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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
2
London Daily News reports Pretoria dispatch detailing a Boer plot to shoot British officers and capture Lord Roberts. About fifteen conspirators planned to burn western Pretoria houses to draw troops and then kill occupants in marked residences.
Martin C Fosnes acting posts general appeared for Rathbone for first time on Thursday and offered new evidence in the first court. Deputy Auditor Lawshe disallows items totaling over 25000 tied to unauthorized personal expenses and inflated payrolls plus questionable contracts. Trial likely to start in early September. Rathbone made no statement.
The Union Metallic Cartridge Company at Bridgeport is working night and day to fill orders from several governments for ammunition. Besides Krag ammunition, it has a contract for field artillery shells to supply the United States government. Sizes range from one to twelve pounds as war preparations rise in response to China's situation. Large orders are placed via the war department through company agents.
The U S Secretary of the Treasury asks the Secretary of State to cable the Smyrna Consul a notice that shipments from Smyrna are banned due to plague. The dispatch cites prohibition of 12s and raisins and second hand rugs and carpet . The Smyrna consul reports 50 to 200 plague cases there.
Vera Cruz dispatch reports Dr. Berlinzaghi's serum aiding severe yellow fever patients. Those treated show rapid relief from black vomit and improved alertness. Local doctors follow cases closely and welcome medical input from colleagues.
War Department releases General Chaffee cablegram stating Peitsang fell to Japanese troops supported by English and Americans. The report notes Japanese gains and limited ground fighting with American forces occupying a rear position in the morning.
Judge Lacombe released an opinion stating Neely faces two pending sets of charges in this jurisdiction. He indicated extradition will be ordered August 15 after the local charges are withdrawn. The ruling notes the withdrawal precedes the grant of extradition.
Eight American students from the University of Munich were arrested in a brewery garden at Loewin Germany for creating a disturbance and rough handling a waiter who is seriously injured. The United States Embassy has not intervened at this time.
A fire at Beaver Falls Pennsylvania wiped out the Shelby Steel Tube and Boston Electroduct plants. Losses reached about 800 6m dollars, with fire origin undetermined. Insurance coverage fully met the loss.
The transport Sherman arrived in San Francisco carrying Private Volt a deserter captured in a Filipino camp and sentenced to forty years in a military prison.
Mrs. Norris and two children die after eating toadstools. Husband J A Norris, two daughters, and an employee are recovering. Thomas Norris rode three miles to seek a doctor at Homewood. Dr Depps attended them through the night as the family suffered excruciating poison effects.
R G Dans Weekly Review of Trade notes lower prices for some raw materials and near-term declines in manufactured goods. Buyers remain hopeful the downward swing ends, while sellers stay cautious. Iron and steel markets show strong Chicago activity with steel bars at 20 cents per 100 pounds and large bar iron demand from agriculture and car sectors. U S failures total 208 versus 182 last year. Canada reports 24 vs 23.
Seattle inventor Professor Julius Tantrove, backed by J. C. Sharp of Salt Lake City, proposes a device using concentrated sun rays to burn armies or melt warships at nine miles. The lens and glass setup concentrates heat, and commercial uses would store heat. Experiments in Seattle reportedly boiled water from thirty feet away.
Tioratio Wildman a 43 year old joint freight agent for the Denver and Rio Grande and Rock Island lines in Colorado Springs shot himself in the head in a depot lavatory. Officials say fear of incapacity in the recently promoted Denver position led to the act. In Columbus Ohio police found what they believe proves a murdered child case. A body in the Strato River with a large paving stone tied by a leather cord around the neck was recovered, suggesting deliberate homicide.
The Evans will contest in Paris is settled. Heirs receive $800,000 divided equally among three branches, plus $250,000 in legacies. The dental institute and museum of Philadelphia gains $3,000,000 by Dr. Evans.
Two people were injured in a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad wreck at 95th Street and South Chicago Avenue. One of two engines pulling freight cars jumped the track while entering the B and O yards at South Chicago.
Fireman James Brannigan of engine company 17 stopped a fast moving electric car to rescue seven year old Ira Marks who narrowly escaped death as the vehicle clipped the top of his ear. The incident occurred in St Louis.
In Marion Ohio 45 year old James J Joy theatrical advance agent shot himself in a deserted home His wife had left with their two children and he could not live without her, ending his life by self inflicted gunshot.
Raisin production forecast in California drops due to red spider damage. Estimates place losses at 3,000 to 3,400 car loads as growers assess impact on the harvest and prices.
J. P. Clark of Lake Charles Louisiana recounts being abducted by two men near his home. He says they gagged him and moved him north to a Pittsburg area asylum then drugged him during the journey. Clark believes abductors aimed to block inheritance from an uncle in Pennsylvania.
Jesse Durham, 21, was hurried to Louisville by Meade County sheriff to avoid a mob after murdering his aunt Mrs Annie Brunton near Cedar Grove. Brunton was killed returning from a church wedding. Durham dragged the body into woods and confessed. Mob followed as train departed for Louisville.
A devastating blaze in Ashland Wisconsin damages Barker and Stewart lumber yards destroying 50,000,000 feet of white pine lumber two docks and two warehouses with total loss at least 81,000,000. A strong wind drove flames toward the city and four thousand pounds of dynamite saved mills and perhaps the town. Four lives are reported lost.
A Monon passenger train collided with a light engine at South Raub Indiana. Three passengers and the passenger train engineer James Lindlow were instantly killed and several passengers badly injured. The passenger victims’ names are unknown and Henry Whitsell the light engine’s engineer was severely scalded.
Anna Bruntin, aged 17, vanished while riding to church near Brandenburg Kentucky. Her father led a search when she did not return, and she was found on the roadside severely beaten with her throat cut.
In Sneedville Tennessee two men were killed and two wounded following election disputes. The dead are deputy sheriff John Lamb and Telman Collins. Wounded are Wiley Brewer and Whitten Gibson. Brewer had won the justice of the peace seat and the clash stemmed from his election.
J. Fishman of Muscogee I V has toured Kansas City as a representative of Muscogee business men to interest locals in aiding a Creek Indian treaty with Congress. They want a treaty to replace the Curtis bill which faces strong objection.
Prisoners attempted a jailbreak at Milwaukee County Jail but were stopped by Sheriff Durner and deputies after notices from U S authorities warned of a threatened escape. The thwarted plan involved government prisoners and heightened security.
Theodor Wolfe of Paris reports from the exposition that Germany will win more first prizes than any other nation. He estimates 250 first prizes for Germany including twenty grand prix and 100 volt medals in industrial arts.
Sweet's Steel Company in Syracuse New York reduced wages by about 12 percent citing a weak steel market. A large portion of workers refused to work as a result of the cut.
Five heavy pieces of structural iron fell from the top of a twelve story New York building under construction. Three persons were seriously injured and six others badly cut and bruised.
A leaky gas pipe caused an explosion in Scranton Pennsylvania injuring nearly twenty five people and damaging two business district buildings with property losses exceeding 150000 dollars.
President Kruger and Commandant General Botha issue a proclamation promising to compensate all damage to farms caused by the British, conditioned on the burghers remaining with the commandos.
E Thiele fourth officer of the Deutsch land killed himself after falling asleep at his post during a voyage on the big ocean greyhound. Captain Albers ordered him to remove his badge and go to his cabin. Five minutes later a shot was heard and Thiele was found dead.
Miss Lawrence sister of Councilman Lawrence in Marion Ohio thrashes Albert Thibault in the hallway between her dressmaking shop and a buck et shop after repeated profane remarks. Thibault, a hardware man, was the first offender after she warned the nuisance must stop.
Miss Gertie Bockwinkel of St. Louis loses ten dollars and twenty cents in a cracker factory. Her lost purse is found by Mrs. Alberta Curry of Tampa Florida who offers to fund Bockwinkel’s college education. Gus Eddinger, a St. Louis butcher, goes berserk in court and is fatally shot by Deputy Charles Day after assaulting deputies.
The New York Journal reports one of three leather mail pouches in transit from the general post office to sub stations at Fifth Avenue and 18th Street was robbed of over $28,000 in drafts checks and cash. Payment on the paper has been stopped.
In Pineville Kentucky Daniel Howard a prominent citizen was killed by his son George Howard after a quarrel amid alcohol. Reports say the father threatened to shoot and both were armed. George fired and killed his father instantly.
John Layton a farmer near Dexter Missouri was shot and killed by Deputy Marshal R P Montgomery at Bloomfield while resisting arrest Montgomery surrendered and was held on an eighty five thousand dollar bond The incident prompted an official inquiry and covers a clash between law enforcement and a rural resident near Dexter Missouri.
During a game between the T Homewood Athletic Club and the Lawrenceville Grays at Homewood Pennsylvania a foul tip struck catcher Charles Snyder of the Homewood Club over the heart and killed him. A freight wreck on the Louisville and Nashville Railway at Grand Bay Alabama destroyed about sixty box cars across two trains with none left intact.
Charles A. Towne sends a letter to the Populist National Committee declining the nomination for the vice presidency. He states he cannot accept the running mate post.
King Victor Emmanuel III pledges best efforts for the Kingdom as a plot to assassinate rulers worldwide is uncovered. The alleged conspiracy formed in New York and Paterson New Jersey has been discovered and reported.
Across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York farmers report varied prices for cattle hogs and sheep with wheat corn oats and rye showing broad bids. Notable levels include Chicago cattle 3.00 to 5.70 hogs shipping 3.00 to 5.40 wheat No 2 red 77 to 78 cents and corn No 2 87 to 95 cents.
The Bresci portrait notes his Tuscan origin and Prato schooling. It mentions Bresci as a weaver by trade, employed in Paterson at the Hamilton Booth silk mill, living with wife and child at 363 Clinton avenue West Hoboken. He arrived in the United States about three years ago and was not naturalized.
The narrative covers a traveler leaving Paters on May 22 for Havre aboard La Gascogne under the alias Bianchi Caesari and writing from Milan, a destitute Sophie Bresci in New Jersey caring for her infant Madeline, various European and Asian political tensions including Tien Tsin and Kuropatkin, and ends with Bryan and Stevenson receiving formal nominations in Indianapolis amid heat and pageantry signaling the start of the 1900 campaign and anti imperialism emphasis.
Reports include Ed Carey of Chicago killing Michael Prindiville and J P Close of Toronto dying from a mosquito bite. An underground Chicago rail scheme costs 20 million. Mamie Spencer of St Joseph dies by own hand after lover delays marriage. Meat prices rise in Chicago. Masonic Temple drenched by water. Brass faucets stolen. South Bethlehem Steel secures 2000 ton Krupp armor order from Russia. John Miller’s horse runs away. 4 year old asleep. Lizzie Gustin of Chicago attempts drowning and shooting. she will recover.
The State Department released the Chinese government note delivered via Minister Wu. It demands an immediate stop to imperial attacks on the legations and asks Beijing to cooperate with the relief column to protect foreigners and restore order.
In a fierce fight the Russians stormed Chinese defenses at New Chwang and overran the trenches. DespiteChinese numerical advantage, poor leadership led to heavy losses. The city fell and was then destroyed by fire after its capture.
Reports allege dum-dum bullets used by China while a large Boxer force gathers south of Tien-tsin. Gen Miles seeks service in China but is refused. Li Hung Chang era figures feature, with tensions in Tientsin and Mukden proclaims urging massacre of Christians. Talks of US Russia alliance arise as China’s northern troops under Li Ping Heng push back foes.
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