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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1906
Page
2
Miss Kate Fanikner IS years old faced arrest over alleged murder of her child by burning in a stove. An officer found her at her father’s funeral with a whiskey flask and morphine bottle nearby, and Dr Charles F Wilkains said she confessed during a medical examination.
The U S Army transport Sheridan ran aground at Barber's Point on Oahu with 124 passengers and 60 soldiers aboard. Communications are down and efforts from several ships are aiding, the ship's pipeline damage leaves it powerless to move.
Dispatch from Dovesal Trehane reports western Trehand facing partial famine due to crop failures. Ten percent of the pur fate crop is nearly worthless and ten percent more is diseased. Destruction across other crops is slightly lower. Farmers struggle to grow enough for their own needs with no surplus for markets or next year. Laborers risk starvation with rising unemployment.
Six inmates escaped from Frankfort and Sullivan jails by sawing bars. Three fugitives were linked to a Cloverleaf yards conspiracy and three faced swindle charges. One inmate, Martin Williams of Evansville, broke from Plooutnton jail and was captured in Sullivan. Another, Ray Wilkes, accused of attempted homicide near Star City, remains at large.
Tinovene Reynolds died when an automobile collided with a freight train near Toledo Ohio. Three others were seriously injured including Burton O Gamble a Toledo Motor Car Company associate. The high speed car struck a standing freight train across the river road wrecking the vehicle.
Three men and a woman wearing masks fled a Highland New York post office after blowing open a safe and firing a fusillade of bullets. They escaped with 500 dollars in cash and 500 in stamps.
A blaze at the Fulton Tron works in San Francisco started in the foundry and consumed the facility. The entire foundry was destroyed with losses estimated over 10,000 dollars.
A Baltimore and Ohio Southwest train struck four Greek laborers near Symmes three miles from Loveland Ohio. One man died from injuries while three others were wounded. Police and rail authorities调查 are examining the incident and safety measures on the track.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports a huge forest fire in Vladimir government that has caused immense damage and threatens surrounding areas with rapid spread and extensive property loss.
William Jennings Bryan returned to New York aboard the Princess Irene amid cheers from hundreds of Nebraskans and other Democrats. A large Madison Square Garden welcome was planned, with factions clashing briefly over who should greet him before Bryan spent the night ashore.
William Jennings Bryan, hailed in New York, argues trusts must be ended and calls for public ownership of railroads while praising arbitration and criticizing private debt and war preparations. He urges immediate popular election of senators and reforms to Congress.
Summary of Bryan remarks on colonial policy democratic reforms income tax anti labor arbitration eight hour day monetary policy campaign finance trust and corporation regulation and public ownership of railroads exploring federal versus state control and intended political consequences. The text threads through calls for direct Senate election and broader uses of government to curb monopolies and align with public welfare.
The article reports William Jennings Bryan outlining favored income tax labor dispute action and denouncing party money from corporations. He declares free silver obsolete, condemns tariffs as root of corruption, supports government ownership of railroads with dual state and private operation, and ends with a Burns quotation after a European trip. He heads to the West with further receptions planned.
A Maine Pedagogical Association report shows 4378 elementary teachers surveyed with most women earning 1 to 5 dollars weekly and about one tenth earning over 10. The average weekly pay for women teachers is 6.90 versus mill workers at 5.99, and men teachers 8.45 compared with mill workers at 8.01. The nascency of training costs cited argues higher pay is warranted.
The New York Central, New York New Haven and Hartford, and Pennsylvania Railroads plan more than 120 million in Manhattan. Pennsylvanias final station plans could reach 50 million, while the Central and New Haven terminal work totals 850 million with electrification at 70.8 million. Grand Central undergoes its fourth major enlargement in 40 years, with 2.5 million cubic yards of rock and earth to be removed and six blocks taken around 42nd Street for yards.
Dun's Review notes high business position with strong demand in leading manufactures and heavy consumption in raw materials. Distributive trade expands, new accounts opened, visiting merchants, and favorable bookings in dry goods, clothing, footwear, millinery, and hardware. Fall output rising, especially iron, steel, and cotton goods as prices move up and raw cotton declines.
A compiled list of regional price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Also shown are wheat corn oats rye and clover seed values with quality notes and unit measures.
Government architect drafts plans to improve Ellis Island immigrant station in New York bay. John M. Speyer, convicted in Kansas City of killing his son, is denied a new trial and sentenced to be hanged on September 21. The Hamburg American line denies Belfast reports it ordered a Harland & Wolff steamer larger than Lusitania of Cunard line.
Receiver Earle of Real Estate Trust Company alleges Frank Hipple former president stole 65000 in securities and that a 5 million loan to Adolph Segal without adequate security amounted to theft. The case shocks Hipple’s Presbyterian circle and raises questions about directors’ oversight. Segal remains silent directing inquiries to his attorneys.
Edward Rosewater proprietor of the Omaha Bee and leading Omaha and Nebraska figure, was found dead in District Court room No 6 on the Bee building's third floor. He reportedly slept on a bench and died of heart failure after a day of campaigning in Waterloo. Doctor Charles Rosewater cited campaign excitement as a contributing factor.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company introduces an elaborate voluntary dividend system for industrial policy holders. Five percent adds to five year policies, six percent to six year policies, and one percent per year up to twenty seven percent. Including other policy classes, the total distribution is expected to reach two million dollars for the year.
George Hall, identified as part of the mob that lynched three Black men in Salisbury, North Carolina, last week, was quickly convicted and sentenced to fifteen years in the state penitentiary. Wall, a white ex convict, argued that Gov. Glen was out of state during the trial. This marks the first conviction of a lyncher in the state’s history.
Samuel Byerley, New York express clerk, wins a $5.8 million Panama bonds award from a 2 cent stamp bid. He has sold the award to a banking house on terms that will let him deposit cash and leave about $10,000 in profit.
Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago sent the Field estate a $25,000 bill for seven days of service in the last days of Marshall Field. The charge is described as the largest fee ever requested in the nation where no operation was performed.
Rev Dr. Sheldon Jackson, general agent of education in Alaska, is charged with supplying government reindeer to a Presbyterian mission school and padding the school rolls funded by the government.
Dr. C Willard Hayes of the geological survey says Mexico will be the next country struck by a major earthquake. He warns the continent’s backbone mountain system is suffering an attack of meningitis.
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