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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1899
Page
6
Brief telegraph summaries recount varied events from the past week including crimes fires politics and religious news with multiple casualties noted. Local incidents span diverse locations and institutions reflecting the period's unsettled atmosphere.
A large blaze engulfed the Lippincett Publishing House in Ashes and a major department store complex nearby. Fire crews faced extreme heat and spread, with authorities reporting extensive damage and potential financial losses for the publishing house and retail operations.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a steamer declared seaworthy after repairs, with mentions of troops or infantry and a maritime incident. It references wartime conditions, a Manila context, and possible losses or damages aboard the ship amid unsettled state affairs.
Reported clashes at a city intersection as a long running sewer strike faced aggression. Strikers beat several people, including a colored man, until bystanders and authorities intervened to restore order.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions withdrawal of troops and a war related topic with unclear references to individuals and dates. The readable parts are insufficient to identify persons, organizations, or places accurately.
A reader reports a bold haul involving S400 in postage stamps secured and stored amid mixed odds and ends. The note references a safe opening and securing action and mentions a minor dispute or misstep during the effort.
A vehicle collision near Garry Pass involved Thad Mies and Woe Mis Bintna Choeddes from Gaither and Harwood. The driver Gouel was severely injured with unspecified injuries reported.
General Otis cabled the War Department reporting that the Thirty first Volunteers who arrived on the Pekin and Mannatense will garrison parts of Mindutuiang in Mindanao.
James King a farmer his daughter and boerse were killed when the Panhandle train struck near Nenia Ohio. Weather and poor visibility due to dense fog hindered witnesses and rescue efforts.
Dispatch from St John s N Fo reports the schooner Seraphis bound for the Bay of Islands is believed to have foundered with seven crew members lost.
The transports Denny Wostock and Co lumbia have sailed from San Francisco with the Forty second Infantry aboard bound for Manila signaling ongoing troop movements from the west coast to the Philippines amid the current expedition.
London dispatch reports General Methuen among wounded at Modder River. Second Army Corps to be called out. Lord Wolseley confirms another division will be mobilized and sent to the Cape theatre.
Authorities captured a counterfeiting outfit in the Alalvmea Permstentiare at Wetumkis. The gang initiated an impression in plaster of Paris using feces that were tampered with to mislead.
The weekly R. G. Dun review reports fading monetary anxieties as Treasury bond sales improve markets. Wool sales surge across three main markets with record volumes, while interior receipts total about 50,000 dollars.
The will of Maj. John A. Logan leaves his entire estate to his wife with life insurance excluded. Executors Robert Bentley WL Garlick of Youtestevayn Obie and James Shaw of New York manage affairs amid business difficulties. News notes follow about a nurse, a dramatic professor shot, and various local incidents.
A cloudburst dumps heavy rain in Cotulla Texas washing away portions of town and causing extensive ruin to buildings livestock and ranch property nearby. A fire in Chicago and a dynamite explosion damaged homes and killed a person in another incident described in the same report.
The United States ship Ranger at Mare Island is being prepared for a long voyage with guns aboard. Officers refuse details, but say the leader is ordered to Panama and will depart in December. Sealed instructions from Washington govern the mission, with Manila as a probable final destination.
Gen. Methuen advances to aid Wimberley and clashes with Boer forces at Gras Pan ten miles north of Belmont. Casualties mount on both sides with British losses rising and naval detachments heavily engaged. A second, harder campaign is forecast as British forces press onward.
Col. George St. Davis dies at 692 Washington Boulevard Chicago after a heart attack on November 16. Survived by wife, two sons Benjamin and George I Davis Jr, and four daughters Delia Nellie Georgia Belle Elizabeth. Born 1810 in Palmer Massachusetts. Enlisted 1862, rose to colonel, moved to Chicago in 1871 as director general of the World’s Fair.
Dispatches report Gen. MacArthur's troops occupy Mangatarem west of Bayantbang in the Rio Agno valley after routing insurgents. Escaped Americans recount four deserters with the rebels and describe pursuit into the mountains. Officials in Washington weigh Aguinaldo’s fate and postwar governance plans for the Philippines.
The estate of the late Vice-President Hobart is estimated at 5 million dollars with life insurance totaling 850000. His remains will be interred in a tomb at Cedar Lawn Cemetery and the body will lie in the Paterson Cemetery receiving vault until burial.
Summary of varied notes: Kentucky tobacco growers press for direct consumer sales, a Pittsburgh man John Stebbe is found dead near a railroad in a suspected murder, and a New York ferry collision fault is assigned to Pilot William Durham. Other items mention postmaster appointments, a Texas garrison dispute, Christian Endeavorers campaign, Zola trial pause, a New York suicide, Mexican burglaries, an American land syndicate in Cuba, and more brief notices.
The army transport Maneensee, sailing from San Francisco with 420 aboard, faced a devastating typhoon near Manila. The ship grounded into weeks of darkness, with engines failing, water flooding holds, and improvised bucket baling by exhausted soldiers. Officers blame incompetence while praising troops for endurance and discipline under peril.
A collage of brief notices names Argentina's president Spain's Alfonso Europe Peru's Pierola and the Dauphin royal circles. Mentions Queen Victoria, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, the Prince of Wales, Danish princesses, a French or English estate fence, and a Bombay governor titled as baronet.
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