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Newspaper
Coeur Dalene Evening Press
Location
Coeur D´Alene, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
2
The Coeur d Alene Evening Press reports on recent property damage from reckless driving, noting two glass windows broken in the Wignett block and injuries to citizens. Readers call for stricter enforcement and penalties to deter dangerous driving and protect public safety.
National committee faces rival claims from 160 to 200 contestants for convention seats in Chicago on June 14 with 903 delegates allocated among states and districts. Southern factions dominate, Taft supporters favored, Ohio sixth district a notable split, Lily Whites clash with Black delegates, and hearings to begin next month as papers are filed by today’s deadline.
May 27 in Pendleton Oregon, the major irrigation project opened turning water to over 1700 acres of arid land. Harmiston hosts the festival with officials and visitors from the region attending speeches and ceremonies marking the project’s official opening.
The note indicates Reyes and Aris Torcan are involved in a pledge event with Karen likely to be pledged to Bryan at the upcoming Dewver convention in Arizona tomorrow.
In Brians Disager Kanbas City Mo May 27 a Presbyterian Church of America assembly debated reform of administrative agencies and personnel. Critics argued excessive power lay with a 21 member committee while a motion for reorganization failed. Discussions on colleges criticized insufficient Bible emphasis in schools and a Cincinnati instructor cited. Beattie Denver and Oklahoma City entered the campaign for next year’s Assembly as reports on missionary work among laborers immigrants Indians and others were reviewed amid broader debate on resources and child labor.
Amateurs at Mailwauker Wisconsin announced the National Amateur Peace cancellation involving editors and journalists contesting with college and other amateurs. Washington friends of Miss Irene Reid daughter of the American ambassador to Great Britain plan to witness her marriage to Jobs Hubert Ward in Loe on June 23.
Washington, May 27. The National Rivers and Harbors Congress will ask Congress for fifty million dollars for waterway improvements at its 1908 meeting to be held here in December. The pending demand reflects a major effort to speed inland and coastal improvements nationwide.
The 1908 Methodist Episcopal elections named seven new bishops led by Rev Dr J Je Nuelson and Rev Dr Charles W Smith with votes ranging 498 to 647. The group includes Rev Dr Wilton S Lawn and Rev Dr Edwin M Hughes and concludes with Rev Dr Frank M Kristol. The bishops will be consecrated Sunday at Lyte. A committee discussed union with the Methodist Protestant Church and possible organic union.
The Florida monitor sails to Hampton Roads to serve as target during gunnery trials. The Arkansas and torpedo boat Morris precede it, with tests beginning in lower Chesapeake Bay. Dummy moon targets and a torpedo net protect the vessel as torpedoes from Morris are repelled.
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