Annual Methodist Conference Opens in Dallas Texas
Two hundred eighty five delegates attend the fourteenth general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Dallas. Reports say missions have about one and a half million members. Bishop Watson opened with prayer. Key issues include deaconess order and the Nashville publishing house damages dispute. Three bishops to be elected with candidates Alexander Louisville Tigert and Hoss Nashville. Conference runs twenty seven days with afternoon business.
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Dallas
Texas
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Watson
Baltimore
Nashville
Congress
Alexader
Louisville
Tigert
Methodist Review
Hoss
Bobruisk Destroyed by Fire Amid Large Devastation
A large fire devastated Bobruisk with extensive property losses. Ninetyseven hundred two houses were destroyed and six hundred fifty stores burned, according to reports from St. Petersburg dated May 7.
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St. Petersburg
Bobruisk
Miners Union Committee Meets Over Pennsylvania Strike Threat
Scranton reports the executive committee of the miners unions met to decide on a possible strike to press for higher wages and shorter hours as demanded by the Shamokin convention. Dispatches claim operators may concede, but President Mitchell reports no official notice of concessions.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Beef Trust Testimony Highlights Packerc Influence
Morria Crandle, former St. Louis butcher, testifies he was blocked from selling cattle to a rival by the Nelson Morris agent, while W. L. Tanne says packers ousted St. Louis rivals with price-cutting city salesmen. Both allege price fixing for the coming week and rebates, with cruelty and blacklists noted.
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Jefferson City
Morria Crandle
St. Louis
Beef Trust
Nelson Morris
W. L. Tanne
Swift & Co
Mound City
Mortis
Federal drive on beef trust outlined by Bethea
Chicago May 7 federal district attorney Bethea arrived from Washington and said indictments will be sought next week for rebate accepting managers as part of a drive to break six big Chicago packers accused of unlawfully raising prices. He noted railroads aiding the trust and hinted at confiscation steps in a bill approved by the attorney general Knox. In Omaha Hugh Kennedy heard from a New York anti trust group planning a packing company with up to five million capital and houses in Chicago Kansas City and Omaha.
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Chicago
Bethea
Washington
Knox
Combine
Hammond, Swift and Armour
Omaha
Hugh Kennedy
Anti-Trust Packing Company
Kansas City
Conductor Knoll Found Injured In Kansas City Hospital
C H Knoll of Waterloo Iowa reappeared in St Margaret hospital Kansas City Kansas after being struck by a switch engine in Union Pacific yards. His wife feared suicide but he is expected to recover.
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Kansas City
C. H. Knoll
Waterloo
St. Margaret Hospital
Kans
Knoll
Union Pacific
Mrs Saffel to Face Ten Year Sentence
Pittsburg May 7 Mrs Saffel wife of the prison warden who aided the Hiddle brothers murderers to escape will be sentenced on Saturday generally agreed she will get the limit which is ten years Bernard Corrigan has been made president of the Metropolitan Street Railway company and the Kansas City Electric Light company is to be consolidated with Armous holding control.
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Pittsburg
Kaneas City
T.bernard Corrigan
Metropolitan Street Hallway Company
Kansas City Electric Light Company
Intereata
Armous
Metropolitan Company
Holmes Brothers
Funeral of Archbishop Corrigan Marks Solemn City Ceremony
York May 7 The funeral for Archbishop Corrigan will be a solemn event honoring the church leader who was expected to receive the red hat next month Pope Leo, deeply affected by the death, had mentored Corrigan in Rome and Mary The papal honor was postponed by his passing The remains were moved to St Patrick's Cathedral in New York for a state display with a solemn procession and priestly guards
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York
Corrigan
Leo
Mary
Rome
America
Ireland
St. Paul
New York
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Moffatt Buys Tramway Telegraphed Deal for Salt Lake Line
The tramway company was sold to D. H. Moffatt and his Denver and Salt Lake railway. The system owns the entire street car network, largely controlled by Moffatt. The sale aims to secure terminal facilities for the planned Salt Lake Short Line.
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Denver
D. H. Moffatt
Denver and Salt Lake
Stock Market Quiet on Opening as Traders Hold Steady
The New York market opened weak with low spirits among investors. While a possible anthracite mine strike in Pennsylvania appears avoided, trading was thin across railways and other issues.
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New York
Wall Street
Pennsylvania
Rebels Blamed for Poltava Province Attacks
Russian reports claim rebels in Poltava destroyed about one hundred farms and dumped a million pounds of sugar into the Dnieper. Troops clashed near Vashelovxu killing 78 and wounding 200. peasant leaders were arrested and sentenced to three lashes. twenty five died under the fogging.
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Vienna
Poltava
Deniper
Vashelovxu
Sampson Dies in Washington News
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson retired died at his Washington home at 6 pm from a cerebral hemorrhage. Attending physicians and family members were present. Reactions flowed from Navy officials and politicians. funeral plans awaiting widow’s wishes with military honors possible.
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Washington
William T. Sampson
Sampson
Claversun
Admiral Sampson
Ralph
Harold Sampson
Dixon
Sehley
Bingham
Mass
Artington
Bampton
Epitaph Curiosity Prompting Reader Interest
A fragmented note hints at readers contemplating epitaphs and legacies. The playful line about a man rising from his grave contrasts with timid domestic tasks, urging a subscription to The Leader for more. It preserves a dated newspaper voice and quirky commentary.
Shelter House Design Proposal for Cheyenne Park
Cheyenne April 23 1902 city officials receive a sketch for a park Shelter House to be built central in the park. Architect William Dubois proposes Spanish red tile roof matching Carnegie library, with future toilet rooms possible in a cellar.
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Dubois
William Dubois
Cheyenne
Carnegie Public
Cheyenne City Park
Farmer in Kansas Starves Family Amid Revival Frenzy
In Barber county near Medicine Lodge Kansas farmer James Wilson reportedly ordered a sixty day fast after religious visions. He starved his wife and three children to death while he continued fasting, claiming divine orders and refusing to eat until god tells him to. Neighbors deem him insane though he has not been arrested.
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Wichita
Kas
James Wilson
Barber County
Medicine Lodge
Wilson
South Free Methodists
Hel
Boulder Hero Sacrifices Life Saving Wagon Driver
Bert Walcher, a Boulder resident, was fatally injured while saving a vegetable peddler during a runaway horse incident on Magnolia hill. He grabbed the wagon reins, kept the horse from overturning, but a wheel broke, throwing him. He died hours later from brain injuries. the woman driver escaped uninjured.
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Boulder
Cole
Bert Walcher
Magnolia
Walcher
Two Killed in Freight Yard Collision in Topeka
In Topeka an extra stock and end freight train collision in Union Pacific yards killed W L McCandless of Leroy Kansas and John Tarks of Manhattan Kansas, both stockmen, and injured four others. Ardmore Indian Territory reports F W Valliant, chief engineer, denied sale to Frisco system as Arkansas and Choctaw railway builds toward Fort Worth and Denver linkage.
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Topeka
Union Pacific
W. L. McCandless
Leroy
Kas
John Tarks
Manhattan
Ardmore
I. T
F. W. Valliant
Arkansas and Chocktaw Railway Today
Arkansas and Choctaw
Ark
Texas
Worth
Denver
Charges On Philippine Campaign Details Before Senate Panel
Cable dispatches report new charges against army officers in Tayabes province Philippines. Major Cornelius Gardner described as oil mover in that area forwarded the information to General Charle and the Senate Philippines committee via Lodge. Additional item notes Albany Missouri postmaster George W Shoemaker arrested on forgery charges linked to school funds.
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Washington
oMeersa
Wen
Tayabes Province
Philippines
Cornelius Gardner
Charle
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Lodge
St. Joseph
Daily News
Albany
George W. Shoemaker
Short Today
Burlington builds line from Erickson Neb to O Neill
The Burlington has put engineers in the field at Ericksson Nebraska to run a line north to ONeill the western terminal of the Great Northern southwest Nebraska line about 50 miles. Erickson lies south of ONeill and near the Great Northern in the southwestern territory. The project would give a direct Burlington Great Northern route from the head of the lakes through Wilmar or St. Paul to Denver with connections at Hastings and Holdredge Arapahoe Junction to complete the through line.
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St. Paul
Minn
Burlington
Corps of Engineers
Ericksson
Neb
O'Neil
Great Northern
Burlington Point
Burlington-Great Northern
Head of the Lakes
Wilmar
Denver
Aurora—Erickson
Burington
Hastings
Murlington
Holdredge
Arapahoe Junction
Four Men Die in Steelworks Accident at Steelton
In Harrisburg area four Austrian workers were killed two fatally injured and two burned when molten metal flooded an open hearth pit at Pennsylvania Steel works behind the checkers. The accident followed a furnace failure and pit boom collapse, sending a pool of fire across the workers.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Steel Works
Steelton
Eheckers
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