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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1902
Page
6
Circling the globe report notes Charles Craven, accused of killing William H. Wilson near Sterndon Virginia, was seized from Leesburg jail by a 15 man mob. They overpowered guards, broke in, hanged Craven on a pike near Leesburg and fired about 52 shots as the body hung.
Heavy rain and wind swept Logansport Indiana on Friday. Charles Sundérling twenty was killed by lightning on his father's farm while sheltering under a tree. His father suffered a severe shock. Additional storm damage reported includes a death from electrocution and widespread destruction of crops barns and livestock. Secretary Root welcomed in France as General Pistor salutes the American War Secretary on arrival aboard La Sayre.
Attorney M F Elliott for Standard Oil states the report of an agreement with Rotheehilds and Nobel interests to control oil production is completely unfounded. He says Standard Oil never considered such a plan or engaged in negotiations on this matter.
Officials of the American Packers' association, known as the tomato trust, report a $1,000,000 mortgage recorded across Maryland and Delaware counties. The group claims to control several large canneries in the two states and aims to dominate the market this coming fall and winter for its benefit.
In Monticello Minnesota a storm capsized a boat on Lake Jefferson killing three young women Miss Mable Wells Eva Sasker and Laura T Tye of Faribault. Professors Bingham and Hanson of Minneapolis were part of the party but could not save them.
The west bound fast mail No. 11 on the Pennsylvania Railroad derailed near Packsaddle Pennsylvania and plunged down a 250 foot embankment. Mail cars were carried away. One man was killed and five injured in the accident.
Miss Anna D. Collier a Worcester school teacher and Miss Jean Brown of Detroit were drowned in the undertow while bathing at Hull Massachusetts. Miss Christine Adams a Detriot resident was rescued unconscious but revived.
An explosion from a boiler at a Bellaire Ohio saw mill killed John Shaw and George Wheeler and fatally injured Charles Supper. The mill structures were destroyed in the blast.
A blaze at the Thomas J. Lipton company plant in the Linton stock yards Chicago destroyed warehouse B and caused $225000 in losses. The walls remained while the rest of the building was gone and the Lipton plant was in danger for a time.
Charles Wright aged 68 a Civil War veteran and military history writer died by his own action in Hamilton Ohio by ingesting carbolic acid authorities said Wright authored several books on military history and served in the Civil War during his lifetime
The geological survey notes a 25 percent+ rise in building permits in 1901 versus 1900 across the 45 largest cities. Permits reached 85,571 in 1901 from 68,417 in 1900, with building values totaling 372,173,631 dollars versus 241,556,585 the prior year. New York led in value, Philadelphia led profits, Chicago trailed.
In the House of Lords Lord Gurshire questioned Canadian land purchases by Americans. Lord Onslow disputed the figures, noting 1901 emigration to Canada was 17, or 17,? and this year 64,100, with concerns that western Canadian land deals were rapidly inflating by Americans and others, affecting grain fields.
Western Texas suffered what authorities call the worst rain in memory as a two day cloudburst swamped Stephensville. Ten people drowned including B. Whitely and his young daughter while trying to rescue kin and Assistant County Attorney CG Goodner perished in the same family effort. Rail traffic halted as floods inundated routes and homes.
A London semi official announcement proclaims a merger of Rockefeller Rothschild and Nobel interests creating a vast oil cartel. The group claims ownership of major oil fields in the United States Russia and Siberia signaling a major shift in global energy control.
About a thousand men and boys march at Shenandoah to drive nonunion workers from engines pumps and fires rooms. They attack the West Shenandoah colliery and damage windows while police confront them at Indian Ridge colliery. Deputies and union organizers work to quell the unrest.
Judge B. Keller in Charleston issued an injunction preventing distribution of food supplies to striking miners in West Virginia. The order targets W. J. Wilson national secretary of the mine workers and non residents, restricting access to ramps near the Gigley Mountain Coal Company property where many strikers reside.
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell personally oversees a flying machine project kept secret from the public. The craft is said to be twenty feet long with twenty five parts and five miles of plane wire, using a kite like aeroplane principle not found in Santos-Dumont’s ships.
The Interior Department seeks bids for about 20,000,000 feet of pine timber and 12,000 acres on Red Lake and White Earth reservations in Minnesota. Notices ask for six months of nationwide advertising before disposal under a recent Congressional act.
A cyclone struck the Gulf of California causing vessel wrecks and building damage along coast cities. In Guaymas five ships were sunk including El Lucha and El Gravina. The harbor offices, customs offices, and English vice-consul residence were wrecked or unroofed. The new municipal hall and city prison suffered damage.
Judge Ryan of the Madison Superior Court issued a perpetual injunction against Richmond Natural Gas Company prohibiting pumping near New Castle. The ruling limits gas being sent to Chicago Indianapolis Fort Wayne and Ohio cities, costing the local district gas supply.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach in London warned of a future day of adversity as he discussed national finances. He said China and South Africa wars cost Britain 228,000,008 pounds, taxpayers already contributing 75,000,000. He noted 150,000,000 pounds borrowed on easy terms and urged restraint on spending while planning for tax relief next year.
Loubet signs decrees ordering forcible closure of twenty six congregationalist schools in Paris and Seine department that refused to disperse voluntarily. Decrees for similar closures in other departments to follow. Brest area faces unrest as countryside protests police action and placards urge resistance.
Ticket inspectors at the Union Station in St Paul Minnesota aim to ban kissing at gates leading to train sheds after trains cause delays. They cite delays from lovers leaving waiting rooms to kiss before passage.
Reports detail 124 cholera cases in Cairo with rapid deaths, fountains shut, and British troops moved to open desert. The piece also notes lightning detection plans by Willis Moore and Rev Father Odenbach, plus Omaha Indians protesting governance. Roosevelt approves court martial findings on Filipinos case.
Topeka grain men farmers and railroads anticipate about 200 million bushels of corn in Kansas while Nebraska and Oklahoma push total yield past 500 million bushels. Chicago Board of Trade emissaries toured the three states and estimated the combined crop would exceed that figure.
Judge J H Slover in Kansas City Circuit Court holds the faculty of the municipal Manual Training High School may bar students from joining any secret society lacking faculty approval. Water famine becomes reality in Trinidad Colorado with no fire protection and water sold by the bucket. Miss Katherine Graham dies in Kokomo Indiana from cold contracted near an electric fan. The weekly crop report notes mixed results with favorable temperatures and drought harming cotton. Iowa Republicans in Des Moines back Roosevelt for 1904 and name a state ticket. US warned to watch for anarchists ordered out of Turkey headed for the US.
In Grant County Oregon near Huderer's creek about 280 sheep owned by J Moor of Mount Vernon were slain, seemingly by settlers and cattlemen. An armed group attacked at night firing buckshot into the flock and its guardians. White caps whipped colored prisoners in Excelsior Springs Missouri tying Riley Thompson his wife and Chas Walker to a tree outside the jail and inflicting severe whippings. Dr Charles Kendall Adams aged 67 former University of Wisconsin president died in Redlands California from Bright's disease after a long illness.
The Chicago messenger boys strike concluded Sunday night with a practical win for employers. Rioting and club assaults marked the day, and Detective Peter Johnson was stabbed while defending himself. The anti-imperialist committee reports Philippine inquiry findings accusing American troops of murder robbery and torture. An investigation is urged.
Rioters and strikers clashed in Shenandoah Pennsylvania as 5000 protesters faced deputies and officials protecting non union miners. One deputy sheriff was killed, two others wounded, and more than twenty strikers and four policemen were shot amid a night of terror. Troops from several regiments were ordered in to restore order.
Londoners report bacon costs up one third to half amid broader food price rises unseen in 25 years. Dealers link the bacon spike to US hog shortages as wages fail to keep pace. Chickens cost about 9 pence more each, pigeons 4 pence higher, and some shops have stopped selling pork due to the price surge.
Edward Philbrook, a leading cattle owner in Eastern Montana, drowned in the Rosebud River near Forsythe. In Portugal a Madrid express derailment near Guarda killed six and injuring twenty seven. Secretary Moody ordered construction of a battleship at the New York navy yard following talks with bureau chiefs.
The piece notes rising railway stocks and export of gold while money remains easy. July oats ride past corn as the top speculative cereal with distant grain options softening as supply tightens. Coal strikes disrupt fuel, yet pig iron prices stay firm and gains in railway earnings reflect broad economic optimism.
The report lists wholesale price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep, plus grain and produce quotes from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo New York Buffalo and more, with wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs and potatoes across markets. It ends with an unclear line about Gates planning a sale between the lake and Bo Megoe area.
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