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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1898
Page
2
A brisk roundup from distant shores reports varied incidents including crimes, casualties, and fires. The Telegraph-Latest summarizes notable events across distant regions, offering a snapshot of global happenings and local echoes.
The War Department keeps silent about a planned landing of about 5,000 troops in Cuba next week. Tampa and Chicamauga units, with General Shafter commanding, are named in drafts, while Admiral Sampson’s guidance may influence timing and landing site. Transport ships stand ready for immediate embarkation.
Articles filed in Topeka by the social democracy reveal a $2,500,000 capital plan to purchase western Kansas land and form a large colony. The project aims to run a fully socialist community with each person having an occupation yet working for the common good and sharing all necessities and colony luxuries.
A bottle of dyspepsia medicine exploded in the pocket of J Koppes a traveling salesman of Mansfield Ohio. His clothing burned severely before he could extinguish the flames one side of his coat was burned away and his hands were badly burned. Contents could not be determined though analyzed.
A meeting of Ohio and Pittsburg coal operators and miners at the Chittenden Hotel Columbus Ohio settles to keep the current price for room turning and match Pittsburg prices to that level. The decision impacts miners in both states. American Liner Reaches Harbor and Is Among Friends Again. A New York dispatch notes the American liner Paris sighted east of Fire Island.
The torpedo factory at Fiume sold sixty torpedoes to the United States Government with Brazilian government consent. Thirty torpedoes have already been delivered.
The Indiana farmer James Babb near Shelbyville rose from a sick bed and, after obtaining a shotgun, sat in a chair and blew his head off with a wood stick used to pull the trigger. Ill health is cited as the cause of the rash act.
Readable details describe Ida Houston a White woman defending her sister being fatally wounded by her Black brother in law Andrew E Strander. Strander was struck twice by Houston and barely survived.
General Cassius Clay and Miss Mary Hansom of Louisville presented the Louisville Legion with 200 to fund a new flag. The donation supports a ceremonial flag for Garry to the front.
Report from Manila states an American squadron was sighted north of Manila but weather conditions are too stormy for immediate action with insurgents.
Henry Haskins a 28 year old Afro American resident of Akron Ohio inflicted self harm while at the County Infirmary. He struck his head against a stone wall and died from his injuries.
Unclear fragment describes a collision involving a freight train on the Petit Marquette Railroad near Flint. Reports indicate cars detached and a mass wreckage with casualties feared.
A detailed note recalls cadet Frank Boggs of Pennsylvania from the West Point class who is described as the school's smartest graduate. The piece also mentions the Boston Howard Clock and Watch Company assignment for creditors by Samuel Little and family.
Reports from Ohio towns recount a fatality after ire thrown by Elizabeth Shull, a bank robbery at Plain City with $10 000 to $15 000 stolen, and a bank entry at Scioto Savings in Ostrander. Also noted are a receivership for J C McNeil Company, a Tacoma mills order affecting shingles, an ore exhibit draft from Winston Montana, a duel challenge in Fremont, and Nashville brewing site plans.
In a grim incident, a man attacked St. Clair with a knife and pistol before being subdued. another man, John W. Reid of Chicago, attempted suicide after learning his son Arthur, age 21, had joined the First Illinois Regiment and departed for Springfield. Reid, bruised but alive, was arrested and tearfully pleaded for his son’s safety.
The report details multiple tragedies and disturbances including a Jefferson County farmer Thomas Compton who killed himself amid war talk, a severe Atlantic gale damaging Virginia and North Carolina coasts with ship wrecks, a jail suicide by Boone Spencer and his wife in Murray Kentucky, a theft of dynamite from New Orleans for city defenses. a Lone Oak Arkansas street battle leaves W K Booie and two sons dead with Eagles and Booies factions arrested, and a shooting at Eng land where Bodle was wounded.
Reports indicate a Spanish bank in Porto Rico has suspended payments amid growing panic. Wars and unrest spread as refugees gather. martial law is in effect on Puerto Rico with Americans at risk. US Consul Van Horn buys coal for the government as crisis deepens.
The President appoints Francis M. Rathbun for the McCook Nebraska land office and James King for Boise Idaho. The House debates war revenue measures as the army reorganization bill advances, authorizing recruitment to 31 800 enlisted.
The report notes a 50 cent per barrel rise in flour and beer prices driven by wartime pressures. Dr. E O Crewe arrives with news of a new rich find in the Selondike district. Army subsistence costs are projected at 13.5 million dollars annually for 185000 troops, with daily per man costs around 20 cents. Bradstreet's sees broad trade shifts and increased coastal market activity. Wheat and corn exports show declines from prior weeks as shipping volumes fall.
Factual statements note 160 acres of farming land and an equal amount for grazing, with nearly two million additional acres proposed to join the public domain. The source emphasizes large-scale land allotments and suggests governmental action to expand public lands.
A compendium of price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and major grains across U S cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with No 2 red and No 2 yellow wheat corn oats rye prices and butter eggs and clover seed values. Strong entity mentions include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and product names.
The weekly climate and crop bulletin reports cooler conditions in Near England and the central valleys with excessive moisture delaying farm work north of the Ohio River. California remains droughted with no rain and continuing crop injury, while Florida sees drought relief in parts but tobacco plants suffer. Soybean and corn planting progresses unevenly across states from Texas to Pennsylvania, with winter wheat in central valleys improving and oats seeding lagging in northern areas.
A massive blast at the California powder works in Santa Cruz shattered buildings and caused multiple shocks. Between fifteen and twenty workers, mostly young boys, were killed and many injured. authorities say spontaneous combustion is likely the cause with rumors of Spanish descent tied to nearby residents.
A Tacoma dispatch reports C W Thebo backed by Butte men has shipped 1 500 steers to Montana pastures for fattening until May 20 They plan two expeditions with a $300 000 investment to drive 700 more steers over the Dalton trail Roughly 120 cowboys and 240 horses will handle 2000 steers Thebo rents the Skookum barge for 900 steers and 3 000 tons of freight to Pyramid Harbor and plans to raft to Dawson in July The cattle cost about 130 000 landed at Pyramid Harbor plus feed equipment and wages bringing total to 200 000 They expect 25 cents per pound live weight at the Klondike for over 800 000 in receipts and about 500 000 profit Watchmen have been sent to guard the Dalton trail with openings anticipated early.
Fessenden North Dakota with 300 inhabitants hosts four newspapers. J P Maresh a pioneer business man of Denison Texas dropped a claim at his place of business. Senator Morrill of Vermont marked his 88th birthday in Washington recently. Hugh Fraser charged with murder was acquitted at Bessemer Alabama where Fraser was with Thomas Collins when Howell was hot in the issue.
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