Roosevelt message blasts corporate predatory wealth and labor limits
President Roosevelt sent a special message addressing federal regulation of interstate business and corporations. He cites employer liability and antiunion discharge laws, warns against injunction abuse, and urges drastic reforms to curb predatory wealth and boost corporate reform. Senators reacted with varying interest as the document was read aloud.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Spreme Court
Senate
Latta
Mr. Tillman
Senator LaFollette
Mooks Slaughtered in Battle with the French
London dispatch reports a Tangiers stool line of fighting near Settat Morocco where 10 000 Moors were killed or wounded and French losses reached a dozen or so including four officers in a clash described as a display of Antaean bravery by Moor forces.
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London
Tangiers
Settat
Morocco
Indiana Delegates Back Fairbanks At District Conventions
Indiana Republicans meet in district conventions naming 26 delegates to the national convention and four at large to be chosen April 2. The Indiana delegation will back Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks as unit. Contests remained friendly with two delegates elected per district.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
State Committee
Republican Editorial Association
Indiana Lincoln League
Wabash
Chicago
Pension consolidation cuts pension offices nationwide
Washington February 4 the house appropriations committee reported favorably a pensions bill for the year ending June 30 1899 It abolishes pension agencies at Augusta Maine Boston Buffalo Chicago Columbus Concord Des Moines Detroit Indianapolis Knoxville Louisville Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Francisco and Topeka and consolidates them in one central distributing agency in Washington The bill carries a total pension appropriation of 108 869 000 which is 174 000 below estimates due to consolidation The Sulloway bill passed yesterday grants widows of soldiers a flat 12 per month pension not 16 as previously reported
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Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
August
Maine
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Columbus
Ohio
Concord
N. H
Des Moines
Detroit
Indianapolis
Knoxville
Tenn
Louisville
Milwanukee
New York City
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
San Francisco
Topeka
Twelfth district Republicans name Wilson Wickwire delegates
In Fort Wayne the Twelfth district GOP endorsed Charles W. Fairbanks for president and elected Major G Will Wilson of Fort Wayne and Hon Thomas B Wickwire of Angola as delegates to the national convention. Alternates are Hugh R. Culbertson Auburn and Caldwell W. Tuttle Columbia City. Presidential Elector is Hon F D Merritt LaGrange. The meeting emphasized harmony with Taft sentiment subdued by state pride. Howard Mountz of Gar is chosen permanent chairman.
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Charles W. Fairbanks
Chicago
Twelfth
Fort Wayne
Major G. Will Wilson
Wickwire
Ashley
Hugh R. Culbertson
Auburn
Caldwell W. Tuttle
Columbia City
F. D. Merritt
Lagrange
Court House
Tor
G. Will Wilson
Thomas &. Wickwire
Angola
Taft
Howard W. Mountz
Fort Wayne contractor James Lillie dies in Illinois
James Lillie, longtime Fort Wayne contractor with broad business ties, died in Kankakee Illinois at age 72 after years of ill health. Born May 16 1835 in Glasgow he arrived in America in 1845 and joined brother John Lillie in Fort Wayne where he trained as a carpenter and built a notable career including the state asylum project in Kankakee.
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James Lillie
Fort Wayne
Kankakee
Mr. Lilie
Glasgow
Scotland
America
John Lillie
Heroic Rescue Of Crew From Ship In Flames
Boston reports a private wireless dispatch from the steamer Cymric approaching the harbor. Forty one seamen from the burned St Cuthbert were aboard with Captain Lewis and a sailor named Joubert severely burned but progressing favorably. Fourteen men including third officer White were drowned while abandoning the vessel.
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Boston
Mass
Cymric
St. Cuthbert
Lewis
Joubert
White
Steamer St Cuthbert Burns Sighting by Cymric and Cambrian
A wireless dispatch to the Times reports the burning of the steamer St Cuthbert. The Cymric and Cambrian later sighted the burning vessel and lay by for several hours awaiting a chance to assist.
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New York
the Times
Cymric
St. Cuthbert
Cambrian
Boy Ascends the Throne as Sovereign in Portugal
In Lisbon the royal family rides in a carriage when gunmen fired on King Carlos Crown Prince Luiz Philippe and Queen Amelie. The king and crown prince died. Manuel aged 19 proclaimed king that night amid pursuit and capture of assailants. The scene closed a tragic royal assassination.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Carlos
Luiz Philippe
Plaza de Commercia
Amelie
Manuel
Villa Vicosa
Darios
Woodburn Marshal Murder Confession Ties Stout to Shooting
John Stout stands charged in the confession of Fred LaDuke with firing the shot that killed Marshal Columbus Croy in Woodburn on June 7 last year. The sixty page transcript details state efforts to corroborate. grand jury indictments may name Herman Miller John Baker and Fred LaDuke as accessories.
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John Stout
Fred LaDuke
Columbus Croy
Woodburn
Stout
Herman Miller
John Baker
Faulkner
Marshal Croy
LaDuke
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Carlos and Son
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