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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1900
Page
2
A Lake Erie and Western switch engine struck a Thirteenth Street street car in Indianapolis. Twenty one passengers were aboard with about fifteen injured and two possibly fatally. The wreck tore the car apart, flipped it twenty feet, and pinned passengers beneath debris.
Dispatches report President Kruger of the Transvaal secretly boarded the Gelderland cruiser. He plans to land first at Marseilles then travel to Brussels via Paris, with Paris reports denying any French landing ban. England offers no hindrance, while Kruger fears local Boer attacks if he stays.
A Berlin special edition notes Emperor William grants Prince von Hohenlohe relief from the chancellorship. The monarch will honor him with the Order of the Black Eagle and a diamond set. Count von Buelow to become Chancellor, President of the Prussian Ministry and Foreign Minister.
Major Peterson chief Commissary of Cuba dies of yellow fever. His wife Mrs Peterson, who arrived from Cincinnati to nurse him, shoots herself an hour after his death and dies instantly. Peterson held captain rank in the Commissary Department and was a West Point graduate from North Carolina.
Eighteen years after Dittrich, a railway official, lay in a cataleptic state, his wife shot him and then hanged herself. Physicians failed to explain the mystery before the tragedy.
Dr. Conda Beck of Waymansville Indiana shot and killed William Barton after Barton objected to Beck's relationship with his daughter. Two years earlier Beck killed Grace Cohee for refusing marriage. he was acquitted. Beck is at large as authorities pursue him.
Three masked men dynamited the Farmers Bank safe in Nevada Missouri. Constable Maron fired to alarm citizens but was killed. Sheriff Ewing led a posse with bloodhounds in pursuit. robbers are said to have secured about $3000.
Orange Judd Farmer reports at harvest end the US potato crop stands about 239000000 bushels, nearly 5 million less than last year. It covers 2897000 acres with an average yield of 83 bushels per acre, up from 82 in 1899.
A mob of white men removed the imprisoned Millery Dodson from jail and hanged him at Baton Rouge Junction Louisiana after he wounded Conductor William Jordan. The incident reflects mob violence outside the official legal process.
The transport Sherman has arrived in San Francisco from Manila with 00 sick and invalided soldiers aboard. Nine men died en route during the voyage.
Irene Meyers performs the week of October 22 at the Fort Wayne Masonic Temple. On October 29 the program features Veins of Tennessee presented to local audiences.
The Census Bureau reports Arizona's population at 122,212, up 2,592 from prior totals. The surge reflects 28,623 additional people counted on Indian reservations not previously enumerated.
Former Governor W P Dillingham won election to the United States Senate by the Vermont Legislature on the third ballot. Republican candidate C A Sprouty withdrew leaving four contenders.
James Gordon Bennett returns to New York after three years in Europe. Panama Canal officials state the canal will be built. A severed body is found in Lynn Massachusetts. A mine workers convention resolves a major strike. New Haven mill workers strike over wage cuts. A deadly fire destroys a tenement on Hester Street New York. Thomas N. Lane, son-in-law of Senator-elect Blackburn, dies by suicide in Washington. The Holland submarine is commissioned and headed to Annapolis. William Ziegler plans polar expedition. The Clark estate dispute seeks Imlay Clark’s fortune. A New York storm causes deaths and injuries. A Kearney New Jersey building collapse kills three. A Grace Church incident in New York leads to arrest. A Cambra Pennsylvania postmaster shoots burglars. A grade crossing crash near Newcastle kills three. In Holyoke a lamp explosion burns four children. Katz Brothers notes Rogers Locomotive Works sale. The Dahlgren torpedo boat sits stranded, Craven damaged in a collision.
Reports include Daniel Sawtelle killed by a Lake Shore train near Conneaut and J Brett & Co filing insolvency with liabilities 302883 and assets 218663. Andrew Christy Brown elected North Dakota missionary. Wooster suspends 48 students and expels 1 over a night parade. Other items note a Wells Fargo agent’s Mexico disappearance with 18000, Herrick Texas fire, Gates Mills cars lost in a $100000 blaze, a Mitchell County marriage linked to McKinley support, Chicago pneumatic tube service yet to come, Elyria fatal train crash, Pawnee deputy marshal Taylor killed, Burton Brothers store fire in Sullivan, Dawes Commission Cherokee enrollment totals, and a Ark Sells family tragedy.
A wide range of incidents are reported including a dynamite explosion linked to a neighborly homestead dispute in Phillipsburg Montana, a murder by shotgun in the same state, and a ballot mishap in Douglas County Kansas. Also noted are a train wreck near St Marys Ohio, a flying machine factory cornerstone laid at Freedom labor colony, and a rash of international and regional criminal and political events.
Ex Postmaster General William L. Wilson dies in Lexington Virginia. Car and factory labor strife erupts at Huntington West Virginia over a one dollar car wage. Evangelist Sam Jones advised rest to regain health in Atlanta Georgia. Florida orange crop projected at one million boxes with extra yield in Manatee Hillsboro and DeSoto counties. R I Wallace of Columbia District of Columbia reports pigs unearthed buried British treasure from the Revolution era. Governor Beckham of Kentucky approves election bill to take effect immediately, tightening penalties and voter safeguards. Mayor Henry Corbett of Pearson Georgia attempts suicide. wife disarms him after a struggle.
Steamer Amur brings news of a severe quake near Skaguay with no damage. Also reported: Winnipeg man George Duplas dies by accidental self shot witnessed by his wife at 35. Olympian games set for 1901 in Buffalo under Amateur Athletic Union.
Two civil engineers claim they originated the scheme Yerkes proposes for the London underground road. The Times says Sir Alfred Milner may govern former South African republics. The Highland Prince carried bubonic plague to Montevideo with deaths among crew. A Shanghai dispatch follows.
Chicago cattle range 3.00 to 5.75 in prime grades. hogs 3.00 to 4.90. sheep 3.00 to 4.25. Across cities including Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, and New York, cattle 2.50 to 5.80. hogs 3.00 to 5.50. sheep 3.00 to 4.50. wheat No 2 varied 58c to 78c. corn 37c to 46c. oats 20c to 28c. rye 49c to 58c. Prices listed for butter 19c to 22c and eggs 19c to 21c.
The piece notes unprecedented sums placed on the election with Wall Street wagering a million dollars and two million entering stakeholders in New York as part of the wagers.
Gen William L Wilson ex Postmaster General died suddenly in Lexington Virginia at age 76. Army veteran lawyer educator and longtime congressman he authored the tariff bill known as Wilson and served on the Ways and Means Committee during key tariff debates. He was a Confederate veteran and college educator before entering national politics.
Summary of data from the era shows eight months of 1899 import totals for raw materials at 200 million and manufactured exports at 304 million, with comparative figures for 1896. Navy and state department updates cover bounty funds, China arms import policy, Cuba and Porto Rico deployments, torpedo boat delays, and a Supreme Court hearing on Cuban postal funds embezzlement.
A sweeping Indiana roundup reports drownings, fatal animal incidents, and injuries. Drownings near Orion and a foiled farm accident near Muncie. Quail killers warned in Wabash County as teachers and workers suffer injuries. A city council considers sidewalk penalties in Elkhart. Busseron post office renamed Gebner amid state changes. Multiple postmaster appointments listed plus a fatal rabbit hunting accident near Tipton. Dream leads to gold recovered from Civil War era. acid attack injures a Dowling’s Opera House patron in Logansport. Municipal electric plant work advances in Richmond. a deadly fire nearly claims Eliza Croker in South Bend. Kokomo industry expansion strains housing as workers move in, and a Taylor Township death by teamhorses shocks Howard County. Probate action follows for Eliza Croker’s estate. various Indiana patents granted across the state.
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