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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1916
Page
4
The administrator of Margaret Barrett's estate will sell the brick cottage at 842 West Third Street Madison Indiana at public auction on a Saturday at 2 p.m. The sale is subject to court approval and free from liens except yearly taxes. Terms require half cash and half due in six months with six percent interest and a mortgage. Insurance of 400 dollars required. Proceeds support the Barrett estate.
The text cites nationwide estimates for accidental deaths and injuries. It states about 90,000 deaths annually, 1,250,000 serious injuries yearly, 10,000,000 minor injuries, with breakdowns such as 250 deaths daily and one fatality every two and a half minutes during the working day.
Pleasant Point reports guests from Madison and Louisville relatives several moving into new homes in Wirt and nearby areas. Bro Olive's visit, a rock party, a planned supper, and a Madison wedding of Miss Isabella Keller to Mr Charley Kirkpatrick are noted with community updates and well wishes.
Reporting from Amsterdam to Paris and Copenhagen on March 7 various dispatches describe French air raids on Metz forts and transport lines, possible German fleet movements in the North Sea, and German advances near Verdun including Fresnes and Vermelles. Authorities note uncertain confirmations due to weather and news flux.
After four hours of debate the House plans a final vote on the Milemore resolution. Delegates indicated the measure would likely pass in favor of the President, with discussion centering on ending the debate and tabling the resolution.
More than five hundred passengers and crew were aboard the Sadia stemmer Prince de Astrias when it struck a rock and sank five minutes later. At least one hundred forty three died at Santos, with no additional survivors found.
The Bulletin notes 1092 state deaths in January with 3575 births for 1916, yielding a high death rate and urging open windows to combat air starvation. Respiratory deaths total 1483, driven by influenza 494 pneumonia 697 and consumption 292. Smallpox 104 cases in 14 counties, no deaths.
Police chief Ed Holler under Donn Roberts shot in the leg during a gun duel with Rod Wong a convicted election crook in Terre Haute March 7. Voters fled the polls as the clash wounded several and disrupted the primary election proceedings.
A San Francisco report dated March 7 details a riot by about 14,000 Australian recruits in Sydney and other towns. The unrest left civilians dead and wounded and shops looted after hours for drill were lengthened. censors blocked cables, with smuggled papers reaching the city. The report notes a Portuguese speaking population of about 30 million.
A true bill charging Will Orpet with the murder of Marian Lambert was returned before Judge Edwards at Waukegan today.
An explosion in Indianapolis destroyed the Olds Soap and Chemical Co plant this morning. Officials deny the plant was producing chemical aids for ammunition firms.
Albert Dhonahue died after five weeks of hiccoughs triggered by a grip. His brother-in-law William Lanman and sister-in-law Grace Lanman arrived to be at his bedside. Dhonahue, born in Perry county, was nearly sixty and survived by a widow, two sons, and four sisters. A Cloverport sister died en route to the station. In El Paso Texas a jail explosion killed eighteen prisoners and seriously injured many others.
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Newton D. Baker of Cleveland for Secretary of War this afternoon in Washington.
On March 7 the Carranza government troops occupied Oxaxca without resistance. Revolutionary forces headquartered there burned multiple buildings before fleeing the town.
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