Church Debate Blocks Proposed Minister Pension Plan
At the Denver assembly the commissioners rejected Dr John Boltin’s graded pension proposal for disabled or aging ministers calling it charity. Howard Johnson defended pensions as deserved church support, while disputes over church state relations and later church governance were noted. A temperance meeting followed in the Presbyterian church.
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de. J. Gray Boltin
Philadelphia
Bowrda
Finance
Koltin
Holtin
Howard Johnson
Colorado Springs
Tennessee
The
Presbyterian Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Fount
Shurch Co-Operation Committee
Willan Henry Roberta
D. D. Lec
Cumberland Church
Becaine
Pial Presbyter
Jan Chureh
Ousting Veteran Treasurer Fails at Presbyterian Assembly
In Denver May 248 an effort to remove Rev Willem Roberts longtime stated clerk and treasurer of the Presbyterian general assembly failed. Opponents argued funds over 609000 yearly should not stay with one man already handling another duty. A brief debate followed with figures and management concerns noted by assembly leaders.
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Denver
Colo
General Assembly
Menver
Willem Hoberts
Womecmlly
Poritiot
Roberta
Roberts
Ong Defends Dr Roberts in Treasurer Retention Vote
Ong defended Dr Roberts as the body voted to retain him as treasurer. The decision followed arguments over financial oversight and trust in the current administration.
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Ong
Dr. Roberts
No More Indictments for Graft in Pittsburg
Pittsburg May 288 No indictments were returned today by the grand jury probing councilmanic graft and the panel was discharged. Evidence will be used in future trials. The inquiry will continue with about sixty former and current Pittsburg and Allegheny council members examined, totaling about 140 witnesses.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Rio Grande Tunnel Reopening In Sight After Cave-In
Leadville Colo May 28 The Tennessee Pass tunnel eight miles west of Leadville on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, closed since May 18 due to a cave-in, shows rapid progress. Debris has been penetrated by a small opening being enlarged, and officials expect traffic to move through the long tunnel in less than a week.
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Leadville
Colo
Tennessee Pass
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
American Sugar Co On Trial For Conspiracy
New York May 28 W Howard Baumsay former president of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company and George M Newhall who built its Philadelphia plant testified in the suit against the American Sugar Refining company for conspiracy Baumsay said he acted for Adolph Segal whose stock was said to be under the American company’s control Newhall described a Philadelphia refinery built as the most modern with a capacity of six million pounds a week but never operated Securities alleged to be under American Refining control and voted for its interest were offered as evidence
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New York
W. Howard Baumsay
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
George M. Newhall
Philadelphia
American Sugar Refining Company
Ramsay
Adolph Segal
Pennsylvania Company
America Company
Segal
Newhall
Parmer Punctures Painful Journey to Rapid City
S S Coffman 65 of Seal and D drove ninety miles to Phillip then rode a train to Rapid City seeking medical help after a wagon fall fractured his leg. He traveled two days and one night in hardship.
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Parmer
Rapid City
S&s. C
Imperial Hatt Proclaims Mehmed V Power In Turkey
May 28 dispatch from Constantinople reports ministers and other high officials from the late regime banished from Prinkipo to Marmora islands. An imperial hat will be read at the ministries of war and marine declaring the sultan supreme commander of army and navy under the constitution. The sultan offers to pay for a national history of the centenary celebrants.
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Iy Morning Journal
Constantinople
Prinkipe
Sea of Marmora
Cenblroyers
Former Missouri Governor Near Death in Kansas City
Ex Governor Thomas T. Crittenden collapsed with a stroke while watching a ball game in Kansas City and remains unconscious in critical condition. His advanced age and long impaired health heighten concern among friends and relatives.
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Kansas City
Thomas T. Crittenden
French Federation of Labor in Disarray After Strike Collapse
Paris reports the prestige of the General Federation of Labor shattered following the general strike. Secretary Meilun has resigned and powerful factions withdraw, with new federations forming from the remnants of the old group. The overall workers organization rejects competition with the workers' organization.
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Paris
General Federation of Labor
M. Meilun
Ul Gxions
Federa
Ians
No Drinks on Railway Trains Introduced
Tallahassee May 28 The senate introduced a bill prohibiting the drinking of liquors on railroad trains.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Senate
Federal court orders production of United Copper books
Federal prosecutors seek the companys books under court order to avert contempt of court. Directors Sanford Robinson Carter Glass William J Curtie Horace Able report Heinze withholding records. Gifford alleged to have taken minute books to Europe. Judge Lacombe sets Tuesday for further progress while noting efforts to retrieve the records.
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Morning Journal
New York
United Copper Company
F. Augustus Heingze
Mercantile National Bank
United States
Wise
Lacombe
Sanford Robinston
Carter Glass
William J. Curtie
Horace Able
Heinze
Gifford
Europe
Mr. Heinge
Otto
United Copper
Frederick Hiketein
Smith
Train bandit held up Union Pacific Limited in Omaha police say
Eight registered mail pouches from the Union Pacific Overland Limited were found in Brown Park School in South Omaha. Police link the capture of Woods Gordon and Torgensen to the robbery and expect a confession. A Denver photo shows the suspects and another man and woman linked to the case. Reward details and search of rooming houses continue.
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Omaha
Union Pacific Overland
Torgensen
Denver
Curtis Street
Colo
Union Pacific Railroad
Hene
Chife Biggs
Gordon
Mathe
South Omaha
Cornell Bluffs
Georgia railroad strike sparks race issue with violence
A Lithonia freight train was attacked amid the Georgia railroad firemen strike as racial tensions rise. A negro fireman was rushed to Atlanta. the train was stoned and split into three sections blocking the main line and mail passage. Federal intervention looms with orders to restore order.
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Morning Journal
Atlanta
Georgia Railroad
Lithonia
4& Stone
Downing
United States
Atete
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Race Lssue
Trainmen identify two suspects in Union Pacific robbery
In Omaha on May 28 Fred Tortensen and W. D. Woods were identified as two perpetrators of the Union Pacific Overland limited robbery Saturday night. Engineer Michael Johns and Fireman Powell identified them as the bandits who crawled over the tender and forced a stop. A local resident recalled seeing the men surveying the area days earlier. A souvenir mirror with a picture of Union Station was found among the prisoners' effects, suggesting a link to a Great Northern hold up near the same city.
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Omaha
Neb
Fred Tortensen
W. D. Woods
Union Pacific Overland Limited
Michael Johns
Powell
Wien
Pokan Union Station
Thia
Post Office
Great Northern
Amoy Clansom en in Bitter Warfare
Amoy China May 25 Fighting among the elms has resumed in the Heuwah district forty five miles north of Amoy and interferes with local business. The trouble began three years ago over the abduction of a bride and has continued intermittently. More than 360 men have been killed in the encounters. Troops stationed in pestering order last summer but this improvement was only temporary.
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City Marning Journal
Amoy
China
Heuwah
College Damaged by Quake
Bloomington Michigan May 29 quake damages Me leon College prompting rebuilding plans as initial assessments show significant structural harm and campus facilities in need of repair following Monday’s event.
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Bloomington
Meleon College
Chamber of Deputies Rejects Reinstatement Motion
Paris May 28 The chamber of deputies rejected a motion to reinstate employees discharged for their connection with the recent strike.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Waters Pierce Must Pay Costs and Fine Total
District Judge Wilcox ordered Receiver Bikheart of Waters-Pierce Oil Co to pay the state 290000 in addition to the 1660000 fine already collected as the cost of the prosecution.
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Waters Pierce
Austin
Tex
Wilcox
Bikheart
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Denver Police Identify Suspect in Woman's Attack
Denver police have identified the suspect in the alleged assault on a woman, with officials stating progress in the investigation. Authorities declined to release further details about the suspect or the incident as the case develops.
Incorporation Filed for Albuquerque Daily Tribune Publisher
Articles of incorporation for Tribune Publishing Company to publish the Albuquerque Daily Tribune were filed in Santa Fe. The capital is $50,000 with $10,000 paid up by 100 shares held by N. Marron in Albuquerque and others including A. A. Jones Las Vegas Harvey B. Fergusson Albuquerque J. D. Hand Los Alamos and Jas. G. Fitch Socorro among 100 shares total.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Tribune Pubishing Company
Albuquerque Daily Tribune
Territorial
N. Marron
Albuquerque
A. A. Jones
Las Vegas
Harvey B. Fergusson
J. D. Hand
Los Alamos
Jas.g. Fitch
Socorro
Fresh Ogandals in French Navy Scandals Deepen
Paris officials probe naval supply abuses as defective materials surface. Bribes allegedly offered to inspectors during administrations of Pelietan and Thomason. Submarine plates faulty, endangering crews. Delcasse commission seeks prosecution of former marine minister Thomsen and secretary Dupont for withdrawing reports on bribery.
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Iby Morning Journal
Paris
M. Pelietan
M. Thomason
Delcasse Commission
M. Thomsen
M. Dupont
Student Thrice Accused of Theft Hangs Self
Oakland May 2 Oscar Meebus a 17 year old divinity student and foster son of Rev E Meebus a minister at reads as a crime note involving a student accused of theft and suicide in the city context.
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Oakland
Oscar Meebus
E. Meebus
Student Suicide at California Divinity College
Lynne, near Paso Robles, hanged himself this morning in the California divinity college. The young man had for the third time been accused of stealing from other students and was confined in the garret awaiting trial before the board of directors.
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Lynne
Paso Robles
California Divinity College
Board of Directors
Havana Moves to Curb Vice After Occupation
Havana officials report a surge in immoral performances and gambling since the American occupation ended. A meeting at Bishop Estrada’s residence led to the formation of a society for the prevention of vice with many prominent citizens in attendance.
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Havana
Cuba
Estrada
Society For the Prevention
Southerners Ordered Before Supreme Court
Chattanooga May 28 United States marshal W W A Dunlap received instructions to proceed to Washington Tuesday June 1 with six defendants found guilty in the Shipp contempt proceedings awaiting court action.
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Chattanooga
Ww. A. Dunlap
United States
District of
Tennessee
Tno
Washington
Shipp
Armed robbers seize cash at Renhow City bank
In Renhow City on May 28 armed robbers using shotguns held up the People’s Bank cashier and escaped with 2500 dollars from a 3000 dollar shipment the cashier was counting. The pair fled the scene and left town before authorities arrived.
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Renhow City
People’s Bank
Sumemoney
Actress Curran Found Dead in West 22nd Street Rooms
New York May 28 Emma H Curran an actress living with her brother James Curran on West 22nd Street was found dead in her rooms under circumstances that lead police to suspect murder. Curran is said to have acted in plays with Chauncey Gicott and James ONeill.
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New York
Emma H. Curran
James Curran
West 22Nd Street
Miss Curran
Chauncey Gicott
James Oneill
Boy Kills Stepfather in Maryland Home Shooting
In Park Willard Md on May 28 Carrol Pierce aged 16 shot and killed his stepfather and uncle after being whipped. Pierce surrendered to police following the fatal shooting.
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Friederick, Md
Carrol Pierce
Park Willard
Willard
Pasadena City Cuts Wires in War With Telephone Firm
Pasadena authorities cut twelve big cables leaving 93 wires and 400 telephones out of service as police guard severed lines. Chief Payour and Chief Favour report armed truce while Mayor Marley demands a franchise and 76 cents per pole license before repairs proceed.
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Hy Morning Journal Special
Pasadena
Cal
Bunset Telephone Company
Favour
Marley
Sunset Company
A New York Aeroplane Contractor Gets Extension
At Washington May 28 the War Department waived the June 1 delivery deadline for A M Herring of New York under contract to deliver an army aeroplane. He now aims for final delivery by July 1. He said two foreign patents would be forfeited if public exhibition occurred before June 15, but officials believe he is earnest in meeting the contract.
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War Department
Washington
A. M. Herring
New York
Army
Herring
Sugar and tobacco schedules advance in Senate as trust grip questioned
Senate action on the sugar schedule proceeds with a possible revisit to the raw and refined sugar duty while tobacco measures finish with debate. Senators Clay and Bristow assail sugar trust fraud claims as Bacon accuses leaders of blocking speech amid tariff discussion. Bradley urges ending the six cent tax on tobacco to aid growers.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Clay
Bacon
Stone
Gore
Bristow
Hiistow
Reading
Henator Bradley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Tobacco Trust
House Debates Porto Rico Organic Act Amendment
Washington May 24 The House continued debate on the bill amending Porto Rico organic act. A key amendment to limit the act’s operations to one year was pending, and final action was postponed as hours dwindled.
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Washington
Porto Rico
House
Protests Rise Over Sugar and Tobacco Tariff Proposals
Washington May 28 lawmakers from California Utah Michigan and Kentucky led petitions against tariff changes and alleged industry control. Senators Flint Alden Smith and Bradly urged protections for leaf tobacco and denounced tobacco and sugar magnates while warning of price-fixing and regie schemes abroad and within the industry.
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Washington
Senate
American Sugar Refining Company
California
Flint
Utah
Michigan
Rutherland
William Alden Smith
Mexican Petroleum Company
Standhard O] Company
Kentucky
Tennessee
American Tobacco Company
Bradley
House
Finance E Committee
France
Australia
Italy
Portugal
Regie
Mr. Bradley
Congress
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Treat
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American Sugar CO
Imperial
Mehmed V
Turkey
Missouri
French Federation OF Labor
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Union Pacific Limited
Samylin
Strikerg
Georgia
Florida
Tallashamee
Gilchrist
Lincoln
Neo Mercy
Albuqerque Daily Tribune
Supreme Court
Marshal
Hoy
Stop Pather
Telephone Company
McCumber
Pilot Sts Prom Sugar Refiners
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