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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
2
Gusts blown in from various regions as the Telegram reports on recent crimes and incidents abroad. The column summarizes notable events across nations, highlighting dangers and tensions influencing public concern.
Gov Mount asked Adjutant General Corbin to mobilize three companies from the 158th Regiment if the McCoy Corbett fight threatened Indiana. The reply said the request was referred to the Attorney General and only a federal decision could authorize use. The War Department stated permission would be granted on telegraphic request to the President.
Santiago special reports Garcia and his group depart for the interior on a pacification mission. He plans to ride 400 miles on horseback with ten days of rations and hopes to persuade thousands of Cubans to disarm. Col. Pedro Perez informs Guantanamo officials that 200 Cubans will march there Monday to surrender arms and disband, receiving service and pay certificates.
The Political Chief or Marshal of Iraputo downplays the attack on a native Protestant family, calling it not grave. The Interior Minister orders a full examination. No Americans were assaulted. The Kaputo Consular Agent may have reported to the American Minister, suggesting exaggeration.
Duluth dispatch says Gen Bacon has his Pil lager band of Indians whipped and no reinforcements needed. Fourteenth Minnesota troops in Duluth remain unused. The bodies of Maj. Gen. Wilkinson and six privates of the Third Regiment, killed at Leech Lake, arrived at Brainerd with twelve wounded soldiers. All the wounded are expected to recover.
Great Britain France Italy and Russia present a collective note to the Turkish Government demanding the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Crete. The note requires evacuation to commence within a fortnight and be completed within a month.
The notice outlines performances from October 14 to 22 including The Pay Train on the 14th and The Female Drummer on the 20th. Notable entries feature Uncle Josh Sprusby on the 15th Ben Hur on the 17 to 19 and George Monroe on the 22nd.
Major General Fitzhugh Lee has received a War Department order directing his command to move from Jacksonville Florida to Savannah Georgia and to be ready to embark for Havana at the end of the month.
The steamer Yamaguchi Maru reports 250 Chinese were drowned on September 1 when a crowded Canton passage boat capsized in the East River. The incident prompted rescue efforts and ongoing investigations.
Small detachments of Russian British and German marines have arrived to protect the legations in Pekin. Large crowds gathered but no extraordinary incident occurred.
A dispatch reports a massive blaze in Shanghaia destroying over a square mile of Bankow area including the Government Building and Temple. The disaster is said to have claimed about a thousand lives.
A Burlington yard wreck at Indianola Nebraska killed Engineer Sol Brace Fireman E J Walters and Brakeman William MecCarl. The disaster blocks rail service and prompts investigations by authorities.
The Honorable Sherman Hoar United States Senator died at his home in Concord Massachusetts. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced and his passing prompts congressional tributes and reaction from colleagues.
Madrid announces Admiral Cervera will be named life Senator, widening the political ranks with a distinguished naval figure.
Commodore N L Weatherby of the Troy Yacht Club and three companions Stephen J Mallory Mrs William Bres Jin and Miss Eliza Savage were drowned when a yacht capsized in the Hudson River at Troy New York.
Four entities linked to a government body are named in a terse notice about new monitors and a secretary. The fragment hints at changes in oversight and personnel, but details are unclear.
A rapid-fire list reports: actress Caroline Hoyt’s husband playwright Charles Hoyt dies in New York. National Bank of New York closes amid $2,000,000 owed to small tradesmen. Woolen firms in Plymouth and Dover assign, led by N A & J Sawyer. Columbia’s Henry McDermott dies by suicide. Governor nomination shifts in New York politics with Henry M. Donald named. Actress Kate Phillips attempts suicide in New York. miners Crick Corval Lorowsky Simotocitch burned in Lehigh Valley explosion. Superintendent Skinner condemns patriotic fund drives in schools. Dr. Gagnon files bankruptcy. Judson Crossman dies after dental operation. Schooner Sarah E Palmer sinks off South Carolina. eight aboard drown. John Kelly survives a near drowning in Tarrytown after choking on tobacco quids. Boston’s Robert Coveney dies after football injury. 102-year-old Phoebe Crilly buried in New York recalling 1812 war.
A flash of late XIX century briefs notes Western woolen mill fires in Tacoma and Lawson, Mo, both causing losses. political shifts in Colorado and Indiana. a Cincinnati ex-senator killed by his brother-in-law. a poet’s cremation pyre in California. labor unrest and mine incidents. a river collision near California. missing child found in Chicago. a Toledo elevator fire casualty. a steamship collision. a child’s safe fall. various deaths and robberies across the U S including Oregon, Oklahoma, and California. staged thefts and aggrieved families.
A Lowell Indiana fire destroyed fourteen businesses including the opera house post office and several stores causing an estimated loss around 40000 dollars. The article also notes a California citrus season setting records with an 11 million dollar wholesale value and a calculated state industrial value of about 7.6 million after freight. It mentions a Chinese railway concession led by ex Senator Calvin Brice to build a line from Hankow to Canton and the sea opposite Hong Kong.
The Democrats elected all Georgia state officers by about 70 000 votes. Brunswick faced a major flood after a tidal wave inundated 1000 houses and stores with estimated losses around 500 000 dollars. A guard detainee wounded a fellow prisoner in Atlanta.
Washington reports the death of Rev Jabez Fox a noted figure in western anti slavery circles. The article also details a government receipts and expenditures comparison for September showing 39 778 070 in receipts and 54 223 921 in expenditures. It notes pensioners can cash checks at money order offices free and outlines postal savings bank use and a change to section 1246 of the postal laws for drawing money orders.
Reports indicate Spain sanctions sale of gunboats to South American republics while unrest erupts in Asia and Crete faces international pressure. A Spanish offensive in the Visayas destroys Tegales with heavy insurgent casualties. British French Italian and Russian envoys seek Crete troop withdrawal. Queen Victoria and the ex‑Empress Frederick escaped a fatal carriage accident at Balmoral when the coachman suffered a loss.
The British steamer Hilleraig, Captain Gibson, from Fernandina via Norfolk to Hamburg, collided with the Dutch steamer De Reuyter near Helvoet. Hilleraig sailed on with unknown damage. De Reuyter was badly damaged. Also reported is the death of Rev. Thaddeus S. K. Freeman, chaplain aboard the Baltimore, who died at Nagasaki after a likely suicide amid ill health. New rich pearl fields discovered off New Caledonia. US Consul Wolf notes a shell with 256 pearls and a small boat yielding 22 pounds of pearls. Further exploitation planned by French and Austrian interests. Americans urged to profit from the discovery.
A general notice reports refrigerator manufacturers organizing a combine with six million dollars capital. Separate items note a Quebec farmer’s wife killing her four children, large Wall Street tobacco speculation profits, a Molson Bank robbery in Winnipeg, a Yukon murder, Alaska surveys, a Seattle gold dust shipment, and U S prison releases. R G Dun data show September failures around 6.7 million and quarterly failures about 22.875 million, with overall business conditions improving versus prior years.
Regional market data show cattle and hog prices across cities like Chicago and New York with cash bids for cattle $2.50 to $6.00 in various cities and hogs $3.00 to $4.50, while grain prices such as wheat No 2 red around 62 to 78 cents, corn No 2 29 to 35 cents, oats No 2 21 to 28 cents, and rye around 44 to 49 cents per bushel are listed. butter eggs and other staples shown with mixed ranges.
Reports from Brainerd and Walker, Minnesota, state a Major Wilkinson and six privates dead with 30 Indians killed in a three hour fight at Bear Island after a dawn ambush. Secretary Alger orders reinforcements and artillery. 100 soldiers engaged 250 Pillager Indians in the inland skirmish.
The eight month conflict with Bear Lake Pillager Indians began when Deputy Warren tried to arrest Chief Bush and other Bear Island members. After arrests and sentences, Bush escaped with a band two weeks ago as a payroll visit triggered a large attack. Troops were ordered from Washington as threats rose and a Bear Island clash seemed likely.
Maroons in Jamaica seize property from English owners while Japan debates state railways purchase and operation. Special Treasury Agent Murry reports a general decline in seal herds at the seal islands. New England manufacturers, hurt by Southern cotton mills, consider switching to machinery for silk fabric production.
Reports from across the state detail weddings, deaths, and notable civic events. Residents and local organizations are referenced in brief notices, with emphasis on community impact and upcoming milestones.
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