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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1899
Page
2
A recap of the week features minor casualties crimes and fires, along with religious and civic notes. The report mentions federal court orders and jurisdiction issues affecting tribal leadership and community authority.
Fragmentary text references a United States cruiser and Admiral Dewey era wording about Austria and an American press note. The garbled lines do not present a coherent event or clear names beyond Dewey era terms.
Fragmentary wartime notes recount a clash at Havana with heavy losses. One enemy officer was killed and numerous wounded after close quarters fighting as U S forces repelled the attack.
Reported blaze damaged the Grace Hotel at the corner of Paris and Divide streets Milwaukee Wisconsin. Several firemen were injured with the mayor among the most seriously hurt. Most victims were taken to the Emergency Hospital as officials assess the pecuniary loss.
Three witnesses provide persistent statements in a feud case in Kentucky. The record notes ongoing engagement and cross questions as investigators pursue key details.
Word reaches Tekamah of a family disaster when a cloudburst swelled a creek twelve to fifteen feet sweeping away an emigrant wagon carrying A. W. Blades his wife and eight children en route to Minnesota. The incident occurred as they camped for the night beside the creek.
General Otis cables that the storm continues to prevail in Manila with better weather anticipated. Rainfall is extremely heavy and the country is felled. Outpost troops suffer and some communication lines are cut. No material rise in sickness reported.
Newsboys boycott the New York World and Journal over paper prices. In a related incident they attacked a man stealing papers and scattered copies in the street.
A major blaze in Dobeshi Voloswnia destroys the town leaving seven dead and the remaining residents destitute. Rescue and relief efforts are underway as authorities assess the extent of the disaster.
The National Christian Party, Renli, issued by W. J. Ben kert of Davenport, calls a national convention of the United Christian party in Chicago starting December 26, 184, to sit for a week. On January 1, it proposes to nominate a ticket for which all God fearing men and women may vote.
A fire in the Sirochs suburb of Quebec destroyed eighty houses causing about 150 dollars in losses. Investigators believe children playing with matches started the blaze.
A garbled report details drownings from a capsizing near Copenhagen and a river incident. It mentions engineers preparing shore works, a 7 000 man strike on a Brooklyn line, a fire at Brooklyn navy yard threatening stock, and factory upheavals. Also notes a Middlesex Bank cashier sentenced for six years.
A sprawling, fragmentary wire of reports cites suicides, murders, accidents, and legal actions. Notable items include a Minneapolis drowning at a lake, a Columbus Ohio impeachment, Cleveland street railway strike renewal, and fires and robberies across Illinois Indiana Iowa Missouri Nebraska Wisconsin.
Col William Triestear Johansen of New Ovens died in Lexington Wa. Cal Jidinsen led Tulane University in New Orleans. An Hayes and bricks feud feud meeting at New Boston Texas. Ole dpa shot dead. Maj John Calhoun Courtney died in Atlanta aged 65. Two lynchings in Texas. Abe Brown killed near Gilead and an unknown man hanged near Iola for murder. Fire destroyed Consolidated Kansas City plant near El Paso. Fatal clash in Clay County Kentucky near Little Goose creek killed five. Tead dates back nearly two years.
Washington report notes Wolmes travels to Texas to assess crop and soil damage and to report farmer conditions in the flooded region. It also mentions Mitchell ruling that a widow or soldier's family loses extra pay under the March 3 act, and federal agents sent to Texas to secure horses for service in Cuba. Jamaica delegates return unclear in brief.
During a Washington interview a participant hinted that coffee prices could fall sharply or gain a preferential date over Brazilian coffee, signaling potential material shifts in treaty terms.
Reports describe a mine gallery collapse in Recklinghausen entombing sixty miners after a slight earthquake. Japan is recognized as an equal power as treaties take effect. Barcelona bombs cause no serious damage, while a Russian tornado devastates Nikolajevskoye with expected high casualties.
A mixed wire of 1900 era items reports reunions, literary partnerships, appointments, corporate formations, natural wonders, a murder case, shipwrecks, Cuban tensions, crop and lumber market notes, and rising hardwood prices. Names include Rudyard Whipling, Gov Swineford, and Betancourt amid offshore and domestic events.
Chicago cattle common to prime traded 3.00 to 6.00 dollars with hogs 3.00 to 4.50 per head. Indianapolis and St Louis posted cattle 3.50 to 6.00 and 3.00 to 4.50 respectively, soy products and wheat quoted across several No. 2 grades. Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York also showed varied cattle hogs and sheep prices with assorted grain prices including corn No. 2 and oats No. 2 mixed.
Gen. Russe A. Alger submits his resignation to President McKinley after Vice President Hobart conveyed that the administration sought his retirement. Cabinet members long sought Alger out to avoid friction, with Attorney General Griggs delivering the message and Hobart acting as intermediary in Long Branch discussions.
A jammed column of Indiana items reports drownings at Boonville and Hawk Creek, a fatal lightning strike near Linton, a man shot with bullets in Kentland, a dissection scare at Fremont, counterfeit arrests in Evansville, and a new Baptist church contract in Bedford. Also notes a street fair in Martinsville and a Seymour railway franchise grant.
Washington dispatch says the joint high commission may delay further action on the Alaska boundary. Senator Fairbanks will decide timing after arrival, with Hay Foster and Kasson to meet. Authorities fear mining season clashes between American miners and Canadian constabulary, but deny government fault.
Floods in Texas damaged railroads totaling 2 million dollars. Essex Sotel of Bloomfield New Jersey burned, loss 100000. Nonantum block in Newton Massachusetts destroyed by fire, loss 20000. Barnard Oliver, 22, of Newark NJ killed his wife then fled. Charles Jones, New York porter, fell from an air shaft and died. Dan L. Davis of Wayland Ohio died after being struck by a train while intoxicated.
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