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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
2
An Abroad summary of notable events reported by the Telegraph including foreign incidents crimes fires and casualties. Gulls and winds sweep in disparate reports from distant lands with quick notes on noteworthy developments across seas.
Five masked robbers stopped a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train near Edgemoore and Grand Calumet Heights Indiana, beyond Chicago. They blew up a car, wrecked the mail car, and fled with only the engineer’s gold watch, failing to seize the express car containing the train’s treasure.
Chicago special: Grand jury returned indictments charging perjury against John A. Hinsey former president of the endowment rank Knights of Pythias and Henry B. Stolte former secretary. Two indictments allege perjury in annual reports of the supreme lodge made to Illinois insurance officials.
Dispatch from Willemstad says Dr Rangel Gardiras leads 5003 rebels against President Castro with insurgents near San Angelo on the Colombian frontier. Government sends 7000 troops. constitutional guarantees suspended and fears of further outbreaks and clashes with Colombia. Monthly government accounts show a surplus of 2,759.5 dollars against a July deficit of 4 million. war department spending rises by 2.8 million while pension outlays fall by 823 thousand.
The George TH Whithips Co moved all open trusts to AL Reynolds & Co amid market rumors of a large book discrepancy that turned out false due to an ill head bookkeeper. In Tamypuco a pig terminal collapse killed seventeen men and five women with eight men and four women bodies recovered. Thousands of tons of coal and coke crushed victims.
Lieutenant Croft of the Nineteenth Infantry with Celbar scouts faced sixty insurgents in a mounted confrontation. Seven rebels were killed and thirteen captured. Two privates on Croft's force were wounded.
Marbi Fre was hanged at Carlisle for the murder of James Edward Collins his brother in law, whom he had long opposed. The drop broke his neck and death was almost instantaneous.
President McKentey accepts invitation to attend the national G. A. encampment in Cleveland Ohio and will be in the city on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday of encampment week.
Acting Secretary Hackett says the precept covers 37 points about the Santiago fight as facts and that the protest remains disobedience of orders. He insists the stated facts must stand on the precept despite Schley’s objections.
The Guardian from Manchester reports Rockefeller of New York, visiting Devon, is so pleased with the area that he intends to make a home there. The note reflects a prominent American's satisfaction with Devon as a potential residence.
A long Eastern digest reports a woman Ellis Glenn found not guilty after masquerading as a man, major fires at Holbrook Grocery Keene and Nashua causing significant losses, editor William Francis Palmer dies peacefully in a Philadelphia trolley, Hanover machine shop fire with high damages, deaths of John O Day Baltimore financier and a railroad worker near Sykesville, a Pittsfield Fosburg trial ends in not guilty verdict, a drowning near Cayuga Lake and a collision near Lake Superior with deaths, NY broker Lewis Silva commits suicide, and Yale gains 25000 for a Newberry memorial organ.
West ern Crescens trotted a mile in 2 02 breaking the world record. Kansas coal mine operators raise soft coal 55 cents per ton with dealers expecting higher prices. Fat cattle supplies improve in Kansas City. one packing house ships export cattle from Chicago. Richmond Indiana names G Swain rural mail delivery superintendent for Obi Indiana Kentucky and Michigan.
A railway conductor Robert Bibb was killed by his train in Bhuf City Tennessee. Mrs. G George J. Jones died after ingesting strychnine by mistake in Shady Grove Tennessee. A Wingal Lumber Company sawmill boiler exploded in Georgetown South Carolina killing three workers and injuring others. A street fight in a mining town near Tenna left Poleeman Mink Pass and W KE Knox dead and Shirley Puss fatally wounded. An ammonia tank explosion at Memphis Ice Company factory killed people and wrecked the facility.
King Christian blocks sale of St Thomas to the United States while the island costs Denmark. A new bread industry charter is granted in Trenton. Morgan ends a steel strike with mutual concessions, a draw in the capital labor clash. Health chief Hurley warns bubonic plague may sweep the Midwest. Alice Nielsen to Grand Opera. de Grey-backed contract for Romeo and Juliet and Faust. Actress Davis thwarts a burglar by screaming at jewelry worth 380000. Fire devastates 29 houses and a Montreal convent, loss around 100000. White Pass Yukon railway to extend 200 miles at over 3 million cost to bypass Vive Finger rapids. Steel strike shows little change. mills active. freight cars sought. iron and tin plate markets steady or rising. Warhires and Dun & Co. report mixed trade signals. US weekly figures show declines.
Cattle values range from three to five dollars and a half in Chicago and Detroit, hogs up to about six dollars, sheep around three to five, with varied grain prices across cities including wheat No 2 and corn No 2. Butter and eggs show creamery at about 18 to 20 cents and 12 to 18 cents respectively.
Venry Clay Evans a Tennessee political figure with a strong following, previously mayor of Chattanooga, is discussed as a potential successor to Mr. Dawes as Comptroller of the Currency. The piece also notes his gubernatorial run interests and a history of pension office administration drawing criticism. It includes other biographical sketches and local items.
The Martin and Riedele tannery in Aber Deen Ohio burned with losses estimated at $50 000. Philip Dieterich aged 80 of Nome Alaska is charged with murdering Louis Boruch.Mrs Bright and her 15 year old sister in law Carrie drowned in Philadelphia while bathing. Carnegie offers £8000 for Annita in Dumfrieshire library. Marrie Sheterman 20 Covington Kentucky burned to death after stepping on a match igniting her dress.
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