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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
6
Six people were killed and several injured when a tornado swept through a South Carolina town. The storm, coming from the north with heavy rain, damaged Main Street storefronts and struck the Knitting Mill Hill area, flattening the school and two residences and trapping occupants in rubble.
A Fernie special reports a terrible explosion at No 2 shaft of the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company mine with No 8 shaft also affected. Of 200 workers, 35 escaped, 9 bodies recovered, and 160 entombed miners feared dead. Rescue work rushes on as scenes in the village become heart rending and aid floods in. Wardlya house spared. Perfect order maintained despite the emergency.
Pretoria reports to Berlin that peace in South Africa is virtually secured the articles of surrender are prepared and only British cabinet approval of secondary provisions remains. Hostilities could end at any hour as Baron von Richthofen receives the cipher cable from the German consul.
Heavy rains caused a freshet in the Licking river feeding the Ohio between Covington and Newport Kentucky. The surge ripped loose barges and shanty boats, sinking several coal barges. Tugs chased the floaters as fears rise for occupants of house boats believed drowned amid floods across Ohio Indiana and Kentucky.
A forest fire sweeps the summit of Sheep mountain with towering smoke columns. Prospectors work nearby and are feared unsafe as livestock on the mountain may not escape the flames. Fire threatens the topography and nearby settlements.
A dispatch from Port au Prince reports the Haytian war ship Crete a Pierot landing General Antenor Firmin, former Haytian minister at Paris and late head of the north army, to a sympathetic reception. All danger of civil war appears to have disappeared.
Heavy rains trigger the worst flood in years in French Lick Indiana. The valley housing French Lick and West Baden is under two to five feet of water due to the French Lick creek overflow and Lost River backwater. Nearly every cellar is flooded.
Allie Petty near Areola Missouri shot Mrs Friend and her daughter then killed himself. Both women were struck twice. the mother may recover while the daughter and Petty are dying. Mrs Friend had objected to Petty's pursuit of her daughter.
A large fire devastated Milford Indiana's business district destroying eleven buildings. Damage is estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
By mutual agreement, 81-year-old John Churry shot his 16-year-old sweetheart Susannah Keckemnell after she refused marriage. He then killed himself. The girl left a farewell letter asking that they be buried together.
Charles Reeves known as Spinner was executed by hanging in Coonville Missouri for murdering his wife on February 24. Twenty five deputy sheriffs attended the volatile execution ensuring order.
The islands of Martinique and St Vincent remain threatened by Mount Pelee and La Soufriere as eruptions continue. Vast ruins, buried towns, and widespread dead bodies drive fears of pestilence amid scorching air and continual ash clouds.
Final returns from the Department of Agriculture credit 1901 crop yields as the largest on record for all grains. Statistician lyde notes the census of 1899 influenced the analysis and Trade estimates were surpassed by the official figures.
Lord Pauncefote, British ambassador to the United States, died at the embassy in Washington on Saturday morning. Officials and the Foreign Office expressed deep sympathy and shock. Jauncefote, his predecessor, was long esteemed. Pauncefote had led the British delegation at The Hague peace conference and was famed for his pacific views. Born 1828 in Munich, he studied in Paris and Geneva and held legal and colonial posts before becoming foreign minister in 1882.
The Senate and House alternated actions on major measures including the naval appropriation bill and omnibus claims, with the Senate adopting a conference report and the House passing amendments. The immigration bill saw intense debate over an educational test, exemptions for Cuba Canada and Mexico, and a final lay‑aside. Cuban independence resolution was adopted for transmission to the Cuban president. Private pensions dominated later floor time with 105 bills approved.
The narrative recalls the destruction of St Pierre with bodies found amid ruins and looting by some despite guards. It then shifts to census-like crop figures showing wheat, corn, oats, barley and rye totals and remarks on Suez Canal era diplomacy involving Lord Pauncefote and the Venezuelan question during the Spanish American War era.
Arbitrators ruled against Salvador in a citizen claims dispute. Secretary Shaw rewrote customs rules to permit free luggage aboard and offer a 300 dollar exemption on appeal. Captain Bertram S Neuemann dismissed after court martial in Pensacola. The President pardoned five union miners in Virginia. Roosevelt laid cornerstone for Ohio Messin ley memorial college May 14. Arbitration issues trigger coal strike tensions as railroad presidents refuse concessions. Supreme Court limited court martial reach over Captain Peter C Deming. News touches naval station roles and leadership changes at New York yard.
Liveryman Fred W. Harrison declares failure after wealthy patrons fail to settle debts. Notes that actors, actresses, and even a YMCA branch neglected bills, illustrating the gap between social standing and payment.
Geologist Prof. Angelo Heilprin warns that volcanic disturbances may cause collapse of West Indian reef islands and threaten the Nicaraguan canal route. He explains eruptions create a growing hole in the earth, leading to subsidence as rocks lava and ashes erupt.
The article reviews wholesale price movements for cattle beef and mutton from 1890 to 1901. It highlights lows and highs for choice and good steers, fresh beef native sides, and compares cattle versus beef prices, noting 1901 gains for cattle outpaced by beef and noting declines in sheep and mutton.
A new forty foot memorial shaft in Arlington cemetery honors soldiers of the Spanish American War. Unveiled amid ceremonies the shaft bears a cannon ball, eagle and laurel with the motto In God We Trust. The Nacional Society of Colonial Dames funded the monument in the Spanish American War section.
The McKinley Memorial Ohio College in Washington will be a top national higher education institution. President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone as the school, a department of the American University in Washington, teaches political science, international law, civics, diplomacy, and municipal government.
A Great Northern work train wreck on the Jennings branch near Kalispell Mont killed Guy Croffeth of Troy and badly injured Bridge Foreman Collins.
J Br Brown longtime keeper of Point Bonita lighthouse dies of pneumonia at Sausalito near San Francisco at age seventy. He served his post without absence and aided in saving many lives from vessels at risk off the Golden Gate. Meanwhile Chicago wagon workers vote to unionize despite employer protests. seven hundred of one thousand express company employees join the labor union after weeks of organizing.
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