The Weekly Record Silver Lake Trade Note
J C Martin and Bro publish The Weekly Record from Silver Lake Indiana. This item notes the publisher and location with no additional event details.
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1899
Page
2
J C Martin and Bro publish The Weekly Record from Silver Lake Indiana. This item notes the publisher and location with no additional event details.
A compact summary of global and domestic affairs recapped weekly in Entelligence by Electric Wire. It surveys foreign events and notable home happenings from around the civilized world.
A quieting dawn in distributive trade is noted due to unseasonable warm weather. Retail orders are less urgent and collections are impaired at many points, but prices show no major weakness. Advances remain common and overall business activity is at an unprecedented level with strong bank clearings and railway earnings.
News arrives from Faires Baldwin County that a night fire destroyed two homes killing all occupants. The Goodlow family of eight and the Smithson family of six perished, including parents and children. Captain Joseph E. Jordan conveyed the report to Mobile. The tragedy occurred Wednesday night near the town of Faires about thirty miles northeast of Mobile.
Miss Helen Miller Gould donated 6000 to the League for the Social Service to wage a campaign against Mormonism. The league has printed one million pamphlets targeting Brigham W. Roberts and Mormonism, to be mailed nationwide with petitions to 650000 clergymen and numerous clubs and societies. More pamphlets and petitions will follow upon exhaustion.
The New York Sun asks a court for an injunction against the Typographical Union No. 6 boycott begun August 6. Sun claims the boycott cut morning circulation by 60 000, afternoon by 40 000, Sunday by 60 000, and reduced advertising revenue by 300 000 dollars.
The annual report of Commissioner Hermann of the General Land Office reveals 929,308,068 acres of unappropriated and unreserved public lands in the United States. Disposals in the fiscal year rose by 728,516 acres from the previous year’s total.
An authoritative Paris statement rejects rumors of Franco Russian action in the Transvaal war. It says France has no ground or desire for intervention, Russia is likewise not inclined, and Germany is the only power directly involved.
A Middletown Ohio dispatch reports a deed copy filed in the county showing the United States by President Thomas Jefferson selling to William McClellan of Hamilton County Section 19 in St. Clair Township. The original deed dates back to December 10, 1806 in Washington.
Berlin Daily Mail correspondent reports all arrangements for Emperor William’s visit to Queen Victoria with arrival on November 20 and a five day stay at Windsor Castle.
Events at the Masonic Temple Fort Wayne Indiana list Gilmore's Band on November 5 The Hustler on November 7 Word and Voices on November 9 The Telephone Girl on November 11.
The death of Sir William Penn Symons, British commander at Glencoe who was shot in the stomach on October 20 during the battle with the Boers, was officially announced in the House of Commons Friday.
A serious Tacony Pa trolley accident occurred in fog when two cars collided. Motorman Graham and five passengers suffered serious injuries after one car failed to wait for the other to pass BWitch.
A harsh critique describes England’s tight control of war reporting. It details censorship from Durban to London and across both east and west coast cable lines, noting banned codes and strict scrutiny by British authorities at every relay point.
British movements show superior strategy as refugees flood coast towns. Boers suffer losses at Elandslaagte while British generals French and Symons win key engagements. Transvaal plans, supplies, and medical staff expand. Dutch insurrection fears rise in Cape Colony. Public dissatisfaction grows over slow official casualty and progress reports.
Secretary Root expects an all line Philippine campaign to begin in three to four weeks. Gen. Lewton moves to San Isidro while rains ease. terrain remains soggy delaying operations. War Dept plans active push across provinces aided by new volunteers and expanded hospital capacity to 8 000 beds for sick and wounded.
The illustration shows a handsome statuary group exhibited at the National Export Exposition in Philadelphia. The piece represents the woolen trade and reflects the variety of representations on show at this unique event.
The Guardian Trust Company of Chicago has secured absolute control in the United States of the Polk-Virag automatic telegraph system. The invention promises a revolution in sending press and business messages with speeds claimed from 80 000 to 150 000 words per hour.
The piece notes that protests against football cite sixteenth century England where King James banned rough sports. It compares England's and America’s football conditions and ends with a patronage plea to advertisers.
The article describes President Kruger and his burghers as fully isolated from foreign contact. It notes they lack seaports and must obtain English permission to use telegraphs. It explains regional cables are controlled by the British backed Eastern and South African Telegraph Company.
Reports from South Africa note a high altitude balloon seen toward Boer strongholds and plans for rapid observation towers. English forces plan thousands of horses from the US and other countries, with horse needs rising from 13,500 in peace to 28,749 in war, as buyers scour multiple nations.
Dispatches from South Africa are conflicted as Gen. Symons dies of wounds after a fight at Glencoe. Reports say Yule retreated to avoid annihilation, White's artillery duel at Rietfontein was costly, and Mafeking bombardment began. London officials delay news, raising public anger toward Lord Wolseley.
Chicago police say Walter L. Farnsworth a Chicago candy salesman is a bigamist with many aliases. He reportedly confessed to about forty two wives worldwide including four in Chicago. He said he could not name all his spouses and cited eleven in Europe four in China and three in Peru among others.
Irish leader Michael Davitt announced in the House of Commons that he would resign as Mayo MP over support for the Boer War. He stated he would not utter a word in favor of the war even for an Irish republic and urged the chancellor to release him from attendance.
The British Admiralty has ordered all cruisers mobilized for July maneuvers to be ready for active service at a moment’s notice. The move signals concern over possible French and Russian intervention on behalf of the Boers amid the Transvaal campaign.
Amos Lunt, veteran hangman at San Quentin, has not slept for nearly two weeks and is plagued by hallucinations of executed killers, with the spirit of Durrant most menacing. Warden Hale plans to commit him to a sanitarium to restore his mental health.
President McKinley issues a proclamation naming Thursday November 30 as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer. The nation is urged to seek divine guidance, pause labor where possible, and extend charity to the sick needy and poor across the continent, newly acquired islands, and overseas service.
In Clay County five more men are reported killed in the Baker Griffin Philpot feud as Judge Eversole flees the county seat and Governor pleads for troops. Jim Bob Travis was slain at Hamlet post office. his body found in a well. Seven miles from Manchester Tom Whittemore was ambushed and shot. Dan Parker survived. Parker, a repeated target, has been ambushed twenty times.
Reports claim the Philpot and Griffin factions ambushed rivals on Horse Creek and Sexton Creek area, with two alleged killings while Circuit Judge Eversole halted toward Manchester amid Perry County rivalry. Carlo Lytte named special judge as local bar elects.
William Lafler reports the deaths of N C Daily and two unnamed Frenchmen near the Bonanza river in northern Alaska last winter. The men, all from Boston, starved after running out of food during a brutal storm though their belts held gold dust. The party was split during the blizzard. wolves gnawed on bones at the tent, with a stove and improvised food remains found.
Dawson the northernmost city offers a company of 100 expert riflemen for service in South Africa. They will be equipped and maintained from departure from the IronDike to muster out. Prof. W C Clark resigns from Washington and Lee University after tenure as contracts expert.
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