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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1903
Page
7
Governor Cummins refused New Jersey authorities extradition for Fred Shivers charged with wife desertion in Columbia. He ruled New Jersey law invalid due to missing comma and inserted conjunction which, in his view, requires leaving the state as part of the crime.
William Hurd of Lake Mills did not murder his wife and son or hide their bodies. The wife, found at a Fox Lake residence, said she fled using an assumed name to escape cruelty. Hurd remains jailed in Jefferson and allegedly confessed writing a letter accusing himself to draw support for locating his wife.
Men from the fashionable district wrote to Senator Platt, president of the express company, requesting the horse be retired.
John D. Rockefeller sent a Christmas gift to Charles Austin of Walker's Island Missouri River seven acre melon farm near Sioux City Iowa. Austin, once a boyhood friend of Rockefeller, faced foreclosure on a mortgage. the check clears his debt and saves the property.
Grand Master Charles C. Pavey of the Ohio Grand Lodge orders all saloon keepers bartenders and professional gamblers to quit the Independent Order of Odd Fellows or resign from those occupations. Those who refuse will be tried and expelled effective January 10 1904.
Rear Admiral John G. Walker United States representative on the isthmian canal commission arrived in New York today from Colon aboard the steamer Regurasice. He is reported to have gone to the capital for conference on canal affairs.
Christmas lesson based on Matthew 2 1 12 recounts visitors from the east seeking the newborn king Herod’s plot and the star leading them to Bethlehem gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh and a divine warning not to return to Herod plus a brief quarterly review of Davidic and Solomonic themes and related Golden Texts
The passage centers on Jesus birth in Bethlehem and his divine nature as the Word with God. It highlights his earthly life, death and resurrection and his current position at God’s right hand.
A recruitment notice seeks 500 young men to learn telegraphy with promised secured positions upon completion. The program emphasizes rapid technical training and job placement through the sponsoring organization.
Chicago futures flip between slight losses and steady gains as May Wheat slips to 82 and May Corn holds at 43. Prices end mixed with tight receipts in the south and covering by shorts. Pork and lard futures firm with Dec and Jan positions posting modest gains.
Britain seeks to curb Japanese advances as tensions rise over mining control and Russia’s plans to gain a port at Ching Wan Tao. A census and survey of nearby villages are reportedly in Russia’s possession.
Chicago markets report butter prices steady across creameries with daisies at 14 21c and 16 28c. Eggs market shows 27 284c. Cheese market steady with daisies 10 10c twins 10c and young Americas 10c.
Cattle receipts 4000 with steady market. Good to prime steers 4.90 to 5.75, poor to medium 2.25 to 4.80, stockers 2 to 4, cows 1.50 to 3.50, heifers 2 to 4.75, canners 1.50 to 2.20, bulls 1.75 to 4.25, calves 2 to 5.75. Hog receipts 25,000 with tomorrow 35,000. market for medium and heavy strong, mixed and butchers 4.35 to 4.60, good to choice heavy 4.45 to 4.55, rough heavy 4.30 to 4.45, night 4.15 to 4.40, bulk 4.35 to 4.50. Sheep receipts 14,000. wethers 3.59 to 4, mixed 2.75 to 3.50, native lambs 4 to 5.85.
Toledo lines show North Lima at 1.28 and South Lima plus Indiana at 1.35 per barrel. Prices reflect regional trading and market movements as of December 22.
Fort Wayne market day prices list shows spring wheat flour 4.80 to 5.26 per barrel and various grain rates. Live and dressed hogs, sheep, cattle, and calves quoted on foot and dressed terms with beef and lamb values. City hay, butter, eggs, lard, fruits and poultry prices also provided.
A mass meeting of Democrats in Allen County is set for December 26, 1903, at 2 p.m. in the city hall assembly room on Barr Street to elect delegates to the district convention in Columbia City on January 2, 1904. Delegates are apportioned by one for each 200 votes or fraction over 100 cast for John W. Kern for governor in 1900, for the City of Fort Wayne.
All delegates elected are requested to attend the district convention at Columbia City on January 2 1904 to elect a district chairman and handle other business. By order of the Allen County Democratic Central Committee. Henry P Scherer Chairman T F Bresnahan Secretary. T A DeWald of the Pittsburg machine shop is sick and off duty.
London dispatches report the Japanese consul general and Baron Hayashi downplaying war risks. Officials from the Yokohama Specie Bank and other leading Japanese businessmen say recent telegrams and secrecy in talks suggest no imminent conflict.
Colorado Springs reports Harry Simons, 12, confessed to teacher Harry Neilson that he placed an iron bolt on a rail causing a derailment near Elsmere on Tuesday. The collision destroyed the engine, tender, baggage and smoking car with a $5,000 loss. he fled but confessed when conscience troubled him.
In Savannah Georgia Mother Matilda Beasly of the St. Francis order was found dead in her private chapel inside the Sacred Heart church grounds her burial robes prepared and her will nearby. A pauper by choice she had donated her fortune to a home for colored orphans she was raised by black neighbors and remembered their help.
A Savannah woman who arrived with her husband and aided Catholic charity after his death left her entire estate to the orphanage, dedicating her life to philanthropic work in Savannah.
The annual stockholders meeting of the Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad Company will be held January 25, 1904 at 10 a.m. in Jackson Michigan to elect directors and address other business. Transfer books close January 12 to January 26. Samuel Sloan Sr secretary.
Mrs Mary A. Rogers was convicted in Bennington VI of murdering her husband Marcus H. Rogers on August 12 1902 The verdict carries the death penalty The trial showed she feigned reconciliation with her estranged husband aided by Leon Perham and Stella Bates and used chloroform before disposing of the body in the Willamoosac river Alleged motives included love for another man and securing life insurance benefits.
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