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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1903
Page
2
The Fifty-eighth congress began its first regular session as the House integrates the extra session, while the Senate adjourned sine die and promptly reconvened. The president's annual message was read in both chambers, with brief morning recesses observed.
The 58th Congress held an extra session briefly focusing on executive business and a franking law amendment before adjourning without day. The Senate then began the first regular session at noon with a quorum of sixty-seven, appointing committees to inform the House and the President. The day included routine introductions and a note on customary 4¢ postage for the Senate.
Speaker Cannon convened the Fifty-Eighth Congress with 303 members present. Texas’s Pinckney sworn in amid delayed canvass. committees named to meet the Senate and notify the President. Contests listed. a recess followed as the President’s message was read and printed. The House adjourned at 3:30 p.m. for the day.
Sam Fields at 606 Barr & J opposite city hall advertises bargains in shoes clothing and rubber goods. Call before going elsewhere for best selections.
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of General Leonard Wood to major general and 167 other army officers whose promotions hinge on Wood. About twenty-five civilian appointees were named including Dr. W. H. Crum as collector of the port of Charleston. The moves are treated as recess appointments with pay and authority backdated to last summer. Secretaries Root and Moody conferred with the president and a test case for legality was authorized to seek a legal ruling.
Dennis Herring was sent to jail for two months after police court found him neglecting his wife and two children by denying them food clothing and shelter. Witnesses from the Associated Charities and Humane Officer testified this was among the worst cases seen and that Herring avoided work for years. He claimed he could not obtain housing. officials said charities secured a place within forty eight hours. He evaded police for several days and was arrested on Lewis Street after spending cold weather in a comfortable home with a companion.
The December term of the United States district and circuit court will convene in Fort Wayne tomorrow with Judge A B Anderson, Clerk Noble C Butler and a deputy U S Marshal arriving from Indianapolis. Court will open at 9 o clock Tuesday morning and only one trial is expected, Wynkoop versus the Pennsylvania Company, an action for damages, brought from Columbia City.
St Paul’s congregation at Emmaus Lutheran held a meeting and formed a building committee of trustees and contractors to rebuild the burned church. Plans by Wing & Mahurin, estimated cost about 50 000 dollars, with 32 000 dollars available from savings and insurance. Building to start by year’s end, hospital plans may be delayed. Rev Jacob Miller noted offers of use from Trinity English Zion’s and Emanuel congregations.
Classified noteOffers bargain rubber goods with guarantee at Sam Field's 806 Barr Street shop. Includes mention of December 2 window sale and customer savings.
Col. E. W. Anderson 76, a longtime reporter and war correspondent for the New York Herald and other papers, was found dead in his Bluffton boarding house. He claimed thirteen trips to Europe as a journalist and a world tour. He graduated from Mary and William College.
An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claiming clear heads, active brains, and relief from croup. It promotes Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as nature’s remedy for coughs and colds and Dean's Ointment for itching piles. Prices listed as 60 cents.
A two month unguarded smallpox isolation hospital was looted. Bedding, blankets, dishes, wash basins, pitchers, coal scuttle and other furnishings were stolen after a patient was moved out. Police investigate possible thieves and await recovery of the several hundred dollars of missing property.
An advertisement urges deposits at the Citizens' Trust Company opposite the post office promising $400000 in security for depositors. The notice appears in a late edition short and direct to attract savers.
Uncle Henry Miner, the town’s oldest settler, rents his east-of-town farm he has tended for over four decades to John Isenberger and wife. The Miners plan to move to Fort Wayne to live with a daughter, while Isenberger takes the farm this summer. The community laments the loss of a longtime local father figure as the forest yields to a newer country.
A wandering interviewer from the International Medical World visits Mr. Bowser at home offering a free life subscription and a full page feature in exchange for an interview. Bowser resists, questions motive, and urges the caller to leave while the man presses questions on Bowser's sensations and injuries.
A brief reminiscence recalls the old home as the place of ground he always loved and delighted in, a scene of fond memories and enduring attachment.
The fragment requests items from THE SENTINEL, suggesting a want list or notice for Colyt. It provides no concrete details on needed goods or contacts.
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