Creed Revision Approved by Presbyterian General Assembly
The Presbyterian general assembly adopted the special committee's report on revision of the confession of faith after a four day debate led by Rev. Dr. James D. Moffat. A harmonious amendment was accepted, the assembly sang and prayed, then turned to the judicial commissions report proposing a permanent committee with no appeal. New York chosen as next meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
James D. Moffat
Moffat
Minton
Special Committee On Judicial Commissions
General Assembly
New York
Their Emblem the Eagle Woman Suffragists Adopt Symbol
Chicago May 28 The eagle will be the model and emblem of the American Woman Suffragists. Alice Stone Tackwell of Boston daughter of Lucy Stone urged delegates en route to Minneapolis to aim higher. She said women must shed cackling and scratching and become the eagle mother with the slogan Wo e betide the male chicken hawks.
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Chicago
Alice Stone Tackwell
Boston
Lucy Stone
Minneapolis
Missouri appoints world fair commissioners by governor
Gov. Dockery named Missouri board of world’s fair commissioners with members from Pettis Lawrence New Madrid Ralls Ray Buchanan Jackson Putnam and St. Louis. First five listed as democrats others Republicans. Also notes Kansas City Interstate Fair plans 250000 capital and 100 acre site. Lola Romine habeas corpus petition denied. Judge Barnard refused writ. Avodiah College to locate at McPherson Kansas as Swedish Ash Mission plans a university style campus with nine buildings. Hasen resigns to enter business.
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Jefferson City
Gov. Dockery
Missouri Board of World's Fair Commissioners
Gentry
Pettis County
M. T. Davis
Lawrence County
W. H. Marshall
New Madrid County
J. C. Allison
Ralls County
David P. Stroup
Ray County
Frank J. Moss
Buchanan County
FH. C. McDougal
Jackson County
TB. W. Ronfoey
Putnam County
L. F. Parker
City of
St. Louin
Kansas City
Carnival Crew
Kansan City
Henine
Washington
Lola Romine
Young Ayres
Hotel
Kenmore
Barnard
Avodiah College
McPherson
Randolph
Kan
Swed- Ash Mission Conference
Chicago
Gov Tanner Buried in Springfield in Grand State Funeral
May 27 Springfield Illinois many state figures attended the funeral for former Gov Tanner in Oak Ridge cemetery. The ceremony featured a flag covered casket floral tributes three rifle volleys and taps with crowds described as the largest Springfield has seen since Lincoln.
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Springfield
Tanner
Oak Ridge
Fifth Infantry
Ilinois National Guard
Lincoln
A Suitor's Crime In Leavenworth
Mrs Henry Kerelmeyer a wealthy widow is fatally wounded by Jacob Utters a livery stable owner. After shooting her Utters kills himself shooting Wimeclf in the head. He had courted her for months and she rejected him. Police intervene as Utters shoots himself before arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Henry Kerelmeyer
Jacob Utters
Wimeclf
Utters
Kegelmeyer
Cervera Warns Spain Against Naval Hegemony
Admiral Cervera told the naval congress that Spain risks breaking into small estates. He warned the navy should not dominate national interests and feared Spain could resemble medieval Italy amid current fears for the country’s unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Naval Congress
Spain
Cervera
Italy
More Crooked Work in Leyte Hemp Trade Trial
Manila reports Capt. Michael Spellman Lieut. Delbert Jones and Surgeon Dudley Welch of company G Forty third Infantry arrested on charges of trading hemp shipping permits from closed ports. They face court martial. Manila hemp buyers not yet implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Michael Spellman
Delbert R. Jones
Dudley W. Welch
Forty-third Infantry
Massin
Leyte
Electric car collision in Albany claims four lives
Street care in Albany N Y May 27 reports a dramatic crash as an electric street car and a switch engine raced in opposite directions at high speed. Forty prominent people were injured with several fatalities reported, the incident unfolding yesterday afternoon in Terrific Collison.
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Collison
Albany
N. Y
Salaries in Philippines for new civil government
The Philippine commission has enacted a law fixing salaries for central government officials and staff ahead of the July 1 civil government. Estimated total salaries around 1.2 million dollars, with several million more for provincial and judicial administration. Major items include Philippine commission staff, military governor, Manila customs, and outside Manila posts.
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Washington
Philippine Commission
Filpino
Manila
Internal Revenue Collection
Civil Service
General Fred D Grant Attends Chicago Memorial Service
Brig. Gen. Fred D. Grant, recently back from the Philippines, attended U. S. Grant post veterans services before the statue of their commander in Lincoln Park. About 400 old soldiers cheered for five minutes as Grant was escorted to the speakers platform and stood throughout the ceremony.
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Chicago
Fred D. Grant
Philippines
U. S. Grant Post
Lincoln Park
Grant
Grant Monument
Gen. Grant
Civic Question: Assembly Backs Woman Suffrage as Civic Issue
Des Moines Iowa May 28 The United Presbyterian assembly approves the judiciary committee report declaring woman suffrage a civic issue not suitable for ecclesiastical legislation. The body allocates ten thousand dollars for ministerial relief with a 250 maximum annuity and appropriates one hundred thousand for home missions, up from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United Presbyterian Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Illicit oleomargarine plant owner fined in federal court
Albert T. Dow, proprietor of the Fertile Valley Creamery at 2334 State street, pleaded guilty to operating an illicit oleo factory. Judge Kohlsaat fined him 10,000 dollars and sentenced him to six months in county jail for evading 40,000 dollars in revenue. The case is described as the heaviest fine ever imposed in a federal court.
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Chicago
Albert T. Dow
Fertile Valley Creamery Company
State Street
Kohlsaat J
Dowin
Death in a mine shocks Dayton Tennessee
At the Richland mine two miles from Dayton, a coal dust explosion killed 21 men, most of them married with families. The blast, described by miners as a blown blast, occurred yesterday afternoon at the Dayton Coal and Iron company mine.
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Dayton, Tenn
Richland
Dayton Coa and Iron Company
Here
First dirt on Orient right of way at Lyon county
Emporia Kansas May 28 The first dirt on the Orient right of way in Lyon county was turned Monday. Mise Mae Madden daughter of District Judge Dennis Madden won the vote and officiated with the shovel. Stores closed for an hour during the ceremony.
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Emporia
Kan
Lyon County
Mise Mae Madden
Dennis Madden
McKinley Leaves San Francisco for Washington Amid Farewell
President McKinley, wife Mrs. McKinley, and cabinet members begin trip to Washington from San Francisco at ten a.m. Saturday amid a vast crowd and hushed goodbyes. The journey across Nevada to Ogden includes high elevations, snow, dust, and a rare rainstorm aiding Mrs. McKinley as she travels in a frail state.
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San Francisco
McKinley
Washington
Scott
Oakland
Southern Pacific
Nevada Desert
Ogden
Utah
State of
Nevada
Humboldt River
Ruby
Wasatch Mountains
Salt Lake Basin
Two Senators Resign in Maryland Contention
Columbia May 27 Senators Benjamin Tillman and John L McLaurin have resigned from the U S Senate effective after November 15 next following a joint debate at Gaffney Tillman said he would resign if McLaurin would and McLaurin agreed McLaurin could not stand a summer campaign leaving the two offices open to all candidates without reserve Resignations mailed Saturday night.
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Columbia
D. C
Benjamin Ft. Tillman
John L. McLaurin
United States Senate
Gaffney
Tillman
McLaurin
Notable visit of Ho Yow with Six Companies chiefs
In San Francisco on May 26 President McKinley received Ho Yow the Chinese Consul General and the presidents of six companies. They appeared in official robes and offered an address along with a valuaed presenting about 62,000.
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San Francisco
McKinley
Ho Yow
Kansas State News Highlights From Mills County Area
The Kansas state news column reports bond votes for a new courthouse in Morrie county, plus local events such as the Kingman county triplets at a St. Louis baby show. It notes business leaders being urged to fund a $5,000 bonus and hotel site and mentions student suspensions at the state agricultural college for displaying class emblems. It covers a fatal collision near Pittsburg involving Clarence D. Huffman, convict demographics in state penitentiaries, inmate sentences, and a fatality in Atchison. Additional items include library holdings of the Kansas Historical Society, railway worker wages, a Salina federal court session, pt fraud fine, a 30 day smallpox public gathering ban, a constitutional challenge to biennial election law, and portraits of local figures such as Estelle Marshall and James F. Legate.
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Morrie County
Mary
Madge
Maud Cook
Kingman County
St. Louis
Ottawa Herald
State Agricultural College
Clarence D. Huffman
Kansas State University
Pittsburg
State Penitentiary
Louis Tofte
Kansas Penitentiary
Atchison
Missouri Pacific
J. M. Piper
Labette
Alma Plaff
Oswego
Viper
Mabel Fortner
Fort Scott
Kansas
Judge Hook
Salina
Salina Federal Building
E. D. Anderson
Arvonia
Dickinson County
Solomon, Chapman
Abilene
Herington
Supreme Court
A. H. Wilson
Fusion
Thirty-third Judicial District
Clark
Emporia Gazette
Estelle Marshall
Whitley Hotel
Ohio
Marshall
State Board of Charities
James F. Legate
Leavenworth
National Soldiers' Home
Suditar
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EAGLE
American Woman Suffrage Association
Missouri World's Fair Board
Yeate
Dba States Secret Service
Hasen
Gov. Tanner
Illnois
St. Joseph
Missouri River
Doweph
Wathena
Alexander M. Stewart
Kansaa City
Conger Stone
Edwin WH. Conger
China
Berlin
Beinhardt
Saxe- Weimar
Germany
United States
Bernhardt
Internal Revenue
Teun
Fred Grant
United Presbyterian
Uncle Sam
Dayton
Tenn
Kanami City & Orient Road
London
The
Times
Pekin
Morrison
Finana Heads Coal Combine
Cleveland
Senator Hanna
Massillon
President McKinley
Tarewell
Aire
Tillman and McLaurin
South Carolina
Str
Sam Francisco
Valushie
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