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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1901
Page
6
The State Emergency Board authorized Governor Nash to spend up to 50000 to mobilize militia to prevent the Jeffries Rahlin prize fight. The measure signals a plan to deploy two regiments plus Cincinnati troops if the inflation case fails.
A Mexican dispatch reports a catastrophic explosion at the San Andreas mine in Durango’s Sierra Mevtres region. The blast, caused by hundreds of dynamite cases detonating in an underground chamber, killed eighty seven people and injured many more.
The French decree sets a provisional minimum tariff on coffees until June 80 next. It affects the United States Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands. Minimum duty is 30 dollars per 220 poumis and maximum 97.90 dollars for the same quantity.
The House Committee on Pensions reported a widow of General Lawton at 50 dollars per month down from 100 dollars set by the Senate. Other bills noted pensions for the widow of Rear Admiral Calhoun at 40 dollars, Brigadier General Hayes at 50 dollars, and the widow of the late Paymaster General Stanton at 30 dollars per month.
After a five hour session special arbitration committees from the Carpenters' and Builders' Association and the Carpenters' Executive Council practically reached an agreement. All concede it will end the building trades' labor war that has persisted for more than a year in Chicago.
Passenger train No 5 on the Erie derailed near Greenville Pennsylvania after a strap broke at a rail joint. Six people were killed instantly and ten were injured in the crash.
President Castro tells the Venezuelan consul in San Juan Puerto Rico that General Duran Acosta, described as a revolution seater, has been captured and that peace prevails.
Glasgow reports alarming smallpox spread with a daily influx of new cases. Hospitals tally 435 cases and multiple deaths amid rising public health concerns.
Green N. Champlin of Hopkinsville Kentucky found a pearl the size of a navy bean in an oyster stew. An expert valued the gem at five hundred dollars.
Theodor e Rosenbluh wife and four children were injured in a natural gas explosion at their Canton home. Mrs. Rosenbluh probably will die as a result of injuries.
Piet DeWet chair of the peace commission urges his brother Christian to surrender in a heartfelt public appeal for peace. The plea stresses restraint and reconciliation amid mounting tensions in Bloemfontein.
Intense cold grips Canton causing severe hardship and more than a hundred deaths linked to the cold spell. Authorities report extreme low temperatures and mounting casualties across the city.
Part of the Oriental powder mills at New Hall Maine was demolished by an explosion. Two employees were blown to alomis.
The steamer Ventura arriving in San Francisco from Philadelphia brings news of five crewmen scalded to death and five more injured when a steam pipe burst during the voyage.
In St. Petersburg a blast at Bakucased petroleum tanks killed many and left numerous victims in ruins. Twenty bodies have been recovered with more feared still missing.
Reports from Camden New Jersey to Pittsburg tell of hangings shootings and fires. incidents include Robert Hill executed for murder Edith Hill. a nurse Countess Castellane sells New York real estate to Edwin Gould. a Conn. wire plant fire causes $325000 loss. multiple accidents killings and a fatal gas explosion in Pittsburg.
In Lima Ohio St Frier died after being crushed in a folding bed. Gov Shaw rejects a third term. Detroit’s United Street Railway now controlled by Beary Everett and Detroit capitalists. Mines in Franklin Washington report two killed and several injured. Postmaster Baumbhoff plans doorstep money orders in St Louis. Severe wind and snow hit multiple states. Kid McCoy’s parents win a divorce in Indianapolis. Hot Springs Arkansas death by suicide. Beatrice Nebraska fire destroys Hoaglund’s drug store and Woods' photo. St Louis bond issue for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition moves forward. Lima car accident fatally injures Harry Van Natta. Krug Packing building in St Joseph destroyed by fire. San dusty Ohio banker’s son commits suicide. Carter case appeal to US Supreme Court. Kansas City explosion burns Rodgers family. Lorain Steel resumes full operation employing 3500. Carthage Missouri death by self attributions linked to Crombie. Union Pacific plans 2.5 million for shops and Omaha HQ. Iowa Titus election amendment upheld to block biennial change. Wellston Ohio post office and bank damaged by fire. Hartford City Indiana plant shut over labor dispute. Toledo Masonic Temple fire losses about 100000. Cleveland schools blamed for pupil decline due to smoking. Minnesota and Chicago insurance consolidations. Detroit fire guts Dreske Paper and damages Free Press Plant. Dr Dowie bank teller Barnard returns to Chicago. Salina Kansas gasoline lamp explosion injures Rev George Hidwell. Missouri railroad commissioner seat changed by Supreme Court. Milwaukee fire smothers five Luepke children. Lebanon Ohio Dora Creager shoots Charles Thompson. planned marriage. Indiana nitroglycerin blast shocks gas belt near Muncie. Perry Fort dies unloading nitroglycerin.
A Chesapeake and Ohio trestle tragedy in Richmond reports two brutally killed white men by a shifting engine. An Arcola Louisiana case pairs an elderly black man and his 5-year-old daughter murdered by white assailants. Tobacco dealers in Chattanooga note cigarette bill passage and governor signature halting sales. Bennett Ripley of Henry County Kentucky faces indictment as murder accomplice in the Goebel case. Louisville’s Police Captain John Schneider jailed for nonpayment of a civil judgment. Memphis Confederate reunion invite seen as political strategy by Zollicoffer Camp Confederate Veterans.
Knoxville resolutions urge Gen. J. B. Gordon to select another city for the reunion. Eastern capitalists visit Jacksonville Florida to buy thousands of acres in the Fet Island area and the prairie between Higley and Lake Griffin. The firm plans cane growing and sugar manufacturing investments. John Gibson convicted of murdering his daughter with a red hot poker in Huntington West Virginia. Judge Kinner sentences him to life in prison. Public reaction deems the verdict too lenient for such a crime.
Foreign dispatches report Spain facing anti Jesuit riots with an attack on the Jesuit college in Valencia. Other news notes King Edward’s conferment of the Grand Cross on Count von Metternich and Italy’s Verdi birthplace monument law. A Cairo dispatch cites Abyssinia fighting and 7000 casualties. Duke Henry’s Hague entry, French torpedo sinking near Le Havre, Victoria's funeral, and turf figure PL dweene death are also mentioned.
Reports describe a deadly nitro glycerin explosion at Giant Powder Co near Victoria B C killing John Fenton and George Phillips. Other items note War Department orders ending alcohol sales on military reservations, a mining ring fight near Nacosar, a Maya rebel clash near Merida, and the Wisconsin battleship commissioned in San Francisco. Economic notes from Bradstreet cite higher overall business amid cold weather, with impacts on wool, cotton, and rubber goods, plus weekly US and Canadian failures tallies.
A survey of market reports lists cattle hogs and sheep values across cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes. Reads like a daily commodity snapshot with price ranges for shipping grades and regional offerings.
Senate vote 33 to 25 approves the conference report on the army reorganization bill. House passes fortifications and advances post office appropriations. Debates and amendments center on shipping, Chinese exclusion, naval rewards, and claims from the Civil War era. Speakers include Lanham, Rawlins, Loud, Turner, Mallory, Bacon, and others. The day ends with plans to vote on pending post office amendments Thursday.
Lawmakers debated investigations into the Jeffersonville reformatory the Plainfield reform school and the Michigan City state prison with a unanimous approval for a probe of the Jeffersonville facility. Other action included bills on gas company rebates wage floors for public works and annual expense reports for state institutions, plus an anti lynching measure and policing proposals affecting various agencies and facilities.
In Topeka Rev Charles M Sheldon drafts a temperance story as part of ongoing writing efforts. Tobacco growers seek tax reductions on tobacco. Grading crews work on the Santa Fe extension from Liberal Kansas across Beaver County. Robert Eldridge a miner at Raymond near Sedalia Missouri dies instantly when a mining bucket falls on him. Rock Island road extension from Liberal Kansas toward El Paso Texas will feature a tangent 120 tiles long, a likely record straight track.
Multiple smallpox cases noted in Harrodsburg and Cicero across families. Other items include a circus of misfortune from a fatal shooting near Kokomo to a funeral crowd collapsing a floor in Columbus, plus civic alerts about a rolling mill fund and cemetery lot subscriptions.
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