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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
2
A compact review of crimes, accidents, fires, and minor happenings from multiple regions. Highlights include notable incidents, recoveries, and public safety notes, presented in a chronological, newspaper‑tone digest.
The Department of Indiana Grand Army of the Republic elected officers led by Commander David F. Beem of Spencer Post 93 and Senior Vice Commander A R Seward of Indianapolis Post 209. Other posts named officers including John Gordon Argos Post 182 and Dr J F Sterret Logansport Post 14.
Messrs Tischer Wolmerans and Wessels arriving in New York denied London reports that a Cape Town cable claimed they urged surrender if their countrymen were defeated on the Vaal River. They stated they oppose surrender and seek U S help to press for peace in South Africa.
Warrants were issued Thursday evening for the arrest of E. P. Thompson Havana Postmaster W H Reeves Deputy Auditor of the island and Edward Moya and Jorge Mascaro Cuban clerks in the stamp department By 7 pm all were lodged in the Vivac the Tombs of Havana The postal inspectors advised the action Reeves now deemed equally guilty with Neely The Thompson arrest surprised the city and is seen as a prelude to many other arrests
Telegram from Koping Sweden reports a disruptive incident as the steamer Koping passed Prins Carl. A man shouted threats and a woman cried for help while a boarding unearthed twelve shot crewmen. Six dead including the captain. The killer is pursued.
A boiler explosion on the southbound Illinois Central passenger train No. 21 at Dubois Illinois killed two men, injured seven, with three fatally. The dead are engineer Charles Kcke of Centralia and Tom Wright of Odin. Injured include Sam Ascoff, Fred Crawford, and John Hampton all listed as will die. three other section men and a colored porter were seriously injured.
Four people die and one man remains critically ill after consuming wood alcohol at a gathering on the green in South Fork near Johnstown Pennsylvania. Victims include Lawrence Smith Peter Brock Joe Poltoszinski and Poltoszinski's mother. Joe Poltoszinski's mother also died. The drinkers were all Poles and the incident centers on a mass consumption of poisoned alcohol. Joe Smith is in critical condition and may die.
A Vredefort dispatch says Hazel's American scouts with the Boers suffered heavily, 37 killed wounded or captured out of 100 in six weeks. They stormed Tobaberg, wiping out a British detachment and taking six men and officers.
Gen McArthur confirms the April engagement at Catubig. Thirty-one man garrison reports nineteen killed and five wounded. Over two hundred insurgents killed. streets described as covered with dead fighters.
A dispatch from Lorenzo Marques reports Commandant Eloff, grandson of President Krueger, entering Mafeking with a patrol. Colonel Baden-Powell opened fire, killing seventeen burghers and taking Eloff with ninety men prisoner.
Special report from Menominee Michigan notes that Fisher survived total destruction as floodwaters surged. Estimated overall losses reach about half a million dollars.
At Pottsville Pennsylvania a balloon exhibition turned deadly when three boys wandered into rope lines during an act by aeronaut David McDade. Two boys escaped unhurt after the balloon rose about twenty five feet. Wallace Cartwright, nineteen, clung high above until the airship landed safely after a tense rescue.
A severe wind and rain storm in St. Paul killed Patrick Sexton and two others while two more people were seriously injured. Wrecked telephone lines blocked tracks between St. Paul and Minneapolis as wind toppled poles and shattered chimneys. Sexton and his four children were returning from Como Park when the storm struck, killing Sexton and injuring his daughter and 10 year old son.
Bradstreet's notes a weak trade week with inactive demand and lower prices. Unsettlement in building trades drives unstable demand for materials and softer lumber prices, while wheat and corn shipments show declines from the prior week as government crop data influence markets.
A desperate arson attempt in Duluth Minnesota saw five fires in under two hours causing the death of one man and five horses. John Larson a saloon attache perished in a livery stable and five Hamm Brewing Company horses were burned. Property losses exceed $300000.
Miss Annie Jackson heiress to James I Miller of New York, 17, elopes with her former coachman Alfred C. Terwilliger. The couple occupies a top floor Harlem flat while the grandfather, James I Miller, remains un forgiving.
Regular Populist national convention at Sioux Falls nominated Bryan and Towne with a plan to leave second place vacant pending Democrats action. Middle-of-the-road Populists in Cincinnati named Wharton Barker for President and Ignatius Donnelly for Vice President.
A powder mill owned by the Indiana Powder Company in a ravine near Montanet exploded with great force. The workers had recently left the plant, and officials fear heavy property losses from the blast.
Kansas oat fields are ruined by chinch bugs while some wheat fields show early growths with no damage yet. The pest invasion threatens harvests across multiple plains counties.
A freight train collision on the Lackawanna Railroad near Scranton Pennsylvania killed William Eschenbach a fireman aboard one of the trains. The two engineers and other trainmen escaped unharmed.
A fire at Clifton Race Track New Jersey wiped out the grandstand the glass betting ring and all buildings. Total loss estimated at 100000 dollars. Authorities say the blaze was set by incendiaries.
Ninety two chainmakers at J. C. Schmidt & Co. in York Pa went on strike after a demand for a 10 cent per 100 links wage increase was refused.
Two freight trains collided in a Philadelphia tunnel. Three men killed and five tramps dead. Property losses estimated at 185000 dollars.
Miss Millie Milton rode a Texas tornado across Denton County, carried eighty rods at seventy miles an hour, and was blown a quarter mile amid debris. Rescued, she seemed lifeless, then revived once, but slipped into delirium before regaining consciousness. Medical aid failed to save her in the end.
Letters from the Bark Empire describe Palmerston island between Tahiti and Samoa as famine struck. Trader Elihu Williams died of starvation. his son and people face extreme hunger. Adelaide dispatched a relief vessel to assist.
In North Bloomfield Ohio a mob of about 200 tried to lynch Lon Atkins a patent medicine vendor after he killed John Burton a young farmer. Burton was struck with a gas pipe then shot Atkins fled but was captured while boarding a train and jailed to prevent mob violence.
A blaze began in the C. H. Worcester Company lumber and cedar yards in Irisher at noon and by night the town lay in ruins. Estimated losses exceed 200000 dollars with partial insurance. The Worcester Company of Chicago, owner of most of Irisher, suffers the heaviest loss.
At a conference between Suburban Railroad Company officials and employees in St Louis an amicable adjustment was reached. The union gained full recognition and the men returned to work signaling a peaceful settlement with the St Louis Transit Company not involved in the dispute.
In Joplin Missouri the Neosho river incident left two young women dead. May McNally sixteen and Edna Worden twenty were drowned after their boat capsized. One girl clung to the dam for minutes while two male escorts tried to rescue the other before she sank.
Charles H. Cole former president of Globe National Bank of Boston was sentenced to eight years in Greenfield jail after pleading guilty to misappropriation of bank funds.
Miss Maud McDaniel daughter of R. P. McDaniel former minister to Chile elopes from Braidentown Florida with H. G. Reed local telephone system manager Reed already has a wife and child in Braidentown.
Mamie Clark aged 40 dies after jumping from a fourth story window at Longview asylum in Cincinnati. She had sought to reach a home she had not seen in years and died thirty minutes after the fall.
James A. Shore a renowned distiller owned a plant at Flag Springs Missouri died from scalding after he lost balance while attaching machinery and toppled into a large heated distillery vat. The vat was nearly full and at high temperature.
Six men blew open the Farmers Bank safe at Sunbury Ohio but the blast wrecked the rear wall and building. The alarm woke residents, and the robbers fled empty handed.
Sealing schooners report a strong catch on the west coast this year. If revenue cutter strikes continue, they hope to do even better as the Bering Sea remains open to them for several weeks.
Early morning blaze call. St Louis engine No 15 ran into an iron post at the guard gate at Broadway and Poplar street crossing, overturned. Driver Siebert was thrown from the seat and killed.
Senator Clark announces resignation from the United States Senate and is quickly reappointed by Acting Governor Spriggs in Montana, triggering a brief transition.
Estelle and Murphy, the burglars who broke jail at Marysville Kansas and murdered Sid Roberts at Dunlap, were captured on a small island in the Neosho river, four miles south of Hartford.
Washington reports May 1 winter wheat area at 26,585,000 acres, 11.8 percent below sown estimates. Major states show significant losses from winter killing and Hessian fly, with Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Illinois all recording declines. Remaining crop condition averages 88.9, highest in years but includes plowed up or used-for-forage acreage.
In Neosho valley Kansas hundreds pursue bank robbers James Murphy and E F Estell who shot Deputy Marshal Edward Roberts of Dunlap after a Marysville robbery. The posse, including foot riders and horsemen, searches the region for the pair who fled into the dark after the fatal volley.
A blaze at the Farmers' market house at Fifth and Federal streets Camden New Jersey leveled the building ten stores and about fifty small homes leaving 250 people homeless and causing an estimated loss of 125000 dollars.
Eastern reports that the Gillette Herzog Company of Minneapolis will be absorbed by the American Bridge Company. The deal is said to be worth about $1,000,000.
In a swift and close heavyweight bout in New York James J. Jeffries decisively outpointed Jim Corbett after twenty two rounds of scientific fighting to claim the victory.
Tokyod dispatches report Yoshihito Harunomiya heir to the Mikado has wed Princess Sada of the Fujiwara line amid a ceremonial union attended by noble houses.
The American Cotton Company with a capital of 1,000,000 is incorporated. Its incorporators are officers from five major textile labor unions and the labor leaders will serve as directors of the new company.
A wreck on the Lordsburg to Clifton line in New Mexico killed Engineer Schlottman and Fireman McAfee. Four tramps are also reported dead in the incident.
The United States Supreme Court upheld the inheritance tax law as valid and constitutional, ruling the levy constitutional and enforceable. The decision reinforces the government’s authority to tax heirs on estates.
A large Russian land acquisition in Corea was disclosed at Port Chin Nan on the west coast, marking another extensive purchase by Russian interests in the region.
Regional market quotes show cattle and hogs trading in a wide range from $2.50 to $6.00 per cwt with various grades listed. Wheat and corn futures move with No 2 red at about 65 to 80 cents and No 2 yellow around 40 cents, oats 23 to 30 cents, rye 50 to 66 cents, butter 14 to 21 cents, eggs 8 to 12 cents, and Bermuda potatoes $7.25 to $7.75 per barrel. Thousands of dollars of commodity values appear for Detroit, Chicago, New York, Milwaukee, St Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Toledo, Buffalo, and more with each city listing cattle hogs and lambs alongside grain and dairy prices.
American officers describe a widening defalcation in Cuba's postal system. Postmaster Thompson and two Cuban stamp clerks are under arrest along with Deputy Auditor W H Reeves as investigators link missing funds, overstated stamp values, and secreted cash to a broader ring led by Neely.
A special correspondent notes the uncanny, quiet horror of war with Lord Methuen’s force. British soldiers endure wounds, keep a ring hidden to protect a sweetheart, and knit while convalescing. Cronje is likened to Napoleon, with the Cape connected by cable to England. Boers pause for meals during Ladysmith shelling.
Readable items report a Union City house fire causing $2,000 loss with no insurance. Marion County bonds auctioned with premium. Deaths include John Merrill in Goshen and a man found murdered near New Harmony. Robberies, train fatalities, and farm incidents also noted along with civic notices and Sunday school plan in Logansport.
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