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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1905
Page
4
The Tribune notes Chicago’s competitiveness with Warsaw, praises Russian troops in Poland, and jokes about baseball umpire safety. It reports Moro resistance on Jolo under Chief Pala, with 600 Moros facing U S forces led by Gen Leonard Wood, many Moros killed and seven Americans.
Judge Foster, the Republican candidate, defeated Democrat G. W. Menzies by about 1000 votes to succeed Senator James M. Hemenway. Foster’s plurality lagged Hemenway’s last fall, blamed on stay-at-home voting and GOP factional quarrels amid Menzies’ popularity.
Chicago unrest grows as pupils abandon classes in sympathy with striking teamsters. At the Graham school about 1,500 students walked out. several were arrested as police intervened during protests over coal handled by non-union drivers. Fallon public school involvement is noted.
The report notes pupils went on strike and public school officials threaten punishment for parents and children under Illinois compulsory education statutes. It includes a critical remark about those who should consider living in Russia.
B W Snow reports May 1905 condition and acreage for winter and spring wheat. Winter wheat acreage May 1 1905 30 851 000 with 91.1 condition. 1904 76.6. Spring wheat May 1 1905 290 490 000 acres. 1904 harvest 19 728 000. Winter wheat 1905 condition 144 points above 1904. 1905 winter and spring acreage exceed 1904 by 2 300 000 acres.
President Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Washington after a three week journey covering six thousand miles. He has now visited nearly every state with Florida and Arkansas to come this fall. He met with Spanish War comrades and cowboys, hunted bears and wolves, enjoyed feasts and speeches, and urged unity under law across all social classes.
A week of devastating events reports a cyclone destroying Snyder Oklahoma killing over 100 and injuring many. A Harrisburg Pa collision between a passenger and freight train caused 50 deaths and about 100 injuries. Additional wrecks near Lafayette Big Four mail train kill two and injure clerks and passengers. Wood Haven Long Island derailment leaves one dead and about 50 seriously hurt.
Rail promotional notices detail Big Four Route tickets for events under church groups and homeseekers. One fare to Winona Lake Indiana with return by June 4 for Presbyterian General Assembly. add 25 cents to Bedford for State Missionary Society. May 1 and 16 sales. Homeseekers’ trip to northern Michigan offered May 16 and 30 with 15 day return limits.
An American, Billy Ford of Chicago, helps a Parisian countess in distress by buying her hair with cash, sparking a tale of French politeness and American generosity. The anecdote ends with Ford and his wife traveling in Egypt, illustrating a clash of manners and a quiet act of aid.
One third of the purchase money is to be paid cash in hand and the balance in four equal installments due in one, two, three and four years respectively from the day of sale bearing interest of 6 percent per annum payable annually in advance. Witness my hand and seal this 1th day of April, 1905. 46-66 NICHOLAS VOLZ, Auditor Ripley Co.
Indiana coroner L Fra J Nicholas investigates the death of Margaret User aged four. The inquest finds she died April 25 1905 from a skull crushed by a wagon wheel over her head. The body carried no personal items and bore American nativity. she stood 3 feet 6 inches tall with light hair blue eyes and dark complexion.
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