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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
7
Geo. Wyman & Co offers a large sale on silks including plain Taffeta at 50c yard and Black Taffeta from 35c to 55c. Colored Silk Velvet remnants cost 25c, umbrellas priced from 30c to 20.00, embroidered handkerchiefs at 50c and 65c, plus kid body dolls at 15c and 35c.
Britain demands West Indies sugar enter the United States on equal terms with Cuban sugar under the favored nation clause. Roosevelt signaled the Cuban reciprocity bill in force from Dec. 27, prompting expectant responses from other beet sugar producers and rekindling debated Olney opinions. A ceremonial pen used for the signing will travel to Havana for exhibition at the Cuban palace.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts assails President Roosevelt for recognizing Panama independence, likening the United States to a big policeman on the isthmus. Senator Gorman counters, questioning American motives and quoting Loomis, urging if the canal is worth it, not by coercion but by honor and courage.
A senator from Ohio, hailed as a top American football figure, says he could be termed the suppressed possible president. He describes a hand turned over to a New York man to play and predicts the Democrats will demand to see all cards after the election. He mentions the Iowa idea stand put and General Leonard Wood as cards.
Senate commerce committee favors a naval officer for Chicago and a port surveyor but recommends aligning with Mann of Chicago's House bill for a naval officer at 5000 dollars annually. Finance and treasury say Chicago lacks sufficient foreign shipping to justify a surveyor. Mann to seek Ways and Means approval soon. Congress expected to authorize a Chicago naval officer.
Washington reports the senate committee on military affairs will delay action on Gen. Leonard Wood’s case until January 4. The committee will review testimony and prepare majority and minority reports. The majority is expected to endorse his Cuba service and record.
Gen John C Black of Illinois, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, has been asked by the president to accept the civil service commission seat left vacant by the death of Commissioner Proctor. The post is regarded as a Democratic slot to preserve party balance. Proctor was a Democrat and a former Confederate general.
Assistant Secretary of State Francis B Loomis met at the White House where President Roosevelt congratulated him on his New York Quill Club address. Loomis defended government isthmian policy and warned turbulent South and Central American republics against disrespect for American interests.
La Liberte reports the war office has chosen the regiment Dreyfus will command as lieutenant colonel upon reinstatement. The decision includes a firm stance against officers who oppose his return.
In Parkersburg West Virginia on December 18 engineer D McConaha was reported killed in a wreck. The man reportedly walked into his home while his family mourned his supposed death confirming the fatality in a startling homecoming.
New York authorities at Bellevue Hospital have been freed from blame in connection with the death of Adolphus Drucker former member of Parliament. The ruling clears hospital staff of fault in the incident.
Vienna announces Count Rudolph von Weisersheim appointed Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Madrid succeeding retired Count von Dubosky.
In New York during December 1918 leading steel manufacturers gather to discuss the trade outlook and set prices for all forms of steel products. The meeting focuses on market conditions and future pricing strategies for the industry.
Chicago December report details Gus A. Grigsby a chemist’s helper at M. L. Barrett & Co. who stole vanilla beans worth between 12 000 and 15 000 dollars over nine months. He confessed to ongoing pilfering as police found large bundles hidden on his person and at his home on Indiana avenue.
Paris reports Princess Charlotte of Saxe Meiningen sister to Emperor William has cancer after a lengthy illness. The doctors verdict unsettled the court and dampened the emperor’s prospects for recovery.
Sarah Geran sues the Springfield Street Railway Company for 8000 dollars damages claiming injury from a trolley car incident in Springfield Massachusetts. The complaint details frozen feet allegedly caused by the ride and seeks compensation.
A fissure with parallel dikes has been traced for 4000 feet, showing a promising mine with ore assays ranging from 100 to 200 dollars per ton and occasional runs into the thousands. The Caribou district property is owned by a local mining corporation, with winter work planned, amid Idaho Falls' rapid growth and wealth prospects.
Springfield Illinois officials including Mayor Devereux and local post committees select Springfield as the site for the next annual G A R encampment and auxiliary meetings. The gathering, likely on the second Tuesday in May, will be held in this city at the Leland Hotel.
Homer T. Fowler filed twenty nine complaints against Minnesota grain inspection officials in Superior alleging violations of the Wisconsin grain inspection law of 1895. Most complaints include signatures of inspectors certifying they weighed or inspected wheat and grain in the city.
Washington Indiana December 17 three men John McCafferty William Taylor and Alfred Ellis were fatally injured when a gasoline lamp used to thaw an acetylene generator exploded at Glendale.
A blaze in Johnstown Pennsylvania on December 7 killed James Crosby's wife and their 18 year old daughter in the home. A son is missing and believed dead.
Rev. G Brinley Morgan of New Haven Conn declines the appointment as coadjutor to the bishop of Springfield Illinois in the U S A diocese announced from New Haven on December 17.
Fourteen desperadoes charged with various crimes escaped from the Tombstone jail in Arizona. Posses from several towns are in pursuit of the fugitives.
Huntington West Virginia December 17. James Capely killed his father with an axe after a dispute over a penknife. Authorities say cigarettes may have influenced his actions.
Robbers blew open the Citizens' Savings bank safe and took about $3,000 in cash. They fled the town with a team of stolen horses.
Cumberland Maryland reports that about three quarters of Meyersdale area miners, roughly 1800 men, walked out in protest of a 10 percent wage reduction.
Workmen uncover ancient ruins in Rome dated December 17 believed by archaeologists to be remains of a temple erected to Jove.
Cholera is raging at Kerbera south of Bagdad with deadly spread. From December 9 to December 12, 176 deaths were recorded. The report notes alarming mortality as authorities monitor the outbreak and mobilize aid.
Boris Sarafoff, the Macedonian leader, has arrived in London, reported December 17. This brief dispatch notes his arrival amid ongoing tensions and regional politics.
Fragmentary OCR reports an explosion in Philadelphia causing destruction. The garbled text mentions Marseilles and Italian content, but the core fact notes an explosion and damage in the city area.
Mayville in Dodge county received a telegram offering a $1,000 purse to the widow and orphans if Editor Von Schleinitz and Dr Gustav Hoffmann fought a duel there. A German community backed the plan by furnishing a park and guarding against authorities interference. Both principals were subpoenaed to grand jury. Schleinitz and Dr John Alexander called to testify about the challenge tied to Margarethe Ruehmkorf.
Investigation by expert accountants estimates the McKowen theft from the University of California at around 60 thousand dollars with possibility of more. It says lack of book supervision allowed the defalcation to go undetected and blames the auditor trusted by the finance committee. McKowen, who used clumsy methods, has hired a lawyer and did not touch state funds but took donors' scholarship and endowment money.
Gen Lew Wallace is in Indianapolis under a specialist for X ray treatment of a cancerous nasal condition. If the therapy fails he may undergo an operation as a last resort. He has suffered from the ailment for years but remains in good health and cheerful.
Rev. William Nichols Dunnell aged eighty, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, will marry Miss Anna Maria Magele in January. Bishop Potter will perform the ceremony in New York.
Four Italians died and two were fatally injured when an explosion occurred while thawing dynamite in Cramer Pennsylvania on December 18. The bodies were collected in baskets.
Colonel B Frank Eishelman judge advocate general of the National Guard of Pennsylvania and a prominent state lawyer died in Lancaster on December 18 at age 56.
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