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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
1
In a lengthy battle, Democratic populists secure five state offices after a fraught alignment. Leaders say reason and logic guided the coalition to success despite a hard-fought, extended struggle within the party.
Grand Island special reports fusionists nominating W. H. Thompson and a slate for governor lieutenant governor land commissioner secretary of state attorney general war treasurer auditor superintendent. Democratic state convention in opera house after a long deadlock elected final nominations and ballots with Smyth leading early.
At an eight o clock Tuesday gathering in the A. O. U. W. hall populists clash over the head of the ticket. M. F. Harrington named temporary chair with John H. Powers as permanent leader and A. H. Weir assistant. The convention votes to have the populists name the governor while sharing other offices. Ballot results show Harrington leading with 382 votes followed by Barry 230 and Berge 168 among numerous names.
At 9 40 the conference committee reported recommending both conventions proceed to ballot for governor. Balloting to continue until the same man receives a majority in both conventions. A motion to proceed to ballot under this arrangement carried. The roll call strongly favored Harrington and he was declared the nominee before the roll was footed up. The result was greeted with great enthusiasm.
Democrats cling to a straight ticket while populists push for Bryan or Smyth. C J Smyth is courted then passed over as the contest shifts to H Thompson and General P A Barry amid intra party pressure and reform debates.
In Nebraska a heated convention moment reshapes the ticket race as Bryan urges unity, Harrington declines, and Thompson secures the governorship nomination. The Populists concede to Democrats on key posts while naming Lyman treasurer De France auditor and Claude Smith state superintendent.
In a Senate hearing amid Philippine history coverage, Admiral Dewey asserts Manila surrendered to him as Spanish fleet fell. He recounts Aguinaldo’s arrival, ordering organization, and his stance on recognizing Aguinaldo’s government. Dewey maintains he never recognized the Philippine republic and did not salute its flag. He confirms arming Aguinaldo despite the governor general’s pledge to surrender as a military act.
A London dispatch reports King Edward shows rapid recovery with minor symptoms described as inconsequential. He again took nourishment and smoked a cigar as Queen Alexandra stayed nearby. The Buckingham Palace bulletin noted a fairly comfortable day, renewed appetite, and some pain in the wound, signed Treves, Laking, and Barlow.
A severe tornado centered on McCordsville swept Hancock County Indiana damaging Maxwell Pendleton and Cleveland. Homes barns and a grain elevator were destroyed or leveled. Ten to eighteen people are reported killed and several more missing or buried in the wreckage. Odd Fellows hall was unroofed and James Bailey died in the ruins. Livestock died in the open country as horses were killed in the Cleveland funeral procession.
Soldiers from Fort Meyer wrecked the Geary saloon at Roslyn Virginia damaging about 5000 dollars worth of property after an ambush shooting. Geary allegedly fired on Private Henry Pacoast prompting the attack. The soldiers moved in en masse destroying breakables and firing volleys into the establishment.
Ellen Thompson, before a justice of the peace in Ripley Mississippi, confesses that Q. J. Thompson killed her husband in Caruthersville Missouri and forced her and her two children into a shanty boat at gunpoint. She says he later poisoned the children because he feared they would talk, and Thompson is jailed.
Delegates arrive in Denver for the international Sunday school convention opened Friday. A Palestine delegate Mme Mamreolf von Finkelstein Mountford urges moving the 1905 convention to Jerusalem as a world lesson. President Hoke Smith is ill and By-F Jacobs dies. W.H. McLaine of St. Louis is favored for president. Mr. Hartshjern tipped to succeed Jacobs as chairman.
Elmwood reports a grim accident near Murdock as John Berkman’s two and a half year old son was struck by a mower while playing in the grass. One foot was severed above the ankle and the other hung by skin. The child was alive but recovery odds are poor.
August Tallburg, from Edgar Wisconsin, while en route to Payette Idaho, was detained in the Ogalalla county jail after leaving a Union Pacific train. His mind was unbalanced. a physician examined him and he hanged himself with a necktie while the sheriff fetched his dinner. An inquest was held and relatives notified.
The Ohio arrives in Seattle from Nome with 110000 in treasure and reports the Sarah carrying 1000000 in treasure and the Nome fleet largely reached port. The Portland and Jennie were absent since June, with Thetis out a week and Dora sent toward Nome to aid the search. There is fear the Jennie may be lost.
Coroner's jury in Buffalo, New York indicts Elizabeth Meyer widow of Dr Jacob Meyer for first degree murder over the June shooting of her husband. They report two bullets struck the body and one hit the office wall. Meyer, a noted western New York surgeon, claimed the shooting was accidental.
Governor Yates of Illinois approved a requisition from Governor Cummins of Iowa to extradite J. W. Laswell, wanted in Fort Madison Iowa for borrowing $2000 from Lee County Savings Bank with intent to defraud. Laswell is in custody in Carthage Hancock County Illinois.
Four masked men entered Mrs. W W Latta's Springfield home four miles north of Ligonier Indiana. They bound Latta and her aged mother Mary Layton and ransacked the house. About $200 in cash and jewelry were taken. Bloodhounds were scenting the robbers.
In the Richard mine No 2 shaft at Dover New Jersey five miners died and a sixth was likely fatally injured while rescuers tried to recover a fellow miner buried in a prior cave in an ore collapse caused by a blast.
Bellevue dispatch reports Finlay hall a three story frame dormitory built in 1890 and named for Col Finlay of Kittaning. The blaze started around 9 45 am due to matches on a mouse nest while workers moved screens and attic items. Furniture and pianos were saved but the building cannot be saved, threatening nearby Lowrie hall and other campus structures.
Topeka girl Mrs. C. B. Conant dies in Manila where she and her husband taught in government schools. Born in Topeka twenty three years ago she was married in Manila and educated as a Washburn student. Her husband sails home this week with her body.
Democratic and populist state committees will meet in Topeka on July 7 to organize for the campaign. Joint headquarters are planned in Topeka. Major A. M. Harvey of Topeka is likely the populist state chairman. A majority of populist nominees support him. secretary race is between John Curran and N. H. Gaines.
A severe gulf storm rages. Galveston reports gale winds and flooded streets. A French vessel loaded with wines lies perilously off Brazos de Santiago while life saving crews struggle to reach her.
Andrew Peterson, convicted at Washington Kansas for the murder of Carl Holt, and Hilda Peterson were taken to the penitentiary by the sheriff. Peterson was driven across the country to Lynn to avoid a layover near the crime scene. As the train passed Greenleaf about fifty people boarded the car seeking a last view of the supposed killer.
Forbes, a Fort Worth contractor, was shot twice and fatally wounded by his thirteen year old son after the father chastised him for disobedience. The mother intervened as the husband struck at her. the boy fled to the barn, got a pistol, then returned and opened fire.
Donaldsville Louisiana city marshal George Goetz was killed after entering a store to pursue burglars. A Babin, described as an intimate friend, mistook Goetz's identity and fired with a rifle. The incident occurred while Goetz was in disguise as a crook.
A collision at Knox ville Tennessee destroyed thirty six cars. A tramp was killed and $1000 in cash was found inside large clothes. Union Pacific in Omaha discharged 132 machinists and helpers, blaming boilermaker strike for work delays in the boiler department.
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