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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1904
Page
8
The firm reports record sales for 1903 and thanks customers across counties for their loyalty. It pledges to beat that mark in 1904 with abundant up to date merchandise and consistently lower prices, inviting continued trading with the leaders.
The Iroquois theater fire in Chicago on January 4 left 588 dead and 408 injured as crowds fled the burning venue. Coroner Traeger and a juried inquiry probe the cause while Mayor Harrison orders all theaters closed for fire safety checks.
Chicago Superintendent of Schools Cooley reports 24 teachers killed in the Ir oquois theater fire with 6 still missing, bringing total fatalities among Chicago public school staff to 24 and leaving 6 unaccounted.
Senator Hale head of the naval affairs committee declares the current session will provide another liberal addition to the navy. He states that once the authorized ships are built the United States will possess a fleet stronger than any nation except Great Britain.
In Troy New York a fire gutted the Troy club early today killing Moses T. Clough, president, and William Shaw, both prominent lawyers. The club counted among its members the city’s wealthiest men.
Panama reports British consul C Mallet received a cablegram from the foreign office stating Great Britain formally recognizes the republic of Panama. This comes as formal acknowledgment from London to the Panama junta on December 25.
Fargo Squiers eldest son of the United States minister to Cuba accidentally shot and killed himself in Havana while practicing with a revolver.
Ratified at a secret session in Lima Peru on January 4 the congress approved the arbitral treaty to settle the boundary dispute between Peru and Bolivia.
The Indianapolis juvenile court reported 535 children appeared since April 1903, including 62 dependent cases and 473 others, with 275 placed on probation. Seventeen boys faced second offenses. Juvenile placements included 45 to Julia E. Work school, 42 to Plainfield reform school, 18 to industrial school, 2 to German Orphans' home, and 4 to White manual labor school. Marion County criminal court also noted its 1903 record as the worst, with 11 murder trials and a twelfth awaiting trial, sparking debate on punishment severity.
St Catherine's academy for girls near Springfield sustained a rapid blaze early Sunday. There were no deaths, with losses about 200000 dollars. Miss May Curry spotted the fire and a sister urged students to flee in robes de nuit to St Rose's boys school where 75 to 100 girls found shelter. All connected buildings were destroyed.
Indianapolis reports wheat seriously damaged by ten days of dry freezing weather. State Statistician B. F. Johnson says the crop suffers but remains hopeful, noting ruin of last fall's acreage yet not total destruction. Farmers grow discouraged but Johnson offers optimism about recovery prospects.
John A. Benson, charged in Western land frauds, was arrested in New York City last evening by secret service agents and will be arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields.
Shanghai Chinese cruisers prepare for active service taking on ammunition and supplies and awaiting orders. Tokio regards war with Russia as unavoidable and presses for immediate hostilities as banks withhold funds under official instruction. The government has completed troop and supply transport plans while the public waits for developments.
Diplomatic circles in St. Petersburg expect Russia to hand its reply to Japan within days, aiming at progress toward negotiations or a pacific settlement. Editorials question U.S. role in an East Asian crisis, while Porto Rico moves signal possible deployment to Panama as mounted Puerto Rican troops are countermanded from dismounting.
A Cumberland Valley passenger train collided with an open switch near Newville Carlisle to Newville line injuring eleven people. One victim died and officials fear more deaths among the injured as the investigation continues.
Indianapolis January 2 The Indiana Corn Growers association will hold its annual meeting January 5 at the state house in conjunction with the Congress of Indiana Industrial associations.
Logansport Indiana January 2 three Logansport residents were burned in a Chicago fire. Identified victims include Mrs Guy Hensley wife of a Panhandle railroad dispatcher and two children.
Elyria Ohio December 31 John Bennett convicted of first degree murder for killing his wife at Oberlin on October last has been sentenced to be electrocuted on April 15. Colfax Indiana January 2 Fred Thompson prominent farmer shot himself through the head ending his own life.
Death of Big Brewer Captain Fred Pabst heads a string of reports. In Shamokin Pennsylvania inspector Evans tallies forty one fatal and sixty six non fatal accidents in the past year. In Manila a pueblo fire destroys 250 homes leaving several lives lost and a thousand homeless. Butler Pennsylvania notes the ninety first typhoid death and three new cases.
Indianapolis reports wheat and corn prices with mixed gains and steady cattle hogs and lambs. Cincinnati shows slight shifts with cattle and hogs varying by grade. Chicago New York and East Buffalo offer mixed movements for cattle hogs sheep and lambs.
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