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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1899
Page
8
Reading from a wired digest the column claims a worldwide survey of events over the past week. It references foreign affairs and adds a playful capper about Hume Happenmar with a jumbled line about Vatper Bath.
A severe storm battered the town causing drownings and multiple wrecks. Officials say damage is extensive and灾 aid efforts are underway.
The Vienna Freie Presse reports portions of Bessarabia under Russian government have revolted due to famine. Troops were deployed as protests erupted. many casualties and dozens killed reported amid chaotic scenes.
An Ottawa express train on the Atlantic Railroad derailed near Coteau junction. The engine left the track and pulled a casualty car and coach off the rails. Seven people died and several others were seriously injured. The first coach and two Pullman cars stayed on the tracks while remaining cars left the rails.
Reported talks suggest Argentina President Roca seeks a three nation pact with Brazil and Chile against the United States. The three presidents are to meet in Buenos Aires next month to discuss the alliance.
Rumors say General Merritt may head to Manila to assume command but the claim is dismissed as without foundation. The report notes no order has been issued and offers no official confirmation.
A six year old son of Marshall Mowrer of Wahwseh County Indiana was killed while playing near a Chicago and Erie railroad elevator. He became jammed in a trap and suffocated before help could reach him.
A distant agreement outlined between Great Britain and the Chinese Government proposes an executive settlement at Tiankew, with the United States to have a role in the process. The text notes a yielded approach and guidance from Hong Kong authorities in advising the steps forward.
A tidal wave burst into the bay tearing down the embankment and sweeping away locomotives gears and merchandise. The loss is estimated at one million dollars.
A dispatch from Ponta Delgada in the Azores reports the quarantine on United States ships has been lifted, with the sole exception of vessels sailing from Virginia ports.
A Madrid cablegram reports Filipino leaders press for the release of Spanish prisoners. The claim states a demand of seven million and one dollars. Jit asserts the Philippines seek this ransom for prisoner release.
Vienna report states the pope collapsed following a great blow and has suffered several fainting spells. Dr. Lappoui, the physician, was hastily summoned.
R G Dun & Co reports July failures smaller than any month on record except May, with trading failures exceptionally low. London asserts financial power as Bank of England signals limited ability to net gold from New York. London stock purchases total about 40 000 shares while heavy shipments threaten markets for wool and pig iron amid high prices.
Turbulent legal action follows a surge in divorce filings across the territory as residents seek dissolution amid shifting state laws. The article notes court motions, legislative debates, and anticipated changes impacting proceedings and residency requirements.
A race clash erupted near Greenville South Carolina after a rep voting incident. One white man and five Black men were wounded in the melee as tensions rose and armed whites joined the confrontation. Only Ben Odom is named among the wounded.
President McKinley purchased the historic McKinley cottage at North Market Street and Leis Avenue in Canton Ohio for 14500 and will take possession in October. The home marked the couple’s first residence and haunt of early memories as a political center drawing large crowds. An associated note reports J A Johnson of South McAlester led a meeting resulting in a petition to Congress urging government aid for colored emigration to Liberia, signed by many supporters.
Gus Beloff, noted bicycle racer, narrowly avoids death when a locomotive blocks his path during a ride. He collides with a moving engine, his rear wheel is crushed, and he is hurled about fifteen feet into the air before recovering.
In Cleveland a Wade Park avenue electric car of the Big Consolidated Hine was blown up near Fluclid avenue burns. The car sustained severe tearing. The motorman was badly hurt. A single passenger on the car escaped injury.
Dr. C. W. Adams prominent Kansas City physician and founder of Universe Medical College died on the street from an overdose of chloral. He served five years as dean of the faculty and was a noted medical leader.
Reported derailment of a Southern Pacific Express near Don Palos with an engine and portion of a set reportedly out of service. Mexican forces under Gen. Lorenzo Torres claim victory over the Yaqui Indians after a hard fought battle. sixty Indians said to be involved.
After an eleven day tie-up the building trades strike in Chicago has been called off. Leaders announced end of the work stoppage and pledged to return to jobs.
A party of eleven prospectors led by John FL Reherteen started from Dow Sen CY to chase Porcupine region riches. They reached Dawson by the Rankt Ste. Marie steamer and learned of new finds. The leader drowned en route to the site while Tebertson and others searched the area, spending the winter aboard a whaler after failing to reach Moon's Mt Dorado.
The report notes a U.S. citizen in the South African Republic whose arrest or mistreatment was deemed not serious by authorities. The article discusses broader views on Transvaal rights and local political tensions, citing Algerian and other regional reactions as context.
A mob surrounded the Britton home in Newark and severely beat J. M. Britton for alleged unlawful liquor sales. Mrs Britton and three others were held by captors as Britton was dragged from his home and wounded with brass knuckles, leaving him unable to lie down. The attackers identified by Mrs Britton as local citizens.
At Memorial United Brethren Church in Toledo Ohio the Waesener library volumes will be burned in a public demonstration. Waesener once a renowned agnostic recently converted to Christianity and declared her faith in a public proclamation.
Grape Cropestro d. Prof. J Loewe of Ashtabula TL Chlymonts of Cleveland and S F Higher of Geneva, members of the Northeastern Ohio Grape Association, completed vineyard inspections along the lakeshore belt. They report grapes nearly ruined by a dry rot causing about 1,000 dollars loss.
A county official Captain A. B. Watkins was fatally stabbed by his 11 year old son Clarence in Chattanooga. The boy attacked during a family dispute over discipline, pulling a knife and stabbing Watkins through the heart.
Western drought era reports show farmers unable to hire help despite high pay. Nebraska offers $2 a day for farm hands but labor scarce as wheat fields in South Dakota and western Iowa demand workers. Lumber prices rise. third advance raises costs by $1.50 per thousand since June and $3 per thousand since spring 1808, hampering Northward building operations.
Official figures from the State Board of Agriculture show Kansas has 1,425,112 inhabitants, a net increase of about 4,145 since 1889. The population gain marks a 2.5 percent rise in the latest 1890 enumeration.
In Los Angeles an eight year old daughter of actor Lawrence Hanley was crushed under a trolley car while crossing a street with other children. The child panicked at the approaching vehicle and ran onto the track.
The steamer Tuwa sank at Falls Point five miles below Mount Vernon Indiana with 601 aboard. A deck hand is missing, believed lost, after a narrow escape. A Philadelphia banker Charles F Auteurieth is found dead by his own action in a bath tub at his home with no motive known.
By the capsizing of a rowboat on the Patapsco River near Baltimore the following persons were drowned: Andrew Deems, William J. Lyman, James Walsh, Edward Garry and Mrs Hoover.
A Niagara Falls excursion train on the Lake Erie and Western narrowly escaped disaster at Lima Ohio crossing when a switch engine backing toward the crossing collided with the train. Twelve coaches carried Indiana and Illinois excursionists. four coaches lost steps and truss rods but no injuries were reported amid a panic among passengers.
Soldiers clash as regulars and volunteers at Fort McPherson Georgia engage in a riot over long standing tensions. Bayonet and revolver use reported as a company of regulars moves in to quell the disturbance and restore order amid injuries.
The Republic Iron and Steel Company leases the Eveleth Minnesota iron property, moving buildings to a new site provided by local owners. The deal involves future output tied to a 50 cent per ton rate and a $75,000 bonus.
Four masked riders attacked Warren Live Stock Company sheep along Two Mile creek injuring none and killing 150 sheep with 25 more crippled. The incident marks a worsening conflict between local sheepmen and cattlemen in the region.
Edwin Gould’s Continental Match Company plant in Detroit closed suddenly. The factory, bought by Gould for about $200,000, has been reportedly sold to the Diamond Match Company for $750,000.
At Deadwood South Dakota the Detroit and Deadwood Mining Company reports a second strong strike in a month with ore averaging 82 dollars per ton. The firm is owned by interests from New York Chicago and Detroit.
In Cleveland a teamster named John Schlehaber shot his wife four times at the Woodland Hotel and then killed himself with a bullet to the heart. The wife died within an hour. Jealousy is cited as the motive.
Robert Law a young farmer near Yankton D attempted suicide by hanging. His sister Ellen found him hanging from a limb, cut him down, and he is expected to recover.
The Republicans of Missouri's Eighth district, in a Jefferson City convention, nominated 7 W Vos Hall for Congress by acclamation.
Chaplain W. TL. Milburn of the United States Senate was sunstruck while delivering a lecture before the Epworth League assembly in Lincoln Nebraska. The incident prompted temporary medical attention and a pause in the program.
The markets show mixed ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with prices in dollars and cents for cattle 2.50 to 6.00 hogs 3.00 to 5.25 sheep 1.50 to 4.50 and grains wheat corn oats rye and clover seed quoted in No. 2 or No. 3 grades across multiple hubs.
The Rennes court began the Dreyfus trial at 7 am with Captain Alfred Dreyfus asserting innocence. Prominent figures attended as witnesses and the judge read the accusation, Dreyfus denying involvement in treason and asserting lifelong loyalty to France.
The note highlights Col Robert G Ingersoll dying without a will. It covers Bank of Spain decisions on silver payments, a child named Bessie Smith of New Castle Pennsylvania who played with matches and died, The Alton securing control of Union Transfer Chicago, small Boston dealers organizing against big stores, Gen Ludlow in Havana suppressing a Cuban newspaper, Alfred Vanderbilt and party sailing to Yokohama, and talks to press for peaceable acquisition of San Mu Bay in China.
A streetcar on the Shelton street railway plunges fifty feet from a trestle into a ravine near Peck's Mill stream. Thirty-five people die and twelve are injured as the car overturns and sinks in mud. Motorman George Hamilton survives by leaping to safety.
A ferry slip collapsed at Mount Desert ferry near Bar Harbor, drowning twenty or more Maine excursionists and injuring forty-one. Trains brought crowds to view warships in harbor. crush injuries occurred as the wooden slip fractured, stranding people in a 20 by 80 foot box and forcing dives to escape. Surviving injured were taken to a local hotel for urgent care.
Two hundred passengers on the steamship City of Grand Rapids stranded in a violent north easter after leaks threatened the nearly founder. The vessel struggled through seas to reach South Haven on Sunday morning with only one working force pump keeping the ship afloat.
Sparks from the Wires, A K. of P. lodge to be instituted at Havana. John L Sullivan ex champion pugilist will open a saloon in New York. Iron mills at Harrisboro Pa will raise puddlers wages 25 cents a ton. Lynn Kesperewski 14 was killed by a train at Scottdale Pa while asleep on the track. Co operative colony Ruskin Tennessee sold by a receiver after a faction favored free love disorganized the colony.
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