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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1905
Page
8
Grand Duke Sergius dominates the czarist regime as the war party leader. He influences Nicholas and anti liberal measures, with arrests and Kremlin reach, while Gopon and others are detained or exiled amid sweeping political tension. Congressional notes summarize weeklong sessions on DC affairs, statehood, pensions, and military appropriations.
Telegraphic dispatches from Manchurian headquarters report two detachments advancing near Liutako and Heikoutal. They repulsed counterattacks, occupied Hei koutai area, and pursued retreating forces to the right bank of the Hun River.
Warsaw endures growing strike violence as street railways halt and looting erupts. Shops along Marshal Kovski street and state vodka outlets are ransacked while factories schools and theaters close. Police clash with demonstrators and numerous arrests occur. Civilians flee in fear.
Moscow reports the strike nearing end as a blizzard keeps people indoors. authorities guard against gatherings while about 300,000 troops remain in the city. The effort emphasizes orderly restraint over potential protests amid winter conditions.
Behnstonol reports government endows naval and military commanders with full powers to repress disorders amid a gravity situation. Over 900 arrests recorded, signaling strict control measures.
Miami January 26. Col. Carl P. Mern an associate of the so called prophet Elijah II of Zion City dies suddenly on a steamship. The body will be sent to Zion City for interment.
Washington expects four appropriation bills to move in the House including pensions post office naval and diplomatic funds with minor measures. Senate debate will focus on amendments to the statehood bill amid liquor prohibition changes while Judge Swayne faces charges and the agricultural appropriation bill may reach the Senate by week’s end.
In Cavite near Silang a clash between scouts and constabulary and 100 ladrones led by Pelizardo left ten bandits dead and seven captured. The attackers burned into San Fran de Malabon taking Governor Trias's wife and two children and Native women as prisoners before a failed rescue attempt.
William O Dally a mining man says the Yaqui country situation is grave with eighteen killed by Indians in the past week all Mexicans except four Americans killed last Thursday near Cobachi General Torres plans a vigorous campaign of extermination against the Yaquis
Vienna January 26 reports parliamentary elections starting today threaten scenes of rioting and bloodshed unseen in prior campaigns. Also in Indiana Vienna is noting the Ohio Valley Veterinary Medical association formed here bringing together veterinarians from Indiana Illinois and Kentucky.
Andrew D White, former U S ambassador to Russia, argues the Russian czar is a weak, ill-educated ruler surrounded by courtiers who shield him from reality. He says the massive empire cannot be guided by one man and cites intolerable old system evils, war losses, and crushing taxation as risks requiring strong rulers.
Washington residents received a Watt and Cohan letter listing twelve constitutional grounds for action against Judge E Henry Lacombe of the Southern District of New York. Chairman Jenkins plans to present the issue to the Judiciary Committee today.
In New York on January 25 Judge Lacombe of the United States circuit court refused to comment on the impeachment request sent to House members by a Philadelphia law firm.
The United Mine Workers re elected their officers in Indianapolis on January 24 with John Mitchell named president T L Lewis as vice president and W B Wilson as secretary treasurer.
The burned home of John Kirby near Wauchula Florida was found with the bodies of Kirby his wife and four children inside. Investigators concluded the entire family was murdered and the dwelling was set on fire.
Indianapolis grain and livestock quote shows wheat at 1.18 to 1.20 dollars, corn around 44 to 45 cents, oats near 38 to 41 cents, hay prices from 7 to 11 dollars, cattle about 2.25 to 5.75, hogs 4.75 to 5.25, sheep 4.75 to 5.55, and lambs from 4.06 to 7.75 dollars. Cincinnati and Chicago reports list slight variations with similar ranges. New York and East Buffalo entries note cattle around 3.75 to 5.85, hogs near 4.75 to 5.25, and lamb and sheep prices in the midrange.
A Moscow general strike runs parallel to St. Petersburg action. Wisconsin Governor Lafollette elected senator on first ballot by the Republican legislature. St. Petersburg upheavals unsettle world markets. In Missouri all gambling houses shut by order of Governor Folk. East End Savings Bank in Columbus, Ohio closed after depositor run following cashier’s death. Astronomer Lewis Ross of Dudley Observatory awarded Royal Astronomical Society medal. National Retail Grocers Association meets in Cincinnati. Peabody trust for education closed. Proclamations in St. Petersburg call for czar and grand dukes’ heads. A Norfolk fire kills two women. stove cause. Pope to create five cardinals this spring, names withheld. A wreck on the Asheboro and Aberdeen railroad at Roy, N Carolina leaves one dead, seven seriously hurt, seven others injured. Frances Herriett, 13, shot accidentally by her 15-year-old brother in Chattanooga.
Prince Eteil, heir to the German throne, is gravely ill with pneumonia as upheaval brews in Spanish Honduras communities. A series of brief items reports on a range of events from politics to disasters.
Friday reports blasting fatalities at a Calumet Michigan mine killing four miners. Nevada elects George S. Nixon senator. Cardinal Satolli’s illness worsens toward possible pneumonia. Michigan painter Harry A. Knickerbocker shot his wife then killed himself in Battle Creek. Delaware Republicans toward unity after four weeks. Minneapolis man Edward McGraw wounded a woman then killed himself. Senator Aldrich to sail for two months abroad. Tennessee lawmakers join Roosevelt’s inaugural parade. Samuel H. Piles, born in Kentucky, age forty four, to be senator from Washington. Colorado governor contest denial from James H. Peabody. U.S. weekly business failures total 260. Poland’s harvest crisis leaves 21,000 unemployed plus strikers.
A list of reads reports Swereff plans resignation while Russian policy changes ripple through censorship circles. The article notes political shifts and potential successor discussions in Moscow amid evolving media control.
Lafayette Indiana January 26 a committee will decide the future of the Purdue corn school which has operated independently for three years. The plan is to merge the corn course into a two weeks short course or into the university's agricultural curriculum.
Ralph Rider aged nineteen son of Frank Rider of Crothersville was killed while trying to alight from a passenger train in Brownstown Indiana. His head was severed and body mangled as he attempted to reach his home at the town edge. A workman found the body after the family searched in vain. The head lay two squares distant.
A Big Four extra west bound freight derailed near Lafayette Junction after an airbrake failure prevented braking. Engineer Lindsay Burchett of Indianapolis died instantly. two other crewmen were seriously injured in the wreck last night.
Orleans Ind Jan 30 John Read former watchman for the Monon at Orleans was killed by passenger train No 5. The top of his head was knocked off and his brains scattered along the track. He was about twenty six years old and unmarried.
In Lafayette Indiana on January 27 a passenger train struck and killed Chester Conn and Jefferson Davis as they crossed the Wabash railway tracks at Westpoint.
Columbia City Indiana January 30 Archie Billman fourteen years old was struck and killed by a Pennsylvania train and his body cut in two at the scene.
Fort Wayne Indiana January 30 Thomas Cullen foreman hero of the yards of the Pennsylvania railroad was crushed to death beneath a switch engine in the railroad yards.
The Indiana Republican Editorial association held its annual meeting ending late yesterday afternoon. Officers elected include President R. S. Truitt Noblesville first vice president Harry Strohm Kentland second vice president F L Braden Portland secretary Harry M. Smith Greencastle treasurer W K Penrod Loogootee and executive committee members R S Truitt Harry M. Smith B C Tower Anderson and F L Singleton Martinsville.
The Indianapolis legislative committee's report to the general assembly urges specific appropriations totaling 1 017 096 59 for the period ending October 31 1907. It notes the plan omits funding for a new hospital for the insane, though erection is considered advisable.
Hd Donahue will be indicted by the Lake County grand jury and called for trial at Crown Point on February 6 for the alleged murder of Melvin Northrop of Benton Harbor Michigan near Hobart last October.
In Hammond Indiana on January 25 John Szolay shot and killed Frank Salbalski and his wife and seriously wounded Frank Warshte after a jealous quarrel, then shot himself. The incident ends a violent spree that left three injured and one dead.
In Valparaiso Indiana on January 80 Ered Bey ers aged forty three years a prosperous local business man took his own life by hanging the act reported under police custody and medical examiner’s inquiry it is noted as a self inflicted death with no external involvement mentioned.
Monday through Saturday wrap of Indiana legislature actions in two chambers. Bills proposed include a southeastern hospital for the insane and a forestry act. measures to repeal subsidies for railroads failed. tax and deficit funding debated. tobacco and temperance votes. a normal school at Muncie considered. and laws on county books examiner, road speed limits, and school land purchases.
In Terre Haute Indiana three men were killed and one injured when a boiler exploded at the Standard Wheel company plant wrecking the engine room late yesterday afternoon. The dead are Levi Whittaker Thomas Patterson and Horace G Colvin. George Davis was fatally injured.
New York endured a record snowstorm, with the city buried under a foot of snow and drifts reaching several feet in many areas. Officials compare the event to the great blizzard of 1888 as conditions cripple daily life and transport.
Washington January 24 The senate probe into protests against Senator Reed Smoot is near closure this week. The cross examination of the respondent ended earlier than planned with only a few witnesses left to appear. Smoot himself refused to testify about the endowment ceremonies.
Fighting in San Domingo Panama has escalated with the Dixie ordered to the island. The U S cruiser mobilizes 500 marines stationed at Empire Hill to quell street clashes and restore order.
Berkley Smith, colored, was found guilty of murder in the first degree after twenty five ballots. He faces death by hanging within 100 days at Michigan City for killing his wife Dee. 18 last.
Madison January 24 Governor Robert M Lafollette was elected United States senator by the Wisconsin legislature to succeed Joseph V Quarles All opposition collapsed when Quarles supporters declined to merge with other candidates Lafollette's victory ends the senate race and marks a key political ascent in Madison.
During the last fortnight over 1,000 laborers have arrived from Port Simon Jamaica and Barbadoes to work on the canal.
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