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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1898
Page
2
Ou and Kentucky legislatures convene today as U.S. Senator will be elected by both. Tax Seymour postoffice changed hands Saturday with Geo. D. Price retiring and Phillip Wilhelm succeeding. Mr Wilhelm was postmaster until the Harrison administration.
J D Hunter appears as a candidate for city clerk in this issue. He is described as a well known and worthy man who would fill the office with credit to himself and the community if nominated and elected.
The piece argues Democrats push a 10 percent wage cut claim in eastern cotton mills citing overproduction, while ignoring wage increases elsewhere. It claims Democrats fear prosperity rising nationwide could jeopardize their 1898 election prospects and accuses them of political maneuvering.
Purdue student Fred Donner Jr resumes studies as others travel from Indianapolis to Seymour Jeffersonville Columbus and Lexington. Families including Hamblen Sweeney Barrack Roope and McCollough Klipsch visit relatives in Indiana during the holidays and return home.
Washington dispatch notes Congress reconvenes on Wednesday with little business expected this week. Key issues include Hawaiian annexation, Corbett seat, immigration, and financial questions. Debate likely on the annexation treaty with doubts on ratification, while bimetallism and silver plans spark anticipated votes. Obituaries for Shaur-Claude Sharp, Adams, Vogelpohl, and Mrs. Cahn accompany the political briefing.
Col Hoagland, father of the curfew law, spoke at a union meeting in the M E Church yesterday afternoon in Chicago. He spoke for over an hour on How to Control the Boys and held the audience's close attention. He advocates a good cause and supports himself via illustrated charts.
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