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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
2
In Passaic New Jersey a clash erupted as girl strikers attacked workers taking factory places at the Acheson Harden Trandkerchief plant. Police charged rioters who were driven off. Three girls were arrested while supporters tried to free them, a mob of about 590 followed to the station until a fire company dispersed them.
A Pabst Brewing Company mill in Milwaukee suffered a major fire that killed copper smith John Smith. The blaze started near the roof of an elevator where four workers were repairing and spread after overheated copper ignited screens. Insurance covered the loss.
In Napoleon Ohio early after midnight Leroy Grove, a 19-year-old living with his family, fatally stabbed his sister and strangled his eight-year-old brother before setting a barn on fire and shooting himself. Charred remains were found the next morning. investigators suspect mental distress linked to sensational Jesse James fiction.
About 200 angry farmers comb the timber northeast of At Doseph Missouri chasing an unknown Black suspect who abducted and assaulted a 14 year old girl from George Dixon. They plan lynching if he is caught. The search spread as other children raised the alarm. A lynching is expected if capture occurs.
Curtis Roberts superintendent of schools in Fair Haven Ohio was accidentally killed during a woods target practice. He was with his sweetheart Mary Alferton and a group of youths. Alferton fired the first shot and a ball ricocheted off a stump striking Roberts in the side, fatally wounding him.
Fire swept the Gellett block and several nearby structures in Winterford Pennsylvania, nearly destroying the village before flames were checked by firefighters. The blaze is blamed on incendiaries, marking the third arson attempt on the same block. No loss estimate yet.
A Sint Brieux dispatch reports five fishing boats on a Leeland cruise have been missing for two months and are now believed to have foundered in a gale on April 6. Seventeen crewmen are presumed dead, with widespread mourning in the region and nearby villages.
Will Arnell a Beaverton Michigan hotel and saloon proprietor opened fire killing his year old daughter fatally wounding his wife and shooting his aged mother brother and sister before being overpowered and wounded and captured.
The order prohibits immigrants with tuberculosis from entering the United States via any port. Superintendent Powderly enforces the mandate, overriding prior discretionary inquiries.
A major blaze in Pekin’s forbidden city prompted a ban on access by both American and Japanese parties. Details are not available due to the access restrictions surrounding the quarters involved.
The entire business portion of Willets a town about twenty five miles north of Ukiah Cal was destroyed by fire. The total loss will approximate $50000.
A peculiar blaze at Mare Island navy yard burned twenty to thirty tons of powder, producing smoke that drifted for most of the day. Loss estimated between $50,000 and $500,000 as the powder burned and the fire was not extinguished until night.
Adjutant General Corbin will depart for the Philippines on June 25 and attend the formation of the new civil government with Judge Taft as civil governor. He is to be inaugurated early in August.
The Naval War College opens at Newport for 1901 as Vassar grants self government in discipline and social affairs. Notable deaths include actor James A. Lierne in New York from bronchitis and pneumonia. A buggy crash at Northeast Pennsylvania kills three from Findlar's Acre. A boilermakers strike ends in victory for workers at New Castle Pa. A cup defender Constitution wrecks off Newport Rhode Island after tuning up. A marriage links Miss Martha Hichborn and James G Blaine in Washington. A Dunbar woman dies by self harm after ingesting match heads. A new bolts nuts rivets maker forms in Westchester with $2 million capital. A cousin killing-suicide occurs in New York. Destructive trolley accidents in Wilmington Delaware and a McKeesport coal line crash injure several. Streetcar workers strike in Jamestown New York. A collision near McKeesport injures nine. A Pleasant Valley NY family tragedy ends in a shotgun accident. A Pan Handle train hits a tank car. nine aboard escape as fire erupts.
A diverse patch of midwestern and western news includes a fatal shooting in Arkee Missouri by a sweetheart’s father, a severe western storm bringing hail in Saline County, and a Kansas murder case. Other items cite a Chicago murder arrest, a Grinnell church council expelling a minister, Cleveland mayor’s railway interest denial, a Colorado Springs mine strike settlement, and property gifts to a Missouri college.
Joseph Harris is under arrest after a large fire at 418 Delaware Street in Kansas City, tied to Western Stores Company, with $60,000 in damage. A knife attack in St Joseph injures Fred Smith and two others fatally or gravely. Weather reports warn of drought hurting Kansas wheat. Multiple crimes and incidents unfold across Ohio Minnesota Illinois and Indiana with deaths, suits, and fires.
A passenger train from Macon on the Southern Railway was struck by a switch engine near Atlanta shops. Three died and twelve injured. Willis Cole, a notorious criminal released from jail, fled from Memphis after escaping from the county jail.
In Covington Kentucky a man and his 3 year old daughter are killed after a quarrel with the wife. Mrs Kate Hester, 32, shoots her husband 42 and their child then fatally shoots herself. The motive remains unknown.
Edmond Rostand, author of Cyrano de Bergerac, joins the French Academy as incidents ripple around the world. Dublin Fusiliers riot at Shorncliffe, battleship Regina Margherita launches, Princess Yolanda Margaretta named, and notes stolen from a Singapore bank strong room. Plague in China rises amid colonial misgovernance debate. Boers attack a British convoy near Ventersdorp and are repulsed. Prussia braces for state aid as harvests threaten across the monarchy.
The Mebber son ashore at Matanzas has been floated and towed to harbor and will head to New York. Cuba’s constitution rejected by the United States, troop withdrawal awaits clear language. Johns Hopkins elects Dr Lia Remsen as president to succeed Dr Daniel C Gilman. Relief funds for China famine remit to Rev Arthur H Smith in Tientsin. French explorers were assassinated in Peru. Gianone killed by tribes. Canadian Northern builds a 1.5 million bushel elevator at Fort Arthur. Cotton acreage rises to 27.582 million. Maximite explosive adopted after tests. Bradstreet notes unseasonable weather hindering trade and crops, with hope for late warm spells improving conditions. Industrial activity steadier amid labor tensions and minimal change.
Chicago cattle range 5.00 to 46.00 with shipping grades 38.60 to 35.07, corn No 2 around 48 to 54 cents, oats 27 to 28 cents, butter 18 cents, eggs 10 to 11 cents. Similar notes from Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, and New York cover cattle, hogs, sheep, wheat No 2, and corn No 2 with varied regional figures.
Washington reports say there will be no extra session. Secretary Root and Attorney General Knox say Supreme Court decisions pose no change to the plan for Philippine civil government. The Taft commission will establish provisional rule under military power with U.S. war power, guiding a future independent civil administration.
A daring night escape in Toronto ends with Constable Boyd dead after a robber gang, including Frank Rutledge Fred Rice and Frank Jones, fire on officers during transit from court to jail. The quartet, extradited from Chicago for a Aurora robbery, were recaptured and face murder charges.
The report details widespread drought in the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys worsened by fly damage and variable rains from the Gulf Coast to New England. It notes cool conditions and frosts in parts of the west while California and Oregon show gains, corn hampers from low temps and worms, and harvests underway in Arkansas Kansas and other states.
Adventurous Capt Bernier of Quebec plans a polar expedition using strong kites fitted with cameras. Even if he cannot reach the pole he will photograph inaccessible points from high altitudes, inspired by successful kite camera use at great heights.
Emperor William issued orders to have a long list of newspapers laid before him daily rather than clippings. He reviews about forty German papers each day and also reads two English journals, one American paper and three Austrian papers.
In France personal crisis reports show an increase, with at least 27,000 cases in the five years ending January 1, 1901. The trend indicates growing concerns over mental distress and related self harm events during this period.
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