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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1901
Page
2
Corydon Indiana sees non publisher Thomas and Ellis enter the local publishing scene debuting titles amid questions about distribution and local reception.
A Tromsoe dispatch reports the Baldwin Atzher Arctic expedition ships weigh anchor before midnight. Evelyn Baldwin, chief, expresses high confidence in reaching the north pole as the America sails first to Archangel then to Vardoe to join Belgica and Frithjot for a united northward pursuit.
After a three month trial of provincial government in Cebu and Bohol and the Dalangashuzon district, civil control is returned to military authorities due to incomplete pacification. Provincial and civil officials continue in function but now operate under General Chaffee rather than Civil Governor Vartas.
The Italian government reports a recent affray in Erwih Michigan where one person was killed and a third seriously wounded. The incident has been notified to Rome and representations made to the U S State Department while Italian officials investigate through their consular offices in New Orleans and Vicksburg Mississippi.
Three one year olds Harry Geberning Calvin Mills and Frank Vine drowned at Wolforth's swimming school Gloversgile New York with forty in the water. Vine found first then the others surfaced as a search began. One boy likely drowned from cramps pulling others under during the struggle.
In Ohio at Maventa, two burglars broke into a store on a street near Inbners ster. Officer Paischild ordered surrender as the burglars ran onto the street. He fired after them. one burglar collapsed dead from a heart wound. The dead man remains unidentified.
The Michigan Salt Association plans to drop salt to forty five cents a barrel to clear a large surplus. Critics say the move will curb competition from smaller dealers and trigger a price fight with outsiders.
A four story Luce Building at Monroe and Ottawa Streets in Grand Rapids collapsed tearing down in a crash that startled blocks away. The wreckage caused about 250000 dollars in damage. An hour after the collapse a fire started in the debris and caused additional damage before being put out.
A four ton chitin fell on six workers at Westinghouse Biveting Company's Cleveland facility. Dr. Germann died shortly after, and five others sustained severe injuries. Authorities investigate cause and safety measures.
A large body of masons in London attend the installation ceremony of the Duke of Connaught as grand master of the United Grand Lodge, succeeding Edward VII in the role.
Japan has withdrawn its demand for further indemnity from China, easing a major obstacle in Pekin negotiations and aiding the path to the conference’s close.
Noah Raby, 128 years old, reports recovery from a measles attack at New Market. He has resided in the poor house for thirty years and asserts he is the oldest man in the country or perhaps the world.
A broad East Coast miscellany reports Joseph Cramer’s arrest in Philadelphia for polygamy, Hazel Craven’s mental state after hazing in Annapolis, a Spanish steamer breaking up near Lewes with all aboard saved, and the Massachusetts Republican convention slated for Boston on October 4. Additional items cover a Niagara Whirlpool voyage, a fatal factory elevator accident in Whitestone, Mrs. Jefferson Davis’s improving health, and various maritime incidents, crimes, and curiosities across cities from Sunbury to New York.
A string of fires, accidents, and violent incidents disrupts towns from Missouri to Ohio. Fatalities include a 70 year old Nebraskan, a Lincoln dentist sued for breach, and a Cincinnati woman killed by fire from a bath incident. Damages tallied in hundreds of thousands amid drought relief, city firebreaks, and escalating population counts in Chicago.
A heavy storm strikes farms killing Mrs C McMacklin and her daughter Mrs Thornton along with the latter's 4 year old. Maj Cyrus Hutter a Carey Ohio farmer is found dead near the Big Four railroad. Joseph Hallam of Texas identified after a Welch Oklahoma incident. Rail crashes kill and injure multiple across Missouri Arkansas and Indian Territory. Other reports include a Perry Oklahoma bribery verdict against Asa Sharp, a fatal salt mine avalanche in Cleveland, a Nebraska ex-treasurer's parole, and several violent deaths and fires nationwide.
Reports detail hangings in Virginia and Kentucky for violent crimes, a major fire destroying Delta National Bank and part of Cooper Texas with substantial losses, numerous drownings and injuries in Georgia and South Carolina, a fatality from a fall in Louisville, and violent incidents in Mississippi and Pennsylvania.
Report describes a clash near Glen Allen between Mexican and Black workers on the Tock Island extension in New Mexico. A prior Mexican was killed by a Black worker, sparking a pitched battle that left about fifteen Black workers dead and many wounded. Mexican casualty count unavailable.
Reports from Heidelberg award Ph D cum laude to Miss Hamilton. Olive Schreiner reportedly jailed by Britain with only her dog. Cable from Riva announces Mrs Brown’s death, wife of Supreme Court Justice Brown. German steamer Tanis ashore and total loss near Punta Mogores. crew to Montevideo. Russia faces famine as eastern provinces miss rainfall since June 21. Fire at West India docks London causes £250,000 damage to sugar and timber sheds and custom house. Quelpart clashes between missionaries and locals kill about 15 natives and 800 pupils.
Negotiations between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Tin Workers and United States Steel Corporation end in disagreement and a general strike is ordered. The Burlington Railroad considers pension plans for workers as labor unrest shows signs of settlement.
Market data across cities show cattle prices at Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with shining bids and ranges for hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and live pigs trading in varied tiers. The figures cover common to prime cattle shipping grades and regional commodity prices, reflecting an era of broad farm product pricing.
A Cass station crash on the Wabash line near Logansport Indiana killed fifteen and injured many when a culvert failed. Conductor Brownlee says a phantom hand warned him to start at the rear, saving his life as rescuers worked and a coach posed a danger to crews.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes drought in the corn belt threatens six key states Missouri Illinois Kansas Indiana Iowa Nebraska Wisconsin with losses up to 25 50 percent. It warns that a week of rain could save millions for individual farmers and their families amid a vital corn supply.
A bank run at Pern Bank with deposits near 400000 and 75000 cash on hand unsettled customers, while a dramatic reunion unfolds in Henry County as brothers Barton and Jabez Guyer, long believed dead, reconnect after almost fifty years.
Knox and Lawrence County farm laborers organize Farm Laborers Union No 9247 Vincennes branch of AF of Tarbor Phil. William H Brevoort & Son first to yield to the new union, granting higher wages from 90 cents to 1.10 for married men and 75 to 85 cents for single men daily.
Judge James H. Sellars, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, shot himself with morphine at his Crawfordsville law office. He left a letter citing failure and large debts while praising his wife, and noting his service on the bench and in the State Legislature.
Tax data shows Standard Oil remitted 1512 in Wells County. Reports detail Chester Smith a 33 year old farmer. a list of fatal accidents including a 29 year old Western Ayton lineman George R. Reed, a 40 foot fall, and a man crushed by a train in Anderson. Other items note a prison respite for John Rinkard, a buried $10,600 gold kettle found in Anderson, and a lawsuit involving Joseph Brill and attorney Hulsworth Weir. Also reported are a Big Four locomotive fire in Goshen, elopement in Madison, a drowning in Vigeon Creek, and a murder body found linked to Nora Kifer.
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