Southern Baptist Convention Opens in Savannah with 1767 Delegates
The forty eighth session met at First Baptist Church Savannah led by James P. Eagle. Delegates numbered 1767 with welcome by Governor Terrell and reply by Rev. B. P. Hale. Officers elected include Eagle as president and Luther Thomas officers for several roles. Foreign mission board reports missions across Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Africa, China, and Japan, with one death among missionaries. Financials show Georgia leading in contributions and a net balance of 19621.28. Dallas and Nashville bid for next year. The Woman's Missionary Union held its fifteenth annual meeting. Sunday school receipts reached 97,509 with 60,000 spent on property including the Cole place in Nashville.
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Savannah
Southern Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
James P. Eagle
Arkansas
Georgia
Terrell
B. P. Hale
Kentucky
James Philipp Eagle
Little Rock
Edwin M. Stephens
Columbia
George Hillyear
Atlanta
R. C. Buckner
Texas
A. E. Owen
Portsmouth
Lansing Burrows
D. C
Danville
Tenn
Oliver F. Gregory
D. D
Montgomery
Ala
George W. Norton
Louisville
William D. Harvey
D. da
Foreign Mission Board
Southern Baptist Church
Mexico
Italy
Brazil
Africa
China
Japan
T. Williams
Canton
Weston Bruner
R. A. Bagby
J. M. Carroll
G. W. McDaniel
W. T
L. C. Wolfe
Indian Territory
A. M. Stone
Oklahoma
Alabama
District of Columbia
Florda
eGorgia
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virgina
Dallas
Tex
Nashville
W. J. Williamson
St. Louis
Woman's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention
J. H. Elger
Baltimore
Sunday School Board
Cole
Calm foreign presence in Pekin contrasts Boxer fears
Pekin dispatch notes foreigners move freely under protection of viceroy Kian Shi Ki who employs a modern armed force to deter anti foreign rumors. Only unrest remains in Kwang Si as a labor riot driven by hunger and crop failures, not a nationwide movement.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
Kian Shi Ki
Kwang Si
Elephantine death shocks New York family
In New York on May 9 Annie Wilt died after swelling to 400 pounds due to elephantsiasis. Undertaker struggled to move the body through a doorway and into a coffin, then used planks and a window to slide it out. The hospital noted she never walked without crutches and was called the patient with elephant feet. The woman sharing her bed discovered she had slept beside a corpse. Her enrolled caregiver died without a cry.
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New York
Elephantas
Annie Wilt
Mrs. Wilt
Rock Island Frisco deal terms stated in detail
A New York report claims the Rock Island will pay 60 in collateral trust 5 percent bonds plus 60 in Rock Island common stock for each Frisco common share. The terms are said to apply to all Frisco stockholders, not only the St. Louis pool.
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New York
Frisco
Rock Island Company
Rock Island
St. Louis
Post office investigation shocks with top official removal
Washington on May 9 reports a two month investigation into the post office department took a dramatic turn when Postmaster General Payne ordered August W. Machen, general superintendent of the free delivery system, relieved of duty and Post Office Inspector A. C. Fosnes appointed to supervise the service.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Payne
Ww. Machen
United States
Post Office
A. C. Fosnes
U S European squadron ordered to Kiel at month end
May 9 report states Rear Admiral Sutton is directed to lead the United States European squadron from Villefranche to Kiel at the end of the month with strategic duties in European waters.
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Kiel
New York
Sutton
Ville Franche
Conway Talk Destroys Racial Prejudice Debate
A New York Tribune dispatch reports Manhattan Liberal club members debating race. Moncure D Conway declares white people are a reflex leprosy with brown or black as natural colors and blacks favored in equality. Horace Stanslaw hissed for reading Lincoln's negro views. Conway denounces Lincoln as two hundred cheer him. one refuter.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
New York
Manhattan Liberal Club
Moncure D. Conway
Conway
Horace C. Stanslaw
Alabama
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln
Unions Challenged by Havemeyer in Yonkers Letter
John C Have Meyer issues a public challenge to trades unions in Yonkers newspapers. He offers to provide a public hall and cover all expenses except speakers, with the condition that unions confine speeches to questions he provides in advance. He says refusal proves weakness.
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New York
John C. Havemeyer
Yonkers
Trades Unions
Ten Deputies Sworn In To Guard Mobile and Ohio Line
A special from Okolona Mississippi reports ten deputies sworn in at Meridian to protect Mobile and Ohio property if a strike threatens the line. The move aims to secure equipment and facilities along the railroad during labor tensions across the system.
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Mobile
Register
Okolona
Miss
Ohio
Meridian
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Call
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the City National Bank
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Associated Tress
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Associated Press
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