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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1900
Page
8
A compact weekly digest reports crimes accidents and fires from regions north south east and west. It notes minor affairs and incidents shaping local safety and public order. Names and places are sketched for reader orientation and quick reference.
Nad Wereek on the Leke Erie & Western express crashed into a stationary Haht emsine at Vipton Indiana which had emerged from a switch. Engineer Frnger applied emergency brakes then collapsed. The fireman ret ch was injured as the engine toppled. Passengers in day coaches suffered serious injuries and fires erupted.
The governor reports 4000 villagers in Siumfoe huck Keverishin district were attacked by rebels at Penikok. Many houses burned as two villages were destroyed. A 2000 strong force counterattacked on October 22. Details of the outcome are unavailable. General Fo with 2000 troops has returned to Hong Kong after burning Llanchautin and Malatinua villages.
Judge Wing of the common pleas court orders President DL EL sever of Cleveland to jail for contempt for refusing to testify in the Conn Cilmanc bribery inquiry. The court rules the council committee can compel answers and that defiance equals contempt. The writ of habeas corpus is denied and Stener remains in county jail.
The German and French notes form the basis for immediate talks with Chinese envoys. All powers are in agreement on the points. Where views diverge, separate negotiations will proceed to reach a broader understanding.
A fire in a Montreal tenement on Archambanit Lane killed five children by suffocation. The father Arthur Le Blanc, a shoemaker, was badly burned but will live. The mother was only slightly injured. The children were in an upper room and dead before firemen arrived.
Count von Buelow, the imperial chancellor, authorized the Associated Press to state that his accession will bring no change in Germany's friendly stance toward the United States, politically or commercially.
Kingston dispatch notes a Gleaner report that a filibustering expedition led by a Haitian exile plans to topple Gen. Simon Sam’s Haytian government. Also reported is a fatal switch-engine accident at Bellevue Ohio where John Roe, 43, lost both legs and faces likely death.
Three masked men bound Agent Backstine at the Nickel Plate depot in Vermillion Ohio and stole several hundred dollars from the safe before fleeing. He was later freed by a freight crew.
A Columbus resident pushes a plan for a state capitol monument to John Sherman funded by popular subscription. In Texas a cyclone kills seven with three more dead or injured. A new five dollar counterfeit note is reported by the secret service. Japan and a third power reach a joint railroad traffic agreement affecting Shanghai.
The article lauds the 1900 campaign pace by Roosevelt and Bryan with unprecedented canvassing. It notes Roosevelt averaged 12 speeches daily of about 2000 words and Bryan seven of 700 words, addressing roughly 80,000 people per day while setting endurance records in a historic presidential race.
Cornelius T. Alvord a note teller at First National Bank of New York stole about 700000 over several years. Bank officials deny collusion by staff or depositors. Alvord’s embezzlement, found during examiner reviews, led to charges off against reserves with hopes of recovery.
Newswire style summary of scattered incidents: authors and editors Warner and others die or suffer heart disease in Hartford and Washington. yacht mishaps near Port Antonio. convicts escape Matteawan. injuries and deaths from accidents in Philadelphia West. a Harvard instructor arrested for alleged murder. suicides linked to financial distress. significant fires damaging property and animals. bank robberies and forged paper. typhoid fever at Miami University. rail accidents and mail theft. telephones in streetcars. European political resignations and a fatal steam collision. aviation tests in Berlin. boiler explosion aboard Eugenia. Kaiser inaugurates suspension railway. British steel plants relocate to the United States. Paris station death of Mrs Foulke.
A mix of news items includes appointments and crimes. President appoints David J. Price as Lake Crystal postmaster. Boxes broken in Fremont Ohio. Westboto Printing Co placed in receivership in Columbus. Car rear-end collision near Lovers Park Alabama injures fourteen. Tornado west of Lad in Texas destroys one house and kills six. A Collins of Bradner Ohio drowns gauging oil. A Chicago rail wreck injures eight after a switch fault. Kansas City judge fines two for kissing at theater. Helary Bishop Perkins Jr. commits suicide at home due to grief. Mrs. Hummell kills her infant in Cleveland. Menoah Beamer dies in Blackburn Missouri a noted horseman. American Express missing seven thousand dollars in St Paul Minnesota. Judge Steuer jailed for contempt in Cleveland bribery probe. Alfred Liefke found dead in Leadville Colorado. Jank Allgood imprisoned in Wichita and baptized. Percy Baker shoots his sweetheart Nettie Larson. recovery uncertain. Elmer Wing of San Francisco commits suicide. his Delaware Ohio relatives listed. Captain Elmer Wing referenced in San Francisco story.
Rev Dr Bartlett stricken by paralysis in Lexington pulpit as Kentucky Governor Beckham endorses a noon election bill from an extra session. Two men assault saloon keeper Ed Carroll in Minnie West Virginia. Augusta Georgia man rejects betrothed due to bald head and returns license. Boothball blamed for a student’s death at Bingham College Asheville. Cadet Price, 17, injured with spinal fracture during practice. Deputy Marshal Fushen and moonshiner Taylor found shot dead after rifle duel in Bell County Texas. Paducah Illinois endures massive opera house fire, $200000 loss. Captain Mosley of Rome Georgia declines Singapore post. Mosely family linked to Asia and Japan health. Peter Johansson and son sail from Gibraltar to Punta Gorda in open boat after 59 days at sea.
British novelist Robert Hochenen lies paralyzed and likely dying. The Governor of New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands following local chiefs push. Barnum Bailey’s famous gorilla Johanna dies of pneumonia in Nuremberg. Chinese commissioners admit guilt over legation siege and seek terms as foreign troops withdrawal is urged when peace treaties finish. Thirty injured in a rear-end collision. one death reported and more details incomplete.
A general survey notes Matde Gonne organizing Irish children for language and history lessons. Reports from Wayti mention ongoing internal fighting in Santo Domingo though revolutionists are weak. Harvard explorers discover a possible Klondike rival in a gold country.
Chicago to New York market data list prices for cattle hogs and sheep by city. Wheat corn oats rye and dairy eggs butter and seed prices are given for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with varying grade terms and ranges.
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