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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1900
Page
6
In Corydon Indiana the Democrat announces Thomas and Ellis publishers are highlighted on the page. The brief note marks a local publishing house and its owners within the Indiana community.
Vague summary of crimes fires and penalties. stock dividend and cash disbursement noted. Mentions government actions and stock issues in a garbled 19th century telegraphic dispatch. Entities and specifics are unclear due to damaged text.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Steele and others linked to a theft or aiding case. Mentions of imprisonment, pirate accusations, and a dep of funds related to a facility. No clear dates, names, or outcomes are deducible from the text provided.
An unreadable OCR fragment references reformers, foreign interests, and power dynamics with mentions of British, Magy, and Mine Pronald figures. The text is garbled and lacks clear actions or outcomes.
Fragmentary dispatches describe seventeen Americans surrounded amid provincial action in Alb Woreed. Reports claim German forces deterred by counterattacks with no losses. Raminaldo, late Filipino cabinet secretary, reportedly suspended amid unclear transfers.
A man named Lowrey was arrested on suspicion after a safe at Dr. Wasser’s dental parlor in Laporte was robbed of gold and notes. Lowrey confessed to the theft and self harm in custody, with possible indictment for robbery. Separate reports mention Michael, VP of the American National Bank of Vuinna, linked to a Christmas Day robbery case, and a detective’s affidavit accusing him later dismissed.
Lord Roberts cables London that General French has reached Bloemfontein after a hard battle with the Boers. He notes 82 wounded, about 60 or 70 killed or missing, and describes the town’s weak defense and strategic position. The Boers evacuated government to Windhoek as British forces moved west.
President McKinley and Secretary Hay consider a Boer request routed through Adelbert S. Hay to transmit terms Britain may accept for peace. Boers seek entry wedge for mediation while the United States acts as channel, not initiator, under Hague pledge. Also notes Civil War pension figures and Boutelle's return to politics.
Side Lights on the Boer War recounts Boer gun orders with Krupp and Austrian makers, the 1805 Krupp guns, carrier pigeons aiding British news from Ladysmith, origins of Bloemfontein, native Indian cavalry debate, Symons widow remarrying, Cronje’s stand, wartime living conditions, surgeons’ pay, and notes on steeds and rifles and President Steyn’s wife.
The Topeka Capital began as a Christian newspaper under Rev Charles M Sheldon with a page focused on famine relief India and antiwar railing. The paper cut sensational crime and market news, and allowed only Christian ads, drawing criticism from editors and a prominent journalist.
A Chicago newspaper man writes home about steep Paris prices. Hotels up 40 80 percent, meals skimpy, stores and fabrics priced high, clothing and silk costs surge. Daily expenses near 86, and doctors and drugs costly. Cabs remain cheap at 40 cents, Americans already leaving Paris after extended stays.
Prince Hohenlohe told the Reichstag Alsace Lorraine remains in German hands. Gen. Mercier's paper Paria Welair is barred from Alsace Lorraine by the German government. Reverend Mackenzie from San Francisco made a fortune from orange cultivation. In Wiel a woman named Mrs. Doris Heescher killed her daughter in a cemetery and then took her own life with a butcher knife.
Washington reports Lord Salisbury’s reply to the US mediation overture in the South African war. Britain declares no independence for the South African republics and warns Russia and France against pressuring Britain to end the conflict. The Boer note is viewed in London as frank but not surrendering, with war to continue at full strength if independence is not recognized.
President McKinley affixed his signature to a financial bill in a Senate signing, making the measure law. The act defines the dollar using gold content, expands national bank capital and note issuance, reallocates treasury funds, and allows banks to collateralize more bonds for circulation.
The Methodist Year Book reports 17588 ministers and 258,? probationers in the United States. Brooklyn aims to deliver gospel to every adult by 1900. Presbyterian contributions reach 109000 to missions. The L. T. Mevds institutions at Northfield seek 30000 to sustain. A global congress of Catholic workers is planned in Paris. Bible price increases blamed on paper costs, not a Bible trust.
The Senate heard Mr. Lodge on a Philippine governance bill while the House announced the death of Mr. Harmer and seated William F. Aldrich after unseating Gaston Robbins. Debates over Porto Rican tariffs, Boers sympathy, and a currency reform conference report dominated sessions with regional votes and pension rule changes.
Mixed items note Pert joins the Loni American Congress and detail various historical notes. Receipts of public funds for the Philippine Islands from Aug 1800s through Dec 31 1899 total 36 696 080. Also reports boilder explosion in Magnolia Mississippi injuring Cockerhams and two Boyds. Many disparate facts follow.
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