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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
4
The Batesville Tribune lists Donald McCallum as editor and announces subscription terms for one copy per year or six months with postage paid. It also notes per capita circulation in the United States on March 1 as $28.65.
Neither of the Tillmans will be put on exhibition at the Charleston Exposition. The statement clarifies absence from the event and confirms their non participation.
The Indianapolis Journal cartoon suggests the Democratic party is shaping an issue for 1902 as the party debates strategy. The piece frames the political move in a humorous light while noting the editorials’ tone.
The lingering Tillmanism influence in South Carolina politics is expected to ease gradually. Observers note the sore spot on the state’s political surface will fester a bit longer before fading, bringing relief to many residents.
A Republican in Illinois named Hogan withdraws from the race for Collector of Internal Revenue due to inability to participate in the senatorial fight it appointed.
The Standard Oil Company has voluntarily increased wages for employees in Indiana and Ohio by ten percent, effective from January 1, 1902. Critics call corporations hardhearted, though this move shows a brighter side of corporate conduct.
A Norfolk crowd supporting strikes collided with troops when a barber was bayoneted in the arm by a sergeant and the barber’s wife punched the sergeant. Martial law followed as a state regiment controlled the town.
The Supreme Court recently decided in favor of an exemption allowing a person with seven hundred dollars or less of indebtedness to exclude up to seven hundred dollars from taxation. The ruling confirms the tax exemption threshold for small debts.
A Congressman opposed the rural mail contract feature arguing that contracts would let Black workers deliver mail south of Mason Dixon Line, reflecting a collision of racial prejudice and policy. The remark highlights debate over contracts and African American labor during the era.
The letter questions Democratic sympathy for a governed people and cites Mr. Bryan opposing government without consent while remaining silent on the Indian Affairs hair cutting order. It notes consistency in stance lacking on the hair-cut mandate.
Lieutenant Strebler reports the capture of the half breed Lukban, a feared rebel chief who led a troop on Samar and caused trouble for U S troops. The seizure is hailed as the most significant Filipino capture since Aguinaldo's.
The Panama Canal Company cannot prove a clear title and Colombia must be considered in the transfer. The move prompts a subcommittee to urge the United States not to purchase the Panama route.
Reported attacks by Chinese soldiers on missions in Kiang Su and Kiang Shi result in the deaths of two Catholic priests. One died instantly, another after five days of suffering. A second priest was murdered in Kiang Shi while asleep, his hands severed. Two servants were killed as well. The piece implicates the Empress Dowager and suggests she must act to stop the murders or face exile.
Ignorance of home conditions leads to political hyperbole as Senator Carmack accuses the Philippine Commission law of tyranny. Senator Foaker from Ohio points out that the harshest treason clause in Philippine law mirrors Tennessee statutes, revealing a lapse in Carmack’s local legal knowledge.
Lieutenant-Governor Tillman of South Carolina faced strong pushback after withdrawing an invitation to President Roosevelt to Charleston Exposition to present a sword to a brave U S soldier. Exposition managers and Charleston city officials repudiated Tillman action and sent a committee to invite the President. The soldier refused to accept the sword under current circumstances, signaling broad disapproval.
Chairman Loud backs private contracting of star routes across several states. Critics view the plan as promoting robbery and a flawed system where a single contractor holds all routes and sublets them.
The text promotes using an emulsion in a baby's bottle or milk for children of different ages and claims quick improvement in nourishment. It notes doses from one fourth to half a teaspoon for infants and half to a teaspoon for larger children and asserts immediate effects on both mother and child. Available from druggists priced 5 cents to 1 dollar by Scott & Bowne.
The writer argues against star routes contracts and a Loud bill, saying multiple routes to small contractors cause incompetence and starvation. They claim only hungry contractors benefit, while the government and weaker subcontractors suffer.
Washington reports the President plans to sign the census bill only after Civil Service Commission approval. He would bar transfers from the census office into classified service pending commission review, potentially delaying hundreds of new civil service hires. The clash centers on Congress altering civil service rules and the President’s authority.
The Senate censured participants in a recent disgraceful scene, and the President hinted one invited senator is no longer welcome at the White House. The same swift action was not taken in the Foote Benton dispute or the assault on Charles Sumner.
A vintage medical advertisement promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for piles removing the need for surgery. It claims instant relief and also touts effectiveness for scalds cuts burns wounds sores and skin diseases. Warns against counterfeit products from G A Baas.
The Cincinnati Times-Star reports the prince described the 80th song he heard in America as My Old Kentucky Home, praising its beauty and noting the Wheeler of Kentucky as a key figure in this appraisal.
Farmers are offered closeout prices at Walsmans with $20 chilled plows now $6.50 and $7 while the $10 models sell for about $8. The sale promises large savings for farm equipment buyers.
The Republicans in each township invite all supporters to meet on Saturday March 15 1903 to select delegates for state and joint conventions. State convention at Indianapolis April 23–24 with organization and candidate selection. Joint Senatorial Convention at Madison March 22 10 am. No date set for Congressional Convention. Chairman John Minger and Secretary F S Jones urge broad attendance.
A Cincinnati Times-Star tirade notes Russian reactions to the Anglo Japanese alliance with a mix of disdain and flattery, asserting the nation’s uneasy trust in both powers and skepticism about any lasting loyalties.
The product claims to cure coughs and colds bronchitis asthma croup whooping cough hoarseness and bronchial afflictions pneumonia and la grippe with its honey and tar formula. It asserts relief across multiple respiratory conditions.
State of Indiana Ripley County notice to nonresident Arthur E. Snead in a suit to cancel deed and quiet title. Court to hear April 29 1902 at Versailles Court House. Clerk A J Brooks seals the court. Thompson and Janes attorneys for plaintiff. 1902 notice filed February 26. 8-3t
The Republicans of the Joint Senatorial District comprising Jefferson Ripley and Switzerland counties will meet at Madison City Hall on March 22 at 11 a.m. to nominate a joint senator for the three counties for the November election. Representation is one delegate and one alternate per voting precinct with allocations Jefferson 34 Ripley 29 Switzerland 17. Edward E. Kelso L Copeland John Minger are the chairmen of the three counties.
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