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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1900
Page
6
Local Silver Lake publication issue lists community updates and notices from The Record Publishing Co. with regional happenings and notices for residents.
Paris dispatch details George J. Gould appointed trustee for his sister the Countess of Castlemaine. It notes Count Boni and wife owe about 23.5 million francs with 3.792 million on real estate charity bazaar and private home on Avenue Malakoff. Mortgages total 6.585 million francs and loans 4.293 million francs. Art dealer Wertheimer alleges 9.1 million francs spent on bric a brac and that 2.06 million francs remains due after goods were bought and resold.
William J. Strong, the last mayor of the old city of New York, died at his residence after a period of illness kept from his political circle. He had not visited his wholesale dry goods business for days and had pushed his campaign work despite failing health.
Secretary Hay cabled Commissioner Rockhill on appointment as councillor of the American legation at Pekin. He is directed to proceed from Shanghai to Pekin to assist Minister Conger in negotiations for a final settlement. The plan to appoint Rockhill and General Wilson as fellow commissioners was abandoned as no other power would appoint commissioners.
Captain Richardson reports arrival at Rouen on October 29 from Marcus Jleck. On October 12 he rescued two women named Patrick Roche and William Brown who had been in a small boat for four days after parting from the American schooner Marshall N. Adams of Provincetown Massachusetts. They drifted about eighty five miles southward during the fog.
Terry M McGovern defeated Joe Bernstein of New York in the seventh round before 5 000 at Louisvill Ky. The prize fight for the featherweight championship was billed for twenty five rounds under Marquis of Queensberry rules. The purse totaled 3500 with 2500 to the winner. George Siler refereed.
Official notices posted in Pittsburgh announce a new pension system for Pennsylvania Railroad employees. Workers aged 70+ may retire on half pay, and those bumped from service may retire at 65.
A limited train on the St. Paul and Duluth line derailed when it hit an open switch near Heckley Minnesota. The engine and two cars were wrecked. Brakeman William Rapp of St Paul was killed. Several others were reported injured.
Cambourne dispatch reports a rich free gold discovery in decomposed ore in the Kootenay region. Quartz from a fissure vein assays at several hundred dollars per ton and contains coarse gold sprinkled through the ore.
A strong storm swept through Texas damaging homes in Terrell Whitney Innis Forney and Muenster. No fatalities have been reported.
The government spent 357 million on mail transportation for the past year with 59 million appropriated for the current year. Fort Wayne Masonic Temple attractions include The Little Minister on Nov 6, Willie Collier on Nov 8.
Anthracite coal prices have risen by fifty cents a ton over the July circular. The increase applies to the entire county and takes effect immediately, as announced by the mining and carrying companies.
Fire at the Patterson New Jersey opera house destroyed the building after a lighted cigar in a dressing room started the blaze. Firemen narrowly escaped death as walls collapsed. the loss is estimated at 150000 dollars.
Fire at Blanford Mass harms Mountain House burning it to the ground with losses estimated at 850000. The report notes other disasters and crimes across the region, including multiple arrestees for swindling and fatal explosions at various industries.
Brig Gen Fitzhugh Lee takes command of the department of the Missouri. Four Stark children drown near Plastu Bed Sandusky Bay Ohio in a boating accident. Lorenzo Stevens found guilty of murder of Samuel Livingstone with life sentence recommended in Elk Point. Paige iron works Chicago losses 150000 from a fire started by a cigar stump. Gen D M Frost, prominent St Louis resident, dies at 77. Cyclone hits Gypsum township near Wichita Iran destroying several flim buildings. John J Moor farmer killed his brother injured. Cotton planter Charles Seaburger assassinated at Halsted Texas on his gallery. East bound Northern Pacific passenger train wrecked near Livingstone Montana. several killed and twenty one wounded. Diphtheria reported in every Indiana county. some schools closed. Smallpox at Valentine Nebraska. vaccination of 5000 Indians underway. Hocking Valley crossing Columbus car crash injures four. W S Salter of Chitten Den hotel Columbus files bankruptcy petition. Mary Voelker Manhattan Hotel Wichita heir to 50000 estate. George Dewey assassinated in Pine Bluff Arkansas by unknown woman. Mennonite Brethren Church of Kansas to start bank with 50000 capital. Illinois Steel Co South Chicago resumes 2000 to 2500 workers. Unknown man shot dead in St Joseph Missouri. killer fled. Utah scientist reveals new petroleum gas burning brighter than calcium. W S Robson Texas cotton planter notes boll weevil causing six million dollar crop loss. Just as James McGowan departs
Readable items include a St Louis thief captured after an alarm rang at a residence, a confession from condemned killer Richard Gardner in Ohio, the death of Fred Smith hit by a Lake Shore train carrying Wm Bryan, and Joe Ess killed on a train platform near Canton. Additional reports cover a mad bull killing Mrs Stobler in Minnesota, relief aid for Sacaton Indians, and various violent events across Ohio Illinois Indiana Michigan and Nebraska with arrests mobs and trials.
A young African American Abernathy was lynched in Duke Alabama for assaulting a white girl. J M Mellsnight ex president of the German National Bank of Louisville received five years hard labor for embezzlement. In Memphis Lon Laswell and Miss Lillie Hanley were riding when the horse bolted the buggy killing Miss Hanley and fatally injuring Laswell. A Louisville paper cites Finley Anderson alleging his Georgetown stand testimony was perjured in Caleb Powers murder case.
Prices in Scotland have fallen by 15 shillings in the last two weeks to match U S steel competition. Prince Christian Victor, son of Princess Helena, has died of enteric fever in Pretoria. Friedrich Max Muller, Oxford professor, is dead from liver disease. The Transvaal is proclaimed part of the British Empire with ceremonial observances. The Russian government again imposes a special tax to aid the Red Cross Society.
Reports note travel licenses taxed abroad and rail fare taxes. Russia shows a budget surplus of 84 million dollars after extraordinary expenditures. The Duke of Abruzzi chartered the Gothenburg whaler Capella to search Granz Josef Land. London sees a deadly welcome for volunteers with many deaths and injuries. French wine harvest of 1900 praised amid grape glut. China officials Yi and Ying Nien added to executors demanded by France. Nankin powder magazine blast blamed on lightning. casualties and damage reported. Caracas beset by earthquake. Pantheon and churches damaged. Russian grain shortages extend beyond Siberia. Paris appoints George Gould trustee for Castelline. Boni de Castellane spent 23 million francs in four years amid wife's fortune. English floods and violent weather sweep parts of England. Refuges sought in waterlogged Newcastle and nearby ports.
President MecIhinley proclaims Thanksgiving on November 28. U S population reaches 76 295 220 as per 1900 census. Gen James Wilson reassigned from China to the U S. Indian deaths rise from a grip like illness. a tribe loses 35 of 100 in two weeks. Telegraph links Nome and St Michaels as Arctic winter nears. Alaska Company lays temporary cable. George White Fraser reports coal and minerals in Yukon frontier. Charles McIntosh, Pekin hero, commits suicide aboard Furnessia near Moville. August Mason, famed smuggler, admits Europe trips for years via New York routes. Bradstreet reports improved industrial outlook and coal miners' wage gains ending a strike.
Chicago to New York price tiers cover cattle hogs sheep and grains across markets in Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Data shows bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep with grains wheat corn oats rye and dairy values across listed cities and grading terms.
Director Merriam explains a change from rough preliminary counts to immediate tabulation with electrical machines. The aim is to complete population data quickly for Congress and reapportionment matters, with all data collection finished and reports due by July 1, 1902.
The coming session will likely see bitter partisan fights over how to reapportion Representatives after the 12th census. The current House has 868 members and a basis around 200,000 per seat is favored, replacing the 173,901 figure from 1890. Debates may focus on reducing representation for Southern states that disenfranchise Black voters under the 14th Amendment, with illiteracy data to follow census counts.
The Sept. 29 national bank circulation reached 328,335,973 with a yearly gain of 85,045,845. Government receipts for September totaled 45,304,326 while expenditures were 39,169,971. War Department spending stood at 14,125,284, and the public debt declined to 1,106,156,671 with cash at 1,105,447,697.
A wide sweep of Indiana items reports robberies at Marion saloon, fatal shaft fall in Rising Sun, morphine error near Logansport, and a stove fire death in Crawfordsville. Telegraph, gas rate protests at Orestes, new cart contract in Manila, and diverse local incidents from Kokomo to Delphi. Several updates on schools, patents, and farmer institutes conclude the roundup.
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