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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1899
Page
2
The War Department reports Gen Otis and Gen MacArthur forces captured Malolos, the Filipino capital, after stiff resistance. MacArthur’s division seized the city at 1:36 Friday, enemies retreated amid destruction as rebels burned the town. Aguinaldo and his forces fled north.
Big Gates Soper was hanged at Harrisonville after refusing spiritual counsel. He fell seven feet, breaking a teen. Forty witnesses observed the execution. Soper slept, awoke ready, waived the death warrant reading, and declared all ready. The crime was the murder of his wife and two daughters aged 4 and 0.
A passenger train with about thirty travelers and crew encountered a disaster near Caruthersville Missouri after stopping to take on additional people bound for Memphis. The number of onboard individuals and the exact cause remain unavailable though many aboard were injured or killed.
The New Lore Evening World claims PWolliam K Watercruilt duplicated a wedding present for his daughter Don Realo, Duchess of Martburn, to his son Willan K Vanderbolt via dm Securities. It alleges a value around SPouodd and that young Willan was lured by his father. Miss Virginia Fair, the bride-to-be, reportedly has $5,000,000 of her own.
An elderly relative witnessed three men break into Mrs. Jane Willis residence at Vanpire. They beat Mrs Willis about the head and cut her son, causing severe facial injuries. Neighbors arrived. robbers fled but were chased. Police report Mrs Willis had about 16 cents in cash.
Fragmentary report notes Wednesday events with pet questing and scattered postponements. It cites the Vtresident’s absence and a cabinet convening, indicating no pressing need for further troops in the Philippines and a reduced likelihood of volunteers.
Articles of incorporation reveal an authorized capital and broad scope. The United Fruit Company is organized as a general mercantile business with merchants producers and farmers engaged in manufacturing dealing in produce merchandise and property of all kinds.
Secretary of State Kay met with President McKinley to discuss the Samoan crisis. He stated that the German British and American governments were in full accord and would work to restore order in the troubled islands.
In Richmond Indiana a St Louis fast mail crashed into a freight train in the yards. Telegraph operator William Dunn in the caboose was killed. Passengers were frightened but no injuries reported.
In Somerset Kentucky W N Burdine placed a pun in a crenary to discharge a gun when the door opened His eldest son forgot and opened the door firing the weapon and killing him the incident stems from a burglary attempt gone wrong.
Charles Cullen died when a derrick fell from a building in Chicago. Two others were injured in the incident.
William Waldorf Astor, owner of the Pall Mall Gazette, arrived in New York aboard the White Star liner Majestic. In response to customs officers questions he described himself as a foreigner and a subject of Great Britain.
A disastrous cyclone struck Madi gan crossroads near New Decatur Alabama destroying two houses and considerable timber. Ed Dailey was blown into a tree top and fatally injured. record notes the wreck and personal tragedy with restrained wording.
R G Dun and Co weekly trade summary reports expansive activity across nearly all lines. Despite stock market swings and big new capitalizations, production and demand remain strong, with iron and steel prices mixed and electrical and minor metals showing weakness amid London speculation. Failures total 200 in the US and 24 in Canada versus last year.
Abram Moses of Natchez, a large cotton broker and banker and president of the street railway and electric light companies, died in Cincinnati Jewish Hospital from a self inflicted pistol wound after escaping custody from the hospital and again leaping from a suspension bridge into the river. He had arrived in Cincinnati weeks earlier in a deranged state and previously escaped the hospital and bridge incident.
O L Sypher of Newport is suspected of leaping from the Goodriel steamer Atlanta between Milwaukee and Chicago. A morning hat with farewell letters to his wife and mother aunt Chet O Landers Newport postmaster was found aboard. Officers recall no sight of the man, but believe he ended his life in the lake.
James Galligan admitted he caused Jockey John Epperson's death from a neck knife wound at a saloon opposite the race track in Oakland California. A coroner's jury returned that Epperson died from a knife wound inflicted by an unknown person. Galligan has been charged with murder in a complaint sworn by the saloon proprietors.
American readers are urged to aid millions in China after Yellow River floods. Consul Fowler reports 2 million people are starving as crops failed and seed for next spring is gone. Local contributions include cash and corn, but relief is desperately needed.
A dispute between councils and the Trades' Union near St Louis sparked tensions at the new city hall project. A walking delegate, Charles Palmer, prompted a union resolution denouncing Basque and threatening a strike. Contractors, about twenty five men, laid off all workers until they accepted the contractors' decision. All workers on the city hall project were affected.
A blaze at the Japanning department of the Dangler Stove and Manufacturing plant in Cleveland destroyed the structure. The Cleveland Machine Screw Company plant also burned. A falling wall at the screw works buried Lieut. Roth of company No. 7. his body was recovered later that day.
A five story brick structure housing the Ar mour Curled Hair and Felt Company in Chicago was consumed by a major fire destroying all contents. Estimated loss reaches 250000 dollars. Many employees narrowly escaped death.
Albert Griffith nicknamed Young Griffo, the famed boxer, has been sent to a Jefferson, TL insane asylum with little hope of recovery after extensive liquor abuse destroyed his mind.
In Port Arthur Texas seven miles of ship canal linking Sabine Lake with the Gulf of Mexico were formally opened at a ceremony attended by about 5000 people. The event marked a major enhancement to port facilities and regional commerce.
Reportedly a fierce engagement northeast of Caloucan left American forces with about 100 dead or wounded, while rebels suffered around 50. Aguinaldo’s troops were routed, and natives are said to be driven out in the clash.
At the Methodists mission conference in Cameron Missouri pledges totaled ST2,000 for the endowment of the American University and $22,000 for the Missouri Wesleyan College at Cameron.
Five Sandusky fishermen H C Passon and his three sons James John and Charles with Louis Roberts venturing from Sandusky Ohio went out to net fish in a small sail boat. A fierce Lake Erie storm drove them among crushing ice floes for nearly twenty hours. Two men reached Marblehead life saving station in a rowboat and the others were ashore at Cedar Point exhausted and near death before the tug Silver Spray arrived to rescue the remaining crew members.
Indians of St. Regis and Cornwall Island reserves in Ontario refuse two years of government election regulation for chiefs. They aim to restore the old system of life chiefs chosen by twelve men. An August election was blocked and a recent attempt led to clashes as Indian Agent Long, Inspector Hogan, and Officer Chamberlain were barred. Long was detained, others fled.
Otis Hurley, imprisoned at the Columbus Ohio penitentiary for a prior assault on Miss Daisy Sprague, cut his way from solitary confinement using a steel saw and hid atop a safe in the office where she works as bookkeeper. He carried a stiletto fashioned from scissors as authorities recapture him. he is serving twelve years for the earlier attempt.
Charles Hendrickson, leading a gang of thieves fleeing Franklin County, faced Sheriff Rains and a posse eight miles north of Dexter, Missouri. About 100 shots rang out. Hendrickson died from a wound to the head, and his daughter was fatally wounded in the left breast. Two gang members were captured, five escaped. The fugitives had been charged with multiple robberies.
Five masked men entered the Carbon dale Traction Company's exp barns at Mayfield, Pas and sandbagged Engineer Patrick Dempsey. Fireman Frank Cog gins and Watchman William Brokenshire were rendered unconscious. They rifled the office and carried away the day’s receipts, estimated at upward of 81,000. One robber was killed afterward.
Wire starred in the Northern Hotelsat Buffalo but was under control in twenty injuries. About a dozen persons in the building were rescued without serious injury. Several were slightly hurt by jumping. The loss will not exceed 400 dollars.
In Edgefield South Carolina four white factory workers attacked two Black men named John Webb and Willy Poney and a Black youth about 15, leaving Webb and Poney fatally hurt. Two other companions were seriously wounded and two accused in the cases are likely under 15 years old.
In Cincinnati Richard A. Roberts, a hairroom porter, stabbed Charles Prietsch, a mechanical draughtsman, during a dispute over dice, causing instant death. The crime stemmed from a dice game disagreement.
An express car on the Santa Fe road bound east caught fire near Ludlow California. The car carried race horses owned by Dan Ilonig and Barney Schreiber. Seven horses perished in the blaze while five were saved.
A gasoline launch exploded at the Folsom street wharf in San Francisco. George Nelson, the sole occupant, suffered facial burns and lost both eyebrows but survived. The craft was completely wrecked.
Mrs Stanford of San Francisco has sold her Central Pacific Railroad stock for 1 504 000 dollars to Speyer and Co bankers in New York and London. The sale funds the settlement of the Central Pacific debt to the Government as part of a large financial move.
The Pacific worsted and cotton mills in Lawrence Mass restore wages effective now, affecting about six thousand employees. The raise is understood to be around ten percent across the plant.
Bishop James Duggan, long head of the Chicago diocese, died at St Vincent's Insane Asylum near St Louis after a period of ill health. His passing ends a noted era in church leadership.
Ralph Hoyt of North Fairfield Ohio traced and captured three heavily armed burglars who had robbed the North Fairfield post office and a store. He followed rubber boot prints to a barn four and a half miles from town and woke the trio, who surrendered after he calmly demanded they come along. Hoyt will receive 60 reward.
Consul Gowdy in Paris reports to the State Department that M. Ducretet, noted telegraph inventor, says messages can be transmitted through space about thirteen miles without wire. Messages are sent and received by 99 foot high masts at each end. Automatic registration of a message, a major obstacle, has been overcome.
The Post Office Department has completed a general reorganization of through mail facilities and new schedules go into effect immediately. About 16,870 miles of road are affected, yielding substantial time savings in mail transit nationwide. The Chicago to New York route now saves one hour and fifteen minutes.
In Youngstown Ohio Henry SK Wick files a court petition against the estate of his sister Laura E Wick seeking 200000. He states he advanced her sums during her lifetime with the understanding she would repay in her will, a condition she did not fulfill.
William Scott a 50 year old corn merchant from Liverpool England died by his own hand on board the steamer Umbria en route to this country. He was found in his stateroom with his throat cut and the injury inflicted with a broken bottle.
Robert J. Burdette and Mrs. Clara B. Laker were married in Pasadena California and will reside there where Burdette will serve as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. In North Dakota James W. Cole was executed in Bismarck for the Dec 12 killing of Sophronia Ford, marking the state's second legal hanging.
A Burlington passenger train from Kansas City derailed at East Leavenworth Kansas due to spreading rails. Reverend John Watson Ian Maclren who was aboard escaped unharmed.
At Topeka Kansas John Henry Collins was sentenced to death for the murder of his father. He remained placid, consistent with his prior conduct throughout the proceedings.
In Hoytsville Ohio G H Westen haven of North Baltimore and Clarence Wittenmier of Hosytsville were shot dead. Paul and John Zeltner are in custody.
Lightning struck J J Howerton's barn at Oakville IKiy killing Robert Penod and injuring Mr Howerton. Four persons die in a Memphis fire. Sedalia MO residence of Percy Harker burned. Toss 343000
A historical market summary lists Chicago cattle prices from common to prime 3.00 to 6.00, hogs 3.00 to 4.00, sheep 3.00 to 5.00, and assorted grain quotes for No 2 red wheat, corn, oats, rye, plus butter and eggs. Other markets include Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York with varied cattle hog and sheep ranges and grain futures.
Reported from Auckland detail a night attack by Mataafa followers in Samoa. British sailors three and an American sentry killed as Darpusie and Philadelphia shelled natives. Chief Justice Chambers ruled Malietua king elect. Mataafa-backed faction challenged, German consul aiding. Tensions rise among Britain United States and Germany over protectorate affairs.
On the flagship Philadelphia the consuls and senior naval officers resolved to dismiss the provisional government. Mataafa evacuated Mulinnu after Mataafans faced a proclamation. Tierr Rose backed the provisional government provoking a Mataafan assembly. Royalist brought Malietoan prisoners while 2000 sought refuge in Mulinunu. German rep at Santowt refused to abide, worsening international tensions.
Colonial authorities seized numerous houses of British subjects in Matania and issued an ultimatum for evacuation by March 15. When ignored, American and British warships Gazed distant villages as dense forests concealed targets. Fire damaged shore villages and a shell wounded near the American consulate, narrowly missing marines. German consulate evacuated in alarm.
The steamer Rowena Lee sank off Tyler Missouri on the Mississippi River Wednesday afternoon, with between fifty and sixty aboard. Three people drowned, including an under officer, as the vessel hit a hidden obstruction while landing near Tyler, causing it to break in two and go to a total loss.
Statement by enrolling clerk B S Platt details the last Congress work. Of 18 463 introduced bills and joint resolutions, 1 457 became law. House produced 942 laws and Senate 615. Only two direct votes occurred, plus four pocket vetoes. Senate passed 1 173 of its own bills. House acted favorably on 517. More bills were introduced than ever. Wisconsin exports cattle to Japan.
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