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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
6
Fragmentary report describes a newspaper office fire and related disturbances. It notes a building loss and subsequent arrests, with scattered mentions of police actions and property damage. Additional items reference mail carriers’ pay cuts and a wrecked passenger train near Sweetwater Tennessee.
The article describes a monumental struggle in Wyoming where settlers face water rights conflicts on the Wind River Reservation lands. It details government moves, land claims, and the impact on homesteaders who must finance and construct their own irrigation ditches to access scarce river water.
In a fierce blaze on Wabash Avenue the rear of Alfred Peats Company and adjacent firms were destroyed as trains and crowds filled the street. One fireman injured, property losses total millions, and a coroner's verdict cites a disaster at Greensburg Pa. News notes include a Chinese tong truce and other 19th century events.
J E Aledees of Pose eonnis Indiana rode a St Louis fvat on the Southern Railway from New Albany to Milltown when he awoke and walked off the moving coach at forty miles an hour. A bystander stopped the train and found him dazed with a scalp wound. He was treated at Corydon Junction and resumed travel. Annie Fitzgerald of Chicago was named an organizer by the executive council of the Federation of Labor in Washington DC.
Extensive Senate talks focus on slavery, the union, and proposed currency contracts. Key figures and committees discuss tariff and banking measures while House debates continue, with adjournment planned until Monday.
A catastrophic blaze devastates Chicago streets including Wabash and Michigan avenues. Alfred Peats Co and Edison Keith Co suffer heavy losses as fires and water damage hit long-established firms. Fire records cite the Wabash fire as a historic six-floor blaze burning at 200 900 dollars loss and widespread destruction across the district.
The article notes Grand Duke Constantine of Russia as the most cultured Roman in modern times. It also mentions the Queen of Holland opposing gunning, her affection for animals, and a British Labor party conference voting down a fixed socialist program while declaring socialism its ultimate aim.
President Roosevelt asserts an entrenched effort by certain West Coast interests and corporations to block proposed reforms. He defends a crusade against trusts and urges immediate reenactment of the employers' liability law while condemning injunctions used to curb labor actions.
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