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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1902
Page
4
Telegraphic news item notes a Sunday fire in Guthrie Oklahoma starting at the State Capitol printing plant destroying property estimated at 350000 dollars. Other items include Garfield named Civil Service Commissioner, Germany-US trade shifts, and Tennessee Mississippi floods with over twenty lives lost.
A New York Times tale recalls a special delivery mix up in Chinatown. A carrier, unfamiliar with Chinese customs, watches a Chinaman sign a receipt with ink hieroglyphs in a laundry, triggering confusion about proper timing and the book. The incident ends with the carrier worrying about his job unless customs are understood.
Reports from the South describe incalculable property loss as mills, bridges, and fences are swept away. Tennessee Valley suffers the chief damage to farming lands. Jackson Mississippi loses fire protection after a waterworks collapse. rail lines south of Nashville reopen gradually. Over thirty dead so far. Evansville church struck by lightning ignites a blaze destroying St. Boniface, with Rev Fr Burkhardt unconscious. library and residence damaged. Church, begun 1878, finished 1881, cost about 200000 with only 10000 insurance. congregation vows immediate rebuild.
A former Kan sas attorney general Archie Williams tells a humorous anecdote from his East trip. On a Illinois train he borrows a pass from Jake Smith. A conductor, a former Illinois schoolmate, mocks Williams as an inept attorney general before Williams exposes the ruse and demands the pass back.
In a London theatre a lessee's relative plays an angry father whose son owes money. During a confrontation with a money lender the father presents a thousand pound check. A voice from the pit interrupts, boasting his own six pound ten debt and an offer to hold it for a fortnight.
An infantry recruit from a country area, stationed at Aldershot, proves a stubborn duffer during inspections. The drill sergeant, frustrated, demands serious effort while the man quips his head is for keeping his collar from slipping.
Bloomington dispatch reports Judge W H Martin of the Tenth Judicial Circuit urged the Grand Jury to indict both buyers and sellers in the recent Republican Primary. He urged indictments for vote buyers, questioned published rumors of 75 cent votes, and criticized unlicensed liquor and drug sales. Also includes an obituary note from Hall of Politics Court No 64 mourning Brother John Johnson born 1850 Burlington Vermont died 1902 Bedford Indiana with resolutions of mourning and sympathy.
Henry Wooler and Elza Allen of Leesville transact business here Monday. Ed Elisha Lee marries near Fort Ritner. Numerous locals including Elmer F. Bush Swedney Kee Minney John Williams Bertha Williams and Dan Smith appear on streets or visit kin. Farmers Institute speakers L A Stockwell Miss Laura G Day and Howard Chess present on farming poultry and home making.
Levi Augustus Nugent born in Redding Indiana in 1837 died March 28 near Red Cross. He was the eldest son of John R Nugent and left a widow and five children. He was a Mason and old soldier with G A R membership. The large funeral in the region paid deep respects as the community laid him to rest in Redding. Mrs. ELWOOD GAINEY signs the notice.
The Indianapolis Journal argues that the Cuban trial reflects enduring civil law traditions in Cuba and Louisiana, contrasting them with Anglo American procedure. It asserts U S criminal justice is unusually lenient and prone to sympathy toward convicts, and that the Cuban verdict should not be deemed erroneous or politically driven.
Oliver Perry Anderson born August 18 1883 near Bedford Indiana taught school and farmed before ill health. He joined the Christian Church in 1852 and married Cynthia Blackburn May 2 1858, eight children born. He moved to Kansas in 1881, helped organize Newton Christian Church, died February 9 1902 at age 68. Interment in Newton cemetery. remembered as a loyal Christian gentleman.
The Vandalia Line and Monon announce excursion and one fare round trip rates for various events and tours in March and April 1902. Special tickets to Colorado to Wyoming and Minnesota and North Dakota are offered through Southern Indiana Railway agents. Tickets available for Prohibition State Convention and Scottish Rite events with specific sale and return dates. Certificates signed by Francis T. Holliday required.
Freshman Arland Lane quits to take a business post in the high school. Botany classes copied outline work from a West board. Water leaks damaged desks and books. Rain halted athletic practice and ground conditions. Several students left school or stopped attending. Miss Kate Duncan passed teacher's license exam at Mitchell. Five students may teach next year. some students dropped out. Various teachers and students to Indiana University for spring term. county teachers licensed at Mitchell. Wireless telegraphy review by Edwards praised. Botany trips along Southern Indiana aid practical learning. Summer normal planned by Superintendent Alexander and Professor Griest for credit. Oscar Edwards gave a thorough current events review. Primary oratorical contest papers in progress under Prof Griest. Training table advice for athletes. Bedford cannot, but homes should follow. Emery Dobbins reports $29.35 in the Athletic Association treasury for gear. Junior Class entertained at James McKinley home with plans for future events. Emery Dobbins to entertain on April 12.
During March and April 1902 the Monon Railway provides a single trip rate of 21.00 to Minnesota Missouri and South Dakota via Pennsylvania Lines for second class colonist tickets West and Northwest. H P RapDiey West and Northwest routes are included with special fares and through time information available from Pennsylvania Line passenger and ticket agents.
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