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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
2
A condensed roundup of crime reports accidents and notable events from across regions. Includes brief notes on fires incidents and other happenings with emphasis on people and places mentioned in the week’s chronicles.
A gang of masked men attempted to rob Lake Shore express No. 2 between Erie and Conneaut Friday morning. They boarded at Ashtabula, but the messenger alerted staff as a robber opened packages. The assailants fled on the stop at Dock Junction, two miles east of Conneaut, escaping into darkness.
Mrs. John A. Logan Jr. received a War Department telegram noting Major Logan's exhumation and shipment home after guidance from Gen. Otis. Major Webb C. Hayes will travel to Manila to supervise the body and its transport, with Admiral Dewey sending condolences.
Two men entered a Bond street drug store in Cleveland and shot at the clerk before robbing the till of 24 dollars. Night watchman C L Bailey detained the suspects with a revolver until patrols arrived. Prisoners were Harry Smith alias Lee of Chicago and Fred Titus of Cleveland. Police link them to recent robberies.
A meteor struck the north end of John Meyers residence seven miles south of Crescent City Illinois causing partial destruction to the upper story and frightening the German farming neighborhood. The aerolite buried about three feet from the house foundation after coming from a sky point east of south.
Dwight L. Moody who has been preaching nightly to thousands in Kansas City is collapsed by heart trouble and cuts his engagement short. He heads home to Northfield Massachusetts under care of Dr Schauttler and banker C M C Vining to accompany him.
The Broom Manufacturers' Association met in Chicago with about sixty manufacturers present to shield against rising broom corn costs. The meeting spanned several days and foresees broom prices increasing from one dollar to one dollar twenty five per dozen.
Cornelius Corcoran shot and killed three of his children and fatally wounded a fourth in Chicago. He had administered laudanum to his five children recently, the oldest 14, claiming the poison was given by mistake. He then killed himself. authorities did not molest him.
A fire and gas explosion wrecked a seven story building on State street Chicago. Firemen were injured by flying glass and the loss is estimated at 125000 dollars. Kohl saat restaurant is among the heaviest losers.
At Fort Wayne's Masonic Temple the schedule lists Hermann the Great on November 24 and A Colonial Girl on November 25. Local audiences are invited to attend these two performances featuring classic stage magic and period entertainment.
A Norfolk and Western freight derailed at Crooked Run Virginia with ten cars off the track. Two brakemen and a tramp were killed. One brakeman was beheaded. Wilbur Cary was fatally injured.
Dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez says General Joubert, Boer forces commander, was killed in a Ladysmith skirmish on November 10. Report未確認.
George W. Kern, proprietor of the Hotel Mecca, shot and killed his wife and then himself after a three month separation. The incident occurred as Mrs Kern boarded a trolley on the way to work at 6 30 am. About 200 wire mill workers witnessed the events as Kern fired twice with a revolver. The weapon misfired before he dragged her into the hotel and killed her, then killed himself in another room. Kern was 88 and Mrs Kern 29.
Bradstreet reports cereals at a dead level with little price movement. World stock statistics show a month’s gain of over 17 million bushels from American sources while foreign supplies shrink slightly. Wheat shipments for the week total 4 465 842 bushels. exports since July 1 amount to 77 239 855 bushels. Corn exports for the week reach 4 583 477 bushels. since July 1 corn exports total 53 473 247 bushels.
After George M. Vollmer of Stillwater died, a search of his house uncovered about $10,000 hidden in cracks and crevices. The will left most property to his widow with small sums to two daughters. sons received nothing. The widow allowed a house search during probate.
Orin Springer, 23, was shot in the heart by William Busby a prominent Nokomo area farmer after hunters Springer and Fred Smith hunted on Busby’s land. Smith returned fire wounding Busby in the shoulder. Both men were arrested. Smith released on bail. Busby says he acted in self defense.
Mrs. Nellisé Carroll, wife of a New York butcher, doused her clothes with oil after a quarrel and set them aflame with a match. Her husband tore away the burning garments, but she died from the injuries.
In Kansas City twenty boys from the Twelfth street gang attacked and beat blacks in East Twelfth Street after a quarrel with a colored woman who cut a boy with a razor. Bricks and clubs were used in the hour long fight in the open street.
In St Louis John Armstrong was found dead in his dining room. The body showed a fatal wound to the heart from behind while a new revolver with an empty shell lay near his right hand, making suicide unlikely.
A six man Navajo hunting party triggered a confrontation near Flagstaff Arizona. In the clash cowboy W H Montgomery and five Indians were killed while the remaining Indian was wounded along with Officers Dan E Hogan and Will Roden.
Information reports a brutal clash between citizens and mountain outlaws terrorizing Bell County Kentucky. In the battle three of the outlaws were killed and authorities pursued remaining suspects.
The Pauli Mercantile Company department store at Menominee Michigan made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Assets approximate 50 000 dollars and liabilities nominally about the same.
A disaster at the Norwood bicycle works in Cincinnati under president L L Bramkamp destroyed the contents of the three lower floors. Upper floors with stock escaped injury. Loss estimated at seventy thousand dollars.
The Belgian steamer Belgique en route from Antwerp to Alexandria foundered off Casquet Rocks near Alderney. Eighteen of twenty six aboard, including the captain, are believed lost.
Matthew Howard, dies at his farm near Paris Kentucky, was the last of a family of eleven said to be the largest in the world. The tallest member stood 6 feet 1144 inches, while the mother reached 6 feet Y% inches, constituting a remarkable family record.
Admiral Dewey endorses a bold navy expansion to Congress for immediate construction. The program includes three armored Brooklyn type cruisers, three improved Olympias, one flagship scale, and twelve Dewey recommended gunboats designed to sail to Manila under their own steam, navigate tight channels, resist capture, and patrol the Philippine archipelago. The plan prioritizes versatile, low-draft vessels for Asiatic waters.
Robbers blasted the Garfield Savings Bank in Euclid, a Cleveland suburb, wrecking the safe and front of the building with two explosions. They fled after a local citizen fired on them. no money is reported secured though a large sum was in the vault. Five assailants were involved, and no injuries are noted.
Alice M. Lapham of New York City jumped from an east bound Boston and New York special on the Michigan Central near Kalamazoo with the intent of death by her own action. She lay unconscious for hours before discovery by two freight train crew. She is hospitalized in Kalamazoo in bad condition with no apparent broken bones.
Four trunks found at St. Louis union station are said to contain mutilated bodies. Police have one arrest, Frank Thompson, who claims to be Memphis undertaker. The trunks are addressed to W. H. Hamsen of Keokuk Iowa, said to run a medical college, with Thompson claiming payment for bodies.
White pine lumber makers set a uniform price increase effective immediately. The rise is 50 cents per thousand in some dimension grades and 31 a thousand on uppers, with all other grades to follow to reach a total $1 per thousand on all grades.
Lawyers have been retained to protect the interests of Mrs. Margaret Plant widow of Henry B. Plant rail road steamship and hotel magnate as rumors mount of a legal battle over his will and its provisions.
The Volta reports a German expedition in the Cameroons punished a rebellious cannibal tribe that besieged trading stations near Wribi. Natives were driven into the bush and 200 were killed.
An explosion of gas at a church fair in the new St. George Society hall at Nenosha Wisconsin injured four people, two seriously. The accident occurred when the gas was ignited minutes after turning on the light.
Samuel W. Ritchie, once a prominent Minneapolis broker, was found dead in his Seattle National Hotel room. He died by slashing his throat with a razor and inflicting another neck wound, with reports describing him as despondent. California Copper Property Sold near Coles Station transfers to Siskiyou Copper Company for $700,000.
The United States cruiser Charleston patrolling Luzon’s northern coast wrecked on a reef off the northwest coast. All on board were saved.
In Chicago the Davidson Bros marble and soda fountain works suffered a five-story fire destroying the building. Loss estimated at 85000 dollars, fully covered by insurance.
The National Broom Manufacturers Association meeting in Chicago saw broom prices rise more than 50 percent. In California, Harry Ettinger, a discharged member of Company H Kansas Volunteers, was struck and killed by a train near Santa Paula. A cable dispatch reports Maj. John A. Logan of the Thirty-third Volunteer Infantry was killed in Luzon while leading his battalion.
In Titusville Pennsylvania three masked men blew a safe at the New York Central yards and looted a nearby house of about $500 before police fought them. Chief McGrath engaged a gunman while Patrolman Sheehey was shot. McGrath killed his assailant after being wounded.
Unknown parties dynamited the Urbana Monitor office and moments later blew up J D Burrell’s general store in Urbana Iowa. Clarence Burrell was killed after leaping from bed on the first blast. Burrell’s store and stock were a total loss along with the Monitor office and plant valued at about 12000. No suspects or crew have been identified.
A gravel train and a work train with 180 men collided nine miles north of Denison Iowa on the Fort Dodge and Omaha Railroad. The accident occurred as workers returned from dinner and were crowded into box cars with no escape. Twenty six men were reported injured.
In Kansas City, Kansas, two people died and a third was seriously ill after eating mince pies believed to contain ptomaine poison. Victims were George W. Hoffman, 52, a carpenter, and his son-in-law John Salmon, 45.
One of the boldest crimes in Cleveland occurred the other afternoon as thieves stole a tray of diamonds valued at 30000 from Sigler Brothers jewelers at 52 54 Euclid avenue.
Jamaica endures another storm as a massive hurricane sweeps across the island. Reports say Portland St Thomas and Morant Bay suffer severe damage to banana and other crops with widespread devastation.
The Belfont Iron Works nail mill at Ironton Ohio closed after sixty five nipping boys struck for a ten percent wage increase which the company refused to grant.
About thirty union cylinder feeders and job pressmen and twenty five union printers went on strike in Kansas City. The workers demand nine hour days recognition of the union and the union wage scale.
Charlies Weidle and his 13 year old niece died when struck by a Big Four passenger train at a depot crossing near Miamisburg Ohio. Their buggy was demolished and the horse killed.
In Chicago a jury acquits Harrys H. Hammond of shooting fur merchant John T. L. Shayne. The verdict reportedly reflects influence from Hammond's wife relations.
Dr. James M Morrison aged physician died from injuries after being robbed and beaten at his Baltimore home on November 2. Thieves seized nearly 1200 in cash and valuables.
A fire in Miami damaged the T Hotel Miami and the Metropolitan office building among others causing an estimated loss of $60,000, with only partial insurance coverage.
A blaze in the leather district at Woburn Massachusetts destroyed the tanning plant of Beggs and Cobb valued at seventy five thousand dollars. The fire caused extensive damage to adjacent buildings and disrupted local tanning operations. Fire officials reported the loss remains under investigation with no injuries announced.
Cattle hog and sheep price ranges listed for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with grains including wheat corn oats rye and minor items. Values shown per market and grade, reflecting regional commodity trading quotes.
Major John A Logan, namesake son of the Black Eagle of Illinois, is killed in action while leading a charge against rebel entrenments in the Philippine campaign near San Jacinto. Gen Otis cabled the news to Washington and President McKinley moved to console Mrs Logan at the White House.
The annual army report by Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles calls the force ample for duties through July 1, 1901 and suggests shipping discharged volunteers to San Francisco for pay and papers. Surgeon General Sternberg urges expanding the medical corps as deaths total 6,019 since May 1898.
The widow of Maj John A Logan of Youngstown Ohio receives news of his death at San Jacinto while leading his battalion in battle. The message from McKinley offers sympathy as Logan is remembered for bravery and sacrifice. Logan’s widow and family face mourning as plans for abroad travel are canceled.
A series of brief items report killings in Kentucky politics with William Meek killing John Marion and John Adkins dying in a drunken brawl. Also noted are wreck fatalities Engineer Downing and Fireman Bar-Roe at Senatobia, political shifts in Havana under Gen. Nunez, a Texas wool syndicate, fires at Ensley Alabama Shipbuilding, Mauser rifle use by Yaqui Indians, and the wedding of Senorita Luz Diaz to Francisco Rincon Gallardo.
The Thirty third infantry fought a fierce two hour battle five miles from San Fabian. Maj. John A. Logan was mortally wounded while aiding a wounded corporal. The Americans seized twenty nine insurgents and one hundred rifles with eighty one insurgents dead in trenches and fields, while many more were likely killed or wounded. Maj. Marsh and Capt. Green were wounded as the line pressed the defense. Major March's battalion entered San Jacinto, the insurgents believed veterans from Tarlac under Gen. Minio.
A Philadelphia woman sent poisoned ice cream to her rival in a dramatic feud. In New York a sweetheart accused of theft was later married. An Atchison man sues his wife for divorce after catching her inspecting mourning styles, revealing domestic intrigues and social tensions.
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