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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
6
A recent bold robbery attempt in Akron Indiana failed when robbers bound two night operators and cut phone lines. They dynamited the Exchange and bank, wounded no one as shots were traded, and fled in a stolen vehicle after wrecking the bank building.
Passenger train No 2 on the Pennsylvania road ran into an open switch at Safford station six miles south of Indianapolis Indiana where the Greenwood inter urban crosses the railroad. Engineer George J. Frazier of Indianapolis killed instantly Fireman Lou Grant of Indianapolis fatally injured Bratagemaster John F Clayton seriously injured Three passengers slightly injured The engine crashed into a stone car on the siding and was wrecked.
During a rebellion trial of 025 peasants at Khar koff, lawyers defending the prisoners quit the room calling proceedings a farce. The minister of the Interior sentenced them to a year in solitary confinement with bread and water for their protest against the government.
Secretary May outlined why negotiations with Colombia have failed for isthmus right-of-way. He favors abandoning current talks and pursuing a Nicaragua and Costa Rica route to construct the Nicaraguan Canal.
A report to Secretary Shaw shows the U S treasury holds more gold than any nation ever. The total is 65 019 065. Russia's treasury is listed at 58 000 000. France 9709 000 000, Germany 254 000 000, Austria Hungary 224 000 000, England 153 000 000.
A Baltimore and Ohio express train was wrecked at Opequon near Cumberland due to heavy rain causing a landslide. The engine jumped the track, the fireman and engineer were killed, while passengers suffered only minor injuries as both tracks remained blocked.
The Memphis Cotton Exchange has decided to seek court action to compel railroads to furnish enough cars to move cotton out of the city promptly. The issue is described as unusually serious and is expected to prompt legal measures.
A furious southwest gale drives the steamer Sylvanus I. Macy to a rapid sinking at Lake Erie. The vessel likely takes all hands as she goes down while the barge Mabel Wilson breaks free and is towed away.
At Fort Leavenworth 125 of 1490 soldiers are in the guard house for AWOL. Officers blame the anti canteen law as the cause, saying many soldiers are absent without leave.
The marine hospital service reports 127,319 bubonic plague cases in India across 21 weeks from April 26 to October 4, with 45,574 deaths. The data reflects official casualty figures gathered during the period.
Former Caneen mayor Jesse Pratt took his own life at his residence, with melancholia cited as the motive. The death occurred in New Jersey, authorities reported.
The remains of Herr Krupp, the gun maker, were laid to rest in Issen Prussia with impressive ceremonies. Emperor William walked beside the hearse on foot as the funeral drew a vast crowd from the city’s population.
A sixty ton rotary engine exploded at Union Paper Mills in Franklin Ohio. Roy Thayer, age 22, was instantly killed as machinery parts were blown through four brick walls and flung about 100 feet away.
Arthur McArthur Washburn of Ohio, guest of John R. McLean, left the McLean home for a short spin in McLean’s $1,000 auto on the Tennallytown road. About a mile out the car lurched into a rut and turned over. Washburn narrowly escaped being crushed. Batteries jarred, current set fire to the framework, and the machine was destroyed.
Pittsburg special reports that if relief is not found urgently, Carnegie Steel mills at Homestead Bradford and Duquesne will shut down. Congestion blocks movement of finished products and raw materials. Officials anticipate stoppages and plan extensive machinery upgrades.
The U S transport Ingalls with General Miles aboard ran aground on a reef as it entered Le Gaspi harbor in Albay province Southeast Luzon. The vessel is not in danger, weather calm, and it is hoped she will float at the next high tide. Shore communication remains open and a relief will be dispatched if she does not float.
Chicago will get a new "millionaires train" run by Eastern Illinois connecting Chicago and Jacksonville and other Florida resorts. It will feature fine equipment and punctual service, matching the famed Atlantic Coast Line version from New York to Florida. The service starts soon after year’s start and will trim the Chicago to Jacksonville trip to thirty hours from thirty one.
Co. W. Johnson of Boston sails from Sanrancisco toward Manzanilla on the Jouisa D. to hunt 31.62 million in treasure lost when the steamer Golden Gate burned and sank forty years ago. Johnson outfits the vessel with diving gear to locate the wreck.
A $40,000 package vanished from an express car on the Burlington Portland train at the Lincoln Nebraska depot. A messenger set the package down while moving safes and, with his back turned, it disappeared. Kanspress officials refuse to discuss.
Fifty students at Northwestern University Chicago were excluded from classes for not presenting vaccination certificates as required. Notices listing the names were posted on college bulletin boards, alerting registrars to the noncompliant students under institutional mandates.
Vess Jenkins and his wife Mary were found guilty and sentenced to hang in Kingston Tennessee for the murder by poisoning of Murt Fleming Mrs Jenkins first husband. Fleming's body was exhumed and arsenic in his stomach was enough to kill many men.
Dornier and Sons of Lafayette Indiana sold to Chicago Carnation a plant named Fiancee shown at the Chicago flower show where it won a silver medal. Pormer and Sons to receive £15000 for plants cuttings and roots produced by June 30 next year. Capetown dispatch says magistrates may return seized farmer ruffles under martial law and a general amnesty proclamation may precede Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's Cape visit.
A disastrous blaze engulfed vast petroleum wells at Boreslaw Galicia. The fire rose sixty feet high and cast flames over surrounding buildings, visible for up to two hundred miles. Damage runs into millions with multiple fatalities reported.
A crowded Danube steamer carrying workmen sank off Crsava Serbia. Darkness hampered rescue efforts and only five passengers were saved while thirty perished. The disaster occurred on an island in the Danube as boats from shore struggled to reach the wreck.
Stockholder Charles M. Moore of a Chicago brokerage firm shoots himself at his residence. Relatives say the act stems from prolonged illness and resulting despondency.
A San Francisco steamer from Guatemala reports that no fewer than 10,000 perished in the Santa Maria volcanic eruption. Dora Meek of Centralia is described as entering a trance for 56 days after a quarrel with her lover, with no sign of consciousness during that period.
A woman and three girls died in a blaze in the east side tenement district on Royal Mint Street London. The fire prompted investigations by local authorities and responders describing a deadly residential house fire with multiple victims.
Cardinal Gibbons is expected in Rome during March 1913 to assist in the celebration of Pope Leo the Th Sixth coronation anniversary.
Reported armed action shows Colombian troops crossing borders on November 16 and formations established on November 19, prompting regional tensions and calls for restraint from neighboring governments.
Frederick A Krupp the great German gun maker and wealthiest man in Germany died suddenly at his Huegel villa from apoplexy. He led the Krupp empire employing 55 000 and supplying 34 governments with over 85 000 guns. His fortune estimated at 125000000 and annual income near 10 000 000.
Chicago authorities widen the Masonic Temple tax fixing probe as new prominent firms and individuals are named. The State fights to uncover how the $20,000 payoff was distributed with Wheeler claiming various shares and Peter Storm missing from accounts after his death.
Samuel Gompers was unanimously reelected as president at the Federation of Labor convention in New Orleans. Boston won the bid to host the next convention, with Philadelphia Milwaukee and Asheville NC as main rivals. The executive council report opposed government by injunction but affirmed court authority to issue injunctions to prevent property destruction and law violations, stirring the gathering.
The town of Tissen built under Krupp and his father serves as a world model. Model houses for laborers include schools baths libraries and hospitals. Wages partly on a co operative system and Friedrich Krapp provided a pension plan for workers invalidated by illness or old age.
A long anticipated policy will grant independence to members of the Cherokee Creek Choctaw and Chickasaw nations turning many into self supporting landowners. About 195000 Indians are expected to become landowners with titles to plots in Indian Territory. The five civilized tribes began distributing tribal lands after 65,000 claims were settled yielding roughly 100 acres per person.
The Frisco Live Stock Co organized at St. Louis to run an Angora goat ranch near Cuba Missouri along the Frisco Railroad. The project plans 30,000 acres for the operation and development of the grazing enterprise.
Timbered land to stock 89,000 goats imported from New Mexico making it the world’s largest goat farm. A Kansas City packing house would slaughter the goats for market as part of the project. C Madden proposes new postal rates for second class publications and consolidation of third and fourth class mail at 1 cent per 2 ounces. William Richards, 82, of Westville, C., died by self inflicted hanging after a Crimean War veteran’s service and Sebastopol siege injuries.
The session will push eleven regular appropriation bills first to avoid government stoppage. Major items include urgent deficiency, army, naval, postal, fortifications, District of Columbia, agriculture and sundry civil measures with some facing debate. Other notable moves involve Cuban reciprocity, general treaties, immigration, tariff investigations, and ship subsidy debates.
Mrs. Susan Brown leaves $150,000 real estate to Princeton University to be directed by the ex president. Michigan Agricultural College suspends several students amid a rush. 1,000 absent. Kate Drexel plans a Navajo mission school in Arizona. University of Chicago buys 50,000 insects from entomologist John Akhurst. US Education Commissioner Harris reports 17,299,230 pupils in schools, with $576,963,089 school property value and $2.93 per capita expenditure. College Entrance Board shows 130 exam sites for 1,362 candidates pursuing 35 colleges. Yale University total enrollment 2,875, up 100.
Railroads and express companies plan a joint crackdown on the rising bandit threat. Executives from Davenport to Chicago push for a federal statute and stronger measures, offering large rewards and urging armed crewmembers to shoot straight. Officials hope a coordinated effort will stop the derailments and robberies plaguing the middle West and beyond.
Refugees arriving at Foe Barrios from Western Guatemala report a grave disaster after Santa Maria Volk Ecano eruption. Destruction spans miles with Indian villages wiped out, coffee plantations ruined, and widespread famine. Government censorship and mail inspection hinder full details while prices surge and starvation grips cities like Quesaltenango and Guatemala City.
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