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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1901
Page
6
The emperor issues strict orders excluding newspaper reporters from public and semi public functions where he is to speak. Entourage and police to block stenographic reporting of speeches. The clampdown follows a leaked address to the Emperor Alexander regiment before the Bismarck monument unveiling.
A dispatch from Victoria B C reports the United States revenue cutter Grant struck an uncharted rock in Saanich Inlet and tore a hole in her hull. The crew abandoned ship and reached Cole Bay, where they camped as Lieut Sadler secured a wrecking outfit. The Grant was on a special mission, likely to investigate stringeling when she stranded.
After two days of testimony the coroner’s jury finds John Alexander Dowie official Dowie 11 W Judd and two women Mrs Preecher and Mrs Bratsch to await grand jury action. The verdict centers on alleged criminal responsibility for Mrs Judd’s death.
Patavia dispatch reports Relot volcano eruption on the island of Yava. Lava overruns and native casualties feared as six districts including Samarang Kediri and Suragata face ash fall. Kediry threatened. Dlitar residents flee amid night blackouts and heavy cinder rain.
Former Governor John HR Tanner died suddenly at a Springfield hotel. An afternoon paper suggested death by his own hand, but Dr. Dixon stated death was due to natural causes, likely a cerebral blood clot or brain rupture.
A bottle picked up at Granton carried a message claiming the steamer Croft of the Arrow line with twenty five crew disappeared after sailing from New York January 25 1899 bound for Seth and Dundee. The vessel laden with grain and general merchandise was never heard of and is long posted missing at Lloyds.
The battleships Cassar and Em press of India and the cruiser Gladiator were ordered to Salonica. Rumors say their departure relates to the postal difficulties between foreign ambassadors and the Turkish government.
A 49 year old Hereford cow named Dolly with a calf at side sold for 5900 at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. John Wooker of New London Ohio was the seller and N W Bowen of Delphi Indiana purchased the pair setting a new record.
A boiler at the Slope mine near Lisbon Ohio exploded tearing the boiler house and the adjacent railway trestle. Fatalities include miner Jett Davis and workers William Regan Huey Lamburn Varry Laiburn with many others severely hurt.
Widespread damage across upper Tennessee follows the breaking of a dam on the Doe River at Elizabethton. Authorities report at least eight dives lost and millions of dollars in destruction as floodwaters surge downstream.
The advertised bout at the opera house Greenfield Indiana between Patsey Hogan of Philadelphia and deck Bean of Louisville was halted by order of Governor Durbin to Sheriff Larrabee and Mayor Egan.
Philadelphia report states Cambria Steel Company will raise capital from 4.3 million to 50 million dollars to strengthen against growing steel trust competition.
A wide array of obituaries and incidents from across the United States. Includes former Congressman Bou t’olly of Maine in Maclean Asylum, Gen. Fitz-John Porter in Morristown, and Mrs. Lyman J. Gage in Washington. Also notes hypnotism accident in Woonsocket, Niagara Falls suicide, a $100,000 Northern Pacific windfall, Pan-American Exposition dedication with Roosevelt address, a fire at Meadow Brook estate, counterfeit plant found in Moyamensing, and multiple other deaths, crimes, and accidents nationwide.
Reports from steamers L Aquitaine and Mesaba recount dangerous derelicts and a deadly luge wave that killed Captain McDougall and three sailors of Savena. The steamer Federal and Louise Ta mount were lost off the Australian coast with forty eight perished. Seaborne disaster and labor unrest dominate today’s early 1900s press.
Frosts in the lake region and upper Ohio valley caused little damage while corn planting advances across the lower Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys. Winter wheat needs rain in the Missouri valley. harvests begin in Texas with generally poor wheat yields. California shows improvement in the Pacific coast while oats suffer from dry weather. cotton and tobacco conditions vary by state with droughts and rains shaping prospects.
A string of brief notices reports Thomas Britton’s suicide in Cincinnati lodging, Dittrick’s death in Cleveland from meningitis after a neck slap, Fr Uhl’s death near Grand Rapids, and minor earthquake shocks in Ohio towns. Other items note church leadership changes, a fatal shooting in St Paul, drownings in Minnesota, inheritance in Dayton, a drowning during a Lake Washington trip, a federal prisoner release, and a Chicago park shooting in progress.
At 8 o'clock next morning two women, after handling stamp packages, struck a match and a violent explosion severely burned them and sent them against walls. Harvey Crouse of Leavenworth Kans shot and killed himself in Terre Haute Ind after a jealous assault on Lee Taylor, a woman he believed he had killed. he then shot himself after wounding her.
Ireland’s population given as 4 456 546 down 5 3 percent since last census. Scotland recorded 4 471 957. Denials issued in Belgrade over king abdication and queen’s banishment. A sergeant’s family tragedy in London. UK war office updates on armored train blast in Scotland. China’s loan talks and Korean land lease to Japan trend. Carnegie funds free education in Scottish universities. Filipino generals surrender noted with prisoner releases in Leyte.
The report lists cattle, hogs, and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with grain bids for wheat corn oats rye and dairy goods. Prices span multiple grades and regions, reflecting wide market activity and regional variation.
Lola Bonine, 32, confesses she killed James S. Ayres, census clerk, during a struggle in his room at the Kenmore Hotel Washington. She says she was enticed inside, Ayres drew a pistol, there was a fight, three shots fired, and she fled by a fire escape. police doubt her account as the grand jury considers the case.
Gen Fitz-John Porter longtime Civil War figure died at his Morris County home after a weeks long illness from chronic diabetes He was 80 and had been deemed unrecoverable His court martial and dismissal over alleged cowardice sparked a famous battle of legal and political efforts ending in reinstatement The disobedience cited occurred Aug 29 1862 at Bull Run
Mr and Mrs Robert Shaw traveled automobile from New York to Chicago spanning about 1,100 miles in ten days. They averaged roughly 100 miles daily with eight hours on the road, making ten stops at Fishkill Albany Herkimer Syracuse Clifton Springs Buffalo Conneaut Oberlin Maumee Ligomer. A broken carriage spring caused a two hour delay. no serious mishap occurred. Shaw, a Chicagoan, is noted as mobilist and Mrs Shaw is praised for her driving skill.
King Edward aboard the America's Cup challenger Shamrock II when a violent squall ripped sails from the boat and toppled masts. He clung to the deck amidships as the topmast and mainmast fell, narrowly escaping a sea disaster near Cowes. The yacht, crippled, made harbor under Lipton fleet escort after a harrowing hour-long ordeal.
Andrew Carnegie donates £2,000,000 to establish free education for Scottish fellow countrymen at Edinburgh Glasgow Aberdeen and St Andrews. The fund covers medical and commercial studies and will be managed by trustees who cover the students' expenses.
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