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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1900
Page
2
Reported crime traces thieves entering the federal building via an elevator shaft. They cut the vault floor and opened the combination, taking cash stamps and postal cards. The loss caused a stamp shortage the following day with no clues yet.
A construction train with 725 men collided with a vardent train at North Veron. dad 9 dianes Anderson laborer of that city was killed. Injured include M. C. Black fireman Robert Laier engineer Louisville Charles Cole Cohl Springs Vincennes Robert Woddall Nashville Curt Stewart Seymour Wilter Lemmon engineer Louisville John S. Sullen New Albany Morrison dieiy.
Reports from the War Department indicate General Chaffee will be appointed Brigadier General in the regular army upon General Wheeler’s retirement. Chaffee will remain Major General of Volunteers while commanding troops in China.
A Berlin delegation of German subjects from the Transvaal has lodged a complaint with the German foreign office over British treatment of Germans there. The foreign office will investigate and then address Great Britain regarding the issue.
An extra session of the Kentucky legislature convened at Frankfort at noon Tuesday. Governor Beckham's message urged passage of an election law to satisfy the people, a large portion of whom are dissatisfied with the present law.
Admiral Courrejolles reports a council of admirals notified foreign legations in Pekin that Li Hung Chang will be held aboard a ship until negotiations between the powers and China begin.
Following a period of peaceful conditions in Akron Ohio all military units deployed for riot control have been withdrawn. With troops gone saloons reopen and the city largely returns to its normal appearance.
Rev. W. McCaughan of Tiard Presbyterian Church in Chicago refused a Belfast offer of life appointment and $5,000 annual salary. He will remain in Chicago permanently.
Anarchist Bresci, who fatally shot King Humbert of Italy during a royal return from a gymnastics exhibition in Monza, was tried in Milan and declared guilty, receiving a life imprisonment sentence.
The Reverend Francis M McCabe a Presbyterian clergyman renowned in the West died at his Topeka Kansas home at age 77 He formerly lived in Peru Indiana
A dispatch from Rome reports an anarchist arrested in Carrara on suspicion of conspiring to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel III. The suspect faces accusations tied to a plot allegedly aimed at the monarch.
The business portion of Cartwright Wisconsin a town of 2000 inhabitants was destroyed by fire. Assistance was sent from nearby towns.
The United States battleship Alabama completed an official speed trial with an average speed of seventeen minutes. The result underscores the vessel’s performance during testing and reflects on naval engineering standards of the period.
The American Society of Municipal Improvements held a three day convention in Milwaukee Wisconsin urging strict government supervision of streams to prevent pollution by sewage.
A Seattle dispatch reports the Northern Pacific Steamship Tacoma ran ashore in dense fog about a half mile south and east of Alki Point. The steamer carried over 100000 tons of coal.
Chicago hosts the thirty fourth Grand Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic as 30 000 veterans march through rain soaked streets. Survival of Federal army veterans from 1861 to 1865 are welcomed by citizens and churches as they bivouac and attend services in the city.
The mass gathering fills Chicago with veterans and visitors as tens of thousands stay in schools and private houses. J J Tobias reports up to 90000 arrivals by Sunday, 18600 veterans, 21000 free quarters, rising to 250000 by Monday night. The event closes with a grand Coliseum conclave and patriotic pageantry.
Old salts from the 1860s led a Monday march in Chicago with honor escorts. Navy veterans, flanked by seamen from Manila Bay and Santiago, traced a martial procession under arches and flags as a waning century closed on a storied record.
The encampment opened with thirteen cannon shots on the lakefront. Veterans in Grand Army uniforms and a marching band filled Chicago streets as posts arrived from many states. The Third Army Corps Union, formed March 16, 1862 under Gen. Daniel B. Sickles, was noted as the first military order of the rebellion.
A compact survey of Grand Army of the Republic history including enrollment totals 288000 and 2320272 enlistees in the U S armies, deaths from battle wounds disease and other causes, May 30 Memorial Day first ordered 1868, and early formations of Loyal Legion and national female aid groups with key dates and places.
The first Grand Army of the Republic post was organized in Decatur Illinois on April 6 1866 by Maj B F Stephenson with Capt John S Phelps. The initial post had twelve charter members and Post 1 records show forty three meetings between April 6 1866 and May 7 1868. Survivors of Post 1 include Capt M F Konan ex Mayor of Decatur and Isaac W Coltrin a longtime compositor.
Forty five departments were represented at the encampment. Ohio has the most posts with 695, followed by New York 638, Pennsylvania 594, Illinois 573, Indiana 475, and Iowa 433. Utah has five posts with 217 members, while New Mexico with ten posts has 147. New York leads in total members with 34,333, the largest in any state, while Ohio has 28,501.
Fifty thousand old soldiers and half a million spectators filled Michigan Avenue for a grand parade of Civil War veterans led by Col. James H. Wood. Generals Sickles Miles Bragg and other posts from all states passed under flags and bands, with Indiana providing the largest local turnout. A simple, orderly procession marked by guidons and banners concluded with 196 posts unrepresented in the nation.
President McKinley cites ongoing urgent public business for missing the G A R reunion in Chicago on Saturday afternoon. He will not attend due to duties demanding his attention.
Fireman H. Hall dies in a wreck near Spokane Washington. A new cable is being sold to Chefoo and Shanghai from Taku. Rev Charles M Sheldon of Topeka Kansas returns from London. Parrott Mining Company of Butte Montana reports a $125000 fire loss. Lady Frances Hope May Yohe agrees to a 40 week American engagement.
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