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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
2
Telegraphic summaries note a vast idle workforce with more than 25,000 builders out of work as money shortages dampen construction. The Building Trades Employers' Association warns of a sharp drop in 1908 activity after a boom in 1903 and fluctuating years 1905 and 1906.
After warnings from gales across the Atlantic the American schooner Thomas W Lawson lost lifeboats and capsized in Broad Sound Sicily Islands. Eighteen crew faced the storm with only three survivors Captain G W Dow of Melrose Mass Edward L Rowe engineer of Wiscasset Me and George Allen of Bradford England saved by life savers during the night.
A herd of nearly 11 000 sheep being driven from the Cascade Mountains to Entiat valley slid on ice covered ground near Intiat Washington. The leader fell into Mad River and caused panic, resulting in thousands of sheep plunging into the river.
Dispatch from Dresden reports Queen Carola widow of King Albert of Saxony gravely ill with nephritis. Last rites given. she is not expected to live. Queen Carola, daughter of Prince Gustav of Sweden, married Albert in 1873 and became queen on John’s death. Albert died June 19, 1902.
Colorado State Bank of Durango Colorado has suspended operations to undergo reorganization. The bank reports deposits of 509000 and capital of 75000 while officials insist assets are unimpaired and that they can pay depositors and stockholders in full.
State Board of Health figures show consumption caused 292 deaths in November, pneumonia 249, and violence 175, highlighting consumption as the leading killer that month in Indiana.
New York lawyer Abe Hummel imprisoned on Blackwell's Island for conspiracy in the Dorge Morse divorce case is near death from kidney disease. His sentence is expected to expire within weeks.
A report claiming President Delano of the Wabash railroad resigned or planned to resign is officially denied by the company in New York City.
A wire caused a blaze that destroyed two dwellings in Sturgisson West Virginia and led to the deaths of three children of O P Corbin superintendent of the Sand mine. The fire prompted investigations into the cause and the update of local safety measures.
The U S battleship fleet under Admiral Evans sails from Hampton Roads to the Pacific, a historic transfer of naval power from Atlantic to Pacific waters. President Roosevelt and Navy officials aboard the Mayflower witness ships firing twenty one gun salutes and bands play as the fleet departs. Described as an epoch in US history, the voyage marks the first Pacific theater dominance since the nation’s birth.
Community relief expands as rescue crews stay on site for days with meals provided. Families of 830 to 400 workers face long hardship, especially women and children, amid a broad charity push led by local churches and urgent appeals for aid.
The Atlantic yards bustle as the fleet departs for San Francisco with new battleships and armored cruisers. The Louisiana leads crews of 950, while the Connecticut serves as flagship costing 4.6 million dollars. The contingent includes Nebraska and other cruisers, with drill planned before possibly visiting Puget Sound. The public awaits updates on missing victims in West Virginia towns.
Steve Adams a Western federation miner on trial at Rathdrum Idaho for murder took the stand by direction of his counsel Clarence Darrow and testified he was never in Marble Creek country after a date before the dynamiting of cabins there. He said he learned of the matter in Boise in 1906 while in a cell with Orchard and claimed officials warned him to corroborate Orchard’s confession. He later repudiated that statement but it is now offered to show his role in the killing of claim jumper Fred Tyler.
President Ira Remsen of Johns Hopkins spoke at the Scientific Association in Baltimore stating that Ramsay's experiments do not support artificial copper production. He said copper remains essentially stable though a tiny lithium extraction from copper via radium emanation is possible but unlikely to be meaningfully increased.
President Roosevelt reiterates he will not seek renomination or re election, stating I have not changed and shall not change the decision. The formal statement surprised correspondents and drew quick reactions from Bryan Foraker Knox Cannon La Follette and others.
The All America balloon with seven passengers completed a successful voyage from Pittsfield Massachusetts to Concordbury New Hampshire. Pilot Leo Stevens guided the craft as it landed safely, marking a notable early aeronautic achievement.
The Senate debated resolutions by Clay Culberson and Tillman asking the Treasury for bond issue details and a finance committee inquiry. A separate resolution sought Agriculture information on swamp land reclamation. The House had brief activity with many bills and adjourned until Monday. Jeff Davis delivered a maiden speech condemning trusts. Senator Niye was inducted as Senate pro tem president.
Gov Lfughes urged tackling poverty causes over symptoms at the New York Charities Organization Society silver jubilee. He praised the society as democracy in action, aiming to remove environmental factors causing physical and moral decline and long term economic waste. He warned that preventable worker casualties disgrace the nation.
Two young women in St Louis discovered that pressing the transmitter against the chest or other body parts allows sound to travel the wire without lips close to the device. Profs Calvin M Woodward of Washington University notes the idea follows stethoscope principles and claims the system is germ proof and non fatiguing.
Colorado Attorney General Dickson embraces common law to curb a grocery and coal dealer trust accused of secret monopolistic practices. He filed action against the state combination seeking an injunction with possible fines or imprisonment. Dickson argues opposition inflames public demand for confiscatory measures and cites Railroad Commission law in defense.
Since the start of financial stringency, large meat packers concede 1 percent to retailers and push a 20 percent cut in livestock prices. Retailers broadly reduce fresh meat prices by 3 cents a pound.
William P. Frye of Maine is chosen president pro tempore and has held the role since February 7 1896 except when serving as Senate president. Secretary Cortelyou and British ambassador Fryce cannot accept Chicago Real Estate Board banquet invitation for early next year.
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