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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1900
Page
6
Train Collision at Tipton Leaves Engineer Dead
The Lake Erie and Western fast eastbound express crashed into a light engine at Tipton Indiana that had moved onto the main line. Engineer John Fraiger leapt from the cab after applying emergency brakes. He died from a crushed skull. The fireman was injured. the light engine crew escaped. Passengers in day coaches were shaken but uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie & Western
Tipton
Indiana
John Fraiger
Rebels Attack Samtoc Huck Kwai shin District Villagers
News from Ponghor reports 4,000 villagers struck by rebels with 2,000 killed. Rebels lose 400 and burn two villages housing 3,000 homes. A 2,000-strong force aids villagers after Oct 22 engagement. outcome details unavailable. General Ilo with 2,000 troops returns to Hong Kong after burning Shanchautin and Malatinua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Samtochuck-Kwaishin
Ponghor
Ilo
V Vong Kong
Shanchautin
Malatinua
MacArthur Reports a Fight East of Larvican
The war department received General MacArthur's dispatch detailing a clash where a small American detachment attacked a larger Filipino force fourteen miles east of Larvican in Ilocos Luzon. The engagement was hard fought and the American troops withdrew to Larvican in an orderly tactical withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
War Department
MacArthur
Larvican
Ilocos
Luzon
Non-Union Men Assaulted at Shamokin Strike
In Shamokin Pennsylvania a mob of about fifteen hundred angry men women and children gathered near the Cameron colliery as non-union workers returned home. Special policemen, sworn in and armed, faced the attack but did not fire. the mob was led by four women bearing American flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
Cameron Colliery
Minister Conger to Start Talks on German French Notes
The minister is authorized to begin negotiations with Chinese envoys immediately based on the German and French notes. All powers agree on these points, and where views diverge the governments will negotiate to reach a broader understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conger
Grip Cars Wrecked In Chicago Cable Crash
Nine people injured in a State street cable train wreck in Chicago. Four are seriously hurt after the grip and first trailer collided at full speed, the cars telescoping and burying passengers in splintered timbers on the spur track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Street
Switch Engine Tragedy at Bellevue Claims Roe
John Roe about 65, a Nickel Plate Railway yard worker at Bellevue Ohio, was crushed by a switch engine and had both legs severed. He survived the initial impact but is not expected to endure the shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roe
Nickel Plate Railway
Bellevue
Ohio
Nickel Plate Office Robbery At Verillion Ohio
Three masked men robbed the Nickel Plate depot at Ver million Ohio seizing hundreds of dollars from the safe. Agent Backstine was found and later released by a freight crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate
Backstine
Vermillion
Ohio
Forgers Target Campaign Funds In New York City
Reports say rogues posed as agents of the Republican campaign committee and obtained about $100,000 through forged checks in New York City and elsewhere in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Campaign Committee
New York City
Fatal Detroit blaze destroys junk building
Lieutenant Raganstine and four other firefighters were injured as a Detroit junk building owned by Myer Johns burned. The fire caused an estimated loss of 15006 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raganstine
Myer Johns’ Junk Building
Detroit
Boers Raid Natal. Washbank Station Burned
Durban dispatch reports Boer forces raiding northern Natal. They burned Washbank railway station and destroyed a culvert in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durban
Natal
Washbank
Falls Village Blaze Destroys Bank Post Office Church
Fire ripped through Falls Village Connecticut destroying the national bank post office Methodist church and several stores. Fire departments fought the blaze but the buildings suffered heavy damage and losses were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Village
National Bank
Falls Village
Conn
Montrosa Rescues One Primera Survivors at Sea
The Russian ship Montrosa, arriving at Pensacola, reports the burning loss of the British vessel Primera. The crew endured twenty one days without food or water. one boatload was rescued by Montrosa while the other boats’ whereabouts remain unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrosa
Pensacola
Fla
Primera
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple Attractions Schedule
The Fort Wayne Masonic Temple lists events including A Brass Monkey on Oct 81 and The Little Minister on Nov 1 with Willie Collier appearing on a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple
Little Minister
Willie Collier
Remarkable Campaigning of Bryan and Roosevelt
The 1900 presidential campaign set records for canvassing with many speeches and wide reach. Roosevelt and Bryan toured vast states visiting hundreds of cities, delivering thousands of speeches and reaching millions of listeners daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Roosevelt
Cee
Pdda
Sls
Eae
Wdals Hecetet
Owls Ab
Eels
Gale de Abe
Bots
Bank notes teller defrauds First National Bank of New York
Cornelius L. Alvord, note teller at 2 Wall Street, stole about $700,000 from First National Bank of New York. He vanished during sick leave after a lengthy period of embezzlement. Bank officials deny depositor collusion. recovery prospects are described as fair. Alvord, married with three children, had twenty years of service and was known in Mount Vernon and Wall Street. The loss is cited as the largest bank defalcation in New York history at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius L. Alvord
First National Bank of New York
Wall Street
Alvord
George F. Baker
First National Bank
United States
Comptroller’s Department
Mount Vernon
New York City
C. &. Alverd
Schreiber
Elizabethport
CW Jersey
Tees
G. M. Valentine
Perth Amboy
N. Jin
Aarts L. Rosse
Bedford
Brook
II. C
John St. Talt
Chemical ‘Na
CINTA
David Morgan
Bank of Re- Aga M
I. Eager
Tradesman's National
Nidtn Tee
Reginald de Koven
Washington
John Sherman
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Henry Miller
Horace Greeley
Chappaqua
N. Y
Cramp’s
Philadelphia
Charles R. Eastman
Agassiz Museum
Harvard College
Richard H. Grogan
D. O. Prisor
Butler
Millvale
Pittsburg
Indian Head
Walter B. Duryea
Brooklyn
Duryea
West Virginia
Lairmont Coal and Mining Company
Ignatz Bella
Morristown
Bella
Broadway
New York
Charles L. Alvord
John Sollenson
Fort Hancock
Sandy Hook
Sentinel
Hyndman
Willis Caves
Adam Shroyer
Bryan
Kxnives
Shroyer
Desperado
Seattle
International
Ister Bay
Wash
Robert Neal
Waggoner National Bank
Vernon
Texas
Dunavant
Irian
Richardson
Yorrley
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Bismarck, Washburn
Great Falls Road
North Dakota
Union
Ore
Rail and road finance notes from early 1900s lines and agencies
The report highlights earnings shifts and investments across multiple railways. Burlington system relief funds show a robust road bed expansion on the Texas line of the Santa Fe. Illinois Central advances a Chicago to Hot Springs line push as western roads discuss pass restrictions for 1901. Norfolk, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Southern Railway plan a coordinated Atlantic freight service. Milwaukee and St. Paul earnings slide in October. Chesapeake and Ohio rise. Wisconsin Central reports 5.64 million gross with 2.06 million net. Prairie type locomotives ordered by Burlington at 14 000 dollars each. Nashville terminal costs 2.5 million with opening this period. First week October Chicago Milwaukee St Paul earnings fall to 866 723 from 991 805 prior year. Hocking Valley Railway reports 4.42 million gross with 1.78 million net.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Association of Railway Superintendents of Bridges and Buildings
St. Louis
Illinois ‘Central
Chicago
Hot Springs
Ark
Western
Illinois Central Road
Wisconsin Central Railway
Atlantic
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
The
Southern Railway
Texas and Pacific
Southwestern Passenger Bureau
Burlington Road
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Central States
Nashville
Tenn
Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Road
Hocking Valley Railway
Freemont elopement tale sparks Senatorial threats
The reminiscence recalls young Freemont eloping with his Jessie while Senator Benton raged at the match vowing roasts bullets and curses. Mrs. Benton calmed the moment with a quip urging the exchange for Jessie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beccame Gen. Fremont
Jessie
Tom’ Benton
Post Office Opens at Tientsin for Troops Mail
By order of Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith a United States post office opens at Tientsin to handle mail for the troops in China and improve communications with American forces stationed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Emory Smith
United States
Tientsin
China
Multiple Renowned Incidents Reported Across States
The report lists a series of events including a Middlesboro strike ending with 800 workers returning, paralyzing illness in Lexington, a Presbyterian preacher's collapse in Virginia, and Gov. Beckham approving a Kentucky election bill. It notes a Norfolk murder, a decapitation in Georgia, a fatal club beating in West Virginia, a student at Bingham School injured, a moonshine-related duel in Bell County, a deadly Paducah fire, a Gibraltar to Punta Gorda voyage, a lynching in Warren County Mississippi, and other violent and dramatic occurrences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesboro
Ixy
F. W. Bartlett
Presbyterian
Lexington
Beckham
Kentucky
J. N. Graig
Atlanta
Presbyterian Synod of Virginia
Newport News
Jos. Chesser
Bristol
Ed Carroll
Bingham School
Asheville
N.C
Will Price
United States
B. A. Fushon
Tom Taylor
Bell County
Peter
Punta Gorda
Fla
Gibraltar
Gloster Barnes
Warren County
Miss
Pacific Mail steamship control and other news items
Harriman and Vanderbilt have secured control of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Gov Gen Wood says Cuba is prosperous. Maude Gonne organizes Irish language and history classes for children. Native groups assert no land allotment. Canadian schooner Fabiola sinks in Lake Ontario. crew escapes. Pabiela carries corn. Rat specimens in Cuba found by Smithsonian expedition. Counterfeit five dollar note circulates in Washington. Windward missing after northern Labrador report. winter freezes region. Fire in Montreal kills five children. father injured. Thirty four sealing schooners take 1000 skins in Bering Sea. spring season total 32 517. Bring Sea seals 55 branded killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Vanderbilt
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Wood
Cuba
Maude Gonne
Fabiola
Lake Ontario
McDonald’s Cove
Smithsonian Institution
Secret Service Division
the Treasury
Washington
Labrador
Bring Sea
Notable World News Roundup from London to Berlin
Miss Elsie May Bell wed Gilbert H. Grosvenor in London, daughter of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. Chinese officials admit guilt over legation siege and seek troop withdrawal after peace, while Spain’s cabinet resigns over Weyler’s Madrid appointment. Fateful sea collision near Alicante sinks Faidherbe with 24 dead. An engineer tests a Berlin flying machine for four minutes. Eugenia boiler explosion near Tomsk kills many. Emperor William and Empress Victoria open a suspension railway between Elberfeld and Barmen. Seybold & Dicksted consider moving crucible steel plant to Wheeling West Virginia. American Margaret Foulke found dead at Paris Exposition site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie May Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
London
Gilbert H. Grosvenor
Amherst College
China
Legations
Weyler
Madrid
Azcarraga
Alicante
Mediterranean
Mark
Berlin
St. Petersburg
London Daily Express
Eugenia
Tomsk
Barnaul
Emperor William
Empress Augusta Victoria
Wipper
Elberfeld
Barmen
Kaiser
Seybold & Dicksted
Sheffield
England
Crucible
Great Britain
United States
Wheeling
W. Va
Margaret Foulke
Champ de Mars
Market Reports United States Grain and Livestock Prices
Across major markets from Chicago to New York prices for cattle hogs and sheep vary by grade and region. Wheat corn oats rye and dairy products show widespread quotes with No 2 varieties and shipping grades cited alongside regional ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
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CAS
L. Loth
Bryan and
C. L. Alvord
Evie
David J. Price
Lake Crystal
Minn
Westboto Printing Company
Columbus
Lodi
Collins
Bradner
Paragon Oil Company
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Kansas City
McAuley
C. A. Hunt
I. H. Briggerhoff
Standard
Romeo
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Wichita Falls
Z.T. Lewis
Urbana
Mary Hummell
Cleveland
California
Judge Wing
Common Pleas Court
D. B. Steuer
Theodore Thomas
Church of Notre Dame Des Lourdes
Minneapolis
M. Landry
Cr. M. Cotterman
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
FF. W. Vaille
Arthur Cory
Denver
Colo
Frank Allgood
Christian Church
Wichita
Percy Baker
Nettie Larson
Halsted
Baker
Elmer E. Wing
Cal
Welsbach Lamp Company
St. Mary’s
Lake Erie and Western Road
St. Charles
Rose Lashaway
Weston
George Lashaway
Hygeland
Furs Barnes
Usisto
Southern
Market Reports
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