Republican Convention Set for Sullivan Courthouse March 15 1902
The Republican county convention will be held at the Court House in Sullivan on Saturday March 15 at 2 p m to select delegates and alternate delegates to state congressional senatorial and judicial conventions. Sullivan County has twelve delegates and twelve alternates to each and apportionment mirrors the district convention. W P Stratton is chairman and Sam O Sexi is secretary. The piece also notes Illinois consolidates its judicial capitals to Springfield and discusses Cass township remonstrances against a liquor license for Joseph Eck with over 400 names while praising Prince Henry of Prussia's US visit and possible political inclination.
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Mass
Court House
Sullivan
Sullivan County
W. P. Stratton
Sam O. Sexi
Cass Township
Joseph Eck
Gilmore
Cass
The Times Changes Hands In Sullivan
The Sullivan Times has changed hands with Charley Welman as owner and Frank Cunningham named manager after a week‑long deal closed and possession given Monday. The note wishes the new owners success and recalls Welman’s past as longtime manager while avoiding politics in future plans.
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Sullivan Times
Charley Welman
Welman
Frank Cunningham
Welmwan
Curry
Franchise Granted Broad Street Use by Southern Indiana
The Sullivan town board approved a franchise last Thursday night allowing Southern Indiana Railway to use the town streets and alleys. Residents fear the ordinance could permit the company to appropriate Washington Street and other streets south of it for its main track and switches, extending corporate control.
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Indiana
Sullivan
Washington Street
Corporation ‘Line
Town Board Considers Early Meeting to Reform Ordinance
Vague notes indicate the town board plans an early session to repeal and revise the existing ordinance amid discussions on bread and sweeping policy and related costs.
Davis called cheap as he backs Miers for office
The piece portrays Cy Davis of Greene County as manipulating support for Miers, promising to withdraw if needed and seek favors two years ahead. It argues Miers should run for governor later, while Davis fights for the congressional nomination, accusing him of endless promises and scheming.
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Cy Davis
Greene County
Miers
Cyrus
Congress
Cyrus Davis
Davis
Verdict of Manslaughter in Indiana Killing
Noblesville Indiana March 4 The jury that heard the murder case of William Mohler charged with killing Newton Innis at Atlanta has returned a verdict of manslaughter Mohler will be given an indeterminate sentence to state prison.
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Noblesville
Ind
William Mohler
Newton Innis
Atlanta
Mohler
Woman dies from self-inflicted arsenic in crisis
Seymour Indiana March 1 Miss Lillie Burton died yesterday from arsenic taken during a personal crisis. She was living with her invalid father and domestic trouble is given as the cause.
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Seymour, Ind
Lillie Burton
Kentucky Battle in Campton Sparks Jail Guarding Clash
Sheriff Stamper and posse pursued a blood feud to a Harris distillery scene where Napier and followers tended wounds from a yard fight. A volley wounded six attackers and two deputies. four men remained severely injured. About 100 armed men guard the jail amid threats of mob violence.
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Campton
Stamper
Vortex
Faulkner
Harris
Napier
Buck Wooten
Jeff Townsend
Clay Napier
John Faulkner
Wooten
Townsend
Pearl of Interference in Wireless Plans
In the House of Lords on March 4 the Marquis of Londonderry as Postmaster General opposed granting Marconi licenses for UK signal stations. He called wireless the greatest invention yet would interrupt heavy Admiralty experiments the government seeks to complete.
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London
House of Lords
Marquis of Londonderry
Marconi
United Kingdom
Admiralty
Remarkable Recovery and Lawsuit in Hiwood
Perry Leese formerly employed at the American Tinplate plant files suit for 25000 dollars claiming a fall at work caused a sharp iron piece to drive through his head injuring his left eye and ear. He expects recovery but says his health is permanently impaired.
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Hiwood, Ind
Perry Leese
American Tinplate Company
Leese
Telegraphers tourney closes with McClintic winning Carnegie medal
The American Telegraphers tournament concluded at 5 a.m. Sunday. F. M. McClintic of the Associated Press in Dallas won the Andrew Carnegie diamond medal for best all around telegrapher after sending 617 words in 10 minutes. C. W. White of Richmond was second and F. G. Johnson of Louisville third.
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Atlanta
Andrew Carnegie
F. M. McClintie
Associated Préas
Dallas
Tex
C. W. White
Richmond
F. G. Johnson
Louisville
Mr. MecClintic
Murder, Arson, and Suicide in Newark Case
A man identified as Ghart Andrews, a Black resident, killed his wife in Newark New Mexico on March 4, then set her room on fire, and cut his own throat dying at the scene last evening.
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Newark
Ghart
Andrews
Mie
Prince Henry of Prussia Receives Grand Chicago Welcome
Chicago greets Prince Henry of Prussia with torches lights and crowds as he arrives at 6 30 pm. Mayor Harrison and a reception committee attend a grand welcome followed by a lavish ball at the Auditorium hotel with German American flags and Prussian symbols featured prominently.
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Chicago
Prince Henry of Prussia
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Harrison
Prince Henry
Auditorium Hotel
Prussia
Armory
Admiral Dewey
Prince Henry of Prussia Tours Lookout Mountain Journey
Prince Henry of Prussia traveled from Chattanooga through Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and into Illinois on a northward and westward journey. His train used the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis and Vandalia lines. He was met with hospitable reception in the South and encountered curious interest from local Black residents.
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Indianapolis
Prince Henry of Prussia
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Nashville
St. Louis
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Louisville
Bowling Green
Indiana
Prince Henry Visits St Louis For Four Hour Program
Prince Henry spent nearly four hours in St Louis with a busy schedule arranged by a local committee. He received constant ovation from arrival at Union Station to departure for Chicago and expressed pleasure with the reception and sights. He reiterated that his mission was to cement friendly bonds between Germany and the United States.
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St. Louis
Prince Henry
Union Station
Chicago
New York
Germany
United States
Morbid Passion Ends in Double Tragedy in Pittsburg
William A Rinard, a Braddock steel worker, shot and killed Margaret Lambert or Wilbert at 805 Watson Street Pittsburg after months of jealousy and then killed himself. The Edgar Thomson works man, a noted Braddock figure, shot himself minutes later in the same house.
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Pittsburg
Watson Street
William A. Rinard
Edgar Thomson
Braddock
Margaret Lambert
Wilbert
London
Eng
Rinard
Jealous Man's Desperate Deed in Woodstock
Benjamin F. Ellsworth shot and killed Amos Anderson and his wife Mrs Ellsworth then killed himself in Elgin Is March 1. Ellsworth a Woodstock machine shop owner was driven by jealousy of Anderson's attentions to Mrs Ellsworth. Ellsworths 19 year old son is held by police charged with aiding the killings.
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Elgin, Is
Benjamin F. Ellsworth
Woodstock
Amos Anderson
Washington House committee fails to report Schley tribute
An unsuccessful effort in the house committee on naval affairs yesterday sought consideration of reporting a resolution to tender the thanks of Congress to Rear Admiral Schley.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
Schley
First National Bank of Sermont Closes
Brief dispatches note the Sermont bank's doors shut, soldiers in the Philippines show improved sickness rates, and a London denial of General Botha’s surrender offer. Reports include Calais ship loss, a Philadelphia vessel sinking, a boiler explosion on the Tennessee river, a fatal assault in Nome Alaska, a fatal Auburn Branch wreck, Cuba wartime tax relief, and a post office contract shift bill.
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First National Bank
Sermont
Philippines
Louis Botha
London War Office
Calais
France
Totes Jean Baptiste
Philandlphia
T. A. Bacon
Tennessee
Lulu Watts
Nome
Alaska
Jack Wirk
Auburn
New York Central Railroad
Cuba
House Committee
Meeting of the Mottters Congress Attends Washington
Large attendance at a meeting in Washington as President Roosevelt dismisses Judge Noyes of the Second Alaska district. A general strike of 1,400 New York building workers is ordered. Victor Hugo centenary festivities begin in Paris. Andrew Garneste offers a gold medal for telegraphist contest in Atlante. Lieutenant Stribler captures Gen. Lucban on the 22nd. A prisoner is confined at Laguan. Charles Brown linked to a lynching at South Shields. A 4 year old boy, Charles Anderson, dies by poison after missing his mother. Wan Muliskin is assassinated near Keokuk.
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Mottters Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Judge Noyes
Alaska
Count Tolstoi
Nework
Victor Hugo
Paris
Andrew Garneste
Atlante
Stribler
Lucban
Laguan
Charles Brown
Mirrow
South Shields
Durham
Charles Anderson
Chitazo
Wan
Muliskin
Keokuk
Bridge washed away by Columbia cloudburst across Chattahoochee
Reports describe a cloudburst at Columbia Gn erasing a bridge over the Chattahoochee River. Other items note Mrs. Frederic Schoff elected Philadelphia president of the Congress of Mothers and the Union Stockyards in Chicago closing for 16 hours during J B Sherman funeral.
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Columbia
Chattahoochee River
Congress of Mothers
Frederic Schoff
Philadelphia
Union
Chicago
J. B. Sherman
The
Yards
Ernest Wadebird
B. H. Pope
Col. Pope
U.S. A
California
Orba
Thewalender
United States
Turkey
Misa Stone
Isabel Jay
Grrey Opera Company
Harry
H. Oivendish
Prince Henry
Jersey City
Greek minister of justice resigns to duel
M Topalis quits as justice minister to duel. Senate adopts conference report on permanent census bill. Fatal furnace roof collapse in South Chicago leaves two dead and three injured. Illinois Central plans Paducah to Cairo branch. Tamaqua floods reach worst since 1840. North Carolina mountains paralyzed by high water. towns flood. Bartel Sweeny and daughter murdered in Wilcox home by robbers. Weekly US business failures rise to 204. Zetella GA train trestle washout kills four, injures three. Mrs Reagan recovering from stabbing. forgives husband. Joseph E Hinkie hanged in Peoria County for wife Artie Hinkie murder in 1901.
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M. Topalis
Greece
Senate
South Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Paducah
Cairo
Tamaqua
North Carolina
Bartel Sweeny
Wilcox
United States
Zetella
James $. Reagan
Louisville
Joseph E. Hinkie
Peoria County
Illinois
Artie Hinkie
Peoria
Global and Local News Highlights From the Period
United States and abroad in brief include a conference committee reconciling a Philippine tariff bill and fears in England over Prince Henry’s reception in the U.S. Lehigh River floods surge with Pittsburg at 32.6 feet, threatening jobs and losses in the city. A remount scandal in Britain surfaces via a Commons member’s disclosure. Albany streetcar traffic halted by Hudson floods. Italy reports a socialist inspired labor revolt in Turin and government restraint. February government receipts show 169729 and expenditures 80099200 with a 2000440 surplus. Marconi maintains long distance wireless with Cornwall as signals reach 1531 miles and the station at 2099 miles away.
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House
Senate
England
Prince Henry
United States
Lehigh
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Albany
N. Y
Hudson River
Italy
Turin
Marconi
New York
Cornwall
Disjointed World News Items From Ailing Press Briefs
A jumble of misspelled notices reports disasters floods and events across places like Punjab Cincinnati Paterson New York Valencia and Venice. The text mentions wheat crop trouble Pope Leo commemoration a printing-explosion and war rhetoric amid unclear dates and figures.
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Punjab
India
Leo
Chas. Broadway Bovss
New York
Cincinnati
Paterson
Fumpireg
Loretto Linn
Miltary
Valencia
Venezia
Bank of LL
Fatfedl
Abs Mae
Tinkbon
United State
Many Miners Buried in Colorado Snowslide
Telluride Colorado March 1 a massive snowslide at the Liberty Bell mine on Smuggler Mountain killed between 39 and 75 men. Most mine buildings were swept away and the death toll cannot be confirmed until rescuers clear snow, rock, and logs from the canyon.
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Telluride
Col
Colorado
Liberty Bell
Smuggler Mountain
Liberty Bell Mine
Snow slides bury workers near Telluride mountain
Two snow slides struck the Bobtail area outside Telluride Colorado on Sunday. The second slide buried several men who were clearing debris from the first slide. Local rescuers race to reach the injured and assess damage.
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Telluride
Col
Majuba Day Again as British Strike in Boer Line
London reports Lord Kitchener revived Majuba Day to lead a two day operation against Boer forces in the Harrismith and Van Reenan line. British success yields 600 killed or captured, 2 000 horses, and 28 000 cattle taken.
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Majuba
London
Lord Roberts
Cronje
Pardeeburg
Majuba Hill
Lord Kitchener
Harrismith and
van Reenan
American mules praised as magnificent workers in Africa dispatch
London reports a parliamentary paper issued last night with dispatches on the remount garrison in South Africa. It says the American mules are the best received from any source and kept in excellent condition under adverse circumstances.
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London
South
Crazy Snake and Followers Moved to Fort Leavenworth Prison
Chitto Harjo known as Crazy Snake and nine followers were sent from Muskogee Oklahoma March 3 to Fort Leavenworth Kansas to begin two year sentences for conspiracy against the government as ordered by United States Judge C W Raymond last Wednesday.
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Muskogee
I. T
Chitto Harjo
Crazy Snake
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
United States
C. W. Raymond
U S minister demands punishment for Stone brigand capture
John G A Leishman presented a note to the porte demanding punishment for the brigands who seized Ellen M Stone. The porte repudiates responsibility and denies liability in its reply.
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Turkey
Constantinople
U. S
John G. A. Leishman
Porte
Ellen M. Stone
Defective Boiler Found in Detroit Plant Explosion
The coroner's jury investigating the Penberthy Injector company plant boiler explosion in Detroit has returned a verdict that the boiler was defective and censured its makers. The finding cites faulty construction or maintenance as a contributing factor to the blast.
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Detroi
Mich
Penberthy Injectors Company
Republicans Aim to Reach Cuba Relief Decision Delayed
Washington March 4 The Republican members of the house who met in conference again last night to consider the Cuban relief question adjourned until Thursday without action after hours of fruitless discussion.
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Washington
House
Surveyor R L Bailey Advertising Services
R L Bailey County Surveyor offers land surveying civil engineering mine surveying and drainage of wet lands specialization. Office located in Crowder building east side of square. Orders by mail receive prompt attention.
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Crowder Building
Sullivan County
Coffman Block
East Side Public Square
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Supreme Court
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Ottawa
Prince
Amos Stirling
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Edskins
David Crawley
Liston & Hazelrigg, Agis
Fire, Life and Aggident Insurance
Davis Block
W. H. Hill Jr
General Insurance
Sullivan State Bank
E. R. Riggs
New Davis Block
Sullivan, and
L. A. Stewart
West
John T. Hays
Will H. Hays
Attorneys-at-law
Arthur D. Cutler
Carlisle
S.c.chaney
A. G. McNabb
Southside
John S. Bays
Sullivan, Indiana
C.D. Hunt
W.F. Wood
Goodman's Clothing Store
Sullivan Ind
Isaac H. Kally
George W. Buff
Buff & Stratton
Coffman's Drug Store
Northeast Corner Public Square
R.h.crowder
J.R. Crowder
R. H. Crowper & Son
Physicians and Surgeons
Crowder
East Side Square
Walter N. Thompson
R. L. Bailey
C. H. Edwards
Public Square
Josh Beasley
James R. Brown
Beasley & Brown
Cuanzy & McNass
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