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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1910
Page
6
A Beverly report says Taft and Roosevelt reached a tacit accord after a Burgess Point meeting. Both leaders will steer the party toward a 1912 victory while insulating factional disputes and keeping silent on campaign moves.
The Post Office Department announced that postal savings banks will take months to prepare for business under the new act. The board of trustees named Theodore L. Weed secretary and will form a details committee to design systems and regulations. About twenty banks have applied to be depositories and many postmasters seek early designation for deposits.
Senior Virginia senator John Warrick Daniel died in a Lynchburg sanatorium after a cerebral hemorrhage left him paralyzed on the left side following an attack in Daytona Beach last March. He was 69 and is survived by his wife, daughter, and son with kin including State Senator Don P. Halsey. The Senate sergeant at arms was notified and a fire alarm rang for thirty minutes in tribute.
In Springfield Massachusetts a Pentecostal group of about a dozen people led by Marcus M. Goodell remains inside the Goodell house named The Ark awaiting the second coming. They have stocked provisions and dug a 300 foot artesian well to avoid city water. Edward Eliot refuses to leave despite his wife’s pleas and threats of non support arrests, aided by the group’s funds to support her.
Mountain cloudbursts in eastern Kentucky cause about 100000 dollars in damage. Reports detail a street duel in Cleveland with fatalities and injuries, a Minneapolis explosion killing five, and a poison death in Indianapolis.
Nine men at Indiana University Bloomington were suspended after breaking into a sorority house while students were away, wearing coeds kimonos and hosting a slumber party. A civil court inquiry followed, and the committee on student affairs held the investigation. Names were withheld. suspensions include readmission denial without committee permission and possible credit penalties if readmitted.
French aviator Charles Wachter died when his plane faltered at about 500 feet during the Rheims aviation week opening. The machine folded, plunging to an outfield a mile from the press stand. Wachter’s neck and spine were shattered and the crash was instantaneous. His wife, mother and sister witnessed the scene as flying was halted for the day.
Elections held Sunday across Panama undisturbed as opposition quits in Panama City. Coalition Liberal appears set for victory in interior provinces while Colon reports orderly polls and a nationwide walkover in the capital.
Secretary Ballinger names Frank E. McCalip of Crawfordsville Ind chief of the division of accounts in the new bureau of mines and moves all technologic branch employees of the geological survey to the bureau of mines. McCalip has long served in the technology branch.
A false rumor spread in Atlantic City claiming United States Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania had drowned off his yacht. Authorities and reporters debunked the tale, confirming no incident occurred and Penrose remained safe aboard his vessel.
A large peaceful street demonstration in Madrid on Sunday supported the government's anti clerical policy as about 150 000 members of political and labor groups paraded with banners. Similar protests occurred in Barcelona Balbao Valencia Salamanca and other cities with no disorders reported.
Ira W. Porter was acquitted by a Portland Indiana jury of murdering his wife Mary A. Porter after a trial that followed a reversal of the first judgment by the state supreme court.
Evansville reports disclose John W. Burns city attorney of Rockport Indiana allegedly forged checks and ran a large kiting scheme. Banks in Spencer and Warrick counties say funds were never available while Burns vanished amid accusations of forgery and loans secured by unknown parties.
At a July fourth dance near Petersburg Indiana Frank Carpenter shot and killed his cousin Thomas Miller after Miller allegedly planned to take Miss May Bee of Winslow home. Carpenter reportedly warned Miller of his intent before firing. The incident occurred eight miles south of town at Ayershire.
In Bedford Indiana on June 29 Dras Stan nard shot Marion Devine twice in the abdomen. The men work at the local quarries and the dispute stemmed from a family feud. Devine died from his wounds.
July 2 report from Brazil Indiana states Thomas Burke fourteen son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Burke hanged himself in a coal shed at home after a quarrel with his mother He had threatened suicide but was not believed to mean it.
Governor Mar gall announces Harry B. Darling of Laporte will join the state board of pardons succeeding John J. Gillette of Laguange whose term expired. Darling becomes the first Democrat on the board in years marking a party shift in the panel.
Sixty female workers at the Waring glove and mitten factory in Decatur Indiana are on strike after management nailed shut the second story workroom windows claiming danger during a fire drill.
Emerson Indiana July 1 a watch dog prevented a burglary at the group of Charles Jones by raising a racket that forced the men who broke in to retreat in disorder leaving the door damaged but no one harmed police report a successful canine alert kept the robbery from succeeding
Ralph Bradley, 24, perished after two parachutes failed during a balloon ascent at Albany park Muncie Indiana. He attempted a double parachute descent from about 2560 feet, the first opened but the second failed, witnesses say he flipped in the air before impact.
Terre Haute Ind July 1 miners and operators joint scale committee agree to refer one disputed wage clause to a July 7 convention. The temp contract removes a $1 daily strike fine, yet twenty strikes have occurred in two months. Forest Park saw a noon firing incident and immediate discharge led to stoppage. A further shutdown looms if unresolved.
Indianapolis July 1 The Democratic state committee finished preparations to launch the state campaign. A state news bureau will be established at once, daily papers will receive six letters weekly in plate form, and weeklies will get a page of matter per issue. The plan calls for unprecedented campaign spending.
Anderson Indiana June 30 Joseph Beatson was acquitted of the charge of having made away with a chest of gold alleged to belong to David Bowers. The chest valued near $100000 was said to have been kept under an aged man’s bed. He was the son in law of the owner whose heirs sued.
Peter Ripley timekeeper for the Simplex Railway Appliance Company died in an automobile crash in Hammond Indiana on June 29. Six others were badly injured including George Heiser Frank Bick and Frank Baker who are at St. Margarets hospital with internal injuries and broken bones. The remaining injuries are not serious.
Martinsville Ind July 1 Frank C Tilley of Terre Haute was nominated by acclamation for congress at the Fifth district Republican convention. The platform did not mention Payne or Aldrich in the tariff resolution though stand patters fought for a stronger tariff plank than adopted.
In Fort Wayne on June 29 Misa Viola Heney sixteen daughter of Mr and Mrs Matthew Heney of Whitley county died by self inflicted shooting in the temple. Report says she had been seen with a young man whose attentions her parents opposed.
William Joyce Jr a Wabash switchman in Lafayette Indiana was crushed between cars in the yards when caught in a frog. Both feet were amputated in the incident.
John O'Neal aged fifty five was crushed under a slate fall in a Princeton Jad mine and killed on July 1. The tragedy underscores dangerous conditions faced by workers in the region's mining industry.
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