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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1900
Page
2
A massive dynamite blast at Ashtey, Pennsylvania, in the Jersey Central yard killed three and injured many. The runaway heavy freight car released twenty four tons of dynamite, derailing ten locomotives and wrecking the roundhouse, with water tanks and town windows blown out.
The twelve Assumptionist fathers were fined fifteen francs each and the order dissolved by the tribunal. In Bordeaux, M. Jean Charles Bernard denounced the Public Prosecutor’s statements and attacked Justice Minister Monts, calling him scoundrel and canaille. The chamber voted expulsion for Bernard. he left after protest as soldiers entered.
War Office dispatch from Speaarbanms Gamye reports Den Warren's troops occupying Spion Kop after a surprise assault. The small garrison was overwhelmed and Gen. Woedeate severely wounded. Warren praises his men amid heavy casualties.
An imperial edict cites the emperor's ill health and names Pu Chun, son of Prince Tuan, as his acting ruler. The Dowager Empress pushes a long‑planned program while the Dowager is said to abdicate during the Chinese New Year amid court opposition.
A new 2 percent cut in window glass prices has been ordered by the trusts, following a prior 33 percent reduction. The price war between trusts and independent factories widens as tableware makers also raise prices on fruit jars.
The Mormon Representative-elect Brigham Ti Roberts from Utah was excluded by the House in a Thursday vote of 205 to 51, ending a lengthy controversy since Congress opened.
The Board of Naval Construction reports Olympia repairs will cost about five hundred thousand dollars and take roughly one year at the Boston Navy Yard. A Dresden dispatch notes the death of the Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein, mother of Empress Augusta Victoria, from pleurisy.
The U S Circuit Court affirmed the lower court ruling in the Carter habeas corpus matter. Captain Carter must serve his sentence as ordered.
Tiis says claims regarding the detention of German steamers by England will total one million marks.
Samuel Meyers was hanged at Sox Pa for the double order of Michael Durney and John Lentarg items. It is learned that former United States Consul Macrum at Pretoria has become a naturalized citizen of the Transvaal Republic. This explains his inability to represent British interests and his bearing of alleged letters from Kroger to President McKinry.
Manila reports U S forces hold Samia Cruz near Laguna de Bay in Laguna Province. Insurgent pockets were present yet the town appears deserted.
Thomas Fynn of Jacksonville Illinois fatally strikes C Frank Ginnetti of East St Louis at a railway station after Ginnetti's acquittal in a case over a girl’s custody. Fynn, a widower, had recently pursued Ginnetti for abducting his daughter and was arrested without giving a statement.
R. G. Dun's weekly trade review notes woolen goods prices averaging about 40 percent higher than last year, with three weeks sales totaling 14,020,800 dollars and US failures at 242 versus 249 a year earlier while Canadian failures reach 40 versus 2. The piece weighs market strength against last year's peak and notes speculative activity in New York.
Vice-Consul Morrison reports to the State Department that Cape Nome gold fields excitement remains high. Many Kiondikers will attempt the winter river passage, a venture the consul calls foolhardy. Dawson City thrives with wealth and improvements after a strong year of gold output, estimated at 15 million dollars, with prospects rising from steam mining machinery.
An ordinance proposed in Cleveland council would install spittoons at 500 foot intervals along city streets to keep the city clean. The plan is presented seriously as a civic improvement measure with no stated objections.
Thomas Hennesy, manager of the St. Louis Radiator Manufacturing Company, jumped from a third story window at Mercy hospital in Chicago. He was delirious at the time, and his injuries proved fatal.
The Glasgow steamer Ardandhu sank off Rob inson's Hole after colliding with the Metropolitan liner Herman Winter. Ardandhu’s 31 crew included James Henderson chief engineer from Glasgow and Fred Dawe second mate of Boston. two officers died. The Herman Winter reached Vineyard Haven with the bow broken, carrying 29 Ardandhu survivors.
Cash Barry a lone pensioner in Farmersville Ohio was tortured by robbers seeking hidden money. They burned his feet and hands with hot irons but fled after only $10 was taken. A separate case in Ikekeio Court awarded David Rutherford $1000 for saving a drowning woman, after Liwid Hiley failed to pay a reward.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has subscribed 50000 toward the 5000000 fund for the St. Louis world's fair to be held in 1908 to honor the Louisiana Purchase centennial. Other large pledges are promised as Congress prepares to consider the five million dollar appropriation.
James Woods secretary of the Stone Workers Union in Rockport Mass led a three months strike this summer. He allegedly went insane and tried to murder his wife and brother before fleeing into the woods. In Chicago non union ironworker Julius Wenzel was attacked with brass knuckles by strikers and stabbed one assailant to defend himself. Striker E A O Connor died from a mortal wound on the sidewalk.
Two unsatisfactory clauses in a partnership agreement block a proposed combination of leading circuses. Parties include the Sells brothers James A Bailey and W W Cole Signal Service for Mexico Dr J M Cline Texas weather chief will set up observatories in Mexican gulf ports starting Tampico ending Progresso. Strikers Kill a Deputy. William J Thomas a mine striker near Wellsboro Pa fatally shoots a sheriff s posse member guarding a mine. Death of Dr Alfred Watts. Dr Alfred Joseph Watts inventor of Watts crystal gold dies at his Brooklyn home. Death of John Ruskin. John Ruskin dies at Hrant wood England from influenza and Old Age after months of feeble health.
In Cleveland Ohio the Utah Gospel Mission is incorporated to combat Mormonism nationwide. Led by Rev Dr George H McGrew and a council of clergymen, the plan includes circulating anti Mormon literature and deploying 2000 missionaries to oppose rising Mormon activity.
Delia Marcoux, daughter of grocer Jean Marcoux of Chicago, pursued two confidence men for two hours. She boarded their electric car, seized the man holding the funds by the throat, and forced him to return $302 two hours after the swindle.
In St Louis Ernest Mueller was seriously hurt after attempting to break into Emil Mer scher’s Morganford road blacksmith shop. The shop had suffered recent robberies and a mechanical public safety device discharged both barrels when Mueller forced entry.
Professor Henry A. Hazen chief weather forecaster at the U S Weather Bureau Washington DC was fatally injured after being thrown from his bicycle. The report notes Hazen’s prominence as a meteorology expert and his work in the nation’s capital.
Regional price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. grain prices include wheat corn oats rye and clover seed with No 2 and No 1 grades and assorted regional variations. Prices shown in cents and dollars per unit with shipping and fair to prime quality descriptors.
The Senate and House debated Philippine policy and the financial bill as the pension appropriation of 140 million dollars passed the House. Other actions included a Missouri river bridge extension, anti polygamy probes, and inquiries into the National City Bank relation to the old customs house. Local notes mention baseball, road and civic developments, and incidents from Indiana towns.
C L Lacey of Indiana was found deficient in the examination at West Point and discharged. The Empress of Austria’s assassin Lucheni is allowed to work in prison shops rather than endure solitary confinement. The Bloody Tower at the Tower of London is undergoing repairs with the upper section facing Traitor's Gate refaced painted and colored to resemble age as restoration proceeds.
A Pike County youth Ellis Traylor aged 30 committed self inflicted death by placing his head under a fence in a horse pond near Winslow. John Scarborough fatally shot his sweetheart Louise Mitchell after she laughed at him in Evansville. An English inventor claims a hollow mercury powered wheel design solves perpetual motion.
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