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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
2
A compact weekly digest surveys Crimean developments, local disturbances, accidents and fires across regions. It also notes minor affairs from the north, south, east and west, offering a broad snapshot of the period.
The London special notes Lord Roberts sent only death and sickness lists. Dispatches fail to illuminate current position or timing of the main advance. The Standard cites Gen French cavalry returning to Bloemfontein, showing no chance of catching retreating Boers and papers express impatience at last week’s costly operations. Times correspondent calls Roberts army a wreck after Paardeberg with no horses or transport.
During a crane operation at the Dimmick Pipe and Foundry Company in North Birmingham, Alabama, a massive beam fell from 30 feet, triggering a chain reaction that toppled 26 beams. The 300 by 100 foot building collapsed, trapping thirteen workers on the superstructure as about thirty men labored. Two dead, eleven injured with at least two more likely to die, and ground-floor workers escaped through windows.
A tornado swept southern Johnson and northern Hill Counties Texas damaging Blum, about seventy five miles southwest of Dallas. The storm fatally injured several, including a daughter of Dr Harris and an 8 year old girl with multiple injuries. Lacy Robertson's wife was trapped in a falling house likely to die. The public schoolhouse was wrecked with two pupils badly hurt. Dozens of dwellings and the Baptist Church were destroyed.
Telegraphic advices from Dawson dated April 21 report the Klondike census completed. Dawson population 6,044 and total Klondike 8,397. Dawson has 1,120 voters and the district 1,944. The area contains 2,767 British subjects and 5,589 U.S. citizens. Dawson’s population rose by 1,200 since January.
Commander Giles P. Harber, just sailed for Europe on a three year commission to inspect the continent's naval industries, is presented a handsome sword by Youngstown friends. He was executive officer of the battleship Texas in the Spanish War and took part in the battle of Santiago.
A Lake Shore engine of about forty tons plunged over the west abutment of the Lake Shore bridge in Cleveland while the bridge swung for a passing boat. The crew says they did not see the danger signal. Both enginemen leaped clear and escaped injury.
George Brown a farmer near Loansport Indiana was badly injured when entering a stall the family horse trampled him and bit and kicked him. He suffered internal injuries and his right eye was gouged out, leaving him near death.
Cholera rages fearfully at the great Godra camp where thousands of famine relief natives are served. A day reported 150 bodies removed, while 100 more had to be left because bearers could not be procured.
Eight men robbed the Mar Ganutten Bank at Strasburg Virginia blowing open three safes and taking $5000. Negotiable papers and securities totaling about $75000 were left untouched. The bandits fled on a hand car along the Southern Railway.
Macon dispatch reports a bad week at Fort Valley thirty miles distant on the Southwestern Railway with several people fatally injured.
The naval board approves plans for three new U S battleships to outrun and outgun world rivals. Envisioned as enlarged Iowas, these ships will feature two 12 inch turrets, two corner 8 inch guns, twelve 6 inch rapid firers, and a 19 knot speed with about 15 500 tons displacement. They will be nearly 440 feet long to accommodate weight, given shallow harbors.
A blaze began on the top floor of W. McCausland’s paper spool factory at 227 Church Street and spread to adjacent property. Total damage estimated at about 250000 with the McCausland building suffering two upper floors and the Dobson warehouse on Filbert Street sustaining about 200000 in losses. Additional losses include Fisher Bruce & Co. and Fleming Chapman at 25000 each.
The Spanish steamer El Salto arrived at Norfolk Virginia with only its iron hull and engines intact after storms. The crew burned woodwork and furnishings to create steam to reach port from Rio de Janeiro bound for Queens town via Philadelphia. The vessel carried manganese ore valued at 300000 dollars along with its cargo. The ship burned fuel aboard to survive the gale and sacrificed masts spars rails decks and furniture to reach the harbor.
Florence Leon Hardt a 16 year old of St Louis vanished after taking her younger brother to a dentist. She waited outside and disappeared within ten minutes, prompting a mystery of disappearance under vague circumstances.
Ontario's highest court declares government may ban exporting logs cut in the province and compel their manufacture into lumber within Ontario. Michigan lumbermen plan to appeal to the Privy Council.
The Printers' Exchange in Minneapolis was badly damaged by fire injuring several printing and publishing tenants. Estimated loss runs to about 75000 dollars as responders battle the smoky blaze.
Advices from the Orient received by the steamer Australia report a powder magazine explosion at Kam Shan in China. Thirty people were killed and 244 houses were destroyed.
A small tornado swept over Wy and nearby country. A windmill was carried half a mile and several small buildings were razed with no known deaths. In a separate incident Corporal Harry Matthews fatally shot a hotel guest and killed himself after firing 125 shots at Plattsburg, injuring Stella Hamilton.
A blast from a portable boiler owned by Drake and Stratton at Rankin Pennsylvania injured five men seriously and left eight others with cuts bruises and scalds. Meanwhile reports from Paris claim Empress Frederick of Germany the Kaiser’s mother has wed Count Saeckentorf. In New York at Aqueduct jockey Frank O Leary died and two other riders plus two horses were injured.
The Cuba Company forms in New Jersey with 8 million dollars capital to develop Cuba by railway construction and related ventures. Its charter allows limitless capital increases and broad activity in Cuba or elsewhere, listing a slate of incorporators including Van Horne Morton Mackay Hill Thomas Whitney Berwind Widener Dodge Flagler Harriman Whitney Hopkins Bull Barney.
A fatal blast at a Larimer Pa tenement stemmed from a 25 cent bet between George Stoncowich and John Mickolick. They tested blasting powder and dynamite stored in kegs, lighting a match at the door to prove ignition, and the bet was lost triggering the deadly explosion.
The body of Conrad Gunther of Cincinnati was found in the Mississinewa river at Marion Indiana. He had arrived in Marion on April 14 and was admitted to the National Military Trome. He disappeared on the 16th and was not seen again. Wounds on the head indicate he was murdered and cast into the river. He leaves a wife and family in Cincinnati. He served in the Civil War in Company K Forty-seventh Ohio infantry.
A lone black bandit robbed passengers aboard a south bound St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern train near Higginson Arkansas at about 1 am. He targeted a single passenger coach, forcing valuables from frightened travelers at gunpoint before escaping. No accomplices were seen.
William Kuhn of Philadelphia a former Virginia state senator cut his throat with a pocketknife and was hospitalized. His wife Lulu 24 lay unconscious in the yard and later said he tried to kill her by throwing her from a second story window. A separate note reports Mrs James Roberts of Goldsboro N C shot herself after telling to join Jesus with children given laudanum. jealousy cited.
Frank H. Peters chief bookkeeper for the Union Mercantile Company and a well known camp figure killed himself at Mecor Utah by shooting himself in the head. Peters was a Chicago native, with parents and two children remaining there.
Louise Lottridge is freed after a coroner's jury quickly finds no blame in the death of Rufus Wright the wealthy tire manufacturer who died at the Leland Hotel on April 15 in Chicago.
The Union Stock Yards Company of Illinois is organized with 260000 dollars in capital, backed by the Illinois Central and Big Four railroads, opposing the Bourbon Stock Yards Company of Louisville controlled by the Cudahys of Chicago. The news notes a new major competitor emerging in stock yard development.
A blast of blasting powder and dynamite at Larimer Pennsylvania injures eight men and a girl with serious harm, two men severely burned and one man nearly atomized by the explosion. A large number of workers are affected and rescue teams respond to the site. Local authorities investigate the blast and its cause.
James M. Barrie the novelist accepts a committee invitation to contest the vacancy in the representation of Edinburgh and St Andrews universities in the House of Commons.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel and Madison Square Theater assets in New York plus Gotham Reality were sold at auction for 4 225 000 dollars. William P. Eno, heir to the Selling estate, emerged as the purchaser. A separate fire in Hull Ontario caused extensive damage, leaping the river to Ottawa and burning half the city, leaving about 15 000 homeless and property losses around 20 000 000 dollars.
Immigration Agent Healy warns that thousands of Japanese have entered British Columbia and many more are expected this summer. He urges joint action by Canada and the United States to seal the 150 mile Blaine to Seattle border, as border loopholes allow contract laborers and paupers to slip in. Seattle and Puget Sound face labor market strain and rising friction between governments if unchecked.
Edward Gray, 24, an actor, attempted suicide by morphine in St Louis. An hospital attendant kept him moving to stay awake, restraining him after a struggle. Gray said life wore him down. he noted his mother Lizzie Gray was an actress and his Chicago-born father is Edward Gray.
Mexican government forces under Col Francisco Gonzales attacked Maya positions in Yucatan, driving 500 rebels into dense forests. Troops seized arms and supplies abandoned in retreat as heavy losses were reported on the Maya side. In Michigan, Atkinson sawmills of Metropolitan Lumber Co burned, with losses estimated at 80 000 to 100 000 dollars and plans to saw 25 000 000 feet this summer.
The Western Association of Stove Manufacturers meeting in Columbus Ohio authorized a further five percent price increase. The association includes the Northwest's leading stove makers and approved the rise to lift costs.
A major coastal trading town of Tanuca Mexico is completely burned. Estimated total loss reaches 2 225 000 dollars. No fatalities reported to date. Rivals in Love Fight a Fatal Duel in Maybury W A John Hasbrook killed by Walter Sweetman in a pistol duel over a young woman. Verdict Against Havemeyer Italian bootblack Dominic Vigeroti wins 200 dollars against Henry Havemeyer in Long Island City in a 5000 dollar damages suit for alleged persecution.
Andrew Stubis of Pittston Pennsylvania was murdered while resisting two highwaymen who rifled his pockets of valuables. The killers escaped and left no clues to their identities.
At the Indiana Republican State convention Colonel Winfield T Durbin was nominated for Governor along with a full ticket. In New York a six story tenement fire at 74 Forsyth Street killed three people and severely injured three more.
A compiled list from Chicago to New York shows cattle trading mostly between 2.50 and 6.50 per hundredweight, hogs 3.00 to 6.00, and sheep 2.50 to 8.00. Grain quotes include wheat No 2 around 65 to 80 cents, corn No 2 near 39 to 48 cents, oats 23 to 31 cents, rye 55 to 68 cents, with assorted regional variations and special notes on butter eggs and seed prices.
Indiana Republican State convention ends after seven ballots with Col. Winfield T. Durbin of Anderson chosen for governor. Other nominations include N. A. Gilbert for lieutenant governor, Charles F. Remy for reporter of the Supreme Court, Leopold Levy for treasurer, and W. L. Taylor for attorney general. Delegates-at-large include Charles W. Fairbanks and A. Beveridge. Durbin’s victory follows a tense, eight-hour session and cross-county vote shifts. Durbin is a Civil War veteran and prominent gas belt banker.
Indiana Republicans in a state convention at Indianapolis endorse McKinley prosperity and credit his administration with national gains. They vow loyalty to Republican leadership, praise Indiana delegates, justify policies on Cuba and the Philippines, call for tariff protections, antitrust measures, a Nicaragua Canal, and controlled immigration while defending pensions for veterans.
The largest gold nugget ever found was unearthed in Australia in 1852. Weighing 223 pounds 4 ounces, its value was about $55,000 at the time.
The era's famed horses Cincinnati Traveler and Winchester are celebrated as the premier chargers of Grant Lee and Sheridan, noted for their role in Civil War campaigns and revered in historical memory.
A loaf of bread believed 600 years old is kept as an antiquity at Ambaston Derbyshire. It was part of a crown grant during King John’s reign and has remained with the Soar family for centuries. India’s paper output has risen markedly from 17 million to 51 million pounds in ten years.
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