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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1900
Page
2
RG Dun and Co. reports prices in materials yielding with signs of recovery across major industries. New iron furnaces opening, famine in India lifting hides, higher sheep stocks, and new iron zinc copper mines contributing. The revised quotations suggest greater industrial activity ahead.
A Washington dispatch to the Herald reports Britain will censor official and public cablegrams sent to international representatives at Pretoria. The move is seen as a major step in postwar international relations and may provoke correspondence affecting future neutralization of cable lines. The announcement has unsettled official circles, following the alleged consular mail violation.
At Fort Wayne Indiana the State Letter Carriers Association convention elected J F Poe as president Joseph Herman as vice president A K Mehl as secretary A Campbell as treasurer and J R Cochrane C A Encart and W G Stahl to the executive board Muncie was chosen to host the 1902 convention A banquet was held at the Wayne Hotel followed by a ball
Two miners were killed and one fatally injured at a camp near Monongahela when giant powder exploded. Victims named Robert Pezzoni and Joseph Dorsa were killed, Peter Corsi was wounded, and Mrs. Pezzoni suffered serious burns while aiding her husband. The building was demolished and bodies burned beyond recognition. Authorities suspect a spark from a miner’s pipe ignited the powder.
Berlin correspondent reports the United States Government plans to dispatch warships to Chinese waters after Tsungli Yamen fails to heed the collective note from the United States Minister and other powers demanding protection for missionaries. Germany also plans ships for Sulit Yeu Son.
Julia Dent Grant, granddaughter of General Ulysses S. Grant, is ill with typhoid fever in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her mother, wife of General Frederick Dent Grant, sails from the Philippines on the American liner St Louis to reach her daughter within ten days, bringing an American trained nurse.
A dispatch from Catavia New York reports Ernest Kingdon of Stafford enlisted in the Fortieth Infantry was found sleeping at his post and sentenced to be shot after a court martial. It is said Filipina rebels entered the camp while he slept and killed two or three American soldiers.
The Vice President has nearly decided on Henry C. Ide of Vermont and Gen. Luke F. Wright of Tennessee for Philippine Commission seats. He also summoned Prof. Bernard Moses of California to Washington for a conference on the Philippine situation.
The American Maru reports seven black plague cases in Kahului and Hilo, with Honolulu showing improvement and no new cases. The Honolulu outbreak appears contained while alerts spread to other Hawaiian cities.
A performance titled The Highwayman takes place at the Masonic Temple in Fort Wayne Indiana on an event dated March 83. Local arts listings note a historic venue hosting an evening show with likely period pieces.
The National Democratic Committee in Washington chose Kansas City as the site for the next convention. The vote tally favored Kansas City 40 to 9 over Milwaukee.
The Inte Senate sitting as a high court sentenced Deputy Marcel Habert to five years banishment after a trial for inciting soldiers to insubordination during President Faure's funeral.
The fighting in the Orange Free State remains fierce as British forces push on toward Bloemfontein. Casualty lists show heavy losses for Britain, with Fe deral forces still in strong fighting trim and Ladysmith siege not yet resolved.
The piece notes 15 tons of monthly output from 100 gold mines near Johannesburg and a London firm buying 2,000,000 bottles yearly from garbage yards. It covers Cincinnati Brewers union fines for non union barber use, Granite Cutters union debt payoff, Russian cotton demand, scarce paper rising European demand, and a London Telegraph forecast that English farming will be syndicate driven by 1095p.
President transmits State Department reply to Macrum case. It states all Macrum mail from Pretoria was unopened, no later complaint filed, and that British government had no knowledge of interference. The department also says no secret alliance or understanding exists between the United States and Great Britain.
Attorneys for Gov Taylor Lieut Gov Marshall and Mr Beckham agree to consolidate injunction suits and seek swift resolution. Beckham may withdraw his suit and refile in Louisville. Taylor and Marshall retain offices with supersedeas bonds. appeals to Court of Appeals and Supreme Court possible. Also notes Kimberley mine expansion and diamond pipes.
Mrs Cora A Wellman has been appointed assignee of the Hinsdale New Hampshire Savings Bank. Torpedo boat Somers based in Brooklyn records a speed of twenty knots per hour.
Dr Leslie E Keeley founder of the gold cure for inebriety died in Los Angeles California from heart disease after a cold and brief illness. He was sixty five, born in New York and raised in Michigan. He devised the double chloride of gold and sodium treatment and established his first institute in 1887 with a notable career in medical reform.
Side Lights on the Boer War surveys telephotographic lenses used in warfare and notes Mafeking as a besieged South African town with minimal defenses. It also highlights lone British generals serving in South Africa and the Natal wood shortage affecting troops along with England’s 170,000 reservists aged 25 to 40 slated for home duty.
The Senate approved the Senate substitute for the House currency bill by 46 to 29 and moved the Hawaiian bill to unfinished business. The House examined legislative items, with 26 of 124 pages completed, and debated pensions, civil service reform, and repeal of the fifteenth amendment. Senate discussions covered Philippine question and tariffs as lawmakers split on expansion and duties.
Canada may dispatch 10 000 troops to the Cape. Nicaraguans favor American canal control. Russia plans a 1300 mile rail across Persia. Chicago Board of Trade ends put and call trading. Plague wanes in Honolulu. city cleansed. Abductor George Barrow in New York deemed insane. A Liverpool doctor finds pink eye bacillus in horses. Papal physician Lapponi says Pope Leo may live to 100. Preston Hurlburt killed by streetcar in Buffalo. Cress and Leach killed by dynamite in Hillsworth Georgia. Porch climbers loot 1000 dollars of jewelry in Chicago. Nursery stock inspection expected. English amateur O Tait killed in Rooibesberg battle. Texas anti trust halts bicycle shipments without cash with orders. Congress to spend nearly 200 million on army and navy. Ohio House bans using flag for advertising. Three hundred Spanish prisoners in the Philippines disperse, barricade town. Judge Taft to head Philippine commission for up to two years. Fire insurers report over 5 million in losses in New York. Tornado hits Custer Ohio, two killed. Thirty nine Irish reps from Chicago head to Pretoria for Boer hospital corps. W T Hudson of Haskell Texas files 223 000 liabilities bankruptcy. Former Gov Wolcott declines Philippines commission post.
A compact summary of community events highlights weddings deaths and crime notes across the state. It captures casualties general news items and notable neighborly happenings reflecting local life and interests.
At a convention in Indianapolis the Indiana Populist party named the state ticket with G overnor A G Burkhart of Tipton as governor and C M Waller of Rossville as lieutenant governor. Includes W T Carmichael Columbus secretary of state and John W Wales Greenfield auditor of state plus W H Kinsey Logansport treasurer of state and I Roger Shelbyville attorney general. Also Prof W P Beasley Vincennes superintendent of public instruction and Charles Edward Hoffman Clay County as reporter of the supreme court with A L D Grindle Starke County as statisticians and S M Holcomb Gibson County as supreme judge first district. Presidential electors Atwood Rowley Columbus H Walker Greenfield and delegates Samuel Williams Vincennes F J Robinson Cloverdale Joseph Aslee Oakland City Thomas S Mast Anderson.
Four year old daughter of Charles Fish burned to death in Franklin. Wayne County families plan move to North Dakota in spring. Sons of Veterans to dedicate new hall in Osgood. March 3 events noted. Several meetings including Indiana Teachers Association in Evansville on April 5 and 7. Plow-handle factory in Warsaw raises wages 15 percent. Christopher Shepherd dies after being struck by Illinois Central train near Farnsworth. Mississippi Mining Company leases over a thousand acres in Grant County for oil. Crawfordsville printer warned after receiving poisoned candy. Investigator on case. Grant Circuit Court Judge Paulus rules Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Co cannot be enjoined from piping gas to Chicago. appeal likely to Supreme Court. Lafayette jury finds James Hinesly of sound mind. gifts valid. six week trial, eight attorneys, $40,000 involved. Rodney Maher dies after freight train strike near Logansport. murder suspected. Clinton street fight. father strikes son with stone. son mortally wounded. father at large. Veru Lodge to buy H. E. Frick residence on North Broadway for $5,500. lodge quarters planned. Counterfeit silver dollars circulate in Elwood. 1880 date on coins. Federal authorities notified. American Tin-Plate Company options 2000 acres near Middletown. plan to expand if gas found. Lafayette rescue of baby by Miss Ethel Smock. Smock injured. Oil flow at Loogootee well steady. three gas wells supply local needs. Patents issued to Indiana residents for machines and devices. James Oliver plant fire at South Bend injures 70 workers. $25,000 loss, $80,000 insured. Vernon public schools closed due to scarlet fever caution after three cases. health officer urges precautions.
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