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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
4
The Weekly Truth publishes every Thursday with the latest foreign and local news. Subscription is 31.00 per year delivered to any U S post office or Canada.
A January 18, 1900 note reports a Norwegian law barring marriage for girls who cannot show certificates of cooking knitting and spinning skills. It comments on the grim idea and compares it to this land of the free.
The state board of health reports 2 607 total deaths in Indiana in December. The calculated state death rate is 116, based on a population figure using school population and the standard rates for urban and rural areas.
Across the country boards report a forty percent rise in paper costs, turning paper into a school necessity and forcing districts to rethink spending. Eastern city officials even consider drastic measures to dodge paper costs seen as a paper trust burden.
The speaker praises Senator Beveridge as a future financier. He claims Spain’s trade with the Philippines is 12 75,549 annually and argues U S trade could reach 125 million annually if developed, asserting a tenfold gain versus Spain.
The Indiana Medical Board plans closer oversight of state medical colleges. While likely to provoke protests from colleges, officials emphasize maintaining high standards to prevent incompetent physicians from practicing on the public.
The supreme court reversed the city school case to compel the county treasurer to pay over five thousand nine hundred dollars the city school was short. Judge Hub bard refused to allow ex Treas Weaver to swear that the money was not turned over to him. Judge Van Fleet said the circuit court ruling rested on technical grounds not clear to lay readers.
The piece argues that excessive duties raise prices by 100 to 200 percent for iron steel and other goods. It claims the administration should disclose these effects to avoid accusations of partisanship and patriotism. Consumers will not find the prosperity thesis convincing.
The article depicts Senator Hanna urging immediate funding for a large campaign effort in Philadelphia. It warns of supposed threats from democratic literature and accuses opponents of links to liberal causes and Standard Oil. The rhetoric promises a financial squeeze on opponents.
The report implicates Perry Heath, a top literary agent for Ross Hanna, as sharing in the administration’s financial favors. The reference notes actions last June and points to potential improper gains.
Perry Heath became the largest stock holder in the Seventh National Bank of New York City, with his brother as vice president, and the bank was made the depository for post office funds in New York. The move was not driven by politics or Heath's official role, but by personal profit.
Ex senator Edmunds, hired by shipping interests, lobbies in Washington for the ship subsidy measure. He has argued before House and Senate committees, aiming to steady wavering Republicans and supply editors with material to push the bill, under Boss Hanna’s long influence.
The Elkhart Truth revisits an earlier item about a dog being shot in the North ad and questions the editorial stance at the time. It now reports a separate incident describing a cow improperly treated on the Hat Side, keeping the focus on local conflicts in wording.
The Indiana school fund per capita is $132. County figures show Elkhart 12,631 children with 15,111.39 collected and 16,672.92 received. LaPorte 13,274 with 815,225.15 collected and 17,521.68 received. Marshall 8,247 with 11,126.04 collected and 10,686.04 received. Starke 3,561 with 2,945.23 collected and 4,704.48 received. St Joseph 16,293 with 517,534.49 collected and 21,506.76 received. Kosciusko 8,762 with 11,321.71 collected and 1,565.84 received.
The Elkhart county mass Republican convention at Goshen selected delegates to the state convention. Attorney Charles Vvs. Miller urged resolutions supporting James S. Dodge for governor, though The Times doubts his statewide chances. It predicts Col. Barcia of Anderson as the likely nominee in this district.
The article argues for proportional property taxation and fairness in taxation while condemning the nation’s failure to tax property to cover enormous current-year expenses. It estimates national costs at about 750 million dollars, averaging ten dollars per person or fifty dollars per family of five.
Drugs from Scott and Bowne Chemists in New York offer Warmer M4 for $1.00 at all druggists.
The passage argues a strict tariff harms workers by raising costs for daily comforts and necessities while unjustly enriching protected manufacturers. It claims labor loses sixfold to subsidize these industries and asserts wealth concentrates, with nine-tenths of people owning most property. It concludes with proposed tax relief estimates amid the tariff debate.
The document outlines key Democratic principles from Thomas Jefferson’s 1801 inaugural address, including equal justice, peace and trade, states’ rights, strong constitutional government, majority rule, civil over military authority, fiscal restraint, agriculture and commerce, free information, freedom of religion and press, habeas corpus, trial by jury, and natural rights. It presents a compact view of republican ideals and the intent to restrict despotism.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ordered permanent reinstatement of the injunction preventing Gov. Taylor's two appointees from taking seats on the state board of election commissioners. The decision lines up with Goebel partisans, leaving Republicans with no chance to win minor state offices.
The Des Moines Supreme Court ruled that a city cannot anticipate revenues to fund a municipal electric light plant when the total anticipated liability would exceed constitutional debt limits. The decision hits municipal ownership advocates hard by blocking the plan to pay yearly installments until the plant is paid.
Washington dispatch reports Admiral George Dewey pledged to visit Jacksonville Illinois likely on May 3 to attend the state Grand Army of the Republic encampment.
Lawton fund closed Tuesday with a total of $90,090 to be turned over to Mrs. Lawton on her arrival from Manila.
In Manila Archbishop Chapelle's reception draws criticism as Filipinos view him as McKinley's agent to rehabilitate the friars. Attendees include the bishop of Manila and three others while half of invited Filipino families abstain. Some say Congress will soon declare independence under an American protectorate or reorganization that keeps the islands in the union.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler plans to return to the United States with a stop at Guam en route. Three more bubonic plague cases are reported, as War Department officials offer little explanation for Wheeler’s decision to leave Manila.
A Topeka man lost a small opal from his ring and planned a replacement. He retrieved the old set, kept it in his mouth for safekeeping, and asked the jeweler to use the new opal instead. He then gulped, admitted the mix up, and finally agreed to use the new stone. The tale ends with a plug for Dr. Caldwell Syrup Pepsin sold by Thomas Drug Store.
Washington observers report the senate, after an executive session, ratified the Samoan partition treaty with Germany within about an hour and a half. The agreement transfers Tutuila and its adjacent islets to the United States, awaiting Germany’s ratification and exchange of instruments.
A compact page advertises fresh and salt meats at E. A. Canse meat market 123 West Jackson with hams and bacon. It promotes coal and wood at J. Masson 117 North Main and a first class feed store, plus alcohol and cigars at The Northern Star saloon 102 North Main. Also offers dental care by S. B. Snort 112 Marion Rice block.
A broad classified notice lists Carlton's Gun Store groceries smoked meats and baked goods at G W Robinson's 216 East Jackson Street Duncan and Alrey farm implements J Thomas mens wear and hats Ellwood architectural designs Miller & Co art supplies Stephens & Son funeral directors The Columbia hotel Stark Beardsley insurance Geo Weippert meat market 116 North Main Street and dental discount with Dr Chester office over Hall's Millinery.
Thos Nettling & Son offer sheet iron services while A C Keen urges calls for flour feed hay and seeds. Weiler Bros advertises Old Kentucky Blue Grass and Buckeye beer near Franklin Street. R Stutsman promotes pumps windmills and low prices. J Benham touts fine turnouts on Pigeon Street. Q G Critts cuts furniture prices. Carlin's Turkish Bath and J W Schooly tea and coffee advertised.
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