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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
4
Snippets mock current events and figures including Champ Clark in town, a Ohio safeblower, university fire, King Edward coronation, and Bourke Cockran's intervention hopes. Mentions Helen Stone, Sohley inquiry, anarchist island satire, Kentuckians voting, and the St Louis World’s Fair site. Yung Lu receives a ceremonial peacock feather.
A WW story blends legislative skepticism about Senator Hanna with local boasts of building projects and stray notes on the Schley decision. It mentions the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel into New York, a potential Trans Atlantic cable case, and a Rockefeller gift to Chicago University. The fragment ends with garbled Wooster names and a reference to Gavanior’s event.
In a heated discussion the push to raise congressional pay to ten thousand dollars is tied to treasury surpluses and political maneuvering. Senator Hanna is portrayed as unconcerned about control of the Cincinnati delegation as wireless communication and air rights enter urban planning debates. Local notes include a Columbus councilman abandoning a short skirt ordinance after widespread protests from women. The Wooster University crisis prompts citizen support for President Holden and school trustees.
The article reports Schley found guilty of disobeying impossible orders and other charges while present at Santiago. It notes a contrasting officer who cut the cable at Manila escaped blame. Dewey questions Schley’s actions and suggests the American public may side with him against the inquiry’s two long distance desk fighters.
New York reports say German and Dutch groups aim for 2,000,000 signatures urging President Roosevelt to enforce the Washington Treaty to curb England’s supplies for South Africa. A 10,000-strong delegation may descend on Congress. Elsewhere, Bethlehem flood losses reach about 100000 dollars with 200 homes affected. No deaths. In Garden City, an eastbound Santa Fe train suffered a gas explosion. several cars burned but passengers unharmed. Admiral Schley seeks time to file objections to a court of inquiry finding.
Seventy five men s Storm Overcoats made by Burg Bros offered at twelve dollars retail. None sold to dealers or families. Sale price six eighty per coat for limited sale to customers.
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