House Advances Convict-Labor Reform Bill
The House, in a December session, adjourned until Monday after passing the executive, legislative and judicial appropriations bill and two others. A key measure repeals part of the Wilson interstate commerce act, allowing states to regulate convict-made goods and permit free labor goods to compete. Introduced by Missouri’s Mr. Hunt, the bill shifts federal control on convict-made products, letting states curb prison-made shipments.
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Washington
House
Wison
Hunt
Missouri
Congressional 1908 Appropriation Bill Moves in House
Washington December 7 with an appropriation of over 81 million and a provision barring simplified spelling in documents authorized by law. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill for 1908 was reported to the house and made a special order for Monday. The amount carried by the bill is 6,857,842 less than the estimates. The current fiscal year appropriation totals 30,168,485. Salaries total 14,727, 202 less than in the estimates but 29 more than provided for last year. An increase from 2200 to 1400 is made for house clerk hire. Senate miscellaneous expenses are cut to 50,000. Secretary to the speaker salary rises to 4,000. No canal bids before January 12. The Isthmian canal commission says bids for the Panama Canal completion open January 12 at noon.
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Congress
House
Senate
Isthmida Canal
Commission
Nght
Panama ‘Canal
President to receive facts on discharge of Twenty-ninth infantry
Washington December 7. The resolution of Senator Penrose passed yesterday requesting full facts from the president regarding the discharge of the negro troops of the Twenty-ninth infantry was received at the White House today and forwarded for action. Continued on page 2 column 6.
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Washington
Penrose
Twenty-ninth Infantry
White House
Weather outlook for Ohio Michigan and surrounding states
The forecast notes snow or rain for Ohio on Saturday and Sunday with a gradual temperature rise and variable winds turning southeast and fresh. Lower Michigan sees fair weather in the north and snow in the south, with warmer conditions and snow or rain on the weekend and fresh east winds. Indiana and Illinois expect snow in the north and rain or snow in the south, with Saturday and Sunday bringing fresh southwest winds.
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Washington
Ohio
Lower
Michigan
Indiana
Ilinois
Insurance for the Churches Faces High Rates
Catholic dioceses consider a separate church insurance company to relieve heavy premiums. Lutherans in the Missouri Synod already run a low-cost mutual plan, prompting Catholic leaders in the Cincinnati province to explore a similar route. Northern Indiana Catholic properties worth billions bear steep charges, and a new system could hurt existing insurers while easing congregations’ burdens.
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Missouri Synod
Cincinnati
Indiana
Colonel Hogeland Visits City to Promote Curfew
Col Alexander Hogeland founder of the National Curfew Association and ally of newsboys arrived from Indianapolis. He is a guest at the Randall and will distribute books and discuss curfew enforcement. He plans sermons, seeks citizen views, and cites crime declines in Kansas City and Omaha to argue for wider adoption of the curfew plan.
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Alexander Hogeland
National
Ibone
Hogeland
Adys
Kansas City
Omaha
Police raid at Redrup saloon nets four men and five women
Police Sergeant Harkenrider and officers Barr Goegiein Krueck Berg last night raided Charles Redrup at 161 South Calhoun street and captured four men and five women. The room was called a restaurant by Redrup but a wine room by the sergeant. Prisoners face prostitution and associating charges. Names given include W. H. Brown Ards Shorb Joe awi for the men and Bessie Chirk Mamie Emith Anna Johnson May Green Minnie Brown for the women. The police had many complaints about the Redrup place.
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Harkenrider
Barr, Goegiein
Krueckeberg
Charles Redrup
Calhoun Street
Redrup
W.H. Brown
Shorb
Joe
Bessie
Chirk
Mamie Emith
Anna Johnson
May Green
Minnie Brown
Redrup Place
Mines Tragedy Claims Twelve Mexican Miners in Shaft
From Monterey, Mexico, Det. 7-News reports a mine accident at the vine mines near Laredo Texas on Tuesday that killed twelve Mexican miners. Had the full workforce not started work late that day, more losses might have occurred.
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Laredo
Texas
Monterey
Mexico
Vine Mines
Providence Sisters Will Take Final Vows at St Marys Woods
In Terre Haute Indiana on December 8 Catholics observe the Feast of the Immaculate Conception as seventeen young women complete probation and receive the religious habit in the Providence order. Bishop F S Chatard presides with Fr D O’Donahue and other Indiana diocese clergy assisting.
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Terre Haute
Ind
St. Mary's of the Woods
Order of Providence
F. S. Chatard
D. O'Donahue
Diocese of
Indiananols
Buried Alive Under Oats in Elevator Accident at Hammond
In Hammond Indiana Morriz Quinn twenty one year old elevator employee was buried under tons of oats when grain poured into a bin and could not be checked. Rescuers labored six hours to recover the body but life was extinct.
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Hammond
Ind
Dew
Morriz Quinn
Fort Wayne Illuminates Streets Plan For Night Illumination
Fort Wayne merchants back a plan by Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction to light business districts with fifty candle power lamps along Calhoun street every twenty feet and on nearby side streets. Manager C E B Guild says installation would cost merchants little and boost the city’s image for visitors, with a formal proposal likely soon.
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Fort Wayne
Lave
Dthera Hive
C. E B. Guild
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Company
Calhoun Street
Michael Hagan Reported Killed in Salt Lake City
Telegram received by relatives announces Michael Hagan former Lake township resident in Allen County was killed in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. No details provided. Remains to be brought home for burial. funeral services expected Monday. He was about 54, unmarried, and spent most of his life in Allen County. Survived by brothers and sisters in Lake Township Fort Wayne Alaska and Fort Worth Texas.
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Michael Hagan
Lake Township
Allen ‘County
Salt Lake “City
Ailen County
West
William Hagan
Julian Trahin
Lake ‘Township
Thomas . Hagan
Fort. Wayre
Neil Hagan
Alaska
Edward Hagan
Fort Worth
Texa
Vigo County Sheriffs Seek Salary Readjustment
Sheriff strongly advocates salary reform for county officers after a Princeton meeting of sheriffs and ex sheriffs. Ed Barnes of Vanderburgh County elected secretary. The group aims to reverse appellate court decisions via the supreme court and press for a legislative readjustment in January. A further Indianapolis meeting is planned for December 17.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Rersely
Vigo County
Princeton
Ed Barnes
Vanderburg County
Supreme Court
sal_aries
Indianapolis
States report vehicle registrations with New York leading
United States motor vehicle registrations show New York with 55 12 0 vehicles, the highest nationwide. Indiana reportedly lists 3 994 autos while California and other states follow, with Chicago noted at 4 500 registrations.
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Tennessee
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Virginia
Oregon
Florida
Illinois
Chicago
Ex convict Richard Evans in trouble again in Portland
Portland Ind Dec 7 Richard Evans of Pennville is under arrest accused of forging the name of M O Wright to a check for 15 and has been remanded for grand jury action Evans has served a term in the Indiana reformatory for horse stealing and if found on parole will be returned to the reformatory on the original charge
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Portland
Ind
Richard Evans
Pennville
M. O. Wright
Evans
Indiana Reformatory
Indiana Delegation Opposes Beveridge Bill Subsidy Plan
Indiana Republican members led by Watson unite with Holliday absent to oppose the Gallinger subsidy bill while considering amendments for South American subsidies and Philippine aid. Burton vows to fight any compromise as Landis denies candidacy rumors. Beveridge child labor bill advances in the House amid a split on subsidy policy and agricultural funding requests.
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House
Indiana
Holliday
Watson
Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Philippines
Gallinger
Quese
Hay Inference
Cannon
Lo Thas
Renre
Burton
Fred ‘Landis
Fredy Landis
House. of Representatives
Logansport
Republican Party
Beveridge
National
Child
Parsons
Lodge
Beeveridge
New York
National Child Labor Committee
Voters split on bill in house vote tone
Representatives Chaney Gilham and Watson supported the bill while Brick Cramer Foster Crumpacker Dixon and the two Landises and Zenor opposed it. Overstreet and Holliday abstained from voting in the house session.
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Chaney
Gilham
Watson
Brick
Cramer
Foster
Crumpacker
Dixon
Landises
Zenor
Overstreet
Holliday
Sensational case revived in Wabash suit for damages
In Wabash circuit court Heber Hare of North Manchester sues Henry and Estella Hower and Ponas Grosnickle postmaster alleging false imprisonment. Hare was arrested December 20, 1894 for an alleged assault on Mrs Hower and jailed. the charges were dismissed. The assaults on Mrs Hower prompted a townwide scare and remain unresolved.
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Wabash
Ind
Heber Hare
North
Manchester
Henry
Estella Hower
Ponas Grosanickle
Hare
Hower
Jalk
Grossnickle
Theman
Bold purse snatcher strikes in crowded street
In a 5:15 pm incident on West Wayne near Calhoun, a purse snatcher grabbed Mrs. M. S. Marttener’s pocketbook from 345 West Wayne and fled through a dark alley near Peltier undertaking. The purse held little cash. Police note potential link to other recent robberies of women. Mrs. Marttene is wife of M. J. Mattenhe, of 921 Calhoun. Also reported: bicycles stolen from Harry Hardendorf of Wolf & Dessauer and Mrs. Philip Singleton of 201 Baker Street.
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Calhoun
Marttene
M. J. Mattienhe
Calhoun Street
Harry Hardendorf
Wolf & Dessauer
Philip Singleton
Baker Street
Eugene Cook Found Guilty In Granger Murder Case
In South Bend Indiana on December 7 1906 jurors sentenced Eugene Cook to life imprisonment for the murder of John Perkins of Granger. Cook attempted suicide by knife yesterday and was carried from the courtroom on a cot. He had confessed to killing Perkins while an inmate at the Indiana Reformatory and warned of further self harm.
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Ind
Eugene Cook
John Perkins
Granger
Dme
Cook
Michigan City
Perkins
Indiana Reformatory
Subpoenas Issued Against Western Pennsylvania Standard Oil Firms
Pittsburg December 7 Officials from fourteen Standard Oil firms in western Pennsylvania have been subpoenaed to appear in the U S circuit court of western Missouri on the first Monday of January in the antitrust case brought by the government against Standard Oil Company John D Rockefeller H H Rogers and seventy three constituent companies United States Deputy Marshal William Henry served the final papers today.
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Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
Protest Against Priest Choice at St. Josephs Church
In Logansport Indiana a special St. Josephs church meeting sent a committee to Fort Wayne to protest to Bishop Mercing against appointing Rev. A J Kroeger of Tipton as pastor, after the death of Rev Jeary Kochace. A telegram urged reconsideration, but the bishop refused. The committee will propose five other priests as alternatives yet will not disclose the opposition reasons.
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Logansport
Ind
St. Joseph's Church
Fort Wayne
Mercing
A. J. Kroeger
Tipton
Jeary Kochace
Kroesés
Waterways funding plan urged by convention leaders
Albert Bettinger of Cincinnati voiced the push for federal help to improve U S waterways as a national artery system. The president praised the gathering and pledged to consult Congress leaders before shaping a definite, effective plan. Congress then adopted a resolution to annually appropriate at least 5 0 9 0 0 9 0 for rivers harbors and waterways, and named a delegate committee to present views to the president and Congress.
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Washington
White
Congress
Albert Bettinger
Cincinnati
Coordinate
R. Francis
Missouri
Harvard Wins Seventeenth Annual Debate Over Yale
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard won the seventeenth annual debate with Yale in Sanders Theater tonight. The subject was that further immigration restrictions are undesirable. Harvard has won thirteen of the seventeen debates. Yale presented the affirmative.
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Cambridge
Mass
Nec
Harvard
Yale
Resignation shocks Fort Wayne electric rail line chief
Mr Charles F Shelton, superintendent of transportation for the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company, resigned yesterday and will move Sunday to Philadelphia to accept a higher position on an eastern road. He arrived in Fort Wayne August 1 1905 and built a strong freight business and improved interurban car service. Shelton leaving leaves general manager Emmons to appoint a successor shortly while Shelton spends Sunday in Indianapolis visiting friends.
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Charles F. Shelton
Mort. Wayne & Wabash Valley ‘Traction Company
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South
Middle West
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Eastern Road
Indianapolig
C. D. Emmons
Hig
Transportation Department
Jon Fink
Maine
Virginia
Virginia Mill Colegesk
Thestoad
Hartisburg
M. C
Ag An
Shelto
Ocean ‘View Railway ‘Company
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Nnvel
Mpany
Wis
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Hampton Roads
Pennsylvania
Yebuit
West Chester
Kennet ‘Square
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Fort Wayn
Fort
Ohio
Schoent Syndicate
Indiana
New California Quake Shakes San Luis Obispo Area
A California quake struck San Luis Obispo at 10 40 last night for over thirty seconds with a north south shock. A weaker second tremor followed half an hour later. The quake was felt in Santa Maria Guadaloupe Caracas and Cambria but caused no damage.
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Cal
Santa Maria
Guadaloupe
Caracas
Cambria
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