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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1899
Page
2
A review of notable incidents from across regions, detailing crimes, accidents, fires, and minor affairs. Highlights include reported thefts, collisions, and local investigations, with emphasis on public safety and community impact. Named individuals and places are referenced as reported.
A private New York letter from a respected Cuban resident claims Havana leaders plan to accept US intervention publicly but threaten armed action within two years if independence is not granted. The alleged plot aims to destroy foreign investment by torching cane fields, jeopardizing Cuba’s sugar and tobacco wealth.
James J Jeffries defeated Robert Fitzsimmons in eleven rounds at the Coney Island Athletic Club New York. Jeffries entered as an outsider but seized control after early rounds and stopped Fitzsimmons in a rapid finish. The bout showcased Jeffries as a fast and powerful giant capable of beating the world champion in two weight classes.
Thirty six buildings of the Nordfinger-Charlton Fireworks Co. at Graniteville New York were blown up destroying almost the entire plant. Three injured two seriously E E Thuyster and Thomas Fox among the injured. Losses exceed 30000 dollars. A Paine's Fireworks plant blast at Greenfield L I destroyed two sheds and a magazine causing about 25000 dollars in damage with one minor injury.
Jacob Fagley, a former justice of the peace and longtime Wright County public official, was found guilty by a Hartville jury of complicity in the Macomb train robbery case. He faces twelve years in the state penitentiary.
The State Department reports progress toward a boundary regulation agreement with Canada but no conclusion yet. Expert geographers are examining boundary points while the Dalton trail definitive location remains unfound.
The Government will abandon the former Government building site in Indianapolis and immediately seek bids for a replacement location for the new structure.
Congress Bland of Lebanon Missouri remains gravely ill with death expected at any moment as his condition worsens. Medical teams monitor his status closely amid continued uncertainty about his fate.
A Vienna special dispatch reports the Sultan of Turkey is dangerously ill, noting urgent concern over his health and its regional implications.
A Pittsburgh and Gulf Railway passenger train derailed forty miles west of Kansas City. The chair car collapsed injuring twenty six passengers, with one possibly fatally hurt. Wounded were brought to Kansas City for treatment.
The Westminster Gazette reports a well informed rumor that a responsible quarter proposes U S mediation between Great Britain and the Transvaal. The claim notes no official confirmation.
Brig. Gen. Charles King, a passenger on the Puebla arriving in San Francisco from Manila, warned that fighting will continue until the Tagals are defeated. He predicted guerrilla resistance in Luzon’s mountains and forests will prolong peace, and called Otis’ estimate of 30,000 troops as very moderate.
A Hague peace conference adopts a resolution prohibiting dum-dum or soft point bullets by 18 votes to 3 with Italy Austria and England in opposition. The measure also bans explosives from balloons and explosive bullets, while optimism remains that submarine boats will be prohibited despite doubts over overall disarmament progress.
A vast agricultural combination with Philadelphia headquarters plans to hold wheat and other grain in common elevators, enabling farmers via local granges of the Farmers' Protective Association to control grain markets nationwide. The scheme, developed over three years, is said to have penetrated every state.
Esterhazy confesses authorship of the Dreyfus bordereau stating he acted under orders and that the army chief knew of the affair and shared responsibility. He vows to prove his claim despite threats and bribes.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston held its annual communion service on Sunday. The service focused on the sacrament and noted church records show 12,114 members enrolled through May 29 with about 2,550 candidates, totaling nearly 15,000 members.
At Sans Bois Indiana, John Mays a Choctaw was publicly flogged to death after being found guilty of cattle stealing. He received 100 lashes at a stockade, dying after the eighty sixth stroke in front of a crowd of Indians while Creeks and Cherokees looked on.
A violent cyclone and strong winds swept Central Kentucky on Thursday. In Shelby County outhouses and fences were destroyed and crops damaged. ten to twelve large barns were razed. Several farm hands were injured but none killed.
The Ohio Republicans named their statewide slate in Columbus led by Governor George K. Nash. John A. Caldwell was chosen for Lieutenant Governor with Walter D. Guilbert as Auditor and I. B. Cameron as Treasurer. James M. Sheets is Attorney General and W. Davis named to the Supreme Court with F. Huffman on the Public Works Board.
By authority from the Ohio Valley League of Bimetallic Clubs and on the recommendation of Mr. Bryan, Mr. Altgeld and six associates will cooperate with the Democratic national committee to mark battle lines and organize the party for the upcoming national campaign.
Congressman Richard P. Bland is seriously ill at his Lebanon Missouri home. Friends express alarm as he has been confined to his room for two months and attended daily by a physician.
Emile Zola, famed defender of Dreyfus, has returned to Paris from England after his self imposed exile to avoid punishment by the courts.
The trim passenger steamer R. G. Stewart from Hancock to Duluth burned to the water line on Michigan Island in the Apostles. The hull struck midnight Saturday, flames broke out Sunday at 10, and passengers and crew barely escaped with clothing. One crew member drowned escaping the burning vessel. the three passengers and remaining crew were saved.
The First Bank of Skaguay closed May 29 with about 16 000 liabilities and assets reported around 18 000 though many expect only 8 000 realizable. President C. S. Mindy disappeared the day before. The bank, once Alaska’s first, fell after the Soapy Smith riots and a gold theft linked to Smith’s gang.
A six person party at Lebanon Illinois encountered a sinkhole while bathing in Silver creek. Ruth Jepson of Lebanon Florence Spies of St Jacob and Hellene Jack of Beaucoup drowned after diving to save another. Carrie Nichols and a companion survived.
The Nebraska District Court takes up retrial of the case against bondsmen of ex State Treasurer Joseph Bartley after a $500000 default. In Omaha the first trial ended with a verdict for the bondsmen though the defense did not deny the money was stolen, and a new trial was ordered.
Honolulu social notes reveal Miss Helen Kinan Walder, heiress and humanitarian, secretly wed Horace Joseph Craft, manager of the Pacific Cycle Company, on May 16 in Hawaii's capital.
In Zanesville Ohio during a heavy storm a stable was struck by lightning killing one of two neighboring horses. The other horse survived. The fright caused Mrs Minnie Baum living nearby to die almost instantly. In Spartanburg South Carolina Jane Shippery a young wife climbed a cherry tree for fruit, fell with her feet snagged and died hanging there.
In Nellfield cemetery Edinburgh desecration of graves continues to raise concern and many residents demand vaults be opened to check for possible interference with the dead.
Friday Congressman Hopkins withdrew from the race for speaker of the next House of Representatives. Immediately the Illinois Republican delegation pledged its fourteen votes to Col. Fienderson of Iowa.
James P. Wright Jr. of International Navigation Co states the firm has abandoned all plans to salvage the steamship Paris from its position at Munacles.
White Pass Railway tracks near completion reach Lake Bennett in a few weeks. Once finished, the voyage from Puget Sound ports to Dawson will take about eight days.
Frost formed in the Salt Lake valley as Monday night temperatures fell below freezing and Tuesday morning the ground was white with frost, signaling an unseasonal cold spell.
The president's cabinet met Friday and decided there is no present necessity for enlisting volunteers. No immediate call for volunteer service was issued or anticipated.
Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympia departed Hong Kong on Tuesday bound for Singapore as part of the voyage back to the United States, marking a return leg in her service.
In Portland Maine a report states Speaker Reed has sent his resignation to Governor Powers. In Indiana a large field of asphalt was discovered lying beneath the east end of Logansport.
Treasury Bureau of Statistics tables show the United States produced 179 million tons of coal in 1897, second to the United Kingdom's 202 million. Germany, France, Belgium, Austro-Hungary and others followed, with no other country reaching 1 million tons. If current growth persists, the U.S. may soon lead global coal production.
Infantry Company H Seventh United States Infantry leaves Fort Sheridan for Alaska in a four sleeper two baggage car train. In San Francisco they will be issued heavy clothing tents and equipment for Arctic service. They sail to Skaguay by steamer before July 15 to relieve a Fourteenth Infantry company bound for Manila.
Admirers in Kansas raise 600 to honor General Frederick Funston after his Manila service. A fund collects small donations from 10 cents to 10 dollars to purchase a specially made engraved sword ordered from an eastern company.
R G Dun says April failures are the smallest on record and May failures are 68.2 percent of the previous minimum, with solvent payments $328,292,052 and defaults $3,820,686. Defaults to solvent ratio at 45.7 cents per $1,000, the best showing in May. Bradstreets notes cereal exports rise with weekly wheat shipments at 3,596,065 bushels and corn at 3,922,497 bushels.
Texas Governor Sayers has telegraphed all Southern governors and attorneys general to announce an anti trust convention to meet in St Louis on September 20. The goal is concerted action against trusts and monopolies across the region.
President Schurman of the Philippine commission telegraphed the Secretary of State denying reports in American papers that Gen. Otis clashed with civilian commissioners. The message insists there is no friction among the commission members.
Elisha Baxter tenth Governor of Arkansas died Wednesday night at his Batesville home aged 72. He was a leader in the Brooks Baxer war of 1874 and a notable political figure in state history.
Five lookouts on Lookout Mountain Tennessee burned to the ground as no fire protection existed. Despite several hundred spectators they could do nothing to stop the blaze.
The Ohio State Republican convention nominated Nash for Governor on the second ballot.
Regional price listings for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Includes No 2 red No 2 white No 2 mixed and No 2 yellow wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with bid ranges and offered grades.
A Madison County jury valued Chas Guy's drowned four year old son at 140 dollars and 50 cents for damages. They calculated costs and schooling through age twenty one against expected earnings, finding a deficit until age eighteen and a final margin of 149.50 over seventeen years, awarding the father damages.
The article notes Indiana employs about 30,000 glass workers with many laid off during hot weather. It highlights Indiana as the leading window glass producer with 43 window factories, 33 Flint glass plants, 25 greenhouses, and 3 plate glass concerns, controlled by three labor organizations and only two non union window glass factories in the U S.
Trustees from Jackson Miami Howard and Richland townships met with Deputy Superintendent Cotton to approve a $10,000 school building at a central site for pupils of the three townships. If consolidation proves satisfactory, additional buildings may follow.
The Circuit Court at Brazil returned a verdict of manslaughter against Walter Jones for the March 28 murder of Edward Adams. After a long deliberation the jury found him guilty and Judge McGregor will impose sentence.
A large field of asphalt was discovered under the east end of Logansport while drilling for water. It is believed the field connects with adjacent areas near Litchfield Indiana. The material is of high quality due to oil upheavals driving the substance near the surface.
The Assessor sued First National Bank and Seymour National Bank to force open their books. The court ruled for the plaintiff and the banks plan to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Miss Lillian Beaker, a Fort Wayne public schools teacher, resigns and plans to depart in August for Persia to take a missionary post with the Presbyterian Church.
Charles Null of Kokomo sues Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Co for 10000 damages claiming his wife died last winter in a gas explosion due to negligent maintenance of service pipes.
Reports from Tipton and Sullivan County detail smallpox outbreaks and severe hail. Fort Wayne political talks, New Albany and Albany firestorms, and local storms disrupted towns. Notable events include a Bloomfield drowning, a Masonic Temple cornerstone in North Vernon, Studebaker expansion, and Goblet and Tumbler co operative factory in Floward County with 300 employees.
Hor ace Tripp of Derby Conn. was near death after his primary school teacher Miss Mary Comery allegedly fed him cayenne pepper to stop whispering. The 7-year-old boy developed gastritis and a high fever. Comery, new and popular, says she intended only a tongue burn and is distraught.
Manufacturers of agricultural plows harrows seeders and related equipment met in Chicago to authorize a price hike. The Northwestern Plow Association invited all major makers and committees will draft a new price list this summer for a fall meeting. Expected increases range from 15 to 25 percent as material costs rise.
Indiana Supreme Court sharply limits corporate power over competition by ruling that public corporations entering into anticompetitive combinations for price manipulation forfeit their charter. The decision reverses a lower court demurrer in the Portland Natural Gas and Oil case and remands for trial.
The Douglas Wyoming sheriff was mortally wounded during a clash with train robbers ten miles north of Wilcox after a dynamite attack on a Union Pacific express. Hazen died at home hours later as the posse pressed the pursuit with Reinforcements from United States Marshal Hadzell.
Report describes a Cuba wide reign of terror as brigands steal cattle and a Mariel safe containing $5000. Cuban soldiers act as police in some areas but fail to curb the lawlessness. Plantations halt work as property losses drive people from business. Spaniards in Mariel hide valuables and fortify doors. Mayor Quintana appeals to Gov Gen Brooke for relief.
Senator Hanna and his wife plan to sail for Europe as the political climate shifts. The report notes a forthcoming trip with implications for his public role and international posture.
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