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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1902
Page
2
Reported incident on a train to Mississippi Senator Maney allegedly used a pocketknife after a conductor demanded fare. A second man aided the attack, injuring the conductor who sustained a non serious wound. Maney avoided arrest due to senate travel protections.
All suspects arrested over the kidnapping of American missionary Miss Ellen M. Stone have been released. A memorial by Christian residents of Djamai bala urged the sultan to curb brigandage and stop turmoil. The porte welcomed the memorial and authorities extended protections for Christians as proof of goodwill.
A major fire in Marienville Pennsylvania destroyed thirty five oinces of business and fifty dwellings amid high winds and poor fire protection. The blaze began in the home of Mrs M J Smith where meat was being smoked. The B I and Railroad station and telephone exchange were among buildings destroyed with an estimated loss of twenty thousand dollars and about half covered by insurance.
Police Inspector Cross led 204 officers and fourteen wagons in a night raid through New York Citys Red Light district arresting 8560 people from four disorderly resorts. Prisoners held without bail as a prelude to a broader East Side crackdown on vice.
The declination of Captain Clark to join the American embassy to the coronation is viewed with general regret. It is noted his mission would require personal outlay for entertainment and exchange of courtesies beyond his private means.
Riotous strikers shut down the silk works in Paterson New Jersey with about 1100 dyers walking out demanding eleven dollars a week instead of nine. Violent clashes erupted as a worker was thrown into a dye vat and burned, vats were overturned and stock damaged.
A Malaga dispatch reports the steamer Buda of Flume collided with the steamer Adriadne of Rotterdam off Gape Tiak. The Buda sank but all 29 crew and passengers were rescued by the British steamer Murillo sailing from Hull to Alexandria.
Francis M. Harrison, 32, attorney, was killed by electric shock in Kansas City while attempting to unwind a wire boys had wrapped around a tree in his front yard after moving and connecting the wire to an electric light cable.
The Ohio Republican State Central Committee votes to hold the state convention in Cleveland on May 27 and 28. Coloumbty's bid for courtesies is denied by an 18 to 4 vote.
Amsterdam correspondent for the Daily Mail states the queen’s health shows no alarm. Rumor of peritonitis is unconfirmed and not substantiated by sources.
The National Sporting Club offers a purse of £2600 for a bout between Jim Jeffries and Bob Fitzsimmons to be held in London next June.
Madrid residents swirl around a reported assassination bid on King Alfonso by a French national who called himself Pierre Nanry. He was captured inside the palace armed and without passes, found unknown to authorities.
Miss Catherine Maude Rice died in Louisville Kentucky after laughing at a joke told by a friend. Doctors attributed the fatal brain reaction to the sustained laughter during her visit.
Eastern papers report the sudden death of Frank R. Stockton during a Washington visit. The item lists tributes and other World events, including Andrew Carnegie addressing New York students on happiness and wealth.
A Missouri court upholds a ruling permitting teachers to whip students whenever deemed necessary. Other items note a fatality near Braggs, a railroad worker beheaded in Lima, and a dynamite attack on Prof. I. D. MacMott’s Ada residence. The mix of crimes, investigations, and local notices reflects a turbulent era.
A fire caused $250000 damage after a 300 foot trestle burned and engine house No 2 in South Omaha Nebraska was destroyed by incendiary fire. Three firemen narrowly escaped death and two were badly burned as equipment burned except the hose team driven off by Martin Maloney who was arrested. Police found nose sections cut to pieces. In St Louis the jury in the murder case against William Struth er failed to reach a verdict after a long deliberation and was discharged by Judge Ryan. In Chicago investigators found an entire colored family dead in squalid rooms at 3413 State street amid theories of suicide and poisoning with authorities favoring the father killing himself and family or poisoning them with liquor.
Four fires in Dallas attributed to incendiaries caused about 400000 in damage. Washington and Philip Wallace were hanged at Donaldsville Iowa for shooting merchant Lee Geismar in Geismar Louisiana on January 12. Alexander Woodward, 68, was shot at his Enijoy Tennessee home. J N Ogle is under arrest. Lake Charles jurors find Edward Batson guilty of murder in the first degree in the Barj family case. death penalty to follow. Rockefeller donation to Southern education reported at 1000000. In Toone Tennessee four killed and another wounded when an Illinois Central excursion train struck their wagon attempting to cross the tracks.
A skirmish between Turkish troops and eighteen Bulgarians near Whrilindir results in eight Bulgarian deaths while others escape. The report notes ongoing tension and possible broader war implications.
In a formal note President Roosevelt asks General Funston to cease public commentary on the Philippines. Reports from Hull Quebec detail a fatal house fire killing Hil family and a hired man. A Mexican mining party discovers ancient silver deposits near Altar Sonora under Don O’Keefe. Governor Wood pardons W H Reeves in Cuba postal fraud case. An Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin tallies 1901 train deaths and damages. A transatlantic shipping alliance forms with mixed flag implications while preserving national identities.
Congress details a Senate conference on the Chinese exclusion bill with Platt Dillingham and Clay named as conferees. It notes passes on monuments to Stephenson, Civil War pension expansion, and various measures including river and harbor funding and West Point improvements amid sharp debate on neutrality laws and the omibus claims.
The Weekly Review of Trade notes improved weather aiding distribution, farming, construction, and inland traffic with freight easing and a 6.9 percent rise in railway earnings through April. Iron, steel, cotton, woolen goods, and grain markets show mixed but strong activity with export demand and prompt deliveries cited.
Labor leaders oppose the proposed department of commerce and labor seeking a separate bureau. The second annual automobile show opened under Gen Miles with many famous machines on display. Capt Detchemendy met with Secretary Reed seeking official recognition of his command’s role in papers capture related to Aguinaldo. Sir Richard Stewart, a British government representative, arrives in Washington to study U.S. horse supply for the South African War.
The report lists regional cattle hog and sheep ranges from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs and potatoes. It notes a new gas bore charter for $50 000 capital in Coffeyville Kansas.
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