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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1899
Page
2
Stagecoach Hold Up Near Napa Supplies Loot
A solitary highwayman stopped a California stage near Napa, confronting the driver with a shotgun. He forced eight passengers to the ground and took about 75 in cash along with watches and trinkets, leaving the US mail bag intact and seizing the Wells Fargo express box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canistoga
Lake Port
Napa
Cal
W Wells-Fargo & Co
United States
Fire in Brooklyn tenements kills woman and displaces families
A fire on Lantic Avenue Brooklyn caused by a lamp explosion left Mrs. Catherine Kennedy dead on the top floor and injured several others. The blaze destroyed three tenements forcing forty families from their homes with a total loss estimated at 75000 dollars as firefighters battled the flames and rescued residents by ladder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Kennedy
Lantic Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Effective Work by the Gunboat Paragua
Admiral Watson reports the Paragua under Davidson silencing insurgents at Bolenao in twenty minutes. The gunboat was struck many times but suffered no casualties and destroyed the Filipinos’ schooner during the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Naval Department
Paragua
Davidson
Bolenao
Paris dispatch claims Dreyfus pardon tradeoffs
A private Paris dispatch reports Generals Roget and Mercier offering to urge President Lonbet to pardon Captain Dreyfus if the Jewish committee drops the case and Dreyfus agrees to leave major French cities for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Paris
Roget
Mercier
Lonbet
Dreyfus
France
Tragic Fire Claims Child Mother in Cleveland Incident
In Cleveland Ohio Angeline Maskatine aged 15 started a fire with gasoline and was engulfed in flames. The mother died trying to rescue her. Both died soon after the accident. Father Joseph Maskatine was badly burned but is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Angeline Maskatine
Joseph Maskatine
President Commutes Soldier's Sentence in Philippines Case
An official order states the President saved Private McVeigh of the Wyoming Volunteers from execution in the Philippines. McVeigh, sentenced to be shot for striking a superior officer, is commuted to three years imprisonment and dishonorable discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McVeigh
Wyoming Volunteers
Philippines
Two Die in Railroad Collision at Baird Station
Two men were killed and two injured in a crash on the Pittsburgh Virginia and Charleston Railroad near Baird Station Pennsylvania between the pay train and a freight train. The accident was caused by a misunderstanding of orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston
Baird Station
Transport Tartar Released By Hong Kong Authorities
British authorities in Hong Kong release the transport Tartar. A Washington dispatch reports clearance allowed sails to-day, signed Metealf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Washington
Metealf
Population of Jews in United States Rises to 1,043,000
The American Jewish Year Book reports an estimated national Jewish population of 1,043,000. It lists state totals including New York 400,000 Illinois 95,000 Pennsylvania 95,000 Ohio 50,000 California 35,000 Maryland 85,000 and Missouri 35,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
California
Maryland
Missouri
Oceanic Arrives in New York After Maiden Voyage
The steamer Oceanic sails from Liverpool to New York on her maiden trip, described as the biggest ocean steamer afloat. No record was attempted to be broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceanic
New York
Liverpool
Trains Collide Near Oxford Iowa Killing Three
Two Rock Island freight trains collided near Oxford Iowa. Engineer T Quinn and Fireman A M Polson died along with two tramps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Oxford
Iowa
T. Quinn
A. M. Polson
Iowa Faces Coal Shortage Amid Labor Strikes
Iowa confronts a coal famine as mines fail to fill orders and railroads run short. The shortage stems from mine operators being unable to hire enough laborers to sustain production this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Train Hits Horses Ditches Cars Near Leipsic Ohio
A Lima Northern passenger train struck a herd of horses south of Leipsic, Ohio, causing the engine and baggage car to be ditched. The engineer and fireman were injured and scalded in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima Northern
Leipsic
Ohio
Notable Deaths and Industry Changes Across Cities
Cornelius Vanderbilt dies from stroke in New York as other prominent figures perish across the country including James J. Dailey in Philadelphia and Rear Admiral Henry Pickening in Boston. In Pittsburgh Cramp's yards resume after a strike with 150 workers not returning. Crown Point Iron Co plant bought by American Steel and Wire. Brockton cyclists set world records. Boston textile unions push toward federation with 12 leaders endorsing the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Buffalo
N. Y
John Collins
John Brewster
James J. Dailey
Philadelphia
The
Public Ledger
Henry I F. Picking
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston
Cramp
John Henry Chance
Chas. L. Russell
Louise Deitch
Philadelphia and Erie
Tiona
Gerlach
American Steel and Wire Company
Crown Point Iron Company
Crown Point
Port Henry
Brockton
Mass
John R. Dubois
Claude Hamilton
Lowell
Dubois
H. Clark
Denver
West side notes of Western League and city calamities
The Western League season wrapped with Indianapolis in first. Fire at Kinsman Canning plant in passioness Ohio causing $5,000 loss with $2,500 insurance. St Louis streetcar collision injures six including four others. Several deaths, bankruptcies, strikes, and accidents reported across multiple states as storms and fires cause damage and investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Kinsman Canning Company
Passioness Ohio
St. Louis
O. H. Sproul
Methodist Church
Aberdeen
Northville
D. D
Wellington C. Lewelyn
Clifford and
Griffiths
Denver
Colo
el Reno
O. T
Pelican
Chitwood Hollow
Trayer & Chandler
Chicago
Newark
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
G. Meyer Grocery Company of
United States District Court
Peter Bateman
Harquahala Desert
Arizona
Gullen’s Wells
Olive Street
Salt Lake
Heber J. Grant
Norrell
Simon Newcomb
Johns Hopkins University
New Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America
Williams Bay
Wis
University of California
Marion Conrad
Canton
America
Michigan
Prodigy
Grand Haven
Andrew MecNally
Altadena
Cal
Southern Pacific
Cochise Station
Wells, Fargo & Co
Wayne County
Lightning destroys farms. four men stunned and one killed
Reports say four men were present in one building destroyed by lightning. Clarence Rutt died. Across the country farmers lament losses as fires and accidents claim lives, including a death by his own hand in Virginia City and a fatal bicycle race mishap in Zanesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Rutt
Woodbury
Kansas City Live Stock Exchange
Commission
Dog-in-the-Pot
Virginia City
Mont
Dog-in
Ramona
Shelby Tube Works
Shelby
Ohio
Northwood
N. D
National Hotel
J. T. Kretzinger
Chicago
Hollenbeck Hotel
Los Angeles
Cal
Andrew Carnegie
Hatfield Leader Arrested and Other Rural Disasters
A broad, fragmented roundup notes Anse Hatfield’s arrest in the Kentucky feud, a non verdict for Henry Delegal in Darien Georgia, mine strikes at Ducktown Tennessee, zinc ore valued at 50 dollars a ton near Hot Springs Arkansas, the death of ex sheriff J W Coffey in Kentucky, a Louisville stove foundry fire with 250000 dollar loss, and the Tuskegee appointment of Mrs B K Bruce. It also reports three miners killed at Highland mines West Virginia from a powder explosion and a bridge collapse near Columbia South Carolina with cars and an engine into the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anse” Hatfield
Kentucky
Darien
Henry Delegal
Ducktown
Tenn
Hot Springs
Ark
J. W. Coffey
Russell County
Creelsboro
Louisville
Bridgeford & Co
Phoenix Canning Company
Samuel Reese
B. K. Bruce
Mississippi
United States
Bruce
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
Fred Hamilton
Clarence Hardesty
Eirza Powers
Highland Mines
Fairmount
W. Va
Columbia
5. C
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Road
Broad River
European Nations Weigh Boycott Over Paris Exposition
Dispatch from Kobe reports divers working to salvage the U S transport Morgan City as hopes rise for saving the vessel. Spanish financiers announce plans to build a modern railroad in Luzon linking Manila with major towns along the west coast to Lacag. The Siberian Railway is slated for reconstruction before completion per a State Department report from Mr Hagerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kobe
Japan
United States
Morgan City
Luzon
Manila
Lacag
Exigin
State Department
Hagerman
Alaska and distant events mix in late 1890s bulletin
Skaguay absorbs Dyea as Arctic reports arrive from Brigus and Fort Conger. Peary winter quarters noted. Windward brings polar star findings. Wall street style items include cotton crop totals, rail mergers rumors, and naval spending outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skaguay
Alaska
Dyea
Labrador
Brigus
N. I
Peary
Fort Conger
Richard H. Cunningham
Columbia University
United States
Shoup
Idaho
Senate Committee On Territories
Campbell
Lick Q Observatory
Wisconsin
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Commercial and Financial Chronicle
Chicago and Alton
Mexico
Frank Ives
Progreso
Adjt
William C. Liller
Spanish War Veterans
Helen M. Gould
Spanish War Veterans’ Association
Society
Admiral Sampson
New York
Norman H. Farquhar
Norfolk Navy Yard
Sydney
George Houston Reid
Bradstreet
Market snapshot of cattle hogs and grains across cities
Regional market report lists prices for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed quoted with varied No. 2 grades and range values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste. Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Talk on the trusts and the Chicago conference
Franklin H. Head opens the national conference on trusts at Central Music Hall Chicago with 35 states represented. A clash over the program committee leads to a private Governors appointed panel. Professors Jenks and Adams present two papers on problems before the conference as Thursday attendance grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin H. Head
Civic Federation of Chicago
National Conference On Trusts and Combinations
Central Music Hall
Chicago
Civic Federation
Howard S. Taylor
Akin
Illinois
Head
The
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Henry Carter Adams
Kruger in Full Regalia A Portrait of Oom Paul
The article portrays Paul Kruger President of the South African Republic as a unique figure admired by Bismarck. It describes his daily routine in Pretoria a morning audience at the porch and a disciplined lifestyle with coffee Bible reading and a wooder pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruger
Paul Kruger
South African
Paul
Bismarck
Pretoria
Notable Chicago Civic Federation meeting opens at Central Music Hall
Prominent delegates arrived during the night and were seated for the morning session of the national conference on combinations and trusts. The Civic Federation of Chicago reported great expectations met though several expected leaders were absent. The gathering of distinguished statesmen and orators will be remembered as a notable nineteenth century event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Conference On Combinations and Trusts
Civic Federation of Chicago
Central Music Hall
President McKinley Opens Philadelphia Exposition
President McKinley activated the National Exposition in Philadelphia by pressing an electric button from the White House. The public opening followed as the gates swung wide and the fair began amid praised construction and readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
White House
Philadelphia
President commutes soldier sentence after mutiny court martial
Private Thomas McVeigh of Company G First Wyoming volunteer infantry was found guilty of striking a superior officer at Imus in the Philippine Islands and sentenced to death. By presidential direction the sentence is commuted to dishonorable discharge and three years hard labor at Alcatraz Island Cal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Thomas McVeigh
Company G
First
Wyoming Volunteer Infantry
Imus
Philippine Islands
Alcatraaz Island
Cal
Four Wives Claim Fortun e of Alaska Heiress
Four wives contest the estate of William H. Sutton who died in the Forty Mile district Alaska leaving a fortune reportedly worth half a million. Mrs Halma Sutton Mrs Johannah Sutton and Mrs Donna Bruce Sutton are in Chicago with Halma sending the description from the alleged rightful wife. Halma Sutton resides at Anoka Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Sutton
Forty-Mile
Alaska
Chicago
Halma Sutton
Johannah Sutton
Donna Bruce Sutton
Unnamed Hero Faces Trials From Youth to Adversity
The narrative praises a man of extreme physical strength who endures hardship without complaint. It recalls legends of saving his sister from a panther by strangling it and subduing a buffalo by holding its head under water until it drowned. It notes he twice amputated his own finger after accidents.
Tartar Released After British Clearance Granted
British authorities release the transport Tartar after clearance papers are allowed following a suggestion from the British foreign office to avoid interfering with American transports. The War Department was notified of the detention in Hong Kong, while U S officials dispute British jurisdiction and note remodeling increased capacity by 50 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Foreign Office
War Department
Otis
Hoong Kong
United States Army
Victoria
United States
Washington
Great Britain
Choate
Odds and Ends from Early 1900s News
Mail carriers to meet in Detroit in 1900. Tramps wreck freight at Corry Pennsylvania. Mace Johnson of Monroe City Missouri marks his 127th birthday. Chicago Board of Education will teach Spanish in three high schools. John Conn of Alliance Ohio was jilted by Blanche Tilson and injured himself with a bailey to his cranium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Iowa City
Cincinnati Fire Department
Monroe Dent
Thomas Bland
Harry Heinsheimer
James D. Mcferran
David Talbert
Shelbyville
Ind
Talbert
William R. Morrison
Nickel Plate
Mary Schwarz
Morrison
Corry
Mace Johnson
Monroe City
Chicago Board of Education
John Conn
Alliance
Ohio
Blanche Tilson
Bailey
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Ineo
Western
St. Petersburg
Copenhagen
Denmark
Christian
Russia
Greece
Princess of Wales
Helsingborg
Sweden
A. G. Nathorst
Skaw
Jutland
Greenland
Prof
Andree
Southern
Market Reports
Transport Tartar
Ame Anz
Tigloue
Chicago Tribune
President
Soldier
Odds and
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