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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1902
Page
4
In this April 30 1902 issue the column reports on local party dynamics including Wertman and Poynter squabbles Douglas Davis receiving about 70 votes equating to roughly $3 per vote and Sullivan county Democrats versus Greene county tensions. The item also notes a volatile stance on island possessions and Republican platform lines.
In Haddon Township a dispute over the Democratic primary for road supervisor pits Arnett against Sherwood. The Carlisle News urges a decision to settle the contest as primaries dominate local politics.
The message asks who the "Tom my" was who phoned D. K. Mizers to report Shelburn precinct, saying he spent all his money and had good results, and would settle in the morning, with Mizers replying "all right, Tomy?"
The group praises Nat Dr Hill as a fearless leader and strong Republican ally. He built one of the best campaign organizations, showing broad statewide strength and strong county support from early in the process.
The text notes Bryan passing through St Louis alone and suggests he may rise in politics twenty years hence if he works hard. It warns that a belief in bimetallism is impractical for a president, implying Bryan lacks readiness for the nation’s needs.
Last Sunday April 27 marked the birthday of Captain Ulysses S Grant born at Point Pleasant Ohio on April 27 1822. He was christened Hiram Ulysses later renamed Ulysses Simpson and known as General Grant. He died at 63 from tongue cancer linked to smoking. The Army general bill was the first signed by President Cleveland after his inauguration nominating Grant.
A city election nears decision time as Poynter weighs changing stance. The town to city government shift left taxes at $1.70 per hundred, raising concerns about the financial impact on Princeton residents.
The county Democratic primary last Monday chose Hon. R. W. Miers as the preferred congressman over Welman and others. The vote reflected a heated race with notable spending and whiskey reportedly used. Critics say Miers withdrawal letter was a sham to gain backing, noting his 25 years in office across three terms and prompting local opinion that enough is enough.
Ss. BE Treadway wed Lizzie Manwarring Hudson Howard to Pearl Nichols. Wyatt Falhowell to Rebecca Carpent er.
Quiet title actions include Rew Suits against Catherine Need et al and Adams against Thos Cox. Jujunet ion and Henry Q Slogp against Luther Stoop also noted for quiet title. Rufus M Milam seeks possession from W A Tee.
The S3rd anniversary of Odd Fellowship in the country was observed with a lodge gathering and a sermon by Rev. Francis at the Christian church. Attendance at services marked the commemorative event.
R C Viskniskki and Co report a very large rug sale last week due to advertising in the Sullivan UNION, which they say has the county’s largest bona fide circulation.
J. F. Nicholas has started a brick kiln and will burn machine made brick, employing about ten men.
J A Mattix received a car load of Blue Ribbon Buggies including rubber and steel tires in a recent shipment. The items mark a significant inventory addition for local transportation suppliers.
A rehearing petition was filed in the mortgage deduction case in Indianapolis. The court had ruled the mortgage deduction law constitutional on February 28 with Justices Monks and Dowling dissenting. The 60 day window for rehearing expired yesterday as the auditor of Marion county delays allowing deductions pending court action. The attorney general prepared an answer to the auditor’s brief.
The national German Baptists Dunkards conference will meet near Eldorado Indiana from May 18 to 22. Thousands are expected from across the United States and Canada with a large tabernacle to host services and business sessions. Five carloads of lumber have been moved into Eldorado to build the venue. Western Ohio and Indiana host sizable Dunkard communities with many churches in the region.
La Porte Indiana April 28 arrangements are under way to establish a young ladies seminary in La Porte the school to open next fall with Miss Alice Mayhouse currently head of Shaftesbury college Baltimore as principal.
In Evansville Indiana on April 29 Mrs Ida Winterrich gave pepper mint drops laced with carbolic acid to her 214 year old child. After extended suffering the baby died and the error was not immediately found.
Rufus A. Johnson, town marshal and respected citizen of Scottsburg Indiana, died by self inflicted gunshot wound in April. Ill health was stated as the cause of the act.
South Bend April 29 The Singer Manufacturing sewing machine plant ends a ten week strike with 1,700 workers returning to work. Workers sought 2 1/4 cents an hour raise and a contract. manager Pine declined a contract but raised some wages, leading to many older leaders being let go.
Anxiety grows over mob violence against Caldwell and Stretchberry in Brown County Indiana. The lash of accusations targets Stretchberry’s neighbors as the grand jury convenes to investigate and seek guilty parties and punishment.
Newly elected officers of Triana Quiser Chapter of Eastern Star are announced by retiring grand matron Laura J. Breckenridge. Grand Matron is Susie Davis of Scottsburg, Grand Patron A W Byers of South Bend, Associate Grand Matron Minnie W Goltra Crawfordsville, Associate Grand Patron Milton W Coffin Cayuga, Grand Secretary Nettie Ransford Indianapolis, Grand Treasurer Carrie M Fanning Butler, Grand Conductor Anna C Banes Metamora.
In Whitely suburb at the Oland saloon Harry Kern 21 shot James L. Tartar 26 after Tartar, claiming Kentucky origin, fired twice wounding Kern. Kern returned fire. Tartar is dying at a hospital with a bullet under his lung. Kern in jail awaiting charges.
A bank lamp explosion caused a fire that destroyed Idaville Indiana’s business section Wednesday. Owners plan to rebuild. merchants will reopen. The Idaville Observer lost its printing plant and now issues from Monticello.
Petersburg Ind April 29 The grand jury is in session aiming to suppress gambling. Roy Wade refused to answer questions and was sent to jail by Judge Ely until he will speak. Wade remains jailed and says he will never answer.
Valparaiso Indiana April 26 C W Crisp brakeman on the Pennsylvania road fell between cars this morning and died from his injuries. He was 23 years old unmarried and from Decatur Indiana.
Six year old son of Rufus Plumber, farmer, fell from a wood load in Windfall Ind on April 26. A wheel passed over the boy's chest and he was likely fatally injured.
La Porte Indiana April 28 William Buck aged 50 is drowned when his buggy tips into a ditch and overturns filling with water.
Clinton Ind April 28 Albert 15 son of Herman Schultzer was killed while riding his bicycle in a collision with a buggy.
A freight wreck on the Southern railway near Princeton Indiana on April 28 fatally injured James Rea of Knoxville Tennessee.
Russiaville Indiana April 28 The Methodist church and Redmen s temple suffered a Sunday fire with an estimated loss of 25000 dollars.
General Frederick D. Grant’s gunboat expedition along the Gandara river in Samar crushes insurgent leader Guevarra and his full command. Hundreds of rebels and rifles are poised to surrender to American authorities, with several other coastal surrenders reported on Samar and Negroes islands.
Acting Civil Governor Luke E. Wright praised the Ninth Infantry at a farewell banquet in Manila. He said the army, under difficult circumstances, paved the way for civil authorities and noted few frictions between branches. General Chaffee called soldiers loyal supporters of civil rule.
In St Petersburg April 26 the interior minister M. Von Pichne travels south to investigate unrest in southern Russia. Reliable reports from Moscow cite dangerous labor movement activity, factory fires of suspected incendiary origin, and posters urging workers to rise against foreign managers calling them foreign devils. Managers face indignities as English terms foreign devils appear in streets.
A 12 year old girl, Francis Rigby, daughter of R. M. Rigby, was found in a dying condition on a Kansas City street and died at City Hospital from swallowing carbolic acid. Authorities say the self inflicted death stemmed from fear of punishment for a trifling school offense.
Custar, an oil town of 500 inhabitants, 20 miles north of Findlay, was destroyed by fire last night. A high wind prevented saving the town as aid arrived too late. Loss will exceed $60,000, including nine stores and numerous dwellings.
Washington April 26 In the omnibus building bill introduced yesterday the following appropriations are made for buildings and sites in Indiana Logansport 75000 Muncie 75000 Richmond 75000 Vincennes 75000 Crawfordsville 50000 Hammond 125000 Henderson Ky 40000.
In Princeton Indiana on April 28 Louis Russell a colored man shot and killed Perry Stout a colored man at a Sunday dance. Russell was captured after being pulled from a hiding place in a tie top.
The May 28 case centers on the missing Margaret Taylor, child of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Taylor, with involvement of the Taylor family in Cincinnati and Columbus. The grandmother and aunt, Miss Francis Taylor, were imprisoned for aiding the abduction and withholding the child’s location. Authorities report a possible clue from Governor Nash, while citizens’ groups mobilize to secure the child’s safe return.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank D Baldwin reports the capture of Sultan Pualo’s fort leads to a salutary effect as dattos submit. White flags replace red banners and the sultan of Amadthak seeks time to surrender the assassins of American soldiers. General Davis at Zamboanga sees most dattos as friendly and foresees a bloodless outcome.
Washington reports General Wood, Cuban military governor, dissolves the constitutional convention and directs the Cuban congress to meet in Havana on May 5 to examine member credentials and count and rectify the presidential and vice presidential electoral vote. May 2 is named a special holiday for Cuban Independence Day.
The bankruptcy examination shows the Marquis of Queensberry depleted personal property by 260,090 pounds and the Glen Stuart estate of 50 acres. Upon inheriting the marquisate in 1900 he had anticipated an interest in the estate worth 106,235 pounds.
In Winside Nebraska Mrs Katie Dimmell divorced wife of John Bim mell was found dead by hanging from a bed post. Her young child lay dead on the bed. The coroner's jury ruled death by own action in the mother case and that the child died by its mother's hands.
President-elect Estrada Palma arrived at his old home in Bayamo Santiago province after traveling from Hoguin in an old Cuban volante. He was greeted by hundreds of people on horseback along the route yesterday into Bayamo.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. W. S. Schley arrived in Memphis Tennessee and were lodged at the Gayoso hotel. Admiral Schley will stay in Memphis until Wednesday night before visiting several Mississippi cities.
Montreal April 25. Work on the Marconi wireless telegraph station near Tablehead Glace bay is to be rushed to complete four 200 foot towers and the apparatus so Canada can send coronation congratulations to King Edward.
Seattle April 28 Will Price and Bernard Sutter were killed by a dynamite blast at Issaquah. Sutter’s remains were insufficient for an inquest and the cause of the explosion remains unknown.
Santiago April 25. Facing strong deputy opposition to selling the cruisers Presidente Pinto to Colombia and Presidente El Tritrozuriz to Ecuador, the Chilean ministry has presented its resignation.
New York reports plans for the auxiliary Baldwin Seigler polar expedition. The Frithjof steamer will depart Tromsoe July 1 to Camp Zeigler on Alger Island to pick up Baldwin's last instructions. W. Champ leads the team with May 23 departure for Europe and June 7 for the rest.
Lord Kitchener dispatch from Pretoria notes on April 21 to the present 25 Boers killed 76 taken prisoner and 25 surrendered amid desultory clashes in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. The garrison at O'Okain Cape Colony withstood until relieved by columns.
New York on April 29 reports Arenbishon Corrigan's pneumonia is thoroughly broken. Doctors say the danger now rests in the patient's weakened condition.
Latest official report says William Waldorf Astor will become Baron Cliveden of Taplow next month. The April 28 timetable confirms the elevation as part of ongoing English peerage arrangements.
Daily Markee report lists prevailing prices for grain provisions and livestock. Wheat No 2 bed steady at 80442 Corn No 2 mixed steady at 0. Oats No 2 mixed 44e. Hops and sheep steady. Lambs steady.
Louisville Grain and Livestock reports cash market closes with Wheat 84c No 2 red and longberry. Corn 71 34c No 2 white, 68 3c No 2 mixed. Oats 50 2c. Cattle 2.25 to 6.40. Hogs 4.50 to 7.20. Sheep 2 to 4.75. Lambs 2.50 to 0.50. New York Livestock shows Cattle 3.60 to 7.25. Sheep 2.50 to 6.40. Lambs 4 to 4.257.
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