Events Of The Week In The Bessemer Herald
National Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen denounces Speaker Cannon’s labor stance at Atlanta convention. Mendelssohn Music Co assigns assets for creditors in Providence. Union Pacific Coal ends Wyoming mine fire. shaft reopened. 11 year old Walter O Neill found murdered in Northern Pacific box car in Superior. Census Bureau reports 1905 gains in boot and shoe industry with 1,316 establishments and $320 million in products. Hides tanning and leather goods production cited with factory counts and values. Summary of early baseball league standings included.
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Atlanta
National Convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Cannon
National House of Representatives
Mendelssohn Music Company
New York
Boston
Providence
R. I
Union Pacific Coal Company
Cumberland
Wyo
Walter O'Neill
Thomas O'Neill
Superior
Wis
Northern Pacific
Census Bureau
Multiple Global News Briefs Include Death Penalty Abolition and Disasters
Reports cover yellow fever in Havana, Uruguay Senate approves death penalty abolition for the army, Judge George Gray resigns from Mutual Life board, Sothern and Marlowe to headline under Lee Shubert, Wisconsin church conference name change, Armour Chicago ammonia explosions kill five and injure twelve, Ambassador Wright resignation in Japan, James Hargis acquittal in Kentucky, Evelyn Thaw rejection of engagement, Mrs. McKinley paralysis, wage scale at United Railroads San Francisco, Akron collision fatality, rails quality critique by Railroad Gazette, Terre Haute rate settlement, and George R. Scrugham to face trial for conspiracy in New York Life case.
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Havana
Uruguay
Senate
George Gray
Delaware
Mutual Life Board
E. H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Lee Shubert
Pleemtenwerth
Wisconsin
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ashland
la Crosse
Armour
Chicago
Luke Wright
Japan
Asahi
London West End
Evelyn Thaw
William McKinley
Canton
Ohio
United Railroads
San Francisco
Akron
Bertford
Cleveland
Harvey Niponsen
Railroad Gazette
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Iouisville
Nashville
Biz
Terre Haute
Ind
Kentucky
Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
George R. Scrugham
International Policy Holders Committee
New York Life Insurance
TWO CHURCHES MEET FOR PRESBYTERIAN UNION TALKS
The 119th Presbyterian General Assembly met at Memorial Hall Columbus and elected Rev. William H. Roberts of Philadelphia moderator by acclamation. Dr. Ira Landrith urged unified church work and eventual union with the Southern Presbyterians while addressing race, education, and church unity. Meanwhile the Southern Presbyterians opened in Birmingham with Dr. Allen G. Hall presiding and Dr. J. R. Howerton elected moderator.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Union
119Th General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Memorial Hall
Columbus
Ohio
Ira Landrith
Nashville
Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly
William H. Roberts
Philadelphia
Landrith
Southern Presbyterian Church
Dr. Landrith
South
Southwest
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Southern Presbyterians
Birmingham
Ala
Allen G. Hall
J. R. Howerton
Montreal
N. C
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Dickson
Tenn
Bethlehem Church
McAdow
J. L. Hudgins
Hudzins
Schmitz Relinquishes Mayoral Powers Under Bribe Probe
Mayor Schmitz has given up the reins of San Francisco’s government amid a grand jury probe into a $200,000 bribery fund tied to the United Railroads. He transfers authority to a seven member committee representing city business groups, with Frederick W. Dohermann named as a potential successor. Abe Ruef testified he took $61,000 as a fee. $50,000 went to Schmitz and the rest was distributed among supervisors. Special Agent Burns reports Ruef’s grand jury testimony.
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Abe” Ruef
United Railroads Company
Schmitz
San Francisco
Ruef
Grand Jury
Frederick W. Dohermann
United Railroads
Chmitz
Abe Reuf
Burns
Notable U.S. Losses and Deaths Reported Across Cities
All Around the Globe reports Herman Bowie captured near Norfolk after killing Frank Jarmes in Norfolk Nebraska. Portrait painter George B. Butler dies at his Croton Falls home aged in his seventies. An ore mine accident at Riddlesburg Pennsylvania leaves three dead and six injured, three fatally. The Graham Paper Company Seals building suffers fire damage valued at fifty thousand dollars.
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Herman Bowie
Frank Jarmes
Norfolk
Neb
George B. Butler
Croton Falls
N. Y
Riddlesburg
Graham Paper Company
Fiendish Wreck Plot Leaves Los Angeles Toll
A deliberate set wreck on Coast Line Limited near West Glendale caused one death and twenty two injuries. Rails on a trestle over Arroyo Seco were manipulated by hidden saboteurs, spreading the tracks as the train of 35 to 40 mph plunged sixteen feet into a gulch. Engine survived initial derailment, but multiple cars tumbled over the edge and were crushed.
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Coast Line Limited
Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific
Coast Line
West Glendale
Arroyo Seco
Invading Mexico Farmers Benefit From United States Expansion
American families have moved into northern Mexico over the last month to farm land near the border. Rather than forming colonies, individuals settle on haciendas, living as in the United States and learning from Mexican neighbors. The experiment shows success, with cotton farming viewed as highly profitable amid high prices, and Mexicans adopting American agricultural methods.
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United States
Republic of Mexico
Mexico
Republic
West
Rio Grande
States
Hurricane and tidal wave devastate Caroline Islands report
A Sydney dispatch reports a hurricane and tidal wave sweeping the Caroline Islands causing immense property damage and about 200 deaths. The Caroline group belongs to Germany, contains some 500 coral islets with Po anape as government seat, and is mainly Malay in population with Chinese and Japanese minorities. Francis Emory Warren, a Wyoming senator candidate, is a New England native and former private in the Forty-ninth Massachusetts volunteers.
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Caroline Isles
Sydney
Caroline Islands
Germany
Pacific Ocean
Ponape
Francis Emory Warren
Wyoming
Senate
New England
Forty-ninth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Mob Lynching in Georgia Leaves Dozens Dead
In Reidsville Georgia a mob attacked a house seeking a suspected African American attacker. A white man Hare and children were killed, several others wounded as the mob fired on occupants then seized prisoners. Five more people died including Padgett and his 10 year old daughter after the mob overwhelmed officers.
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Georgia
Reidsville
Laura Moore
Manassas
Sam Padgett
Hare
Pierson
Daniel
Kennedy
Padgett
Wages on the Canal Secret ary Taft Affirms Pay and Hours
Secretary Taft affirms Panama canal wage rates and hours for steam shovel men and construction train crews. Shovel engineers would rise to 300 monthly, cranesmen to 250, firemen to 110. Taft notes isthmian workers enjoy 12 months work, six weeks paid leave, sick leave, free lodging, and other benefits. He cites lower sickness and no yellow fever, endorses 3 percent yearly raise for skilled workers, and approves a three-member dismissal committee governing final action.
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Taft
Panama Canal
May queen in flannels and furs and a bride at 59
A quirky column notes Ellen Terry’s marriage at age 59, mocks spring weather, and surveys odd topics from meat inspection by microscope to a Hoboken divorce case over doughnuts, with satire on urban life and public spending.
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Ellen Terry
Central America
France
Fifteen Slain by Cossacks in Polish Terror Attacks
Russian forces avenge Cossack deaths by attacking Lodz’s Kutsner mills and a Vistula railroad office. Fifteen killed and over thirty wounded in Lodz raid, $1,000 taken. In Warsaw, bandits seize $5,000 after a heavy clash. four slain, nine wounded. Eleven conspirators detained in Tsarskoe-Selo plot. others at large in Finland. Aims to bomb Czars chapel during service. a bribe attempt exposed.
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Lodz
Russian Poland
Lonkowa Street
Vistula
Warsaw
Tsarskoe-Selo
Terrioki
Finland
Nicholas
Wisconsin Republicans Name Mari nette Man Isaac Stephenson Senator
Isaac Stephenson of Marinette won the Wisconsin Republican nomination for U S Senator on the first ballot amid dramatic scenes. The vote swung after Assemblyman Goldsworthy pledged to Hatten. Stephenson’s backers celebrated as more members shifted. Stephenson, 77, is described as Wisconsin’s wealthiest man, self educated, a staunch anti trust advocate, and a generous donor to colleges, Marinette, and churches.
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Wisconsin
Marinette
Isaac Stephenson
United States
Assemblyman
Goldsworthy
Connor
Hatten
Religious and civic notes from Atlantic section
The Atlantic section reports organizational changes and appointments across Protestant and Catholic groups. The Jewish Women’s Council ends ties with united charities to operate independently in Cleveland while planning for Catholic Total Abstinence’s national convention next August. resignations and leadership moves abound including Vogt leaving the United Society of Christian Endeavor, Clark touring the West Indies and Americas for Christian Endeavor, Spurgeon resigning London ministry for health, and Westminster’s dean denying a memorial tablet for Herbert Spencer. Government support opens Panama canal to YMCA workmen with four buildings, and further construction planned. Stokes to assist Taylor’s mission work in New England during a leave.
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Atlantic
Council of Jewish Women
United Charities
Cleveland
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
van Ogden Vogt
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Francis E. Clark
Christian Endeavor Society
West Indies
Panama
South American
Thomas Spurgeon
Metropolitan Temple
London
Charles H. Spurgeon
Westminster
Herbert Spencer
Canal Zone
Young Men’s Christian Association
Longfellow Vindicated Portrait Exchange
A bill collector visits a portrait painter repeatedly. The painter promises payment while the collector jokes about art and time. The exchange ends with the artist finally producing funds, threatening an attachment writ if not settled.
Kidney Pills and Other Products Highlight 1910s Ad Batch
An ad roundup notes Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co promising back and kidney relief with a testimonial from John C. Goleman of Swainsboro, Ga. Also promotes Allen's Foot-Ease 25c, Garfield Tea for health, Lewis' Single Binder cigars, and a Damascus plan for an electric works project with a $1.25 million capitalization.
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Dean
John C. Goleman
Swainsboro
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. C
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