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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1901
Page
2
The Chicago special reports Joseph Burdick injured when a car toppled a large mount of metal across his neck. His head hangs by a shred of skin, yet doctors operated and fitted a throat breathing device. He is not expected to speak or sound again.
Lord Isitchener dispatch from Pretoria notes Broadwood's brigade surprised Neuty and captured Steyn's brother and others while Steyn escaped. Orange River government papers seized. Scneep er's commando burned public buildings at Murray’sburg and nearby farms. Featherstone and Dison columns reached Acrust in western Transvaal facing opposition with several captures. British casualties include three officers and twenty four men wounded.
Complaints to the Post Office Department cite numerous overcharges for stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers. A circular urges postmasters to display the official price schedule in all offices and to post notices in public corridors about the sale of pamphlet books to satisfy demand.
A board of condemnation values the historic Minnesota at 15000 dollars and plans a public auction of the ship where she rests. Built in Washington in 1855 the Minnesota served as flagship to Admiral Goldsborne before the battle at Hampton Roads, predating the Monitor’s arrival.
Fire swept four blocks in Enid O To on the prize square destroying structures in three tours. Water failed, dynamite had to be used to halt the blaze, and a southeast wind spared the eastern town. Loss put at just over 200000 dollars.
Dispatch from Thorne West Prussia reports sixty Polish students have been arrested and charged with plotting against the government. Police have been working on the case for some time and the arrests have caused great excitement.
Comptroller of the Currency James reviews an assessment of Hod per cent on the stock of the Seventh National Bank of New York.
Six persons drowned while surf bathing at a Hebrew Gahami Ttasad picnic at Daufuskie Neech near Savannah Georgia. Rescue efforts followed the tragedy as authorities investigated the incident.
Officers gain promotion as Colonel Richard Comba retires. Lieutenant Colonel Charles L. Davis moves to colonel of the Fifth Infantry, Major S. R. Withall becomes lieutenant colonel of the Eleventh Infantry, Captain RF Ames elevated to major in the Sixteenth Infantry. President of Chile Senor Federic Errazuriz dies after extended illness.
Reports from New York state note opposition from the public leads to revocation of paid seating rights in city parks. Utica hosts the International Convention of the Independent Order of Good Templars as it marks fifty years since its birth there. A Brockport farmer killed his wife and then himself. the couple leaves five children under 16. Frederick White, son of Ambassador Andrew D. White, shot himself at his Syracuse home while temporarily insane, age 38. A will misprint bequeaths seventy five thousand thousand dollars to Theodore B. Rogers Jr., affecting the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Brooklyn pharmacist Domenico Salamando, 65, found dead in the street. suspected victim of hydrophobia from dogs. Washington hotel proprietor Wheenno sued for ten thousand by Annie White over a dairy wagon driver's death. North Carolina mill operatives strike for shorter hours. threats to bury mills if demands unmet. The Wyore family incorporated. Union County Investment Company to be formed from the estate left in Charis Livde. Thomas Leonard, New York infantry chief, thrown from a vehicle, spine feared broken. East Coast fires caused by a blaze at Teast Steed Corteline Vanderbilt prompts renewed attention to Vanderbilt energy ventures.
A mass of scattered items from a Stroud Okla bank robbery to Ohio court verdicts and fires fills the dispatches. Notable events include a Stroud bank hold up by three masked men, a Hamilton Ohio strike and court actions in Lima and Osmon. Officials report multiple deaths, injuries and legal outcomes across several states, with wrecks and accidents tempering the year’s perilous news.
Witnesses report two trains colliding at speed causing fires and coaches to burn. Engines were forced apart as passenger cars telescoped, leaving forward cars severely damaged.
A Mississippi slaying claims rival A Hi Palmer near Anding. In Louisville, Kentucky, Charles I Grainger defeats Thomas L Jefferson for the Democratic mayoral nomination. Port Lavaca suffers a devastating gulf storm with heavy loss of life. A Greenville Tennessee dispatch notes Mrs Martha Patterson, daughter of Andrew Johnson, has died peacefully. Sylvester Green in McDowell County West Virginia fatally stabs his wife and kills their child with a rock after a money dispute and escapes to Kentucky. An explosion at Hi Vaso Texas smelter damages the furnace side and may delay ore shipments. In Darnmithsville West Virginia Mona Wade Dell, 12, shoots a burglar and guards the scene.
Auction at Christie’s in London reports strong demand for fine dowels and precious items. Foreign dispatches mention robberies in Paris and unrest in Asia with reports of floods and landslides.
Reports name Arthur Ferguson and Chonig Williams as secretaries to the Philippine COMINTUISTOD Count Stanislas de Custahane, brother of Boni, amid a web of aristocratic marriages and foreign ties. Meanwhile the State Department acknowledges an American indemnity claim against Turkey totaling 7 000.
A sweep of price listings for cattle hogs sheep and grains across cities including Chisago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with bid ranges in dollars and cents for wheat corn oats rye and butter. Notable figures show cattle prices from $3.00 to $8.50 and hogs from $3.00 to $6.05, with grains per No 2 classifications and regional variations.
Mrs. Andrew D. White wife of the United States ambassador at Berlin entertained the German Emperor at a dinner the other evening. Mrs. White is a popular American figure at foreign legations and is noted for social diplomacy. Last summer she closed the Berlin embassy with a grand reception.
The Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias adopted a resolution empowering Chief Feathers and General Counsel Hardy to prosecute ex officers of the Endowment Bank for suspected misappropriation. Hinsey, Staite, Kennedy and others face charges as a $225,000 shortage is addressed by higher insurance rates effective Sept 1, 1901. The goal is to cover deficits before the Grand Lodge meet in San Francisco in October 1901.
Excerpts feature discussions on American influence in Mexico including a planned American suburb near Chapultepec Castle and investors like J. P. Morgan. Other voices praise Morgan, Hanna, and capitalist progress, while notes summarize Carthage relics, South Carolina tea experiments, women’s independence, and Porto Rico civil government under American guidance.
A roundup of Indiana events includes Dr. Burket of Knightstown injured after a fall from a barn roof. Vincennes police enforce minor out of saloons with 25 youths ordered out. Governor Durbin appoints William S. Lagare trustee of the State Soldiers Home. Smallpox cases near Washington and multiple local accidents and incidents are reported across towns from Goshen to Vincennes.
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