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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1900
Page
7
The Batesville Publishing Company based in Batesville Indiana operates as a local publisher serving the community with newspapers and periodicals. The firm is identified with Batesville in the state of Indiana.
A compact recap of notable crimes accidents and fires from multiple regions highlights incidents and responses. Authorities investigate leads, property losses reported, and communities react to fresh safety concerns across the week.
Edward Nivison of near Coldwater, Michigan, was robbed of five thousand dollars by two suave men posing in a farm deal. A first stranger accompanied him to town to withdraw the money from Branch County Savings Bank while a second man joined later. Nivison was struck on the head and left bleeding beside the road. he staggered to a neighbor for help as officers pursue leads.
Paris dispatch in Morning Post reports an agreement among France Germany and Russia on a Chinese program. The plan will be milder than the original German proposal and is expected to be accepted by all powers when submitted in a few days.
General McArthur cables report Captain Devereaux Shields plus fifty-one soldiers of Company F 29th Infantry and one hospital corpsman left Santa Cruz at Marinduque aboard the gunboat Villealodos for Purijos to return overland to Santa Cruz. No word since. likely captured with many killed and wounded, including Captain Shields.
A violent melee in Cleveland near Wood and Hamilton streets leaves one dead two dying and several others wounded as conflict between union laborers supporters and nonunion workers from the molders strike escalates. Detective William L. Foulks was shot through the heart and killed.
The Times notes the appointment of Lord Roberts as commander in chief and hints that Lord Kitchener may return home to assist him in his new post.
News from Seattle reports Solomon City at the mouth of Solomon River in Alaska was devastated by a coastal storm. All buildings were swept away or wrecked. The town, with a population of about 200, is left destitute and homeless.
President Champe and Vice-President Simras move to appoint a receiver for Montgomery Banking and Trust Company of Montgomery West Virginia alleging cashier misappropriated funds and left the bank insolvent. Missing notes and securities are said to total about 62000 dollars.
Thomas J. Mattox a young farmer near Bellefontaine Ohio died after contracting blood poisoning from a crushed hand he declined medical aid. Two of his children reportedly died recently without medical attendance as investigators probe the case.
Crackmen robbed the Wolfe Brothers private banking house in Centreville Michigan on Friday night taking nearly ten thousand dollars in currency. They vanished without a trace leaving no clue to their identity or location.
Patrick Kelly of Danville was killed while intoxicated in an accident while attempting to board a moving train.
A fast train collided with a switch engine on the Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee railroad at Durand Michigan. Two men were killed and one injured. Twenty four loaded cars burned and both engines demolished.
A notice posted Tuesday morning in every colliery of the anthracite region announces a 10 percent wage increase and states that operators will arbitrate any grievances employees may present.
Thomas Figee a 19 year old Dutch heir says British government disposed of Boer prisoners in January sending them to the United States with $20 each. He claims to have reached Denver with $20 and was robbed after ten days of looking for work. He left Haaler near Amsterdam, says his father John Figee died leaving six heirs each with $100000. Some Denver Dutch residents affirm his account after inquiry.
The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously ruled the act requiring licensed commissions merchants to post a $5,000 bond unconstitutional. The decision declares the law void as class legislation and an unjustifiable restriction on citizens right to engage in legitimate business, affecting fruit dealers in Chicago Detroit and elsewhere.
Daniel Polly of Hurley South Dakota reports a lightning bolt descended near him while milking a cow in an open shed. The blast knocked both him and the cow over. the cow rolled over him. Ground around the strike showed no surface disturbance.
Harry A. Stanley of East St. Louis has been allowed to take his wife’s family name Haines. Friends cite two reasons: Stanley’s name was not pleasing, and the change would secure an estate for the woman if she keeps the Haines name. Also noted are gifts to Oberlin College totaling 9,000 dollars for memorials and athletics. A Denver mine strike ends with miners allowed to keep existing clothing rules.
Alexander Le Forester dies in Williamsport from brass poisoning with teeth oxidized and green sweat. Miss Griffin is shot and killed near Dundas while riding. George Pearson witnesses two shots from a passing rig. Mrs George Barker dies in St Louis after shielding her terrier from a street car, dog unharmed.
Three prospectors J Lorey R Springford and D Robertson were ambushed by about 200 natives on Batan Island in the Philippine group and killed with spears before they surrendered. A separate incident reports two men robbing a Hoyne Avenue ticket agent of the Metropolitan Elevated Road in Chicago, taking $10.
After four years of steady work the Great Northern Railway tunnel through the Cascade Mountains is nearly finished. The two ends meet with no misalignment. the two mile and a half long tunnel runs from Cascade Tunnel to Wellington with the roof of solid granite and costs estimated at five million dollars.
Missionary G F Stevens at Oxford House Man reports that between twenty and thirty Saulteaux Indians near Andy Lake Island Lake Hudson Bay post died of starvation during late winter and early spring. Rabbits and deer failed them and they ate tree bark yet could not sustain life. Oxford House lies in Keewatin midway between Norway House and York Factory. The Interior Department is examining the matter.
Two prominent St. Joseph men Ted Hosea and Charley Ballinger died in a sailboat capsizing on Lake McDonald Minnesota during a six week camping trip. They left camp for a short sail and were reported missing after about an hour.
Mendo Rodriguez found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing Anna Maria Duran in Cimarron New Mexico. He believed she bewitched him and killed her with an ax after entering her home. The illness and delusion were cited in the verdict. Rescue of disabled ship Hattie Pereue reported forty miles offshore in Lake Michigan after barge mishap.</S>
A wreck on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Grantham branch killed three trainmen and injured two. Officials say Reading train crew disregarded orders leading to the collision between two freight trains near Grantham Pennsylvania.
Adams Express agent in Keokuk Iowa reports a $1000 package from a local bank to a Salem business house disappeared from the safe after departure. In another incident a freight engine 223 on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line exploded near Johnson City killing Engineer Padeett of Chicago and Fireman Rains of West Frankfort.
In Louisville Kentucky George Owen 21 was shot and killed by Dr Hugh McCullough Jeffer son County coroner following a dispute between the Owen and McCullough families over a peafowl The incident ends a long running family feud with the coroner involved. Oatmeal Trust May Sell In surprise move the American Cereal Company known as the oatmeal trust faces a sale to a syndicate of Eastern capitalists control of its 3 34 000 stock.
Melville L. Vines, prosecuting attorney for Silver Bow County, Mont., and a well known criminal lawyer, died by taking morphine. He had been reported out of his mind for several days and his death ends a long public legal career.
Four persons were killed and several others severely hurt as a waterspout and tornado struck Ferguson Iowa wrecking the railway station blowing cars from tracks and destroying many houses. Loubet Hosts Banquet for French Mayors with twenty thousand attendees.
George W Noble a wealthy Lawrence County Ohio farmer living alone was found murdered his death likely tied to robbery. A separate blaze destroyed Atlantic Highlands New Jersey Corning Lumber Company yards causing about 50000 dollars in losses.
During the recent gale on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland an American fishing vessel foundered with about twenty crew perishing. The French vessel Thorn ley sank with fourteen drowned and six survivors. The schooner Eddie lost three men while the Dolphin lost five after being dismasted. Several other boats were damaged and many fishermen drowned while at sea.
A disastrous fire destroyed the Iron Mountain shops at Baring Cross Arkansas. The blaze started in the rear paint shops and swept through machine shops car shops and millshops. Four hundred workers were unemployed and tool losses may reach ten thousand dollars. The total loss is estimated at twenty five hundred thousand dollars.
The Thalmer Ironworks, Indiana’s largest independent plant, owned by W. H. Palmer & Brothers of Chicago, was nearly destroyed by fire in Muncie. The 500 workers will face a brief layoff while rebuilding. In a separate incident at Huron South Dakota a platform collapse at a John G. Woolley political meeting injured three seriously and bruised many others.
In Berlin burglars plunder Dr Wrede s residence taking 20 000 marks in cash and securities valued at 3 000 000 marks. Police recovered nearly all the property within a day leaving 15 000 marks missing. Nebraska candidate Wedson Towan noted. Miss Julia McCullough wed Col E P Savage Republican lieutenant governor candidate at the bride s parents home in Clinton Town.
Marshal Arsenio Martinez de Campos dies at Zarang near San Sebastian after long service as soldier and statesman defending the Castilian government. Also reported Oceanic loses a propeller blade but reaches New York six days from Queenstown.
Pars Goebel Law Substitute reports the Kentucky House of Representatives passed an election bill 8 to 40. The measure seeks equal party representation on election boards and officers. In a separate note, Prof. Comstock of Chillicothe Ohio died after a rattlesnake bite during a traveling show. his home was Indianapolis.
The British consulate in Lorenzo Marques reports a diplomatic move leading to a peaceful surrender of about 2,500 Boer troops, effectively yielding the majority of the Boer army without fighting.
Regional price ranges show Chicago to Buffalo and New York handling cattle shipping hogs and sheep with diverse grain quotes. Wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes vary by city including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York.
Washington reports argue dismemberment of China may be inevitable without strong American guarantees. Germany is named as the key power pushing partition, while Britain Japan and France also seek territory. The United States plans to withdraw Chaffee from Pekin leaving a legation guard and to protect its trade rights. Russia and Britain are cited as seeking prizes in Shanghai and the Yangtze valley with troop deployments detailed.
Russian forces push rapidly into Manchuria while America completes a telegraph link between Pekin and Tientsin. A London cable claims growing evidence of Russian and German cooperation in China.
A cyclone struck Morristown Minnesota at 6 PM Monday killing seven people and injuring at least four. The storm toppled a brick saloon building run by Paul Gotzke burying eleven inside. a barn and other buildings were wrecked as the town of 1000 people faced devastating damage.
Dennis Harrington and his wife of Somerville New Jersey after thirty years of marriage have separated they divided their house and broken all family feud records. They reared six children and built a comfortable home before parting ways.
In a dispute over a back yard fence each half of a house was owned by separate parties. Qavye built a full length barrier to keep peace but tensions remained. The elderly man rented his half to a Hungarian family and watched from a distance as he could no longer live in his own home. The quarrel intensified until the wife had her husband arrested.
Reports from St. Petersburg say Russia has formally taken over Manchuria regions held by Moscow troops and issued a proclamation. The move, claimed as punishment for Blagovestchensk, unsettles diplomats who fear a widerPartition of China and provokes reactions from Britain and other powers.
Winton of Cleveland challenges W K Vanderbilt Jr in an automobile race. A Missouri youth Benjamin Swissman, known for jail break records, was arrested in Chicago. On the Gila reservation the ringleader Blair Wheatton and others were involved in a trouble resolved by the gasoline stove explosion that fatally burned a mother and child in Bedford, Texas.
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