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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
2
Miss Stone arrives in New York after escape from brigands who abducted her to ransom. She cites captors planned to force a marriage and kept her under guard. She will visit her elderly mother in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to recover from the ordeal.
Jehan Healy, a Tarvard student and Cincinnati attorney's son who vanished seven years ago, has reappeared in California with his mother and sister at Coromadea. He traveled from the Orient after working as a stoker on a government transport to San Francisco, then to Ceronaco by the U S pay office, reuniting with his family.
Dispatch from Brussels reports troops placed on alert after riots. Militia wear anti government colors and march singing Carmagnate and Marseillaise. District Sremaetrra sees excitement, militiamen jailed for insubordination, regulars confined, and bat cartridges issued to troops.
Charles Lewis of Berlin Ottawa County Michigan, plaintiff in a £50,000 damage suit against the Modern Woodmen society for injuries from an initiation that led to amputation, has been removed to his home in a dying condition after a hospital stay. If he dies, his heirs will pursue the case.
Robert J. Wynne of the New York Press has accepted the post. The nomination may go to the Senate promptly after the President returns from Charleston. The change would take effect May 1 or earlier as W M Johnson retires.
The Rev. Granville Lowther will appeal a Methodist Episcopal conference ruling in Arkansas City Kansas after a trial committee of eleven found him guilty of teaching heretical views and disposed him from the body.
The Canadian militia department begins enlisting a force of two thousand men for South Africa. This is the fourth Dominion contingent, forming four regiments of five hundred men each.
The London Daily Chronicle reports a rumor that Lord Rosebery plans a visit to South Africa to study the scene and prepare impressions and advice for King Edward. The report frames the trip as a potential official inquiry or briefing.
The report shows provinces with 224 cholera cases and 166 deaths while Manila records 206 cases and 160 deaths.
Fletcher Anglin of Warsaw Indiana has contributed five thousand dollars to the fund supporting the upkeep of superannuated ministers within the North Indiana M. E. conference.
Jessie Morrison was released on a 10000 bond after eight days in Eldorado Kansas county jail while awaiting her third trial for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle. Four signers to the bond qualified for 56000.
Pretoria dispatch reports former Orang Free State president Steyn suffering from severe opthalmia during South Africa peace negotiations and warned of possible total blindness.
The Phi Kappa Psi national convention at Pittsburg named Lawrence Fell of Philadelphia as president. The report notes other items including a union labor victory and various local incidents and court cases from the era.
Western News notes Santa Rosa NM narrowly escaped a massive blaze while Pony MT and three other western sites report rich gold strikes. Other items include Duluth jail term for Narvo, Deer Lodge hangings, Milan murder verdict, Iowa pardon bid, Gordon MN mill loss, Colorado Springs warehouse fire, a deadly lightning incident in Burns Valley, and a Denver wedding death. US Savings and Loan halts, Omaha invites National Editorial Association, and Rice heir claim surfaced in Muncie.
A roundup reports Albert T. Patrick sentenced to death. James Whitfield of the Western Baseball League dies by own hand in Kansas City amid overwork fears. Other items note bribery indictments of Charles Iratz, a Utah mine killing confession by Clyde Felt, bank embezzlement cases, and various fires and accidents across Chicago and Ohio with casualties.
The report covers a man named Daniel Wramer shot by his own trap while trying to catch a thief after three robberies in two weeks. A bank in Ruskin Nebraska was burglarized with partial loot recovered. explosions scattered cash. Minnesota files a merger suit against rail companies, with legal counsel named.
Senator Stanna former Interior Secretary Bliss and several Congressmen attended the Jefferson memorial and state good roads convention in Charlottesville. Other items note John W. Starke released after apologizing to President Roosevelt, and assorted sensational incidents across Virginia Kentucky and Texas with several fatalities and unusual legal judgments.
Reports describe Wing Leopold mobbed by socialists in Trussels with a hurried escape by the King. A gunman named Sejourne was arrested near Paris after shouting at President Loubet. In Venezuela a major government battle near Carupano costs 500 of 850 troops. Suspected sedition charges rise in Tayabas Province Manila. A crowd crush at Ibrox Park kills 22 and injures 250. Persia plans a 10 million ruble gold loan guaranteed by customs. Bulgarians killed a Muslim trio near NKirk Kilisseh and fled to Bulgaria, prompting frontier tension.
The Norwegian government commission backs the Holland type for submarines. Rear Admiral Robly D. Evans sails from San Francisco to Yokohama to command the U S fleet in Asiatic waters, accompanied by his family. President Francis I. Gowan of the Choctaw Gulf Railroad says Speyer & Co. has bought a majority stake, likely for Rock Island. Open hearth steel output in 1901 totals 4,856,309 gross tons, up from 3,398,145 in 1900, a rise of 1,258,154 tons, with production more than doubling in four years.
The Senate spent Thursday debating the oleomargarine bill which passed 39 to 51. The House and Senate moved amid fierce opposition to the Chinese exclusion measure with votes and procedural maneuvers, including a near filibuster and continued discussion through Friday and Saturday.
A Chicago Bradstreet summary notes continued underlying trade strength with early 1901 gains and a hopeful summer outlook. Reports cite mixed labor tensions in New York, steadier leather and footwear segments, and a downshift in crop price expectations as warmer weather boosts garden and dairy output.
General Fitzhugh Lee may be appointed first U S Minister to Cuba. Friends of Representative Hitt push him toward the finois senatorial race. Fifteen thousand Chicago businessmen petition Congress for reciprocity with Canada. H H Rand of Milwaukee named confidential secretary to the Postmaster General. Congressman Griggs of Georgia becomes Democratic Congressional Committee chairman. Army appropriation bill authorizes re-examination of retired officers for fitness. Countess Cassini hosts a coiffure party with guests styling hair after historical characters.
The note lists commodity ranges for cattle hogs and sheep plus grains by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye and other staples. It also reports the death of Gen D R Reynolds former Confederate brigadier general at Lake Village Arkansas.
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