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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
4
The Weekly Truth is issued every Thursday afternoon and covers both foreign and local news. Subscription costs 1.00 dollar per year, delivered to any post office in the United States or Canada.
A Washington telegram notes Democrats praise President Roosevelt for opposing trusts while critics fear a solitary stand. The Republican campaign book faces scrutiny over Cuba reciprocity and trust coverage. Republicans worry the president may challenge the book’s gloss during fall campaigns. The piece cites the industrial commission on trusts showing higher wages in combined firms, challenging antipathy to trusts.
A telegram from Pierre reports the Farmers National Co operative Exchange Company is incorporated with 50 million dollars capital. The plan aims to help farmers get better prices by buying and selling grain and livestock, building elevators and yards, with half the capital kept by farmers in banks. Incorporators are Hamilton White, Joseph Burton, and Ivan W Goodner.
Complaint from Indiana cites scarcity of teachers across districts and notes pay not keeping pace with required qualifications. High mental ability and training now needed lead school boards to seek bright, educated young men and women. overproduction previously left many teaching.
The St. Wayne Sentinel laments that teaching has become a distinct profession with rapid progress and demands higher wages. It argues that teaching, more than other fields, forms the foundation for all others and should command better pay.
Political writer Henry Watterson announces he will not seek the Kentucky governorship. He cites the burden of dealing with rogues and cheats, the servility required, personal solicitation, and corrupting money, plus machine influence precluding victory despite public support.
A South Bend article titled Mr Brick’s Record defends Congressman Brick’s actions on trust legislation. It argues he supported measures against trusts, notes his attendance and votes, and counters claims of ties to beet sugar interests and opposition to Cuban reciprocity. The piece cites Roosevelt’s White House meeting and Brick’s lawyerly credentials.
The Indianapolis Sentinel derides the South Bend Tribune for defending Congressman Brick on the trust issue. It argues the majority in Congress has done nothing and that Republican leaders and trusts work together to influence politics. It calls for accountability of Brick and parallels to Overstreet and Fowler.
General Chaffee shortens southern tour and returns to Manila amid Moro unrest in Mindanao. Pershing reports a fierce inter-tribal fight near Camp Vickers with 35 killed, while Bacolod forts are reinforced with stone to blunt American projectiles. Manila acts to stamp out cholera by demolishing unsanitary buildings at a cost up to half a million.
Gen Jacob H. Smith visits Portsmouth and defends his actions in the Philippines. He says criticism comes with soldiering and vows his sword remains at the country’s service under the commander in chief. Meanwhile in Sharpsville a deranged mother kills her infant and then herself, after prior suicide attempts.
Col. George Moulton of Chicago grand master of Illinois Masons led the Masonic portion of the Pekin public library corner stone ceremony. Knights Templars of Peoria served as escort to the grand master during the event.
Chicago August 20 William M Holabird Jr one of the best known young golfers in the western hemisphere died at his Evanston home after a long illness of typhoid fever The crack player of Glen View Golf club his untimely death shocks thousands who had followed his progress in the golfing world as a popular schoolboy
American League shows Chicago defeating Philadelphia 6 to 2 while St Louis beats Baltimore 4 to 3 and Washington loses to Cleveland in sen.vie nings. National League lists Philadelphia 8 Chicago Be Pittsburg 5 New York 8 Cincinnati 7 Boston 7 Brooklyn 6 St Louis 0. American Association reports Indianapolis 6 Minneapolis 0 Columbus 6 3 Kansas City 0 Milwaukee 7 Toledo St Paul 6 Louisville 3 St Paul. Western League entries include Peoria 43 Denver 3 and Des Moines 83 Kansas City 83 Des Moines 2 Milwaukee.
Chicago August 19 quotes from the Board of Trade show daily price levels across grain and commodity markets with noting of near term trends and trading activity.
The President and some of his family left Sagamore Hill Saturday morning for a picnic in the woods. They returned in time to entertain guests at dinner.
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