Swettenham Incident Acknowledged At General Convention
The Protestant Episcopal General Convention in Richmond opened business sessions with routine reports from committees. Archbishop Nuttall of the West Indies praised the American church and Jamaica earthquake relief featured in a late morning address. A large women’s auxiliary bank offering topped $100,000 while a noon meeting hosted London and St Albans bishops and drew reference to the U S church as the daughter church of England. A special deputation from the original thirteen colonies planned a Williamsburg visit to receive historical gifts.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
House of Deputies
Archbishop Nuttall
West Indies
Judge Andrews
Massachusetts
Dr. Evans
Alabama
St. Paul's Church
Randolph H. McKim
Holy Trinity Church
Womans Auxiliary
Bishop Gibson
Diocese of
Virginia
United Bank
St. James’ Church
Tuttle
House of Bishops
All Saints’ Church
Randolph
City
Roots
Hankow
Spalding
Salt Lake
Aves
Mexico
Lloyd
Board of Missions
Nuttall
Jamaica
England
London
America
Backbone
Montgomery
Archbishop of Canterbury
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church
King Edward
Roosevelt
Bishop Brown
Arkansas
Deputy Jones
Men’s Auxiliary
German Women Sail for Africa
Several hundred young German women mainly from maid servant and farm classes departed Hamburg aboard the steamer Fledmarschal for German Southwest Africa. The Colonial Society led by Dr. Von Holleben and government support offer inducements, including placement and potential marriage, to encourage emigration and permanent settlement.
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Hamburg
Africa
Colonial Society
von Holleben
Germany
Washington
McLean County Goes Dry as Kentucky Reaches 100 Dry Counties
Special Dispatch to Commercial Appeal Owensboro Kentucky October 3 temperance supporters win in McLean County by 1055 to 850 out of 1905 total voters Calhoun school children join the celebration as the county joins a growing dry trend now totaling 100 of 119 Kentucky counties dry
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Calhoun
Kentucky
Roosevelt outlines gulf to Great Lakes waterway plan in Cairo speech
President Roosevelt arrives at Cairo Illinois and backs deep waterway expansion from the gulf to the Great Lakes. He calls for canalizing the Mississippi and its tributaries and for national aid to the project while stressing honesty and avoiding waste. He notes Southern and Western identity and emphasizes a strong navy as part of national defense.
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Commercial Tribune
Cairo
Ill
Roosevelt
Danville
Parsons
St. Mary’s Park
Illinois National Guards
Park
Deneen
Illinois
Alton
Mississippi
Gulf
Great Lakes
Gabon
Pittsburg
Trust Subsidiary Controls Railway Lubricating Oil
The Galena Signal Oil Company, a Standard Oil subsidiary, controlled about 97 percent of rail lubricating oil for U.S. railways. Hearings revealed contracts guaranteeing maximum costs, refunds reaching nearly 50 percent, and price disparities among railroads.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Galena Signal Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
United States
Oil Trust. Co. Co
Steinbrenner
Galena Company
Kellogg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railway
New York Central
Union Pacific, Delaware & Hudson and Southern Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Toledo, Peoria & Western
Miller
Maroney
Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad
Canada
Mexico
Tidewater Railway
Kentucky Whisky Shipments Legal Quietly Declared Interstate
The Kentucky Court of Appeals rules whisky shipments from outside the state to prohibition zones remain interstate commerce. Carriers are not subject to penalties under the 1906 act. The decision reverses Boyle County Circuit Court in C N O T P Railway Co v Commonwealth.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Boyle County
Commonwealth
Fecrucky
Cincinnati
Prohibition
Kentucky
Dirigible Balloon Clears Hard Wind Test in London
The new military airship completed a successful trial despite a strong head wind. It reached twenty miles per hour and handled its helm with ease, demonstrating reliable performance under challenging conditions.
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London
Double murder at Indiana farm ends in deaths
In Noblesville Indiana James Henseley 30 of Indianapolis shot and killed Enoch McClintock and Walter McClintock at their home five miles northeast of Noblesville after a quarrel over Miss Mary McClintock. Henseley received knife wounds but is not seriously hurt.
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Commercial Tribune
Noblesville
Ind
Walter McClintock
McClintock
Enoch
James Henseley
Indianapolis
Henseley
Mary McClintock
Enoch McClintock
James Will Divides One Million Among Colleges and Charities
The will of D Willis James filed for probate allocates one million dollars in ten gifts of one hundred thousand each to Union Theological Seminary Columbia University Yale Amherst Cooper Union Children’s Aid Society American Board of Foreign Missions Hampton Institute St John Cathedral and Presbyterian Hospital New York. The remainder goes to his widow and son Arthur Curtis James with executors his widow, his son, and George Notman.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
D. Willis James
Union Theological Seminary
Columbia University
Yale University
Amherst College
Cooper Union
Children’s Aid Society of New York
American Board of Foreign Missions
Hampton Institute
Race separation urged for black advancement in Liberia
Denver article reports J H Walker of the Colorado African Colonization Society argues race separation is necessary for both blacks and whites and urges emigration to Liberia to build a black republic, citing rising conditions here and economic barriers to emigration. He calls for congressional action.
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Commercial Tribune
Denver
Col
J. H. Walker
Colorado African Colonization Society
Central Presbyterian Church
Liberia
Taft and Party Leave Japan for the Philippines
Secretary Taft Mrs Taft and their party reached Kyoto and Kobe aboard a government special car. They were greeted by Count Kuroki and Kobe officials with fireworks and a luncheon for the Tafts proceeded to the Minnesota for sailing to Nagasaki and Manila.
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Taft
Japan
The
Philippines
Kobe
Mrs. Taft
Kyoto
General Edwards
Carpenter
Mr. Taft
Charlie Taft
Count Kuroki
Manchuria
United States
Minnesota
Nagasaki
Manila
Airship pilot survives 40 mile gale over Ohio
Coshocton aeronaut Frank Fuhr was swept 40 miles aloft by a gale while showing the Licking County Fair balloon. He escaped unhurt after landing ten miles north of Coshocton at 7 pm, saying he was hungry as farmers watched.
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Commercial Tribune
Coshocton
Frank Fuhr
Fuhr
Licking County Fair
Newark
Rebellion Breaks Out in Corrientes Province Argentina
A revolt erupts in Corrientes province with insurgents seizing several positions and heavy fighting leaving casualties on both sides. Government troops clash as conflict escalates in Buenos Aires dated Oct 3.
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Buenos Ayres
Corrientes
Mayor Dempsey Stands Firm Amid Withdrawal Push
A delegation from the Cincinnati Voters League and Citizens' Municipal party urged Mayor Dempsey to withdraw from the Democratic ticket. He refused, stating he would stand by his record and campaign on lines unique to Cincinnati politics, while a new independent ticket was planned by business reformers.
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Job
Dempsey
Cincinnati Voters’ League
Citizens’ Municipal Party
Guy Mallon
Mr. Mallon
Fourth National Bank
Stephens
Mr. Stephens
The
Commercial Tribune
Demipsey
Cincinnati
Queen City
West
Linton Hotel
Fred Geier
Geier
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Pennsylvania
Evangelical Alliance
Swettenham
Island Church
Temperance
McLean
Owensboro
McLean County
Land Waterways
NAVY
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Old West
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Colonization Society
Congress
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Island Empire
Oniqan
Gale
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