Morton Statue Honored With Senate Eulogy
Washington March 24 The Senate accepted a statue of Oliver P Morton from Indiana. Mr Fairbanks praised Mortons leadership from the Civil War through his Illinois career and electoral commission service. The session adjourned at 3 25 pm after the tribute and resolution adoption.
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Fairbanks
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Senate of the United States
Oliver Perry Morton
Hall of Representatives
Republic
Statuary Hall
United States
Morton
Washington
Senate
Mr. Fairbanks
Samuel Adams
Ethan Allen
John Stark
Roger Sherman
George Washington
Daniel Webster
James A .Garfield
Mgr. Beveridge
Porto Rico relief bill advances after conference vote
In Washington on March 24 the house took up the conference report on the Porto Rican relief bill and set a final vote for 1 o clock. Mr McRae of Arkansas condemned recent Porto Rico legislation, citing Iowa and New York objections, as the conference report passed 435 to 87 with 20 not voting. The bill now goes to the president.
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Senate
United States
Alabama
James C. Drake
China
Japan
Berry
Arkansas
Cockrel
Missouri
Republican Party
Foraker
Ohio
Porto Rico
Committee On
Pacific Islands
O. P. Morton
House
McRae
Iowa House of Representatives
New York Board of Trade
Yeas
Hays
Fort Wayne Women Set Twenty-Fourth Missionary Session at Elkhart
The twenty fourth annual meeting of the Women’s Foreign and Home Missionary societies of the Fort Wayne presbytery will be held April 11 and 12 at Elkhart Indiana. Delegates from all local churches are expected and Miss Beaker, a missionary to Persia, will address the gathering. Mrs J A P McGaw presides with Mrs J O Keller and Mrs N B Hughes as secretaries.
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Women’s Foreign and Home Missionary Societies
Presbytery of
Fort Wayne
Elkhart
Ind
Indiana
J. A. P. McGaw
J. O. Keller
A Song of March Poem Excerpt From Fort Wayne
The poem celebrates March as a moving train of seasonal imagery. Esther Nelson Karn of Fort Wayne Indiana signs the verse as the author and place of origin. The piece depicts winter’s departure, fields, forests, and gardens in vivid, lyrical stanzas.
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Esther Nelson Karn
Fort Wayne
Intd
Cannon Arrives For City Hall Exhibit From Lawton
A brass cannon three feet long with a two inch bore captured by Major General Lawton at Malolos is displayed at City Hall. The antiquated piece, likely about 300 years old, will be mounted in Lawton Park with an inscription noting its donation to the home city.
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Lawton
Malolos
Lawton Park
Local inventor files patent for steam compressor
Charles Garver, a city inventor, has filed a patent application with attorney W G Burns. The steam compressor aims to use exhaust steam from power plants, typically discharged as waste, to improve efficiency.
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Charles Garver
W. G. Burns
Cigarmakers Plan Citywide Push for Union Labeled Cigars
The Cigarmakers' union intends an organized drive to persuade smokers to choose cigars made in the city and bearing the union label. There are 112 cigarmakers, with a yearly income around 80,000 dollars.
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Cigarmakers’ Union
Hanna revolt ends in Toledo Republican mass meeting fray
In Memorial hall Toledo Ohio a divided Hanna and anti-Hanna Republican mass meeting erupted in a three hour clash over the March 29 convention and alleged duplicity. Clarence Brown condemned Hanna while Southard supporters pressed for Griffin backed resolutions. the gathering ended amid calls for unity as party rifts widen ahead of primaries.
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Hanna
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Republican Party
Memorial Hall
Hanna Committee
Charles P. Griffin
Congress
Southard
Griffin
Kent Hamilton
Clarence Brown
Guy Kinney
Charles Sumner
Ohio
Democrats In Good Form At Indiana State Headquarters
The Indianapolis Press notes a surge of visitors to the Democratic state headquarters with high hopes for the 1900 campaign. Leader Martin and Secretary Hawkins work late, aided by telephones and cheerful rooms. Prominent party members from across the state consult and encouragement pours in.
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Indianapolis
Martin
State Committee
Bryan
George Fred Williams
B. F. Shiveley
Matthews
Marin
Hawkins
Campaign Plans Discussed by Democratic Committee
A Washington dispatch reports the Democratic congressional committee met at the Hotel Regent with Representative Richardson presiding and James Kerr as secretary. They debated the Porto Rican tariff, aimed to organize in doubtful districts, and planned immediate opening of campaign headquarters in Washington with literature dispatched. J L Pearcy of Tennessee and George M Jeene of Kentucky named assistant secretaries.
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New York
the Herald
Washington
Democratic Congressional Committee
Regent
Richardson
James Kerr
Pennsylvania
Kerr
J.L. Péarcy
Tennessee
George M. Jéene
Kentucky
Night With a Burglar and a Timid Man
A timid husband recounts an evening when his wife Maria attends a church social leaving him at home with a plan to thwart burglars. He pretends to be a burglar himself to entertain and recruit a real intruder, then ends up hosting the burglar through the night before his wife returns and orders him to drive the intruder away.
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Maria
Bill Jenkins
Gettysburg
Missionary Fund
Bill
Farmers to Get Telephones in Rural Indiana
The National Telephone and Telegraph company plans a ten mile rural line north and east of Kendallville Indiana connecting to the Kendallville exchange. About ten farm families will receive service initially with more requests expected, aiming to extend telephone access to farmers nationwide.
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National Telephone and Telegraph Company
Indiana
Kendallville
National Company
Kendallville Exchange
Bread and Lasses and the Turkeys Run
A humorous summer scene narrated by Harry Oliver Wise features Bread and Lasses and a gobbler charging through the yard with quills erect and wattles aglow. Turkeys scatter as the pursuer gains, amid cheerful chaos in the sunny field and marching bandlike antics.
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Sentinel
Cale
Johnny
Joliguy
George Ray Fighting Morss Delegates Fight in Shelby County
Robert Bell of Fort Wayne and E. Morss editor of the Sentinel are seen as likely candidates for delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention. George M. Ray and Shelby county politicians oppose Morss delegates, amid county affairs criticism. Maj. G. V. Mengies of Mat Vernon is rumored for southern Indiana delegation.
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George Ray
Morss
Indianapolis
Robert Bell
Fort Wayne
E. Morss
The
Sentinel
George M. Ray
Shelby County
Maj. G. V. Meng
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Lydia E. Pinkhem
Constanti Eles
Fort Wayne Company
Harry Oliver Wise
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