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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1892
Page
2
The Union urges 1300 subscribers to settle years of arrears as the paper vows to improve local coverage and become the county’s best. It notes campaign fallout, lists local officials and candidates, and hints at future office distribution while stressing timely payments.
The Democrat editor defends the paper against claims of profane language used after a democratic victory. He says no recollection of such remarks exists, and critic Murray is relying on street gossip for material.
The campaign ends with Republicans performing better in Harrison County and Democrats narrowing their plurality by about 100 votes. R H Crowder and I H Kalley receive credit for party organization. Cleveland’s victory prompts discussion of Judge Gresham’s likely Supreme Court appointment. A Democratic circular accuses People’s party leaders of selling out, which the piece labels as libel. Populists sought representation on election boards and federal supervisors, facing opposition and charges from a courthouse ring. The article warns such attacks harm voting rights and predicts consequences for those responsible.
About a dozen applicants seek the Sullivan federal post office, a figure likely to grow toward twenty five. The job pays 1600 dollars annually and has drawn early contenders including Tom Eaton Bart Luzader and others. Veterans like Eaton and Luzader receive pensions, fueling opposition to any favors for them.
A 1892 Sullivan Indiana letter from Joan C Caney urges Republicans to stay brave after defeat. It claims Democrats must prove their platform by reining in tariffs and boosting prosperity, warns against abandoning Republican gains, and asserts the party’s right to govern if Democrats fail to deliver better times. An unrelated note mentions old shoe throwing in Ireland as an election custom.
The article details a temporary national league to advance road improvement. Key roles include the Senate President as President, the American Bankers Association treasurer as Treasurer, and Roy Stone as Acting Secretary. Governors and state leaders join an Executive Committee. Local districts will plant permanent leagues and a broad information drive uses road literature and the Columbian Exposition. Contributions should go to Wm. H. Rhawn, Philadelphia, with offers of help to Roy Stone, 45 Broadway, New York.
Mrs. Benj. Fry of Battle Creek visited Hymera. Jesse L. Scott exercised suffrage in Hymera. James Price and wife visited his father. Mrs. Mary Vanarshall visited Coal City relatives. A wedding rumored in town. Mrs. J. P. Beckett away visiting. Baby boy born to Jack Crosby. Teacher Lee Ladd suffers brain fever. Mr. and Mrs. Win Miller and Mrs. Etta Sink return from UL visit. Wm. Hinkle and Dilla Spark married. Local readers congratulate the couple. Democratic outlook discussed after election results. Republican.
In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania the jury acquitted Cols Hawkins and Streator and Surgeon Grimm of the charge of assault on ex Private Iams.
Election day in Carlisle ended with a street fight and local crime. Frank Alumbaugh’s residence is completed and Charney Willis begins a new shop building. A teacher, Miss Love, lost her sister, and Vern Hoover was killed near the northbound line. burglary hit Eads store, Roberts and Alumbaugh hardware, stealing money, whiskey, revolvers, and knives. Context notes a Chicago trip and ongoing church meetings by Rev. Griffin.
R G Dun weekly review notes election slowed business slightly but trade volume stayed fair. Money markets stable though tighter at some points, foreign exchange dipped due to bill scarcity. Woolen and cotton trades active, glass in demand, iron and pig iron output rising, and copper tin and lead prices varied.
Albert Kaufman visited Sullivan on Thursday. Mr. Miles stayed at home Saturday and Sunday. Asbury Page and wife spent Wednesday in the city. Bertha Smith was home for the weekend. Mrs. Will Smith returned from visiting relatives. Preaching at Providence occurred last weekend. Cushman and Medsker visited Maple Hill last Sunday. Cleveland boys rang Otha Morris dinner bell Thursday night. Campaign ended. hopeful correspondents invited. Elmer Winkston recovers from typhoid fever. Mrs. Hester Pigman and daughter Jennie of Chicago visited Judge G. W. Buff Doty last week.
Merom suffered another major fire when a drug store owned by D M Blue and a grocery owned by Charles Cooper burned Saturday morning November 9th. Some goods were saved. Cooper had insurance, Blue did not. The building owner Mrs Reed held $2000 coverage. Incendiary suspicion surrounds the cause. Reverend D B Atkinson preached at Newton and townsfolk visited Sullivan to see Robt T Lincoln.
President appoints W. R. Estes of Minnesota as consul at Hamburg Germany replacing Charles F. Johnson who resigned due to ill health. Johnson’s conduct during the cholera outbreak approved. Estes, Indiana native, formerly consul at Kingston Jamaica, salary for Hamburg set at 2 500.
Henry Plant, 25, recently named manager of the Frederickburg brewery, was found hanging from a tree near Guadaloupe bridge in San Jose. His hands and feet were bound, a handkerchief covered his mouth, and a struggle occurred at the scene. Motive remains unknown. a diamond ring on his finger suggests robbery was unlikely.
American delegates to the monetary conference sail from New York for Bremen aboard the Adler. Attending are Senator William B. Allison, Guy Andrews, Thomas W. Cridler, Roland P. Larkner, Chandler Hale, Thomas T. Keller, James B. McCreary, and Joseph T. Morgan. Also aboard are E. B. Andrews of Brown University and Louis Gottschalk, U S consul.
Secretary Foster orders the immigrant steamer Weimar from Bremen held in quarantine at Cape Charles Maryland for twenty days. Baggage to be disinfected and the vessel thoroughly cleansed. On board are 1900 immigrants with good health reported. The action tests enforcing the president’s immigration guaranty and sets a future precedent.
John Hoey former president of the Adams Express Company lies dangerously ill at Delmonico's rooms. He suffers from chronic Bright's disease of the kidneys with complications that render his condition very serious. Only close family may visit.
Mrs. Fannie W. Randall widow and executrix filed in court that Samuel Randall left no estate after funeral expenses and widow's exemption. ThePennsylvania commoner known as Sam Randall died with no assets to probate.
St. Louis Nov. 14 Colonel D C Plate owner of Plate stock farm at Badan in St. Louis county will inaugurate winter racing on an extensive scale in Mexico. President Diaz offers to lend assistance and the government grants privileges for operating courses and maintaining breeding farms.
Kit Carson son of the scout was found guilty of manslaughter in Las Animas Colorado. He had shot at his father in law William Richards over a wife enticement, wounding Richards and fatally shooting Mrs Richards.
Judge Aldrich appoints Robert A. Knight of Springfield as receiver for the Order of the Iron Hall. Knight must furnish a bond of 325000 and complied with court orders, settling cases from the Indiana receiver seeking an auxiliary receiver.
A Hutchinson Kansas officer was struck twice while under an electric light by two dead geese killed by contact with live wires. The geese felled him with blows to the head and back as he inspected the scene, a Philadelphia Ledger report notes.
While digging a foundation in Wichita Kansas workers report exhuming thirty five thousand dollars in gold. The treasure is linked to the grandfather of the current landowner who allegedly hid it. Bir W Aitken a professor at the Army Medical School warns the British army relies heavily on underdeveloped youth soldiers.
The subterranean rivers of the world are noted as remarkable water ways, with Mammoth Cave in Kentucky often listed as the most unique example among natural curiosities.
A reflective essay on work and will contrasts heroic striving with common toil. It quotes Walter W. Skeat on resilience and labor's price, then pivots to a New York Herald excerpt about chewing gum trade and factory labor in Salem Ohio. It ends with a plea for safer and fairer treatment of working women in tall buildings.
The article cites old and new influenza preventives including camphor bags and eucalyptus based methods with cautions from the New York Times. It also publicizes Administrator William Be Maye's sale of Real Estate in Merom Sullivan County Indiana on November 30 1802 with multiple tracts listed and payment terms.
The EK and TH R R announce round trip excursion tickets to Chicago for the American Fat Stock and Horse Show November 16–20, with return within five days. Also special rates to Indianapolis for the Grand Lodge of the IOOF November 15–17 and Chrysanthemum Show November 15–19, plus southern routes via Evansville to Nashville and onward to Birmingham and New Orleans. Tickets on sale November 14–15 with various return deadlines. R A Campbell, G P A. W W Casto, Agent.
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