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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1903
Page
10
Reports from Washington indicate President Marroquin of Colombia plans no special session to act on the Panama canal treaty. With opposition gaining in the ongoing election and a shaky government majority, he remains indisposed to act though regular session begins July 20.
Norfolk dispatch details a collision off Hog Island between the Old Dominion line steamer Hamilton and the Clyde liner Saginaw. The Saginaw bound for Philadelphia from Norfolk carried forty crew and twenty passengers. The Hamilton with over 100 passengers and a full crew struck in fog after Jersey coast passage, with estimates of twenty to thirty lives lost.
Five or six masked men entered the Farmers bank at Ohio City Ohio and rifled the safe. An employee from a livery stable was bound gagged and held while the robbers fled along the railroad track and locked him in a box car. They guarded the operator in a tower then drilled the safe placed three nitro glycerine charges and blew it open. The safe destroyed and money and papers were stolen with the haul not yet known.
Andrew Leighton owner of the Gloucester schooner Gioriana received a telegram from Canso Nova Scotia informing him the vessel and its captain George Stoddart with fourteen crew were lost. The ship struck Whale Point at Canso harbor and broke up in the night. Only three of the eighteen aboard survived. Most of the crew were believed to be from the British provinces.
A blaze at Oakley avenue and Fulton street destroyed the J. A. Olson Picture Frame factory and adjacent buildings. Loss pegged at 66 000 dollars. One man missing possibly dead. Seven families fled with minimal clothing. Explosion preceded spread. Twelve horses perished as firefighters arrived.
Colonel Martin Ericson, a wealthy southwest figure, is said to be held for $500,000 by Yaqui Indians in Sonora Mexico. Colonel Fricsor, after leaving Mexico City two weeks earlier to inspect a Yaqui River concession, was reportedly captured en route and remains in rebel hands after declining to pay ransom.
Passengers aboard the steamer Colon allege President Zeyiaya uses a water cure on political adversaries. They claim salt water injections are given to force confessions, with two men reportedly shot and cremated after refusing to confess an alleged plot to blow up military quarters.
Major Robert L. Howze has submitted his reply to cruelty to Filipinos charges. All case papers are with the judge advocate general for a report to the Secretary of War.
The plan to build an arch memorial for Jefferson Davis in Richmond Virginia is practically abandoned. Mrs Davis and leading memorial group members oppose an arch.
Imparcial reports via Melilla correspondent that rumors claim the Moroccan throne pretender was assassinated in a Zelouan camp, details unclear and unverified.
Berlin dispatch reports a massacre of Christians by Muslims at Novi Bazar Bosnia with 9 000 killed in the uprising. No confirmation yet.
Rumors claim the Mad Mullah led a night assault on a British column near Galadto Somaliland. reports say the force was repulsed with heavy losses on both sides and British casualties were substantial.
Miss Agatha Reichlen, a popular Lorain resident, was murdered by an unknown man after a late night scream at her brother Rev. Father Reichlen’s home near St. Joseph's Catholic Church. A heavy bloodstained stone and hair were found. motive unclear, with burglary suspected but police sensing a deeper mystery.
The steamship St Andrew rescued sixty five crew members from the French fishing brig San Sonici of St Servan after it sank in a gale. Six men were lost overboard and another died from injuries. The St Andrew spotted the wreck April 28 and Chief Officer Hobbs led a three trip, perilous rescue with a high sea.
Bernardo Bueno, once a Cuban army captain and confidant of President Roosevelt and General Wood, shot himself in New York City after failing to regain his fortune. He previously resided in Santiago de Cuba where his widow and children live, having owned plantations later lost to creditors. He had come to the United States last December to salvage his affairs after a career of sugar speculation and served the American troops in the Spanish American War.
Governor Cailles of Laguna province and a party of volunteers captured Rios, the self styled prophet who led an insurrection in Luzon. Rios, once a Tayabas blacksmith, wore a disguise when seized and may face murder charges.
J B Marcum, a leading attorney and figure in the Cockrill Hargis feud, was shot dead as he entered the Jackson courthouse. The killer, unseen, fired from behind in the main hall, triggering widespread upheaval and unrest in the town.
Mrs. John Ellis aged about 70 was fatally wounded with an ax at the family farm home southwest of Dearborn Michigan while her husband was away. A 16-year-old farm hand named Brown is wanted after allegedly attempting a burglary and attacking Mrs Ellis when interrupted.
Thousands of poor Jews have departed from Kiev in European Russia after reports of an imminent anti Semite crusade. The wealthier Jews evacuated to hotels while troops patrol streets and walls display notices banning gatherings and warning the military will use weapons if needed.
Two children of Herbert Jones of Laston New York are dead after a house fire that destroyed the Jones residence. Mrs. Jones is in serious condition from injuries suffered when she fell while trying to reach her children.
Thieves dynamited the safe at Halsead's private bank in Concord Michigan and took all funds including postoffice money and stamps. The burglars fled with a horse and buggy, headed toward Albion where they reportedly boarded a train.
Trains Little Miami and Baltimore and Ohio derailed west of Columbia Ohio after a derailment at the crossing. Engine baggage car and one passenger coach left the track with four trainmen badly hurt. George W Johnson 84 nephew of Vice President Johnson and Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnson’s brother sent to Redding California county institution.
Express Agent John Peterson was robbed of $10,000 in Uritt Iowa by two masked men who found him alone in the office and forced him to unlock the safe containing the money. No trace of the robbers has yet been found.
Xenia special reports ten cottages at Wilberforce University destroyed by fire. Students fought flames with bucket brigades and saved the university building. Loss estimated over $10,000.
The Washington house where Lincoln died, housing a collection of relics, has been opened to the public opposite Ford's Theater. After years of decay and a small visitor fee, a preservation society renewed the site last fall and funded repairs. The house is now a notable sight near the capital.
A blast at Thor Manufacturing Company on 647 Orange Street in Cleveland shredding a torpedo canes and explosives plant. Four people die and twenty seven are seriously injured as glass and debris rattle across the neighborhood amid a busy season and a large stock on hand.
A Grand Trunk Railroad collision in Detroit mowed down a crowd of Polish excursionists awaiting a train to Toledo. Eight killed and forty injured, many fatally, as a locomotive plowed into groups near Dequinder and Canfield streets during a Sunday visit marking Polish freedom anniversary. Survivors describe screaming, babies hurled, and miraculous escapes in a chaotic scene.
The report shows 1890 and 1900 figures for home ownership and mortgage status across states. It notes high mortgage shares in North Atlantic manufacturing areas and lower rates in the South, with prompts that ownership and mortgage levels reflect prosperity and financing patterns.
Telegraphic notices report a serious wreck on the Cincinnati Southern Railway a few miles above Oakdale. Separate items mention Italian Foreign Minister Prinetti planning retirement to regain health after talks with Premier Zanardelli. The Navy Department will not object to landing a Dutch German cable on Guam and has ordered instructions accordingly.
Early Wednesday morning off the Virginia capes the Hamilton struck the Clyde line Saginaw in fog. The Saginaw, bound for Philadelphia from Norfolk, sank in ten fathoms with 20 to 25 feared drowned while 20 passengers and crew of 40 were saved.
A 6 year old named Paul Waszkowski was found buried four inches underground in burlap in the woods near Grand and North Sixty third avenues Chicago. A bullet wound in the left temple is noted and two 11 year old boys Julius Wiltrax and William Black were detained as possible suspects after being seen with the child the morning he disappeared.
Telegraphic brief notes that Mr. Kruger’s Pretoria house sold at auction for 20000 dollars. Robert C. Morris of New York is named by the President as agent to present the American case before the mixed commission at Caracas. Israel Bent and his wife are found dead in Lincoln Massachusetts. described as a murder suicide with Bent recently showing mental derangement. they left a large family of children.
A broad survey notes strong activity in iron and steel, building, and freight. stocks thin, prices high for white pine, coke deliveries heavy, and railway earnings up. Weather affects western trade while eastern orders stay robust. wheat markets respond to southwest conditions with a record winter crop forecast offsetting shortages.
Russell Figgins 30 died crushed by falling coal at Midland mine near Bloomfield. Whites town incorporation vote defeated by 23. John Williamson 55 killed by a log from a wagon. Mrs Slater burned after coal oil ignition. Phillip Houser 10 killed in field near Winamac. Mennonites seek 19000 cash bonus to move Elkhart institute to Goshen. Jean Fougerrouse 9 injured by twig in nostril leading to blood poisoning. Mrs Hillard Lawrence drowns self after locking children in Knox county. Willis Hammel gored by cow near Munice. John Beamer captures live eagle at Young America. Waldron loses saloons after licenses denied. Henry county dig uncovers four skeletons in Spice lands. Laura DeHaven sues for alimony and divorce over skepticism. Fruit crop damaged in Hamilton County due to frost. Indiana patents listed from multiple inventors. Farmers near Bunker Hill sell 800 acres of sweet corn for canning plant. Two five-year-old boys die in Martinsville barn fire.
Regional price listings show cattle hogs sheep and grains in markets from Chicago to New York. No. 2 red wheat ranges 70s to 80s cents per bushel with corn around 40 to 52 cents and oats 31 to 40 cents. dairy and eggs cited.
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