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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1899
Page
2
News in Brief Gusts From All Parts of the Earth
A digest of international items reports varied events from across nations. It highlights recent foreign developments, including notable crimes, disasters, and incidents, summarized for quick reading by local readers.
Jeffries Retains World Title in Tough Jeffries Sharkey Fight
James J. Jeffries defeats Tom Sharkey at the Coney Island Sporting Club New York by decision in the twenty-fifth round referee George Siler recognizes Jeffries as champion. The bout draws a huge crowd as Sharkey presses early but Jeffries uses weight and power to prevail especially in rounds five and twenty-two restaining Sharkey’s efforts through the final rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Jeffries
James J. Jeffries
George Siler
Tom Sharkey
Coney Island Sporting Club
New York
Coney Island Club
Jeffries
Sharkey
Tom
What the Filipinos Want Us to Do
A European based Filipino authority letter to the United States outlines terms. It calls for US support to Spain’s Philippines governance promises, a temporary American protectorate with Canada like self rule, full political and commercial access for the US, equal privileges for Americans, and a mixed commission to decide if indemnity paid to Spain is charged to the Filipinos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scripps-McRea
Europe
United States
Spain
Philippines
Canada
Drowning Reported At Machuca Falls Nicaragua
Washington reports said engineer White and several engineers with the Isthmian Canal commission were drowned at Machua Falls Nicaragua. Admiral Walker asked the State Department to cable the U.S. Consul at Managua for details as relatives press for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Isthmian Canal Committee
Engineer White
Machuea Falls
Nicaragua
Admiral Walker
State Department
United States
Managua
A Wronged Girl's Revenge in Cincinnati Shooting
Edward Grafe foreman of a printing office at Pearl and Main streets was shot four times on the street by Mamie Reting daughter of Capt. Reting of the fire department. Miss Reting says Grafe wronged her and she fired four shots. Grafe fatally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Grafe
Pearl and
Main Streets
Cincinnati
Mamie Reting
Capt. Reting
Miss Reting
Grafe
War Department to create Bureau of the Insular and Colonial Affairs
A new bureau will be formed in the War Department named the Bureau of the Insular and Colonial Affairs. Robert P. Porter has been offered the position and will decide next week. The bureau represents a middle ground between those demanding a new cabinet post and those opposing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Bureau of the Insular and Colonial Affairs
Robert P. Porter
Japanese Sealink Taisha Sunk by Russian Gunboat
The whaler Charles Morgan reaches San Francisco and reports the Taisha sunk by the Russian gunboat Alexis while the Japanese crew were poaching on Russian preserves in August. Eighteen crew were killed and the rest imprisoned by Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Morgan
San Francisco
Alexis
Manila special lau nts Lieut Slavens scouts rout insurgent outpost
Lieut Slavens with eighteen scouts reconnoitering insurgents north of Angeles encountered and routed an outpost of forty enemy troops. Three insurgents were killed. Slavens’ force suffered no casualties and he was warmly commended by General MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Slavens
Angeles
MacArthur
Costa Rica Refuses Surrender Over Capital Punishment Demand
Costa Rica definitively refuses to surrender Rutherford the murder suspect of American Archer unless Britain guarantees no capital punishment. Jamaica case remains closed for now as no agreement is reached on the punishment issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa Rica
Rutherford
Archer
Jamaica
Three Lives Lost In Yachting Tragedy Off Miller's Station
Reported wreck of the yacht Chiquita Friday near Miller's Station Indiana claims three fatalities Captain D W Way his wife and Rollin Frahier of Charlevoix Michigan were en route for a Mississippi River trip. Also notes Masonic Temple Fort Wayne Indiana November 9 Ward and Voices November 11 The Telephone Girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller’s Station
Ind
D. W. Way
Rollin Frahier
Charlevoix
Mich
Mississippi River
Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Castro Declares Blockade of Porto Cabello
General Castro of Venezuela blocks Porto Cabello with two cruisers. Commerce to the port halted. Castro claims two victories over the Elendez faction and says his government is taking hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
Gen. Castro
Venezuela
Porto Cabello
Admiral Dewey and Mrs Jazen to wed on Thanksgiving Day
Intimate friends report a marriage between Admiral Dewey and Mrs Jazen planned for Thanksgiving Day. Neither party denies nor confirms the rumor, leaving the question unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dewey
Mrs. Jazen
Notable Deaths and Disasters Hit Early 20th Century News
Eastern news items report deaths of Jessie Wood and Brig. Gen. Guy V. Henry in New York. Lawrence Godkin leaves the New York Evening Post. Ottmar Mergenthaler dies in Baltimore. Marconi wireless tests between warships succeed. Millbury mill fire costs 50,000 and 130 jobs. Virginia and Philadelphia incidents noted along with legal and business shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Wood
New York
Lawrence Godkin
New York Evening Post
Edward Fairchild Berkley
St. Louis
Cornell
Geneva
N. Y
Marconi
Massachusetts
Guy V. Henry
Porto Rico
Christopher C. Chew
Camden
N. J
Millbury
Mass
Aldrich Satinet
Heaton Peninsula Manufacturing Company
South Boston
South Atlantic
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Baltimore
Germany
Wall Street
Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company
Savannah
City
Augusta
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Multiple 1910s News Fragments Include deaths and crimes
Obituary notes Reverend P M McCabe of Waseca Minnesota dies. Ex Treasurer Frank I Parker of Vernon County Missouri convicted of embezzling 26000. A child in Aurora County South Dakota dies after rattle snake bite. Several violent incidents across Montana Ohio Illinois and Missouri reported. Fire in Green Springs Ohio damages Pearson block. Cripple Creek Colorado miners killed in shaft accident. Molasses death in Oklahoma. Safe burglary in Chicago. Court injunction blocks Wichita Street Railway. Train accident in Benson Minnesota. Notable deaths in St Louis and Forsythe Missouri. Coal miners strike violence in Decatur Illinois. Kansas City stockyards burn. Coal famine feared in South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. McCabe
Waseca
Minn
Jank Parker
Vernon County
Missouri
B. D. Olsen
Chicago
Aurora County
South Dakota
Great Falls
Mont
John Beupanchich
Frank Marhar
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
Cleveland
Home Missionary Society
Nevada
Frank I. Parker
Green Springs
Ohio
Pearson
William van Why
John Lambert
Cripple Creek
Colo
James M. McCullough
Poteau
I. T
Anton Jacobsen
Valhalla and
Valkyrie Societies
Columbia Theater
Dale
District Court
Wichita
Kan
Wichita Street Railway Company
Benson
Miss Trank
Church
Willmar
Charles Gibson
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Mr. Gibson
Lake Minnetonka
Forsythe
Alexander Ikesse
Dora Garrett
Decatur
Ill
Tivo Union
Fred Dongowski
Charles Maurits
Kansas City
Charles Peterson
South
Multiple violent incidents and oil expansion reported
Reports describe mob violence including hangings near Fayette, a bartender killed at Weir City, a miner executed after jail arrest, and a fatal shooting during a police chase in Ironton. Chicago Methodists plan a seven day religious program with daily services. Fire wipes out New Boston and Standard Shoe Works causing $25,000 loss. Standard Oil expands into abandoned gas fields as oil prices rise, signaling probable growth of oil wells in Indiana belt cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus McArdle
George Wells
Methodists of
Chicago
Wabash Avenue Church
American Cotton Company
Bessemer Steel
West Superior
Ironton Steel Plant
Duluth
Ironton
Ohio
C. P. Moore
Green River
Ixy
Lot Henthorn
William Staggs
Cory
Brazil
Ind
Griffith
Staggs
John Galt
West Capitol Avenue
Springfield
Ill
Galt
Standard Oil Company
Marion
Alexandria
Anderson
Indiana Oil Belt
Long-Projected Coal Strike Ends in Resolved Dispute
The West Virginia New River district coal strike is officially off after a 5 cent per ton demand. 13 of 45 mines in the field granted the wage increase. Greene County Tennessees Lem Jackson, 85, shot dead by three masked men. his son charged with complicity. Fatal shootings include deputy officer Hunnicutt in North Carolina and Watrous in Texas awaiting hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem Jackson
Greene County
Tennessee
New River District
W. Va
Samuel H. Brockunir
Wheeling
Lizzie
Lake of the Woods
Ontario
Virginia Mining Company
Asheville
N. C
Alice Battle
Samuel W. Battle
United States Navy
Geo. N. Belknap
W. H. Greer
United States Deptty Revenue
Bill Hunnicutt
Elk Park
Witt Phillips
Hunnicutt
Samuel Watrous
G. W. Engberg
Austin
Texas
Watrous
James Davidson
Notable deaths and conflicts across the globe
Florence Marryat dies in London while revolutions erupt in Venezuela led by Gen. Hernandez against Gen. Castro. Reports say Britain offers Gilbert Islands for Samoa. Ladysmith bloodshed with 100 British killed. France and China tension over Lei Chau and Hainan. Berlin novelist Franzeska von Kapffelsenther dies by suicide amid financial woes. Langtry and Hugo de Bathe separated. Brazilian foreign minister named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hernandez
Castro
Venezuela
England
Gilbert Islands
Solomon Group
Samoa
Ladysmith
White
France
China
Peking
Lei-Chau
Hainan
Franzeska von Kapffelsenther
Berlin
Boundary protocol signed between De Castro Cerqueira and Para vicini
De Castro Cerqueira and the Boltviarz Minister at Rio de Janeiro Mr Para vicini signed a protocol settling the boundary question between their countries. The Berliner Tageblatt says Germany will double navy strength due to U.S. growth as a future sea power. Cocoa production in Peru's Samar and Huanta regions will be very small because insects damaged the plants. cocoa prices are double those of last year.
Various Disjointed Reports From Rail Robbery to Market Curves
Twenty men and boys were held up by a highwayman on a box car through the Otoe Indian reservation, while a cave-in at the San Pablo mine west of Gavilanes, Mexico killed five and wounded ten. The US Circuit Court of Appeals revised a rehearing in Wilkins and Butler oleomargarine cases. Furniture prices to rise 10 to 20 cents across grades due to Grand Rapids association. The Chippewa tribe confirms eldest sons inherit chiefs titles, affecting large land tracts. American Tinplate Company shuts 106 mills, signaling heavy losses. Continental Telegraph Telephone and Cable Company formed to unite independent lines with major networks. A Toronto firm to absorb several Canadian bicycle makers, producing 30,000 wheels yearly. A mystery murder case circulates near Lacombe. Mrs Hagel’s brother Alfred Quigley arrested after insurer angle. Bradstreet notes surging eastbound transport, prices for tin and copper drop, iron and steel activity high with 75% rail capacity booked for next year. Wheat and corn shipments show gains over prior periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otoe
San Pablo
Gavilanes
Mexico
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Joseph Wilkins
Washington, D. C
Howard Butler
Philadelphia
Grand Rapids Furniture Association
United States Supreme Court
Northwest
American Tinplate Company
Continental Telegraph, Telephone and Cable Company
New Jersey
United States
Atlantic
Toronto
Ont
Canada
American Bicycle Company
E. & C. Cycle Company
E. C. Stearns Company
Christie & Wheeler Saddle Company
Lemuel H. Foster
Detroit
John Hage
Lacombe
Canadian Northwest
England Would Relinquish Samoa Rights for New Guinea Share
Cable reports England ready to give up Samoa in exchange for control of Germany’s portion of New Guinea. New Guinea is a vast island long divided among Holland Britain and Germany with rich gold forests and sparse European presence. Kaiser Wilhelm’s Land covers about Missouri size with 100000 residents, mostly non Europeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samoa
New Guinea
Cable
England
Germany
Australia
Holland
Great Britain
Kaiser Wilhelm’s Land
German New Guinea Company
Missouri
Bismarck Archipelago
Kaiser Wilhelm’s
Market Reports from Midwest and East Grain and Livestock Prices
A regional roundup lists prices for cattle hogs and sheep across markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with grain and byproducts including wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and potatoes. Prices range by city with cattle generally $2.50 to $6.50 and hogs $2.75 to $4.75 while grains show No 2 red wheat around 70s and corn 32 to 42 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Fire Ravages Chicago Seed Warehouse Collapse Kills Five
A six story seed warehouse at 189 141 West Lake Street Chicago collapsed Wednesday afternoon, killing F S Hanson owner of adjacent New England mills and leaving three men missing. The ruins caught fire delaying rescue. property loss exceeds 200000 with dozens injured and about fifty workers in the area. An unknown woman cried out as walls fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West Lake Street
F. S. Hanson
New England Mills
Corner in broom corn by Indiana trust raises prices
The Union Broom Supply Company incorporated in Indiana with Chicago HQ aims to corner the broomcorn market. It claims to control seven eighths of the 1899 crop, with 15 000 to 20 000 tons and over 2 million dollars invested. Prices have risen about 150 percent and may climb further if promises hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Broomcorn Trust
Indiana
Union Broom Supply Company
Chicago
Political shifts mark rising voter rolls across states
The report notes 96 455 voters in Boston and largest Ohio registration on record. New York City prints tickets near 30000. Rochester registers largest city total. Covington Republicans adopt a locomotive emblem. Delaware Republicans divided. Addicks maintains fight. Nashville’s John M Taylor named as possible Tennessee governor candidate. Southwest backs Kansas City for Democratic convention. Mississippi Republicans absent a state ticket amid Populist-Democrat contest. Tennessee candidates for Carmack’s seat include John E Bell and W E Eldridge. Quigg admits Platt misjudged Seth Low mayor bid. Over 160 Democratic House members expected, with Southern-led leadership contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Philadelphia
Ohio
New York City
Rochester
N. Y
Covington
Delaware
Addicks
Nashville
Tennessee
Southwest
Kansas City
Mississippi
John E. Bell
W. E. Eldridge
Carmack
Lemuel Eli Quigg
Platt
Seth Low
New York
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
J. D. Richardson
Indiana State News A collection of local items and incidents
Knox plans electric light and water works. Bloomington rains burst water trust. Cass County farmers pay 1.50 a day for corn huskers. Vigo County broom corn fortunes. Evansville High forms military group. Vincennes baby dies from carbolic acid. Evansville thief steals chaplain’s outerwear. Hoppers’ barn incendiary loss. Union City explosion. Fort Wayne veteran dies. English storm grasshoppers threaten wheat. Evansville arrest after burglary fight. Notable patents issued in Indiana. The Horseless Farmer of Kokomo described. Counterfeit cigar labels destroyed. Greenfield boy injured by overturned buggy. Spiritualist leader dies by laudanum. Family note on religion ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie J. Hancock
Evansville
I. C
Peru
Deiterich Gas Syndicate
Henry Schmidt
Chesterton
Germany
Gilbert Sharpless
Terre Nfante
Sharpless
Hoppes
Madison
J.C. Hollinger
Union City
Hiram Parent
Fort Wayne
Cincinnati
J. W. Comfort
Indiana Reformatory
First Methodist Church
Terre Haute
Clinton
English
Thomas Leary
John Giddings
Osgood
Buck- Eye Window Shade Company
Anderson
William Shumake
Indiana
Frank Blackburn
Albion
Franz Burger
HL. W. Williams
Richard M. Denzig
Elkhart
Emil R. Draver
Winchester
Hazel Griffith
Monte Hale
C. Tudor
Andrew L. Henry
Ladoga
Edward S
Kokomo
Johnson
Greenfield
Vance Wicker
James McElroy
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Gen. Hazen
Signal Corps
John R. McLean
Oho
Dwight Townsend
Frederick C. Havemeyer
Havemeyer, Townsend & Co
Havemeyer & Elder
Schmittberger
Western
Southern
Langtry
J. R. Constable
Hannibal
Patrick Cullen
Delrio
B. L. Glenn
Felix Rimmett
Florence Marryat
Frances Lean
New Guinea and Surrounding Islands
Indiana State News
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