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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
6
Telegraphic reports describe a deadly avalanche at Notre Dame de Salette, a remote Ontario hamlet on the Lievre river, burying Nes farm and causing multiple deaths with limited communication infrastructure and scattered survivor accounts.
A disrupted dispatch describes multiple thefts in transit from Newark to New York. Postal quaitherities report shipments diverted to bogus routes while investigators pursue suspects. Officials say stolen cargo included securities and general parcels as authorities probe who orchestrated the scheme.
Aboard the American liner Saint Paul and the Brigham ship off the Isle of Wight a disaster leaves 23 dead or missing, 2 missing? 6 severely injured. Secretary of the Admiralty says eight others unaccounted for. Divers search the sunken cruiser for bodies with limited success.
A fire costing about 5600 damages a Thompson Boule Company warehouse in Gas City Indiana. High winds fanned the flames making it impossible to save the building, but the blaze did not reach the plant’s operating department. The factory employs 700 workers and operations remain unaffected.
Five year old Willie Boyle of Rockport Minnesota died from drinking whisky given by his parents to cure a headache. The boy waited for his mother to leave the room and then drank freely of the liquor.
In Fairfield Illinois a dynamite blast at Rattlesnake Bluff killed sixty nine rattlesnakes. The reptiles had bitten and killed five livestock, prompting the dramatic intervention.
Three people were cremated and a fourth likely fatally burned when a blaze destroyed the home of David Wetherbee in Centerville Pennsylvania.
The Rev. John Paul Gillig died Saturday afternoon at St. Edward's Hospital in New Albany Indiana after four years an invalid. He served fifty years as a Catholic priest before his death.
A minor quake at 3 30 Saturday morning rattled San Francisco causing excitement but no damage was reported.
In the Senate on Tuesday Senator Warner of Missouri questioned the killing in Drownsville Texas by soldiers from the Twenty fifth Infantry while defending his claim of no prejudice against Black soldiers. The debate touched naval funding and an amendment raised officer pay across active and retired lists. The day featured a House surge of activity with many doorkeeper measures and a conference report on the Javian appropriation bill.
A House joint resolution donates the first forty six star flag to the State of Oklahoma for display by the Oklahoma Historical Society. The House passes 650000 for a Pearl Harbor naval station. Senate confirms David Jayne Hill as ambassador to Germany, Spencer Fullerton Eddy to Argentina, and Arthur Beaupre to the Netherlands. A limited free trade bill proposes placing on the free list all goods sold abroad cheaper than in the United States.
The death of the famous Briton Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman occurs at his official residence in London after a long public career. Tributes from Prime Minister Asquith and Sir Edward Redmond emphasize his leadership, long service, and impact on Ireland, with many noted figures visiting his London home in recent days.
The U S Supreme Court sustains a New Jersey law prohibiting water export by pipes. An out of state water company had challenged the restriction, claiming it violated a contract and was unconstitutional. The ruling confirms the state can regulate water transfers to protect resources.
The American Bar Association ethics committees draft about seventy canons on duties of lawyers to the public client and judiciary. Frederick MacMonnies is chosen to prepare Edwin Booth memorial status in Gramercy Park New York. The memorial will cost $25,000.
A tangled tale follows a laborer's fortune claim tied to a shipwreck near Newfoundland. Pieter Waard and companions survive a wreck, reach New York, and drift into New Jersey slavery networks amid anarchist figures like Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman.
The national baseball commission removes Campbell from Winnipeg and assigns him to Chicago. It also proposes fines for players who appeared in the California State league during winter, labeling the California league outlaw. Also note boxing and wrestling items and a coaching move from Wisconsin to Oregon State as Prof. Angell leaves Madison.
Storm sweeping from the Dakotas to the Gulf of Mexico leaves a trail of destroyed towns in Louisiana Mississippi and other states. At least 172 killed and 460 injured with towns like Natchez Purvis Amite and Clarksville heavily hit. Northern Louisiana suffered the heaviest damage with many communities wiped out.
R G Dun weekly review notes slower but steadier recovery in Chicago trade. Liquidation fears ease with fewer defaults, while costs fall and credit conditions tighten. Strong merchandise demand supports imports and domestic buyers. rail traffic improves as crops market and factory shipments stabilize.
An irregular field of notes from New York covers weather, crop prospects, and trade signals. It notes hopes for stronger prices and improved harvests despite uncertain markets in the United States and Canada, with weekly summaries through April 23 and past week comparisons.
Market notes list cattle and hog prices by city including St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and New York with ranges for grade choices and common to prime. Prices cover wheat corn oats barley rye clover seed butter and creamery products with per bushel figures and farm shipping terms.
Samuel Insull, president of the Chicago Edison Company, was appointed receiver of the Consumers' Electric Company, New Orleans, following an application by National Conduit and Cable Company of New York, a creditor.
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