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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1902
Page
2
December 21 1902 notice reports Mr DM Parry of Indianapolis presenting the National Association of Master Tailors plan to end convict labor in U S penitentiaries. Samuel Gompers and other labor leaders reportedly back the campaign and favor state and national road building as a remedy.
New York aldermen approve a permanent franchise for a five mile under city tunnel linking Bergen Ridge to Queens, enabling rapid transit under the Hudson and East rivers. The project costs about 50 million dollars with 25 million for labor and 25 million for rolling stock and electrification, with construction to begin within three months and operation within five years.
Secretary Root advocates creating a board of military experts led by a chief of staff to assist the president and Secretary of War. The proposal, aimed at aligning civil authority with military needs, would not add officers but reorganize command and improve coordination amid constitutional limits.
Testimony in the libel action against Times-Mirror reveals alleged control by Katherine Tingley head of the Universal Brotherhood at Point Loma. Louis S. Wite testifies of strict rules, esoteric pledges, and Mrs Tingley’s binds over members and visitors.
In Madrid the Humbert family including Mme Humbert Eva Humbert and the d Auri nac siblings were seized after a long chase across Europe. Police found jewels worth 2000 dollars two lottery tickets and 114 dollars cash in their rooms. The case links to a 25 year fraud impacting vast estates and high society in France with possible Boulangist ties.
The document notes individuals declare they themselves have been victimized and express a desire to return to Frunte to defend against the charges. The statements emphasize personal grievance and intent to confront the legal action in the same jurisdiction.
Crowds of residents broke into the Northwestern Fuel Co. Robert street office in St Paul after a long coal wait. Three clerks guarding the door were savagely mauled as customers were admitted one by one. The firm had stored hundreds of tons of coal sold in single ton cash orders at 35.7 cents. Police aided by staff restored order after the disruptive intrusion.
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