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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
2
General Garcia Captured Near San Isidro in Nueva Ecija
General Pantelon Garcia, the top insurgent officer after Aguinaldo, was captured by Lieut. E V Smith of Gen Funston's staff in Jaen Nueva Ecija three miles northeast of San Isidro. Spies and forty cavalry surrounded the town finding Garcia disguised as a peasant and directing guerilla operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Pantelon Garcia
Aguinaldo
E. V. Smith
Funston
Jaen
San Isidro
New Ecija
Garcia
Smith
Day
Fires Kill Four in City and injure a Fifth
Four people died in separate New York fires and a fifth was fatally hurt in hospital. At a South Street lodging house fire John Curran a marine engineer died from burns while Fireman Daniel Mullin perished after being knocked from a ladder. Fireman James Fitzpatrick died when a hose truck overturned he was driving. An explosion at Joseph Stern & Co Fat and Tallow Factory on West Fortieth Street left two men Thomas McGuire and Joseph Drum believed buried under ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
South Street
John Curran
Daniel Mullin
James Fitzpatrick
Joseph Stern & Co
West Fortieth Street
Thomas McGuire
Joseph Drum
Montpelier Wrecked On St Lawrence Near Cape Ray
The British steamer Montpelier of the Elder Dempster Line from Cardiff and Las Palmas bound for Montreal struck rocks in dense fog off Duck Island near Cape Ray. The vessel beat her bow and button against the rocks and is breaking up. The crew were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
N. F
Montpelier
Elder-Dempster
Liverpool
Cardiff
Las Palmas
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Duck Island
Cape Ray
Cabot Straits
Vernon Hill Fire Claims Recluse in Blaze
In Vernon Hill Virginia the home of Lu cinda Harris was burned. Neighbors arrived too late to halt the fire. After removal of ashes a heart and skull were found believed to be Mrs Harris. Melted metal is also reported. Authorities suspect robbers killed her and set the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Hill
Lucinda Harris
Fire Ravages Landon BC Destroying Hotels and Homes
A major blaze in Landon British Columbia destroyed the Echo Hotel and the Canadian Pacific Railroad station early, with winds driving the fire to hillside homes. The total loss is placed above 250000 dollars, and eighty dwellings were burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
British Columbia
High Echo
Canadiian Pacific
Wreck on B. and O. Near Gastonville Claims Inspector
A west bound Baltimore and Ohio passenger train wrecked east of Gastonville Pennsylvania. Track inspector Patrick J. Morgan was killed. Fireman B B Lytle was fatally injured and Engineer A McBurney was scorched and sprained. No passengers were hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Gastonville
Patrick J. Morgan
B. B. Lytle
A. McBurney
British report from Brandfort on Hamilton’s march with praise
Lord Roberts sends the War Office a dispatch from Brandfort noting Hamilton advanced to Nealwesket and remained engaged with the enemy throughout the march. He praises the troops especially Broadwood's cavalry brigade and the mounted infantry for their behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Roberts
War Office
Brandfort
Hamilton
Nealwesket
Broadwood
Hawaiian Officials Appointed by President
The President sent nominations to the Senate naming Sanford B. Dole for Governor of Hawaii and Henry E. Cooper for Secretary of Hawaii. Both nominees are from Hawaii and await Senate confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Sanford B. Dole
Hawaii
Henry E. Cooper
Kansas India Relief Committee orders 20000 bushels corn purchase
Secretary Anderson is directed to buy 20 000 bushels of corn in New York for shipment on a relief ship bound for Bombay next week. The delivery aims to aid starving populations in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas India Relief Committee
Anderson
New York
Bombay
Otis Relieved of Command in Philippines
At Gen. Otis request the War Department cabled him relieved and ordered to turn over command to Gen. MacArthur immediately in the Philippines as of this dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis
War Department
Philippines
Gen. McArthur
President McKinley vetoes bill opening Navajo Reservation
President McKinley vetoed the measure recently passed to open the Navajo Indian Reservation to mining. The action halts the plan and references executive authority being used to block the mining access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Navajo Indian Reservation
Army reorganization effort stalls in Senate action
The Friday session closes routine business as Senator Berry pushes a provision to empower the senior officer commanding the army with broader authority. The Senate revision faces a stalled vote amid debate about the Heywood company matter and a $100,000 issue at Wake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Ral
Senate
Heywood Company
Wake 3
Kansas to sue Colorado over Arkansas river water
Kansas Attorney General plans a bill in equity in the U S Supreme Court to stop Colorado from diverting the Arkansas river and its tributaries for irrigation. The case could affect 2,500,000 acres across thirteen Kansas counties and impact Arkansas valley settlers. Colorado has long sought to appropriate the river waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Colorado
Godard
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Arkansas River
Stanshas
Arkansas Valley
Labor War Bloodshed After St Louis Railway Strike
One hundred workers struck the St. Louis and Suburban Railway claiming union members were fired for their affiliation. The system ran normally that day until four armed men halted an east bound owl car the next morning using revolvers to force crew off. The motorman and conductor were shot but passengers were not harmed, and a new crew replaced them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. Louis and Suburban Railway
Citizens Repel Post Office Looters in Le Moyne Shootout
Citizens of Le Moyne Ohio repel two would be burglars after they gained entry to a dry goods store and the post office. The men flee as residents surround the area and exchange gunfire for a mile before escaping. In Cleveland a riot breaks out in Big Four yards as twenty non union ironworkers clash with about sixty Structural Ironworkers. Dozens suffer cuts and bruises as clubs stones and iron parts are used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Moyne
Ohio
Cleveland
Big Four
Structural Ironworkers’ Union
Chadwick Receives Reprimand Over Public Criticism
Secretary Long issues a formal reprimand to Captain F. E. Chadwick for criticizing Rear Admiral Schley. Officials determine naval regulations do not bar private criticism between officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Long
F. E. Chadwick
Schley
Glidwin Fire Destroys Sixteen Buildings Total Loss $50,000
A high wind aid fire swept Glidwin Michigan destroying sixteen structures including the Methodist Church, Michigan Central depot, Brunswick Hotel and the city hose house. The blaze started in a billiard hall where Albert Bergen slept and is believed to have perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidwin
Mich
Methodist Church
Michigan Central Depot
Brunswick Hotel
City Hose House
Albert Bergen
Operator Blamed for Wreck at Spanish River
Two Canadian Pacific Railway freight trains collided in a rock cut at Spanish River near Winnipeg. Brakeman Cote was killed and eleven cars were damaged with losses estimated at least 50,000 dollars. Authorities say the accident resulted from an operator who fell asleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Spanish River
Cote
Two Die As Beam Truss Falls at Dimmick Plant
A massive truss under erection at the Dimmick Pipe Company plant in North Birmingham Alabama collapsed causing the frame to fall. Two men were killed, two fatally hurt, and nine seriously injured in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dimmick Pipe Company
Birmingham
Ala
Dynamite Daring Theft Hits Val Blatz Brewery
Night watchman George Hilderbrand at the Val Blatz brewery in Chicago was seized bound and gagged by five masked robbers who dynamited the office safe and took more than 700 dollars in currency before escaping with the loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hilderbrand
Val Blatz
Union and
Erie Streets
Chicago
Barrett Minn Destroyed by Fire in Townwide Blaze
The small town of Barrett Minnesota was destroyed by a major fire with no fire protection. Incendiary origin is suspected as twenty three buildings burned to the ground causing nearly sixty thousand dollars in losses with light insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett! Minn
Barrett
Minn
Pole Vaulter Hurt Fatally at University Event
Harry Burke, a Cincinnati University student, died after a pole broke during a ten-foot vault. He struck the upper spine on the broken pole as he fell. The accident occurred during a university athletic event in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pole Vaulker
Harry Burke
Cincinnati University
Amicable end to Buffalo strike ties Car Repairers
An amicable adjustment ends the strike by Car Repairers and NY Central Railway motive power staff at Buffalo after a conference. Central men will not return to work until sympathy strikers on other lines reach settlements to resume their positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Mena
Widow Victim of Illegitimate Mining Stock Scheme
Benjamin H. Morse was convicted in the United States Circuit Court at Kansas City of using the mails to run an illegitimate mining stock business. Sentence deferred. He targeted widows of prominent men by sending stock certificates after their husbands died and seeking overdue assessments. His arrest followed a probe initiated by the widow of Richard P. Bland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin H. Morse
United States
Kansas City
Morse
Richard P. Bland
Missouri
Porto Rican Trade Awakens
Porto Rican merchants planters and farmers ready to ship sugar and tobacco to the United States after delays awaiting congressional action. Retail cigar prices expected to rise due to large upcoming shipments to the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Section Men Strike for Higher Wages across B and O Southwest
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern faces a large strike as section men and extra gangs from St. Louis to Parkersburg walk out over pay. They demand 1.50 a day, while section men now receive 1.15 and extras 1.25. In Chicago, William H. Lantz, 30, shot his sweetheart May Edwards in a West Madison saloon then killed himself, ending a quarrelsome feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
St. Louis
Parkersburg
W. Va
William H. Lantz
May Edwards
William Schwartz
West
Madison Street
Chicago
Lover Suspect in Murder of Peoria Girl
The body of Bertha Hoffman aged 19 and daughter of a Peoria cigar maker was found in woods near Prospect Weights with four bullet wounds in the head and a revolver in her hand. Charles Briggs is in custody on suspicion. He claims Hoffman killed herself while riding with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Hoffman
Peoria
Prospect Weights
Charles Briggs
Briggs
Core Makers Strike Ties Springfield Industry
Core makers at O. B S Kelley Company in Springfield Ohio walk out demanding a 2.25 dollar daily minimum. About 250 workers from Architectural Iron Works Gres Iron Foundry E W Ross Bettendorf Metal Wheel and Armstrong Foundry also join the walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Oho
O. 8 S. Kelley Company
Ohio
Architectural Iron Works
Gres Iron Foundry Company
E. W. Ross Company
Bettendorf Metal Wheel Company
Armstrong Foundry Company
Delaware Sheriff Lashes Nine Culprits in Dover Jail
A crowd of about 1,000 gathered in the county jail at Dover Delaware to witness the whipping of nine colored prisoners sentenced for petit larceny. Four men received twenty lashes apiece as Sheriff Wharton carried out the sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Dover
Del
Wharton
House Wrecked by Dynamite in Mount Vernon
Explosion wrecked the home of Mrs. Ixaturah Alldredge in Mount Vernon Indiana. She and her 5 year old daughter were thrown from bed but unhurt. Police say motive behind the crime remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ixaturah Alldredge
Mount Vernon
Ind
Indians Starving at Kiowa and Comanche Agency
Report from Wichita Kansas that Kiowa and Comanche Indians are starving as money due them remains unpaid rations are cut off and traders deny credit. Their women and children beg for food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kan
Kiowa and Comanche Agency
Cattle Killed by the Storms
Reports from National Live Stock Association president John W. Springer show spring storms devastate cattle on the range with Colorado losses reaching ten percent of young stock. Hail and rain storms have damaged crops across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Springer
National Live Stock Association
Colorado
India
Calcutta
Vast Copper Boulder Discovered by Two Finns in Montana
Two Finlanders near Sixteen Mile Creek by White Sulphur Springs, Montana unearthed a moss-covered two-ton boulder of nearly pure copper. For ten to fifteen years shepherds have used the spot as a rendezvous, and the find has sparked great excitement as Montana's first known virgin copper deposit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
White Sulphur Springs
Mont
Riot on a River Steamboat Ends in Drowning
A riot aboard the Mississippi river steamboat Sidney at St Louis escalated from a roustabout fight between Black crewman Bad Eye and white sailor Charles Hogan. John Sikes, another Black passenger, was fatally stabbed while trying to intervene and Hogan jumped overboard, drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
St. Louis
Bad Hye
Charles Hogan
John Sikes
Hogan
Fire at Beaver Dam Iron Works Destroys Plant
A blaze at the Beaver Dam malleable iron works in Wisconsin started in the engine room and razed the plant, with losses over 100000 dollars. The fire spread to the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway freight depot, destroying five loaded cars and contents worth about 10000 dollars. Other nearby property caught fire but sustained minor damage. the factory was insured for 37500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malleable Iron Works
Beaver Dam
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Dies Looking at Hearse
Henry Schulte, a German immigrant in Cincinnati, retired due to illness after his wife’s death. He died in her arms as the funeral passed his home. More than 200 lives lost in a Pleasant Valley coal mine explosion near Winter Quarters, Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schulte
Cincinnati
Germany
Pleasant Valley Coal Mines
Winter Quarters
Salt Lake City
Utah
Americans in Catubig garrison attacked by rebels
A 30-man American garrison from the Forty-third Regiment at Catubig in Samar was attacked by Filipino rebels. Twenty Americans were killed, and the rest were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catubig
Island of
Samar
Forty-third Regiment
Demands for Higher Wages Spark Duluth Strike
Union workers in Duluth strike for higher pay and shorter hours. Carpenters seek 35 cents per hour, plumbers 50 cents plus a paid Saturday half-holiday, painters 40 cents, and others follow in proportion toward an eight hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Street Fight Ends in Philadelphia Murder
In Philadelphia a street confrontation left 29 year old Hugh Callahan dead from a forehead wound. Suspect David McGovern, 31, was arrested and committed for trial after Callahan died at a hospital an hour after admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Hugh Callahan
David McGovern
McGovern
Standard Oil Raises Wages at Parkersburg WV
Notice served to the Standard Oil Company at Parkersburg West Virginia announces a wage advance. The raise pays ten hours for nine hours worked, effective for eligible employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Parkersburg
W. Va
Christian Party in Field Nominates Swallow and Woolley for President
The united Christian party organized at Rock Island Illinois nominated its first presidential and vice presidential candidates Rev Silas G C Swallow of Harrisburg Pennsylvania and John G Woolley of Chicago. Meager reports from Hondo Mexico describe a cloudburst causing damage and possible deaths with mine flooding reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Party
United Christian Party
Rock Island
United States
Silas GC. Swallow
Harrisburg
John G. Woolley
Chicago
Mexico
Hondo
Mex
Fire destroys Grantsburg Illinois wrecks town center
Grantsburg was largely burned with only the post office and a saloon left standing. A Bonn dispatch reports celebrated painter Michael Munkaesy died in an asylum in Bonn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grantsburg, Il
Grantsburg, Jr
Bonn
Michael Munkaesy
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains Across Cities
The report lists regional price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep and for grain products. Notable figures include Chicago cattle 3.00 to 5.75, hogs 3.00 to 3.50, wheat No. 2 red 70s, corn No. 2 40 to 42 cents, butter 19 to 20 cents, eggs 11 to 12 cents, Bermuda potatoes 7 to 8.50 per barrel. Indianapolis Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York markets show varied no. 2 wheat and corn values with mixed oats and rye ranges and pork prices around 12.25 to 12.75 for pork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bermuda
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Senate action highlights 1902 agenda and bills
The Senate considered a pro Boer sympathy resolution and set a May 19 special order for Grant statue ceremonies. It passed bills on the Hot Springs veterans home and Burlington public building, and approved several conference reports. The House focused on the Nicaragua canal bill and sundry civil appropriations while the Senate advanced the army, fortifications, and river conservation measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Pettigrew
Great Britain
Committee On Foreign Relations
Grand Army of the Republic
Ulysses S. Grant
National Home For
Hot Springs
South Dakota
Burlington
Iowa
Northwestern
Secretary of War
House
Committee On Judiciary
Porto Rico
China
Japan
Congress
Arkansas
Colorado
Kansas
Tillman
Indian Head
Lodge
Alaska
United States
Berry
Stewart
Battlefelds
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Virginia
Hoar
Clark
Mason
Philippines
Nicaragua
Committee On Elections
Montana
Army
Julia Macv. Henry
Guy V. Henry
James Longstreet
Margaret M. Badger
Commodore Badger
Harriet Gridley
Captain Gridley
Navy
Naval Committee
McKinley
Committee On Claims
Odds and Ends from the Era
The item notes widespread hunger among Indians in Arizona and reports War Department opposition to officers bringing wives to Manila. It states Kansas has 300 flour mills and a 10 million barrel yearly capacity. It mentions Charles B. Aycock’s Democratic nomination for North Carolina governor. It cites Secretary Gage on a FY surplus of 70 million and next year 82 million. Finally it records preservation plans for Chief Justice Marshall’s Richmond home as a memorial by a Virginia association formed by the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
War Department
Manila
Kansas
Charles B. Aycock
Democrats
North Carolina
Gage
House
Justice Marshall
Richmond
Legislature’ of
Virginia
Fatal quarrel over a young woman shocks Indiana
Reports from Newton and Muncie detail a fatal quarrel ending in suicide by Frederick James Barriot, an aspiring attorney, after a letter to his mother reveals a doomed romance. Nearby hermit Mrs. Cadis Sutton is found dead with an ax beside her bed, her husband long deceased, with authorities attributing natural causes to her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Eckerly
Newton
Stewart
Frederick James Barriot
Barriot
Elopement Marriage In Jeffersonville Involves Minor Bride
Henry Brokaw 45 and Essie Mc Allister 13 of Indianapolis married in Jeffersonville after eloping. Letters from a Jeffersonville justice of the peace warned of easy marriage since many would swear the girl was of age. Gov Mount plans to address the justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Brokaw
Essie McAllister
Indianapolis
Jeffersonville
Brokaw
Indiana Supreme Court Affirms Barrett Law
The Indiana Supreme Court upholds the Barrett improvement law in the Thomas B. Adams v. City of Shelbyville case. The court reverses the lower court and grants Adams an injunction to stop street work in front of his property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Supreme Court
Thomas B. Adams
Shelbyville
Adams
Supreme Court
Mail Clerk Falls From Car During Panhandle Train
Daniel W. Deardorff aged 45 and with ten years in service was killed when he fell from the door of his mail car as Panhandle No 18 passed through Hagerstown at sixty miles an hour. He was regarded as one of the most careful men in the service and the death was ruled an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Hagerstown
Daniel W. Deardorff
Deardorff
Temperance push and accidents color Indiana news
Within Our Borders reports temperance unions in Indiana gearing to oppose cigarettes while factories in Muncie face summer limits due to glassworker shortages. The item lists numerous local deaths and crimes including a pedestrian killed in Charlestown, a train collision in Ridgeville, a fatal fire in Burlington, a suicide near Burlington, and a burglary in Sexton. Public notices cover municipal electric ownership in Peru and church and civic appointments in Marion and Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Muncie
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Frederick Barker
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Humpmayer Stone Company
C. MacCreary
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Francis T. Walton
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William Copppeck
Martford City
Arthur Redmond
Grand Rapids
Ridgeville
John H. Murphy
William Pogue
Logansdorf
Neil Spaulding
Marion
Henry Fox
Farmersburs
C. W. Waite
Union City
Frederick Hardwick
Waite
Hardwick
Jim Bitner
Sexton
Jeremiah Williams
A. M. Evernan
Wiliam Collins
Daniel Manifold
Edward High
Fontnet
Terre Haute
Hts
Justice of the Peace
William High
Young High
Killig
William Pawalski
Trunk
Justice High
Peru
Messrs
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Elsworth Livingston
Frankfort
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