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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1900
Page
6
A compact roundup detailing notable crimes accidents and fires from across regions along with minor town affairs. Highlights include reported incidents, responses, and ongoing investigations where available.
Lansing special: Arthur F Marsh former Inspector General of the Michigan National Guard convicted of conspiring with associates to defraud the state. The case involved $45,000 in military clothing and equipment allegedly sold for $10, and shipped to Chicago then to a military supply concern before being repurchased by the State Military Board for about $40,000.
After a cabinet meeting, authorities say no new war revenue or tariff legislation will be considered this session. The President has consulted lawmakers in both chambers and the plan is to pass the already mapped program and adjourn before the Republican National Convention.
The blaze gutted a busine property injuring HH. Marion Hiswins, owner of the village hotel. A soda fountain tube filled with gas exploded, sending flying debris and injuring him and others. He survived, though he led three hours later.
A passenger train of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad wrecked near Channing Texas. Several fatalities reported among passengers and crew including a Wells-Fargo express messenger and Mr Chapman. Fireman and express messenger severely burned in the crash and fire.
Dr J W Hathaway announced from the Newark Conference that President McKinley told him U S buildings at the Paris Exposition would be closed on Sundays. The notice was shared at the MoE Church of New Jersey session.
A Washington dispatch to the World reports Admiral Dewey has, after mature reflection and earnest entreaties nationwide, decided not to pursue the presidency under any circumstances.
Fire ruyed the Spies building, the largest a Menominee. Mich. The Juss on building is $50.0KH: insurance, $12, 900. No estimates are obtainable on the losses sustained by firms occupying the block, but it is believed the total losses will reach up.
Mr. Charles M. Pepper has declined the post of Secretary to the Philippine Commission. He was away in Porto Rico when the offer was made and declined was communicated on another earlier opportunity.
Charles Sehheltbacher discovered a copper kettle while digging his garden in Quincy Alabama containing $2000 in coins. It is believed the money was buried for his mother who recently died. She left $23000 in cash but did not trust it to banks.
The jury finds Olga Nethersole and co defendants not guilty of maintaining a nuisance by performing the play Sapho in New York. The verdict concludes the controversial trial detailing the performance and charges.
At Trenton New Jersey the Inter oceanic Canal Company is incorporated with a capital of one hundred million dollars to construct the Nicaraguan Canal.
Russia stores grain at Port Arthur and buys supplies in China at war panic prices as both nations continue ominous war preparations, signaling heightened tensions and potential escalation in the region.
General Bates occupies Surigao Cagayan Iligan and Nusamis in northern Mindanao with navy support. Army units secure the area and capture 215 rifles and several cannons.
Robbers riled the Santa Fe depot at Winfield Kansas shot and killed D C Coates the night operator in escaping They secured only a few cents The killing was evidently committed to prevent identification.
Manila’s health department census shows a death rate over 40 percent with 6,205 deaths in six months. The count lists 300,000 to 360,000 inhabitants including natives Chinese and clergy. smallpox leprosy and bubonic plague are reported as major concerns across Luzon and Manila.
The Rock Island completes a Sea Qun passenger station at Peoria while lines report rising tolls and new routes. Union Pacific touts eight-hour Cheyenne to Omaha time. Clover Leaf sells for 12.2 million to Thirushor & Peyton. After June 1 Chicago to St. Louis trains shift via Springfield. Great Northern plans a 36 mile ore cut-off to Lake Superior. Michigan Central and Lake Shore lead eastbound shipper totals from Chicago. Wabash abandons Western Passenger Association party-rate rules. Santa Fe eight months to Feb 28 earnings reach 30.72 million, up 3.45 million. Rock Island fiscal year closes as most prosperous. Seattle association to abolish party rates after April 30. Richmond files incorporate Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie Railway. Chicago and Eastern Illinois forms traffic alliance with Mobile and Ohio. Union town Waynesburg West Virginia road contracts soon let. Surveys block attempts by Pennsylvania and B&O. Proposed North Western and Kansas City Southern link via Des Moines and Winters et al route. Burlington wins Omaha Kansas City differential case gaining 0.5 dollar advantage for packing house products. Analysts view American raids in Mexico as prelude to Pan American exposition traffic.
The Great Auditorium in Kansas City, planned to host the Democratic national convention, burned after 1 PM. The roof collapsed minutes later. Nearby Second Presbyterian Church and surrounding flats were damaged. The hall, worth about a quarter million, is insured. $10,000 already raised to rebuild. Officials say it will be rebuilt in time for the July 4 convention opening.
Queen Victoria set foot on Irish soil in Dublin after nearly four decades. The city wore lavish decorations from Kings Town to Leeson Street Bridge with arches, flags, flowers, and gold welcome messages. Thousands lined the route as Lord Lieutenant Earl Cadogan, the Duke of Connaught, and Dublin's Lord Mayor Talton greeted the monarch.
London dispatches report Col Broadwood with about 1400 men overwhelmed by Boers eight to ten to one. Infantry and Gen French’s cavalry arrived to prevent total annihilation. Boers used an ambush in a donga while Roberts and Alderstone’s brigades slowed a pursuing force of about 7000 before Ninth division from Bloemfontein checked them.
The Weather Bureau reports April 1 crop conditions. East of the Mississippi generally backward and unfavorable for farm work with heavy snows in the north and Gulf states experiencing excessive rains. Pacific slope and Rockies show favorable conditions. Wisconsin Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maryland report continued unfavorable winter wheat conditions.
The Queen rode to Dublin in full dress with a Life Guards escort. A platform at Leeson Street bridge hosted the ceremony presenting Victoria with Dublin’s keys on a cushion from her prior visit.
At Brussels station du Nord on Wednesday two shots were fired at the Prince of Wales as he and Princess descended from a train. The would be assassin was seized and arrested after the shots missed the royal party. The couple were en route to Denmark.
Captain Chadwick who commanded the New York in the Spanish War files a claim for prize money for five captured vessels. Attorney C. E. George of Chicago is accused of fraud taking $5,000 from McCormicks as purported heirs to a fortune. The British steamer Pawnee arrives from the Mediterranean via Bermuda and is detained at quarantine due to three smallpox cases aboard.
The Carlisle Indian school now has 162 pupils with 112 entering the Catholic Church. The British Foreign Bible Society aims to provide Dutch Bibles to Boer prisoners within weeks. Cardinal Vaughan received a papal dispensation to skip 38 of 40 days of Lent due to influenza. A paper church in Bergen Norway seats over 1,000. Rev Francis Edward Carter becomes dean of Grahamstown. Dover Pennsylvania forms a shirt factory from a church social hall with 5 percent wages directed to church work.
The Senate agreed to the conference report on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill and debated Porto Rico tariffs with 13 yeas to 32 nays on coffee duties and 16 to 33 on port tariff provisions. The House passed the army appropriation bill with a soldiers homes provision and addressed a War Department spending critique. Vincent Boering’s seat in Kentucky was confirmed amid a contentious House debate on Kentucky election law.
The article reports the postal system extending to 307 cities, Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary seeking 300000 dollars for improvements by convict labor, a French note claiming America can supply insular possessions with 10000000 dollars of products annually, and Mexican scientists choosing the maguey plant as the future fiber source for U.S. bagging, with the Agricultural Department investigating.
The Senate approved the Porto Rico bill by 40 to 31 with three roll calls on amendments. Republicans split, with Davis and Nelson of Minnesota among the dissenters and Hoar absent. Beveridge shifted from opposing amendments to supporting final passage, finalizing a 40 to 31 vote.
Maj. Simon Peter Gross of Lexington plans an American restaurant at the Paris exposition with cornbread as the feature dish. He will supervise a kitchen staffed by Black waiters and cooks and promote the Blue Grass dinner, aiming to boost corn demand and profit for middle Western growers.
World correspondent reports Admiral Dewey at his home Tuesday saying he may seek the presidency after study and public entreaties. He notes the role’s duties are mainly to execute laws and avoids naming a party. He would be willing to serve if the American people want him.
Thirty thousand miners in the Pittsburg coal district struck against the new wage scale. The walkout stems from general discontent over scale changes by the two coal trusts and the miners’ wage committee. River coal trusts Monongahela and Pittsburgh companies are halted by the stoppage, yet the miners threaten further scale revisions.
Reported wrecks injure five people in Cave City Kentucky and injure many horses in Charlotte North Carolina. El Paso County Colorado court grants Susie Goff divorce in twenty minutes after case call. Bubonic plague is caused by microbes too small to see with the naked eye, millions needed to cover a square inch.
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