Debates at Methodist General Conference over bishops stations
Baltimore May 27 A long session marked by arguments over episcopal residence and districting as the Methodist Episcopal General Conference prepares for adjournment. Key actions include boundaries for Italian and Chinese missions and a plan to support superannuated preachers with new funds.
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Thomas B. Neeley
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Episcopal Committee
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China
Foo Chow
Peking
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Currency bill dominates Senate fight as La Follette edges stance
In Washington May 27 the emergency currency bill advances after swift House approval 166 to 140. Democrats plan a conference and potential opposition led by La Follette while Aldrich brands the measure faith cure as insurgents oppose. Vreeland voices Republican unity and vows to keep the party cohesive.
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Culberson
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Vreeland
Republican House
Republican Party
Seventeen Drown When Steamer Rams Fame Trawler
The Boston steamer Boston collided with the Fame, a large Boston fishing schooner under Captain Thomas Fahey, on Chaspes Bank in fog. Seventeen of the nineteen crew were lost, with Edward Pitts and John Clark rescued. The Fame sank in three minutes. most cabin crew perished.
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Edward Pitts
the Cook
John Clark
Pitts
Cook
Fahey
Fame
Monitor's Turret Stands After 12 Inch Shell Hit
A 12 inch shell impact tests the Monitor's turret during Range Fire exercises. The vessel sustains damage but turret remains upright and operational for continued firing.
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Monitor
General Lee Critically Ill in Vicksburg
General Stephen D. Lee, Commander-in-chief of the Confederate Veterans, is critically ill in Vicksburg Miss. His physician reports little hope for recovery after he became ill May 21 following the Iowa and Wisconsin reunion veterans welcome at the National Park. His son Bluett Lee, General Counsel for the Illinois Central, has been summoned.
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Stephen D. Lee
The
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Lee
Iowa
Wisconsin
National Park
Bluett Lee
Illinois Central
Night riders threaten tobacco farmer in Ohio and Kentucky
Report of more tobacco beds destroyed on the Sam Waterfield farm near Georgetown. William Rankins warned to destroy his bed or face a whipping by night riders. Troop B patrols kept roads monitored amid fear of further violence. In Kentucky, Governor Willson and officials discuss night rider matters in Frankfort after attacks on society partygoers and injuries from flying missiles.
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Commercial Tribune
Wartay. O
Sam Waterfield
Georgetown
William Rankins
Rankins
Campbell-Hegerman College
Roger D. Willams
Kentucky Regiment
State Guard
Augusta
P. P. Johnston
Williams
Willson
Frankfort
Society
Gresham Payne
Margaret Frazier
Franklin Williams
Arva Ray
Dick Crutcher
Arthur Cains
Tornadoes Kill Ten and Injure Dozen in Oklahoma
A Kansas City dispatch reports a string of tornadoes hitting Alfalfa County Oklahoma killing ten and injuring twelve. Cattle losses and crop destruction fill the aftermath as families seek safety in a cyclone cellar that was unroofed and buried occupants. The Hutchinson baby remains missing.
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Guy Hutchinson
Hillsboro Fire Ravages Town Core
A May 28 Hillsboro fire at Newton Barrett’s livery stable, origin unknown, caused over 100000 in losses. Fifteen horses perished. Barrett’s stable burned, and adjacent blocks including the Hill, Evans, Rhodes, Scott, Post Office and Bell’s Opera House were damaged. Winds fanned the blaze. water shortages hampered efforts. by 8 AM it was thought under control.
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Barrett
High Street
Clear Creek
Charge Reiterated By Evelyn Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw issued a statement denying threats from Colonel Bartlett and A Russell Peabody. She said annulment proceedings against Harry K Thaw were started at the behest of Bartlett and Peabody, and condemned the relatives’ insincere stance since the case began.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Colonel Bartlett
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Bartlett
A. Russell Peabody
Thaw
Bie
Harmon's Choice Turned Down by State Committee
Columbus May 27. Judge Judson Harmon, leader of the ticket, yielded to Garber Finley pressure after two preferred chairmen were rejected. Mayor Wallace Yaple of Chillicothe was Harmon's latest choice for Executive Committee chair, but Finley backers urged letting the candidates name the chair and the committee ratify.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
James Ross
Ross
Wallace D. Yaple
Chillicothe
Stacles
Judson Harmon
Garber-Finley
William L. Finley
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Cincinnatian
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Finley
Matt Excell
J. Martin Thumm
Cuyahoga County
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Johnson
Twenty-first
Great Southern Hotel
Mike Devanney
Garber- Finley
Devanney
State Committee
Tim Hogan
Hogan
L. Belford
Jackson
Belford
Tenth
Yaple
Cincinnati
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