Dowie Suppressed as Zion Reorganizes Under Voliva
In Chicago on April 28, about 5000 adherents of the Christian Catholic Church at Zion repudiated John Alexander Dowie and elected Walter G. Voliva as leader. Dowie, in Mexico, ordered the discharge of Deacon Alexander Dravider and said more officials would be named for deposition in a lengthy telegram. Mrs Dowie and son Gladstone sided with Voliva and against Dowie, while former overseer Joby G. Spelcher called Dowie insane.
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Chicago
Christian Catholic Church In
Zion
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Waltur Glenn Y Voliva
Joby G. Spelcher
Amendment to Rate Bill Drafted at White House Conference
A White House conference with President Roosevelt Senators Allison Dolliver Cullom Clapp and Long along with Attorney General Moody and ICC officials approved an administration court review amendment to the rate bill. Long will introduce it in the Senate and argue it allows rail carriers to sue the ICC in circuit court to challenge orders on constitutional grounds. The move aims to address constitutional objections while keeping court review narrow.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Alison
Dolliver
Cullom
Clapp
Long
Kansas
Moody
Messrs. Knapp
Prowity
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Senator Long
Circuit
Commission
Knox
Entombed miners rescued after twenty days in cave in France
About twelve hundred miners trapped twenty days in a Couveleros coal mine were brought out alive and well. They survived on hay found in underground areas and scraps from the timbering, after earlier attempts to rescue had been halted. A survivor recalled eight days eating park timber and later consuming a decomposed horse they found, along with hay.
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Wews
France
Pourteen
Couveleros
Hay Ound
Life Imprisonment for Pyzer in Anamosa
John Pyzer, a convicted felon from Anamosa, was sentenced to life imprisonment for assaulting a woman. This marks his fourth term for a similar offense, reflecting a pattern of repeated violence and escalating penalties.
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Pyzer
Anamosa
John Pyzer
Whis
Miners Resolve to Work Amid Union Convention
About a thousand miners employed by Keystone Coal and Coke Co and Jamison Coal and Coke Co in Greensburg Pa plan to continue work regardless of the Indianapolis convention. The companies will meet the advance demands, though miners here earn slightly more than those in the Irwin district.
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Greensburg
Keystone Coal and Coke Co
Jamison Coal and Coke Co
Indianapolis
Irwin
Warrants for Party Leaders in Insurance Probe
New York. District Attorney Jeroma sought warrants for arrest of three prominent insurance officials, including George B. Cortelyau and Cornelius N. Bliss, amid a probe into political contributions by insurers. George W. Perkins was detained, then released on a writ of habeas corpus as the case shifted to the supreme court for argument.
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New York
Tifa Insurance
Jerama
Moss
Tombs Court
Criminal Courts
Supreme Court
Geo. B. Cortelyau
Sharman
Republican National Committee
Cornelius N. Bliss
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Jeroma
Mess
New York Life Insurances Company
Parking
Bliss
Perkins
Lewis A. Delafield
Justice Greenbaum
Eutreme Court
Record 11,000 Emigrants Land at Ellis Island
New York harbor saw over 11,000 emigrants arrive on seven steamships from European ports. The daily record exceeds Ellis Island’s 5,000 capacity, forcing many to wait aboard ships or in harbor until later in the week for examination and admission to the United States.
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Ellis Island
New York
United States
Canada
Ottawa
E. T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Minnesota
W. V. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omata
Nebraska
Defiance Stargh
Defiance
Bills for Insurance Reform Reported for Printing
New York March 80 The joint legislative committees finished work on the insurance investigation legislation. Final bills will be reported in both houses and sent for printing. Senator Armstrong stated amendments to lobbying, corporate contributions, perjury, falsification, rebates, and property acquisitions remain largely unchanged. The standard policy forms and cooperative company provisions are merged with the general insurance law bill. Key changes target investments and expense limits with prohibitions on stock investments and collateral trust bonds, though firms may retain on hand collateral trust bonds estimated at 75 to 100 million dollars, with stock disposals still required.
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New York
Joint
Armstrong
Witte Presents His Resignation Amid Ill Health Rumors
In Saint Petersburg on March 81, Premier Witte has missed council sessions since March 19. The Associated Press reports his resignation is before the emperor on health grounds. If he steps down, Goremy or Ignatieff may succeed him, a move seen as potentially catastrophic by moderates.
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St. Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Witte
Associated Press
Count Witte
M. Goremy
Interior
Count Ignatieff
Negro Gets Twenty Years For Abduction In Resort
Robert Spriggs a black man convicted of abducting white women at a resort frequented by African Americans received twenty years in state prison. Laura Bennett who aided Spriggs and pleaded guilty drew ten years. The report notes escalating personal crisis concerns.
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New York
Robert Spriggs
Laura Bennett
Spriggs
Week in Congress Highlights Hazing, Rates and Allocations
A March sequence from Washington reports Senate debate on hazing at Annapolis and a later surge of amendments to the railroad rate bill. House actions include printing reform to cut waste, a rule for handling appropriations, and war claim day passing numerous private bills.
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Washington
Senate
Annapolis
Tillman
Foraker
Scott
Culberson
Overman
Dil
Telter
House
Titman
McCumber
North Dakota
South Carolina
Rio Janeiro
Shackleford
Missouri
Missouri Volunteers
Tawney
Minnesota
Knox
Bailey
United States
Committee On Rules
Messrs. Clay
Carmack and
Newlands
Army
Clay
Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Claims
Clad Man Quote Sparks Family Reflections
An Atchison Globe snippet notes a speaker's remark on how children praise their father for not marrying his first love while wishing mother had chosen differently, a wry view of marriage and family happiness. The line underscores enduring parental choices shaping family happiness in a humorous, reflective tone.
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Atchison Globe
Humorous Exchange Riff on Public Figures
A rowdy exchange mocks a public figure as the most homely man in public life. A speaker jokes about caricatures flattering him, while another responds that they have seen such depictions. The dialogue reflects satirical tone from a Catholic periodical.
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Ufe
Catholic Standard and Times
Des Moines Iowa Senate March Bills On State Affairs
Des Moines reports show March sessions detailing bills on nursery stock import, wage assignments, two home placing agents, and tax measures. Senate debated education control, indignant child disposition, and a 2 cent fare, while House approved anti pass and cor n bill amendments and municipal accounting.
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Des Moines
Senate
Wareren
Lewis
Courtright
House
House Committee of Railroads and Commerce
Committee On
Railroad and Commerce
State Educational Board of Control
State Normal School
State Agricultural College
Iowa
Educational Board of Control
Samuel J. Kirkwood
National Statuary Hall
Washington
State Geological Department
M. H. Byers
Experiment Station
Ames College
Fish and Game Commissioner
Hughes
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway
Ames
Agricultural College
Congress
Secretary of State
Turner
Greene
Buckingham
Jones
Saunders
Shaffer
National Guard
Echoing mountains and clever ovens in old reports
A Philadelphia Press snippet notes Welsh mountains produce a clear echo though not always intelligible. It mentions ovens with glass doors that let cooks watch food without opening the oven, reflecting lingering midcentury gadgetry and language quirks.
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Thello
Philadelphia
Iowa House Battles Over Hughes Anti-Pass Bill And School Reforms
Notes from the Capital report the Iowa house and senate clashing over anti pass measures and primary election bills. The senate backed sections restricting passes for federal officers while the house trimmed exemptions. A reformatory bill failed in the senate, and school statute reforms advance, including state oversight of teacher certificates and standardized exams. A shooting at Marshalltown left Louis Uhde wounded. Les Meeks claims self defense and was arrested. A woman’s behavior is described as crying when sick and laughing when angry.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House Committee On Railroad and Commeres
Hughes
House
Senate
Iowa State Board of Agriculture
National Guard
Fire Department
Town State Board of Agriculture
House of Representatives
Aith
Marshalltown
Louis Uhde
Les Meeks
Uhde
Bowsla
Meek
Scientist warns birds free earth limits human habitation
A scientist claims that without birds humans could not inhabit Earth for more than nine years as insects would devastate ecosystems despite sprays and poisons. The passage links this idea to a fable about women's hats and recalls a Tory heir pelted with rotten eggs while giving a political speech. The speaker quips that opponents’ arguments were unsound.
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Elnah” Dowie
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
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General Assembly
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Garst
Fort Madison
State Board of Educational Examiners
State Department
Riggs
Powers
Doran
Trust
Kemp
Balsam
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Soc
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
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Icasira
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W. Douglas
Brockton
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