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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1899
Page
2
Indianapolis report says labor commissioners will join a joint meeting of coal miners and operators in the Brazil district to discuss the strike over blasting powder prices. About 1,800 miners are involved as the issue centers on whether miners must buy powder from employers or from others.
General Secretary Schell of the Epworth League was exonerated by the Northwest Indiana conference. The investigation praised Schell and censured Dr. Parkhurst of Zion's Herald for distributing critical copies of his paper to conference members.
Indianapolis Sept 7 The attorney general has issued an opinion on road laws from the last legislature. The first law covers roads generally including election of supervisors their pay powers and duties. The second law covers free turnpikes and the third concerns compensation for unskilled labor on public works. The gist says labor on road taxes earns 1.50 for eight hours work and 0.33 for a man and team while turnpike labor earns 0.6 per hour with 10 hours making a day.
The Pennsylvania Glass company with two Indiana factories plans to challenge the state child labor law at the supreme court. Superintendent Macy was arrested and fined for employing a girl under 14, and the firm intends to pursue the case through legal channels.
In Winchester Indiana on September 11 a Westinghouse crew installing an interlocking switch for the Big Four and Grand Rapids and Indiana railways faced objections from adjacent property owners as their work crossed the street center. The workers were arrested for trespass after protests escalated.
Walter Record, accused of fatally striking George Miler in Wabash Indiana, has papermakers from Hartford City where he once worked in a paper mill offering to fund his defense. He has no funds and faces trial within two weeks.
Merton Marston former Laporte Herald city editor went to Klondike to work a claim. He did not strike it rich and now works as a miner earning eight dollars a day amid many prospectors joining the mines. In Indianapolis Captain Wallace B Foster burned the French tricolor in front of his home in protest of the Rennes Dreyfus trial result.
The annual Christian Conference of Eastern Indiana began in Portland today and runs through Saturday noon. Delegates and visitors are being hosted with special efforts for entertainment and hospitality during the gathering.
A freight and a passenger train on the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania Railroad collided near Richmond Indiana last night. Brakeman Clark son was killed and six others injured. Injured include Warren Gipe John Warrick Charles Jenkins John Pugh Hicks with serious internal injuries and severe burns. Estimated property loss exceeds $20000.
The Marion club of Indianapolis urged U S Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge and Rep Overstreet to urge President McKinley to withdraw the American commissioner to the Paris Exposition. The group denounces the Dreyfus conviction as military despotism and calls for justice.
Adams Indiana reports John Blaids a drunk farmhand attacked William Rickey a cripple at his meat store with a razor and fled with Rickey firing back Blaids badly wounded Rickey surrendered to authorities. Whitestown Boone County faces a flux epidemic with one death and many severe cases mainly among older adults.
The funeral for former U S ambassador to France James B. Eustis will be at 7 30 this evening from his Eustis avenue home. The service will be Episcopal, then the body will travel by boat to New York and Louisville for burial beside Mrs Eustis. Attending are James B Eustis Jr and nephew William C Eustis. His death Saturday elicited many condolences and flowers.
The Amsterdam based Dutch Transvaal committee cabled to Queen Victoria urging her to preserve peace in the name of humanity and God's kingdom amid tensions over the Transvaal issue.
Prevailing prices on September 11 show Wheat at 67c for No 2 red in Indianapolis, corn 32 1/4c, oats 22 1/4c, cattle 33.25 to 6.50, hogs 83.75 to 4.65, sheep 2.00 to 4.00, lambs 3.00 to 5.30. Chicago reports varied opens and closes for wheat corn oats pork lard ribs with cash close values. Cincinnati lists No 2 red wheat 69c and No 2 mixed corn 84c, cattle 2.75 to 5.25, hogs 2.34 to 4.70, lambs 3.50 to 5.85. Chicago livestock shows steady cables at 3.00 to 10, hogs 4.70, sheep 2.00 to 4.15, lambs 4.00 to 5.88. cash wheat 69c, corn 38c, oats 21c.
Dragnet of reports from Aug 30 details a Winnipeg family fire death, Atlanta execution for murder, a Nashville built battleship trial speed, divorce granted in a death case, Rio visit by U S naval officers, multinational orders for electric railway generators, Pan American exposition leadership offer, steel scarcity, Orange Free state artillery supplies, ex‑SC prison head under arrest, a Sparkill orphanage fire death toll, Johannesburg Scandinavians vote on a volunteer corps, Hartford race results, Santo Domingo provisional government, American Bicycle Company formation, Managua illness outbreak, Cincinnati man’s suicide, Ohio guards to greet Admiral Dewey, Porter returns to White House duties, a Kansas man killed in gas tank blast, and a San Francisco jail contempt case involving a female railway president.
The steamer Etruria departed for Europe carrying £ 19 090 ounces of silver. Shamrock owner Sir Thomas Lipton arrived in New York to race the Columbia. A boiler explosion at Chapman Sargents Manistee factory killed three. A Yokohama dispatch reports 600 lives lost flooding at Besshi. Joe Gans knocked out Eugene Bezenah in ten rounds at the Broadway Athletic Club. Jeffries and Sharkey set a world heavyweight title bout for Oct 23 at Coney Island with large gate guarantees. Herr Von der Leyen attends the Philadelphia international commercial congress opening Oct 10.
Forest fires sweep Arkansas and a cyclone harms the Azores as ships suffer damage. No new yellow fever cases reported in New Orleans for three days. The League of American Municipalities meets in Syracuse on Sept 19. Paine Lumber warehouse at Coshitosh Wisconsin destroyed by fire with $46000 loss. Treasury Secretary Gage to visit Chicago and western cities around Sept 10. Franciscan church and monastery near Brookland DC to be dedicated Sept 17. Bertin denies Emperor William allowed Captain Parker to help sail the Shamrock for the American cup.
Halifax harbor reports seven deaths from a sailboat sinking. A New Orleans dispatch notes no new yellow fever cases after house to house checks. Black Hawk, aged 90, Wisconsin Winnebago chief, is dead near Black River Falls. President Loubet summons the French senate to meet Sept 18 to try treason. Yellow fever persists along the Mexican coast and Vera Cruz reports high fatalities. National Association of Letter Carriers holds convention in Scranton with a 5000-strong parade. Elabo...
The Minneapolis Tribune argues that western speech will not drop the final r as posited by Howells and Higginson. It states educated western speakers maintain robust English and will resist northeastern pronunciation shifts. The piece cites Minnesota speech as purer than New England speech and defends the enduring r in words like war bear dare scare.
The scene shows a nobleman bowing to a beauty as he asks if her boots are laced or buttoned. The exchange reveals a shift from admiration to disappointment as her dream collapses.
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