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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1902
Page
6
Cheyenne Wyoming reports two imported stallions fought aboard a fast Union Pacific stock train. One stallion died after a brutal struggle, the car was wrecked, owner Edgar Boise lost over 1500 dollars. Keepers escaped via the exterior and aided trainmen to separate the animals.
A blaze at the Empire hotel on Olive street St Louis 2700 2702 destroys a three story lodging house occupied by men and kills ten and one woman with eight others injured. Many suffer frost bite from escapes and most residents appear accounted for. The financial loss is nominal.
James W. Dickinson former Chief of the Cleveland Fire Department died after a long illness. He was among the oldest and best known firefighters in the country and served the department for nearly fifty years including more than two decades as chief. He retired last year due to ill health.
A Vancouver dispatch reports fears for the Eyria's safety after it went in search of the missing Condor. A studding-sail boom from the Eyria was found on the west coast. The coast area visited by the Egba is termed the prave-yard of the Pacific.
Admiral Sampson's counsel Mr Theal has filed with the President a long statement arguing Sampson as opposed to Schley’s claim to actual command and credit for the victory at Santiago.
Health authorities in New York City deploy 150 physicians as vaccinators as smallpox spreads with nearly 10,000 injections daily. An order will soon require all policemen to be inoculated.
A freight locomotive boiler exploded on a siding of the L. E. and W. railroad near St Marys Ohio. Fireman Lloyd Brown was killed outright and Engineer Edward Casey died hours later from scalding injuries. Several cars were wrecked.
John Kay a flour mill worker at Topeka Kansas attacked his wife with a flat iron to prevent divorce, then attempted suicide by hanging from a bridge near his home. He was cut down and revived.
New York Herald dispatch from Rio de Janeiro reports a waterspout struck a station on the Jeronimo Mezzulta Central Railroad causing many deaths and extensive damage to plantations.
The Wim Robertson farm house near Cumberland Maryland was wiped out by fire. Four Robertson children Pearl Owen Effie and Joseph aged 10 to 4 years perished in the blaze after the fire spread rapidly. The parents escaped by jumping from a second story window in night clothes to save themselves.
Mrs Amelia Ericson feared burglars and locked herself in her Chicago flat. An explosion from a gasoline stove started the fire and she burned to death as cries for help went unheard while doors into her apartments remained locked. Police and fire crews broke in after the blaze.
J B Evards a Kearney merchant kidnapped his 6 year old daughter from her Omaha grandmother and sped to Council Bluffs before being arrested. The incident followed a fractured marriage and custody dispute.
News from Victoria B C reports an expansive plan to assassinate the Empress Dowager and court members, aiming to spark widespread rebellion across the empire, conveyed aboard the Glenesk. Van Sant asks appropriation to back legal fights against the Great Northern Railroad consolidation in Minnesota.
A freight train plunged through a trestle near Berry's Siding in West Virginia. Two people died and three were seriously injured as the engine and several cars crashed to the ground.
The English Commons discuss a proposal about hiring the US Army’s top horse expert for South African service. A fire at Peterson Wright feed store in Akron, Ohio caused $50,000 in damage with $10,000 covered by insurance. Explosion in Chicago killed twelve and injured many as two buildings were demolished.
In Archer Avenue Chicago a massive blast topples a dozen nearby structures. Otto Trostel’s entire seven member family perishes as street cars derail, gas mains rupture, and iron manhole covers fly. Fire erupts across multiple sites, and residents face hours of panic.
United States Steel Corporation and Minnesota settle a long dispute over 45 079 acres of state institutional land wrongfully conveyed to the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad. The road to return the land to the state and select replacements while three iron mines on the acreage will contribute royalties exceeding one million dollars annually.
A long lost ten dollar bill theft is confessed in a letter to Albert Morse of Bowling Green Ohio. The writer recalls stealing the SLO from Morse while they were boys and now offers repayment via a Chicago bank draft to ease his burden of guilt after more than forty years.
A Tuesday blaze devastated the Keeley Institute laboratory and the Livingston hotel in Dwight, with total damage about 500000. Twenty one guests escaped uninjured except a colored cook who was bruised. the fire started in boiler rooms and the Keeley company owned plant suffered 75000 loss as Wireton Heating also burned despite bucket brigades and distant fire company help. The same report notes Tom L Johnson losing a court bid to increase Ohio railway property appraisal after a Supreme Court ruling dismissing his appeal.
A severe blaze in Mentone Indiana destroyed a whole block of stores and two residences. The fire wiped out half the town’s business area and caused $40,000 to $50,000 in losses on buildings and stock with little insurance coverage.
An explosion of nitroglycerin at the Cerebite Manufacturing Company in Landover Maryland instantly killed Superintendent Richard Martin and injured two workers. The cause is not yet known. Helen Hay Is Married in Washington Society Highlight. Miss Selen Way daughter of Secretary and Mrs Slay wed Payne Whitney of New York City in a top social event.
The Ohio House of Representatives rejected a direct vote resolution by Representative Carle by a near party-line vote. The measure urged Congress to allow United States Senators to be elected by popular vote.
A large four story building on Pennsylvania Street in Indianapolis burned causing about 00000 dollars in damage to structure and contents. The loss largely falls on the When Clothing Company. Chile buys armored cruisers in midsummer report claims Chile signs for two armored cruisers while Argentina contracts for three battleships abroad.
In Yokohama a boxing exhibition featuring Jack Slavin and EK F Padmore ended calmly but turned tragic when Padmore, a U S Army hospital corps member, died after the bout.
Governor McMillin refused to commute the death sentence of Armstrong Hensley for murdering his stepdaughter. Hensley was executed by hanging in Erwin, Tennessee.
Alfred I. Elliott, wealthy Cadiz resident, hires his divorced wife as a paid servant after she ran off with a coachman a year earlier. She serves in the kitchen, cleans shoes, and waits at table while the children address her as “Mary” and she replies “Sir.” The story notes her humility and refined bearing despite the family dynamic.
Belinda Jordan a 30 year old Troy New York native and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts student was found dead in her Philadelphia boarding house room. The body bore three knife wounds near the heart from a painter's knife and a carbolic acid vial lay nearby. A gas tube connected to a stove suggested inhalation of illuminating gas.
The first notice of a new Catholic university to be built in Washington DC with a budget of 150000 was announced in Alton Alabama by Father Walter Elliott rector of St Thomas College. It aims to educate priests already ordained for missionary work among non Catholics in the United States and in the Philippines and Porto Rico. Priests may enroll after ordination and complete a three year course before joining the missionary list.
The surety for the late Stuart R Young, ex city treasurer of Louisville who died by suicide after a short shortage in his accounts, sent Mayor Grainger a 42404 check to cover nearly all the deficit. Col Bennett H Young paid 302, the portion. Balloon voyage ends in tragedy as Capt Jartsch von Siegfield dies and Dr Linke survives with bruises after a gale pushes the craft to Antwerp.
Bank of Clarksville in Clarksville Arkansas was robbed when dynamite blew a safe. Loot was about $6000. Sheriff John Powers of Johnson County was killed as he tried to apprehend the robbers, who escaped before locals learned of the crime.
A discovery reveals that every law enacted by the last Wyoming Legislature, meeting a year ago, is invalid because the bills were not read and recorded properly in the lower house. The issue calls into question the legality of the enacted statutes and may trigger procedural reviews.
In Bloomington Illinois the jury found the murderer’s wife Chism guilty and sentenced him to seventeen years imprisonment. The estate is valued at about a quarter of a million dollars, and the defendant spent freely during the trial. Gale on the Atlantic Coast. Shipping along the Atlantic coast has suffered from the recent gale with snow and wind storms crippling railroad traffic isolating towns and hindering electrical communication. Falling Walls Crush Firemen. Nineteen firemen were killed as five story factory walls collapsed in St. Louis causing 100000 dollars in damages and injuries to several men. Illinois Building on Fire. The Illinois building at the Charleston exposition caught fire Thursday morning causing damage of several hundreds of dollars.
Buless Whittaker charged with the murder of John Doster was taken from jail at Lynchburg and hanged by a mob. Gen. S. B. M. Young named president of the Army War College by the Secretary of War. Minnesota holds a special legislative session proclaimed by Gov. Van Sant.
Congress debated the oleomargarine bill with multiple speakers for and against. The Senate passed a 25 percent salary increase for U S judges and considered cabinet pay raises. The House advanced urgent deficiency, irrigation, and civil service matters while Philippine tariff and treason laws drew heated exchanges.
Adverse influences in the New York business world are few and not strong enough to derail trade. The United States Steel Corporation reports robust demand for iron and steel products, with facilities taxed to meet this year’s needs. Labor disputes are largely isolated, coal and oil sectors face potential issues, and grain markets show brief volatility amid ongoing general prosperity.
The House Ways and Means Committee reported a bill repealing remaining war tax. Porto Rican Legislature passed resolutions protesting tariff concessions to Cuba. S. E. Cooley claimed 25,000 Americans could profit from Nicaragua canal right of way. Senator Hanna argued that the Department of Commerce aims to find new markets as production expands or faces limits.
Market notes list cattle hogs and sheep prices across Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Soledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with grains wheat corn oats rye and related feeds. Values show wide spreads from common to prime grades and No 2 titles in several varieties.
Unknown assailants shot Charles Harris and Henry Jamesy in Charter House Kentucky, leaving them fatally wounded. Police investigate motive and seek witnesses. The incident marks a deadly shooting in Charter House with no arrests announced.
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