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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1900
Page
2
The report notes Gen Cronje's fading resistance and Kitchener's stern reply amid the Boer War. It also documents Mrs Lawson acknowledging home fund donations and expressing deep gratitude for national generosity and support during a distressing time.
The excerpt argues against building extensive fortifications for the Nicaraguan Canal. Admiral Dewey supports a neutral commercial route between the oceans, stating fortifications would be costly and turn the canal into a war battleground. He asserts U S deeds will guarantee neutrality and safety in war and peace.
A blast at a Monongahela area camp killed Robert Pezzoni and Joseph Dorsa and fatally burned Mrs. Pezzoni while Peter Lursi was injured. The building was destroyed and bodies burned. Authorities suspect powder ignition from a pipe spark. District Attorney GARDINER secured warrants for Theodore Moss Marcus Meyer and Olga Nethersole for producing Sapho now at Wallack's Theater charging public decency violation.
Juha Dent Grant granddaughter of Gen. Grant lies ill in St. Petersburg Russia with typhoid fever. Her mother, wife of Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, sails from Louis on the American liner to reach her bedside within ten days with an American trained nurse aboard.
A milk train struck a passenger train at Edgemore Indiana on the Baltimore and Ohio route. Engineer Michael Kelly fireman James Baghitt and the steward of the dining car sustained non fatal injuries while a passenger also suffered injuries.
The National Democratic Committee met in Washington and chose Kansas City to host the next convention with a vote of 40 to 4 against Milwaukee.
Three men blew the Whitehouse Ohio postoffice safe in Lucas County taking $200 in stamps and several checks. The explosion alarmed the town as the robbers kept residents at gunpoint with drawn revolvers before fleeing in a buggy.
Mike Donavan drops a twenty round decision to Jim Ferns of Kansas City at Buffalo New York extending title bout style distance. Ferns dominates late rounds as judges tally score.
The Committee on Puerto Rico reported to the Senate a favorable amendment to the Puerto Rican bill. It would reimburse the United States for War Department expenses tied to relief efforts for the island’s industrial conditions following the Imericane disaster last August.
The Norwegian bark Ameer, Capt Thixland, from oblite, bound for Bahia Clanea, wrecked on February 17 at Grange Bay near Nassau. The crew has arrived there and is reported safe.
The siege of Ladysmith remains unsettled as Roberts leads a vigorous push toward Bloemfontein. Paardeberg drift action on Feb 18 costliest yet, with heavy British losses after a coordinated attack by Kelly-Kenung and Cronje’s laager at Koedoo srand. The campaign nears a pivotal moment.
Articles note 15 tons of gold monthly from 100 mines near Johannesburg. A London firm buys over 2,000,000 bottles yearly valued at about 355,000 from garbage yards. Cincinnati Brewers' union fines members who use non union barbers. Granite Cutters’ National Union repays 300 debt after a New England lockout. Russia mills consume ~200,000 tons of cotton annually as industry grows. Paper price rise tied to Atlantic production issues. London Telegraph foresees English farming shifting to syndicates by 1950 due to capital favored machinery.
The President sent the House the State Department reply to Macrum’s charge. It notes all Macrum’s official mail arrived unopened and that after leaving South Africa he did not complain. It states Britain had no knowledge of any interference and denies any secret U S Britain alliance. Signed by Secretary Hay.
Lawyers for Gov Taylor Lieut Gov Marshall and Mr Beckham agree to consolidate suits and seek swift rulings. Beckham withdraws injunction suit while Taylor and Marshall keep offices with supersedeas bonds. Court route planned from Court of Appeals to Supreme Court if needed.
Dr. Leslie E. Keeley founder of the gold cure for drink habit died in Los Angeles of heart disease after a brief illness. He left no children. his widow and sister in Dwight, Illinois inherit his estate. Born in New York sixty five years ago, he served in the Civil War and later practiced medicine at Dwight before developing his diamond gold cure in the early 1880s.
Telephotography is praised for military use in the Boer War though not officially adopted by the war office. Mafeking is besieged, ninety miles from Kimberley with a small defensive town layout and strategic value as a trading station. Generals Kitchener Gutacre Hunter and MacDonald are cited as unmarried and long serving. Natal wood scarcity strains British troops as rations and fuel are tightly managed. England expects 170,000 reservists aged 25 to 40 for home service.
Senate vote 46 to 2 endorses the Senate substitute for the House currency bill and sets the Hawaiian bill as unfinished business. House completes 26 of 124 pages of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill without amendments amid pensions and civil service debates.
A brief note lists Canada likely to dispatch 10 000 troops to the Cape as part of imperial relief efforts amid ongoing global strains. The item reflects wartime mobilization themes and allied commitments reported across North American presses.
The column lists local notes from Indiana towns. Highlights include the smallest delinquent tax sale in Union County in years, a new Sons of Veterans hall dedication in Osgood, a fatal burn of a child in Franklin, and various legal, business, and crime items across the state.
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