Batesville edition by Ed McCallum published
The Batesville edition notes editor Ed McCallum as the publisher for locally produced items. The brief reference indicates weekly publication with standard reporting from the Batesville area.
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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
2
The Batesville edition notes editor Ed McCallum as the publisher for locally produced items. The brief reference indicates weekly publication with standard reporting from the Batesville area.
In the Pittsburg Railway Company’s Millvale Etna division a pair of street car accidents within twenty minutes spread frost caused rails to spread. One car fell eighteen feet injuring thirty. the other derailed fifteen feet injuring ten of eleven aboard.
The case of John B. Bowman, cashier of the Commercial Bank of Hagerstown Indiana, involves about 140000 alleged misused funds before his death. Investigators report he invested large sums in oil and gas ventures and have found vast piping believed bought with bank money.
In St. Mary's school hall at Alton Illinois a roll of celluloid film ignited during a moving picture show. The panic spread as pupils crowded the steep stairway and many fell or were trampled while fleeing. About fifty were injured, none seriously.
dispatch from Holyhead reports the steamer Duke, traveling from Dublin to Manchester with a large livestock cargo, caught fire and was beached. Efforts to save the animals failed as panic and stampedes led to many deaths amid chaotic, frightening scenes.
The Toledo Peoria and Western limited derailed two miles west of Crescent City Illinois after a flange on the engine tender broke. Engineer J E Welch of Peoria perished while the engine baggage car and smoker derailed and a day coach overturned. twenty passengers were shaken up or bruised.
Burglars blew open the Newport Michigan post office and J Niedermyer store safe. Stamps, papers, merchandise and 176 dollars in cash were taken. Loot near 1000 dollars. Robbers escaped. No crew details available.
Warsaw dispatch reports Privy Councillor Ivanoff, director of the Vistula railways and noted anti-Polish figure, shot and killed. The assassin fled the scene as authorities investigate motive and potential links.
Berlin dispatch reports the Reichstag approved the final reading of a bill extending Germany reciprocal tariff rates to the United States by a large majority. The action moves the measure toward enactment.
A Mississippi report says a tornado hit Hattiesburg causing extensive damage including several demolished buildings and two fatalities. Also noted, Jacob Martin aged 65, inmate at Marion National Soldiers Home, was struck by a streetcar in Marion Indiana and died instantly.
Former Speaker David B. Henderson of the national House of Representatives died at Mercy hospital in Dubuque Iowa from paresis. He had been stricken last May and moved to hospital in September. The report also notes a million dollar fire in New Brunswick where the Inter colonial railroad plant in Moncton was destroyed and over 1,000 workers lost their jobs.
Veteran congressman General Charles H. Grosvenor loses renomination in Ohio Eleventh District after a convention shock. Known as the Sage of Athens and Old Statistics, he has served since 1884 with brief interruption in 1892. He chaired Merchant Marine and Fisheries and backed McKinley campaigns. His victor is lawyer Douglas, 53, long dominant in Ross County politics.
In habeas corpus proceedings in Columbus Dr. E J Wilson testified that Governor Pattison is physically ill and incapable of sustained attention though he is sane. The physician's remarks shocked observers and sparked fears he may not be able to carry out governing plans.
The Aermoter Company unveils a seven story building plan to attract wealthy Chicago residents. It features an elevator capable of lifting large autos to any floor, with a garage on each level and quarters for chauffeurs and servants. The Mobile Bay burned off Anping Harbor. crew saved.
Dispatches from St. Petersburg reveal that Matushensky, a press agent and brains behind Father Gapon’s movement, disappeared. the moderate labor group was subsidized by the government with funds for clubhouse rent and literature. The open letter claims 12000 covered by M Timirlazeff, signaling a rift in radical opposition and clarifying Gapon’s minor role in the January 1905 campaign.
The congress backed uniform divorce laws requiring at least two years residence for plaintiffs who changed domicile after cause arose. It favors open court hearings, allows divorce from bed and board, classifies divorce causes, and sets standards for notice and intervention for co respondents.
A report states that automobile parts will be shipped by rail from Hugo to San Francisco for three dollars per hundred pounds, down from six dollars previously. Other items note a fatal suffocation of a Los Angeles baby, illnesses delaying Jacob Huslas’s lectures, and several deaths and crimes across multiple states.
Senators Pach, Perkins, and Patterson push petitions from California and Colorado women seeking Reed Smoot's ouster while congress debates the pure food bill. House suspends rules to pass measures on gambling bans in territories and census data. President sends Panama canal engineer reports and army appropriation amid broader policy fights.
Johann Hoch, a German-born bigamist and serial suitor, was executed in Chicago on a Friday. A crowd of thousands gathered outside the jail as Hoch faced the noose after a bitter legal fight that included a federal petition claiming due process violations and a claimed eight‑month delay in sentencing.
The report notes growing demand in iron and auto distribution, strong wholesale and retail activity in dry goods and footwear, and improved lumber and woodworking markets. Bank clearings rise 17.6 percent from last year while failures in Chicago district drop. Overall, cross currents exist but a robust spring trade is anticipated with fall and winter volumes influenced by crop prospects. Diversified notes on New York trade, cotton holdings, and Canadian and national failure comparisons are included.
Five colleges and the library agreed to cooperate in founding a university in Brooklyn New York with a provisional incorporation planned. A fire on Ryerson street drove residents to the street in night clothes while firefighters saved families. The Southern Pacific laid 39 miles of track near the Salton sink to replace flooded segments. Midshipman John P Miller of Lancaster Kentucky reinstated at Annapolis after hazing conviction and presidential pardon. Justice Amend in New York Supreme Court summons Pope Pius X over will dispute. Jamaica Queens coroner's inquest returns accidental death finding for Mrs Francis Burton Harrison from December 18 automobile crash. Three new cargo steamers by American Shipbuilding for Tonawanda Steel and Iron will be the longest on the Great Lakes.
Listings show regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Regions include Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye hay butter potatoes and eggs. Highlights include hogs 4.00 to 6.50, cattle 2.50 to 5.85, wheat around 84 to 89 cents, corn 37 to 48 cents, butter about 25 to 28 cents, eggs 12 to 14 cents.
Col. Thomas H. Swope, famed donor of a 1300 acre Kansas City park, plans a $450000 art gallery gift. The Italian government adds $20000 annually to support an Italian labor exchange in New York aimed at addressing wage-related concerns.
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