Democrat Names Publisher in Indiana Case
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1902
Page
6
Gigantic Gas Trust Promises Global Control
The Chicago Daily News reports a near one billion dollar gas trust forming with major European and London interests. A Chicago man is said to originate the scheme with Chicago and New York capital involved, and John D. Rockefeller is named as a potential $300,000,000 stockholder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Europe
London
Chicago
New York
John K. Rockefeller
Kaw twins receive land and money allotment
Fort Worth report states by federal order Kaw Indians on citizenship rolls by December 1, 1802 are entitled to allotments. Albert Taylor, a full-blood Kaw, enrolled his newborn twins on November 28 two days before tolls closed and they will each receive eleven thousand dollars in land and funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Albert Taylor
Fire destroys three story building on Erie avenue Cincinnati
A blaze in a three story apartment house on Erie avenue Cincinnati endangered three families and sent eight people to hospital with severe burns. The fire began in rubbish under a gas meter causing a gas explosion that tore up a section of the 61st floor as firefighters blocked the stairway and residents fled down the stairs suffering burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Avenue
Cincinnati
Ecelkir
Fire destroys Marlboro city hall and offices
A fire in Marlboro Nass destroyed the city hall and all offices including the annuary of Company PL Fifth Regiment and Marlboro Public Library. None of the department papers were saved. Michael O'Brien, 40, was buried under the collapsing walls and is believed fatally injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro
Nass
Company PL Fifth Regiment
Marlboro Pubne
Michael O’brien
Cholera Outbreak Reports From Manila and Luzon
The transport Thomas arrives in San Francisco with news of a new cholera outbreak at Manila. Thirty daily cases were reported as the Thomas departed, and army surgeons say the disease rages in southern provinces with high death rates and limited authorities to curb the epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
San Francrisco
Manila
Ligila
Collision Backs Plunging Train In Snow Storm
Engineer Platt of Pere Marquette express No 2 from Grand Rapids failed to see a stationary passenger train at MeCostillon in a heavy snow. The rear-end crash badly hurt five trainmen and injured several passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt
Grand Napids
Mich
MeCostillon
Jury Rules Daisy Carlton Justified in Bloomington Killing
In Bloomington Wisconsin a jury finds Daisy Carlton justified in killing Mrs Joseph Leslie after evidence showed the dead woman carried deadly weapons and had threatened to use them in relation to her displays of affection toward Mrs Leslie's husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington, WI
Daisy Carlton
Joseph Leslie
Carlton
Farmer Discovers Wagon Hub Buried With Gold
David Dix, a well known farmer near Victor in Fayette County West Virginia, found an old wagon hub eighteen inches underground containing $10,000 in gold and silver. The hub was in fair preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Dix
Victor
Fayette County
W- Va
Fire devastates Corunna bank and Lena Miller building
A blaze destroyed the First National bank and Lena Miller building in Corunna Michigan with Carland's grocery assay heavily damaged. The fire threatened the entire business district prompting assistance from Owosso and an estimated total loss of about 40000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Lena Miller
Corunna
Mich
MM. Carland
Owosso
Two Boys Drown Skating on Akron Pond
Roy and Far Smith aged 9 and 11 drowned while skating on a pond near Akron Ohio. The ice beneath Earl broke first and when he tried to save him the ice failed again, leaving both brothers in the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Far Smith
Akron
Ohio
Earl
Fire at Heilaire destroys Hoyd Co plant and other buildings
A large blaze in Bellaire Ohio destroyed Hoyd and Co wholesale produce house the Enamel Brick and Tile Company new plant the warehouses of Stewart and Good a flouring milk and four dwelling houses The total loss is estimated at 310 000 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Ohio
Hoyd & Co
Enamel Brick and Tile Company
Stewart& Good
Oho
Boyd & Co
Stewart & Good
Tragic Burns Claim Mother and Child Near Jursville
Mrs. Charles Davis and her 4 year old daughter died from severe burns after the child’s clothing caught fire near Jursville Indiana. The mother tried to save the child, running forty yards to a neighbor with the child in her arms, but both succumbed shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Davis
Jurssiaville
Ind
Fire Ravages Hickory Town. Loss Estimated at 40000
A disastrous blaze swept Hickory a small town about sixty miles from Asheville North Carolina causing an estimated forty thousand dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Asheville
N. C
Desperate Stillwell fatally wounds two and dies in posse fight
George D. Stillwell resisted a Warmington Iowa arrest and shot City Marshal Robert Coulter and Justice A. E. Musgrave. He fled, skirmished with a posse, and was killed after a long gun battle near a cemetery. Coulter and Musgrave are mortally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Stillwell
Farmington
Canses Trasedy
George D. Stillwell
Warmington
Iowa
Robert Coulter
Stillwell
Coulter
Desperado
Justice of the Peace
A. E. Musgrave
Musgrave
Stilwell
Musgrove
Navy Officer Loses $1 Million Prize Claim
Federal Judge Edward B. Thomas in Brooklyn voided Lieutenant Commander William H. T. Sutherland’s claim for $1,000,000 against the United States. Sutherland sought prize money for destroying the Spanish steamer Santo Domingo with the Eagle during the Spanish American War. The government argued only $1,100 could be recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Thomas
Brooklyn
United States
William H. T. Sutherland
Navy
Eagle
Santo Domingo
Sutherland
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Cleintiff
Wife's Dream Warns Man Not to Work in Terminal Yards
Mrs Mary Johnson warned her husband John in St Joseph Missouri not to go to work at the terminal yards. He ignored her warning and three hours later was fatally injured when a Santa Fe train cut and mangled him. The fatal incident followed the wife's dream the previous night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
John
Mary Johnson
Johnson
Santa Fe
Aldermen Guilty of Bribery in Street Car Bill
Five former St. Louis city aldermen were found guilty of bribery in a joint trial. Each defendant John A. Sheridan Charles J. D. Benny Charles Gutke Edmund Berseh and P. K. Albright received a five year sentence in the penitentiary for their roles in the suburban street car bill scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boodline
St. Louis House of Delegates
John A. Sheridan
Charles J. Dbenny
Charles Gutke
Edmund Berseh
P. K. Albright
Morgan Leads Syndicate to Control Kentucky Coal Mines
Negotiations nearly complete as an Eastern syndicate including director J Pierpont Morgan secures control of coal mines west of Green River, Kentucky except St Bernard assets. The deal totals $8,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Tastern Syndicate
J. Pierpont Morgan
Green River
St. Bernard Coal Company
Western Pioneers Murdered Near Almira Washington
An elderly pioneer J A Lewis aged 76 and his wife were killed by unknown robbers after a struggle near Almira Washington. The assailants brain the man with an ax and beat the woman to death with a club in the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lewis
Almira
Wash
Steal Ten Tons of Coal In Ansonia Raid
A train of twenty coal cars on a siding in Ansonia Connecticut was raided by a crowd of 200 people. Over ten tons of coal were taken in the incident. Also reported is Marconi's wireless transatlantic message link from Glace Bay to Cornwall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia
Qonn
Atlantic Ocean
Marconi
Glace Bay
N. 8
Cornwall
England
Edison
Ironton to Host Road Extension and Rail Concessions
The Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton secures track and terminal rights from Ironton Ohio and plans to extend its line from Gallia through Waterloo coal fields to Ironton. Congressman Edmond Spencer Blackburn of North Carolina attended the ceremony with Miss Louise Levain Parker, daughter of Col Myron M Parker, at the bride’s home on Thursday. Fire broke out in the basement of Days drug store in Beatrice Nebraska within the Masonic Temple Block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Ironton
Ohio
Gallia
Waterloo
Edmond Spencer Blackburn
North Carolina
Louise Levain Parker
Col
Myron M. Parker
Washington
Masonic Building
Day’s Drug Store
Masonic Temple
Beatrice, Neb
Great loss as Masonic Temple burns in three-story blaze
The entire Masonic Temple, a three story business block, was destroyed in a blaze causing a total loss of 125000 dollars. Principal losers include Beatrice National Bank at 40000, Masonic Temple itself at 85000, Day's drug store at 7080, with minor losses totaling 1500 to 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Beatrice National Bank
Day's Drug Store
Americans Invest Heavily in Mexico Railroads Mines
Estimates from Consul General A. D. Barlow show Americans hold about 500 million dollars in Mexican investments, mainly in railroads and mining, with 1,117 American firms involved. Most funds were placed in the past five years, and mining machinery purchases are prominent. Agriculture follows mining in total investment, while manufactories rank much lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
A. D. Barlow
Mexico City
New Move in Tobacco War Planned Union Cigar Plant
The tobacco trust plans a Chicago factory to be union controlled and the largest in the West. Operated by the Syracuse Cigar Company, it will supply union goods to United Cigar Stores and employ up to five hundred workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Cigar Company
United Cigar Steras Company
Battleship Maine Ready for Commission at Cramp Yard
The Maine, with steam up in the Delaware River, is nearly finished and set for commission. The hull gleams white, lights illuminate the decks at night, and the ship carries an armament including four 12 inch rifles and multiple 6 and 1 inch rapid fire guns along with torpedo tubes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Maine
Cramps
Disputch
Philadelphia
Hes
Delaware River
Boy with Sensing Hands Locates Oil Wells
Morgan Reese a 13 year old coal miner's son in Williamsburg Colorado has a knack for detecting oil presence by a feeling in his hands. He has marked locations for the Standard Oil Company where wells were drilled and found productive flows. The company had abandoned parts of the area earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Reese
Williamsburg
Colo
Standard Off Company
Standard
Wil
Court of Appeals rules boycott illegal conspiracy in restraint of trade
The St. Louis Court of Appeals holds that organized boycotts violate antitrust laws and that capitalists may resist using funds unless compelled by public obligation, while workers may refuse labor if they avoid becoming dependent on public relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Cholera Outbreak in Manila Spreads With Daily Cases
Reports aboard the transport Thomas indicate a fresh cholera outbreak in Manila with thirty cases daily as the ship left port. Army surgeons warn the disease rages unchecked in the southern provinces.
Massive Knoxville Fire Destroys Heart of Business District
A major blaze began at 1 30 am in a four story building on Commerce Avenue opposite the Central fire station housing the Knox ville Pants Company. Within two hours six adjoining buildings including Broyles McClennan Lackey the L David Commission Co George Brown Wardware Co Shanklin Grain and Cattee Co were wiped out with wholesale outfits Mc Teer Blood Co and Davies Furniture Co largely spared. Conservative insurers peg losses at 400 000 to 600 000 with higher totals in circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Commerce Avenue
Central Fire Station
Knoxvilie Pants Company
Thue
Broyles, McClennan & Lackey
L. David Commission
Murder Stuns St Louis As Trusted Friend Kills
Thompson Morton, an unemployed civil engineer, stabbed J. W. Barringer Jr., office engineer of the St. Louis, Memphis and South Eastern Railway, in his St. Louis office. Barringer died without speaking. Morton offers no motive and had long been Barringer’s closest friend despite taciturn behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Morton
J. W. Barringer
St. Louis
Memphis and Southeastern Railway
Barringer
Morton
Platt and Odell Back Buffalo Canal Route Plan
Republican leaders at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York endorsed recommending the inner Buffalo canal route to the Legislature. The proposed state waterways improvement is estimated to cost about 89 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt
Odell
New York
Senator Platt
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Gov. Odell
Buffalo
Blaze Rips Through Bellaire Firms Destroying Warehouses
A large fire in Bellaire Ohio started mysteriously and swept Boyd and Co Wholesale Produce House Tile Company Stew art and Good warehouses a flowing mill and four houses. Loss estimated at 190000 dollars.
Car Load of Mail Is Burned en Route West
Official report from Syracuse details a fire that destroyed a car load of Christmas mail en route to the West. Only twenty to thirty pouches survived from seven or eight hundred, the mail destined for Chicago and farther west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Syracuse
Chicago
Plans for World’s Tallest Hotel On Thirty Third Street
Plans completed for a potentially thirty-story hotel in New York City opposite the Waldorf Astoria. The project envisions a twenty four story structure, with a possible thirty story extension depending on construction and financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-third Street
New York
Northwestern road grants 8 percent raise to 5000 engineers and firemen
The Northwestern road increases wages by about 8 percent for 5000 engineers and firemen. A strike of 5000 Chicago woodworkers is threatened as manufacturers allegedly plan to wage war on union labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Road
Chicago
Vessel Admitted and Notable Local Deaths
The Red Line steamer Carneas, under Captain Wooodrick, arrived at La Ginagra after calling at New York, San Juan, and Willemstad, with free entry by blockading ships. Yeb Wilson, NC state senator from Yancey County, was killed by his brother Hiram over a horse deal at Burnsville. The Princess of Wales bore a fifth child since 1893 marriage. The Archbishop of Canterbury Frederick Temple is dead. Judge Phillips in Cleveland rules Mayor Johnson's tax bureau illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red D Line
Carneas
Wooodrick
New York
San Juan
Porto Rico
Willemstad
Caracon
la Ginagra
Kilts
Yeb Wilson
Yancey County
North Carolina
Burnsville
Hiram Wilson
Princess of Wales
Congress Debates Tariffs Pure Food Bill And Isthmian Plan
The House passed a tariff reduction on Philippine growth to 25 percent of Dingley rates and approved a pure food bill 72 to 24 amid debates. It also moved to make Portal North Dakota a subport and addressed Native American relief, public building site changes, and Muskegon. The Senate held a light session with conference reports on coal strike and isthmian canal discussed. adjourned to Jan 5, 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
House
Philippine Archipelago
Tompkins
Ohio
Adawson
Gardner
Mass
Senate
Portal
Indiana
Chatham
Washington
Muskegon
Mich
Allison
Conference
Hawaii
Patterson
Colo
Mr. Morgan
Tlonse
Cannon
Cunt Strike Commission
Tlouse
Vonferenece
Coal Strike Commission
Senate panels report on currency, eight hour bill and naval site
Senate panels favor a Philippine currency bill and approved an eight hour labor measure with amendments. Other actions include a plan for two general staff corps, interstate rail freight hearings, and nominations to the Isthmian commission. A naval training site near Chicago was chosen with $250,000 requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On
Philippine
Philippines
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Bul
Interstate Commerce Commission
Isham G. Randolph
Volney W Foster
Isthminn Ennal Commission
Hoar Glass
Pritchard
North Carolina
South
Merchant Marine Committee
Congress
Depew
Naval Training Station
Chicago
Bate
Arizona
New Mexico
Senate
William E. Curtis
Venezuela
House Judiciary Committee
Quarles
War Roct
Military Committee of House
Roat
United States
Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bereau
Whitewashed Trade Review Signals Steady Yet Tight Markets
The Weekly Trade Review reports stable wholesale demand across staple lines in most regions, with fuel shortages delaying deliveries. Rail earnings rise, United States Steel expands control, and freight rates climb about 10 percent. Demand remains strong, but coke supplies lag and many furnaces idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Indor
United States Steel Corporation
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
The report lists daily price ranges by city for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Values cover Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York with varieties of wheat corn oats rye and hay including shipping grades and butter eggs and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Doe
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
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