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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
2
Telegraphic reports tally twenty nine dead and forty injured from storms of tornado severity across Southern Aids and Indiana and Central Kentucky. Clouds, high winds, and electric disturbances caused extensive property damage with houses swept away bridges demolished and large crop losses.
President A C Miller reveals George F Lull of Indianapolis is in charge as receiver for the Chicaso and New York Air Line. Judge Sanborn confirmed the appointment in Milwaukee, with details of the company’s affairs and the inventor of the harvesting machine noted. The story mentions Charles M LRN as originator of the binding harvesting machine and cites health issues affecting reliance on the invention.
Fred C. Bolte of Fort Wayne Indiana was found guilty in Federal Court Indianapolis of receiving stolen postage stamps and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary with hard labor at Fort Leavenworth and fined one hundred dollars. The jury found him guilty on three counts and not guilty on one count.
A lightning strike sparked a blaze in the Galion Bamber & Coal Company yards in Galion Ohio threatening the plant and nearby homes. Fire crews contained the fire by dawn with losses estimated around 25000 dollars. A separate item notes a 1907 weather prophecy predicting no summer.
C A Ferguson a Van Wert Ohio businessman was arrested in Lima on forgery charges for several hundred dollars. His young son had reportedly committed a similar act against merchants in Lima and Michigan six months earlier.
A cigar stub left on a pipe caused a fire in the dry kiln of the Lake Shore railroad carpenter shop at Elkhart Indiana. Weaving patterns were destroyed and losses range from 20000 to 30000 dollars.
A fire in Sanmersville, Indiana, burned three buildings with an estimated total loss of 7800 dollars. Authorities suspect incendiary origin.
In a disturbance near Terentia a race incident injured white men and severely punished two Black men. Local authorities investigated the clash and tensions potentially rising in the area.
A private dispatch from Mexico City claims Guatemala President Cabrera has been assassinated but the report cannot be independently confirmed.
A large safe in the Boston Store a major dry goods house in Sche nectady New York was blown and $1100 stolen. The robbery was discovered when the store opened the next morning.
Five people died and twenty were injured in a street car crash in Eagle Rock Valley near Los Angeles California.
Roosevelt is urged to propose making kidnapping a capital crime. law makers and police push for stringent rules to deter abductions, arguing kidnappers hold authorities hostage with threats to kill. support cites risk to children and public safety. opponents fear due process or overreach.
A fragmented report notes the National Association of Mainererers in New York considering a division. James Wo Vesheave of St. Denke leads the council as presiding secretary amid moves to appoint a compensatory stipend of one year for three years and discuss funding.
Reports describe Mexico Guatemala border mobilizations amid tensions over assassination links in Guatemala and Diaz's aim to halt turmoil on the frontier. Separately, China faces open rebellion in Kwansetung with city attacks and a German mission burned in Swatow. Royal Geographical Society notes Congo region mountains mostly in the Congo Free State and Belgian sphere. Stolypin confronts socialist opposition. Idaho courts consider conspiracy in Western Federation of Miners cases.
Warry Orchard, self confessed slayer of former Governor Frank Steunenberg, takes the stand in Boise as the Idaho case against William D Haywood begins. Orchard claims responsibility for Steunenberg’s murder with dynamite at his Boise gate on December 30 1905.
The Assistant Secretary of Agriculture explains plant breeding and heredity, comparing a single wheat kernel to a potential gold mine. Prof. Trays and Mr. Ways describe how certain seeds carry powerful traits, with historic examples like Peter Gideon’s apple seeds showing how one seed can yield valuable, enduring varieties.
Prof. K. E. M. Swemmerer at the American academy meeting cites the Manila postal savings bank. By January 31 six two banks operated with 62 jurisdiction depositors totaling 92500 dollars. Americans outnumbered Filipinos among depositors eighty to one. He calls for educational campaigns to teach saving habits and self-control for economic and political independence.
A Omaha high school pupil born in England provoked a student riot by denouncing George Washington as a traitor during a history recitation. The incident highlighted tensions as the English-born girl defended her view with strong remarks about the father of his Country.
A fire in Carnegie Oklahoma destroyed the entire business section, causing an estimated loss of 65000 dollars. Nathan Hawk, famed for reporting California gold discoveries in 1848, is described as a hale citizen of Folsom California.
Dr S A Knopf urged killing hopeless tuberculosis patients with morphine at a Washington congress, a view sparking debate as peers condemn morphine use while doctors Flick and Landis back creosote. The conference also discussed home treatment for workers and schoolchildren and seclusion of consumptive students in open air classes.
In Chicago the trade remains confident with strong production and distribution activity. Retail demand expands for core lines while lightweight apparel stocks await a warm wave. wholesale shipments ease between seasons yet fall and winter buying looks favorable versus last year. Farmland values rise in Illinois and Iowa as mercantile credit stays satisfactory and defaults remain low.
The report notes mixed signals with improved crop conditions and lingering retail weakness in eastern cities. Fall tea supplies are satisfactory as stocks were cleaned up last winter. Trade and crop prospects remain cautious amid slow business, with US and Canada output hints and weekly wheat and corn data referenced.
Fragmented grain and livestock price list shows prices for cattle hogs sheep and cattle in Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York and Toledo with wheat corn oats rye and butter also listed. A separate item notes Pacific Mail Steamship Company earnings fell due to wrecks and the San Francisco earthquake.
The wheat crop fear and scarce supply push flour from 4.50 to 6 a barrel in a month. If trend continues, bakers must raise loaf prices by eight cents, signaling tighter groceries and higher costs for consumers.
The Washington Bureau of Statistics reports probable iron and steel exports for the current fiscal year at 175 million dollars, far above the 57 million dollars recorded in 1897, indicating a substantial increase in shipments and economic activity.
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