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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1904
Page
1
South Bend dispatch details a tense Republican district convention fight over roosevelt Beveridge endorsements and the Brick challenge. It notes Judge Baker and Miller allies shaping the slate while Marshall county wavering tests Brick's control. The piece foresees a broader struggle for the 13th district as party factions clash.
Knox resident John L. Moorman won the Thirteenth district chairmanship at the South Bend Republican convention on the second ballot with a one half vote from Kosciusko county giving the majority. He pledged to support the party in the coming election and recalled Beveridge Roosevelt and Bryan era figures in his remarks amid a close, spirited ballot showing.
John L. Moorman of Knox is elected district chairman after a Republican convention in St. Joseph County. The gathering adopted resolutions backing McKinley Roosevelts nomination and Cuban treaty while seating McCarty and Turner despite Elkhart opposition.
John L. Moorman, elected district chairman, says no candidate for congressional nomination in the Thirteenth and predicts Brick will be nominated without opposition. He cites a 86 hour convention fight, praises supporters in Starke, Pulaski, and Elkhart, and pledges to promote Riddick, Spangler, Nye, and Brick ally Charley Miller.
Dr Charles Henry Niman age 48 prominent Elkhart physician died at his Second street home shortly after 3 last evening from pneumonia and related diseases. Born in 1856 at LaGrange he attended Grand Rapids High school graduating in 1876 after completing more than two years of work in one year. He began medical studies at Fort Wayne Medical College and planned to enter Bellevue Hospital College of New York after a six month course.
Ed Collins, once of Goshen and Elkhart, has purchased the Mike Thomas saloon on Main Street in Goshen, adding a new business venture to his career.
Walter Brown named defendant in two suits filed by C. H. Bosworth as Indiana National Bank receiver. A $6,000 claim arises from a $2,000 note dated January 12, 1903 and an overdraft from August to October 1903 plus $7.87 tax installment. In a second action Brown and Ward O. Collings face a $15,000 claim based on two notes of October 30, 1900 totaling $10,000.
Judge Ferrall yesterday swore in I. O. Wood and BE. A. Campbell as the two jury commissioners he recently reappointed. He instructed them to not include men who served as jurors in the past year and suggested excluding lawyers and physicians from the list.
Miller Drake Hubbell sue Justus L Brodrick and Wilson L Collins of Indiana National Bank for a note of 2080 dollars dated March 5 1895. They seek judgment for two thousand dollars.
The suit against Justus L. Brodrick and Charles B. Brodrick repeats by the same parties on an eight hundred dollar note dated August 31, 1892. Judgment for one thousand dollars is sought.
The divorce case of John Zoringer vs Elgse Zoringer from Elkhart was dismissed at the plaintiff’s costs.
Levi Bowman and his next friend John Bowman sued John Rohrer for damages after a whipping incident in New Paris. The case settled yesterday with the plaintiff paying $63.10 and costs.
Goshen Democrat reports William Marx, once a Goshen lawyer with a North Main street office, is serving time in a Wisconsin state prison after relocating to Milwaukee. The article notes creditors mourned his departure, his marriage to a woman sued for damages, and allegations of hiring witnesses to perjure themselves.
A defendant pled one of one counts related to a single charge in a district court appearance. The case lists no additional co defendants or separate offenses on record. Proceedings centered on the sole charge and potential penalties.
Joseph Ludwig, a well known South Bend resident, died this morning at 601 St Joseph Street from cancer. A Lake Shore worker until health failed two years ago, he was 38 years old. He is survived by wife Agnes and mother Mrs Salome Ludwig, four sisters Margaret Mary Madalen Rose, and three brothers John Martin Gustave.
J. H. Guesel about 40 was struck by a westbound interurban car near the Cedar street crossing in Mishawaka last night at 10 o clock He died this morning at Epworth hospital South Bend He lived near Notre Dame It is said he was intoxicated and laid on the track.
In Chicago on January 16 coroner testimony centered on stage safety at the Iroquois theater. Stage carpenter Cummings said he hired staff but had no control while Fire Chief Musham testified managers resisted enforcing fire ordinances and no safety certificate was issued.
Perry Heath testified in the Machen trial stating no changes were made in the office of the first assistant postmaster general. He said he knew of the Groff letter box fasteners device prior to taking office and identified his rubber stamped signature on an order later endorsed by the division.
Fire swept Buffalo early this morning damaging Julius M George Paper Co and other businesses. Loss estimated at a quarter of a million with three fires blamed in a Niagra Street area. Firemen suffered minor injuries as Ray Manufacturing Co also reported damage.
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