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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1901
Page
6
An OCR fragment shows a local publication by Thomas and Ellis in Corydon Indiana. No clear event details or dates are readable. The text lacks a full sentence structure or identifiable facts to summarize a complete news item.
A weekly roundup presents rapid highlights from the telegraph service and distant locales. Items cover notable crimes, casualties, fires, and other events reported from abroad, summarized for quick reader awareness.
Ex Governor H S Pingree died in London late Tuesday night at 11 35 PM His son was the only one present at the bedside The physician left briefly and returned soon after Mr Pingree Sr had stayed at his father's side four days without removing his clothes He died peacefully without warning and without a word Young Pingree wired family in the United States not to come Rendon The body was embalmed and sent home
William Bran nan, a prosperous farmer from Lastan district now living in Savannah, followed a fortune tellers clue to a Bullock county site near an old mill dam. He reportedly found a pot containing $30,000 in gold, prompting a local uproar as details of the treasure’s origin remain unknown.
A Denver Times report claims a large scheme to transfer U S railroads to the government within five years. Western financiers including Rockefeller Harriman Vanderbilt Gould and Morgan interests allegedly plan to turn over every line paid at about 10 billion by a chain of banks they control.
A report claims City National Bank of New York, backed by John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil interests, is negotiating to buy the National Bank of Commerce and the First National Bank of the United States with a capital around 1,000,000 and assets above thirty million. The First National is described as a strong concern with solid business.
Cardinal Gibbons of Baltianore opposes sending a special envoy to Rome to meet President McKinley. He argues a Vatican embassy would be impossible and undesirable, labeling the move an ornamental and superfluous restraint provoked Protestant outcry.
A Berlin cablegram to the New York Journal of Commerce reports the Prussian government plans to ease regulations that had excluded American life insurance companies. This relaxation marks a tentative shift in policy affecting cross border financial services.
A large fire swept Greenville South Carolina destroying much of the business district. The Western Union Telegraph office was burned out cutting telegraph service though no lives were lost. Information came via Southern Railroad wires.
In Shreveport Louisiana a police special moved Frank Smith known as Prophet and F D Mc Land to Benton where they were accused of aiding the murder of John Gray Foster. They were taken from the jail and strung up to a tree, left hanging side by side.
Robert Pentecost C Brown and Thomas MacCarthy trusted workers for Adams Express Company in New York were arrested and charged with stealing $9,000 in jewelry belonging to New England dealers.
A Black preacher named J. Jones was taken from a jailhouse in Lagran ge and lynched following an alleged assault attempt on Mrs. Noah Davis. The incident reflects violent mob justice in a racially charged episode.
Two gangs charged with large scale counterfeiting in City of Mexico netting 60 percent profit by exchanging Mexican for American dollars. About fifty people implicated in the scheme.
A Berne dispatch reports the United States has accepted an invitation to send delegates to the New Geneva Red Convention to be held in Tyce. The event gathers international representatives to discuss diplomatic and security issues.
Daniel Johnson and William Edgerton, two New York prospectors near Phoenix, discover a rich vein west of the Vulture mine after months of hardship. A desert lizard spurred them to dig, yielding gold-bearing rock and nuggets with assays around $1,200 per ton. They have refused $40,000 for the strike.
The weekly trade review notes new confidence in business as private wheat crop estimates align with a government forecast. Retail and wholesale activity in dry goods boats and shoes gains pace East and West, while labor prospects improve amid possible temporary factory slowdowns. Wheat prices ease as government crop condition reports point to a record or near record harvest. weekly US failures total 179 versus 162 last year, with 23 in Canada, up from 21.
Sharp Nose a Northern Arapaho chief of Wind River Wyoming died at sixty. He was known as a bloodthirsty war leader blamed for many murders and for leading the recent rebellion against the Fort Washakie Indian agent. His death is seen as likely to calm the tribe.
A cyclone swept the southeast corner of Beadle County injuring ten persons and causing extensive property damage. The McCormack farm house was demolished with Mr and Mrs McCormack and three children seriously injured. Roselind house and Gardiner residence were destroyed nearby with Mrs Gardiner also harmed.
The schooner Constitution bound down in tow of the Victory and the Elwood bound up came together at the lower entrance of the Saint Ste Marie lock. The Elwood has a six foot crack behind the stem but can continue after repairs. considerable work is required before the Constitution can proceed.
Patrolman John Hassell was fatally wounded when burglars shooting from Swift's warehouse fire on him as he watched a safe operation. The assailants fled the scene after the attack in Ma hanoy City Pennsylvania.
Dispatches from Dawson City report 7.5 million dollars in gold dust deposited in local banks from the season's cleanups. The overall Dawson total is around 25 million dollars with Alaska's total output near 35 million dollars. A nugget valued at 1020 dollars was found on Frank Piscator's No. 2 Eldorado claim.
The battleship Wisconsin races the Winds for fastest in its class. In a forced draft trial the Wisconsin achieved 18.6 knots for two hours, marking a remarkable display of speed in the test.
Regional price snapshots show cattle ranges from $2.50 to $6.15 with hogs often near $3.00 to $6.35. Wheat No 2 around 68¢ to 76¢, corn 41¢ to 48¢, oats 27¢ to 30¢, rye 4¢ to 58¢, butter 18¢ to 19¢, eggs 9¢ to 12¢, and potatoes 90¢ to $1.05 per bushel in multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York.
At 2 30 AM a second alarm was sent for a blaze at the foot of Ferry street on the Niagara River. The International Navigation Company docks landing and ticket office were destroyed, and the fire spread to the Schoelkopf flour mill and elevator. The dock and bridge to Squaw Island were damaged, hindering firemen's access.
Charles Simon attacked the Poirier family six miles west of Blue Earth Minnesota. Soph ie Poirier a 17 year old girl was fatally stabbed and Jot Poirier was badly cut before he disarmed the assailant. Simon armed with knife and iron weapon was arrested. He had worked nearby and was a stranger to the family.
Warry Simmington Stacey and Givens escaped from the county jail at Fort Morgan with outside help. Sheriff Calvert confronted them during the breakout and was shot in the abdomen by Simmington.
Frederick G. Roeiker a prominent Cincinnati attorney was discovered with a bullet in his brain in his bedroom. Initial belief pointed to self inflicted death but family physician after examination deemed the shooting accidental.
George H. Phillips of Chicago addressed a Minneapolis banquet of the National Grain Growers Association. He urged creating huge government granaries in Chicago and establishing a $50,000,000 farmers' bank.
Trolley cars built in this country will soon run from Athens to Piraeus in modern Greece. The contract for constructing the pipe has been let. In general, the cars will resemble those used in Brooklyn.
A Mount Vernon jury found George W. Chtick guilty of second degree murder for killing Sarah Jane Hess at Witwot Bladensburg on March 10. The verdict concludes a case that drew regional attention and established a formal conviction for the alleged crime.
Fire ravaged the Ontario Lumber Company yard at French River on Georgian Bay burning lumber totaling 15 000 000 feet and valued over 200 000 dollars.
Samuel P. Levenberg an 18 year old from New York works after hours to discover the secret of wireless telephony claiming a breakthrough. In London news Gen Kitchener dispatch reports Boers capture 250 Victorian mounted rifles, a surprising wartime update.
Two well dressed men drugged telegraph operator Lawrence Hannan and accomplice Thomas Horan near Shamokin Pennsylvania. Hannan wrestled the attacker at the lever, the express passed safely, and both men collapsed in the cabin before being found by trainmen.
Major George W. Buckingham and three women die when a Pere Marquette passenger train hits a double carriage at Hamilton avenue crossing Oak Park near Flint Michigan. Mrs Applegate and Mrs Humphrey had been guests of Maj Buckingham during the State G A R encampment.
The schooner Czar bound for Labrador with seven fishermen and families was driven ashore in dense fog off Cabot Island Newfoundland. Four men drowned and six injured. women and children survived two days without food or shelter until a passing vessel rescued them and ferried them to the mainland. The Czar was a total loss. Indians Are Not Hostile. Fort Worth officials dismiss reports of Indian hostility near Fort Wae Wryo as unfounded. Col Jesse M. Lee notes the seed grain complaint is the likely source of misperception.
Locke Foster was found guilty of the murder of William C. Johnson in Upper Sandusky Ohio amid a trial marked by a judge’s prior gag order on testimony. A new trial will be sought arguing that the defendant was denied a public trial.
Seneca W. Hazard city passenger agent for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway was found hanging to a basement rafter in the Des Moines city ticket office. The death appears self inflicted with no motive known.
Six Black men were executed publicly in Sylvania Georgia. Five Black members of an organization whose motto was passing to the Whites died in the same scaffold incident. The killings were the culmination of a long series of crimes.
Captain Tack Smith, former Seventeenth Infantry, leaped 62 feet from a Big Four bridge into the Scioto River at Columbus and rescued two drowning men. Also reported: Naval Commander B F Tilly kidnapped in San Francisco. Queen of the Navy flagship Mlingla on trial speed. a Denver stockman killed his wife and himself. a transport capsized in a dry dock injuring twenty five.
Crop reports show Central Valleys and allied regions enjoying favorable temperatures and rains, with corn improving in principal states. Drought persists in Texas, Missouri, Illinois, and parts of the South Atlantic. frost and wet weather affect Rocky Mountain districts and California wheat. Winter wheat harvests advance in Kansas Missouri and others while oats and cotton show mixed progress.
Bank of England cuts its discount rate to 3 1/4 percent. Oil discovered in Parma township near Cleveland. Oklahoma farmer John Leigen fatally assaults his brother with an ax after a sudden frenzy. Allentown school board orders flirting ban and new boys room. Bloomington resident Columbia Taylor, 50, found dead by hanging after financial loss. Agnes Forsythe, 18, shot near Wylam by hunting party. Wellington, Kansas fire kills 17 year old Barbara Spindlen in gasoline blast. Hopkinsville woman Ollie Tyson, 18, learns she is one of eighteen heirs to a 40 million Australia estate. Mrs Rosa Metz Hearne of Austin, Texas, commits suicide after fiancé misses appointment.
A report to the Protestant Episcopal Church proposes a canon forbidding marriage within listed relatives including mother, grandmother, aunt, niece, and their in laws for both men and women. The measure would also bar marriages of divorced persons where the divorce grounds arose after marriage and marriages to a deceased wife's sister.
John Alexander Dowie, claiming immortality and reincarnation as Elijah, preached in Chicago with wings on his robe. He warned of a physician conspiracy to kidnap him and place him in a detention hospital, then called a private male meeting to aid Zion guards, and threatened journalists he accused of inviting murder.
W N Rowley reports rapid industrial growth in the South with many cotton gins seen from a six hour Savannah to Chicago rail journey. He notes improved education of young Black workers and rising skilled labor. Carter Harrison and Senator Hoar discuss reform through education, not law. Gen Brooke praises officer corps and commissions. Walter Fears notes mule prices rise reflecting broad demand.
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