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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
2
An important weekly roundup presents the latest from foreign shores with items on crimes, casualties, fires and other notable events. It compiles concise updates across destinations, highlighting tensions, accidents, and notable official actions.
Official announcement says Discounte-Gesellschaft with Imperial bank and intermediaries take over over a million marks of 4 percent German empire bonds maturing 1904 and 1908. Issue to be marketed in the United States with Imperial bank approval. Tales of gale destruction continue from St Johns Newfoundland. six ships wrecked near St Pierre and six in Placentia Bay with fourteen lives known lost so far and more feared.
Peter Cartman of Burkett Indiana was robbed by three highwaymen in broad daylight on Van Buren Street Chicago. They dragged him to an alley behind the Trocadero theater, crushed his skull with a pop bottle, and he died en route to hospital. Witnesses saw the assault and the culprits fled, still at large.
The body of Patrick Mulheren, a Sandusky Ohio prominent citizen, was found in a marsh near the city with a crushed skull after a disappearance three weeks earlier with 2400 in his pockets. Four suspects were arrested but released for lack of evidence and remain unfound. Separately, the Merchants and Pharters Oil Mill in Houston Texas burned completely, causing an estimated loss of 350000 to 400000 with 252500 insured and 350 workers left jobless.
Health officers in Wheeling near the Grant County line report eleven smallpox cases. The school and entire community faced weeks of exposure as authorities fear a serious outbreak. the illness had been misclassified as clipkempox. Locations Marion, Hartford City, and Muncie are noted in the alert.
Lord Roberts circulates a proclamation announcing Krueger has resigned the Transvaal presidency and will sail for Europe. He urges burghers that guerrilla warfare will continue and repressive measures will grow harsher amid the Boer conflict. Angry lover shoots girl in Lorain. Carmelo Di Vencenizo kills 18 year old Josephine Provenzo for refusing marriage and then fatally wounds himself.
Secretary of War Root is confined to his summer residence at Southampton L. I., following a carbuncle removal operation and will not leave his room for ten days to two weeks.
Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard died of apoplexy at his summer residence in Westernville New York. The veteran naval officer was known for his long service and leadership roles in the late 19th century.
Fire at Port Huron Michigan destroyed the McMorran Milling Company Port Huron and North Western Elevator Company and D McMoran Co properties. The loss will reach 225600 dollars covered by insurance. One hundred fifty thousand bushels of grain stored in the elevator is a total loss.
The Netherlands telegraphs Lorenzo Marques offering a warship to transport President Kru ger to Holland, signaling high level diplomatic action. The move indicates effort to arrange a formal visit or residence arrangement for the president amid ongoing political developments.
The Paris, Vienna and London press report that America, France and Japan will withdraw from Pekin but keep forces behind the walls. Britain, Germany, Russia, and Japan plan about 10,000 troops each in Wei-Chi-Li while the US and France settle for roughly half that size. The move hinges on a broader settlement and Washington waits for a final agreement.
About 140000 miners in Pennsylvania go out after President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers endorsed the strike. Demands include ending company stores, cash wages, higher pay, shorter working hours, and wage increases across classes. The action disrupts an estimated 10 million dollars in weekly wages.
The great gale lashed the lakes as it moved from Galveston through Texas to the lake region. Velocity rose rapidly reaching seventy two miles an hour at Chicago, ripping signs from buildings and cutting electric wires as it swept across a 300 mile wide path. The storm diminished after leaving Texas but surged anew upon reaching the lake area.
The United States plans to withdraw troops from Pekin soon as Li Hung Chang pursues a settlement. An escort from Tien Tsin may be provided for Li, with Empress Dowager and Emperor representatives arriving at the capital within a week. Washington would treat with him for a final accord, a move that accelerates talks and unsettles other powers.
Completed returns from 250 towns in Maine show Hill 53524 and Lord 30252 with a Republican plurality around 33500. Several incumbents including Amos L. Allen and Charles Boutelle are reelected by margins between 6000 and 10000. Legislature appears similar to before. Also notes an Kansas City incident of racially targeted home purchases and Priscilla Higgins swimming eight miles across New York Bay in two hours five minutes.
A violent lake storm driven by high winds menaced pedestrians and caused two deaths, multiple injuries, and extensive property damage at Buffalo and nearby lake ports. Telegraph failures hindered casualty and shipping loss tallies while the Pan-American building under construction at Buffalo sustained major partial destruction.
Cables report Gen Chaffee handling affairs at Takow with General Barry noting four Tongku to Angtsum trains daily. British forces clash near Pekin as 300 Boxers retreat with 2,000 Chinese troops. Yu Hsien presides over a memorial demanding protection for foreigners amid murders.
A steamer named Samoa departed Nome for the Siberian coast with a mixed crew including thirty Russians and six Americans. The voyage raised piracy suspicions after laborers acted strangely and most Russians, aside from a Russian civil engineer, were identified as Cossack soldiers. The vessel returned to Nome where Roberts reported the incident and soldiers were dispatched to board the boat.
Senator J B Foraker faced a police officer at the union passenger station in Columbus Ohio as he waited for a train. The officer claimed blocking the passage and tried to move him. Foraker resisted and stood firm. Foraker Jr. then intervened stopping the confrontation before the officer could strike with a club.
A Washington dispatch reports Honduras may quickly settle a claim for indemnity to heirs of Frank Pears, an American murdered in February 1899 by a Honduran soldier. A government commission found responsibility lies with Honduras and suggested a compromise. The State Department sent details to the Pears brothers of Pittsburgh, who may accept around $5,000 due to their Honduras interests.
The steamship Elihu Thompson brings 200 passengers to Cape Nome to a city of about 15,000 residents. Many are destitute with winter coming and little chance of escape, risking further suffering or death.
John Terhune cashier and principal stockholder of Citizens Bank in Hranston Alabama left his desk to answer a summons from a mysterious man in a buggy. On return five minutes later the cash drawer was found robbed of three thousand dollars during the noon hour while he was alone.
A car carrying Duncan Chirke's female minstrel troupe wrecked after entering the Illinois Central fast mail yards at Mounds resulting in nine deaths four immediate and six injured four of the injured fatally. The wreck involved the Missing details about the cause. An attempted lynching of a Sedalia shooting suspect failed as the man was locked in the baggage car. a crowd of about 200 black residents gathered at Sedalia depot to vent violence but did not reach the suspect.
A freight wreck near East Liverpool calls out the Smiths Ferry section gang. Jas. Colone and Thomas Cochran suffered severe gasoline explosions and are expected to die. Nine cars wrecked. fifteen others injured in the blast.
President Mitchell and Secretary Wilson of the United Mine Workers of America sign the strike order for Pennsylvania anthracite miners affecting 142,000 workers.
Wallace Dean, athletic man, marries Nora Nave, 3 foot tall midget, in Jeffersonville Indiana. The groom is Nora’s uncle, an oddity that may render the ceremony illegal per local law.
Miss Mabel McKinley, favored niece of the President, wed Dr. Hermanus L. Baer at Somerset Pennsylvania. The President used his official prerogative to extend the first congratulations.
A fire destroyed the Choate Hollister Furniture Company plant in Janesville Wisconsin causing about 100000 in loss with 20000 insurance. The blaze started in the engine room among wood shavings and spread rapidly.
A man was fined ten dollars and jailed four days for hosting a 25 cent ante poker game at his home with neighbors. In sports, Comiskey's Chicago White Stockings clinched the American League pennant by defeating Cleveland in two games on Wednesday.
Mrs. Marion Foster Welsh of Chicago unveiled a fourteen foot bronze statue of Stephen C. Foster in Highland Park Pittsburg. The $15,000 sculpture by Giuseppe Moretti depicts Foster composing with Uncle Ned at his feet. A 3,000 voice chorus and brass band accompanied the curtain drop as Col. T J Weenan led the unveiling. About thirty thousand people witnessed the ceremony.
A morning foray by five men at W. C. Johnson’s farm near Carey Ohio ends with his death from a heart wound after he investigates suspicious noises. The burglars bind and gag Mrs Johnson and five children and obtain only ten dollars from the home while the rest had been banked earlier. They flee on a handcar toward Fostoria, escaping toward Alvada. In a separate report Japanese authorities arrest the assassin of Baron von Ketteler and say the German empire ordered the crime.
Word reports a Tlosebud reservation incident where an Indian policeman shot and killed two Indians after confronting three thieves stealing cattle. The officer sustained no injuries, while the suspects named VPrett and Boy and a third Indian died in the clash.
D D Mackey filed a bankruptcy application in the Federal court at Evansville Indiana listing liabilities at 705.09 with assets not given. He formerly owned the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad the Louisville Evansville and St Louis Railroad the Peoria Decatur and Evansville Railroad and the Evansville and Indianapolis line.
A Swiss, recently arrived at Santander from the United States, proceeded to San Sebastian where he was arrested. His baggage was searched revealing important documents hidden behind the lining and trunk bottom, outlining an anarchistic plot to assassinate a European monarch.
Baron Curzon of Kedleston reports via cable from London that good rains have fallen in Madras Central Bengal and the Gangetic plain relieving anxiety over autumn crops in those territories.
Through grief over her husband’s accidental death at the Niles tool works, Mrs. Samuel Allen took her own life in Hamilton Ohio. She left letters to her husband’s parents in Pekin Illinois saying she could not live without him.
A fierce windstorm fueled a massive blaze at Meldrum's flour mill in Paris Ontario. The fire wiped out the business district, destroying more than thirty stores including the customs office post office and Bank of Commerce. Estimated loss around 25000 dollars.
A gale of fifty miles per hour aided a small fire at Red Cross Rink in Cleveland, destroying twenty wooden structures and triggering an estimated loss over 100000 dollars. Navy Department orders detach Rear Admiral J C Watson from the cruiser Baltimore to return home and await orders.
A riot erupts in Huron Indiana as a black mob clashes with a white marshal's posse. Judge Martin is asked to assist in quelling the confrontation after the group, hired by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad contractors, spent days drinking and gambling. At least six murders are alleged among the black group, with prisoners jailed and guarded while friends threaten to free them.
A lone highwayman robbed Burlington's Overland Flyer about five miles east of Haigler Nebraska at 2 AM, securing $1,500 in cash and diamonds from sleeping cars before stopping the train with the air brake and fleeing unharmed. The chair cars were untouched and no passengers were harmed. The event followed an audacious daylight-like display as the bandit woke sleeping travelers.
James Profit, once thought to drown himself in Powell's river at Middlesboro Kentucky in 1891, is alive. He killed Tom Mason in 1891 and was arrested but released on ten thousand dollar bond. The only prosecutor died recently. Revised census puts Chicago with a large male majority. Washington estimates show men outnumber women in 755.
President McWhinley commands General Chaffee to shift troops from China to the Philippines. The army will depart Pekin for Taku and then embark, with a delegation moved to Shanghai for safety. Ferrel indicted for murder in Marysville Ohio. Grand jury accuses Rosslyn H Ferrell of killing Adams Express Messenger Class Tane.
Seven men escaped the guard house at Fort Leavenworth Kansas by first breaking a cage bar and then carving a hole through a brick wall. The report lists multiple disparate items including retired General Wheeler returning to Alabama, M M Worthington of Washington insanity, Narragansett Pier hotels burning, and a Maine Republican victory by 33000, all from a single clipping.
Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis and other hubs show cattle hogs sheep and grain prices. No. 2 wheat and corn climb or hold in a wide band as butter eggs and oats trade in narrow spreads across regions.
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