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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1898
Page
2
Former United States Senator Calvin S. Brice died at 8:15 p.m. at his New York residence after a week of cold and developing pneumonia. At his bedside were Mrs. Brice, Capt. Stewart M. Brice, John Francis Brice, Miss Helen Brice, and Miss Kate Brice. Another son, W. K. Brice, is returning from China.
Dispatches from Brussels report the Governor of the Upper Congo confirming that four Belgian traders were killed and eaten by natives of the Upper Ubangha. The escort of thirty soldiers was massacred, and a further detachment of forty soldiers with two white officers was ambushed and slain while moving to aid the traders.
Through friends the former Hawaiian sovereign Liliuokalani declines any pension from the United States and seeks no compensation for losing her throne. She aims to claim crown lands for her niece Princess Kaiulani and use leftovers to fund institutions benefiting Hawaii and Hawaiians.
Michigan officers seized Phillips, Alex Watkins, and Jvn Emsley at Mishawaka Indiana and sent them to Kalamazoo on charges of complicity in the Richland Union Bank robbery. They pled not guilty at preliminary hearing and remain jailed with Slater and Allison. Authorities link them to a gang that raided banks in Fiora and Pleasant Lake Indiana.
Senator Proctor introduces a resolution to appoint five Senators to visit Cuba and Puerto Rico to inquire into military political economic and sanitary conditions and report facts and recommendations for Senate information.
A fire at McKeesport Pennsylvania heavily damaged the National Hotel and an adjoining tenement. Guests fled safely except one woman who leaped from a second story window sustaining serious injuries. Loss estimated at $10,000.
A major blaze in Arcadia N. M. destroyed twenty five business houses and a dwelling. Estimated loss reached about 820000 dollars. Fire officials probe cause as extensive damage halts town business.
Ex Governor of Minnesota Merriam is reported to be under serious consideration for the Secretary of the Interior position when Secretary Bliss retires. The report notes this potential cabinet appointment as a possible reshaping of the administration.
Dispatches from Madrid report thousands of Cuban soldiers starving and dying in Madrid as the government struggles to locate Tovey and pay decades of back wages.
The auxiliary cruiser Yosemite has been chosen for Admiral Dewey's fleet and will be fitted at Norfolk Navy Yard. It will transport naval stores and 69 enlisted men on the voyage to Manila through the Suez Canal.
Eastern stockholders vote to liquidate the Boston National Bank. The item lists related financial upheavals and notable deaths, fires, and legal actions across major cities, including Norwich deaths, New York thefts, and Philadelphia court cases.
In Croton Ohio six Parson family members suffer from trich inosis. John Roberts found guilty of manslaughter in Paola Kansas. Kansas blacks campaign to deport 2,000,000 to Cuba Porto Rico Hawaii Africa. Upper Sandusky fire destroys Mrs Van Marter block. Hyannis Massachusetts fire damages New Haven railroad engine house four locomotives lost $75,000. Seattle Attorney General files libel suit over Laurada ship smuggling whisky to Alaska. Ernest L Hospes of Stillwater Minnesota bankruptcy petition liabilities $170,500 assets $375. Indianola and Sathawa mine explosion near Poteau Oklahoma kills at least five. Antioch College quarantined for smallpox. Yellow Springs vaccination ordered. John Tongass jailed eight years in Columbus for murder of Albert Van Riper now alive in Kenton. Deleque Colorado reports 150 beaters in a mountain lion hunt. Harry A MacDowell of Chicago, died by own action in Manila. parents in Colorado Springs. George Perry and daughter Eunice struck by Chicago and Alton train at Higginsville.
A chaotic bulletin paints deaths from a deadly year in Butte fumes and a fatal train collision near Prescott. It notes a murder mystery in Cleveland, local tremors in Akron reorganizations, and a pottery syndicate surge as rail wars and icebound shipping threaten regional trade.
In Chattanooga Tennessee David W Hughes a lumber dealer filed a bankruptcy petition with liabilities listed at two hundred fifty thousand dollars and assets at one thousand dollars Also reported a steamer the St John Howard burned at Columbia Louisiana with no fatalities a knife duel in Mount Vernon Georgia left Charles Darley dead and Thomas Jennings wounded and jailed An acquittal in Newport News Virginia for Sam Hall in a murder case Owensboro Kentucky saw Mary Glover burned to death A quarrel in Trigg County Kentucky left Lindsay Freeman and his son Charles involved with the son’s fatal shot A Florida regiment members killed in Huntsville Alabama and a West Holmes Street shooting of Private Porter Weisnant the casualty left with a throat wound
The War Department reverses the exclusion order against correspondent Sylvester Scovel from army posts after an apology for conduct at Santiago. Treasury weighs tea inspector posting at St Paul amid opposition from Chicago New York importers. President McKitsy selects Major General John R. Presake as Governor General of Cuba to oversee military and civil administration. Amanda V. Grierson McCarty, elderly actress, pardoned for pension law violation. health is frail. Illinois charity secretary Dr Wines reports immigration commission letter from Washington.
A proposed rule states that any alien immigrant who may become a public charge within one year of landing in the United States shall be returned to the country of origin at the expense of the immigrant fund of the United States Government.
The Prince of Wales plans an American visit next summer. a Chicago firm eyes Cuba for cold storage warehouses. France's Henri Laveden joins the Academy. U S Spain peace treaty signed in Paris. notable deaths include William Black and Sir William Anderson. Berlin hints at a German Samoa action. Garcia dies in Washington. Samoa politics and water poisoning allegations emerge. Formosa atrocities reported. clashes in Moron and Ciengo de Avila. Japanese police casualties in Formosa. Carolines negotiations disputed. Oscar Strauss meets the Sultan with assurances on U S Turkey issues and Armenian indemnities.
Archbishop Ireland backs Cuban annexation and mirrors papal sentiment. Dr. J J Walter is named missionary in charge of Methodist work in Alaska. Also reported are Victoria bridge remodeling in Montreal with a future opening by the Prince of Wales, a counterfeit silver dollar gang in the Mississippi valley, and R G Dun notes steadier markets with high November activity and fewer failures than last year.
The report lists bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes. Notes show shipping and quality distinctions and regional price spreads.
Senate and House actions focus on the Nicaragua Canal bill and related issues. Debates over territorial expansion, pension legislation, District of Columbia matters, and seamen laws continue. A postholiday vote on Turpie’s postponement is planned with broader talks on registry of foreign ships and pension policy.
The piece notes four Smiths in the current Congress with four Republicans and three from Michigan. only Democratic Smith is David Highbaugh Smith of Hodgensville Kentucky. It mentions Dominis arriving in Washington to press a claim to crown lands in Hawaii valued at four million dollars, and a Cuban independence tone in the president's message. It also cites trade figures, mint coinage for November 1898, and a bishop's fundraising for an American university.
President McKinley led the Atlanta peace Jubilee second day with enormous crowds and a grand civic and military parade. Gen Joe Wheeler commanded horsemen while regiments, veterans, students, and civic groups joined the procession as the President received frenzied ovations along the route.
The Yosemite and the Badger are assigned to Pacific duties. The Yosemite sails via the Suez Canal directly to Manila to join Dewey's fleet, valued for its moderate draught and long range for island cruises. The Badger heads to Hawaii as station ship, with possible voyages to San Francisco and troop transport duties.
Filipino insurgents urge the United States to force Spain to ransom over 10,000 Spanish prisoners. They demand 20 million dollars and argue Spain will receive 29 million under the peace treaty as compensation for costs in the Philippines. Madrid shows irritation at continued refusals to release prisoners.
Adjutant General Corbin told the House Military Committee that the Cuban evacuation commission led by Generals Wade and Butler and Rear Admiral Sampson stated an army of 50 000 men was required to keep order in Cuba. Major General Miles testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on war deficiency bill items.
At Glarksville Tennessee the decision favored the defendants in the $25 000 damage suit of BR W Moss of Martin Tennessee against Kendrick Runyon tobacco warehousemen
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