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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1900
Page
5
Batesville Publishing Co announces new ownership and editorial changes at the Batesville Tribune in Batesville Indiana. The move affects local paper operations and newsroom leadership.
A Telegraph-Late from foreign shores reports Britain will censor all telegrams to international representatives at Pretoria. The move is seen as a pivotal step in wartime relations and could affect neutralization of cable lines. It follows an alleged consular mail violation and has unsettled official circles.
Before his death General Lawton outlined a plan to maintain order in the Philippines after the war. The proposal, submitted to General Otis, envisions a native police force with American officers at all levels, eventually placing Americans only in the upper ranks as conditions improve.
At the convention in Fort Wayne Indiana the Indiana State Letter Carriers Association elected President J F Poe of Indianapolis Vice President Joseph Herman Logansport Secretary A K Mehl Treasurer A C G Campbell Anderson and executive board members J B Cochrane Indianapolis C A Encart and W G Stahl Fort Wayne Muncie was chosen to host the 1902 convention A banquet at the Wayne Hotel followed by a dance ball.
The British steamer Bath City, Capt. Jones, sailing from New York to Bristol, struck the north end of Lundy Isle in the British Channel. She backed off and sank in deep water. The master, three officers and ten crew reached Lundy Roads in a life-boat. the other boat with the remaining crew is believed safe.
A dispatch from Batavia New York says Ernest Kingdon of Stafford enlisted in the Fortieth Infantry was found asleep at his post and sentenced by a court martial to be shot. Filipino rebels reportedly entered the camp during the sleep attack and killed two or three American soldiers.
Count Boni de Castellane and Countess Boni de Castellane have reached France. Boni’s wrath toward Editor De Rodays of the Figaro has calmed, with his arrival awaited amid interest as threats of personal chastisement were cabled beforehand.
Harry Weldon longtime sporting editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer was stricken with paralysis. The stroke affects his vocal organs and the right arm and leg but his brain is unaffected.
An express on the Lehigh Valley Railroad struck a carriage carrying seven people near Tuttle's crossing, twenty miles east of Rochester New York. Five occupants died instantly, another was fatally injured, and the remaining two were badly bruised. All victims were members of a single family.
San Francisco special notes the steamer American Maru from Honolulu brings advices that the black plague has broken out in other cities of the Hawaiian group. Seven cases are reported at Kahului and one at Hilo. The Honolulu situation improves with no new cases.
Milton Meranda owner of a sawmill at Albany Indiana was fatally injured when his coat got tangled on a line shaft while oiling a pulley. He was whirled around the shaft roughly a hundred times before the engine could be stopped.
In Paris the Senate sitting as a high court sentenced Deputy Marcel-Habert to five years banishment after a trial for inciting soldiers to insubordination during President Faure’s funeral. The case underscores a strict stance against military dissent in the wake of the national crisis.
The President is about to appoint Henry C. Ide of Vermont and Gen. Luke E. Wright of Tennessee to the Philippine Commission. He also summoned Prof. Bernard Moses of California to Washington for a conference on the Philippine situation.
Influenza continues to ravage Berlin as Princess Frederick Charles and Italian Ambassador Count Lanza di Busca are attacked, with authorities investigating the incidents and monitoring public health conditions.
Mary Lawton sends heartfelt thanks to Mrs iwton and General Cornsiy for the national generosity shown toward her family. She says the relief eases Henry’s anxious thoughts and expresses gratitude for the public spirit that inspired such aid. The note joins sincere regards and enduring appreciation.
The Weekly Review of Trade reports prices in materials yielding. It says the relief is welcome for the country's economy as industrial activity could not endure prolonged extreme prices from last year's scarcity. Factors include new iron furnaces, India famine affecting hides, higher sheep stocks, and opening iron zinc copper mines.
Admiral Dewey argues the canal should be a neutralized commercial route and not fortified. He says fortifications would be prohibitively expensive and turn the canal into a battlefield, while fleets alone would guarantee its neutrality and safety in war and peace.
Two miners were killed and one fatally injured when giant powder exploded at their camp near Monongahela. Victims named as Robert Pezzoni Joseph Dorsa and Peter Lorsi. Mrs Pezzoni was seriously burned while aiding her husband. Building demolished and bodies burned beyond recognition. Powder ignited possibly by a pipe spark.
The London Standard’s Gerlin notes the United States may deploy warships to Chinese waters after TsungliYamen ignores a fortnight old collective note by the US and other powers demanding protection for missionaries. Germany plans ships too. District Attorney Gardiner seeks warrants in New York for Theodore Moss Marcus Meyer and Olga Nethersole over Sapho at Wallack's Theater for alleged public decency violation.
Julia Dent Grant, granddaughter of Gen. U S Grant, suffers typhoid in St Petersburg Russia. Her mother, wife of Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, sails from the Philippines on the St Louis to reach her bedside within ten days. An American trained nurse accompanies her voyage.
The National Democratic Committee met in Washington and decided to host the next convention in Kansas City. The vote tally was 40 for Kansas City and 9 for Milwaukee.
Special correspondent reports Gen. Cronje is surrounded at Paardeberg drift. He offers stubborn resistance as British forces shell the Boers vigorously and push to capture the entire force.
Readings cover prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across multiple U S cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with quotable ranges for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes coupled with typical shipping grades and market notes. Prices reflect No 2 red No 2 white No 2 mixed and No 2 yellow varying by locale.
British advances into the Orange Free State face stiff Boer resistance with Lord Roberts pursuing the capital while Ladysmith siege remains unresolved. Paardeberg drift action yields heavy British losses and Boer casualties exceed 800 as Cronje’s laager endures under shelling and armistice requests.
The report notes gold output near Johannesburg reaching fifteen tons monthly and a London firm buying over two million bottles yearly from refuse yards. It cites Cincinnati Brewers' Union fines for non union barbers, a Granite Cutters debt clearance of eight hundred thousand dollars, Russia’s cotton use around two hundred thousand tons annually, and a European surge in American paper demand due to prior quality issues. It also mentions England’s forecast that farming may shift to syndicates by 1950 as machinery favors capital over labor.
The President sent to the House Secretary Hay’s answer regarding Charles E. Macrum’s charge that his mail was opened by the British consul at Durban. The State Department found no interference in Pretoria mail, no secret alliance with Great Britain, and noted Macrum did not report mail openings after leaving South Africa. Signed by Secretary Hay.
Kentucky courts will decide who is governor and who acts as lieutenant governor after a conference. Beckham withdraws his injunction suit. Taylor and Marshall keep offices with supersedeas bonds. Suits will be consolidated, docketed ordinarily, and appealed for swift action to the Court of Appeals and then the Supreme Court.
The original Kimberley mine area of thirteen acres became a colossal pit, extended to about 1,100 feet deep. Diamonds form in pipes running through shale layers. Mrs. Cora A. Wellman is named assignee of Hinsdale Savings Bank. The torpedo boat Somers in Brooklyn records twenty knots speed.
Dr Leslie E Keeley, famed for his gold cure for liquor habit, died in Los Angeles at 65 from heart disease. He left his estate to his widow and sister in Dwight Indiana. A Civil War veteran, he developed the double chloride of gold and sodium remedy and opened his first institute in 1887.
Report on the dawn to afternoon bombardment of Gen Cronje's laager at the Modder River. British guns and naval ordnance fire concentrated on Boer positions as Cronje's forces resisted with stubborn endurance amid heavy casualties. Rumors of surrender circulated without official confirmation.
The article discusses telephotographic devices used in warfare and their spread across nations. It notes Mafeking as a besieged South African town, details its flat veld landscape, distance from Kimberley, and its trading station role. It also mentions bachelor generals including Lord Kitchener and Gen Gatacre. Lastly it cites Natal wood shortages and England's 170,000 reservists aged 25 to 40 for home service.
Carl S Bitner, 12, and his siblings were kept from public school religious instruction by father Carl Bitner of 547 East Seventeenth Street. Bitner, declaring atheism, has faced arrest as teachers and authorities enforce compulsory schooling and expose students to religious content. The magistrate warned that the boy would be arrested again if not sent to school.
English Society of Friends protest the proposed draft. Mafeking garrison makes sorties with slight resistance. Public feeling against Secretary Chamberlain grows bitter. Reports say Gen. Joubert is seriously injured and may never command in the field again.
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