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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1900
Page
2
A compact weekly roundup reports crimes accidents and fires from the north south east and west with minor domestic affairs and public notices. The column summarizes notable events in a panorama of disturbances and incidents.
Historic agreement ends rivalries as Andrew Carnegie and Henry Frick finalize a joint consolidation plan uniting their firms and allied companies in a far reaching steel empire. The deal comes amid Washington debate on foreign affairs and broader industrial consolidation in the era.
West in Lexington Frank Dinsmore has been sentenced to hang for the murder of his wife and John Law. Across the nation reports detail prison sentences, bank robberies, and violent incidents from Coeur d Alene to Seattle. A volatile mix of courtroom verdicts and fatal accidents colors a busy crime and disaster roundup.
The report lists fires in Glenwood Lin hotel Kenova with $30000 loss and a cotton storage blaze in Tourt tribson Mississippi causing $100000 damage. It notes Key West unveiling of Maine victims monument, Garland Breeden shot in Frankfort Kentucky, a fatal fight near Chester West Virginia, a Plant system fast mail wreck near Ozark Alabama injuring passengers, a Mari Ett a Ga jail shooting of John Bailey, and ex prosecutor Joseph Noland killing James Hile after a dispute over a woman.
Hob Aden of New Orleans says he bought 1 000 000 admission tickets for the Paris Exposition at half price and plans to resell them at regular rates. He recently secured the tickets through Darren Lee and hopes to profit quickly while heading toward Paris.
Officials dispute recent statements claiming Gen Otis incurred 70000 deaths in the Philippine campaigns. Official records through February 17, 1900 indicate 1424 officer and 2480 enlisted deaths, with a total mortality rate cited.
Mayor Parkinson plans to adopt the Charles M. Sheldon plan and govern the city as Jesus would after a large religious revival here. A minority protests the approach vigorously.
Thirty passengers were dropped three stories in the Blakeley Printing Company building in Chicago when the engine failed. All were seriously injured except one, with numerous broken legs and arms reported.
The president of the American Sugar Refining Company announced a six cent per one hundred pounds rise in refined sugar prices by the firm. An increase in the price of raw sugars per pound was also declared.
J Hampton Dougherty named receiver for the publisher D Appleton and Company of New York. Liabilities exceed one million dollars while assets remain uncomputed.
In Elkhart Indiana Lydia Jordan aged 15 swallowed poison to end her life. At the same hour Mrs Stella Harrington attempted suicide. A note stolen from Harrington’s person and later returned to police reveals Jordan killed herself because her lover was a married man who was Harrington’s husband.
The Detroit has sailed from Havana to Greytown Nicaragua to protect American interests as tensions rise in the region and naval protection is ordered for commerce and citizens aboard.
Russia mobilizes its Black Sea fleet in ten days as a test of readiness. The article notes Moscow backing Bulgarian independence but urging delay for the principality. Chinese court figures show hostility to outsiders. British India commander Sir William Lockhart dies in Calcutta at age 59. Danube drowning toll rises with 24 peasants lost to a capsized crossing near Pays. A New York passenger on the Lucania, Nathan Musher, is arrested.
The dispatch notes a warrant for arrest in New York City on forgery charges involving Queenstown. It also reports on British costs from the Anglo-Venezuelan arbitration, famine distress in India, a Bombay man’s jail term for passing bad checks, and French inventor Mercadier’s multi dispatch wire system.
The summary covers a mix of events including damage to the Acadmy of Music in Quebec with a $50,000 loss, a stage manager saving his family, military building plans in Florida, Cuba’s participation in the Pan-American Exposition, Latin American protests over tariffs, preparations to guard missions in China, a U.S. Supreme Court anti-trust ruling affecting Texas, Canadian colonist trains arriving at Winnipeg, possible gold-rich Alaska prospects, Costa Rican President Iglesias declaring martial law, a Mantle city census of about 150,000, a domestic assault case in Ontario, and a Werld economic note on bank currency and wool sales with weekly failures in the U S and Canada.
A sweeping market roundup lists city by city price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. It also shows grains Wheat Corn Oats Rye and butter eggs and other staples with varied grades and bid ranges.
War critics report President Kruger vows Boers will conquer or die and seek no foreign aid. Transvaal burghers resist peace terms while Free State falls, Mafeking relief armies approach, and Britain tightens control over noncombatants.
Constantinople reports the death of Osman Pasha at 68 famed as the defender of Plevna in 1876. His courageous resistance halted Russian advances for months and his bayonet fightings led to the eventual Turkish surrender with honors of war.
The Washington State immigration agent estimates 30,000 new residents in the past year. European coal prices spark inquiries from Europe, the West Indies, and Mexico about Alabama coal. Henry B. White, a Cleveland letter carrier, is the son of Gen. Sir George White who commanded at Ladysmith. He arrived in America 19 years ago.
The Senate spent most of Thursday on the 2,000,000 Porto Rican appropriation and quays case with Mr. Wellington opposing Quay seating. The House passed the District of Columbia and Fort Hays measures and set Friday to take up the Porto Rican bill. The week featured further discussions on Spain war claims, tariff, and postal matters, with adjournments and varied committee actions.
Thie and That notes Missouri zinc mining growth from about a dozen companies to over 200. It cites the census director's July 1 1902 target for main twelfth century reports. It mentions a miner in Colorado killed in a snowslide near Eureka. It lists various unrelated facts about deaths, individuals, and political tests across states.
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