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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
2
Winnipeg Missionary Reports famine among Sesteaux near Andy Lake
G F Stevens a Methodist missionary at Oxford House in Keewateen district writes in a Sept 10 1900 letter that between twenty and thirty Sesteaux Indians near Andy Lake faced starvation this past winter and spring. Rabbits and deer failed and they ate bark to survive while the interior department investigates the famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
G. F. Stevens
Oxford House
Keewateen
Andy Lake
Department of the Interior
Kaiser Recedes In Partial Chinese Program Accord
Paris dispatch reports a three power agreement among France Germany and Russia on the Chinese program. The plan, milder than Germany’s initial proposal, will be presented to other powers within days and is expected to be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Paris
London Morning Post
France
Russia
Lost expedition march from Santa Cruz to Porijos
General McArthur cables report Captain Devereaux Shields with fifty-one soldiers and one hospital corps man from the 29th Infantry plus a gunboat crew left Santa Cruz at Marinduqua for Porijos. The dispatch says they have heard nothing since, and fears are that the party was captured with many killed and wounded including Captain Shields.
Mine Operators Offer 10 Percent Wage Increase
President Mitchell of the Coal Miners Union confirms he believes operators have agreed to offer striking miners a 10 per cent wage raise. He declined to discuss details and said he knows nothing about any settlement rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mitchell
Coal Miners Union
British Admiralty Buys American Coal at Halifax Dock
The steamer Fri discharges American bituminous coal from Virginia at Halifax. This marks the first American coal bought by the British admiralty for its warships here. Two thousand five hundred tons will land for the Bermuda station, with a total purchase of five thousand tons planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Fri
Virginia
British
Admiralty
Bermuda
Barge Office Watches for Milan Murder Suspect
New York barge office and Milan police watch ships for Mauricio Magliala allegedly Luizi Granotti, wanted in Milan for King Humbert murder. He sailed with Bresci from Paterson New Jersey to Italy on May 1 and is described as a silk weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bresci
New York Barge Office
Milan
Mauricio Magliala
Luizi Granotti
Humbert
Bresei
Paterson
N. J
Italy
America’s Great Triumph at Paris Exposition Awards
The jury’s final appeal shows the United States won the most awards of any nation aside from France. America led in most classes except grand prizes, where Germany topped the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Paris
United States
France
Germany
Alaska town Solomon City swept away by coast storm
News from Seattle reports Solomon City at the Solomon River mouth was destroyed by a recent Alaska coast storm. All buildings were swept away or wrecked, and the 200 residents are destitute and homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Solomon City
Solomon River
Robbers Loot Wolfe Brothers Bank in Centreville
Cracksmen looted the Wolfe Brothers private banking house in Centreville Michigan during Friday night taking nearly $10,000 in currency. They departed unseen leaving no clue to their identity or location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfe Brothers
Centreville
Mich
Fatal Wreck on Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Line
A fast train struck a switch engine at Durand Michigan on the Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee railroad. Two men died and one was injured. Twenty four loaded cars burned and both engines were demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee
Durand
Mich
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple Attractions
Cumming's Stock Company performs the week of October 8 at the Fort Wayne Masonic Temple followed by the show Because She Loved Him So on October 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple
Locked in a Vault All Night
The unconscious county treasurer Bambiuer was found in the vault of his Mercer California office after being locked inside all night during a robber attack. The incident left him seriously injured but alive, with investigators probing the motive and suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bambiuer
Mercer
Cal
Missions Destroyed in Shek-Lung On East River
American Presbyterian and Catholic missions at Shek-Lung on the East river have been destroyed. The Catholic priest escaped and was protected by a Mandarin during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Shek-Lung
East River
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across Cities
Obituaries report Charles B Foote and George D Vys dead in New Jersey and Massachusetts. Fires destroy Corning Lumber yards at Atlantic Highlands and Atlantic dock warehouses in Brooklyn. Multiple deaths from bee sting, mining strike violence, and a railroad deal suit are noted alongside a circus accident and a fatal streetcar crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Foote
Oceanic
N. J
George D'Vys
Worcester
Mass
Augustus Thomas
New London
Atlantic Highlands
Atlantic Dock
Brooklyn
Daniel Steinman
Paterson N. J
Ah Fee
Chinatown
New York
Water Street
Pittsburg
Wilson, Bailey & Co
Pennsylvania
Shenandoah
Roland P. Falkner
University of Pennsylvania
Division of Documents
Library of Congress
Evan Davis
Hickory Ridge
Shamokin
Garl Bryan
Welsh Brothers’ Circus
Ephrata
Sarah Crunholz
Max Miller
West Hoboken
Union Hill
Paris
Denver
David Lewis Shepard
Foxboro
William St. Shepard
Multiple 1890s incidents span storms crimes and politics
A sweeping 1890s digest reports the St Louis presbytery rejection of creed revision by 32 to 1, Cleveland tailors strike nearing end, Texas storm with fatalities, San Antonio population rise to 53 321, Des Moines unions granting 54000 in benefits, a Lawrence County murder, a Buffalo horse's race time, Morristown tornado with eight dead, Walker bank suicide and insured deposits, Des Moines firemen raise grand master pay, Brigham City death in a labor dispute, Chicago gift to Chicago University, Sisk revolver fatality, Lima elders tarred by mobs, Woodlawn express robbery with no loot, Neodesha tornado and injuries, and a funeral followed by further local incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Texas
San Antonio
Des Moines
George W. Noble
Lawrence County
Ohio
Bank of Walker, Minn
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Frank P. Sargent
Warren E. Harrison
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Brigham City
Utah
James Burke
Frank
Germany
A. C. Bartlett
Chicago
University of Chicago
Sisk
Homer Treadway
Oscar
Moot
Lima
Bassinger
Bluffton
Dochelles
Mansfield
William H. Piper
Burlington
Woodlawn
Neb
Multiple tragedies and robberies reported across several states
A collage of short notes details fires in Indiana and Michigan, drownings on the St. Clair river, a train robbery in Idaho, land rushes in Washington, a platform collapse in South Carolina, a courtroom brawl in Ohio, and various local disasters including a large Indiana oil well gusher.
Multideath and violence report from railroad and region
The report details multiple violent incidents including William Patrick shot on a turnpike near Fayetteville Tennessee, a Beaufort County family massacre attributed to Joseph Smalls, a fatal freight wreck on the Queen and Crescent line near Sadieville Kentucky killing five workers, and injuries to others. Additional cases include Edward Gurley killing his nephew Oscar Montgomery, a confrontation with lawmen Corporal Raul Cowman and Jo seph W Bofill, Gurley’s death, and Joe Moore surviving a railroad assault near Columbus Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Patrick
Fayetteville
Tenn
Patrick
Beaufort County
U S. C
Joseph Smalls
Queen and Crescent
Sadieville
Lexington
Edward Gurley
New Orleans
Oscar Montgomery
Raul Cowman
Joseph W. Bofill
Gurley
Cowman
Bofill
Joe Moore
Columbus
Moore
European and World War I era Summary
Dom Paul travels to Holland to recuperate his health while a German Socialist congress backs free trade. Aguinaldo rejects peace offers. London endures an influenza like epidemic. French army holds a grand review for 97 000 officers and men under Loubet. Tahiti annexes Kurutu and Tabuai Islands. Loubet hosts dinner for French mayors with 20 000 guests. The British secure a peaceful surrender of 2 500 Boer troops at Lorenzo Marques. Pekin evacuation plans ahead of winter as Allied commanders deem holding untenable. Marshal Campos dies at Zaranz near San Sebastian after decades guiding the Castilian government. Two thirds of American troops at Pekin ordered home to the Philippines. a small legation guard remains under Conger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dom Paul
Holland
German Socialist Congress
Aguinaldo
Buencamino
France
Lorenzo Marques
Pekin
Arsenio Martinez de Campos
Zaranz
San Sebastian
Spain
Marshal Campos
Philippines
Legation
Conger
Various early 1900s business and crime notes from North America
The article surveys diverse topics including Percy Avery entering Standard Oil, a future of the oatmeal trust under syndicate control, the Miss Griffin murder near Dundas Ontario, Lake Shore Railroad pension plans, and R G Dun trade reviews. It also reports refinery operations, steel plant resumption, bank clearings dip, wool sales, and weekly failures in the US and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Avery
William Rockefeller
Standard Oil
American Cereal Company
Oatmeal Trust
Miss Griffin
Dundas
Ont
George Pearson
Hamilton
Pearson
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Pennsylvania
Doscher
Loraine Steel Company
New York
United States
Canada
John M Palmer Dies at Springfield after Heart Ailment
Gen John M Palmer former Illinois governor and US senator and Civil War general died at his Springfield home from heart disease. He rose from Carlinville lawyer to major general and Illinois governor and later served a full Senate term. He was born 1817 in Kentucky and active in politics from 1840 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Palmer
Illinois
United States
Springfield
Palmer
Gen. Palmer
John McCauley Palmer
Eagle Creek
Scott County
Carlinville
State Senate
Philadelphia
Washington
Fourteenth
Illinois Volunteers
John C. Fremont
John Pope
New Madrid
Island No. 10
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Market Reports: Regional cattle hogs wheat and more
Chicago to New York prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York markets show varying ranges for No 2 wheat corn oats rye and livestock with butter eggs and potatoes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Navy strengthens Asiatic squadron amid Philippine tensions
The Navy Department boosts the U S Asiatic fleet to 34 vessels led by Admiral Remey with ships such as Kentucky and Albany en route. Several gunboats will depart soon from Montevideo and American waters while others head to China via Suez. Officials say the fleet serves to protect interests and deter opponents, with aims to blockade Luzon in winter and hasten the Philippines conflict end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
United States
Asiatic
Admiral Schley
Wilmington
Montevideo
Albany
Mediterranean
China
Suez Canal
Annapolis
Vicksburg
Dorothea
Remey
Kentucky
Oriental
Great Britain
France
Germany
Japan
Russia
Austria
Washington
Luzon
Philippines
Around a Big State: Indiana Neighbors’ Murky News
A collection of incidents across Indiana reports farmers plagued by thieves in Wayne County, deaths from accidents including a horse kick and a train collision, multiple injuries, and local developments such as a new gas company, a mineral water drill strike, and a homeopathic association meeting in Elkhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County
Indiana
Strikes and Clashes Mark Coal Region Turmoil
General Gobin vows no secret miner meetings as many collieries in Shamokin area are abandoned. A strike riot in Shenandoah ends with a funeral. Hungarian women clash with police near Hazleton and a watchmen alarm sparks a miner’s collapse. Eugene Bramblet of Southern Coal Co moves miners west. Joseph Begos is arrested in Wilkes Barre for threats. An aged miner, Frank Manyan, dies of heart failure amid the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gobin
Shamokin
Shenandoah
Ceal and Iron
Hazleton
Eugene Bramblet
Southern Coal Company
Parsons
Kan
Joseph Begos
Wilkesbarre
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Weekly Record
the Record Publishing Co., Publishers
Silver Lake
tCe
British Bay American Coal
Western
Neodesha
Ixan
John Lord
J. R. McIntyre
John MclIn
Tsre
Lena Glick
LaPorte
Ind
D. C. Shirk
Rose Kelly
Chestnut Street
Kennard House
Ferguson
Iowa
On Chief
Cordell
Washita County
O. T
Cloud
George Barker
John Martin
St. Clair River
Port Huron
Yuma
Northern Pacific
Athol
Idaho
Brewster
Okanogan County
Colville
Minnesota
Dakotas
Huron
S. C
John G. Woolley
Marietta
J. M. Duffin
Sylvester Perkins
Perkins
Omer
Post Ofice
Joseph Brennings
Morrill Fruit Farm
Benton Harbor
Brennings
War Eagle
Eagle Packet Company
Calhoun Packet Company
Locust Street
Thalmer Tron Works
W. H. Palmer & Brothers
Muncie
Barrows
Oberlin
Helen Coburn
Boston
Andover
James B. Dill
John Loss
Leavenworth
Annetta Logs
B. G. Copeley
Weston
W. Va
Southern
United Society of Christian Endeavor
John NM. Palmer
Indiana News
Peru
A. P. Henfield
Aldine
Erie
Albert Isbell
Wiggerstrun
Sullivan
John Parsons
Lawrence
H. A. McDonald
Presbyterian Church
Union City
Soldiers
Dayton
William Jlakishamer
North Marion
George Swartz
Wabash
Hindman Oil Company
Hartford City
Jay A. Hindman
A.G. Lupton
L. C. Aylsworth
Myrtle
Thomas Helm
Marion
Decatur
Charles Geimer
Benjamin Soberton
Henry Hopkins
Madison
William Barnes
Shelbyville
Conrey-Foster
Etna Snodgrass
William Driscoll
Indiana Farmers’ Institute
Purdue
South Marion
Marion Gas Company
Walton Avenue
Fort Wayne
Katie Vevia
George W. Hall
Medora
Wabash County
Blair Farm
Chestertown
Knox County
Frankton
J.P. Shoemaker
W. H. H. Quick
Anderson
B. Shoemaker
C. Quick
Gladys Fry
Royal Center
Alexander Fry
Gladys
Glen
Frys
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