Earthquakes felt along the Connecticut River. Penn wins intercollegiate eight-oared shell race at Poughkeepsie. Wisconsin second. Terra cotta works in Philadelphia destroyed. $100,000 loss. Embezzlement probe shows $25,000 shortage. Boston building fire destroys four upper floors. losses $180,000. Cin cinnati Saengerfest scaffolding accident. East Side Trousers Makers’ strike. 2,400 workers out. Kidnap charge plea in New York. long sentence. Ballard arrested for murder in St. Louis. Weather bureau chief Moore and journalist Johnson rescued at Cape May. Laurel fire destroys 78 buildings. loss $200,000. arson suspected to cover a murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josaun Gray
Massachusetts
Medford
Coney Island
Koster
Jones’ Walk
Bowery
A. L. Dewar
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Clementine M. Beckford
Towson
Thomas H. Walsh
Blanche Walsh
Fatty” Walsh
New York
Boston
Benjamin Lang
Clara E. Lang
More-Phillips Chemical Works
Camden
WN. J
Connecticut River
Hartford
Saybrook
Poughkeepsie
Hudson
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
William Galloway
Philadelphia
George L. Griswold
Norwich
Conn
Boston Book Binding Company
J. W. Smith
East Side Trousers Makers’ Union
George B. Barrow
Werner
Supreme Court
Marion Clarke
William Ballard
Clayton Young
St. Louis
Ballard
Young
Willis S. Moore
Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Philander Johnson
Washington
Cape May
Henry C. Loudenslager
Pension Committee
W. H. Kirkpatrick
Philadelphia Press
Laurel
Del
Notable deaths and events across the nation and frontier
A roundup of deaths and disasters includes Judge William H. Clark in Los Angeles Col Thomas Cornelius in Portland Col W H Sullivan drowned in the Yellowstone near Anaconda Mont and Rev Paul Wetzel in Kansas City. Also noted are Colorado's Paris exposition statue plans a million dollars and a struck oil well near Warren Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Clark
Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas Cornelius
Portland
Ore
W. H. Sullivan
Chicago
Yellowstone River
Anaconda
Mont
Colorado
Richard King
Warren
Ohio
Greycliff
Cleveland
Paul Wetzel
Kansas City
Janes F. Walton
The
Walton Architectural Company
Cincinnati
United States
Frank Neal
St. Louis
Dutch” Neal
Harry Peppers
San Francisco
Adelphi Theater
Cora Rosebrook
St. Luke's Hospital
St. Paul
New Richmond
Wis
Music Teachers
National Association
Cincinnnati
J. Gautvoort
Bes Moines
Iowa
Gov. Stephens
Missouri
Eighth
Richard P. Blend
Leavenworth Ban
Leavenworth
Home Riverside Con
Mies Lens Park
Dreadful Destruction and Noted Crimes Across States
A sweeping mixed bag of reports follows: Siberian gold miners led by John T. McCall perish from exposure. Ohio man Frederick Schatz dies of heart disease. rumors of a murder by Mrs. Schatz denied. Harold Kornstadt confesses to killing Nora Kornstadt in Kansas. A hailstorm devastates Bartley Nebraska fields. train robbers at Hartville Missouri face verdicts. Private Nirby wounded at the Presidio. wind powered carriage in Oklahoma. pistol record in Shell Mound California. Fire destroys Toledo freight houses. Detroit street railway plans stall in Toledo. Kansas City insurer ruling on death by own action. Miles McDonald injured on Eads Bridge. Train-robber escapes thwarted. Apalachee steamer sinks and drowns four, including a Chicago woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Douglass
Nevada City
California
Siberia
John.t. McCall
Frederick Schatz
Graytown
Ohio
Wm. H. Schatz
Harper
Kan
John Kornstadt
Nora
Tony Kornstadt
Bartley
Neb
Jennings
Hartville
Jack
Kennedy
Macomb
Joe Shepard
State Penitentiary
Jake Shepard
Old James Gang
Wesley Nirby
Company H
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Frank Wigfall
Presidio
San Francisco
John
David Howard
Beaver County
Oklahoma
Fulton
Beaver City
Shell Mound
Cal
J. E. Gorman
Golden Gate Pistol and Rifle Club
E. E H. Partridge
Massachusetts Rifle Association
Osgood
Ind
Albert Shaw
Michigan Central
Toledo
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Pingree
Detroit
Common Council
Millard
Manufacturers’ Railroad
Phillips
Kansas City
Miles McDonald
Fr. M. Long Shop
Eads
St. Louis
McDonald
Bill
Springfield
Jim Hennessy
Charles Wilchert
Liquor ban on Southern Pacific hotels after July first
The Southern Pacific Railway Company orders no liquor sales at railroad hotels after July 1 across its system. A series of fatalities and incidents follow including a mine riot near Cardiff Alabama killing three and injuring one, a house fire in Ridley Tennessee burning two children, a steam tug burned at Round Island Mississippi with a passenger lost, a Norfolk and Southern train collision near Elizabeth City North Carolina killing three boys aged 14 and 10 and a 14 year old, and a major fire destroying Indian Springs elder House near Mason Georgia with about 100 guests in the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Cardiff
Ala
H. M. Beckett
Ridley
Tenn
Hedith Beckett
J. P. Cawthorn
Bernice
Patterson, Downing & Co
Mobile
Round Island
Miss
William Foote
Pascagoula
Norfolk and Southern
Elizabeth City
N. C
Henry
William Mann
Charles Baker
Indian Springs
Mason, Ga
Alles
Empress Birth And Global Headlines Of The Era
The Empress of Russia bears a third daughter named Marie. Shamrock boat launched at Millwall. Spain bills cede Caroline Islands to Germany. South Africa orders rifles from Italy. Baron Godin and Baron Bonnet die atop Ackerispitze. Lords reject women councilors bill. Cardinal Schonborn dies at 55. Vondel and Perdita II dead. Lewis seeks Chinese wall demolition for road to Nankin. Saigon dispatch on Mengtsu unrest. Wong-tse house sacked. Anti-budget riots in Saragossa. casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Marie
Thomas Lipton
Millwall
England
Spain
Germany
Caroline Islands
South African Republic
Italy
Baron Godin
Baron Bonnet
Ackerispitze
Tyrroese Alps
House of Lords
Franz de Paula von Schonborn
Prague
Bohemia
Vondel
Lord Roberts
Kandahar
Perdita II
Prince of Wales
Frank C. Lewis
Chicago
Peking
China
Nankin
Saigon
Mengtsu
Yun- Yan
Wong-tse
Saragossa
Plaza de la Constacion
Various Local Dispatches Round Up Notables and Market Signals
Prof Samuel Harris of Yale dies at Yale College. Yellow fever outbreak reports in Santiago total thirty three cases with five deaths. St Raymond near Quebec suffers near total destruction from fire, forty buildings burned. A R Hill of Vancouver killed by streetcar, claims aristocratic heir status denied by peerage. US mirror manufacturers form price and production cartel. J M Conroy elected president. International Good Templars lodge convenes in Toronto with 500 delegates from several nations. Bradstreet notes mid-summer effects easing, iron and steel prices rising, wool demand strong, crops improving lowering some prices, cotton and sugar trends mixed, lumber active, weekly grain exports rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Harris
Yale College
Santiago
St. Raymond
Quebec
A. R. Hill
Vancouver
B. C
Hill
Lord Armstrong
Armstrong
United States
J. M. Conroy
Conroy, Prugh & Co
International Supreme Lodge of the
Independent Order of Good Templars
Toronto
Ont
England
Ireland
Scotland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
India
Bradstreet
Market Reports From Multiple Cities On Cattle Hogs and Grains
Market summaries from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York list price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains in each city. Wheat corn oats rye and related products appear with No. 2 grades and regional variations. Reflects commodity values across major markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Murderer of Gilbert Gates Located in Oklahoma
A sister reveals Alexander Jester, alleged killer of Gilbert Gates, was found in Shewanee Oklahoma under the alias W H Hill. Jester was linked to Gates’ murder near Warrensburg Missouri on May 2 1872 during a westward wagon journey. John W Gates of Chicago identified him. Jester protests innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex
Gilbert Gates
John WY. Gates
Chicago
American Steel and Wire Company
Oklahoma
A. A. Gates
St. Charles
Ill
Wichita
Ian
Gilbert W. Gates
Warrensburg
Alexander Jester
Jester
Gates
Salt River
AM ‘A. Gates
Ory Ichita
Cornelia Street
Shewanee
Simmons
W. H. Hill
John W. Gates
George
Laura Gates
Gilbert
Oakwood Cemetery
West
Won by Penns crew in famed college boat race
The Penn team won the long awaited college boat race on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie by a slim half boat length after a crate disrupted the Wisconsin crew. Wisconsin finished three lengths ahead of Cornell with Cornell four lengths up on Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cornell
Columbia
Labor War in Lapel Indiana Triggers Armed Streets Standoff
In Lapel Indiana union and non union workers march armed through town after glass factory lockouts. A mob attacked unionists while the sheriff tightens control as Gunfire scars the hotel and threats to blow out union supporters surface. Nearby incidents include a spurious coin case in Norfolk and a fatal train tragedy in Cambridge Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapel
Ind
Moore
International Council of Women Opens In London
The International Council of Women opened its sessions in London at the convocation hall. Countess of Aberdeen, council president, outlined duties and urged international arbitration and a women’s information bureau. Notable officers include Mrs May Wright Sewall as vice president and Baroness Alexandra Grippenberg as treasurer. Delegates from the United States, Britain, Germany, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, Holland, India, New South Wales, Tasmania, Norway, Palestine, China, New Zealand and Argentina attend. Noted U.S. attendees include Fannie Humphreys Gaffney, Susan B Anthony, and Rev. Anna H Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Council
Ite
London
International Council of Women
Church House
England
Countess of Aberdeen
Council
Lady Aberdeen
May Wright Sewall
United States
Alexandra Grippenberg
Finland
Mme
Maria Martin
France
Teresa I. Wilson
Great Britain
Germany
Sweden
Canada
Denmark
Holland
India
New South Wales
Tasmania
Norway
Palestine
China
New Zealand
Argentine Republic
Fannie Humphreys Gaffney
Susan B. Anthony
Anna H. Shaw
Sarah Hackett Stevenson
Cynthia Westover Alden
Annie Jenness. Miller
Florence B. Kelley
Elizabeth C. Grannis
Alice Burditt
New Canal Combination Forms American Isthmus Ship Canal Co
Articles filed in Trenton New Jersey announce the American Isthmus Ship Canal Company led by financier William R Grace. The plan seeks to acquire concessions and build a canal across the Isthmus from Atlantic to Pacific with capital potential up to 250 million dollars and aid from major powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Isthmus Ship Canal Company
Trenton
N. J
William R. Grace
American Isthmus
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
United States
England
France
Germany
Trusts on the Decline Says Crawford Fairbanks
Crawford Fairbanks of Terre Haute Ind brewery magnate and strawboard trust promoter argues trusts are faltering and predicts little chance of large scale trust deals. He cites falling trust stock and investor appetite as evidence and questions future profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford Fairbanks
Strawboard Combine
Terre Haute
Ind
Strawboard Trust
The
United States
Powerful New Shell Tested in Philippine Campaign
A vastly destructive shell with wide blast radius and shrapnel effects is described as the centerpiece of the fall campaign in the Philippines. Tests at Sandy Hook kept secret its manufacture while experts predict it could kill or cripple large enemy battalions and greatly reduce escape chances compared with shrapnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
Sandy Hook
Plague Suspected On Nippon Maru In Honolulu Harbor
The Nippon Maru from Hong Kong is quarantined in Honolulu after a death on board believed to be bubonic plague. A Chinese passenger died on board before Nagasaki. cremation followed and the ship was held in quarantine. Three days before Honolulu arrival another Chinese death occurred. bacteriological tests found plague bacilli in the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian
Nippon Maru
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Nagasaki
Notable Scattered Incidents Reported Across Several States
The item notes Percy Cox, 19, of Westfield New Jersey, hanged himself. Weeks found murdered in Bogue Sound, North Carolina. Joseph Lincoln, 65, relative of Abraham Lincoln, dead in Chattanooga Tennessee. Congressman Charles Dick to manage Ohio Republican campaign. Cuban gambling spurs government threats. Zola in Paris opposes verdict sentencing him to a year. Jos Hopper of Summerville Texas suddenly insane and killed Samuel with an ax. Four freight cars crashed through a bridge at Pacific Missouri into the river with no injuries. Peter Devries of Grandee Michigan seeks homes in Georgia for 100 Dutch families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Cox
Westfield
N. J
Bogue Sound
Joseph Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles Dick
Ohio
Cuba
Gen. Brooke
Mile Zola
Paris
Jos, Hopper
Summerville
Texas
Samuel
Davis
Pacific
Peter Devries
Grandeee Mich
Georgia
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Weekly Record
Wv Co
Martin & Bro., Publishers
Silver
Lake, Indiana
N. M
L. Q
Margareti Olwill
Andree Again
Western
Southern
Market Reports
Gilbert W
A. A
Mary Gates
Stone
Penn
Lapel,ind
Carl Tasi
Norfolk
Pat Sweeney
Sweeney
Paper Board
McEwan Brothers
Whippany
John Zigouras
J. F. Householder
Theodore King
Cambridge
Cumberland
NEW Canal Combination
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