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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1901
Page
6
Brief dispatches recount numerous casualties crimes and fires alongside political and religious notes. The condensed telegraph summaries sketch a busy period with varied incidents and social updates, reflecting public concerns and local responses.
The Cuban constitutional convention approved the Platt amendment by a 15 to 1 vote. Radicals fought fiercely at the end with Senator Tamayo denouncing supporters as traitors before delegates urged him to retract. Personal clashes and appeals to patriotism followed as the long independence battle was cited.
The Porty-seventh Regiment and Wettfallens of the Forty ninth and Thirty-eighth sailed on the transport Thomas. May vs. The Ohio, May 24, with the Forty-second Regiment and the Kilpatrick and Logan, June 1, with the Forty-third and Forty-ninth Regiments and two battalions of the Thirty-eight. The Grant sailed from Aparri with the Forty-eighth Regiment and two battalions of the Forty ninth.
Special dispatches from St. Petersburg state Dr. Hynrrik Muller and Dr. Levds representing the Boer republic have formally applied to the Hague arbitration court. They pledge to abide by the tribunal decision and note that several provisions of the arbitration court constitution signed at the peace conference impact the South African war issues.
A row boat carrying eight youths was swept over Flat Rock dam on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. Seven drowned: Florence Densmore 19 Mazie Kennedy 18 Maud Rutter 14 Mattie Sullivan ? Florence Bond 21 Bertram Osmand 19 and Roy Hickerts. One survivor, John Moore 21, was rescued.
Associate Justice David J. Brewer of the United States Supreme Court and Miss Emma Miner Mott, a Washington school teacher, announce their engagement. The wedding will be held next week in Burlington Vermont, with few relatives present due to the bride’s mother having recently died. Brewer is a widower.
A 10 ton freight boat Laurinue sailing between Boonsville Missouri and Rocheport was blown to pieces by an explosion of 1900 detonating caps with 2100 pounds of dynamite. Property damage extended for a mile. Two laborers aboard, Burt Crippe Osceola Missouri and Stephen Wilson Centored Dennison Texas, are missing.
A Honolulu dispatch via San Francisco reports Porto Rican immigrants aboard the Colon are starving and must be fed at the quarantine station until they regain strength to travel to the islands and plantations for work.
Charles McIwnney, son of a policeman, died at Carraliten Missouri while aiding his father in arresting a gang of tramps. Three gang members were jailed, about a dozen escaped and were pursued by the sheriff and a posse. After a lively fight in which several shots were exchanged, two more suspects were captured.
Fire at Whithward destroyed five coal cars and Great Northern coal chutes and cages. Loss estimated at 125000 dollars. Prompt action saved the car shops.
The Turkish government has revoked its prohibition on admitting type writers after protests from foreign embassies. The reversal restores entry for such equipment and related personnel, signaling a shift in trade and diplomatic posture amid international signaling.
Upper Sandusky dispatch reports George Ury convicted of first degree murder in the death of Celery King Johnson of Carey Ohio. The jury recommended mercy, presenting a partial verdict with a plea for leniency amid the case’s heavy charge.
Berlin obituary reports Count William von Bismarck died after a six days illness of peritonitis. He leaves a widow Sybil von Arnim, three daughters and one son.
Washington report notes five to four ruling: constitution does not follow the flag in tariffs. Porto Rico and the Philippines become US territories upon the Paris treaty, with Congress holding power to govern them. Justices split, Justice Brown delivering contrasting majorities in two opinions, leaving island status and insular tariffs clarified but disputed.
A U S Supreme Court summary holds Porto Rico a U.S. territory not a state for revenue, upholds Foraker Act duties on island imports, and requires Congress to decide future incorporation. It also rules tariffs collected after Paris treaty ratification must be refunded for goods from Porto Rico.
The article discusses the likelihood of President McKinley calling an extra session of the Fifty-seventh Congress after a Supreme Court decision. It notes split opinions among officials and advisers on Congress’s necessity, mentions Spooner Philippine amendments and tariff powers, and cites a Supreme Court justice doubting congressional authority to empower tariff laws in the Philippines. Ex-Senator Chandler and many lawmakers favor a pre-July 1 extraordinary session.
The Supreme Court ruled that stock speculation is not gambling and a stock transaction cannot be repudiated on gambling grounds, reinforcing the legality of such deals alongside insular tariff cases.
A mixed set of scattered items Covering a missing child in Cincinnati floods in Indian Territory and Rockies weather. Wealth, crime, and politics span Rockefeller wages bankruptcy beer pew rent and a mayoral clean sweep. Reports include suicides, elopements, Mormon vetoes, Carnegie library gift, a teenage death, and a Carlist ammunition capture.
The progressive party in the Presbyterian Church of the United States secured a first major victory as the general assembly approved a partial creed revision and a restatement of certain doctrines. A special commission will draft a shorter statement with equal authority, to be submitted next May and then ratified by presbyteries. The next assembly will meet in New York at Fifth Avenue Church, with talk that the church mortgage on its New York building may be burned.
Lieut. Gov. Martin Allen of Vermont and J. W. Netcheham, publisher, are taken into custody amid the wrecking of the Farmers' National Bank of Vergennes. Allen, a former bank vice president, demands full investigation and says cashier may have juggled the books. he has ordered an expert to review them.
The report notes heavy frosts and excess rains across the Upper Lake region and Missouri Valley, with widespread cool weather east of the Rockies. Damage from freshets occurs in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee, while California hay and fruit suffer from unseasonable cold. Wheat prospects vary by region, and planting, harvesting, and crop conditions show mixed progress nationwide.
The libel case against Christian Science founder Mrs Mary Baker Eddy opened in Boston with Mrs Josephine Curtis Woodbury suing for damages of 150000 dollars. Woodbury once close to Eddy and Christian Science, alleges statements in Eddy’s church message libeled her. Eighteen witnesses are slated as evidence since proceedings began in October 1899. Also noted is the purchase of 284000 acres of Texas ranch land by George W Littlefield, president of the Austin National Bank.
In Judge Tuley’s courtroom Chicago, F Wayrams Brown, Dr Aaguar M Unger, and Frank H Smiley face charges in a conspiracy to defraud insurance companies tied to the murder of Marie Defenbach last August. Prosecution portrays a scheme from insuring Defenbach to a mock death, a forged will, and a suspect body cremation. Defendants are tied to figures including Miss Defenbach’s supposed fiancé and Brown, son in law to the late millionaire Washington Lucas of Cleveland.
The United Presbyterian Church in Des Moines voted 90 to 63 to adopt the judiciary report on the fifteenth article of testimony, barring Masons and Odd Fellows from the church. It clarifies that Grand Army of the Republic members and labor union members are not affected. The Philadelphia assembly adjourned after naming a 21 member panel to revise the creed, with Moderator Minton presiding.
A review of scattered items notes Gov Odell of New York signing an anti scalping law. Other items mention S R Callaway set as locomotive trust president at 60000 a year and James R Garfield entering Supreme Court practice.
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