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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1903
Page
2
The fragment notes a local publisher in Corydon Indiana named Thomas and Ellis. The brief text references a publisher entity but provides no further action, date, or context.
In Wheeling, coal operators on the Norfolk and Western Railway have deployed 160 detectives in two weeks to prevent organizer meetings among miners. Reports indicate armed guards may guard tipples and searchlights to monitor operations as Kanawha operators may accept a miner scale, while conflicts could flare in other areas of West Virginia.
Constantinople dispatch reports growing warlike mood in the Balkans with secret government agents signaling a planned uprising in Macedonia. The porte moves nineteen battalions to Berizovitch to counter trouble in Albania. A clash near Smartesel sees Turkish troops face seventy five Bulgarians. The Bulgarians escape with few casualties. Turks lose two. Russian Black Sea yards show heightened activity.
William Russell, 11, of North Webster Massachusetts, cannot speak or articulate during rainy days while clear weather allows fluent English and French. His parents say doctors cannot explain or cure the peculiar condition despite examinations. Snow has less impact than rain on his speech.
An explosion in an Italian boarding house at 84 Boundary Street Pittsburg kills Michael Canard 33 and leaves three others severely injured two likely to die. The victims include two badly burned men found among the ruins and later removed to the morgue.
A southbound Louisville and Nashville train was wrecked three hours late near Castleberry Alabama eight miles from Mobile after entering an open switch. Postal Clerk Marty Donovan of Gulfport Mississippi died and an unknown black fireman was killed. The forward coach overturned but most passengers escaped serious injury. A St Louis special reports burglars raided the residence of Philip Stock, secretary of the English brewery syndicate, during supper, taking jewelry valued near $2,000 with other items left behind. James Pierson, a coachman, is under arrest on suspicion of involvement.
The first anti alcohol congress in Germany sits in Bremen with 1 400 delegates from the United States England Russia Scandinavia and six other countries. Secretary of State Posadowsky Wehner represents the German government at the gathering.
A World dispatch from London denies plans for the reconciliation and remarriage of ex Crown Princess Louise and Crown Prince Frederick Augustus of Saxony. Dresden sources say such a union would be impossible.
Matthew Alexander, identified as a negro, was hanged in the Michigan City penitentiary for the murder of George Burke in Terre Haute last September.
A Hong Kong dispatch reports the Canton arsenal, blown up after a prior explosion, was detonated by officials accused by the viceroy of selling powder to rebels to conceal their defalcations. In New Orleans, the National Association of Manufacturers elected officers: President David M. Parry, Secretary Marshall Cushing, Treasurer F. H. Still.
Wilbur S. Sherwell, once tied to three murder cases, is freed on bond and will depart to Monroeville Ohio to spend his declining days with his mother. He leaves behind a wife and two children. Sherwell, a former Evansville police officer, faced indictments for the murders of Mrs Georgia Bailey Lena Benner and Fannie Butler. He was acquitted on the Bailey count and later released on bond in a related case as health declines.
The Reina Christina flagship sunk at Manila Bay by Dewey was floated and beached. Skeletons of about eighty crew were found in the hulk, including at least one officer with a sword. Fifteen shell holes mark the hull and the main injection valve is missing signaling scuttling at abandonment. Captain Albert R. Couden of Cavite naval station seeks an American funeral, while Spanish residents want the remains sent to Spain via the Sumner through Suez in June.
Captain Pershing's force including Shaw's Twenty-seventh Infantry unit Kilpatrick's Fifteenth Cavalry and McNair's battery captured Bacolod on Minad nao island. A hundred Moros were killed including their Datto as Pershing's troops stormed the fort after shelling and bayonet fighting. Three Americans were wounded. The fort and stronghold were destroyed.
The Kaiser orders ministers of public worship to submit plans for a religious high tribunal representing Catholics Protestants and the Greek church by adherent numbers. It would serve as an appellate court for religious matters and be set up on Mt Zion in Jerusalem atop the former Solomon palace site.
Frank Hush of Erie shot and killed his wife on the way to church then killed himself after returning home. Their young daughter ran into the church to report the tragedy, and the woman’s body was found near the building while the killer’s body was found inside the home.
Arthur Bogart engineer and Theodore Leach brakeman died when a Central railroad locomotive overturned in Elizabeth New Jersey as rails spread. Fireman Charles E Brooks was probably fatally injured. The engine left the house and plunged over an embankment.
Carpenters joiners painters paperhangers decorators masons bricklayers and plasterers who had been on strike are back at work after a settlement satisfactory to both workers and employers.
Sir Oliver Mowatt lieutenant governor of Ontario slipped in his bedroom and broke his thigh. He has been in feeble health for some time and the shock to his system will, it is feared, be serious.
Five men perished and five more men were killed? two severely burned in a gas explosion at Mine 77 of the Kansas and Texas Coal Company in Carbon. The disaster left workers, including named crews, unaccounted and authorities investigating the cause and rescue efforts ongoing.
Brigadier General Frank op Baldwin has assumed command of the Department of the Colorado, succeeding General Frederick Funston.
The text states Pro Funk of New York asserts spiritual contact with Henry Ward Beecher and claims to have met the preacher's specter. He is noted as president of the Punk & Waenmuls Company and compiler of a Jewish cyelopedia. He founded multiple religious and literary publications and was born in Ohio sixty four years ago.
United States Circuit Court of Appeals at St Paul issues a unanimous decree enjoining the Northern Securities Company from acquiring or voting stock of the Northern Pacific or Great Northern railways. The court orders no dividends to the Securities Company and directs return or transfer of stock to original holders.
A tornado in White and Cleburne Counties Arkansas killed at least nine and injured many as it razed homes and barns. A C Williams and his wife were killed while their mountain home was hurled down a slope. Pangburn area losses include six houses blown down and livestock killed. The storm felled trees, wrecked a large church near Pangburn, and damaged the Little Red post office area. Overall thirty three residences and sixteen barns were destroyed along a mile wide path.
Reports show widespread labor action and union activity from London to New York. Strikes, wage disputes, and organized efforts touch miners in Turkey and Greece, shipyards in Toledo, bricklayers in San Francisco, and teachers in San Jose, with unions planning parades, conventions, and campaigns for better conditions.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition progresses with early construction, domes, towers, and terraces rising as President Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland prepare for the three day centennial dedication on April 30. Cardinal Gibbons will offer invocation while state governors join a grand reception and cornerstone layings for foreign and state buildings.
Governor Murphy dissolves 927 trusts and corporations for unpaid taxes, dissolving $239 million in capital and wiping out vast stockholder hopes. Receiverships rise. 127 firms valued at $274 million have receivers appointed since 1902, including National Asphalt and National Salt companies. A golden jet set image closes the piece with Rockefeller ties referenced.
The G Dun weekly review notes stronger business sentiment despite strike fears, with late frosts limiting damage and crops expected to rise. It highlights demand for finished steel and machinery, rising pig iron prices, and increased fertilizer sales signaling extensive activity. News on exports and steel output underlines a robust industrial year ahead.
The report lists prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains in cities such as Shietee Citile Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Prices vary by item with corn No 2 about 30 to 40 cents per bushel and wheat No 2 around 39 to 50 cents.
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