Batesville Publishing Co Publishers in Batesville
Batesville Indiana notes Batesville Publishing Co as publishers in Batesville.
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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
6
Batesville Indiana notes Batesville Publishing Co as publishers in Batesville.
A Milwaukee division train of fourteen refrigerator cars carrying salt pork to the British army in South Africa wrecked near Kenilworth Illinois. Cars were demolished but most cargo may be saved. officials doubt journal tampering claims amid Boer sympathy rumors.
In a Washington received note dated Angeles Luzon General Joe Wheeler says over twenty tribes exist on the island and few would submit to Aguinaldo. He warns that withdrawal could trigger warfare and anarchy, with the wealthy seeking a strong government to seize control.
Rockport dispatch reports widespread damage from the recent storm with higher losses than first estimated. The bodies of James Sanders and two unidentified men were found in the mouth of St Charles Bay. Thousands of sheep and hundreds of cattle were driven into the gulf and drowned, with one ranchman losing over three thousand head of cattle.
Lincoln Nebraska special report states Attorney General Smith informed Governor Poynter he will prosecute Fort Crook soldiers who shot a deserter resisting arrest. A court martial had acquitted them and the Sharp County County Attorney dismissed a complaint. The AG says the offense affects the peace of the State, though military court may punish or discharge them.
Harry H. Trumball collector for the Packers National Bank of South Omaha was held up as he left the bank. After a struggle he shot one highwayman through the heart and wounded the other who fled. The dead man, a mulatto believed to be Kid Sley, recently released from the penitentiary.
The Natal Mercury dispatch from Frere reports Boers reconcentrating at their old positions near Colenso behind Grobler's Kloof. The correspondent notes a determined effort to block a British crossing of the Tugela River.
Cape Town dispatch reports Boer party attempting to blow Colenso bridge repelled by British guns. Gen Hildyard pushing toward Ladysmith breached Frere obstacles and reached Tugela River south shore.
The recent deer hunting season in the Michigan and Lake Superior regions of Wisconsin and Minnesota left eleven hunters killed and seven wounded. Most fatalities and injuries were due to mistaken identity as deer.
Michael Sampson, former City Auditor of Chicago, was arrested near Limerick on embezzlement charges. He faced arraignment at Bow Street Police Court and was remanded in custody.
Fire destroyed the entire business district of Onancock Virginia in Accomack County. Loss estimated at 100000 with 25000 insured. Origin of the blaze unknown.
Burglars blew open a safe at John Howard's drug store in Hancock New York wrecking the building and setting it on fire Two neighboring stores burned causing Mrs Tarbox to lose her son The other occupants barely escaped The burglars are at large Officer Committe death by own action Gen Otis cables Lieut Col Brereton died by own action while temporarily insane at Santa Tomas Brereton was from New Jersey
G Chisnell of Pittsburg Plate Glass died at his home in Pittsburg. Col John A White found dead by gas in Concord at desk. Peter Paul Book Co assigns liabilities 55000. Hamilton Elms trees to be cut for a house. Seven Polish miners convicted of murder in William Penn PA. Body of John Gazsi found hanged in New York. $250000 lab for University of Pennsylvania announced by Provost Harrison. John Thomson Agnew dies in New York at 84. Investors' Trust office doors closed on Arch Street. Six killed, scores injured in Lackawanna rail crash at Paterson. Joseph Gibbs dies after hydrophobia. wife ill from same disease.
A sweeping digest reports missing William Tuchschmidt in St. Louis, bankruptcy for Northwestern Packing in Sioux Falls, Studebaker shipping 300 wagons to South Africa, a Chicago planing mill blaze causing $150000 loss, and Toledo surgeon success in pneumonia treatment. It notes Bryan's Texas trip, Col George R. Davis' death in Chicago, a Madonnas composite sculpted by Joe Kitchell, and mortality of wagon maker Robert Weston. Also covers Ezra Moore shooting constable, McManigal acquittal, Cremeans found dead, Coghlan death, Morse Johnson fire loss, Cherokee treaty delays, Yellowstone Park improvements request, Chautauqua assembly union, a Columbus streetcar collision, Wilburton armed robbery and deputy marshal killed, and the Minnesota Supreme Court case.
Reports describe a husband seeking to secure marriage for his 13 year old wife despite state age of consent laws. A Kansas Court of Visitation, created by the Legislature, is declared invalid by Judge Hook in Topeka. The article also notes a rail and telegraph regulation court function, a lodge dispute in Nebraska, lumber market shifts in Washington, a judge burned in effigy in Pittsburg Kansas, and the murder of Night Policeman Enos Rath in Ohio during a residence robbery attempt.
The article notes proposed legislation by electric lawmakers to form a trust. It covers financial and corporate maneuvers, banking robberies in Quebec, and leadership changes in major shoe machinery and railroad interests, plus naval and Cherokee Nation legal appointments and a shipwreck rescue tale.
The report lists daily market figures across cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York for cattle hogs sheep and assorted commodities. Prices span cattle 2.50 to 6.75 dollars hogs 3.00 to 4.50 sheep 2.50 to 4.75 wheat corn oats rye and dairy prices with regionally varied No 2 grades and freighted shipping grades.
Secretary of War Root presents his first annual report focusing on insular policy army reorganization and the Philippines. It advocates staff rotation to curb red tape, outlines Porto Rico government structure and elections, and notes likely congressional battles over reforms. The document also covers army strength post Spanish-American War and insular affairs amid Philippine operations.
A Washington dispatch states General Leonard Wood will be invested with all powers of civil governor in Cuba, serving as military governor in supreme command. He will hold major general rank and outrank other officers under him while performing chiefly civil duties in normal conditions. McKinley plans promotions to brigadier generals, elevating Gens. Lee and Wilson. Wood’s Havana headquarters will be established soon.
The battle near Modder River twenty-five miles south of Kimberley lasted ten hours as Gen. Lord Methuen attacked the main Boer force with 8,000 fighters, two large guns and Krupps. Methuen was wounded, and Col. Northcott and Lieut. Col. Stopford died. Re-enforcements are being rushed from the Cape to sustain the relief effort at Kimberley.
Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain warned France in public at Leicester, attacking French press statements he said target the Queen and could bring serious consequences if neighbors fail to mend their ways. He spoke of a potential triple alliance of Teutonic and Anglo-Saxon peoples shaping future world history, not as a manship alliance but as a powerful, influential force.
Capt Leary, Naval Governor of Guam, appeals again for troops. With only a small force against an 8,000 population and rising revolt fears, the Navy already sent 300 Marines in October. The second appeal suggests the situation is graver than thought.
AFFAIRS notes list odd claims about Zola influencing hunger and sales, Griggs as a crack shot, Nelson born in Norway, Gully expert at golf, and streets in Lediqnan named for Zola and Dreyfus. Shiras a stenographer, Dennison advises Japan, Stephens dances at ninety eight in New Albank Indiana.
Brigands raid Mace donia while Switzerland reports 937 women in higher education and 85 medical women in London. France debates substitutes for the guillotine as prices rise in Paris eateries. China presses publish 1,470,699 works. St. Petersburg and Moscow gain telephone links. Piquette from American dried apples popular in Paris. Britain collects $22.5 million from income tax. excavations near Brussels reveal a 2,000 year old find. Russian exploration extends through Siberia. Abyssinia bans smoking. Australia plans a US style naval reserve. South Africa uses galvanized sheet iron for building. Belgian miners migrate to Donetz, peasants starve, and Tunis census shows 20,000 French in the colony.
Wilson forward s annual department review noting Weather Bureau expansion around the Caribbean, expansion of chemistry and entomology work, fruit cultivation advances from Smyrna methods, and plans to grow India rubber and guttapercha sources. He urges forestry funding, irrigation alkali soil checks, and new farm experiments with Alaska and Hawaii stations, plus tobacco substitutions and stronger State cooperation.
The British flying squadron will soon be fitted out and the new naval academy practice sail from Chesapeake will be finished.
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