Bryan Faces Delicate Ohio Position in Senator Siege
In Columbus a Bryan visit stirs Johnson camp fears as he weighs endorsing Clarke or remaining silent. Bryan plans Ohio stops at Versailles and Marion amid pressure from Johnson factions to influence the party machinery and avoid betraying the Kansas City platform.
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John W. Bookwaker
John J. Lentz
Springfield
Clark
Clarke
Kansas City
Léntz
Johnson
Bookwalter
McKinley
Wesleyan origins and rise of Methodism highlighted
The Methodist annual conference at Wesley Chapel opens amid interest in world movements and human uplift. The article traces John Wesley born 1708 in Epworth England, his Oxford education, ordination in 1725, and early work visiting the poor and prisoners, noting the beginnings of Methodism.
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Methodist Church
John Wesley
England
Epworth
Lincolnshire
Robbery at pistol point targets itinerant surgeon
Dr J B Smith, an itinerant veterinary surgeon, was held up at pistol point near Pearl and Walnut streets as two men demanded his money. They relieved him of 760 dollars, fled through a dark alley, and disappeared. Police suspect local Richmond men followed him to Cincinnati.
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J. B. Smith
Pearl
Walnut Streets
Smith
Richmond
Ind
Lee House
Sixth and
Walnut Street
Walnut
Sera
Cincinnati
Pearl Street
Clerk Survives Fall Between Trains in Indiana Run
C. A. Bard, a Cincinnati and Indianapolis mail clerk, fell headfirst between moving Chicago to city trains at Indianapolis. He suffered numerous cuts and contusions but had no broken bones and regarded himself lucky to escape death.
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C. A. Bard
Chicago
Ind
Cincinnati
Bard
Indianapolis
Mormons Secure Thirty Converts in Cincinnati
Ten Cincinnati residents will depart for Utah after embracing the Mormon faith. Elders Joseph H. Lake and O. E. Hacking report Cincinnati as a fruitful field, with the station established ten months ago yielding thirty converts. Meetings occur nightly at Court and Vine streets as the pair preach to crowds.
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Cincinnati
Utah
Joseph H. Lake
Court
Vine Streets
Elder Lake
O. E. Hacking
Salt Lake City
Hacking
Lipton Silver Service Gift Fund Proposed
New York August 31 A plan to present Sir Thomas Lipton with a silver service as a memento from the American people moved forward at a Waldorf meeting. A committee urged a national subscription, with Western National Bank to receive funds, honoring Lipton the famed yachtsman and sportsman while praising his pluck and good temper.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
York
Thomas Lipton
the Waldorf
Western National Bank of New York
Joseph Wheeler
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Patrick Collins
Boston
Thomas F. Walsh
Washington
D. C
George T. Wilson
New York
Robert C. Todd
Valentine P. Snyder
War inescapable Turkey Bulgarian forces near revolt
War seems inevitable between Bulgaria and Turkey with insurgents crossing borders and an uprising spreading from Caza and Yenidje toward Salonica. Reports say Turkish troops have looted villages, attacked Christians, and authorities struggle to stop violence while Bulgarian leaders fear imminent conflict.
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Caza
Yenidje
Balonica
Gherghli
Tikhvesh
Salonica
Sarafoff
Soldier haunted by killing fellow private at Fort Thomas
Zion P. Parsons a Third Infantry private at Fort Thomas became demented after killing fellow prisoner Pulver who attacked him with an iron bar. A board ruled the shooting justifiable and Parsons was released, but he has been haunted by the victim and is to be confined at a Government Hospital in Washington, D. C.
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Zion P. Parsons
Third Infantry
Ft. Thomas
Thomas Kelly
Washington, D. C
Parsons
Government Hospital
Washington
Pulver
Liberty
Nurse Soldiers in Field Prefers to Serve Overseas
Mrs. Ella B. Dones longtime Night Superintendent of the Cincinnati Hospital has been appointed trained nurse in the United States Army. She will depart for the Presidio California to join duty with Miss Clara Verdin, both Cincinnatians, heading to the Philippines under foreign service enlistment. Mrs. Dones is daughter of William H. Harrison who piloted Admiral Farragut on the Mississippi during the Civil War.
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Ella B. Dones
Cincinnati Hospital
United States Army
Presidio
Cal
Clara Verdin
Cincinnati
Army Hospital Service
Philippines
William H. Harrison
Admiral Farragut
Mississippi River
More Men Than Women In Chicago
Chicago reports a growing gender imbalance with men and boys outnumbering women. The Health Department notes over the past twenty years Chicago averaged 5.3 percent more males than females, higher than New York Philadelphia and Boston, and records the lowest male death rate among them.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Health Department
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Dying Father Faces Murder Charge Over Slaying
At Joliet Illinois John Gatons an aged wealthy farmer who shot and killed his favorite son during a quarrel is dying of grief. He has been moved from jail to a hospital where doctors say he will not live to face the murder indictment pending.
Death by Own Hand After Investigation Into Father
Christopher Thompson aged 32 and father of Hugh Thompson who was rescued from the Marechal de Gontaut last Thursday committed suicide at his Brooklyn home by drinking carbolic acid. Federal authorities were investigating his treatment of his son.
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New York
Christopher Thompson
Hugh Thompson
Marechal de Gontaut
Brooklyn
Plenty of Coal Coming to City in Harbors
The Cincinnati harbor will see a coal surplus by week’s end as shipments from Pittsburg and Kanawha mines add about 8.0 million bushels, with towboats and barges delivering fuel for local consumption and prices kept down by heavy cargoes.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Kanawha
Federal Grand Jury Probing Postal Case in Washington
The Federal Grand Jury in Washington heard one witness today as it continues examining postal cases. Action is expected soon on evidence concerning a former postal official during his term and in his later legal practice.
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Federal Grand Jury
Washington
Grand Jury
Magelssen’s condition reported as fit after assassination escape
Major Carl S Miller, friend of Vice Consul Magelssen, sent a cable from Franklin to Beirut asking about Magelssen’s status after an assassination attempt. The Beirut reply stated he is fit as a fiddle.
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L S. Miller
Magelssen
Parks May Leave His Prison Cell
Justice Sewell of the Supreme Court signed an order granting a certificate of reasonable doubt in the case of Samuel Parks the walking delegate. He is at Sing Sing serving a sentence for extortion and his release is ordered in $1,000 bail pending appeal proceedings.
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New York
Justice Sewell
Supreme Court
Samuel Parks
Sing Sing
Dies of fright after snake killed in home
Circlville O August 31 Mrs Clara Peters wife of Arthur Peters a Walnut Township farmer died last night from fright after witnessing the killing of a blacksnake that had entered her home
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Commercial Tribune
Circleville
Clara Peters
Arthur Peters
Walnut Township
Decision places Ames nearer cell
Minneapolis Minn August 31 Judge Elliott of the Hennepin District Court denied Dr A A Ames motion for a new trial Nothing now remains between the former Mayor and six years in the penitentiary for bribery except an appeal to the Supreme Court The case will be certified and heard at the October term though this last effort is generally credited to be a one
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Macedonia
The
Autonomie
Constantinople
Germany
Ferdinand
Uskub
Minneapolis, Minn
Elliott
Hennepin District Court
A. A. Ames
Supreme Court
Wringe Makes Clever Start Ahead of Barr
New York August 31 The Reliance failed to win the third race against Lipton’s Shamrock III as wind and time limits thwarted her bid. Wringe’s tactic secured a windward position, but Shamrock III stayed two and a half miles behind at the finish. The crowded observation fleet reflected waning Cup interest while wind shifted from east to north and died to a mere breeze.
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New York
Reliance
Lipton
Sir Thomas
Herreshoff
Atlantic
Long Island
Wringe
Shamrock Iti
Thirteen Husbands Can't Please Her Across States
Kokomo Indiana August 31. A divorce cross-complaint says Sarah Pohlman has thirteen living husbands and one dead. Eight reside in Ohio and five in Kokomo. Indiana husbands named include Richard Johnson Thomas McVeta John Tyler Thomas Eades and Joseph Pohlman the latter listed as No. 14.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Sarah Pohlman
Ohio
Indiana
Richard Johnson
Thomas McVeta
John Tyler
Thomas Eades
Joseph Pohlman
Parisian Studies City Water Supply
Max Le Couppey de la Forrest, secretary of Paris Board of Health, tours the United States to study urban water systems. He notes Paris provides fifty gallons per person daily for drinking and cooking and fifty gallons for street sprinkling. Paris sources drinking water from distant aqueducts and uses Seine water for sprinkling. plans to draw from the Loire.
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Max.Le Couppey de la Forrest
Board of Health of
Paris
United States
Grand Hotel
Ecity
Seine
Loire
Duke of Aosta Heads to Germany for Grand Maneuvers
The Duke of Aosta departed for Germany at Emperor William's invitation to observe grand maneuvers. He will then visit Munster to honor the White Curassiers regiment as their honorary head and present three solid silver beakers.
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Rome
Duke of Aosta
Germany
William
Munster
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