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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
6
A column reviewing foreign affairs and world events as reported across eight quarters of civilization. It surveys international happenings and domestic influence on global relations. The piece highlights cross border interests and geopolitical currents shaping policy.
Manila dispatch reports Generals Young and Hood seeking reinforcements as a battalion of the Forty-eighth Regiment moves toward Aparri. Rebels attacked Aparri for hours but were driven back. Insurgents rally in North Cocos province with the Red Katipunan symbol resurging. Generals Tino and Flores are believed driven toward Hood's area south of Aparri, while troop shortages hinder garrison maintenance.
A fire reduced Theatre Francais to a shell in Paris with a charred female body found among the ruins. Identified as Madame Venriot the body’s burned features made recognition difficult. The theater had reopened a fortnight earlier after renovations for the exposition crowds and Dumas fils drama Diane De Lys with new scenery and costumes.
The Times Herald and World launch a campaign against vice in the city alleging widespread corruption. They claim gamblers and other criminals pay about 3 million dollars annually for police protection through a commission of city officials and a pool room syndicate. Police implicated through alleged payoffs are said to be aware of the scheme.
Joseph Whitelaw a 60 year old Akron mer chant and father of Jennie Whitelaw was arrested on assault and battery charges filed by Nora Strong a laundry collector. Strong says Whitelaw seized and kissed her in his store after she came to collect a bill. He pleaded guilty claiming the woman encouraged him. He was fined ten dollars plus costs.
A west-bound Panhandle Railroad freight train of thirty three loaded cars wrecked at Milgrove four miles west of Dunkirk Indiana. Ten cars telescoped and their cargoes sugar and general merchandise scattered. No injuries but substantial property loss. tracks torn up and traffic delayed.
At the sale of the late Duke of Westminster’s string of race horses at Kinesclere the Derby winner Flying Fox was bought by Edmond Blane for 37500 guineas about 196000 dollars. Blane is the son of Roland Boneporte founder.
The Windsor arrived at Calais from Leith reporting the Cuvier sunk in collision with an unknown steamer. The Windsor rescued the Cuvier’s two officers and two seamen, while about fifty others are feared drowned.
The British War Office reports four officers and seventy-two men of Gen. Kitchener's horse were captured by Boers while guarding a well. Time and place of the capture are not provided.
Berlin dispatch reports Herr Clouter-Wossed has been sent by the Orange Free State to New York to press the Free State's interests.
At the Masonic Temple in Fort Wayne Indiana a schedule lists shows including A Lady of Quality on March 21 Sapho on March 22 Three of a Kind on March 24 with performances at the venue.
A report in the United States claiming Rev. Father Moeller was appointed Bishop of Columbus is false. Propaganda notes that diocesan appointments from Columbus are still awaited and a decision will follow arrival.
President McKinley declares the reciprocity treaty with France dead as he will not seek Senate passage, noting a voting majority against it and ruling out renewed effort. The move ends the bid that aimed to secure mutual trade concessions.
Obituary notes the death of Solon Humphreys, famed railroad builder, at Bergen Point aged about unspecified. The item sits among a wide array of late 19th century news items including fires in Troy, epidemics at Harvard, indictments in Brooklyn transit case, a Maine professor suicide, a New York Central derailment, wage hikes at National Tube, Casein Company incorporation, and other regional happenings. The eclectic almanac-style column cites incidents across politics, business, crime, and society.
Multiple incidents span the nation with fires, deaths, and legal actions. A box factory on Tenth and Mullauphy streets in St Louis burned down. Woodsfield Ohio also suffered a nighttime blaze. Rev Charles Secombe died at 82 in Springfield South Dakota. Dr E A Guilbert, former State Board of Health president, died in Dubuque Iowa at 72.
Reports describe bank burglary mystery after an explosion at a farmers bank in Farmington Iowa, a Chinatown tongs feud murders in San Francisco, a Detroit baseball club sale, alimony settlement from Vanderbeck, a Missouri beer law fight, saloon hold ups and river chase, a Kansas dairy cattle quarantine, an Ohio dog case reversal, a Brazil expedition massacre, a Cleveland rail line fire destroying cars and equipment, and the tragic coal oil fire death of Elsie Tiltman in St Louis.
The Kentucky Legislature lower house killed a bill to repeal the Goebel election law. Julius Moyse alias Capt. Clarke faces trial in New Orleans for impersonating a government officer. Harlan Whittaker, charged with Goebel’s murder, is held without bail in Frankfort. Silas Jones bound over on 500 dollars for grand jury action. Two college students fought a nine round bout at Lexington. John Lewis Howard dies in Middlesboro after confessing to murder aided by his mother Mandy Parker. John Drashmal and his mother Agnes jailed in Mobile on murder charges.
A boy confesses to killing Bessie Miller after his mother allegedly ordered the shot during a dispute over his mother’s horse. Separately, a catastrophic explosion at Red Ash mine near Ivy Creek West Virginia entombs over 100 miners. 27 bodies recovered and two survivors fatally burned.
A varied report details Isaac Gordon's death described as England's greatest usurer, Spain denying Canary Islands cession to England, Victoria ending Bordighera visit, Holland seeking alliance with Germany, Bank of France supplying gold for Transvaal war, Maurras and Monod duel injuries, Serbia-Bulgaria tensions deemed unfounded, Mount Asama eruption and searing noise, Lt. Isoechler killed by an ambush in Luzon, Filipino liaison violence, Alsace-Lorraine vine import ban over American grapevines, baron Zorn von Bulach condemning American vines as worse than blight.
AP learns the British government will keep Lord Pauncefote as ambassador in Washington indefinitely. Wreckage off Nova Scotia indicates the Planet Mercury ship of Elder-Dempster line was lost with all hands and six cattle herders.
Chicago to New York reports show wide price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across multiple cities. Prices listed include wheat corn oats rye and dairy items with regional variations from Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York markets.
A Friday message from the President asks Congress to divert all customs duties collected from Porto Rican imports since Spain evacuated the island to funding its local government and relief efforts. The motion followed a Senate debate on the tariff and currency bills, with House and Senate actions and notable speeches progressing through the week.
Recent investigations show sugar content depends on direct sunlight. A Lehigh Valley Railroad engine hauled a train of seventy cars: thirty-three steel cars at 100,000 pounds capacity and thirty seven wooden cars at 80,000 pounds capacity, all loaded with anthracite coal totaling 4,567 tons.
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