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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1899
Page
2
Intelligence by electric wire from every quarter of the civilized world covers foreign affairs and home happenings. The report summarizes notable events abroad and at home across the week, highlighting political developments, social trends, and economic updates in a compact wire service style.
U.S. gunboats Linade Dar and Cayedonga under Capt Grant pushed from Manila up the Grande River toward Calumpit. About a thousand local men gathered at the riverbank cheering the movement and many expressed eagerness to join the American force.
A cens train derailed on the Pittsburgh and Western Narrow Gauge line near Staveler's Tun close to New 2 Cinhty. Two men were killed. several injured, including Fren Lrosictr Dennett Mike Motnm Peter Millen Mike Wadowiteh John Stereische. Some injured were taken to the New Hospital. The trestle failure caused the wreck.
Senator Fairbouss of Indiana met at the State Department and discussed unclear topics related to Anglo American concerns. Details are fragmentary with references to boundary questions and U.S. actions for May and June.
Gen Greely states the wireless system will not replace ordinary telegraphy. The first authoritative statement from the United States Signal Corps notes uncertain results and indicates limited advancement in wireless telegraphy to date.
A Spring Place dispatch reports a house fire at Dr. Bagwell's residence near Dalton Georgia killing six people, including five of the doctor's children and an elderly housekeeper. Dr Bagwell is a leading physician in Spring Place.
A newly married pair, Al Whiladelyna and Menrieta Kong, aged 28 and 21, were found dead in bed from illuminating gas as they slept. They were discovered in the morning with a burner emitting gas. The death is regarded as accidental.
The Erie Rannold Company brought two carloads of New York Italians to Niles Ohio to recruit workers for strikes at Niles Minera Todee Candell and Leilonia on the Erie road. The stokers warned the new men, who refused to start work, risking a possible finale.
A Frenchman crossed lines under a truce while negotiating with Filipino forces for the release of Spanish prisoners. The act provoked a demonstration by France.
A cyclone ripped Coldwater Kansas destroying twelve houses killing Joseph Bowers a prominent citizen Aldrichs general store wrecked a brick block on Main street toppled Presbyterian Church and courthouse suffered severe damage.
The schooner Loyal departed St. Michaels Alaska last September and has not been heard since in Seattle's Gehring Sea. Twelve men were aboard when she left St Michaels. Authorities fear she foundered in a storm and that the crew is lost.
A canal breach in the Eria Canal near Spencerport New York caused flooding across the surrounding area. Authorities estimate the damage to Spencerport and nearby properties amounts to fifty four thousand pounds.
A cyclone lashed Chickasaw Oklahoma wrecking sixteen residences and injuring fourteen. J B Murray pinned beneath a building is expected to die. Four freight cars derailed on the Rock Island line. roundhouse and railroad shops damaged. Medford Stock Island homes toppled. Tongawa reports three Ware family members killed. Tounel and Saunders homes blown apart and Luunel seriously hurt. Several missing. Heavy rain followed.
The Postmaster General orders rural free delivery divided into western and eastern grand divisions. Western division includes states west of the Ohio with headquarters at St. Louis, eastern division covers states east of the Ohio with headquarters in Washington. Francis M. Dice of Crawfordsville Ind heads the western division while Henry Con Quest Clarke of Washington heads the eastern.
A massive blast at the California Powder Works in Pinole killed foreman Arthur Graves and A. J. Williamson and injured several others. The factory had been partially wrecked days earlier during earlier repairs. The blast followed a prior explosion and the exact cause remains unknown.
A massive blaze destroyed Russell and Cols mammoth thrasher and engine plant in Massillon Ohio. The fire began in the warehouse and spread to machine shops where finished machines were destroyed. Volunteer firefighter Albert Bamberger was killed by a falling wall and worker Christian W Bautz was fatally injured.
More than fifty feet of the end of the old iron pier at Coney Island, New York, washed away by the tide. Sixty men stood at the end. about forty clung to wreckage and were rescued by police and firemen. Twenty were cut off and taken off by the revenue cutter Beout.
A premature blast at the Pay Stone quarry operated by lessee Sheivelin killed Burns the foreman and Kilkel. John Dott suffered a crushed right leg, and three other workers loading carts beneath the blast were seriously hurt.
Judge McMunster of Marion County Mad Superior Court orders the receiver of the Order of the Tran Hall to pay final dividends totaling one fifth of one percent. The distribution will close the seven cent receivership and end the matter.
Hooven and Allison Cordage Company announces a 10 percent wage increase at its two largest mills in Nenia Ohio. About 500 operatives will receive the higher pay.
Joseph A. Finckman, a well known Cleveland contractor, died in terrible agony from a cat bite. He was bitten on the thumb by a pet Maltese cat and lockjaw developed after little attention was given to the incident.
Secretary of War Alger has given consent to tapping Lake Michigan for the Chicago drainage channel. The measure will be referred to Congress at its next session for ultimate decision.
Miss Minnie Crawford a Bellefontaine milliner attacked Mayor Soho R Cassidy on Main Street as he left the People's Bank after subpoena in his court case. She wielded a concealed whip striking his head and shoulders until held by a drug store employee. Cassidy sought refuge inside then released she departed.
Jamestown Ohio reports postmaster Gro A McLaughlin killed by a close friend during a prank. A boy group at Ginns home heard noises and fired a shot through a window striking McLaughlin who died instantly. McLaughlin had recently been appointed postmaster.
At Cumminsville Ohio a roof collapse on the Buffalo Bill show injured three people gravely and left many others bruised. About 300 spectators paid a penny per view from Turner Wall and the roof dropped thirty feet during the performance.
A long wooden span on the Nomundji River bridge near South Superior Wisconsin collapsed as a heavy freight train crossed. Engineer Thomas Quinn was crushed beneath the engine and died. Fireman Terry Miller was trapped in the cab and fatally injured, his wounds proving fatal.
In Duluth striking streetcar workers and supporters attacked company property. Five people were injured, one believed fatally, and four streetcars were derailed with two heavily damaged during the confrontation.
A street car in Jhiluth Minn was wrecked by dynamite. Twenty passengers rode the car when it toppled onto its side scattering occupants and shattering all windows though only one or two sustained minor injuries from flying glass.
Cracksmen dynamited the Standard Oil office in St Joseph Missouri and blew open the safe. They damaged the brick building and windows in nearby offices. Several hundred dollars and valuable papers were stolen.
Representatives to the American Philippines commission concede United States sovereignty over the Philippine archipelago and the President expects the rebellion to end soon.
Six masked burglars overpowered Emil Meyer the watchman and Frederick Festing the engineer at the Bavarian brewery in Wilmington Delaware. They forced open the safe in the office and secured over 1400 dollars.
John C. Wagoner, a Civil War veteran who carried a bullet in his head since the Custer massacre, died by morphine suicide at a hatch in Stallwater, Mini. He served with both Confederate and Union armies during the conflict.
Mary Vinch aged 16 of Beemer Nebraska died by her own hand grieving over the death of her soldier sweetheart who fell in battle with the First Nebraska near Caloonta. The tragedy follows the death of the young man in combat.
A man named Young Jee said to be a Hichbinder from San Francisco was shot dead at Sebas topo Cal by his brother Gang Gee a merchant. Jee had attempted to murder Gee after being refused a sum of money he requested.
The Texas Senate has given final approval to an anti-trust bill that began as a near copy of Arkansas law but has been substantially amended. The measure now contains more drastic provisions aimed at curbing monopolistic practices.
Six United States prisoners confined in the Toledo county jail escaped by climbing through the chimney at the rear. One was recaptured on the roof and returned to his cell.
William R. Bowen, longtime secretary of the Nebraska grand lodge, and a prominent Mason, shot himself at Ontanria amid financial troubles. His death ends a 26 year tenure with the grand lodge.
Reports from New Jersey life saving stations describe a two masted schooner sinking about five miles off Island Beach. One topmast missing, the other ten feet above water. A 16 foot yawl washed ashore at Forked River. The vessel likely a sunken schooner of about seventy tons. sails washed away. No name or crew fate known.
At Mayiri near Santiago de Cuba four outlaws tried to free bandit chief Miguel Gonzales and five others from rural guards. A sentry fired wounding one attacker as a clash followed, and all four rescuers were killed while two guards were injured. The prisoners were moved to Baracoa.
Bradstreets notes wholesale trade volumes above last year with encouraging retail demand. Prices and foreign demand bolster iron and steel, supporting American product exports. Cereals stay firm, copper holds strength, raw cotton weak, and wheat shipments reach 44.1 million bushels versus 34.0 million prior week. corn exports rise to 47.21 million bushels from 2.62 million.
Report of meat investigators finds General Miles censured for not reporting untitness of rations and General Eagan severely scored for paying large quantities of untried ration. Packers exonerated as they supplied the same goods offered on the general market.
In Minneapolis a man attempted to shoot his wife during a divorce dispute. He fired one shot at her but was interrupted by Jude Gittillan who intervened and was struck in the arm. The assailant then fired again, fled, and fatally shot himself.
A violent storm swept through the prominent residential district of St Louis destroying fifty houses and leaving thousands in fear. Streets were littered with fallen trees and building debris. several people suffered minor injuries from falling timbers.
John Moore was convicted in Hutchinson Kansas of first degree murder for killing five children by arson and hatchet blows. He faces a life term in the penitentiary.
Plow manufacturers near Chicago announce a near national consolidation forming a trust with capitalization well over SG5.0WR000. The combination will include all leading plow makers in the country, most within two hundred miles of Chicago.
Mrs Bulwin FP. Uhl of Grand Rapids Michigan has been re elected president for the ensuing two years of the National Federation of Music clubs at the convention in St Louis.
Mrs. William C. Whitney, wife of the Navy Secretary, has died in New York from effects linked to a horse incident that occurred more than a year ago.
General Otis reports six chartered transports have left Manila for San Francisco carrying sick and wounded and volunteers. The ships are City of Pueblo Zealandic Pennsylvania Nelson Cleveland and St Paul. Routes and climate concerns shape choice of Pacific crossings over Suez with most volunteers from the West. General Lawton promotes order in Balayan with Filipino cooperation and Aguinaldo’s deteriorating influence noted.
Reports cite insurgents landing ten machine guns at Capiz Vanay and massing east of Ay as Gen Masciurde tours Hines with officers. Reconned lines show San Ildefonso entrenched nine miles north of Baling as US troops push forward amid heat fatigue and floods of reinforcements.
A compiled list of commodity quotes by city including cattle hogs and sheep in Indianapolis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with prices for wheat corn rye oats and butter and eggs. Values range across markets from common to choice grades and No. 2 feeds with ranges for each item and location.
Edward Atkinson a Boston economist and Brookline native is noted for anti imperialist stance. He serves as vice president of the Anti Imperialist League and leads opposition to the Philippine policy, distributing anti expansion pamphlets to soldiers in the Philippines.
Circulars urging youths to avoid the army or navy and claiming a way to obtain release from service are labeled seditious by President Kinley and his cabinet. The anti-enlistment effort is said to aim at mutiny and insurrection in the Philippines, with authorities seizing the circulars in San Francisco by order of the Postmaster General.
May returns from the Department of Agriculture show winter wheat acreage in cultivation on May 1 at about 25. cen acres, roughly 4 million less than fall plantings but still above last year’s harvest. Across major states the reduction and coalition figures reflect slow spring plowing with 57.2 percent of planned work completed versus the typical 79 percent by May 1.
A Civic Federation backed national four day conference in Chicago to unite leaders from labor commerce political economy law and education on trusts and combinations. Topics include railroad and industrial combinations remedies and procedures with state and federal jurisdiction as a central issue. Governors and Attorneys General will be invited to share views.
A severe storm lashed several towns with tornadoes Tuesday night. In Coldwater Kansas a dozen homes were wrecked and Joseph Bowers died with several injured. Jalus County saw a long wire fence wrapped around a church steeple. Nebraska suffered flooding and rail damage, notably near Homer and Winnebago agency amid heavy hail.
Severe tidal waves reported from the Caroline Islands. G W Spurgeon killed by lightning in Morgantown West Virginia. Julius J G Lay of Washington DC named consul general at Barcelona Spin. James Harvey of Elkhorn WV struck by a car and killed. McClure behind the car with a rock killing him instantly. Body of an unknown man about 30 found in an opium joint in Chicago. Believed poisoned by a woman.
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