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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
6
Telegraphic note reports a plan to erect a 614 foot building on Broadway New York with five basement stories and a sixty foot tower. It would extend a full block, cost about 10 million dollars including the site, and aims to be completed within a year, surpassing the Flatiron and Park Row by height.
The Marion county Indiana grand jury reviewing the Big Four wreck at Indianapolis that killed Purdue University students finds the cause in a bad train handling system. It calls laws too lax and urges Indiana lawmakers to indict employees for manslaughter due to inattention to duty.
The health department orders all children to be vaccinated or barred from public schools starting January 4. Zion Overseer followers are told vaccination is ineffective against smallpox. Zion children must present vaccination certificates or be segregated. Names and addresses of noncompliant pupils will be sent to the health department.
Journal notes that Pekin’s informed diplomats think war between Russia and Japan is probable and nearly inevitable. Official dispatches indicate the Japanese war grows stronger and influences the government. The Chinese board of war demands viceroys report foreign trained troops available for service.
Rear Admiral Wise commands the training squadron to relocate from New Orleans to Pensacola for time in exercises. The squadron’s work has suffered due to recent festivities in which Wise participated, prompting Galveston to invite the unit to visit in January.
An eastbound Wabash passenger train collided with a freight near Mexico Missouri. Engineer Thomas Whitten of Moberly was killed. G W Dilodvett of Bussey Iowa and C S Lamont of Vanduskie Mont. were probably fatally injured. Seventy five passengers were shaken up severely.
Telegram from Bogota dated December 19 reports Minister Beaupre left for the United States via Cartagena and states that the legation affairs are now handled by Secretary Mr. Snyder.
Three Italians including Joe and Floria Cr Rattta brothers and B Mascitta were burned to death as a railroad camp car burned at Baltimore and Ohio Mountain Lake Park Maryland. The cause of the fire is undetermined.
Dr Jerome Anderson a renowned theosophist and author of many theosophical works died in San Francisco California at age unknown his death marks the loss of a leading figure in the movement.
Acting Secretary Loomis was informed by the Italian embassy that Italy recognizes the newly proclaimed republic of Panama, signalling formal diplomatic acknowledgement. The notification confirms Italy joins others in recognizing Panama as an independent state.
Two Italians linked to a circus wintering in Topeka Kansas were catching street dogs and feeding them to the lions. Reportedly about three dozen dogs were devoured. The humane society plans to prosecute.
A head on collision on the Duluth division of the Northern Pacific at Devoun Minnesota caused the mail car on the south bound train to burn. Mail Clerk Rouse perished in the blaze.
The state of Minnesota files a brief in its suit against Northern Securities before the U S Supreme Court. Attorneys claim twenty nine errors in the Eighth Circuit decision and argue the consolidation of Northern Pacific and Great Northern created a monopoly. The brief contends no testimony disproves monopoly, and asks whether a sovereign state can vindicate its laws.
John D Rockefeller made an unexpected Christmas gift to Charles Austin shielding his Melton farm near Walker's Island on the Missouri River from foreclosure. Austin, once a close friend in youth, faced imminent loss despite prior aid from others. Rockefeller learned of the mortgage amount and sent a check to fully satisfy the debt.
Buffalo Bill wires from New York claiming to have $3 million to finance a large canal irrigation system and mercantile development linking Cody to Yellowstone. The plan includes stores, hotels, breeding farms, and a northern automobile route between Cody and the park, with work set to start next spring and a major irrigation of hundreds of thousands of acres.
Fire destroyed the McShane Company plumbing plant in Baltimore, with fears for 100 year old watchman Andrew Burns who may have died inside. The factory had closed for holidays and investigators seek the cause as firefighters battle remaining hotspots.
City bacteriologist T. Mloward and Western Reserve University professor announced a breakthrough in smallpox germ research. Officials said details would be released soon.
Fourteen hundred steerage passengers aboard the steamship Blucher panicked in the hold during a fierce gale. Two priests and four armed officers restrained the crowd to keep order during the crisis.
A Duquesne limited train wreck near Connellsville Pennsylvania killed sixty three people and left about seventy severely injured. The Chicago to New York service suffered a major disaster with many passengers affected and authorities investigating the scene.
The report warns Jews in Niscinetf face a repeated massacre on Russian Christmas Day January 7 as incendiary leaflets and post cards spread. The governor gives little hope amid circulating materials and ongoing danger. Mrs. George Frisbie Hoar, 60, wife of U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, died suddenly of heart disease at her Washington home.
Troops led by Gen Morales disembarked at Monte Christi Santo Domingo after a heavy bombardment. Jimines forces were defeated under strong assault and cannon fire.
Thirteen travelers aboard the steamship Me nominee endured five days at sea after a giant wave overwhelmed and disabled the vessel. They reached New York aboard the Cedric, bringing a close to a perilous ordeal at sea.
Samuel W. Lee, enraged by Mrs Florence Lees marriage plans, shot and killed her in Holmes Street Kansas City. He pursued her as she fled to escape, then fatally wounded himself after neighbors overpowered him. Mrs Lees, about 80, left two young children.
The steamer Erastus Corning bound from New Haven to New York with thirty passengers struck rocks near Norwalk Island and sank in fifteen feet of water. Most passengers were clothed for travel. a few saved themselves in a small boat and reached South Norwalk. The missing include some passengers who did not reappear from the wreck as a tug and passengers proceeded to New York.
Bank robbers blasted a safe and fled with $5,000 in cash from a Tower Hill Illinois institution. The thieves cut telephone wires to prevent alerts and used no horse or buggy for a getaway. Attorney General Alamlin is named as a major stockholder in the bank.
The St duavis Court of Appeals resolved a long dispute involving Thos Sublettes and the St Louis and Crow Mountain Railway Company dating back nineteen years. The Clayton Court entered a S276 judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. Separately, young Jay Gould, 1 year old, was injured in a polo accident on the Georgian Court field at Oakwood last April, suffering a tibia fracture treated with surgery.
Po Wright assistant general manager of the Lake Shore Railroad retires on January on full pay. Wright entered Lake Shore service in 181 worked with the Erie from 1873 to 1881 and with Lake Shore again since. Hiram W Beckwith Dies At 72 longtime Lincoln partner dies in Chicago hospital after years in Danville Illinois. The death follows a pioneer Illinois family history. Mrs Graves Slain Des Moines murder inquiry ends with verdict of murder though no arrests made.
Governor Bliss of Michigan grants parole to Frank Co. Andrews the Detroit bank wrecker who served eighteen months of a fifteen year sentence.
Brigadier General Frederick Dent Grant to command the Department of the Lakes in recognition of his Philippine service. He is Ulysses S. Grant’s son, born in St Louis, a West Point graduate who served as minister to Austria and New York police commissioner. He led the 144th New York volunteers in the Spanish American War and later held district commands in the Philippines.
Patrol reports from Colon indicate about 200 Colombian soldiers have landed at the Isle of Pines off Cape Tiburn near the western entrance to the Gulf of Panama. U.S. naval ships including Mayflower and Gancroft operate nearby while Washington and Panamanian coastlines brace for potential action.
The Meteor passenger train on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway struck an open switch near Godfrey Kansas and derailed. Nine people were killed and more than twenty injured as cars including baggage, mail, smoker, chair cars and a sleeper derailed. the engine and forward baggage car were thrown down an embankment.
Senate sessions feature sharpened debate on Panama independence and U.S. relation to the new republic. McComas reports a bill protecting foreign exhibitors at the St Louis fair. Passes include land for a Columbus military post and a pension bill. House passes Cuban reciprocity and other measures as Congress adjourns to 1904.
Senate military affairs postponed Gen Leonard Wood action to Jan 4. Roosevelt told Loomis congrats on Quill Club speech. Commerce panel favored Chicago naval officer at 3000 dollars yearly. House interstate and foreign commerce to tackle pure food bill after holidays. Chicago aldermen in Washington seek Mann bill amend to allow three years to lower river tunnels. Cuban reciprocity bill signing creates sugar market tensions. Perry Heath criticized in Tulloch report with other postal officials. Removal petition filed against Nez Perce superintendent McArthur. Heyburn seeks annexation of San Domingo and Haiti. Executive session backs Hay naturalization treaty extension.
R G Dun and Company New York Review of Trade reports stronger business across holiday goods with improving demand for pig iron and cotton goods. Retail trade advances with high prices and liberal buying in clothing furniture and household goods. Grain and live stock receipts lag last year while interior merchants remain cautious.
Special telegrams from the International Mercantile Agency note 1904 disbursements: Philadelphia 9 million, Pittsburg 6 million, St. Louis 4 million. Wool industry lags 25 percent in Philadelphia, but 1904 prospects look positive. Pittsburg and Chicago show hopeful next year, with St. Louis and St. Paul similarly optimistic. Western railways face motive power shortages as inquiries for 50,000 tons of rails and structural steel mark a feature of the industrial week.
Market wires report cattle hogs sheep and grain quotes from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and seeds with regional ranges and shipping terms.
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