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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1900
Page
6
Evangelist Leonard Weaver Plans City Wide Crusade
American evangelist Leonard Weaver announces a major campaign in Lomion with eleven large tents set up in diverse areas. He will host nightly services aided by local choirs and orchestras and claims a single London venue can accommodate 9,000, aiming to reach at least 20,000 people during his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Weaver
Lomion
Biet
London
Postmaster Reports Federal Interference Violations
St Louis special notes Postmaster Baumhoot er quoted United States Attorney Rosier on repeated violations to prevent interference with postal cars on the Saint Louis Traction lines. The postmaster argues federal aid is essential to ensure prompt mail car operation. No outcome from the Governor and Police Board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Baumhoot
United States
Rosier
Ines
S. Louis Traction Company
Westbound Lake Shore Line Derailment Kills Two at Westfield
A westbound fast rail on Lake Shore Road derailed at Westfield, killing engineer Feagan and fireman William Leighbody. The cause remains unclear as the engine and train were wrecked, blocking the main line and delaying service. the passenger count could not be confirmed due to the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Westeld
Feagan
William Leighbody
Westfield
Passete TS
Accidental Shooting Hurts Nine at Wild West Show
In Terre Haute Indiana an accidental discharge of a Winchester shotgun by performer Elmer Mendenhall during a Buckskin Wild West Company show injured nine people and left several others slightly hurt near the end of the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Buckskin Wild West Company
Elmer Mendenhall
Republican Auditor Ready to Transfer State Records
Special Republican Auditor Sweeney notified Democratic Auditor Coulter he is prepared to seize the state records and office in the Statehouse immediately without awaiting Court of Appeals action. Transfer to be completed at once, with other Republican officials expected to follow within a day or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Rhy
Sweeney
Coulter
Statehouse
Court of Appeals
Many Fishermen Drown In Asturia Gale
A heavy gale near Asturia Oregon overturned boats and four fishermen were confirmed drowned Mike Pelloma Albert Johson John Varanzaug and La kev Korpela. Patrols scour the river for more upturned boats and likely more deaths are feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asturia
Ore
Mike Pelloma
Albert Johson
John Varanzaug
Lakev Korpela
Postoffice Robbed at Gilead by Professional Burglars
The Gilead post office twelve miles from Peru Indiana was entered by burglars who wrecked the safe and took blank money orders with cash and stamps. The postmaster will not disclose the loss amount. Authorities indicate the job was done by professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilead
Peru
Ind
United States Presses Immediate Armenian Indemnity Settlement
From Constantinople comes word that the United States has presented a fresh demand to the Turkish Government for an immediate settlement of the Armenian indemnity. Secretary Hay confirms the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
United States
Hay
Court Checks Exempt From Tax, Say Internal Revenue
Commissioner Wilson of the Internal Revenue Bureau holds that bank checks issued by clerks of United States and state courts by court direction or authority are exempt from taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissoner Wilson
Internal Revenue Bureau
United States
Price McCormick & Co Fail on Exchange Floor
Price McCormick and Company, member of the New York stock cotton and produce exchanges, have failed. Their failure caused great excitement on the change and cotton fell thirteen points.
Proclamation Calls Boers to Defend Johannesburg
President Kruger issues a proclamation urging all Boers to defend Johannesburg and fight to the bitter end. The statement signals a mobilization amid escalating hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Kruger
Johannesburg
Robbers Loot Peninsular Bank in Williamsburg
Robbers entered the Peninsular Bank at Williamsburg Virginia. The safe was blown open and about 10000 dollars in cash taken. Police have no clues to the identity of the criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peninsular Bank
Williamsburg
Mafeking Joy Explodes as Relief Troops Enter Town
A Mafeking dispatch dated May 17 reports wild joy on relief arrival. People wept greeting their deliverers as troops marched through town, and the scene overwhelmed description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mafeking
Col. Baden
Plague Quiet on Honolulu Steamer Advices
The steamer Australia brings Honolulu advices to May 15. At that time there had not been a case of bubonic plague for sixty six days and business had resumed its former activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Honolulu
Men do love, says professor at Mothers Congress
At the National Congress of Mothers in Des Moines Professor Oscar Chrisman faced 3000 women with a claim that women are made for love and men for reason. Hisses interrupted his talk until he pressed on. An angry reception followed from Mrs. Winfield Hall and cheers from supporters as debate continued among 1000 delegates. Governor Shaw and wife welcomed delegates at a formal reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrisman
National Congress of Mothers
Des Moines
Oscar Chrisman
State Normal School
Empoing
Wan
Mrs. Shaw
Twenty two die in explosion at Cumnock coal mine
A mine blast at Cumnock, North Carolina, kills twenty two workers including ten white men and twelve other crew members. Rescue efforts begin within an hour as fifty or more miners arrived from Sanford to aid, with all but one body recovered by night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manners
Cumnock
Chatham County
North Carolina
Sanford
Wight
Wild Day for Wind Brings Tornadoes Across Kansas
A day of twelve to fourteen Kansas tornadoes battered prairie counties from Ellinwood to Great Bend and beyond. Only two deaths occurred with twenty injured as storms split into subs, reducing wind force. Farms saw demolished houses, barns, and livestock, while crops suffered rain and hail damage across Barton and Rice counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Texas
Peter and Paul's Church
Ellinwood
Kan
Claflin
Barton County
Frederic
Rice County
Boer Envoys Visit White House in Courtesy Call
Three Boer envoys Fischer Wessels and Wolmar rans visited the White House Tuesday morning by prior arrangement to pay their respects to the President. No official statement followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Messrs, Fischer, Wessels
Wolmarans
Bishops Chosen by Methodists on Seventeenth Ballot
David H. Moore editor of the Western Christian Advocate and J W Hamilton corresponding secretary of the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society were elected bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Chicago on the seventeenth ballot. Moore received 584 votes and Hamilton 510 with 665 votes cast. The conference also abolished the pastoral time limit allowing ministers to remain in one charge beyond five years as bid by bishops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Moore
J. W. Hamilton
Cincinnati
Western Christian Advocate
John W. Hamilton
Freedmen's Aid and
Southern Education Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
D. H. Moore
W. Hamilton
J. R. Day
H. Spell
Facts About the Census Badges and Inquiries
A census enumerator carries a silver badge and swears oath to authority. The director aims to obtain exact cotton bale counts from all gins and presses in the South this season. Enumerators seek cooperation from Southern people as work begins this season.
Boers Visit White House and Discuss South Africa Policy
Envoys without credentials were received in the Blue Parlor with President Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou. They toured the rear porch overlooking the Washington Monument and Potomac River, and stated the U S position not to interfere in the South African conflict. The article also notes a church conference ruling changing "lay men" to "lay member" to admit women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortelyou
Washington
Washington Monument
Potomac River
Sruger
Hay
United States
South Africa
the Church
Mutiny on the Texas Court Martial Ordered for Ten
After a long voyage the crew mutinied aboard the Texas at Brooklyn navy yard. The commanding officer insulted and guards were attacked. one petty officer was fatally injured. A court-martial for ten mutineers has been issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Brooklyn Navy Yard
President’s Peace Offer Declined as Envoys Depart
Dispatches say the offer to end conflict was refused by Great Britain. The United States indicated no further action could be taken. Envoys left with assurances of friends here. McKinley pardoned Chicago banker H A Winckerbecker for embezzling 4900 dollars and serving a five year term. New York ice trust to sell 14 pound blocks to the poor for five cents. Arctic exhibit fire at Paris exposition. The Texas cruiser faced mutiny accusations after a long cruise stopping at Galveston and Bermuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates
Rockford
Indiana
Friends of
Fairbanks
Republican Congressional Committee
Chicago
James R. Keene
Bryan
Webster Davis
Ohio Tlouse
Massachusetts
House
Senate
Nevada
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
North Carolina
Montana
Arkansas
Idaho
Delaware
Kent County
Young Men's Republican Club of
Oklahoma
Ning- Gsher
Guthrie
Great Britain
United States
New York Ice Trust
Texas
Galveston
Bermudast
Country tops world in meat exports led by corn trade
The country this year exported more meat products excluding sheep and mutton than the rest of the world combined. The total approached $200,000,000, with vast corn harvests underpinning the trade.
Census to Count Every Cotton Bale in Ginneries
The census aims to tally every cotton bale by counting through ginneries, with the goal of accurate national yield. Director Merriam coordinates a nationwide effort including the Agriculture Department and private agencies while Mr. Wu assists Chinese residents in cooperating. An animal census will also count urban livestock, carriage and saddle horses, and drafts, alongside the June 1 enumeration. John Lutz of Wilkesbarre, Pa., will hang for killing his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Agricultural Department
Europe
Mr. Wu
Washington
United States
Merriam
John Lutz
Wilkesbarre, Pa
Mind Blank Youth Vanishes After Daleville Strike
Fred Fry a 19 year old confined as insane in Indianapolis police custody is freed after his father identifies him. He wandered previously to Kokomo and worked there. A squirrel hunting death occurs when Elijah Myers dies after a squirrel leads to a fatal fall. Arthur Walker vanishes amid Daleville stave works strike. three Muncie men are held as suspects. Walker is from Portsmouth Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fry
Indianapolis
Stephen D. Fry
Kokomo
Elijah Myers
Prairie Creek Township
Daleville
Arthur Walker
Walker
Muncie
Portsmouth
Ohio
Snake Delays Railroad Dispatch by Wrapping Telegraph Wires
A rattlesnake climbed a telegraph pole near Preble and bridged the Chicago and Erie line wires causing a transmission delay. A Huntington crew investigated and dislodged the reptile, restoring dispatch service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and Erie
Preble
Huntington
Counterfeit money raids and local crime sweep across Indiana
The report lists diverse incidents from across Indiana including counterfeit currency in the state, a Goshen man saving tobacco tigs and a gun, confirmed widespread guidance found north of Hope, a fatal stabbing in Clinton, and incendiary attempts on a Muncie factory. It notes bank capital increases, farmer unions, insect damage to apples, factory closures, and large land sales to Akron capitalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
John Fenton
Clinton
Muncie
Laporte First National Bank
Delaware County
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Havana
Fdr
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Rev. Moore
Uncle Sam
Sam
Pasynee
Reno
Harvey
Marion Raavon
McKinley
H. &. Winckerbecker
First National Bank
Navy Department
Abraham Fishers
Peace Mavoys
South African Republic
Ontario Silverware Works
Steuben County
J. A. Schenk
Florence Wirby
Paris
Waterloo
Muncie Land Company
Akron
William Henry Atkinson
Logansport
Cass County
Union Trust Company
W. H. Roney
Cicero
Bonita Glass
Marion
Harwood & Bailey
Ida Dooley
Durand
Odd Fellows
Greensburg
George Ray
Garrett
Baltimore and Ohio
J. W. Williams
Second Baptist Church
Anderson
William Shanks
Burlington
Eugene O. Durkee
Sallie C. Wilson
Salem
Noah R. Freeman
Winamac
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