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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
2
February sale promotes laces from 2 to 10 cents per yard plus assorted silkolines at 10c and 36 inch silks at 69c. Offers include embroideries, cotton scrim, tafetta ribbon, muslins, voiles, organdie, silk muslin, shirt waist suiting, remnants, white lawn lace trimmed garments, and a large domestic goods section with fabrics and linens at deep discounts.
National solons prepare for extended sessions as the Senate advances seven major appropriation bills including naval, Indian, post office and pension measures. The Swayne impeachment opens the week with further votes on sundry civil, river and harbor bills and conference reports on statehood and Panama canal bills pending.
Washington on February 27 the engineering committee of the Isthmian Canal Commission recommends a sea level canal with 150 foot bottom width and 35 foot minimum depth. Twin tidal locks at Miraflores would be 1 000 by 100 feet, at an estimated total cost of 230 500 000.
Washington February twenty seventh report notes the river and harbor appropriation bill is under discussion at two meetings amid ongoing debate over funding and project scope.
The committee on commerce considers senate amendments to the house bill and most proposals have been adopted. The changes will raise the total by more than 10 million dollars compared with the house version.
Justice Anderson in federal equity court refused to bar payment of a 750000 dollar award arising from recovery of Indian lands from illegal claimants. The award stems from action by the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court granting fees to the claimants.
Secretary Hay received a cable from Porto Rico Governor Winthrop stating that strikes in Rio Grande ended in January. The report counters earlier representations of a serious strike in the village.
Representative Bartlett of Georgia presented in the house with his endorsement resolutions adopted by the Georgia Peach Growers association in favor of regulating private lines.
Washington February 27 Sir Mortimer Durand the British ambassador signed with Secretary Hay a treaty providing for relinquishment of the United States extraterritorial rights in Zanzibar.
President Roosevelt will withdraw Senator J W Quarles of Wisconsin from consideration for the United States district judgeship in Wisconsin. Quarles cited constitutional prohibitions on appointing a current member of Congress to an office with increased emoluments during his term. The plan may be followed after Quarles leaves the Senate March 4 with the Hoar act recent salary increase already in force.
Warrants charge John R. Keefe and Charles H. Gretsinger with larceny of fifty thousand dollars from the Jordan Marsh department store over five years. Dennis H. Carroll was arrested earlier. The trio, former shipping department employees, allegedly forged fraudulent bills to obtain checks and split the proceeds in an extensive conspiracy.
In Paris on February 27 a lead coffin bearing an Englishman’s name was identified by Ambassador Porter as the misattributed remains of an Englishman who died two years earlier than John Paul Jones. The find indicates burials near the Protestant cemetery during Jones era and Porter will continue the search.
In St Louis on February 27 Jep tha D. Howe, chairman of the Republican city central committee, was targeted with carbolic acid thrown into his eyes by a young woman named Mamie, a former stenographer in his office.
Feb 27 report: Misa Bessie Irby 18, daughter of Marshal J P Irby, accidentally shoots and kills her sweetheart Clarence Morgan while handling a gun believed unloaded. Local investigation underway.
The Chicago weekly trade review notes imperfect recovery after a severe winter but improved weather boosts transport and production. Retail demand holds normal levels with steady stock depletion, while jobbing shows spring goods activity. Large orders in groceries and hardware lift shipments. farm product demand rises with some metals and rolling stock activity. Failures in the Chicago district total 30, same as last week.
Louis M. Hardy and his wife were found shot in bed in Homer Michigan. Each victim had two gunshot wounds to the head and heart. Police consider murder due to the bodies being neatly covered and no signs of a struggle. The man was brother to George Hardy, a longtime Jackson state prisoner. The woman had been married to the convict, divorced, and then married his brother.
Washington reports Andrew Carnegie offered $500000 to the University of Virginia on the condition that the university authorities raise an equal amount. The offer, it is said, will be accepted.
One of Omaha’s largest department stores issues dictates for all female clerks to wear black garments part their hair in the middle and discard all jewelry. Clerks may strike.
A 17 year old Addison’s man was found dead on railway tracks in Carroll Iowa with a bullet wound in the head. No revolver was found near the body, and the shooting remains a mystery as investigators search for clues.
In Streator Illinois on February 25 Owen Defenbaugh and Mary Stoner, an inmate of an immoral house, ended their lives by consuming strychnine. They planned to die together after a quarrel. Defenbaugh failed to buy poison at first but later obtained it and died nearby. The girl died at the house. He had been a temperate worker prior to “bad company.”
Chicago market lists creamery prints and firsts and seconds with varied price quotes for butter eggs cheese and dairy items. Prices cover creamery products, cheese assortments, eggs, fish, live poultry, potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes and other produce with regional lots and case prices.
Listings show butter steady and cheese quality grades from fine to poor. Colored and white varieties with creamed cream and lye processing cited, prices around 12 to 18 cents per pound for large colored and white, with skim options and late tide offerings. Eyes steady with southern refrigeration items priced at 28 to 28 cents per pound.
The sheet lists grain prices for Chicago New York Minneapolis St Louis Duluth Kansas City Milwaukee and other towns with various grade names and prices. It also shows corn bids by city and grade, plus live stock quotes for cattle hogs and meats across major markets. Prices vary by city with ranges in cents per bushel and per pound and include figures for corn, standard mixed and grades, along with hog and cattle values.
Logansport Indiana February 25. Worry over financial losses drove William Wendling of Walton to attempt harming his infant by placing it in a stove. Wendling and his wife were burned in the struggle to save the child and he was committed to Longcliff hospital for the insane.
Pinedale Wyoming February 25 town to get its first barber W S Glenrock will move with cattle to a ranch near the city and open a barber shop The town also faces a pressing need for a cobbler to serve the local community.
Sheboygan patrons faced a new plan to curb late arrivals by beginning performances earlier and removing the wait before seating. The measure aims to speed entry and reduce disruptions during shows.
At a directors meeting in the Monger block room 104 the Home Loan and Savings Association expressed satisfaction with progress and authorized the secretary to issue 5 percent certificates payable semiannually and 3 percent certificates of deposit for deposits of 30 days or longer The secretary invites the public to inspect the plan.
Prof Sturgis opens a new dancing class for beginners next Friday evening March 3. The six lessons cost 3 dollars, payable one dollar weekly for three weeks, with class at 7 30 and assembly at 9. Strangers wishing to join must furnish references.
Classified notice offers riverfront boat house sites for sale. Advertises flexible sizing and favorable pricing. Contact A. R. Kesler for details.
Real estate note states owner A. R. Kes ler offers sale of boat house locations after purchasing over 260 feet of frontage on the St. Joe river. Call after 8. Address at 28.
An old classified note advertises Garvin's Tin Shop services with a focus on wells and cisterns, bearing contact via phone 245 and identifying Moore & Son in association.
The notice promotes saving with 6 percent interest, compounded semi annually, and options to receive interest or add it to principal. It invites readers to call at Home Loan and Savings Association room 104 Monger block for full particulars.
A vivid alert describes croup as deadly unless treated promptly and recommends Foley's Honey and Tar for rapid relief. Mrs. P. L. Cordier of Mannington Ky. reports a three year old girl survived after the first dose. The ad asserts the remedy is best for croup and whooping cough, contains no opiates, and urges careful mothers to keep it on hand. Houseworth Bros.
The city of Salem Massachusetts offered prizes last year to boys for killing brown tail moths. In competition the boys destroyed 375000 moths equating to about 112000000 caterpillars. Professor Benjamin Bacon of Yale Theological Seminary becomes director of the American School of Oriental Research in Palestine.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers one way tickets at reduced rates to Minnesota and the Dakotas on March 7 14 21 28 and April 4 11 18 25. For details contact F R Mosier T P A 113 Adams Street Chicago Ill. w e o d 4 25.
A print claim promotes Mrs Ausin's Pancake Flour as the best base for breakfast breads made by simply mixing with cold water. The note asserts the product is carried by all grocers.
A patent remedy claim states Burdock Blood Bitters will give a clear head and an active brain, with a strong vigorous body, making a man fit for the battle of life.
Mexico produced more silver dollars than any other nation last year and shipped several million coins to China, reflecting a surge in silver coin exports amid global demand.
The advertisement credits Houseworth Bros with promoting Fo ley's Kidney Cure as the most reliable preparation for kidney troubles.
A public sale will be held four miles east of Elkhart on the Bristol road featuring horses cattle hogs and farm implements on February 28 18 wi. P Krau.
Described as gentle bowel movers and liver tonics the Little Early Risers pills are touted as mild pleasant and harmless yet effective. The advertisement asserts long standing popularity and universal use with sales through all druggists.
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