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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1898
Page
2
A compact roundup of notable incidents from across regions including crimes accidents and fires. Names places and organizations appear among the brief summaries of events and happenings from the period.
Distinguished London figures Jo Chamberlain and Mrs Chamberlain sailed to London on the steamship Ajestic from New York. They requested privacy, but were greeted by numerous well wishers aboard after boarding unnoticed. The visit, lasting several weeks, was described as a family trip.
Admits orders from the President direct Admiral Cervera and his officers and men to proceed to Spain immediately. The officers show enthusiasm and will return without parole. Capt. Eulate has departed for New York.
Report states two children played near Bluffton Ohio and set a straw stack ablaze. An eight year old, son of Thomas Carr, crawled inside to hide and died as flames consumed the stack. The boy suffered severe burns with limbs burned away leaving a charred trunk.
General Lawton reports Cuban leaders Cebreco Lacret and Perez ordered by Geu mez to place themselves under Lawton's command to speed disbanding Cuban forces. He plans to appoint Niban officers to key civil government posts in Santiago de Cuba Province.
In Savannah a Navy accident claims Lieut. Morgan of the United States Engineer Corps and six regular sailors. Morgan and his men perished when a yawl capsized during a rescue attempt for sailors aboard a bark. Morgan was a Georgian.
The fast New York and Chicago passenger train on the New York Ontario and Western was wrecked by an open switch at Oswego. Engineer Dowd and Fireman Rowe were killed. The express messenger baggage man and many passengers were injured. A later attempt to wreck a west bound train on the Erie and age line in Lima Ohio used a heavy chain to block the tracks. the freight train stopped the obstruction before damage.
The Navy Department will soon deliver the four ships chartered from the International Navigation Company formerly known as New York Paris St Louis and St Att to restore them to air sea conditions for Navy use.
In Buyukdere on the Bosphorus the suburb and village were hit by a blaze that burned 200 buildings. The upper silane sedas and summer homes of ambassadors were affected.
Reports from Germany indicate a favorable stance toward universal disarmament though Paris is said to oppose. The labor riots at Mallory docks in California are noted with a man killed and his wife found dead, prompting investigations.
A Boston and Maine Railroad train struck a buckboard at Whiting’s crossing in Ware Massachusetts killing five members of a pleasure party and seriously injuring three others.
At Sandusky Ohio Nicholas Mott died cleaning a well. William Head of Pine Creek Illinois shot himself in San Francisco. Ex governor Claude Matthews of Indiana dies in Crawfordsville. An explosion in Minneapolis injured six. Nebraska district 2 named Gilbert Hitch cock for Congress. Fostoria Stone and Time Co assets eclipsed by debt. Multiple drownings reported in Ontario and Minnesota. Firecracker plant blast in Minneapolis area. bank fraud and misdeeds tied to Todd case. Ship Superior wreck near Gull Island after leaking in Lake Michigan. crew rescued by City of Charlevoix.
Reports from Norfolk Virginia note John Anderson spared execution until late October for murders aboard the Olive Packer. In Tennessee Ben Johnson killed Deputy Nathaniel Cloud during arrest efforts at Middlesboro while John Cadle was slain and Charles Burch suspected. Other items include Congressman J W Bailey renominated in Texas, Parker Terrill plantation destruction in Justin Texas with infant fatality, Missouri volunteers killed or missing after a train wreck near Birmingham, and extensive fire damage to Nashville area factories including Phillips Buttorff and the American National Bank with losses around $500000. A train wreck near Birmingham killed two and injured many as the 60th New York regiment moved west. Colonel Edward Dusty was aboard.
Obscure dispatches report Malictoa-Lapupepa of Samoa dying from typhoid fever and Prince Chica of Roumania proposing marriage to Princess Chimay formerly Clara Ward. Queen Wilhelmina’s regency proclamation places rule in her daughter. Reports cite improved Chile Argentina border relations and a plague death toll of 2300 in Bombay presidency. A collapse in Italy kills eighteen after a thunderstorm drives peasants to seek shelter. British fleet reinforcement at Wei-Hai Wei referenced amid China policy tensions.
Walter and crew of his expedition reach Tromsoe after landing near Cape Tegathoff on Hall's Island. The search for balloonist Anree proves futile. Leo XIII reportedly amasses 20 million dollars in gifts. The Pope allegedly receives a 4 million dollar diamond from President Kruger.
The bark Guardian wrecked on Tigaldo Island after foggy seas in the Bering Sea. Captain Eagles and crew escaped in lifeboats, reaching Unalaska with no deaths. Laurada reported 200 passengers, many gamblers, and an estimated $150,000 in money aboard.
The article notes disease caused far fewer deaths per Union force in the Civil War than in recent campaigns. It cites 11 percent mortality (313,000) with 93,448 killed or died of wounds and 186,216 from disease. Hospital data list 6,049,648 treated, with deaths from gunshot wounds, fever, diarrhea, and other causes. It critiques Congress and War Department for mismanagement and suggests reforms. Admiral Schley’s memory and plans for a War Department inquiry are also discussed.
The report shows cattle and hogs ranges in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and more. Prices cover cattle 2.50 to 5.75, hogs 3.00 to 4.50, sheep 2.50 to 4.50, wheat 64c to 70c, corn 29c to 31c, oats 19c to 25c, rye 42c to 46c, and related commodities such as butter eggs and potatoes with varying regional quotes.
A compilation of newspaper quotations remarks on postwar celebrations and imagined positions for naval leaders. The clippings reference Dewey Sampson Schley and Admiral Schley as potential ambassadors, with various cities evaluating receptions and roles for veterans and leaders.
Information from Chambers of Commerce shows wheat supply at a low ebb with under 6 million bushels in public elevators, concentrated in Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago. Farmers hold back, seeking better prices, while foreign demand wanes and exports climb, signaling a potential market corner.
The steamer Roanoke docks in Seattle with eighty four million in gold eight tons valued at about four million. Half belongs to the North American Transportation and Trading Company and Dawson trading post treasure. six hundred thousand sent to the local assay office from the Dawson Canadian Bank of Commerce. Police guard the ship while passengers, mostly wealthy, are searched for a missing twenty five thousand in gold dust. Separately Brooklyn residents Mr and Mrs Wilson face court action after leaving three children alone sparking a rescue by the Children’s Society.
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