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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
6
Batesville ind large newspaper masthead shows McCallum as publisher with the Heribune wt ee designation on the page. Local staff and sections likely listed but unreadable.
A compact weekly digest covering notable crimes accidents and fires from the north east west and south regions, highlighting key figures places and events. It blends major incidents with minor local items to sketch a broad global snapshot.
Samuel Hagerty a prosperous farmer from three miles south of Payne Ohio ended his life by placing several pounds of dynamite in a stump and lighting the fuse in a field. An inquest confirmed the self destructive act leaving a shocked neighborhood and a tragedy that ends his life. Attorney General Griggs resigns to take effect March 31 leaving Washington for New Jersey to resume legal practice with Dill Bomeister Baldwin and form Griggs Dill in New Jersey.
In Cavite four insurgent officers and 53 men with 56 rifles surrendered to Lieut Col Frank D Baldwin of the Fourth US Infantry. One insurgent officer and 12 men with 16 rifles surrendered to Col Walter S Schuyler of the Forty sixth Volunteer Infantry. Evangelical church attendance in Manila remains steady and Protestantism is spreading rapidly in Pampanga.
Washington reports say Russia asks about United States naval power in Asiatic waters. Diplomats fear preparations for war and possible purchase of ships. It is believed that United States England Germany and Japan would oppose a secret Russo Chinese treaty to extend control over Manchuria.
A major Milwaukee blaze wiped out the four story Rohlfing store owned by William Rohlfing & Sons and caused damage to adjoining buildings. The loss runs near $300,000, but is fully covered by insurance. The fire began in the Rohlfing showroom, a stock of pianos and sheet music heavily contributing to the blaze.
Amid 2000 spectators in Arkadelphia John Wesley was hanged for rape. He asked only that the coffin be kept out of his sight as Arkadelphia carried out the sentence. The execution marked the first under the recently repealed prohibition on public hangings.
A thunderstorm set Grand Rapids Michigan’s Catholic cathedral ablaze and it was totally destroyed. The fire swept across the district in what locals call one of the city’s greatest conflagrations. Reports say several lives may have been lost, though such figures are unverified at present.
Paris chamber of deputies adopts the commission report favoring prosecution of M Jaluzot nationalist deputy accused of attempting to corrupt the sugar market in Paris.
British forces report major success near Bloemfontein with 200 Fouries commando prisoners. They also seized 95,000 sheep and 5,000 horses, signaling a significant setback for Boer forces.
The Crucible Steel Company buys a large tract at Monessen near Pittsburgh and plans a major plant that will provide jobs for about 5,000 men. The Geneva correspondent of the London Daily Mail reports rumors that President Kruger may visit the United States next month if his health allows.
Jacob Dearborn of Clinton Me murdered his three children with an ax at their home in Clinton. The crime report notes the alleged motive remains unclear and investigators are processing the scene.
A theft at Dr Brill’s New York home involved the loss of jewelry valued at $12,000. Police reported the incident as a burglary with possible suspects not yet identified.
Governor Otero signed a resolution authorizing a 14 member nonpartisan commission, with the governor as ex officio, to travel to Washington to advocate for statehood and oppose the international dam project.
General MacArthur wires from Manila that General Fallon and his command have surrendered, ending the Panaya province insurrection. The surrender marks the conclusion of hostilities in the region and restores order under allied forces.
About 300 convicts seized guards and held them as hostages for 36 hours 720 feet underground at the Lansing Kansas state penitentiary. They threatened to blow up the mine while guards and officers faced hunger and fear until a rescue party subdued the ringleaders and the prisoners surrendered.
Conductor Harry Purple prevented a massive wreck on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western train near Portland Pennsylvania. Engineer Lyman Chase died in the cab as the air brakes were applied after Purple signaled failure to slow. The train halted after overturning the engine despite the braking.
Imports from the United States to the Philippine Islands jumped 72 percent in the first eight months of 1900 compared with 1899, rising from 780,739 to 1,340,717. Total imports and merchandise valued 16,805,654. exports reached 17,808,222 with a trade surplus. Exports to the United States fell from 2,547,739 in 1899 to 1,954,531 in 1900.
Reports from Alaska describe a rich strike near the mouth of the Kuskuquim River triggering a winter stampede as Nome prospectors rush to the area. G Updike and Frank Joaquin from the Shuskuquim region confirm a rich ground sighting believed to draw miners this season.
Three hundred convicts seized guards in a Kansas mine and threatened murder and destruction unless promised shorter hours and better food. The warden and six men quelled the mutiny and restored order.
Market quotes cover cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more. Graded wheat corn oats rye and dairy and egg prices are listed with district ranges.
Mrs. William H. Wilkins, in Amherst New Hampshire, drowned her 11 year old daughter Maud at the Souhegan riverbank nine miles away. She confessed to Edward Nichols and was found to be in a state of collapse. The police recovered the body and took the woman home.
A Texas jail inmate, H. Henderson, admits to Sheriff Johnson and County Attorney Summers that he is among the Cudahy kidnapers. He says the group stole money in Omaha and he squandered his share before arrest in Dallas, early February.
A theft of 3000 dollars worth of diamonds from Edwards and Sloan wholesale jewelers puzzled Kansas City police. A letter demanded 1000 dollars for return of gems and threatened to kidnap the young son of George H Edwards. William Dearduff, a clerk, delivered a package and was stabbed but unhurt. The missing tray was later found in the store basement.
A locomotive spark ignited a blaze that swept six blocks along the riverfront in St. Louis’s brewery and manufacturing district. The fire, fed by gale winds, destroyed eight residences the Anheuser Busch icehouses and the American Car and Foundry plant along with 175 coal cars and 100 other cars. Loss estimated at $300,000. Horses were killed and four people injured as workers fled the flames. some jumped from upper floors of the ACF plant as retreat was blocked. The origin is believed to be a spark from a passing locomotive.
Victor Ernst and R. C. Nickey workers at National carbon works Cleveland narrowly escaped death as a chemical explosion on the second floor wrecked the building and trapped them in the engine room. Firemen and coworkers freed the men. the loss is estimated at $100,000.
Big four lines and Lake Shore and Pennsylvania railroads push a Cleveland depot project at 1 250 000 dollars pending a lake front land dispute compromise. Architect Jp Burnham of Chicago to draft the depot plans. The lake frontage title case pits city against railroads.
Riots erupt in St. Petersburg as students and socialist agitators threaten aristocracy and the Greek hierarchy. Police say five students killed and eighty wounded at a mass for M. Bogoliepoff. Wholesale arrests follow amid brutal police action and widespread alarm among Russian elites. Women from higher classes participate prominently in demonstrations.
The passage cites U S population data by territory and state, listing totals for Porto Rico Guam and the United States plus territories. It notes largest cities would outnumber Pennsylvania and compares New York Virginia and other states in historic rankings. It also mentions foreign immigration totals and projected population growth toward 100 million and beyond.
El Paso sheriff and detectives traveled to Indianapolis to pick up May Stevens an 11 year old girl kidnaped in El Paso six years earlier by an actress. The child was found at Hadley Industrial School near Danville by an Indianapolis resident who learned her past from the girl. The girl’s motive for abduction remains unknown and the case ties to a Lafayette arrest and death in jail.
Max L. Goldrose of Lebanon learns he is heir to 127000 after his father’s death in Bromberg Germany. Once editor of the Bromberger Tagblatt in 1890 he fled to America. his brother secured amnesty for him. At eighty he plans to travel via Chattanooga to wed Miss Anna Franklin, descendant of Benjamin Franklin, and claim his fortune and baron title.
The Layman game bill becomes law. The Governor signed it and banned hunting on Chicago club preserves. Out of state hunters must pay 25 dollars annually and carry licenses. Quail sales are banned and each hunter may kill no more than 24 quail per day.
Maud Crane, 16, struck her father Fred Crane of Westfork on the head with an ax during a beating of her mother. Doctors fear a skull fracture and no arrest was made. The paternal uncle offered to act as bondsman in any amount. Crane had previously been forced to wear a white cap for wife beating.
Within Our Borders reports Erastus Randolph Charles Large and John Turley, early La Grange County settlers, died in bed from apoplexy. The item notes regional deaths and hints at unrelated local occurrences including school field days, a parish donation, oil wells, miners' wage talks, a railroad accident avoidance, a saloon incident, a principal’s resignation, dam construction plans near South Bend, and a Carnegie library offer to Crawfordsville.
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