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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1898
Page
2
An explosion in a Tamaqua area coal mine after a water flood in a gangway killed five men and injured eleven amid a mine fire that had begun a month earlier. Rescue teams recovered all deceased and injured an hour later as a larger blast tore the gangway and fire continued.
At the Grand Encampment meeting held in Carnegie Hall Pittsburgh officers were elected including Grand Master Reuben H. Lloyd from San Francisco Deputy Grand Master H B Stoddard of Texas Grand Generalissimo G M Moulton of Chicago Grand Captain General H A Raum of Providence Grand Senior Warden W B Melish of Ohio Louisville was chosen as the next meeting site.
A Manila dispatch reports that Macabulos head of five northern provinces has rebelled against Aguinaldo and fighting may have occurred. It also says Gen Rios, Spanish commander at Iloilo, sent emissaries to undermine Aguinaldo and push natives to demand Spain retain the islands.
A steamer named Mohegan foundered after striking off The Lizard. Rumor says only thirty-one of about 200 aboard were saved as a heavy east wind prevents rescue. Dispatch from Falmouth notes boats tried to reach, but failed to approach the disabled vessel.
Paris papers guard report of a military conspiracy to overthrow the Cabinet led by a prominent General. The plot targeted top officials except the President and aimed to strike October 15 during a Ministry of War absence.
An explosion at the State Asylum for Dangerous and Criminal Insane killed inmate Harry Hanley of Saginaw and fatally wounded Jack Slogan. Another inmate and brickmason Jack Carey were hurt. Patients were locked in wards with little excitement.
Great Britain Russia France and Italy reject the Porte’s suggested changes to the Crete evacuation ultimatum. Each nation sends an identical note to Constantinople urging the Sultan to remove every Turkish soldier from Crete within the specified deadline.
Spain accepts the US demand to cede Porto Rico on October 18. American and Spanish Military Commissioners have adjourned finally and bid each other farewell.
Frank IR Mason a 46 year old West Point graduate pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court to burglary and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. He was arrested for stealing a watch and chain from a physician's home. The item mentions Masonic Tempie Attractions and stray names Tim Murptry and George Monroe among listings.
Fragmentary historical notice reports a plot to assassinate a ruler in Alexandria Egypt involving alleged partisans. The text hints at extremism and a plan to travel toward the Holy Land with possible imperial ambitions.
Fragmentary text mentions Po Michigan and an individual named Eis formerly associated with Chiat. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
A digest of diverse items: Roosevelt era politics and press price cuts, Admiral Febiger’s death near Londonderry, Leonard Ware’s Boston oilhouse sale, a Syracuse University blacklist uproar, Kenney’s bank defalcation trial delay, Typographical Union sick fund vote defeat, Payne Ohio poultry fraud, Hockman firm assignment, Jersey City official's death suspected to have leapt into the Hudson, Newark brewery fire with $100,000 loss, Osborn burial and cremation, a jewel theft in East Chester, Atlantic City’s major beachfront fire, and a New York widow Mrs. McKavitt’s suicide amid family pressures.
Democrats renominate H B Ferguson for New Mexico territorial delegate to Congress. In St Louis two women threw crockery at an acquitted prisoner. McKinley greeted by 200000 in Omaha at a peace jubilee. Jacob Denherder bank looted at Zeeland Michigan with only 1000 in silver left. Express companies in Kansas City unite to curb train robbery. A G Widber convicted of $76242 embezzlement in San Francisco. Strikes and mine guards clash fatally at Virden Illinois. Miami University men’s football suspended for scholastic neglect. Bear Island Pillager Indians surrender averting war. Jesse James Jr. arrested in Kansas City for Missouri Pacific train robbery. Oregon gains two Republican senators with Joseph Simon elected. Margaret Morgan dies in Rhinelander Wisconsin from clothes fire. American Steel and Wire qualified to do Ohio business. Indian Territory coal lands likely leased long term. Rockefeller to fund. Dora Cox captured at Tecumseh Oklahoma after escape. Telluride doctor Mentzer fatally shoots wife and injures a man. patient likely to die. St Louis board of health seeks to stop Chicago sewage contamination into Mississippi River. Drs Starkloff Hughes Grill note canal operation will pollute dispatches.
The United States court in Milwaukee shows a debtor with assets under 100000 dollars against liabilities around 200000 dollars in a Gogebic Iron mining movement petition from 1886 7. The report notes a large private debt and modest assets with fallout from a regional mining dispute.
Reports from Arkansas note extensive cotton crop damage due to heavy rains. Separately, 300 delegates attend the Grand Lodge of the American Mechanics in Huntington West Virginia, and General Watt Hardin proclaims candidacy for Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Shelbyville Kentucky. An east-bound B&O express collision at Opequon West Virginia kills Engineer Sensey and injures two others. Panic erupts in Phillips Mississippi as a church is burned and a yellow fever victim’s bones are found. In Tennessee, 300 miners at Tracy City strike over wage cuts, with a district-wide walkout likely.
P W Berthrong of Boston selected to take charge of customs at Manzanillo Cuba. Commissioner Jones reports 23952 pupils educated in Indian schools. War Department orders steamship Mexico to Havana for return to owners the Spanish line. Pension Commissioner denies G A R encampment rumor on disregarding deafness and rheumatism claims. James B Boyd says refund checks for cash over fare on trains and checks for excess baggage are not subject to stamp tax.
Reports include Blanche Willis Howard's death in Munich, Lerner expedition's return to Trondheim, absence of Andree, Vizcaya wreck abandoned as unsalvageable, Parnellite Dublin convention opposing Britain US alliance, Private Saunders of Illinois' death in Puerto Rico, US forces in Cuba asserting control, Spanish garrison moving to Cienfuegos, Admiral Miller back in San Francisco, Morocco paying indemnities to Italy and Portugal, Nieu-Chwang Railroad loan contract set at 11.25 million, Turkish government reply to powers’ note.
France orders 500 infantry to Paris garrisons with 10 000 more expected. Wood reports U S volunteers Joshua W Johnson and Albert Delaney noted for service. 1130 soldiers ill and 669 with fevers. Austrian tests show auto wagons and gun carriages viable for military use. Italy halts grand naval program. 28 million lire credit planned. budget deficit projected at 17 million. Romero Robledo Weyler conspirators plot to destabilize in Spain.
Battered by reports from the era, ships Oregon and Iowa head toward Manila while messengers reveal a broad set of events. Amur arrives with gold dust from Skaguay as Philadelphian plans loom. Agoncillo sails to Havre, Cleveland presumed lost, Yukon probe appointed, and Bullshae peak in Alaska hailed as North America’s tallest.
President McKinley and party arrive amid vast crowds in Omaha for the peace jubilee. The procession moves through Western states, with Ak-Sar-Ben knights escorting and townspeople waving flags as the President greets a fervent audience. The welcome foregrounds the grandeur of the West and the president’s evident pleasure.
Crowds greet President McKinley along the presidential train route in Illinois and Iowa with nonstop cheers. In DeKalb, Clinton, and Cedar Rapids thousands listen as the journey unfolds, a powerful locomotive leading the procession and flags as the trip’s emblem of celebration.
Robbers forcible entry into H. Y. Swan's Waldron office cracked a safe with dynamite. Promissory notes valued at 17000 and $50 in cash were taken. The attackers drilled the safe door, blew out the combination, and tore hinges. Items from a nearby blacksmith shop were found, with Chicago men suspected.
The new capital punishment rule in Massachusetts takes effect when a conviction is secured and a sentence is passed in a capital case arising since April 13, the date the law became active.
A historic note states New Zealand enforces a law requiring intoxicated men to have their photographs taken. The taken image is distributed among bartenders and innkeepers who refuse to serve liquor to the pictured men.
The Indiana State Board of Statistics reports 1898 farm production and livestock data. It lists acres, bushels, and head counts for wheat corn oats barley and more, plus livestock deaths, milk, butter, cheese, orchard trees, garden crops, and farm outputs. It notes counts of hogs cattle sheep and poultry and totals for dairy products and produce.
The Postoffice Department reports Indiana post offices show higher gross receipts for the first nine months than last year. Notable gains include Fort Wayne 14129 and Frankfort 31118, with many other cities listing increases. several smaller offices now exceed 10000 in gross receipts for 1897.
Obituary notices report Peter Llewellyn 95 farmer of Sullivan County dead and Lieut Charles D McCoy 28 of Indiana dies of typhoid in Vincennes. Fatal coal oil explosion injures Elizabeth Baney near Indianapolis. Franklin Odd Fellows plan a new three story building after buying a lot for 2290. Fertilizer shipments total 28000 across Jasper at ~400 per car. Several old veterans and local figures are mentioned with dates and places across Indiana towns.
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