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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
6
Telegraph items recount quick, vivid happenings across politics, religion, crime, and fires. Short summaries touch on public affairs, local incidents, and notable events, reflecting the era's rapid, varied news brief style.
Governor Nash leads a nationwide call for memorial services on January 26 to honor William McKinley. States including Kansas plan school observances and fundraisers to support a memorial tomb at Canton. Judge William R. Day presides the McKinley National Memorial Association with funds routing to the Canton tomb project.
Reports from the Mexican state of Guerrero describe a violent quake with likely 300 deaths and many injuries in Chilpancingo. The capital, church, and numerous buildings are in ruins amid broad suffering. Separately, messages from Constantinople say Ellen Stone and Mme Tsilka are alive and negotiations for their return are under way led by John G. A. Leishman.
Manila dispatch reports eight men of the Eighth Infantry captured Agueda Kahabagan, a woman insurgent who led about 800 fighters with 300 rifles and 500 bolos for six years against Spaniards and Americans in Laguna province, Luzon.
Two thieves robbed a dozen men in a gambling room at Cliff Cole’s saloon in Omaha Nebraska securing the cash box and $200 from patrons. A police squad captured them ten minutes later and they were jailed. The suspects named were Frank Williams and Frank Jones.
While the Rock Island No. 5 limited passenger train moved through Victoria Iowa its boiler exploded causing the death of the engineer and fireman and injuring two tele porters and a brakeman slightly.
In Tacoma Washington a group of eleven prisoners led by a counterfeit rings leader escaped from McNeil's federal prison by burrowing through a cement floor into air pipes. A large posse is in pursuit. The Senate judiciary committee plans to report favorably Ion Francis E Baker of Indianapolis for a Seventh Circuit judgeship.
In an Ada mine cave-in near Carterville Missouri three miners were killed and another injuries described as fatally injured with several others seriously hurt.
Lake Linden located five miles south of Calumet Michigan suffered its third destructive fire in a year. Property losses total $60,000 and are covered by insurance.
Lord Kitchener confirms the death sentence for Boer commander Scheepers, captured last October, to be carried out by firing squad. In a separate incident, Roscoe Meredith died in an oil field near Van Buren Indiana when an empty nitroglycerin can exploded, his body found intact pieces and a severed arm in a tree top after he threw a hatchet that struck the can.
War Department reports 165 insurgents surrendered to Brig. Gen. James F. Wade at Colon P L on January 15. They took the oath of allegiance at Taglibaran Bokel, signaling a shift in control in the region.
An Omaha paper reports a Pine Ridge source saying Manuel de Silva Braga a former Spanish officer confessed drunkenly to blowing up the Maine to topple Weyler and avenge Cuban treatment. Braga allegedly passed guards in uniform and escaped on a schooner after detonating the ship.
Vaudeville performer Mrs Laura Richards or Kline reports her daughter Sallie abducted in St Louis after sending her out for bread. She fears the child will not be recovered and cites a prior disappearance of her son Bertie Richards. The siblings belonged to the Kline juvenile act earning about 150 dollars weekly.
Desperate efforts to close a Leola South Dakota blind pig failed as townspeople raided Odenbachs saloon, toppled the shack, and battled flames to save the town from destruction. Odenbach sought a license after the incident.
An insurance solicitor W A Martin shoots himself in a Jefferson street saloon in Louisville. a new Dow slope No 7 mine fire near Hartshorne claims fourteen lives. Eureka California sees J W H Saffel kill his wife then suicide. former Chicago corn king George H Phillips fails on the Board of Trade due to margin losses. a Panhandle passenger wreck injures two as it lags behind schedule.
A rear end collision occurred at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crossing at Western Avenue and 49th Street in Chicago. A score of men and women were shaken by the impact, with only two train staff members sustaining severe injuries.
Fifteen hundred quarts of nitroglycerin stored in two magazines near Marion exploded in a ravine two and a half miles southeast of the city. The blast rocked the northeast part of the state, toppled blocks and houses, and left a hole in the ravine floor. Authorities suspect a gas jet ignited the storage, but no injuries were reported and inquiries indicate damage reached fifty miles away.
Whidby Island residents react to a headless body found on a Fort Casey beach, following another decapitated victim nearby. Authorities believe, after a severed head was recovered later, the killer may be operating up the sound and the same man is believed responsible for both discoveries.
The United States Supreme Court ruling at Milwaukee affirms Minnesota court and grants 320 acres on the Vermillion iron range to Margaretha Tonstorf and associates Eaton and Leonidas Merritt, completing a victory over Midway Company and United States Steel Corporation. The land is valued, with reports the steel firm would pay about 8 million dollars to secure the title.
Two masked men entered the pool room at 907 Baltimore Avenue and demanded money. They threatened the proprietor the cashier and three employees, securing about 2500 dollars before fleeing.
Nelson Morris of Chicago, via agent Joseph H. Agnew, purchases a large meat warehouse in Kansas City’s West Bottoms once used by the Cudahy Company for a market. Reports say this marks the first step in establishing a Kansas City plant.
King Edward opens Parliament with focus on the Boer war and the Irish question. The throne speech defends wartime conduct and praises British troops despite reports of abuses against Boers.
In the cabinet room at the White House, Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin took the oath as Postmaster General in the presence of the President, the full Wisconsin delegation in Congress, Gov. Durbin of Indiana, Senator Hannwa, and many friends.
Sacrifice big medicine man Padre of the Yuma Indians is offered under Indian custom to expiate the tribe’s sins blamed for smallpox. The ritual occurs on a reservation near Yuma Arizona as epidemics rage among the people. Two killed in train wreck. A switch tampering accident on Rock Island kills two and injures seven near O Keene Oklahoma.
Fire broke out at the Eve of the Union station at Canal and West Adams streets in Chicago. Sixty railway employees were endangered and about 200 patrons fled the big waiting room amid widespread panic. Property valued at $12000 was wrecked.
Lord Kitchener reports to the London War Office that Gen Louis Botha escaped capture from Gen Bruce Hamilton after a seven miles chase. One Boer was killed and thirty three were taken prisoners. Lone rifles and cattle were seized.
Arthur Pue Gorman has been elected United States Senator by the Maryland Legislature to succeed George L. Wellington. The vote totals show Gorman 68 for the Democrat and Jackson 52 for the Republican.
The People's Bank in North Enid Oklahoma Territory was robbed of 2000 dollars. The burglars blew open the safe with dynamite. No suspects identified yet.
Two men stole a marble shop building from David Walters in Newburg Ohio. They demolished the 20 by 30 foot structure, loaded the timber on a wagon, and sought to sell the vacant lot to locals. Walters reported the loss after finding no trace of the building. The thieves used a team and hay rack for the haul. General William J Palmer contributes 250000 and 100 acres to establish a sanitarium in Colorado Springs. Two new buildings planned cost 200000 and 50000 respectively to house patients with payers and the poor. The larger building funds the smaller, with the site east of the city for clean air. The Childs-Drexel Home for Printers will be a near neighbor.
On White Main street in Cincinnati two robbers smashed the window of William Fink's jewelry store and took a tray holding sixty diamond rings worth $2,500. Fink chased them but was delayed when the assailants barred the door with a rope and fired several shots before escaping.
Frank Holt, a military prisoner who escaped Alcatraz by hiding in a box loaded on the steamer McDowell, is recaptured after reappearing on land. He previously obtained $2 from a visitor, rented a room, and was arrested when he stepped out again.
Nellie Corneilison an 11 year old girl cuts the throat of her 3 year old sister Laura with her father George Cornellison’s razor in a Wichita Kansas stable. The child dies soon after with motive unknown.
Lieut. John W. Stark of the Virginia State Guard is held to the grand jury in Richmond. He is charged with sending obscene matter through the mails to the President of the United States. the grand jury convenes in April.
Dr. El M. Bracken, secretary of the Minnesota Board of Health, declares having smallpox a crime as vaccination offers a preventive measure.
A four story building at 1003 St. Charles Street in St. Louis housing Premium Shirt Manufacturing Company caught fire. The blaze caused extensive damage and an estimated loss of 250000 dollars.
King Edward I and Queen Alexandra presided as the throne was read, with Prince and Princess of Wales nearby. The ceremony echoed February’s opening, amid state pageantry and the Black Rod summons. The speech notes aid for South Africa, sugar policy, and a US treaty for an interoceanic canal, while opposition attacks intensify in both houses.
Multimillionaire John D. Rockefeller appears thinner and sicker after shaving his mustache. A New York dispatch notes rapid hair loss and increasing fatigue. On his 2000 acre Vocantico hills estate he works long in fields hoping to regain strength, but progress is elusive. He sustains crackers and skimmed milk at blood heat, eating only when exhausted.
A coal famine loosens steam era supplies as railroads struggle to meet demand. Shortage of cars and motive power curtails shipments, with New York and other big cities facing scarce stocks and a drop from last year during the anthracite strike.
The House debates the pension appropriation bill with figures of 19,546,480 requested and 138,500,000 paid for pensions, while questions arise about pensioner counts and large payments. Senate discusses commerce department creation and Philippines administration. Hoar and Lodge clash over resolutions. A joint committee is named to study a Washington hall of records site.
Washington notes report the Trouse coinage panel backing a bill to keep silver at parity with gold. The House agriculture committee plans public hearings on oleomargarine tax bills. Military affairs exonerates Gen Corbin and Col Heistand in the hemp inquiry. A rising sentiment in Congress favors relief for the President from office seeker pressure.
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