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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1903
Page
6
A fragment from The Democrat in Corydon Indiana references publishers Thomas and Ellis. It notes a local newspaper context and identifies Corydon as the location.
Lumbermen and mountaineers in Cambria, Somerset and Westmoreland counties fought week long forest fires without pause. Fire companies from Altoona and Johnstown assisted as Danio and Wintondale mills were saved and homes guarded along Laurel Hill. Guards held the Conemaugh powder plant at Seward to keep flames away. relays swapped every two hours to sustain the effort.
The Russian charge d affaires Plancon reassures on Manchuria. Jie proclaims all Manchuria open to foreigners and passports unnecessary. Five hundred Russian soldiers left New Chwang for evacution then returned, using Liao forts as rest stations en route to the peninsula. U S Consul at New Chwang arrives to confer with Minister Conger.
The treasury reports arrival of immigrants from the wrecked barkentine Vera Cruz lil at Newbern North Carolina. Immigration inspectors have not yet reached Newbern and blank manifests are sent as ship papers were lost with the vessel. A Boston telegram says the New Bedford firm named as consignee denies responsibility for the vessel.
Three masked men battered in the door of Laurence Gregorys home five miles northeast from Monroe Michigan bound him and robbed him of 56 dollars in cash a 20 dollar certificate of deposit and 840 dollars in checks. The 69 year old bachelor lived alone and was struck on the head with a blunt instrument and left for dead. His hands were burned by the ropes and his right side injured.
The Big Four train No. 11, the Southwestern Limited, collided head on with a switching crew at an open switch in Ivorydale while en route to Cincinnati. Engineer James Haley of Sharon Ohio was killed and several others injured. Con Cummings jumped to safety. The Southwestern Limited is renowned as a premier fast train.
Cardinal Satelli petitioned the pope to confer nobility on Martin Maloney of Philadelphia for large church gifts and Catholic work including a parochial church in Trenton New Jersey. The pope after review granted the title of marquis to Maloney.
The case against R Lindell Wade McIntosh and others for the Boxtown miners killing is called at Madisonville New York. Both sides announce readiness. The sheriff must summon 150 jurors from other parts of the county and about 150 witnesses are to be heard.
Tom Burrows of Cape Town breaks all records by swinging Indian clubs continuously for forty hours and fifteen minutes, a feat long deemed impossible. The achievement marks a historic endurance milestone in strength practice and athletic display.
Paul Martin a deserter from the French army was arrested in Glasgow charged with the murder in Paris of Madame De Brienne a well known person who had traveled from America to the city.
Reports from Tangier say Tetuan residents surrounded by hostile tribes are in great panic as fires burn gardens and plantations. Troops are being dispatched by sea to Tetuan.
Consul General Jones reports quarantine in Guayquil has been re established against San Francisco due to bubonic plague.
Miss Sturtevant daughter of James S Sturtevant treasurer of Medford Cooperative Bank was shot defending her father during a late night robbery attempt. The assailant fled on a bicycle and an Italian suspect was arrested within hours. The incident occurred as Mr Sturtevant returned from a bank meeting with a satchel of checks and money.
Neighbors rushed to help George B. Andrews of Washington New Jersey after he fell from a stepladder while repairing a ceiling. The parrot cried out in alarm, shouting help and murder, saving him from a potentially fatal neck wound.
A crash at Halsted and Forty-third Streets injures twenty people as two southbound Halsted electric cars collide. A few are seriously hurt, including Mrs Flynn believed fatally injured. The motorman of the rear car was thrown through the vestibule glass. brakes on the second car failed, investigators suspect.
The J. C. Snit chartered to strip wrecks on Lake Superior returned to Duluth from the Algoma wreck. The ship went down nineteen years ago with 52 lives. Debris lies near Isle Royale. Divers raised 150 tons of iron from the wreck site.
The Purcell failure once tied to nearly 4 million in debts ends in Cincinnati with 15000 to be distributed from sureties on bond of John B. Mannix the original assignee who later became bankrupt while administering the assignment.
Thirty thousand listeners filled Kansas City Convention Hall on Sunday afternoon for the first absolutely free concerts by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra. Arthur B. Stillwell, president of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railroad, secured the hall and opened it to all.
A telegram from Chief of Police W. Austin of Birmingham stated E. J. Arnold, a turf investor and proprietor of a failed investment company, was in St. Louis. Chief Mathew Keily immediately wired back to place Arnold under arrest.
Dr. Robert M. Hartman, chemistry professor at the Colorado School of Mines, is dead after inhaling fumes of hydro sulphite in the lab. Instructor C Darwin Test is in serious condition while attempting to repair machinery for acid production.
Jesse Morrison, convicted of killing Mrs. Olin Castle three years ago in El Dorado, Kan, was upheld by the Supreme Court. The ruling affirms the trial court decision and requires Morrison to serve a twenty five year prison term.
Dr. Albert Alonzo Ames four time Minneapolis mayor involved in 1901 1902 graft was found guilty of accepting a $600 bribe after a 24 hour jury deliberation. Coloradoans reported a strong earthquake felt in Grand Valley lasting seconds with northwest to southeast motion.
Dispatches report Turkish soldiers and bashi bazouks joining Mussulman crowds in Monaguir and killing Christians in cold blood. Homes are deserted and shops closed as unrest spreads through the neighborhood.
George H. Rigby of Philadelphia pays 2100 dollars for the original manuscript of Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Bells. It is described as the most important Poe manuscript in existence with no The Raven manuscript offered.
Mystery surrounds four teenage girls trekking through Westchester Conny New York and Connecticut. They carry knapsacks and sleep under trees at night. Reportedly students of a Connecticut seminary they tramp to study nature while avoiding contact with locals.
In a Missouri appeal, the court held a church congregation not liable for a pastor’s back salary. The First Baptist Church of Mpo City faced a salary dispute over 1500 dollars a year. The trial court ruled against the church but the Court of Appeals reversed, suspending sentence of Lillie. The case moves to the Supreme Court for review in September.
Frank M. Barnett faced graft charges as clerk in a Washington ethnology bureau with a forged theft scheme resulting in a $175 payoff. A restraining order halted restaurant picketing as a murder case unravels with ambush killings near Winchester. Poet Richard Henry Stoddard dies in New York at age, his son Lorimer previously deceased amid heart rheumatism.
A prison kitchen burned at the State prison at Flat Top Mines near Birmingham, Alabama, allowing twelve convicts to escape. Nine inmates fled toward the railroad station after robbing a telegraph operator who was left bound and gagged.
W O Keith a Cadhart Texas attorney was shot and killed by George I Kornegay editor of the Sun during a quarrel over a Sun article. Sweith fred at Kornegay without effect and Kornegay fled after the shooting.
Ottawa Ontario headlines report the sudden death of David Mills eminent jurist and former Minister of Justice in the Laurier government. Authorities speculate a ruptured blood vessel caused his passing. Mills was in his seventy first year and had served on the Supreme Court.
Two passenger trains on the Mohawk and Malone line collided head on at a curve near Nelson Lake New York. Three people were killed and many injured as orders were disregarded.
Twenty thousand workers in Chicago are idle due to strikes. Six thousand Deer ing harvester works employees are out, 1,100 at Lassig iron works, 1,200 National Biscuit employees locked out, and 1,000 electrical workers have quit.
John E. Walsh a Pittsburgh contractor was shot and killed by Walter P. Kountz husband of Mrs Margaret Kountz while walking with her. Mrs Kountz was seriously wounded but may recover.
The Federal Salt Company was convicted in the U S Court at San Francisco for maintaining a monopoly under the Sherman anti trust law. The ruling marks a government victory. Strikers in Omaha secured an injunction against business leaders baring boycotts and conspiratorial meetings against striking workers.
France Austria and Russia warned the Sultan of Turkey that stern measures against Bulgaria over the Salonica outrages will not be tolerated, signaling a united diplomatic stance amid the crisis in 1913.
A prairie fire west of Velya North Dakota swept across the range destroying dozens of houses and thousands of tons of hay and some live stock. A young girl is reported fatally burned in the blaze.
The Neseneher family story unfolds as four children die amid peculiar circumstances. The insured baby’s death followed carbolic acid exposure after the mother bought acid to cleanse bedclothes. The mother, arrested after her husband’s morphine poisoning death, faced murder charges and later release pending further investigation.
The plaintiff, SV00000 damages, sues United Shoe Machinery Company in the U S Circuit Court for $1,000,000 alleging unlawful restraints and monopolistic practices in shoe machinery trade. He claims years of investment and business in domestic and foreign markets were harmed by alleged monopolistic conduct and price manipulation.
Alfred Taylor 64 and Mrs. K P Tenney 62 drowned in the Kaw river off Armourdale Kansas while boating at night. Their companion boatman Van Mote failed to render aid as Michaat remained upright. The mayor notified police. Mrs Tenney came from Coffeyville with her husband a railroad employee.
Alfred A Knapp the Indianapolis Biteheard faces a June 16 trial in Hamilton Ohio for choking his third wife Hannah Goddard Knapp and tossing her body in the river. Knapp denies his confession saying it was written to confuse police and reporters.
Marion Prosser, five, of Ottaway New York, is reported turning black with large piebald patches spreading over her skin. Doctors note no pain yet and both parents are white as the child increasingly resembles a negro as the spots darken.
Citizens exchanged gunfire with five burglars late at night in Springfield North Dakota. Two burglars were wounded and captured. three escaped. A barn hiding place contained a complete burglars outfit with dynamite and a watch to catch an intruder.
The American Isolible Nur Company plans incorporation at Trenton New York with 1 250 000 percent preferred and 2 750 000 common stock and will absorb eighteen peanut plants near Norfolk Virginia. The Norfolk area produces 5 000 000 bushels annually within eighty miles.
Fire at the Pittsburg Bedstead and Bedspring Co. at 138 Water Street caused three female workers on the fourth floor to jump from a window into a net held by firefighters. All three were seriously injured as the blaze damaged the building and stock, estimated at about $50,000.
A Hamilton Ohio fire consumed the Shollenbarger Brothers livery barn and the Bijou Theater. Many fine horses perished while several actresses were rescued from apartments above the theater. Estimated loss stands at $30,000 with $10,000 insured.
In a quarrel over a trivial matter between William Eastley and John Efenry two young Black laborers and roommates, Henry stabbed and killed Easterly. Henry escaped.
The Portuguese government negotiates with London financiers for a loan of 3,000,000 pounds to consolidate public debt and support fiscal stabilization efforts.
Three deaths and five serious meningitis cases are recorded on naval receiving ships Minneapolis and Puritan in Philadelphia. About 1,200 recruits have been exposed to the illness amid ongoing naval health precautions.
A box containing three clockwork sets and about 100 pounds of dynamite was found aboard the pier near the Umbria before the ship sailed. Detectives, dock officials, and the Cunard line removed and destroyed the device, preventing an attack tied to a broader plan to disrupt British steamship lines.
Mrs James Morton of near Flanders New Jersey battled a dehorned bull for an hour after it attacked her husband. Children alerted neighbors who drove the animal away. Morton suffered multiple broken ribs and severe head and chest injuries while he lay unconscious. Mrs Morton persisted with a pitchfork until help arrived.
A large Ottawa fire destroyed about 250 houses and 10 to 15 million feet of lumber, leaving up to 2000 people homeless and causing roughly 500000 in damage. Insurance covered about half. Initial incendiary theories were questioned as water shortages and late response hampered efforts. Montreal aid arrived but was not needed.
The Cr patchpin monastery in Marseilles was stormed by police. friars and sympathizers inside were arrested. Judge W. H. Pope resigns from the Philippine Court of First Instance due to ill health and will return to Santa Fe. Miss Virginia Evans, daughter of Rear Admiral Evans, wed Harold Sewall in Tokyo with a reception at the British legation.
Unrest in New York labor has risen since May 1 with many small strikes, while footwear shipments from Boston set yearly records and clothing makers rush spring orders. Dun’s Review notes mixed signals with iron and steel demand remaining strong and railways expanding. Wheat and corn exports for the week and fiscal year volumes are detailed, showing gains in railway earnings and overall trade activity despite labor troubles.
Regional price quotes show cattle hogs sheep and grains trading from Chicago to New York. Wheat No 2 red No 2 etc range from 70s to 80s cents, corn 40s to 50s cents, oats mid 30s to 40s, rye around 50s cents, hay and butter and eggs listed with daily ranges. Markets include Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York with varied grades and shipper quotes.
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