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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
2
A freight train of forty one lumber cars wrecked near Reid Montana with at least nine men aboard. Three bodies recovered and the train burned. Engineer I D Sterne and Fireman Ed Julette believed incinerated. Brakeman G A Murphy likely injured. At least twelve tramps aboard. only three found.
A building stone weighing more than 100 pounds fell from the third floor of the new Sn. of P. building at Massachusetts avenue and Pennsylvania street Indianapolis injuring O. D. White an engine man on the sidewalk below. The stone struck him a glancing blow tearing flesh from his arm and side.
Riot at Paint Creek mines near Windber Pennsylvania leaves two dying in Windber hospital, a third fatally stabbed, several others injured, and seven men under arrest for inciting to riot following clashes between union and non union miners.
A fire at the Presbyterian mission school in Lawrence, Raleigh county West Virginia killed three children. Two Perry sisters and a Meginnis girl died in the blaze that housed boarding and day pupils. the cause is believed to be a lamp.
A young man named Dusang and an unknown companion were struck and killed by a westbound interurban car traveling from Muncie to Anderson just west of Chesterfield Indiana at a private crossing. They were in a burgee and are believed to have been asleep.
William A. Brewer Jr., former president of the Washington Life Insurance Co. of New York City, was indicted by a grand jury for perjury. The charges arise from a 2008 report filed with the superintendent of insurance about the company’s condition.
A gasoline pleasure boat exploded and burned in Evansville Indiana harbor. Webb Duckett and P L Conklin, prominent Bowling Green Kentucky citizens, were probably fatally burned. The blaze was caused by gasoline explosion.
Professional safe blowers visited Avilla Indiana and wrecked the postoffice vault. Authorities estimate thieves secured 400 dollars in cash and 200 dollars in stamps.
A dispatch from Lublin reports Lieutenant Colonel Puget, chief of the gendarmerie at Chelm, was murdered and the assassin escaped.
A large fire swept the Evansville Glass Works in Evansville Indiana destroying the bottling blowing plants and causing an estimated loss of $100000. Fire crews battled the flames for hours but could not save the facility. The blaze raised questions about insurance coverage and potential causes remain under investigation.
Dispatch from Halifax Nova Scotia reports the British steamer Mavana sunk in Halifax harbor by the Strathcona. The captain and seven crew members were saved.
Elmer Stevenson of Edinburg Indiana was struck by a horse and buggy on High Street Hamilton Ohio and died of severe injuries after at Mery hospital. The horse was driven by a former county official and the coroner investigates the case.
A San Francisco earthquake week marks tens of thousands homeless and scattered. Debris removal advances as authorities estimate 1500 dead and 200 incinerations at key collapse sites. Coroner’s spokesman William Malsh cites widespread loss and many untraceable victims.
The city emerges from the quake’s worst phase and moves toward reconstruction. Gangs clear debris on Market Street while merchants prepare to resume work. Estimates of dead range from 2,000 to 2,500 with tales of widespread devastation and a new Chinatown planned near Fontana’s Warehouses. The Southern Pacific assists by clearing debris and laying a track through the city toward Hunter’s Point.
A prolonged casualty and property loss report lists 2,500 dead and 15,000 injured with 300,000 homeless. Estimated damages total 400 million dollars across cities including Oakland Alameda San Jose and Redwood City with broad regional impact. 3,000 to 4,000 workers will clear wreckage and rebuild as conditions normalize.
While unconscious in the St Francis hotel lobby in San Francisco after the earthquake a woman named Miss Logan had the third finger of her left hand cut off by a fiend and was robbed of rings she wore on that hand.
More than 15 million dollars has been subscribed for San Francisco sufferers with major gifts from New York 8.4 million Congress 2.5 million Chicago 600 thousand. Other cities are also responding liberally.
City officials announce a relocation plan following demolition of Chinatown. Mayor Schmitz vows to gather all Chinese residents in the city and move them to a designated area, signaling a drastic policy shift in handling the historic neighborhood.
The Mutual Life building at Sansome and California streets destroyed, erasing 12,000 California policy records and affecting 32,000 policy holders with about 50.6 million dollars in insured risk. New York insurers say earth quake losses are not covered by California fire policies and New York law prohibits such adjustments.
Temporary structures have been erected in Golden Gate Park to house 40,000 people, creating a short term shelter solution amid city housing pressures.
The Senate and House advance California quake relief with a 1.5 million second appropriation, plus money for Mare Island navy yard and Indian and district measures. Debates run on railroad rate reform, tariff policy, and Alaska delegate, with leaders signaling votes after extended speeches.
The Dun's Review notes widespread strength in Chicago conch and mercantile activity with rising demand for heavy materials and high volume consumption of essentials. Industrial output in furnaces and mills expands, ore and pig iron buying increases, lumber and building materials remain in demand, and mercantile permits trend higher. Immigration may ease labor shortages while railway earnings and foreign trade show gains. Leather and hides price rises persist amid strong demand. overall failures edge down in the U.S. and Canada.
In a dispatch from Japan the latest official enable report to the American National Red Cross shows more than 300000 people dependent on outside relief. Congress faces a decision on a new national air policy and Secretary Bonaparte informs Julius Lyons that music legislation should be considered by Congress rather than cabinet deliberations. Sir Leonard Lyell is introduced to the President by Wolcott to study Yosemite and other western formations. Immigration to the U S shows 183345 in March 1906, up 70 percent from 1904 with 426932 arriving in March 1905.
The report lists cattle hogs sheep and lamb prices in Chicaro Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York along with grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and barley. Notable ranges include Chicaro cattle 4.00 to 8.45 and hogs 4.00 to 6.60, New York butter 21 cents, eggs 11 to 18 cents, and corn 46 to 47 cents per bushel.
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