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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
2
The brief notice identifies BATESVILLE MN daily newspaper with publisher BRB McCALLUM, listing Batesville as the publication seat. No further details.
William Bates 65 of Bourbon Indiana is shot dead and his son Frank Bates fatally wounded during an attack by neighbor Charles Teddinger. Teddinger jailed to prevent lynching. incident stems from a summer quarrel over threshing charges and a related shouting melee.
A trolley car on the Lookout Mountain Line collided with a passenger train near Chat tanowa. Two men were killed outright and numerous passengers were injured as the rear of the trolley struck the stationary train. The en route citybound trains were disrupted with widespread injuries reported.
Fire destroyed the New Orleans Naval Stores Company plant and LH Otter & Co facility at Gulfport Mississippi. The resin yard warehouses and storage rooms were totally swept away. Loss estimated at 400000 with 390000 insured.
Judge Brown in Dayton common pleas court overruled the motion for a new trial in the Dr Oliver Haugh case. Haugh, convicted of murdering his parents and brother, was sentenced to be electrocuted Wednesday August 20, a sentence received with his characteristic indifference.
A destructive forest fire near Sand Point Idaho threatens ranchers property as sparks from Great Northern train engines start the blaze and drive it beyond control. Ranchers rush to save movable belongings while firefighters contend with the advancing flames.
Four children slept in a single bed at the Bates home nine miles from Muskegon Michigan when lightning blasted the house. A 4 year old boy and a 6 year old girl were struck blind and scarred on the abdomen while the other two children escaped injury.
Prof Matteucci director of the Royal Observatory at Mount Vesuvius telegraphs that the volcano is in a slight eruption. Thick vapors and sand are expelled and an electrical phenomenon continues, but the situation is not grave.
A blaze that consumed Marcus A. Woodward’s Clifton residence in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, killed two children, Margaret aged 21 months and Marcus aged 8 months, whose charred bodies were recovered from the ashes after the fire burned out.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, long ill at the Hotel Grand in New York, is reported in a sinking condition with watchers at her bedside fearing the worst.
Reid United Presbyterian church in Richmond Indiana was dedicated Sunday. The new church, built by Daniel G Reid of New York, cost a quarter of a million dollars and drew many prominent clergymen.
A Missouri university student was shot possibly fatally wounded during a clash with Cole Bros circus employees in Columbia. Several others were injured, and a riot was threatened until the mayor rushed to the campus to address the crowd and defuse the situation.
Reports detail misused relief goods and hoarded provisions by a relief committee member and a woman with $500 worth of military blankets. Coroner Walsh cites 358 deaths from non gunshot causes, while city water and post office damage prompt boil-water advisories and a $500,000 building loss. Twenty three thousand children lack school space after the blaze.
China will open Manchurian ports and interior cities to world trade only after regulators for foreign colonies are in place. The move aims to ensure leaseholds rather than land purchases for foreigners, led by Tang Chao Ye, a Yale-educated official. Washington reports warn of a growing anti foreign boycott, with effects delaying until autumn as U.S. goods pile up at ports.
The article reports on US rail contractors bidding to build 110 miles of roadbed from Nevada to Death Valley. It notes a New York Chicago airline rail line aiming for 742 miles, electric propulsion, 75 mph, ten hours. It cites high casualty and injury figures from rail travel and mentions large stations in Leipsic and Boston.
Emperor Nicholas opened Russia’s first modern legislative assembly in St Petersburg with a conciliatory throne speech. He urged MPs to aid relief for peasants and to work with him on national problems, signaling reform from autocratic rule amid security and ceremony.
A tense scene shows pervasive fear beneath pomp as guards and secret police flood the palace. Soldiers on cordons with Gatling guns surround the building while thousands are arrested to prevent an alleged plan to kill the emperor. Guards watch every douma member and streets are cleared. Emperor Nicholas speaks from the throne after a religious service conducted by the primate Antonius.
Lolita Armour returns to the Vienna hospital of Prof Lorenz for the second time, casting doubt on the 1903 bloodless surgery procedure. Dr Shaffer of Cornell medical school, present in the United States, concedes concerns though he notes three operations that year yielded relief. Statistics show about a 20 percent cure rate.
President Jordan of Stanford University argues the recent quake was caused by a slip of the Sierra Morena mountain chain along a geologic fault. He estimates a 3 to 6 foot movement reopening the fault on April 18 and cracking the valley from coast to coast northward.
The U S Department of Justice files an injunction in Indianapolis federal court led by Attorney General Moody to break a supposed drug price fixing cartel. The suit targets manufacturers and wholesalers and claims retail druggists are coerced into conforming to fixed prices via a blacklist system. Joseph E. Toms counters that the National Wholesale Druggists Association has long been charged without success. He argues manufacturers set prices independently.
March saw 240000 cubic yards moved with eleven steam shovels amid ongoing preparatory work. Excavation metal cost 6.314 cents per cubic yard. Reservoirs created to feed active canal sections. Payrolls show 22000 to 23000 workers, effective force about 17000. Reports note one authentic yellow fever case since December and new exam boards to test promos. At Culebra cut tracks laid and ballasted with a double track. Editor Lindsay Denison reports in May on the immense, largely honorable effort, with minor graft noted. Magoon governs with a police force of 300 Jamaican laborers, overseen by Americans.
The Episcopal ecclesiastical court in Batavia New York finds Rev A S Crapsey guilty of heresy over views on the virgin birth resurrection and Trinity. Crapsey 50 former rector of St Andrews Lochester is praised for philanthropy and service but faces discipline based on his book Religion and Politics and a December sermon. The court reportedly ruled four to one against him though Dr Dunham did not concur.
Interesting News Itema reports George R Young of Mount Holly New Jersey, believed wanted in St Louis for embezzlement, committed suicide there. The tale notes his death follows the mounting of the local inquiry and the mounting charges linked to the distant case.
The Senate and House clashed over the naval appropriation bill and railroad rate amendments. Key figures include Bartholdt Johnson Webb Tirrell Weeks and Culberson with debates on subsidies rebates and open market purchases. Recent notes cite Viscount Aoki and attendances for royal nuptials in Madrid while Roosevelt signs emergency and Mare Island measures.
Chicago reports labor troubles and many commercial defaults but strong future demand persists. Bank clearings rise 5.8 percent vs 1905. failures in Chicago district total 83. New York notes robust building, crops and country retail activity with improved collections and easier money ahead. Railway earnings remain high and San Francisco calls aid trade. Bradley’s warns securities weakness from a few speculative operators.
The bulletin lists prices for cattle hogs and sheep by city including Chicago Indianapolis Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York with crops such as wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and potatoes showing wide ranges from No 2 soft to No 2 red across regions and dates. Entries reflect measured quotes for livestock and staple commodities including wheat corn oats rye hay butter and eggs in multiple markets.
From Faranud near Leicester comes news that Lehmann the English journalist and oarsman joins the Liberal representation for Scarborough in the south Market division. Winston Churchill faces amused criticism for a phrase he used in debate calling an opponent's claim a terminological inexactitude. Sir Harry Johnston, speaking in London, recalls travel in Africa to oppose the slave trade and notes widespread misery.
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