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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
2
A weekly telegraph sketch notes British repulse near Stormberg as the most serious defeat yet, with two killed, nine officers and 17 men wounded, nine officers and 596 men missing. The high missing count suggests prisoners and the worst may still be revealed, affecting Dutch loyalties in Cape Colony.
A Washington special reports President McKinley supports reviving the Vice Admiral grade to aid Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley. He favors a bill to appoint two Vice Admirals without named incumbents, and would nominate Sampson and Schley if it becomes law. Senator Wellington intends to introduce the measure soon, hoping it wins broad support.
Elmer Fleming found the body of his sister in law Mrs William Fleming burned at her home four miles east of Seymour Indiana The 11 year old child was badly burned and expected to die Four other children were at school The woman aged 35 likely fell into an open grate during a fit leaving a husband and five children
Capt Green of the Havana naval station reported to the Navy Department that disinterring and sealing the victims of the Maine will be completed by the thirtieth. The Texas has reached Norfolk and, after coaling, will sail to Havana to take aboard the caskets.
Frankfort Ky Saturday morning election certificate declares William Goebel governor elect. Official vote totals filed with the secretary of state show Taylor 193714 Goebel 191881 Taylor plurality 2383.
Russell Sage reportedly lent 3 million dollars to England, securing favorable rates amid the Boer war. This marks the first instance of a single American individual financing Europe on such a scale, surpassing prior bank-led efforts.
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is gravely ill in Washington after a bicycle accident. He was taken home after the fall when initially thought minor but concerns grew he sustained internal injuries.
A Lon don dispatch reports British forces stormed a hill used by the Boers to shell Ladysmith, driving them from the position, taking two guns out of action and capturing another.
In New York City Court a judgment was given Marcus Braun of Cleveland against the Wagner Company. The firm sold Braun's berth to a woman, forcing him to sit up all night.
The steamer Mary was burned and destroyed at Benton Harbor Michigan. Loss estimated at $25,000. She was noted as the fastest boat on the lakes.
Thirty two miners are killed in a blast caused by coal damp in a Carbonado Washington mine. Rescue efforts and investigations follow as authorities report the large fatal incident and local communities mourn the loss of workers.
Samuel Johnson, colored, aged 22, was hanged in the jail yard at Hagerstown Maryland. The drop fell at 1 23 p m and Johnson was pronounced dead eleven minutes later. His neck was not broken and he died of strangulation.
Port Colborne dispatch reports the Canadian steamer Niagara believed to have foundered on Lake Erie with all hands lost. The crew is believed to number sixteen.
In Maysville Kentucky a mob of about a thousand seized Dick Coleman the convicted murderer of Mrs Lashbrook. They dragged him through town bound to a sapling and burned him with brush and timber. Sheriff and guards could not stop the lynching.
Mrs Ida Washburn of Chicago attempted to drown herself and her two children at Lincoln Park after years of alleged abuse by her barber husband. She left a note to her husband and, crying, prayed for forgiveness as a policeman intervened and took them to the station.
A steamer report from Warrimoo describes an atrocity on St Andrew Island in the Admiralty group north of German New Guinea. German traders Metzke and Molte had started a trading post. Metzke and four of his Solomon Island boys were killed and eaten after Molte left to arrange a deal, with the island natives blamed for the brutal act.
Judge I W Klein of the St Louis Circuit Court holds that a contract by an employee to release a railroad company from damage liability for personal injuries is contrary to public policy and cannot be used as a defense in an action to recover damages. The ruling concerns Samuel G Wilkin son versus Mobile and Ohio Rail Road Company.
Michigan lumbermen plan to move mills to the Georgian Bay district in Ontario and suspend operations in Michigan. They cite a clear Ontario ruling restricting log exports and expect no appeal success, with most Michigan mills to shut down due to log shortages.
A Wabash suburban passenger train collided with a cross-town electric car at Thirty first and Stewart in Chicago. Forty people were crushed or bruised as the car was reduced to splinters and scattered along the road. The motorman, struck down at his post, died two hours after the accident.
On the opening day of the December term at Hyde Park La Moille County Court, Julia Marlowe Taber petitions for divorce from Robert B. Taber claiming intolerable severity as the main ground.
The European Union of Astronomers announces through Harvard College Observatory the discovery of a tenth magnitude minor planet by Charlois. The object shows a motion of minus 14 minutes in right ascension and 4 minutes north in declination.
The steamer Ramapo reported passing through wreckage twenty miles below Long Point in Lake Erie including a cabin portion. No identifying marks could be seen, but it is believed some vessel may have broken apart.
The Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company, known as the rubber trust, will consolidate its Peoria plant with the India company plant in Akron Ohio. The merger will triple the capacity of the Akron plant and expand production across both sites.
A dispute between Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and grain buyers Foster and Miller over a Vesta Minnesota elevator led to the structure being torn down by an engine. The conflict centers on rights to the site and construction actions in the small town.
Joseph IX. Emmett, a NY actor, petitions for bankruptcy showing liabilities of 17070 and no assets except exempt clothing. Debts incurred from 1891 to 1896.
Mrs. J. H. Finley was abandoned at the Kirk Hotel in Zanesville Ohio with no funds. It is claimed her husband deserted her. the couple had married at Marietta a month earlier.
A consortium of Chinese and Portuguese governments through San Francisco consuls plans to file a $50,000 claim against the United States and J R Dunn chief of the Chinese bureau for Ho Mun a Portuguese born Chinese subject who died after alleged neglect by a U S official. The suit cites 1894 treaty and 1880 convention with Collector Jackson and Secretary Gage to be named. Hogan, seeking admission, fell ill in San Francisco.
Flooding sweeps the Stuck River Valley in Washington as the river rises to record levels. The water covers large tracts of productive land, threatening homes near Sumner and forcing several families to evacuate. Seventeen inches of rise in one hour marks the rapid, historic freshet with widespread damage unseen since settlement.
Amos Phillips, Bates County farmer, jailed at Fort Scott Kansas with Red and George Smith, brothers, admits complicity in the murder of Leopold Edlinger a farm hand. He says all three belong to a gang of professional stock grain and harness thieves. Public outrage grows and Sheriff Wheeler tightens guards pledging to shoot to prevent mob action.
A murdered man was found in Giuseppe Silva's Greenville shoe shop in Connecticut. The victim, identified as Silva's cousin Giuseppe De Angelis, 40, a laborer, had a large sum of money with him. Silva and two friends disappeared since Thanksgiving. The head was crushed by a savage blow.
A fierce blaze in New York consumed four floors of one building and three of another within an hour at the Pacific Novelty Company premises. Damage is estimated at $100,000. Investigators suspect carelessness from smoking in rooms storing inflammable ceruloid stock.
William Harherson aged 67 died near Philadelphia in a strange accident. While walking home he became s cold and fell into a small stream frozen over. His son’s head pierced the ice, forming a collar that strangled him to death.
New Orleans sees a planned rice mill combine as New York capitalists secure ninety days options on a majority of the thirteen mills, aiming to consolidate capacity of 11,700 sacks. The project seeks to bring all mills into a single operation with bid for remaining mills.
About 500 Conneaut dock shovelers in Ashtabula Ohio have walked out demanding a one cent per ton ore loading premium and the removal of certain mechanical loading devices now in use.
Lowell Manufacturing and Bige low Carpet, two major New England firms, vote to consolidate under Massachusetts law forming a new company with capital stock of 4,030,000 dollars.
The Central Steel Company is organized by Indianapolis and Pittsburg capitalists with a $240,000 capital. The new corporation has purchased the premier steel plant at Indianapolis and will reopen the works.
General Sanger announces the Cuban census is completed and at Matanzas he received a cablegram to Secretary Root confirming the end of the work. His next assignment is a census of Porto Rico.
Charles J. Clarke a prominent Pittsburg millionaire and philanthropist died from brain concussion after being thrown from his road wagon while out driving. He was 66 years old and never regained consciousness.
Evidence mounts that John Webster, husband of actress Nellie McHenry, died by leaping into the Niagara rapids above the cataract. Investigators note possible business troubles as a motive.
Mrs C A Burling mother in law of Rear Admiral William T Sampson died at her Rochester New York home aged 76 years
The Post Office Department announces adoption of a new form of international money order similar to the domestic version. Issued to offices with depleted stock, the coupon and order appear on blue paper while the advice and receipt are on white. The white sheet sits beneath the other and is reproduced by carbonized paper. Tests indicate greater security than the old forms.
Congress debated currency reform and Hawaiian governance as war with Spain era shifts echo worldwide. Senate actions included bills on subsidies, polygamy inquiries, and elections contests while House prepared rules for a long currency debate and observed a day's adjournment for Rep. Baird’s death.
At Beatrice Nebraska Judge Letton denied the writ of mandamus asked by Daniel Freeman to stop Bible readings and sacred singing in public schools of district No 21 Gage County. Freeman the sole objector plans to appeal to the Supreme Court amid broader state support for Bible use in schools.
Pierce Brothers of the Mount Waldo quarry Frankfort Missouri granted union demands after a two year strike that delayed Chicago post office granite. Six hundred cutters will be employed to catch up with work. Maximum wage set at 3.60 for eight hours. Union men celebrate the victory.
In Washington the United States Supreme Court ruled the combination of pipe manufacturers to form a pipe trust unconstitutional. Justice Peckham delivered the decision, which was adverse to the combination.
The will contest of ex Judge Henry Hilton of New York brought by his son Henry G Hilton, cut off with $25 000 share with his wife, has been abandoned. Nilton's attorneys settled with the other heirs on his behalf.
Fire at Nolde and Trorst hosiery factory in Reading Pennsylvania endangered GUO girls. one body found burned at site, sixty injured with some fatally. property loss about 300000 dollars, insured for 150000.
Senator Hayward died in Nebraska City on August 15 after being stricken with apoplexy while addressing a Modern Woodmen picnic at Brownsville. His strength declined gradually from that moment.
An explosion wrecked the powder works of James S. Miller near Sumneytown Pennsylvania killing three men and injuring several others according to early reports from the scene.
Burglars entered the private bank at Poplar Grove Illinois and blew the safe, escaping with $38,000. No arrests reported. Police investigation ongoing.
Two passenger trains on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad were wrecked by a collision near Salida Colorado. Authorities report fatalities and multiple injuries with investigations underway. Local crews assisted by neighboring towns as the line remains blocked.
In his annual report Secretary Long recommends expanding the fleet with eighteen new warships for the navy. The proposal outlines building programs and industrial support to bolster national defense.
The President has nominated Brig. Gen. Leonard Wood to be a major general of volunteers. The nomination elevates Wood in the war effort and signals continued leadership within the armed forces.
Col. Henry A. Thomas, postmaster of Boston, resigns due to ill health, ending his tenure and prompting a transition in local mail service administration.
The Fifty-sixth United States Congress convened and organized on Monday marking the start of its term with members assembling to establish procedural leadership and set initial legislative plans for the new session.
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices and assorted grain quotations across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with bid ranges for cattle hogs and lambs and bids for wheat corn oats rye barley and butter eggs. Prices vary by city and commodity with no uniform standard.
Prof Richet discussed nerve vibrations and argued that nerve impulses cannot exceed ten to twelve per second. He suggested thinking a sequence of words would not pass that speed, defining a psychological unit of time. If faster, sound electricity and light would be perceived as separate undulations.
A dialogue reveals Mrs Fadde disputing rheumatism with Bridget. Bridget recalls her grandfather’s belief in rheumatism, then mentions the burial that occurred the day before, noting he now thinks he is dead. London Answers.
A new stage effect uses two revolving perforated cylinders to drop flaked and granulated snow. Fans beneath each cylinder propel the snow across the stage as it falls, creating a realistic winter scene for theater productions.
A short note explains a test to separate diamonds from glass and paste by touching with the tongue. It states that the diamond feels much colder to the tongue than the other stones.
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas, aged 113, credits Peruna for his long life. He describes catarrh as the common cause of coughs colds and diarrhoea and says Dr Hartman’s books show they are one and the same. He calls Peruna his stand by medicine and especially valuable to old people. A free book on catarrh is offered by The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
A resort chapel in the Adirondacks receives summer offerings largely in small coins. The rector, who carries the Sunday collection to a hotel desk for counting, is asked by a bell boy if he runs the slot machine downstairs. The joke highlights the public misperception of church fundraising.
The Nickel Plate Road offers special holiday travel with tickets good December 28 29 23 1900 and January 1 1900 at one and one third fare for round trips good return through January 2 1900. Peerless Express Trains and dining car service highlight the inducements for travel.
A Philadelphia Times note explains tissue paper as a valuable aid to trunk packing. Placing folds at gown corners reduces crease risk by about half. Stuffing sleeves and blouse fronts with tissue helps prevent crumpled locks and wrinkled waistlines after short trips in packed trunks.
Offers to students desiring to return home for the holidays, the special rate of one and one third fare for the round trip. Tickets sold on closing day and the day before, valid returning to and including the reconvening date, but not after January 10, 1900.
An early 20th century style ad urges readers to educate their bowels and use Cascarets as a gentle natural laxative. It promises relief from constipation and a money back guarantee. The ad cites Sterling Remedy Co. with locations in Chicago Montreal and New York and notes the CCC logo on the tablets.
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