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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1899
Page
6
Spanish Tax Protests Grow as Citizens Challenge Back Dues
Citizens in Ilavana protest the payment of back taxes and raya dues amid claims that Spain should honor unpaid obligations. The actions include objections to tax collection and transfers of property, with several protests opened as residents push for relief and reevaluation of debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinier
Spain
Bani
Ilavana
Raya
Sy. Eral Ate
Esterhazy Granted Safe Conduct to Testify in Dreyfus Case
Paris reports that safe conduct was granted to ex Mayor Esterhazy to testify before the Court of Cassation in the Dreyfus inquiry. General Mercier denies knowledge of Esterhazy's dealings with foreign representatives and reiterates Dreyfus as a traitor while praising Colonel Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dram Paris
Esterhazy
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
Greneral
Esterhaai
Esterbuey
Mercier
Henry
London scandal reaches Westminster Canon Exton missing
London Sensation reports the disappearance of Canon Robert Exton of Westminster. The case echoes Oscar Wilde era scandals and unsettles church circles, with Eyton noted as author of The rue Life and The search for God among other works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Robert Exton
Westminster
Oscar Wilde
England
Eyton
God
Bill to Reimburse Soldiers for War Expenses
Representative McClesky introduces a bill authorizing the Treasury Secretary to reimburse Army and Navy drivers and men for necessary and reasonable medical leave expenses. Covers medical attendance nursing and supplies due to disabilities from the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClesry
Secretary of the Treasury
Army
Navy
United States
Spain
Charges Against Eagan Drafted for Court Martial
The charges and specifications in the court martial of Commissary General Eagan have been drafted and sent to the Président. They include conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline. The Boetificatinias quote Gen. Eagan's statement attacking Gen. Miles before the War Investigating Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagan
Miles
Cyumumis
Sion
Shipping redeploys Newark to Pacific route replacing Philadelphia
Orders assign the cruiser Newark to begin Pacific Ocean dispatches via the Straits of Magellan to replace the Philadelphia at the station. The Philadelphia sails to Samoa and is now at Sanciezo California, with initial duties to begin immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Pacific Ocean
Straits of Magellan
Philadelphia
Samoa
Sanciezo
Cal
Seaman Dies After Fire on British Steamer Heathfield
The British steamer Heathfield, sailing from New York, arrived at Queenstown after a large fire broke out shortly after departure. One crewman, Henry Murray, was burned to death. The fire was subdued with great difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heathfield
New York
Queenstown
Shorty
Shio
Henry Murray
New Treaty with Brazil Sent to Senate
The President has transmitted to the Senate a new extradition treaty with Brazil. The pact covers exchange of persons charged with offenses under the usual lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Senate
Grant Sails for Manila With Infantry Befitting Voyage
The transport Grant sailed from New York on Thursday bound for the Philippines with the Fourth Infantry and a battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Manila
Philippines
Fourth Infantry
Seventeenth Infantry
New York
Four Die in Ouachita Steamer Fire at Memphis
Four lives lost when the steamer Ouachita burned in Memphis Tennessee. Four bodies recovered. Three believed to be Mr and Mrs Keck of Vicksburg Mississippi and Dr Murphy of Coutuints Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Burglars Blow Safe. Police Chief Fatally Wounded at Somerville
In Somerville New Jersey three burglars dynamited the Somerville Beef Company safe. Chief of Police Grow appeared on the scene and was shot fatally wounded. The burglars escaped without taking any loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
N. J
Grow
Notable Clergy Move at Plymouth Church Brooklyn
Eastern Dr Newell Dwight Hillis is formally called to the pulpit of Plymouth Church Brooklyn. Also, actress Eliza Proctor Otis files bankruptcy in New York with total liabilities of 8331 331. D. E. Rose Company assigns. liabilities estimated at 760 600. Several deaths and incidents noted including composer Edward Holst in New York aged 65, Denmark native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell Dwight Hillis
Central Church
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Eliza Proctor Otis
New York
D. E. Rose Company of
Edward Holst
Bright
Copenhagen
Denmark
Chauncey M. Depew
United States
Emily J. Mosely
Utica
Arthur Henry Diundon
The
Normal College
Abraham W
Frederick W. Leggett
A. W
EF. W. Leggett
Cheese Commission
Lave
A. Wilson Norris
LP. S&s
Notable deaths and disasters across the Midwest and West
A string of tragic events and crimes spans from 107 year old Nancy Greer in Colorado Springs to a flood at Cleveland dam and a dynamite blast at a Wisconsin farm. Reports include suicides and murders in Kansas City and Lynn Creek, robberies in St. Louis, and a sensational Cleveland shooting at Ellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Greer
Colorado Springs
Edward Gaipin
Ashtabula
O. Herman Beckman
Ohio
Cleveland
Dawes County
Neb
Oklahoma
United States
Jacob N. Zook
Lawrence
Ken
Kansas City
Pittsfield
Wis
Fayette Meacham
Meacham
Yorkttown
San Francisco
Manila
Honolulu
Gaiain
Ghig Supreme Court
Hegin
Thiddeus Gillispie
Aliwatkee Road
Burlington Crossing
Ulustings
Main
Butte
Montraai
Joseph Grant
St. Louis
W. I. Snider
National Fire Insurance Comany
Wallace Bennett
Clevekind
Serial violence and wrecks report across Illinois and Chicago rail system
Reports describe a fatal handgun incident involving Mrs Hanna and Miss Raymond amid jealousy claims. A Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern fast mail wreck near Noble Illinois injured about fifteen passengers. A plot to steal twenty one cars of wheat was foiled by railroad officials. A Deering Harvester wheel failure killed Nels Ecklund, with other workers injured. At Cleveland a family home fire displaced residents and caused fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Anderson
Lizzie Wisebach
Lynn Creek
Delos Sargent
Toledo
Chi
Keith & O
Gage Brothers’ Company
Chicago
Hanna
Raymond
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Fast Mail No. 4
Noble
Ill
Olnes
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Y. Hyde Elevator Company
W. W. Cargill Company
la Crosse
Wis
Deering Harvester Company
Nels Ecklund
Take Shore
River disaster as wagon sinks in flood and mob attacks elders
Report details a Mississippi River incident where a wagon dash for shore ends with the death of a wife and child and a young woman. Separately a mob tarred two Mormon elders in Clay County and ordered them to leave. A colored leader John J Irvin spearheads a westward colony plan, seeking congressional land for settlement. Illinois Central eyes moving Stuyvesant docks to Avondale, aiming for a $5 million terminal expansion after levee board rebuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bates
Mong Ark
Treathedia River
Clay County
Phey
John J Trvine
Chattanooga
Tenn
Congress
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
South
Stuyvesant
New Orleans
Avondale
Mississippi River
Orleans Levee Board
Ilinois Central
Washington Digs In on War-Era Affairs and Diplomatic Shifts
The government withholds clothing for Nebraska troops returning from Manila. Commodore John W. Philip takes over at the Brooklyn Navy Yard from Bunce. Andrew Carnegie pledges 250000 for a Washington free library if Congress matches to buy a site. Agoncillo seeks U S recognition and independence for the Philippines. Secretary Tony orders Captain Leary to Guam as naval governor. Nelson Dingley dies of heart failure after pneumonia. Spain eyes renewed relations with the U S while the French ambassador gauges Spaniards’ reception in Washington. A favorable report backs two revenue cutters for the Great Lakes at 165000 each. President McKinley forms a Philippine commission including Dewey Otis Denby Schurman Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Manila
John W. Philip
Bunce
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Andrew Carnegie
Washington
Congress
Agoncillo
State Department
United States
Tony
Leary
San Francisco
Islay
Guam
Nelson Dingley
Maine
Washington, D.C
Spain
Senate
Great Lakes
Gresham
Atlantic
McMinley
Philippines
Rear Admiral
Dewey
Otis
Charles Denby
J. G. Schurman
Cornell University
Dean C. Worcester
University of Michigan
Foreign unrest and clashes reported abroad
Reports from Johannesburg describe Boers breaking up a Uithander meeting and wrecking the hall. Cairo cites a defeat of Egyptian forces by dervishes under Emir Sedil on the Blue Nile. A South Dakota soldier, William Lapeer, suffers a grave revenge attack involving a Filipino. La Reforma notes Spain seeking authority to sell upon Cortes reassembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Emir Sedil
Blue Nile
William Lapeer
South Dakota
Lapeer
la Reforma
Cortes
Descriptions of distant conflicts and royal intrigues
The dispatch notes the Marianne and Ladrones references, Miss Stewart’s scandal in Vienna, and China’s looming military moves with 130,000 troops near Peking. It cites a Constantinople imperial trade for 162 Krupp field guns and 30,000 shrapnel shells, linked to William’s gift to the Turkish sultan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stewart
Boston
Rosemont de Rouge
Aix
Vienna
Hong Wong
China
Peking
Tien-Tsin
Constantinople
William
Orient
Turkey
Global and Local Notes From A Turbulent Era
A snapshot of diverse topics covers a chewing gum trust valued between 15 000 and 20 million, a nearly formed international thread trust, Canada’s rail deficit of 212 460, a Nova Scotia ship sinking near Tacoma with multiple drownings, a Paris exposition appointment, a lethargy case in Montreal, cabinet appointments in Havana, Klondike ice jams causing deaths and shipwrecks, U S colonists moving Delaware and Creek and Cherokee tribes to Mexico, and a Dun and Co weekly trade review noting strong finance, gold imports from Australia, and high stock market activity with numerous failures in the U S and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Canada
Nova Scotia
St. Paul
Tacoma
Noone
Ferdinand W. Peek
Tooding
Tf. B. Sheldon
Providence
Lr L
Sheldon
PST
Lender Oeesty
St. Jean Baptiste Ward
Montreal
Iris
Eva Roch
Antoine Roch
Brooke
Havana
Department of Government
Domingo Mendes Capote
Department of Finance
Pablo Desvernine
Department of Justice and Public Instruction
Jose Antonio Gonzales Lanaza
Department of Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and Public Works
Adgulfo Saeng Yaenz
Yukon River
Danseen
Fort Yukon
John Dobbins
Victoria
Circle City
Robert Kerr
Seattle
W. J. Lyons
Sonora
Mexico
Indian Territory
Guadalajara
Durango
Lyons
President Diaz
Hk. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
London
America
New York
Europe
Australia
San Francisco
Stock Exchange
Market Reports United States Grain and Livestock Prices
The report lists city by city price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and livestock values across major markets and commodities. Prices show wide variation by region and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Senate and House clash over treaty and canal bills
In an all day executive session the Senate debated ratification of the peace treaty with no vote. The House passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill and then the naval personnel bill, reorganizing the navy and marine corps. A state funeral for Nelson Dingley highlighted Monday as Congress adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Berry
White
Hale
Hoar
West
Davis
Frye
Teller
Gray
Wouse
Messrs
Carmack
Gaines
Tennessee
Little River Railroad Company
Nelson Dingley
House of Representatives
Reed
House
Diplomatic Corps
Anglo-American Commission
Dingley
Supreme Court
S. M. Newman
First Congregational Church of Washington
Couden
Engineer
Marine Corps
Nicaragua Canal
Chilton
Tex
Turner
Wash
Spooner
Wis
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Pacific Cable Company
Creeliss
Rep
Mich
Bacon
Dem
United States
Philippine Islands
Mr. Bacon
State Lawmakers Propose County Expenditure Board and Suffrage Push
Lawmakers discuss a county and township purchasing board to approve yearly expenses, with unpassed warrants uncollectable, and a balanced plan amid a wave of reform measures. Equal suffrage resolutions aim to amend the state constitution to remove sex-based voting distinctions. Beveridge is elected U S Senator, with celebration in joint convention as members tally votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borts
State Commission
House
Senate
Furness
Porter County
State Board of Education
Wietts
Duke County
Small
Hoby
Albert J. Beveridge
United States
David Surpie
Alert J. Beveridge
David Turpie
Record of 1898 Warmth and Newfoundland Sale Talk
Notee of Current Events reports 1898 as the warmest year on record in the United States. France may sell Newfoundland shore rights to England. Steamers trapped in Yukon ice risk loss. General Jose Gomez, back in Washington from Havana, says Cubans are realizing American rule is necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Newfoundland
England
Yukon River
Jose Gomez
Washington
Havana
Cuba
Health in the Philippines and colonial disease risks
The author discusses malaria and digestive issues as major health obstacles for European and American children in the Philippines. Smallpox is common but usually limited, cholera is rare but deadly if it begins, leprosy exists but is uncommon, and bubonic plague has not appeared. Local beliefs and diseases like biri-biri are noted amid overall fair colonial health status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Bambac
Mindoro
American Books and Affordable Editions
The author argues readers prefer cheaper reprints of foreign books to costly American editions. Limited means push readers toward foreign literature at half the price, suggesting domestic writers should publish cheap editions to widen readership.
Without Education in Alabama Girls in Rural Areas
The article reports that in Alabama over seventy thousand white girls in agricultural districts have access to public schools only briefly each year, leading to widespread limited education as they grow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Odds and Ends. Japan makes its own electric machinery
Japan now makes its own electric machinery. Australia possesses one fifth of the world's stock of sheep. The policemen are not all fathers, but each one has a little Billy of his own. No politician cares to die, but they all seem anxious to join the great majore sty. Dress is what an actor has to have, and redress is what many of them are after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Billy
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