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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
6
A review of events in Pekin over the past week notes growing crowding of foreigners as allied troops depart. Legation defenses near completion feature brick walls 15 to 20 feet high and 3 to 4 feet thick with rifle loopholes. Powers decline a uniform defense plan, leading governments to act independently.
London special reports the British torpedo boat destroyer Viper struck a reef near Alderney and is a total wreck with no loss of life. The Viper was the onlyRoyal Navy vessel with turbine engines and during May and June speed trials reached up to thirty-one knots, though builders doubted it could reach thirty-four knots.
A fire destroyed cargo manufacturing plants at Thimmond causing losses over $100,000 before control. A broken pipe started the blaze at Simplex Elevator Appliance factory. Kensington and South Chicago aided, preventing further spread. Over 100 workers face unemployment.
Four masked men halted the New York and Chicago express on the Baltimore and Ohio near Calumet Leights at 8 PM. They blew a baggage car, fired on passengers, and forced engineer and fireman to aid, then fled into scrub oaks toward Tracy Indiana. No cash was taken. a $50,000 bank shipment was aboard. A $500 reward was offered for information. The robbers left dynamite sticks and rails as obstructions. one wheel derailed. No injuries reported.
Col Leroy Black dies at his Monroe City home. An elevator fire in Salina Kansas destroys 14 000 bushels of wheat with losses 10 500 and 6 000 insurance. Chicago Board of Trade clears Phillips of fleecing buyers in May corn deal. Marion Lehr nine drowned at St Joseph Missouri river bank. Alaska winter dumps sluice exceeds 500 000 dollars. Matt Andrews stabbed by Mack Earls near Bristol Texas. 3000 threshers form Chicago trust. Cuban patriots loudest talkers lack powder says Gen Gomez. English drought prompts Duke of Manchester to sow lotere oats.
Crescens, noted trotter, wins again at Cleveland with a rapid mile in 2 minutes 2 seconds. Windy first half and sharp stretch finish help set the pace as observers note a record pace for the period.
Steambort ishaid a member of the Apostle group near Chequamegon Bay. Lake Superior once held a small sand and rock island named Dumesorial that disappeared after the last storm. Only a rocky reef now marks its former site, posing navigation hazards and prompting talks of a lighthouse on the edge.
In an interview Herr Bitza of the Shoemakers' Guild warns that American retailers plan to open shops in Austria and can price shoes 36 percent cheaper. Local makers grow nervous as openings are announced and talk rises of potential violence.
Fire swept the Grand Trunk Railway grain elevator at Fifty first Street and Central Avenue in Chicago causing estimated damage of 75000 dollars. Fire crews fought the blaze through the night and contained it to the upper levels.
A boiler blast derailed a Western and Atlantic passenger train near Holton Georgia. Fireman J L Renah banher of Atlantis died, engineer N V Beil of Atlanta was badly hurt. The Martin family of New Baltimore Pennsylvania, seven members, were mistakenly served toadstools as mushrooms. one died and the rest were dying.
A fatal shooting on Norris Avenue in Memphis left one man dead after a dispute between Edwin Blalock and Robert Wright Jr. A duel using Winchester rifles resulted in two severe injuries and a fourth man fleeing to escape justice. The two fathers supported the youths as families stood on neutral ground.
House of Commons approves ink for Pacific cable project while Spain sues a shipbuilder over delayed naval vessels. An unknown assailant targets Queen Dowager Maria Pia in Aix les Bains, Jesuits abandon order in France, and Carl Peters argues South Africa holds Ophir-like wealth. Philippine events report Croft’s 60 insurgents encounter with seven killed and thirteen captured. Mariveles quarries designated public and material use authorized.
Dispatch from Port of Spain reports Venezuela on the brink of civil war amid uprisings against President Castro. Accusations of aiding Colombian rebels grow as Colombia resents Venezuela’s alleged breach of international law. War declaration feared after cabinet discussions and war minister Pulido’s resignation.
Report from Chicago shows scarce goods for the people summer diet with boarding house operators raising meal prices while reducing portions. Tribulations of vendors and consumers reflect wider supply issues and cost pressures across the city.
A mob of about 500 white citizens in Carroll County Mississippi abducted Betsy McCray a Black woman and her children Belfield and Ida McCray from a jail cell and hanged them on a road near Charleston. The victims were accused in a murder case against Mr and Mrs Taliaferro. Jail officials pleaded for lawful action but were ignored.
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