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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1900
Page
2
The Weekly Record reports from Silver Lake Indiana noting publication by The Record Publishing Co. The brief item confirms the publisher and locale with no additional events or details.
Mrs. Mark Zellers aged 20 and her 14 month old baby drowned after falling into a well near Rushville. They lay submerged for eight hours before discovery. The mother, in a desperate rescue attempt, wore her nails to the bone and sustained severe hand injuries while struggling beside the well. The husband was away all day.
Washington dispatch notes the House Committee on Foreign Affairs plans an inquiry into Consul Macrum statements. State Department officials will not issue public comments but are prepared to answer allegations. It is stated that Consul General Stowe did not seek State Department intercession before the war.
Two residents of Frvin Township, near Kokomo, Indiana, discovered partially decomposed child remains secreted in a hollow log while passing through a wood. The body shows signs of violence and investigators suspect murder. The coroner will probe the case.
James Creelman reports from San Juan that over 1,000 Cicero district women cannot leave home for want of clothes and that children miss school for the same reason. More than 30,000 people in the flooded area lack even a rag to cover their nakedness.
Paris cabler reports President Loubet will sign a pardon for Baron Christiani in a few days. Christiani was sentenced to four years imprisonment for an assault on the president last June at the presidential stand during the races. The pardon accompanies fifty others as a gesture toward pacification of the country.
Accidental discovery of a tin box at the South California Savings Bank in Los Angeles reveals an estate gift of 23000 dollars for William S. Robinson who died last October in Delaware Ohio. Heirs are moving to claim their share.
An chemical explosion occurred at Thomas H. McCallin & Co. 128 South Eleventh street Philadelphia. Two workers were killed, one seriously injured, and several others slightly hurt.
J Hampton I Dougherty named receiver for D Appleton Co. publishers of New York. Liabilities exceed one million dollars though assets have not yet been computed.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs reported a bill establishing the Independent Order of Red Men in the Indian Territory. The measure outlines the creation of a formal organization and governance within the territory as part of federal legislative action.
The Dagger and the Cross starring Robert Mantell opens April 2 at the Masonic Temple Fort Wayne Ind. April 4 features Koenitz Santley Variety Burlesque Company in a burlesque program with performances announced for the venue.
A London report states Chevalier de Sousa Corea Brazilian Minister to the Court of St James has been found dead in bed He was closely allied with the Prince of Wales and widely known in America.
At a Cabinet meeting in the Elysee palace Foreign Minister Delcasse announced the signing of a protocol delaying ratification of the Franco American treaty until March 24 1901.
A Boston area fire raged through a Quincy music hall causing about 58000 in losses. Hopkinton and Mohawk Valley hotels burned with total damages around 100000. A Newark trolley collision injured at least 15. Prohibitionists nominate Josiah M Fletcher for New Hampshire governor. John Murphy, mining engineer, dies in New York from stroke. Wainwright becomes Annapolis naval academy superintendent. Yale pledges 150000 for forestry school. Sidney Pointer sold for 6500. Fire at several New Jersey sites disrupts industry. Frank Bundy confesses to a 30000 shortage. Brass bangle pulled from Amesbury boy’s throat. American Tobacco cuts New York cheroot factory staff. Walter Nishwitz dies at 70. invented mowing machine. Mohawk Valley Hotel block burns with many losses.
A series of terse items note Frank Dinsmore at Texington Neb sentenced to hang for the murder of his wife and John Lane. Other brief items cover a saloon shooting in Coeur d Alene Idaho, a missing Hood County cattleman found on a Texan hill, and a Kansas City murder convict given fifty years. Additional notes include a bankruptcy filing in St Paul, a horse bite in Finnlay Ohio, a Christian daily paper project in Topeka, a Seattle bank robbery, a large fire in Southwest City Missouri, a Seattle street killing under mystery, a Fremont Ohio murder verdict, a Cal boxing death, a Lima Ohio suicide, a Columbus gasoline explosion, a Detroit court ruling on rail fare, and a Yumiak schooner report from Fair Haven Washington.
A wide sweep of incidents includes a Canadian prison sentence for liquor sales to Indians, a fatal家庭 dispute in Austin Indiana, a midwife found guilty in St Louis, and a tramp killed by a speeding train near Spring Mills. Duelists near Keaneisly Missouri, an attempted wreck near Olmsted Falls, a Chicago murder by a veiled woman, and a Montana saloon shooting are noted. Railroad strikes in Zanesville and town hall appraisal in Steubenville precede California quake fallout, San Jacinto subsidence, stockyard quarrel in East St Louis, and a forgery warrant in Queenstown. The British Venezuelan costs reach 65,625 pounds, famine in India worsens with 4.81 million relief workers, Advani jailed for forgery, and Mercadier claims a new multi dispatch wire.
Southern West Virginia Glenwood Inn burned with $30000 loss. Port Gibson Mississippi compress destroyed with 2000 bales cotton and $100000 loss. Key West monument to Maine victims unveiled. Frankfort Kentucky Garland Breeden killed in dispute. Illinois Central track slide near Jackson Mississippi. Tennessee Georgia fruit frost. Chester West Virginia fight injures James Cummings fatally. Plant System fast mail wreck near Ozark Alabama injures passengers. Mari ett a Georgia mob shoots John Bailey. West Virginia ex prosecuting attorney Nol and kills James Hile over a woman.
Russia conducted a ten day mobilization experiment of its entire Black Sea fleet. The move followed Russia's stance on Hulgarian independence while urging delay.
Fire destroyed the Academy of Music at Quebec inflicting a 50000 loss. Stage manager Charles Auburn saved his wife and children with some difficulty as flames raged. The report also notes War Department bids for new buildings at Hyment Key Tampa Bay Ila and other military and political items.
Regional price table shows cattle hogs and sheep ranges in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with commodities including wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes. Prices listed by city vary across grades and quality, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
Reported Paris dispatch quotes President Kruger declaring the Boers will conquer or die and expect no aid from other nations. Transvaal burghers show resolve despite reverses as Mafeking relief troops approach and British forces gather for a final push.
Osman Pasha, famed Turkish general and defender of Plevna, has died at age 68. The Istanbul dispatch recalls his 1876 siege heroics against Russian forces and his acclaimed defense that held back Napoleon of the czar's army for months, ending in his surrender with honors of war.
The Washington state immigration agent estimates 30 000 people have moved there in the past year. European coal price rises drive inquiries from Europe the West Indies and Mexico for Alabama coal. Henry E White a Cleveland postman is the son of Gen Sir George White who led at Ladysmith. He arrived in America nineteen years ago.
The Senate debated the Porto Rican appropriation and Quay case with votes postponed. The House passed the District of Columbia appropriation and a Kansas experimental station bill. Across days, debates covered tariff, free trade amendments, and second class mail rates. A West Virginia seat ruling and Alaska gold claims were also discussed.
Missouri zinc mining shifted from about a dozen to over 200 companies in two years. The census director aims to publish core twelfth census reports by July 1, 1902. Nearby, a mining fatality occurred in a snowslide near Eureka Colorado. The news notes other distant items including a Chicago financier’s wife death and a German attaché's promotion.
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