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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1898
Page
6
Mob Loots Wilmington Newspaper Office Amid Race Tension
In Wilmington North Carolina, armed white mobs attacked the Daily Record office after black workers failed to comply with a business demand by Friday morning. The building burned and the Record Building lay wrecked as guards and local ministers joined in patrolling the city with Winchesters amid fears of black retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N.C
Market and
Furths Streets
Daily Record
Miles Report Outlines War Plans and Porto Rico Actions
Major General Miles report, released by order of Secretary Alger, covers campaign plans and war preparations, Santiago campaign, Miles operations in Porto Rico, and essential organizational changes to strengthen the army. The document largely quotes official dispatches and contains italics to justify prior published campaign details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Alger
Santiago
Porto Rico
Five Die in Gate Accident Off Peele Astand Yacht
Five people including Charles Barnes Fred White Hugh Hopper Mary Kopper and Fannie Kopper drowned when a yacht sank at a gate off Peele Astand as friends warned against departure. The vessel was found with spars and sails missing and one body recovered. Authorities suspect gale force winds tore away the spars causing the boat to drift and capsize on breakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Charles Barnes
Fred White
Hugh Hopper
Mary
Fannie Kopper
Peele Astand
Explosion kills Frank Hostetter during election celebration near Clay City
Frank Hostetter of Clay City area Indiana died in a dynamite accident while celebrating an election. He drew a dynamite stick from his pocket and tossed it in the air. one end struck a building corner and exploded, severing his head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hostetter
Clay City
Ind
Hostetter
Hostelter
Explosion in Schooley Mine Leaves Four Fire Burned
A 29s explosion at Schooley Mine near West Pittston Pennsylvania seriously burned four miners. Fire damp followed, killing Anthony Branke and knocking laborer Dulin Valvens unconscious before revival. The blast was caused by ignition of gas in a chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schooley Mine
West Pitston
Anthony Branke
Dulin Valvens
Branke
Italian anarchist Luchenni sentenced for life in Geneva
Luigi Luchenni the Italian anarchist who stabbed Empress Elias beth of Austria was judged in Geneva on September 10. He received rigorous life imprisonment as the crowded court heard the case with strong guards and no disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luigi Luchenni
Eliasbeth
Austria
Geneva
Switzerland
Biak
Luchenui
Two Men Shot in Morganstown Street Fight
In Morganstown Indiana John Locke a saloon barkeeper shot two men named Whittaker and Hageard. Hageard an innocent bystander, Locke and Whittaker had prior trouble. Both victims shot in the legs and Locke is missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morganstown
Ind
John Locke
Whittaker
Hageard
Locke
Thirteen Chinamen Drowned in River Steamer Wreck
The Chinese Consul at San Francisco believes at least thirteen Mongo lians were drowned in the forward cabin of the wrecked river steamer J. D. Peters, now stranded on the Sausalito mud flats. Several victims were known to carry considerable money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. D. Peters
Sausalito
Fires destroy Emahalka Mission in Seminole Nation
Earlsboro Oklahoma reports widespread forest and prairie fires across the Seminole Nation. The Emahalka Mission, valued at 150000 dollars, has been destroyed. The event underscores ongoing wildfire danger and property loss in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlsboro
Ok. T
DeWitt C. Creizer Dies Pioneer Chicago Democrat
DeWitt C. Creizer ex mayor and founder of Chicago’s water system dies at his residence. A prominent Democrat and pioneer citizen of the city, his death marks the loss of a key figure in early Chicago development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt C. Creizer
DeWitt v. Creiger
Chicago
Hunting mishaps cause injuries near Brownstown Indiana
Bruce Trowbridge accidentally shot Lew Truebrood in the foot while hunting near Brownstown. A separate incident has Earl Browning firing at a rabbit and stray shots hitting Ed Bergin in the face. injuries described as not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownstown
Ind
Bruce Trowbridge
Lew Truebrood
Earl Browning
Ed Bergin
Robbers Hold Up Great Northern Train Near Fergus Falls
Eight masked bandits stopped the Great Northern through train near Fergus Falls Minnesota. They blew open a local safe and carried away a substantial sum of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Fergus Falls
Minn
Nebraskan Supreme Court Upholds City Occupation Tax
The Nebraska Supreme Court in Lincoln upholds a city occupation tax on a railroad, ruling it not violate the interstate commerce act and not void for taxing a wholly city-based business. The York vs Burlington case is reversed and remanded as the ordinance excludes interstate business from taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraskan Supreme Court
Burlington
Lincoln
Supreme Court
Neb
City of York
Chicago, Burlington and Quines
Wedding for Cleveland Lake Jumpers Ends Tragedy
Mississippi Ohio tale reports Miss Rose Laner and J. E. Klechner who jumped into a Cleveland lake to die will marry instead. Charles Laner returned from Cleveland where Rose recovered in hospital and said the lovers chose to die together after Klechner’s father died and promised not to wed until his mother’s death. The mother has consented to the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Rose Laner
J. E. Klechner
Cleveland
Charles Laner
Columbus
Kiechner
Trade quiets as wheat holds steady amid dull iron and steel
Berndstreet reports further quieting of new iron and steel business and dullness in general trade with steady prices. Wheat prices stay firm as improved weather and quarantines boost staple goods distribution in Western and Southern markets. Bank clearings for October rise and grain exports show heavy foreign demand, with wheat and corn exports reaching record weekly totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berndstreet's
Collision of Steamers Starrucca and Maritana Near Buffalo
The Starrucca left Buffalo bound for Chicago with coal and collided with the Maritana heading in with iron ore. Misunderstanding signals is suspected as the cause. Tugs Fabian and Davis towed Starrucca to shallow water, where she sank with deck above water. Maritana was towed to her ore dock and settled at the bottom with a smashed bow and flooded forward compartments. The Starrucca is a new Union Steamboat Company vessel. the Maritana is among Minnesota Steamship Company’s largest ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starrucca
Buffalo
Chicago
Maritana
Fabian
Davis
Mariiana
Union Steamboat Company
Minnesota Steamship Company
Disaster at sea near Cape Charles saves most aboard
Twenty two survivors reached Vineyard Haven Massachusetts after escaping the burning steamer Croatan of the Clyde line bound from New York to Winnington North Carolina and Georgetown South Carolina. The disaster occurred about eighteen miles north of Cape Charles and about 200 miles from New York from which the steamer sailed with a general cargo and eight passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Croatan
New York
Winnington
N. C
Georgetown
S.C
Cape Charles
Explosion at National Capitol Fires Destroys Supreme Court Chamber Furnishings
An explosion in the Washington national capitol basement beneath the Supreme Court chambers caused a fire that consumed part of the Congressional law library, a valuable collection, and destroyed furnishings of the Supreme Court chamber. Illumination gas aided the blaze. Estimated building damage about $200,000.
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National Capitol
Washington
Supreme Court Chambers
Congressional Law Library
Supreme Court Chamber
Gave Up the Struggle at Cleveland Hotel
A man about 60 who registered as John Jones of Boston was found dead in his room at the Jefferson Hotel Cleveland. An empty chloral hydrate vial and a note stating the writer name Smith from Boston and a brass molder by trade indicate suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Hotel
Cleveland
John Jones
Boston
Mass
Smith
Great Fire Hits Emporia Three Alarms Fire Devastates City
A triple conflagration struck Emporia Kansas with fires at three southern city locations at once. Large burning timbers flew through the air as roofs were hooded to smother flames and tires were set alight in several spots. Losses are estimated near fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Kan
Minister Found Dead After Elopement Saga
Reverend R. E. Howell of Decatur Illinois was found dead in the Avenue Hotel at Olathe Kansas. He had taken his own life after discovering the woman he eloped with from Warrensburg Missouri was living with her husband. Boiler Test Proves Fatal at Oil City Works
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Howell
Decatur, Ill
Avenue
Olathe
Kan
Warrensburg
Oil City
Tragic Marital Dispute Ends in double tragedy
In Marblehead Ohio James McGowan shot his wife during a family quarrel then killed himself. In Toledo Ohio railroad worker William Beck confessed to systematic stealing from express cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
James McGowan
Marblehead
Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
William Beck
Lake Shore
Paris murder plot blamed on Dreyfus verdict sparks fear
The London Chronicle reports an alleged Paris conspiracy by disorderly champions aided by military and civil figures to trigger riots after a Cassation Court verdict. Planned violence includes targeting prominent French figures and warrants plainclothes police protection for several ex Ministers, journalists, and political leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London Chronicle
Court of Cassation
United States to Exhibit at Paris Exposition
Director John H. McGibbons reports growing demand for American space at Paris with displays planned in all major buildings. Machine-tool makers lead requests with seventy five bona fide applications. US exhibitors expand from 48,000 to about 75,000 square feet since 1889. Commissioner Peck secures space for an agricultural implements pavilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. McGibbonns
United States
Peck
Cleveland Theater Burns After Factory Fire
Fire from a St. Clair Street paper box plant spread to the neighboring Cleveland Theater causing a total loss. The blaze damaged the theater roof and interior while 40,000 dollars in damage was reported as patrons evacuated calmly under manager Alfred Cummings guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Theater
Paper Box Company
St. Clair Street
Cleveland
Alfred Cummings
Flooding Hits Shan Tung Province River Bias Breaches Bed
A dispatch from the Baptist mission in Shan Tung reports the Hoang Ho river breached its banks near Tsi Nan Fu flooding 2,000 square miles. Hundreds of villages are wiped out, about a million people suffer, and famine appears imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Mission
Shan Tung
China
Tsi Nan Fu
German Baron Becomes Police Candidate in Cincinnati
Baron John I voun Muegge, a German nobleman turned detective based in Washington, applied in Cincinnati a year ago for a U S police post. He is to receive a $500000 fortune from his mother in Germany only after five years of service here, with the inheritance due in 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John I
Voun Muegge
Cincinnati
Covington
Germany
Washington
Dynamite Mailed to San Francisco Consul
Two sticks of dynamite weighing nearly half a pound arrived at San Francisco by mail on the overland train. The sticks were mailed in Montana and addressed to George E. Hall Turkish consul Parrott Building San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
George E. Hall
Parrott Building
Montana
East Liverpool Factory Warns Bosses Over Child Labor
Deputy State Factory Inspector Hull orders 300 school aged children removed from factories in East Liverpool Ohio where they worked in pottery decorating. Employers face difficulty replacing them as schools are crowded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
East Liverpool
Ohio
Kinney Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
In Bemidji Minnesota last April Robert Kinney was found guilty of murder in the second degree for the death of Jerry Root. The jury sentenced Kinney to life imprisonment at Stillwater penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kinney
Jerry Root
Bemidji
Minn
Stillwater
Fire devastates Standard Car Wheel Works in Cleveland
A large blaze destroyed the Standard Car Wheel Company plant in Cleveland Ohio. About three thousand car wheels were damaged and the owners estimate total losses between eighty thousand and ninety thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Standard Car Wheel Company
Ohio
Boy Dies After Splinter Injury in Newville
Harvey Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Michael Smith of Newville Pennsylvania, suffered a splinter wound in the hip. The wood fragment was removed but led to tumor like complications and lockjaw. He died after the infection progressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Michael Smith
Newville
Turkish forces expelled from Retimo by allied naval action
Turkish troops at Retimo refused to leave. Following Admiral Noel and the British commander, a Russian admiral forcibly transferred them aboard a transport in the surrounding waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retimo
Noel
Travel Delays and Widespread Fire Devastation
Travel on the Central Pacific Railway was delayed about twenty six hours by a fire in the snowsheds and tunnel between Summit and Truckee. Much damage was done before the flames were subdued. Green Ridge Missouri faced near destruction with churches burned as fire raged through the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Pacific Railway
Summit
Truckee
Missouri
Green Ridge
Forged Deed Swindles Warrensburg Money Lenders
A stranger forged a warranty deed claimed to be from Len Taylor of Colorado Springs and bought a 160 acre farm north of IXnobwoster. He borrowed $2,000 from Jack and Jarrett money lenders in Warrensburg, who were robbed of the amount when the deed proved forged. The swindler disappeared after filing the fake deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrensburg
Jack & Jarrett
William Benton
Ixnobwoster
Len Taylor
Colorado Springs
Colo
Benton
Taylor
Volcano Lopeira Buries Five Villages in New Hebrides Eruption
The Royal Mail steamer Aorangi reports Lopeira volcano in the New Hebrides erupted after twenty years of quiescence. Five villages at its base were buried under scoria as the sea boiled for miles and jets of water rose high. No residents from the destroyed villages were buried under lava.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lopeira
New
Hebrides
Royal Mail
Aorangi
Railway Shops Burn In Sacramento Fire Ruins Factory
A fire at the Southern Vacilie Company railroad shops in Sacramento California caused losses over 200000. It started in the car and machine shop and spread through a large brick complex before daylight. Firemen and hundreds of workers fought the blaze, thought to stem from crossed electrical wires in the car shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Vacilie Company
Sacramento
Cal
Japan Likely to Prohibit Seal Hunting Off Coast
Late advices from Japan say seal and otter hunters may be forbidden from fishing and hunting off Japan’s coast before the fleet sails next year. Japan aims to foster deep sea fishing and believes new foreign treaties taking effect next year will allow the prohibition.
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Japan
Toledo Investor Reports Train Robbery Near Mobile
John Hluett, a wealthy investor from Toledo, Ohio, arrived in St. Louis via the Mobile and Ohio line with little money. He told police he was chloroformed and robbed in a Pullman car near Mobile, losing a gold watch and chain, a diamond stud, and $480.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hluett
Toledo
Ohio
St. Louis
Mobile
Chilian Congress Approves Chile Argentina Puna De Atacama Protocol
The Chilian congress approves the protocol with Argentina for settling the Puna de Atacama dispute. William S. Buchanan, the U.S. minister to Argentina, will act as final arbitrator in the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilian Congress
Chili
Argentina
Puna de Atacama
William S. Buchanan
United States
Mine Operated Mysteriously At Shanty Hill Mine
The Shanty Hill mine at Malvern Ohio operates in secrecy. Lessee Whartman refuses to disclose production figures. All surrounding land has been leased.
Fire at Hankow Destroys Thousand Homes and Kills Hundreds
An eight to eight and a half million dollar blaze roared through Hankow, a Chinese river port. It destroyed 10 000 houses and caused the death or death by collapse of about 1 000 residents. Authorities report total damage around 8 600 000 dollars.
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Hancow
Hankow
Omaha Attorney Charles Offutt Dies by Suicide
Charles Offutt a prominent Omaha attorney killed himself with a head shot while ill and temporarily deronized. He died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Offutt
Omaha
Rev Dr H L Wayland Died After Illness
Reverend H L Wayland a prominent Baptist minister died in Wernersville Pennsylvania after several months of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Wayland
Wernersville, Pa
McKinley Proclaims Naval Docks at Honolulu
President McKinley issues a proclamation reserving lands for naval docks and wharves at Honolulu, signaling strategic coastal development and harbor expansion in Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
McSsinley
Naval
Market quotations from Chicago to New York trading floors
A consolidated list of agricultural prices by city includes cattle hogs sheep and grains. Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York show ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and dairy items with varying quality levels and markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Annie Rooney at the Golden Household
Mrs. Golden boasts a perfect new maid Annie Rooney who arrives as the first American in years and instantly impresses. She cleans the kitchen spotless before breakfast and earns praise from Mr and Mrs Golden for her swift, meticulous work and smart appearance as she starts a new chapter in domestic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Golden
Joseph
Annie Rooney
Golden
Annie
Eitchen
Mr. Golden
Wolseley Exceeded Orders in Storming Lucknow Mess House
In the Lucknow relief, Captain Wolseley led a storm beyond his orders by taking the mess house and pushing into the Moti Mahal. Sir Colin Campbell raged at first, then commended his courage, and later promised promotion after a severe rebuke. The episode raises questions about obedience versus initiative in military conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Lucknow
Thirty-second
Sir Colin Campbell
Moti Mahal
Colin
Pee
Wolseley
Peel
Mot? Mahal
Outram and
Havelock
Adrian Hope
Wolfeley
Blackwood
Atlanta Hotel Mgr Leaves In Dawn After Closure
News reports indicate a famed Atlanta family hotel abruptly closed by creditors. Guests woke to a door placard reading God be with you till we meet again, signaling the proprietor’s departure in the night and the end of management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Spurgeon Faces a Stormy Gatehouse Encounter
A young Charles Spurgeon handles a vociferous scold with calm wit. Repeated verbal blasts at the gate trigger light replies about being well and weather, ending with the exclamation that he is deaf as a post. The exchange showcases his poise and humor in the face of vilifying confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spurgeon
Virago
Billingsgate
Meeks and Weeks Clash Over Ink and Agreement
Dialogue shows Meeks proposing a formal written agreement while Weeks points to the cost of ink. Meeks presses for certainty as Weeks recalls a past incident involving a friend's note and a delayed payment tied to metal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meeks
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the News Record
Wilming
Ton
France
Dreyfus
Goldens
George Golden
Willie
Golden Family
Annis Rooney
Sapolio
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