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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
2
Priests, brothers, and students at Notre Dame University in South Bend fought a strenuous blaze that started on the top floor of Seminary hall and was kept from spreading by the slate Mansard roof. Frank Raff discovered the fire and was burned and injured. Estimated damage about $1,000.
Edgar Uhl a famed Marietta Ohio saloonkeeper was killed by his son Edward who fired a double barreled shotgun. Buckshot tore his head from the body. Edward surrendered to the sheriff and is jailed. Officials say the quarrel between the parents sparked the act.
A severe windstorm with hail and heavy rain struck East St. Louis injuring four workers at the Missouri Malleable Iron Company plant. Four smoke stacks were demolished and a 525 foot wireless telegraph tower toppled, causing extensive damage.
Secretary of State John Hay died early Saturday morning at Newbury VI. The signs preceding death indicated pulmonary embolism. Hay had shown improvement and Friday had been satisfactory. The death bulletin was signed by Charles I. Beudder M.D. and Fred T. Murphy M.D.
A tele gram from Trondhjem states nearly the entire Norwegian army has been mobilized and three conscription classes are in training. About 12,000 infantry moved toward the Swedish border, with sixty five cars and two engines deployed south to aid troop movement.
Reginald Dykers secretary treasurer of the Louisiana Immigration Association based in New Orleans says 160,000 able workers can find employment and no able bodied man willing to work need be unemployed. he offers to answer inquiries.
Kate Edwards lies in a Reading Pennsylvania jail a broken nervous wreck awaiting the hangman. The pardon board refused to commute her sentence and she faces execution with no hope remaining. Her counsel delivered the board’s decision to her.
In the third race at the Indianapolis fairgrounds Orchestra bolted and threw rider Jockey Stevens near the finish. Stevens suffered a crushed chest and his recovery chances were reported as slight. The incident drew a large betting crowd.
A report from Ekaterinoslav says a gas explosion in a coal mine near Makeyofska has trapped about five hundred miners. Authorities fear there is no possibility of rescue.
A fire in the elevator at the Merchants distillery in Terre Haute Indiana caused 100000 dollars in damage. The elevator and spirits house were destroyed but firemen prevented total plant loss and the event was covered by insurance.
An eastbound passenger train on the Cleveland and Pittsburg branch of the Pennsylvania road derailed near Atwater Ohio. Two people were killed and about a dozen injured in the wreck.
Lee Furman and James O'Brien, young men, were hanged in the yard of Lancaster county prison in Lancaster Pa for the murder last year of Samuel Ressler an old toll gate keeper on the county road near Gordonville.
A fire gutted the Collier hotel at Licking Missouri. Mrs. V L Shelp, her young daughter Harriet and an unidentified drummer were burned to death. Mrs Shelp was married to Dr V L Shelp a dentist from Rolla Missouri.
Before about 1,000 spectators at Missouri Valley Iowa, Mrs George Matthews attempted a slide for life stunt at the race track and fell about fifty feet, sustaining injuries described as probably fatal.
John I Wallace chief engineer of the Panama Canal and member of its commission resigns to head a New York Metropolitan Railway Constructing Company subway system at a $60 000 annual salary. Comments say politics and departmental interference hindered on site work and May excavation rates threaten canal completion timelines. Yellow fever remediations gain urgency as sickness rises and workers depart isthmus.
The weekly weather bureau summary notes insufficient heat and sunshine in the upper Great Lakes to the Pacific coast, with heavy rains in the central and west gulf areas and drought in parts of the south. Corn in Iowa and Texas shows progress, winter wheat harvest troubles persist in the Ohio valley and Tennessee, and fruits and oats vary in condition amid rust and smut reports.
Mutiny on the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkin in Odessa harbor leads to the captain and officers being murdered. The crew seizes the ship, directs its guns at the city, and workers clash with troops as fires spread through the harbor. Reports say mutinies may have spread to other battleships in Sevastopol.
A vast rebellion shakes the Russian throne as Baltic ports rebel and Kronstadt arsenals come under threat. Eight thousand sailors mutiny at Kronstadt while Libau rebels over food, seizing arms and looting as the government braces for civil war.
Former Archduke Leopold becomes a private in the Swiss army while Alma Tadenia is to receive £14000 for The Finding of Moses. A list of notable figures notes boxing pasts, travel tales, and curiosities from Hagland to Paris and Madrid.
Business in Chicago shows rising activity across sectors with iron and steel output surpassing prior records and building materials in high demand. Retail buying expands, stocks deplete, and jobbers face reassortment needs as manufacturing maintains firm prices and steady movement. Western rail traffic and grain movements rise. futures markets advance though cash grain is mixed. New York reports improved demand, better retail trade, and stronger bank and securities conditions, while Canadian and U S failures indicate cautious optimism for mid year.
Market notes list Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and other centers with price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and potatoes are shown with varied quotes and the Vigo County National Bank in Terre Haute reports a run followed by reassurance and deposits. The piece also records several local incidents including a bank run a jail escape and a fatal accident involving a boy and a pony.
In Connersville Clarence Maple, a young married man arrested for attempted criminal assault, has gradually become completely bald since incarceration. A physician notes no known cause and calls the case of medical interest, while Maple’s family awaits further developments as the mystery deepens.
Mystery over Mrs Edward Smith disappearance deepens when she reappears with husband saying they will leave the community. Relatives note she slept in a barn with her son after a parental reprimand. couple reconciled and resume plans to depart.
Sheriff arrested Mrs. George Kee ger at her residence on a murder charge after she shot her husband. She was armed and defied arrest, notifying neighbors at midnight before surrendering her gun. Authorities say her mind may be affected and her husband cannot live.
Thomas Burch aged 75 a hermit north of Terre Haute is jailed after being accused of fatally shooting Adelle Mosteller aged 11 while he says he was firing at a rabbit with a revolver and unintentionally hit the girl. Adelle and her mother were walking and picking flowers when the incident occurred with children distrusting the hermit.
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