Dowie's Successor Plan Funeral in Zion City
The body lies in state at Shiloh house in Zion City before a Thursday service in Zion tabernacle. Judge V V Barnes will conduct the funeral with the white choir from the church. Burial will be at Lake Mound cemetery beside Dowie's daughter, who died in a lamp explosion. Mrs Dowle and Gladstone Dowle arrived in Zion City for the services.
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Chicago
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Dowle
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Standard Oil of Indiana denies plea talks amid trial
J A Moffatt president of Standard Oil of Indiana on trial in federal court denied that company representatives suggested pleading guilty to the indictments. He said the firm is not frightened by conviction and trusts in fair law administration and juries.
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J. A. Moffatt
Standard Oil Company of
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Washington
Moffatt
Standard of Company
Danube floods swamp vast Farmland. Lens mine disaster marked
March 11 reports Danube flooding thousands of acres in Romania as inhabitants flee with livestock. In Lens, France, anniversary of Courbére mine disaster where over 1,000 miners died was observed by regional miners. In Manchuria, Japan withdraws troops leaving 16 000 railway guards as consuls protest. A prairie fire near Columville Oklahoma burns Mia Carnes and daughter May. Carnes dies and husband burned rescuing.
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Sugar rebate case set for trial against railroad
Federal sugar rebate case against the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad opens in New York. Government says payments of 2 cents per hundred pounds to Lowell M Palmer for sugar shipped beyond Buffalo and 1 cent for shipments to points west of Buffalo were rebates. Railroad argues Palmer acted to cover profit loss, not as actual shipper, while Palmer allegedly directed all American Sugar Refining shipments.
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Lowell M. Palmer
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Brooklyn
Buffalo
Lackawanna
American Sugar Refining Company
Trial of Schmitz and Ruef Shifts to Extortion Case
In San Francisco on March 14, the trial of Mayor Schmitz and ex-political boss Abraham Ruef on extortion indictments looms as a major week’s sensation. Schmitz, who returned from Europe after the indictment, pleaded not guilty. Ruef’s disappearance and capture followed, while the grand jury probes Ruef’s attorneys and associates to reconcile his movements with sworn statements.
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Salvation Army Antisuicide Bureau Becomes Permanent
Commander Miss Booth announced the antisuicide bureau in New York has passed the experimental stage after ten days of operation. The bureau, now a permanent feature of the Salvation Army nationwide, reports many saved from self destruction since its inception in the city on March 11.
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New York
Miss Booth
Salvation Army
Army
Corbett to Sail for China for Mission Work
Pittsburg March 11 The Rev Hunter Corbett moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church announces he will sail from New York on Thursday for China to attend a convention of missionary workers. He cannot return in time for the next assembly meeting in Columbus Ohio in April. The body will be called to order by Rev W P Richards vice moderator and the opening sermon will be preached by Rev Ira Landreth retiring moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly.
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General Assembly
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New York
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Columbus
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Ira Landreth
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
Paris Strike Settled for Electricians Demands Granted
Paris reports that the electricians strike ended after negotiations mediated by M. De Selves. Employers concede pension terms and align hours and wages with city workers. Public alarm at workers’ leverage grows as editors call for laws to curb strikes affecting essential services.
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Electricians
M. de Selves
Seine
Confederation of Labor
May Have Stolen Boy in Kidnapping Case Near Rankin
Pittsburg detectives search Rankin Pennsylvania for two Italian suspects believed to hold four year old Horace W. Marvin Jr. of Kitts Hammock Delaware. A street car conductor saw a boy matching Marvin’s description with the pair, who police say kept him against his will.
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Pittsburg
Rankin
Here
Horace W. Marvin
Kitts Hammock
Del
Maryin
Town bans profanity in Weetfield Massachusetts
Weetfield Massachusetts enforces a strict improper language law with a $20 fine. The town, famed for its pure food campaign, has seen prosecutions in the Westfield district court as citizens push for reform and strict speech standards.
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Weatfield
Westfield
Typographical Union Proposes Arbitration Over Wages
In Butte Montana on March 12 the Typographical Union offered to return workers at a $6 per day wage with arbitration to settle the amount. Publishers had refused to pay more than 36.80 per day, and are considering the proposal with publication likely to resume within the week.
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Typographical Union
Butte
Mont
Brundidge Dies From Injuries After Dance Dispute
Missouri Valley Ill March 11 M Brundige died from injuries suffered last Monday after a dispute with A H Sniff Harrison County News editor. Sniff is held on $5,000 bond on charges of assault with intent to kill and later murder. The altercation began over a quarrel at a dance that also left Brun dige's brother in law A L Fouts stabbed.
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Missouri Valley, Ill
M. & Brundige
A. H. Sniff
Harrison County News
Sniff
Brundidge
A. L. Fouts
Altgeld Memorial Services Held in Chicago
Memorial services in honor of former Governor John P. Altgeld were held in Chicago under the John P. Altgeld Memorial association with Congressman Charles A. Towne of New York delivering the eulogy.
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Altgeld
Chicago
John P. Altgeld
John P. Altgeld Memorial
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