Republicans Name Delegates to State Convention
The report notes 1,026 Republican representatives named for the state convention amid 444 delegates outstanding, indicating a large party organization mobilizing for the upcoming session.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne News
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
1
Indiana Republican delegate race tightens as counties name picks
Indiana Republican delegates for the April state convention move closer to final totals. With 1,026 named among 1,470 delegates, 444 remain, 148 of which will be named this week. Counties listed for selections include Jasper, Miami, Kosciusko, Huntington, Adams, Canell, Davegg, Jefferson, Jennings, and Harrison, reducing counties to name to eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Thistlethwaite
INDIANAPOLIS
Jasper
Miami
Kosinsko
Huntington
Bi pate
Adams
Canell
Davegg
Jefferson
Jennings
Harrison
Tait-Enders
Cass
Tippecanoe
Horgan
Porter
Vancerberg
Lawyer Fred Woodward Named Defendant in South Bend Divorce
Fred Woodward, a noted South Bend lawyer and politician, has been named defendant in a divorce action filed by his wife Oliver Shock Woodward. Woodward vows to fight vigorously as friends and many local lawyers offer their services, saying he is the victim of circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SOUTH BEND
Ind
Fred Woodward
Oliver Shock Woodward
Woodward
Belgian in South Bend Disappears in Suspected foul play
In South Bend Indiana and officials in Belgium investigators probe the 1904 disappearance of Henri Caesar Joures a wealthy Belgian who left for Michigan beet fields. Early signs suggest foul play and a secret plot by those under suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SOUTH BEND
Ind
Belgium
Henri Caesar Joures
Michigan
Jonez
Free Whiskey Offer Stirs Indiana Town
Dr. Peter Coble of Celestine Indiana, visiting Evansville, announces a promotion involving free whiskey stirring attention and local curiosity as details unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EVANSVILLE, Ind
Peter Coble
Celestine, Ind
Candidate touts free whiskey in race for representative
A Democratic candidate for representative campaigns on a free whiskey platform promising whiskey as cheap as water, recalling 10 cent a gallon prices and past sobriety. Opponent J. D. Barker backs a graduated saloon license as the remedy in the district contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Barker
National Biscuit Factory to Close Local Plant
National Biscuit Company announces closure of its local plant while maintaining operations of the bread department. The move ends biscuit production at the site but preserves bread manufacturing capabilities and related jobs.
Downing to Remain as Bread Section Boss at Fort Wayne
National Biscuit company Fort Wayne branch to close cracker and cake departments next Saturday noon. Bread department will continue under Myron Downing, present manager, while traveling salesmen move to Chicago. Chicago Kennedy Biscuit will handle Chicago-made crackers and cakes. Fort Wayne staff largely displaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Biscuit company
Fort Wayne
Myron Downing
Chicago
Kennedy Biscuit company
Fort Wayte
National Miscuit
Louis Fox
Downing
Fox
Mus city
Kennedy
Congressman Demotte Reported Dying in Corpus Christi
Congressman Mark L. Demotte, former representative of this district, is reported dying in Corpus Christi at age seventy eight. The Indiana-born figure, once active in politics, is listed in critical condition as word of his decline spreads.
Asquith Expected to Succeed Campbell-Bannerman as Prime Minister
Special Correspondence from London reports Herbert H. Asquith, chancellor of the exchequer and longtime Liberal leader, poised to take Campbell-Bannerman’s job as prime minister upon his retirement. Asquith has represented Fife since 1886 and has long argued for free trade, opposing Chamberlain’s tariff policy. His health, after France treatment, has shown limited improvement, with a resignation likely after Easter if unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Herbert H. Asquith
cachequer
Henry CampbeHannerman
Fife
house of commons
Henry
Sir Henry
Gladstone
Chamberlain
France
Tillman Attacks President in Characteristic Rant
Tillman brands the president drunk with power and calls critics poor fools if they back the chief executive for actions taken while in office. The remarks frame a sharp political confrontation and highlight partisan tension during a heated moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottice
Roosevelt labeled as power mad by Tillman in heated attack
Senator Tillman denounced President Roosevelt for dictating a potential third term and amending the Sherman Act. He claimed patronage under Roosevelt favors wealth and corporate interests, condemning amnesty for past trusts and a truce with malefactors while criticizing labor and capital concessions ahead of an election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
white house
Tillman
south
supreme court
supreme cont
Senator Hemenway Receives Encouraging Canal Letter
United States Senator Yemenway writes from Washington praising the Toledo to Chicago deep waterway canal proposal. He notes its high merit and promises active effort to educate Congress and secure favorable legislation. The letter cites the president's Mississippi trip as fueling interest and urges sustained advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Bush
United States
Kemenway
Washington
Toledo
Chicago
congress
Mississippi river
Miners Stand For It At National Convention
Indianapolis March 16 The Miners national convention heard that the scale committee will report by tomorrow to recommend district level contracts. Indiana and Pennsylvania operators who favor signing may push for formal agreement terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
INDIANAPOLIS
Miners’ national convention
Ohio
MitcHell
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Ohio miners prepare for joint conference decision
In Ohio operators meet in Columbus and Cleveland and western Pennsylvania operators in Pittsburgh to decide on backing a firm response to President Mitchell. A March 24 joint conference is pressed as a possible shift to district conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Calunbus
Chapman
Mitchell
Columbus
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Saint Patrick Day Observance By Local Hibernians
The local lodge of Hibernians arranges a Saint Patrick Day program starting at 8 o clock with a march to St Patrick's church for 9 o'clock high mass and sermon. Services will also be held at the Cathedral. An evening program of music and literature is planned at the lodge hall. Committee: John J Woulfe chairman M J Shea Samuel Wilington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panick
paton
heland
Trishtheasis
lodge of
Hibernians
lodge
St. Patrick’s church
lodge hall
John J Woulfe
M. J. Shea
Samuel Wilington
Gowdy's Figures Challenged in Delegates Fight
In Indianapolis on March 16 Wilson Roose, Miller campaign manager, says Captain Gowdy's figures listing Watson with 476 of 1026 delegates are false and that Charles W. Miller has 468 delegates selected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
INDIANAPOLIS
Ind
Wilson Roose
Charles W. Miller
Captain Gowdy
Watson
Shoshone Wyoming Town Threatened by Fire Report
Bulletin reports from Denver cite Blaich 10 repots that Shoshone Wyoming is burning and the town may be in danger of total destruction though no further details have been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DENVER
Cot
Blaich
Wyo
Girl admits false grand jury tale in Hitchcock case
Flora Whiston, a key witness in the Hitchcock case, tells the grand jury she was pressured by Gerry society agents to testify falsely. She admits she never went to Hitchcock's Forty first Street residence and that her earlier statements were not true, prompting perjury charges against her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
NEW YORK
district attorney’s office
Flora Whiston
Hitchcock
Blanchard
Gar- Van
Steinhardt
Center street
Miss Whiston
Hilcheeck
snt
Gerry society
mike
Witchcock
Elsie Vocelis
Garvan
Helen von Hagen
asainst
Raymond Gilchcock
Fion Whiston
thehood
Fiona
Alrney Garvan
itchcock
Flora
gir
Newark
Helen von Magen
Phen
Mgr. Hitchcock
Ws house
Forty-first street
Stanchfield
garl
Pizzaro
Forty first street
Pizaro
Hitchood
Pizarro
Gaivan
Talse
New Jersey
hun
Iitchcock
Pizvaio
West Forts first street
Pisdaio
Gavan
Mlove
Hughes and Taft 10 Speak at St Patrick Dinner
New York dispatch notes Taft and Hughes will appear as friendly rivals at the Friendly Song of St Patrick banquet at the Plaza hotel. The week also features dinners for Cummns and Pat in New Jersey as the presidential race shifts in state. Taft declines to discuss politics publicly before a Yale speaking engagement and plans a Brooklyn church talk tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Taft
Charles B. Hughes
Henry W. Taft
New Maven
Yale corporation
Plymouth church
Brooklyn
Dixieland
Delegates Favor Adair in Democratic Delegation Race
In LaGrange Indiana on March 14 a Democratic convention named J W Adair as preferred congress candidate with 116 votes to 83 for Cline. F J Dunton opened the meeting with J W Manan as temporary chair and P D Ballou as secretary. In Garrett Indiana on March 15 Keyser township delegates endorsed Fred L Feick for the congressional nomination and backed William Jennings Bryan for president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LAGRANGE
Ind
J. W. Adair
congress
Cline
Adair
F J. Dunton
Ton
J. W Manan
P. D Ballou
GARRETT
Keyser township
Fred L. Feick
William Jennings Bryan
Spanked Wife Seeks Divorce in Old Fashioned Way
Mrs. Nettie Houpt of Sullivan Indiana sues for divorce alleging James Houpt spanked her in the old fashioned manner when she displeased him, the filing dated March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SULLIVAN, Ind
Nettie Houpt
James Houpt
Billy Sunday closes Decatur revival with record 5843 conversions
In Decatur Illinois the Billy Sunday revival ends tonight after a run that yields 5843 conversions and a $31000 free will offering. Sunday headlines show booming attendance, large political pledges for local option, and strong support across central Illinois with crowds at Springfield Peoria Bloomington and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DECATUR
Billy Sunday
Anti-Saloon League
SPRINGFIELD
central
Illinois
Bloomington
Peoria
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