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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1901
Page
6
Reporting from Samar the island's Balangiga attack on the Ninth Infantry leaves 45 burned bodies, seven missing, and many corpses mutilated. Col. De Russy moves toward the scene after the town president led the assault, Capt Connell’s body burned at the heels.
A dispatch from City of Mexico reports President Diaz and Finance Minister Li Mantoni acting to protect workers reliant on corn. They suspend duties on foreign corn through year end and send a bill to Congress authorizing purchases to lower prices to a reasonable level by next March. Public support praises measures to curb monopolistic grain control.
The Morehouse of Port Jervis New York was bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake. A Susquelanna doctor was summoned and the leg bandaged. Mosquitoes swarmed the wound, but when the doctor arrived Morehouse was lively and the ground was covered with dead and dying mosquitoes, the poison apparently neutralized.
A sewer explosion at the People's Cold Storage plant in Me Keesport Pennsylvania buries Engineer Prior and Fireman Ringstey. Both are seriously burned with internal injuries and may die. A baker named Watan is thrown into the air but unharmed. The blast damages the street, sidewalk, and nearby buildings.
London dispatch says two officers and thirty-one men were killed in a night raid on Colonel Kekechel's Moedwill camp. Boers under De La Rey and Kip lost fourteen officers and fourteen men wounded. Colonel Nekewieh among the wounded after two hours of fighting before the assailants were driven off.
Senator Veveridge Wack from Orient Victoria and Senator Dev eridge of Padiana returned on the Kazu Maru after a Siberia trip. Also aboard was Marquis Ite former premier of Japan. Despite illness the marquis enjoyed the voyage and already feels better.
An international cricket match at Bergen Point with Bosanquets English experts against twelve New York players ended in an English victory by seven wickets at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club grounds.
A northbound passenger train collided head on with a freight train on the Louisville and Nashville line near Hubbardsprings Virginia. Engineer Nick Seitz died in the wreck.
The running races at the Fort Wayne meeting on October 8 and 10 will attract many entries, with the best contenders expected to start there. Ship builder Henry W. Cramp, founder of the famed firm, died of pneumonia at Devos Inn in Deven.
Widespread floods devastate San Baudillon and Liorbigat, Spain, sweeping away cottages and inundating villages. Families are cut off and in peril as escape routes vanish and aid struggles to reach affected areas.
A. L. Maxwell, a contractor, fell from the second story of the Elk block in Hartford City Indiana striking his head and shoulders. He died from the injuries with the head severely crushed.
A locomotive spark caused a blaze at the Plymouth Cordage Company plant in Plymouth Massachusetts, inflicting about 100000 dollars in damage. Other items note wage disputes in Fall River and a series of political and social events fromNew York to Washington with multiple deaths, rescues, indictments, and a suicide.
Gustav G Clusen of Chicago faces extradition to Wisconsin after alleged bribery of Kenosha City Council members. Dr. William C Gray, long prominent editor and church counselor, dies in Oak Park. Armour executive Wirk B L Armour dies in Kansas City after kidney inflammation. Minstrel Jack Slaverly dies in Salt Lake City. George McPullman marries in Carson, Nev. Governor J W Van Sant’s Minnesota kin celebrate 70th wedding anniversary. Mrs J Li Cruishy of Chicago has four births after prior multiple set records. Methodist Church votes 90 to 12 to allow women representation at general conference. Tomer Fite allegedly assaults wife and kills himself in Georgetown Ohio. Chicago elevated workers strike for higher wages. Jeanie T L Butler commits suicide in Neligh Neb. Bishop H B Whipple’s will apportions estate. Molten metal explosion injures workers at Youngstown. Lower Brule Sioux Indians reclaim a prisoner. Fishing boat Karpire burns near Grosse Isle. Canton Ohio jail escape via window bars. Finnish school struck by lightning kills one girl. Mrs Cartie Curtis Marly drowns self and children in Little York Ohio. Trout patrol reports conflict with criminals.
A long dispatch summarizes disturbances in San Francisco with 200 strikers, seven shot. police rounded up thirty armed mob members. Other items note a Muncie court upholding Indiana wage law, a B&O recon engineer's death in Ohio, a Kansas apology after McKinley remarks, a $70,000 bank shortage solved by cashier’s bonds, and a guard attacked at Canton vault.
Five Black residents and one White person reportedly killed in a race conflict in Harrison County Texas. J T Walkers a Knoxville merchant died from shotgun accidental discharge. American Morse Show association organized in Louisville with Chicago invited. Henry Yates found dead in Memphis from morphine overdose. Thirteen miners drowned along Rio Grande in Presidio County after floods swept away two camps. Confederate Soldiers Home near Atlanta destroyed by fire with no fatalities. loss about 25000 insurance 22000. Mormon elders active in Klart Franklin and Madison counties Georgia. Leading citizens notified households of the homes involved.
In Hallville Texas white men whipped two elders after an objectionable missionary dispute. one black man died after a severe beating. A negro man shot and killed Julian Atwood during an attempted break in. Armed citizens hunt Tom Walker, reportedly hanged, amid crop mortgage tensions.
General Botha leads 1500 Boers against Fort Itula on Zululand border with a daylong fight ending in repulse but with heavy casualties on both sides. Meanwhile, Fiang Tong base near Kwang Tung China burned by Triad rebels. missionaries escape to Gin Ying Chow. In Samar Philippines, 72 men of Company C Ninth Infantry surprised at breakfast. 48 killed, 11 wounded. Captain Cornell and two others escape. At Guayaquil a fire destroys eleven city blocks, loss about 1,000,000 sucres, harming the poor quarter. commercial district spared. Saavedra of the Spanish legation reaches Marrakesh and meets the Sultan, who pledges to satisfy Spanish claims. Shereefian government says the abducted Spanish boy and girl are still alive.
William B Ridgely of Illinois has taken the oath and begun duties as Comptroller of the Currency succeeding Charles G Dawes. The report summarizes discord in labor, copper discovery, and trade conditions with figures on wheat exports and weekly failures in the United States and Canada.
The Chicago market shows cattle and hogs ranging from $3.00 to $7.20 with mixed results for sheep, while wheat No 2 red and corn No 2 varied in regional quotes. Indianapolis New York St Louis Detroit Poledo Milwaukee Buffalo Cincinnati provide wide spreads for wheat corn oats rye and dairy and eggs with butter at creameries and eggs on the Western market.
Seth Low, a prominent New Yorker, seeks the mayoralty on a fusion anti-Tammany line. Edward M. Grant would be Comptroller and Jacob A. Cantor would lead Manhattan as borough president. Low, born in Brooklyn on January 18, 1850, is Columbia College educated.
The subject began as a clerk in his father's mercantile house, became a partner in 1875, joined the New York Chamber of Commerce, and drew attention with rail and water carrying trade addresses. He founded Brooklyn charities, led reform drives, won a decisive mayoral majority at 31, served four years, then became president of Columbia University in 1889 as one of the youngest college presidents.
The Buffalo disaster overshadowed the G A F R electoral contest. Hon Eli Torrance of Minnesota, a popular veteran and judge, won the command with 476 votes to 280 for Gen Stewart. Gen Sickles withdrew earlier, leaving Torrance as the victor in a warm race among Sickles Stewart and Torrance.
Attendance at eastern and western colleges rises this fall with more new students and higher registrations. Ann Arbor reports 3700 to 3800 in total, Illinois forecasts a 14 percent increase, Iowa notes more freshmen, Beloit and Northwestern also open with larger enrollments.
The Northern Indiana Editorial Association closed its 20th annual session in Elkhart with a strong program of music, addresses, discussions, and receptions. Officers elected include E F Jernegan Mishawaka president and J S Conlogue Kendallville secretary. Delegates to the National Editorial Association were named, with South Bend chosen for the next meeting site.
A Deep River man loses his right hand operating a straw stacker. A gold nugget worth 2 dollars is found in a chicken’s gizzard near Goldsmith. A $50 600 insurance loss follows the Wilson Humphreys plant fire at Logansport. linotype gear ruined. Frank Martin elected Warden of Indiana prisons, from Lebanon, Franklin College graduate. William R. Steele dies at 56 after a cemetery accident in Princeton. State fish and game chief Sweeney reports 1000 license applications daily. wants help. Lake Wawasee levels fall two to three feet due to drought and heat. fall rains hoped to restore levels. Patent grants issued to several Indiana inventors. Kokomo man Levi Miller dies after apple gathering accident. Lafayette’s M A Towers dies from injuries in runaway crash. Atlanta Glass plant closed for gas shortage. 125 workers affected. new well planned.
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