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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1901
Page
6
A compact summary notes varied items from casual societal ties to occasional crimes and fires, alongside political and religious news. It sketches brief, eventful vignettes typical of local reportage without deep detail.
A Sault Ste Marie dispatch reports the western transit steamer Hudson likely sunk after a fierce gale on Lake Superior. Captain McLean of the Nicol says the Hudson, en route from Duluth to Buffalo, had decks awash and pumps working hard. no rescue was possible. The loss may include 25 crew members. cargo was flour and general merchandise valued at about 20000.
In September a clash at Scheeper's Nek saw Major Gough command three units facing three opposing contigents. British forces were overpowered after a fierce fight. Two officers and fourteen men died, five officers and twenty five men wounded. Five officers and 13 men captured.
Two cars of the 108 es rain from Boston derailed north of the Won depot. Six passengers died, including three women and three men, with several others badly injured. Names and exact causes not yet established.
A major blaze leveled The Newell House in Carbondale, one of the South's oldest hotels, causing over 50 000 in damages. The fire reportedly began in a grate in the parlor where a coal grate had been covered, with insurance totaling 26 000 on the building and fixtures.
Mis announced that Roosevelt will appoint Dr. Rixey Surgeon General of the Navy and W G Ridgely Comptroller of the Currency to succeed Charles G Dawes, whose resignation takes effect on October 1.
The National Association of Postal Clerks in session at Milwaukee elected officers led by President L. Shaffner of Chisago as well as Vice President F. E. Rutledge of San Antonio Texas, Secretary George Wood of Portsmouth Ohio and N L Harrison of Parnellsville New York among others.
At Winchester Tennessee residents convened a mass meeting and adopted a resolution urging Tennessee senators to vote for the expulsion of Wellington of Maryland from the United States Senate over harsh remarks aimed at President McKinley.
JH. Badeer was shot and killed at his home opposite Specht's Station near Newport Kentucky. His wife was seriously wounded by an unknown Black burglar who fled the scene. Bloodhounds were put on the trail as authorities pursue the killer.
Fort Wayne Indiana announces its annual race meeting to be held in October with twelve trotting and pacing events and four running races. Fort Wayne promotes its nile track as one of the finest in the country.
George Brown, a barber, severely slashed his wife and her aunt with a razor in Washington Indiana, then cut his own throat. The women are badly injured but expected to recover. Brown survived but is not expected to live. All involved are described as colored.
The committee of eighteen anti-Tammany organizations has held sessions for days and chosen Seth Low as their mayoral candidate. The move signals a coordinated effort to challenge Tammany Hall in New York City politics.
In Buffalo Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as president at the Wilcox house pledging to continue McKinley's policy. Private services are held at the Milburn house for McKinley with mourners viewing the remains. Edwardian news items describe a harbor collision, a new bank for colored citizens in Philadelphia, and other distant events.
Judge Eu Terrance of Minneapolis elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in Cleveland. Northwestern farmers delay Cree shipping avian. fire destroys J. Benardete & Co carriage works. A number of wrecks, robberies, and fatalities cited across Minnesota Michigan Colorado Illinois and Oregon towns.
Reports indicate half of Porto Rico coffee crop partially ruined by storms while banana crops suffer serious damage. Ramsay named to Schley court of inquiry. Steel strike settled on Schwab terms. McKinley will left to Mrs McKinley. autopsy cites gangrene. Greenland exploration notes and early 1901 economic outlook show mixed signals with some recovery in prices and rising mill activity, yet continued volatility and farm yields cited.
Jessie Stillson, a schoolteacher, sues Lynn Udall author of Just as the Sun Went Down and Just One Girl for 20000 dollars. The suit claims breach of promise amid ongoing legal action.
Chicago to New York and other cities show mixed commodity ranges. Cattle hogs and sheep prices shift across markets from Chicago and Detroit to Milwaukee and Buffalo with No 2 wheat at varied cents per bushel and oats and rye priced per standard grading.
The weekly crop bulletin notes heavy rains harmed central and western Gulf States and parts of the Ohio Valley and upper Mississippi, while drought hit the south Atlantic coast and frost backed crops in some western districts. Conditions varied with cool, wet weather delaying corn in Nebraska and South Dakota and favorable moisture elsewhere aiding plowing and early wheat sowing.
The drought boosted Arizona hay values with two unprecedented alfalfa crops stored. Phoenix area leads with about 100000 acres. market price hits seven dollars per ton and rising. Arizona hay supports northern Mexico and parts of New Mexico California and the northern states. A Topeka note about servant girls organizing a union appears at end.
Financial centers showed gloom as news of President McKinley's death spread. Analysts warned the shock could dampen business for a time, though the current era of prosperity and strong exports, crop yields, and railroad improvements may cushion long term. Wall Street may turn cautious, with strikes settled easing industrial uncertainty.
The long running steel strike began June 380 and ended in a New York conference between Amalgamated Association leaders and United States Steel Corp officers. An agreement was signed with workers returning to idle mills and no concessions reported from the Steel Corp. The Amalgamated gave up right to oversee several mills across multiple companies.
A Wabash train traveled 242.4 miles from Clark Junction to Detroit in 250 minutes with engine change and water stops. The homeseekers excursion business is cut back after widespread criticism. Chicago and Eastern Illinois tests Miller safety signal on 33 miles Chicago to Momence with insulated track and cab light signals. Lake Erie orders 200 coal cars from American Car and Foundry.
Indiana debates free pupil transport as trustees gain authority to move children at public expense. The State Superintendent’s ruling endorses trustees’ powers to organize and fund school transport, following Delaware County’s consolidation success. Typhoid fever hits Oldenburg’s Immaculate Conception convent, with 30 nuns ill and several dead, water supply cited as outbreak source.
The Kankakee swamp once famed for morass is nearly cultivated again after patient work. Water fowl visits have decreased, and the broad river has dwindled to a sandbar filled stream. The area now yields some of the best corn in the country. On the Clover Leaf line between Greentown and Kokomo, John Sanderson and Miss Josephine Greitenbech wed at fifty miles an hour when an engineer gave the signal and Mayor Rogers of Greentown officiated.
Richmond reports seven smallpox cases while Crawfordsville eyes an ice plant and Anderson plans a new business college. Henry John, 72, dies in Laporte County and a Salem freight wreck blocks the Monon for six hours. Terre Haute resumes Modes-Turner glass factory, Montgomery County faces tax levy rise. Muncie man Thomas Huey loses a foot in a train accident. William Craig of Vansville dies after a stabbing in-law dispute. Yorktown victim Willie Swift 12 killed by a locomotive in yards. Gould steel mill at Irondale bay starts for winter with double shifts. Flora’s major sawmill and planing mill burns. A. W. Bwyansungeed, 45, killed by a train at Terré Coupee. rifle-fire alleged in Clay township. Marion to get elevated C., RB. & M. tracks 2,100 feet long. Rev. Dr. J. W. Turner leaves Evansville for Decatur First Methodist. Mrs. Louisa Schnatzmeier, 100, Columbus, dies. Seventeen of nineteen cattle killed by lightning near Churubusco. Ten-month-old Greensburg child swallows pin and chain. survives. Thomas Shepperd released from Michigan City prison marries Miss Johnson. State Gas Inspector says oil wells waste little gas. owners have 48 hours to shut off gas. Wash. Collier Shavel Co. merges with Chicago Steel Mfg. move to Hammond likely. William Darnell of Evansville bleeds to death. McCloy lamp flue factory and Central Bottle Co. restart in Elwood. Dr Sol Rickey elected secretary and GM of Winona assembly. B&O workers demand pay rise. Richmond asylum worker hanged himself.
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