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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
4
The Sullivan County Democrats endorse the county editor of the Sullivan Bulletin as holding a strong interest and leadership for the local party, signaling support for his influence within the party.
Next week on April 24 and 25 the Republican State Convention will be held in Indianapolis. Correspondents are urged to send in letters promptly as many supporters plan to attend and the event is billed as the most enthusiastic yet.
The Democratic convention to re elect delegates for the congressional meeting at the court house last Saturday failed to appoint any delegates and adjourned without action. Welman supporters claim unfair treatment while counties differ, Monroe backing Miers and Greene backing Davis, with Sullivan county standing by Welman.
A complex debate shapes Army leadership as Gen Ailes nears retirement. Officials weigh replacing him with Gen Brooke while honoring long service and Civil War era ties. Prospects include Gen Miles and Gen Young potential successors, with Chaffee’s promotion eyed in the coming years.
Eugene F. Ware of Kansas has been chosen by the president to replace H. Clay Evans as commissioner of pensions. Ware, a Topeka attorney with Gleed Ware Gleed, represents a new administration choice and signals a major personnel shift. Indianapolis hosts the National Association of Manufacturers in its largest attendance of the year as the group meets to discuss policy and industry concerns. A New Orleans delegation pushes for the next annual convention site. A dispatch reports General Montenegro delaying with 800 followers and 480 revolutionaries near San Carl the capital of Cojedes under Castro’s regime.
In a special session the town board approved a petition for city organization with election set for May 1. The article argues the move aims to sidestep the last town election, increases debt, and multiplies offices from two dozen new officials to govern as a city with 10 wards and 20 council seats plus extra roles. It also targets unionists William Beck and Sam Self and implies a graft motive.
Six burglars blew the Commercial Bank safe with nitroglycerin in Macey, but no money was taken as the explosion wrecked the building and public alarm drove the robbers away. In Metamora, Richard Oliphant shot his stepfather-in-law Peter Pelsor and then killed himself with carbolic acid over a domestic dispute. Portland reports indictments for Charles Shepherd in a wife’s murder and James Ertel over a wife’s alleged death by suicide. In Roachdale a US mailbag was rifled and three suspects are jailed awaiting federal inquiry. In Evansville, Marshal Wallcott fought two burglars. one escaped, the other captured after a hard chase.
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