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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1901
Page
2
A wrap of notable crime and accident items from regions across the nation including North South East and West. It covers incidents of theft arson shootings and other emergencies with brief summaries and local impact notes.
Mobile readers report a turpentine camp near Baldwin County burned with sixty fatalities as three discharged Negroes allegedly swore revenge. Frank C. Pressler escaped in underwear, suffering burns after fleeing the blaze and rowing to Mobile. He recalls finding 200 barrels of turpentine and a coal-stoked inferno that claimed occupants.
A natural gas explosion leveled five blocks of Cloverport Kentucky destroying every major business block. Losses exceed 50000 with few buildings spared including M Haman and Son F Frazee F N Depuy Seaton and Sippel Haynes and Co Moreman and Owen Alex Boyds building Short and Haynes C and L Lippel W H Bowner the Breckinridge News Breckinridge Bank and Fisher druggist among the total ruin. Dozens more structures were burned and destitute residents receive aid.
Two freight trains crashed in the Panhandle yards at Richmond Indiana as one train moved from a siding on the spur track. Both engines suffered heavy damage and one overturned. All trainmen escaped, but engineer John Patterson of Indianapolis was badly scalded in the ditch with his engine yet not seriously hurt.
A blaze at 20 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn killed three people and injured three as fifty tenants fled in panic. A woman and a 12 year old boy jumped from upper floors to escape flames and died. The mother of the boy perished in her apartment.
A head end collision at Clay Switch Ky on the Illinois Central Railway left three men dead and three fatally injured after two freight trains ran together at full speed. Officials cite a misunderstanding of orders as the cause and say all crew aboard were killed or injured.
Hartley county cattleman W. S. Marshall reports prairie fires sweeping across Sherman and Dalhart counties, destroying at least forty miles by forty miles of range. The burned grass is valued in the thousands of dollars.
A blaze at the Merchants' hotel on Pennsylvania avenue Washington suffocated L F Henry whose address is unknown. Several others were injured. hotel damage was slight. The fire was caused by a defective electric light wire.
At Halifax Pennsylvania a bold bank hold up ended with the cashier Ryan shot in the breast while grappling two robbers. The bandits were captured and jailed. Ryan’s brave defense endangered his life.
March events at the Fort Wayne Masonic Temple list three programs: Secret Service on March 23, Sorrows of Satan on March 27, and Village Postmaster on March 30.
George Weaver of Canal Dover Ohio, unemployed, shot his wife to death and killed himself leaving seven orphans. A neighbor found the baby in its mother’s blood stained arms.
Former President Benjamin Harrison died at his Indianapolis residence on Wednesday afternoon at 4 30 after hours of weakness. Mrs Harrison, their daughter, two relatives, and Dr Jameson were present as attendants counted the faint pulse before the end. Dr Haines offered a prayer after the passing.
Ex President Benjamin Harrison died after a cold developed into pneumonia with oxygen treatment used. Mrs Harrison remained by his side as doctors issued hourly bulletins. sympathy poured in from officials and citizens nationwide as Indianapolis mourned the former leader.
Timeline outlines milestones from 1880 suggesting a presidential candidacy to 1901 death aged 67. Includes 1881 Senate election 1885 presidential election loss 1892 first wife’s death 1896 remarriage to Mary Dimmick 1900 international arbitration board appointment.
President McKinley issued a proclamation announcing the death of former President Benjamin Harrison. The notice directs a thirty day period of national mourning and half mast on flags at all public buildings, posts, ships, and across territories including Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines.
Words from Bryan praise ex President Harrison describing him as a clean conscientious and capable statesman. He notes critics may differ on policies but not motives and says Harrison's post presidency conduct strengthened public esteem, calling his death a distinct national loss.
The only living ex President hails Harrison for patriotism and duty in high office and for decency in private life. He asserts such a career leaves deep, useful impressions on national life and serves as a guiding example for students and citizens.
Interesting compilation presents Gen. Harrison sayings on democracy and foreign policy. Notable lines critique world power notions, Anglo-Saxon myths, patriotism, school funding, and political leadership.
Public estimates place General Harrison’s wealth around a quarter of a million dollars with some reports higher. The most informed observe his affairs as totaling roughly 250000 to 300000, reflecting the era of his election and rumored earnings from land and speculation.
Biography traces William Henry Harrison from Oxford Ohio education to law practice in Cincinnati and Indianapolis. He gains notice as an eloquent improvised speaker, partners with William Wallace, enters politics as Supreme Court reporter, helps raise the Seventieth Indiana Volunteers, leads brigade service in Civil War, becomes United States Senator, and finally President. He declines early governor bid, chairs Indiana delegation in 1880 Garfield convention, and later pursues law and international cases. He remains a Presbyterian, marries twice, and has children.
A collage of notes covers diverse topics from wheat yields in Australia to the lack of Black legislators in North Carolina, plus urban social initiatives in New York and charity leaders' views on crime. The items mention electromobile uses in Boston, orange shipments in Florida, and opinions by Pinkerton and Frellson on crime, discipline, and Pacific power dynamics, with regional reflections on Honolulu and Florida fruit crops.
Reports state President Diaz is hopelessly insane and near death. Ignacio Mariscal as Vice-president would succeed if the president dies or incapacitates. The crisis endangers Mexico’s peace and tests the country’s political stability.
The Sixty-second General Assembly adjourned at midnight after two days of brief morning sessions and an afternoon session. Two hundred thirty-five bills passed, about 200 becoming law, including a medical bill restricting healing by Christian scientists and doctors without state medical board examination. A monument to Abraham Lincoln was authorized in University Park Indy. The vetoed notable measure was the railroad consolidation bill. The anti trust bill passed as a harmless measure and the primary election law was not generally effective.
A roundup of snippets including measles cases in Fowler and fines on Montgomery County merchants for Sunday openings. Reports cover a new coroner in Kalb County, revival of an electric Peru to Converse road project, a prominent farmer’s death near Moore’s Hill, and abundant waterfowl near New Albany. Other items note a Big Four worker’s amputation, gas belt fuel hopes, a major lumber mill planned at South Bend, and various legal and civic happenings across the state.
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