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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
3
A devotional poem in prayerful tone. The speaker seeks rest beside healing waters and asks for forgiveness, renewal, and courage to face future tasks while remaining connected to God. The verse emphasizes endurance, sorrow, fear, and consolation through divine grace.
A veteran recalls a winter night near Orleans where Bavarian troops faced a burned mansion haunted by whispers and mysterious lights. A young lieutenant spends a night in the house, then vanishes after a tense return to camp.
A sleepless night in a moonlit hall ends with a mysterious doppelgänger encounter. The narrator realizes a shadowy officer resembles himself, fears being pursued, and flees into the cold, snowy dawn toward his quarters and waiting horses.
A veteran recounts a brutal skirmish as gunfire echoes through the streets. Wounded by typhus after a near death moment, he finds a grim acceptance when doctors rush him to hospital, preferring a swift end to endless fear.
A letter from Matamoros details harsh burial practices where poorer graves are quickly exhausted and bones carted away. In Guanajuato catacombs, skeletons now wear clothes and hats to satisfy visitors, transforming a chamber of horrors into a staged display for tourism.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer satire notes enduring bluffing and tall tales around a boxer named Billinger. The piece contrasts old bravado with new lies about a four year old, mocking reputations and cunning in sports culture.
The Senate rejected the Cummins amendment requiring Interstate Commerce Commission approval of railroad rates and extended the 120 day suspension period to six months if hearings run long. The chamber also discussed telegraph line jurisdiction and anti-railroad control of competing lines. The House blocked canteen proposals for soldiers homes and approved 1.5 million for state homes while resisting moving the national homes board from New York City.
Senate postpones railroad bill to hear Senator Lorimer of Illinois in a personal explanation regarding election corruption charges. He introduces a resolution for a privileges and elections committee inquiry. The day closes with eulogies for the late Representative Griggs of Georgia. House focuses on sundry civil appropriation bill.
Senate discussion centered on railroad rate increases with the Cummins amendment shifting proof to railroad companies and the Brown amendment on consolidating lines rejected. La Follette urged a suit to block rate hikes while Curtis said the Attorney General had already acted. In the House the focus was appropriations for a mines bureau with 488000 dollars approved. further funding to be considered with the sundry civil bill.
The Senate adopted amendments to the railroad bill including prohibitions on rate cuts aimed at water competition and a Burton proposal enforcing a $5 000 penalty for disclosing shipment information. Bailey's commodities clause was rejected and La Follette's valuation amendment failed. The House focused on a Porto Rico civil government measure amid Democratic opposition. Resident Commissioner Larrinaga claimed Most Porto Ricans favor the current law.
William Brown began his around the world trip from Newfoundland on December 25, 1906 with a four dog team and reached San Jose after 25 000 miles in pursuit of a $10 000 purse. A London experiment shows heart diagnosis by telephone over 100 miles with physicians listening in on the Isle of Wight to a London patient.
A Pittsburg Voters' League leader questions the reported death of Dal las C. Byers, a multi millionlaire steel magnate, saying detectives in France and Switzerland prove he lives in a secluded French village. He allegedly moved about 14 million in assets before fleeing amid bribery probes and let life policies lapse to avoid investigations.
The eight year old Alma Kellner disappeared December 8 and was found decayed in the cellar of St. John's Parish School in Louisville. Lena Wendling wife of janitor Joseph Wendling, arrested as accessory to murder. Wendling, 24, left no destination. Body wrapped in carpet, thrown through a trapdoor, bones broken and skull fractured with quicklime use.
Miss Sarah E B Peck, a Union College normal faculty member in Lincoln Nebraska, paid a $10 fine in federal district court to purge an indictment. The case involved her refusal to disclose her age to census enumerator Lewis Terry who charged she refused information on three occasions.
Sir William Mather proposed a world wide peace movement bearing King Edward’s name at a Peace Society meeting in London. Prompt approval followed and speakers suggested Emperor William may seek a key role or leadership in promoting a world peace league.
The battleship South Carolina set a world record for big gun shooting with its forward turret 12 inch guns. It scored sixteen bulls-eye hits from sixteen shots in four minutes fifty-one seconds, highlighting U S naval marksmanship.
Premier Rutherford resigned amid agitation over the government bond guarantees for the water wars railway project. Chief Justice Sifton asked to form a new cabinet as Rutherford steps down from the Alberta government.
R G Dun reports a sharp year over year drop in bank clearings for six days and a continuing high level of trading defaults. Failures focus on undercapitalized firms facing high costs and bad weather hindering spring sales. Wholesale futures look better versus last year in dry goods and apparel. Bank clearings total 257,619,466, down 5.8 percent from 1909. The district logged 27 failures, five liabilities over 5,000, with last week 31 and prior years showing similar patterns.
New York reports subdued activity across industries with speculation on crops and prices in a holding pattern. Job and retail sectors show limited gains while cooler weather is blamed for weak trade and uncertain price outlook. weekly business failures in the United States reach 200, compared with prior years, with Canada counting fifteen for the week.
A compiled snapshot of regional market quotes listing cattle hogs and sheep prices, grain futures and commodities across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo plus Oklahoma note. Prices show varying ranges for No 2 wheat corn oats rye and feeds with butter eggs and clover seed as secondary items.
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