Methodist Bishops Assigned to World Locations
The committee on episcopacy reports assignments for Methodist bishops to cities and regions including Foo Chow China W L Lewis New Orleans Thomas Keele New York Daniel Goodsell Oklahoma City William Quayle and others with Neulgon and Bashford noted among names. A separate ruling dismisses Rev George Cooke’s appeal about Bishop Moore in Day charges and a merger of two Methodist book concerns is approved creating the Methodist Book Company.
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Methodist General Conference
Boston
Mas
J. W. Hamilton
Nunnos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Frank M. Bristol
Betfam
John W. Berry
Chattanooga
Tenn
Willam F. Anderson
Chicago
Wiliam PF. McDowell
Ch¢innan
David H. Moore
Denver
Colu
Henry W. Warren
Foo Chow
China
Lewis
New Orleans
Thomas K. Kee
New York
Daniel A. Goodsell
Oklahoma City
Okla
William A Quaylyneha
John Neulgon
Pekin
James W. Bashford
Luther B. Wihe
Day
Roosevelt
Moore
Methodist Boule Concern
Western Methodist Book Concern
Cincinnati
Methodist Book Conny
Gulf Stream Expected to Bring Tropical Climate to New York
Captain Miche Millis of the American ship Philadelphia bluntly links persistent fogs over New York and surrounding waters to the Gulf Stream. He predicts the stream will move closer to the city, possibly making New York tropical with near continuous warm seas rolling in from the Atlantic.
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New York
Ite
Miche Millis
Philadelphia
Sandy Hook
Canadian Dam Bursts, Port Arthur Tragedy Reported
A civic dam on Current river broke Thursday at Port Arthur causing widespread disaster. A Canadian Pacific freight train entering Port Arthur ran onto submerged tracks. the engine overturned, with Engineer Savage, Fireman McBride and Brakeman Inmann drowned. The company faces heavy losses as miles of track were washed away.
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Port Arthur
Canadian Pacific
Savage
McBride
Inmann
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Abrams Proves Alibi in Mysterious Hortonville Death
London clothing merchant Charles Abrams, held as part of an investigation into the death of Mrs. Carrie Shaw, a Hortonville widow, was released Thursday after proving a clear alibi.
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Charles Abrams
London
Mra
Carrie Shaw
Hortonville
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotation Summary
Sioux City livestock prices list top beeves at 6.45 and top hogs at 5.35 for Thursday.
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Sioux City
Fort Dodge man found dead in Ute murder ruled
Fort Dodge resident Murphy was found dead in Ute Monona county. Coroner says homicide and two tramps arrested in connection with the murder.
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Murphy
Fort Dodge
Ute
Monona County
Russian Battleship Peter the Great Strikes Rocks
The Russian battleship Peter the Great ran aground in the Gulf of Finland on Wednesday night. Reports say rescuers expect to salvage the vessel.
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Peter the Great
Gulf of Finland
Eighth Episcopal Bishop Chosen on Eighteenth Ballot
The General Conference elected Rev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol as the eighth bishop after a long ballot. Delegates welcomed the decision with relief as Bristol secured two thirds of votes on the electing ballot. Other ballots listed: W. F. Anderson 648, J. L. Nelson 540, W. A. Quayle 611, C. W. Smith 611, Wm. Lewis 624, Edwin Hughes 511, Robert McIntyre 514. Bristol was a close associate of the late President McKinley.
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Frank M. Bristol
W. F. Anderson
New York
Board of Education
Edwin Hughes
Depauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Frobert McIntyre
First Church
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank M. Aristol
Metropolitan Church
Washington, D. C
Amador Milling and Development Company Collapse
Amador Milling and Development Company of Montana, a 916,006,000 corporation with Chicago HQ, ends after mailing notices to 1,400 stockholders. The copper gold mine, sunk $450,000, produced only five ore cars in six years. secretary D B Mackinnon boomed stock, moved to Boston, then Maine, leaving officers uncertain and stockholders pursuing recovery.
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Amador Milling and Eevelopment Company
Montana
Chicago
D. B. Mackinnon
Maine
Mackinnon
William Surman
Carlinville
George Lill
Robert M. Maher
Lill
Irrigation Pump Lets 1000 Gallons Minute From 30-Foot Well
On Charles H Richardson farm near Benkelman Nebraska a 30 foot well in the Republican river bottom now yields 750 gallons a minute with a gasoline engine driven pump. After tests the system can irrigate 40 acres and may lead to multiple pumps on the farm, offering a boon to Dundy county farmers with low setup cost.
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Charles H. Richardson
Benkelmen
Republican River
Richoardson
Dundy
Senate gears up for conference fights over public buildings bill
Washington reports the Senate reframed the omnibus public buildings bill while the House pursued other measures. Lawmakers debated federal power limits, water rights, and inland waterways, with several conference reports sent back for revision.
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Senate
Teller
Bacon
Owen
Oklahoma
Beveridge
Newlands
Inland Waterways Commission
Hovee
Rainey River
Minnesota
Florida to undergo gunnery test in Chesapeake Bay
Readiness is complete for the Florida as she faces heavy firing from her sister ship Arkansas and underwater torpedo shots from the Morris in a midweek test off Hampton Roads. Commander Quimby and crew trust the armor will withstand damage and prove proper marksmanship during the exercise.
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Florida
Chesapeake Bay
Shin
Morris
Hampton Roads
Quimby
Fhorda
Navy Department
Insurance rate cuts spark York fire cover dispute
The Peeson Insurance agency in Nebraska notes missing board rate schedules for York and other areas. A price war among York fire insurers follows with new dwellings rated at 61 cents per $1200 and five year tornado rates at 59 cents, thanks to York's lack of fire losses. Volunteers boost the department, while insurers hope for year end credits.
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Peeson Insurance Teachey
Nebraska
York
United States
License to Brewery Court Rejects View of Nebraska Saloon Law
In Hastings district court a ruling allows a brewery to hold a retail liquor license under the Gibeon law. The decision upholds corporate licensure and lets mayoral tie votes in small cities determine liquor license outcomes, with the case to be appealed.
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Corcoran
District Court
Hastings
Tioes
Miles
Hhus
Civile Federation
Gibson
Wycliffe Boys Surrender After Cherokee Nation Pursuit
Tom and James Wycliffe, last members of the Wycliffe gang, surrendered to the Cherokee County sheriff at Tahlequah Oklahoma after four years on the run. Hunted by U S marshals seeking a $1000 reward and vengeance for their jailed brother, they were released per a district court agreement. The pursuit began in 1898 at the Cherokee land office in Vinita when Charles Wycliffe, father of the boys, was killed.
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Tugeed Hills
Muskogee
Okla
Cherokee County
Tahlequah
District Court
Wyckliffe
Wycliffe
Cheroke
Vinita
Charles Wyclife
Currency Bill Taken Up In House Debate Ends With Six Year Expiry
The conference report on the currency bill was reported to the house Wednesday afternoon and debate began. Each side received thirty minutes, with a vote expected around 4 16 p.m. After two hours the conference between the houses reached an agreement on time limits, fixing the bill to expire June 30 1914.
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Ves
Senate
Aldrich
Beveridge
Male
Clouse
District of Columbia
Marto Itico Provisional Regiment of Infantry
Dubuque
Iowan
Spokane Todlan
Alaska
ISH
ITA
Oeam
Mie Military Academy
Committee On Appropriations
Rock Creek Park
Washington
Messrs. Metiavin
Babath
Alinoia
House
Houses of Congress
Tornadoes Kill Five in Oklahoma and Iowa
A tornado two miles east of Alva Oklahoma killed Peter Rudy his wife and two children and damaged several farms. Ingersoll Oklahoma reports three killed and a child missing in the same storm, with substantial property damage across the region.
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Peter Rudy
Alva
Okla
Erope
Ingersoll
Collins Cleared In Dunne Mayor Election Case
Former Chicago Chief of Police John M. Collins and ex Police Attorney Frank PD Comerford were acquitted Wednesday of using police members to aid Edward F. Dunne’s mayoral election in the inaugural municipal contest.
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John M. Collins
Frank PD. Comerford
Chicago
Edward F. Dunne
American crew in New York to Paris auto race halted
Special dispatch reports the American crew covering about fifteen miles from New York toward Paris when they met an immense swamp and were forced to retreat to the nearest village after a tense confrontation.
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Nikolek
Russia
New York
Paris
Ar Lingent Wamp
Harvard athletic committee votes against abolishing intercollegiate sports
At a Harvard athletic committee meeting the panel voted that it is not advisable to abolish intercollegiate athletic sports from the date of the football game until the opening of the baseball season. The decision preserves winter and spring sports continuity.
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Harvard Athletic
Athletic
First Shot Strikes Florida Monitor Turret
The 11 inch steel armor plate of the monitor Florida takes a direct hit from Arkansas' big gun. The shot drives an opening between the turret rim and gun, knocking out all metal in between.
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Florida
Three Drowned Crossing Sugar Creek Near Briman Mo
Three people died when their buggy overturned crossing Sugar Creek near Briman Missouri. Mrs GB King Mrs Anna Coakley and Anna Coakley’s brother were identified among the drowned while two others clung to the vehicle until rescue.
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Missouri
GB. B. King
Anna Coakley
Crossig Sugar Creek
Brimaon
Vietho of Dynamiters Witness in San Francisco Graft Case
James L. Gallagher former president of the San Francisco board of supervisors and chief prosecution witness in the graft case saw Dynamiters wreck three Oakland dwellings bulkt by him on Tuesday night with dynamite.
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Is Vietho
James L. Gallagher
Oakland
Cal
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
San Francisco
Gun and Razor Stop Elopement Ends in Injury
John Leissinger of Galesburg was shot five times and severely cut with a razor by Judson Parnes who opposed his elopement with Parnes’s wife. Leissinger’s condition is reported as serious.
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John Leissinger
Galesburg
Judson Parnes
Leiwinger
Leissinger
Fire destroys Chicago plant in Center avenue blaze
A fast moving fire on Center avenue totally destroyed a Standard Sash and Door plant worth about $100000. One man was probably fatally injured, two others probably seriously hurt, and many families were driven to the street.
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Chicago
Standard Sash and Door Company
Center Avenue
Admiral Crowniehield Dies After Illness in Philadelphia
Admiral Crowniehield died in Philadelphia after a monthlong illness. An operation was performed for a nasal condition. Crowniehield C N retirement noted.
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Crowniehield
Philadelphia
British Aeroplane Pioneers Record Flights in Ghent
Henry Farman, the notable aero naut, began a series of experiments at Ghent on Tuesday. He achieved multiple flights despite strong winds, thrilling the spectators and drawing keen approval from the crowd.
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Henry Farman
One Aeronaut
Ghent
Coxey and Seven Delegates At Illinois Populist Meet
Up to noon Wednesday the state populist convention of Illinois at Danville consisted of Gen. Coxey and seven delegates. The convention has done little beyond waiting and hoping for additional delegates.
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Illinois
Danville
Coxey
Drowns in Creek While Bathing on Franklin Farm
Chester A. Yelton aged 3 drowned in Young's Creek on his Franklin area farm while bathing. The accident occurred in 104, near the creek on the family property.
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Chester A. Yelton
Franklin
Death Due two Fright. Mrs. Gen. Alfred Orendorff Dies
Mrs Gen Alfred Orendorff died Wednesday from a hemorrhage brought on by fright during a fierce wind storm. The event is reported as a sudden, weather related death with medical attribution to acute fright.
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Alfred Orendorff
Hastings Woman Reaches 108th Birthday Milestone
Mrs Balley of Hastings celebrated 108 years, born in slavery in Richmond, Va during John Adams's presidency. A Women’s Relief Corps flag and a four dollar church offering were given, along with tobacco packages presented by a committee. She smoked publicly with fond memory and remains healthy.
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Balley
Hastings
Clara Dawson Balley
Richmond
John Adams
Women's Relief Corps
Congregational Church
Grieving Father O presses Mind in Broken Bow Area
Martin Ellingson a farmer eighteen miles northeast of Broken Bow faced an insanity examination after his daughter's death six years earlier. The county board ordered confinement in an asylum but his brother offered to take him home and seek further care if improvement did not occur.
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Custer County
Daugster
Martin Ellingson
Broken Bow
Board of
Ellingson
William Hillington
Anther
Crookston Gets Station Agent After Commission Request
Max Veirtel petitioned the State Railway Commission for an agent at Crookston citing 222 600 in annual business. The commission approved the installation and the agent will be placed there forthwith.
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Crookston
Uave
Max KE. Veirtel
State Railway Comision
Train Service Restored On Oakdale Fremont Freight Run
The Chicago and Northwestern resumes Saturday and Sunday freight trains from Oakdale to Fremont after a halt sparked discussion. The issue was reviewed by the state railway commission, leading to the service restart.
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Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Oakdale
Fremont
State Railway Commission
New Cathol ic Church Cornerstone Laid at Fairbury
The cornerstone of a new Catholic church at Fairbury was laid Wednesday afternoon with the imposing rites of the church, marking the start of a planned addition to the local religious community.
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Puakbury
Fairbury
Farmer narrowly escapes injury in corn sheller incident
Farmers' narrow fiscal scene recounts Charlies Smith of Adgar tangled in a corn sheller shaft. Quick action by the driver of the horses on the power likely prevented a fatal outcome.
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Charlies Smith
Adgar
Corn Damage Reported in Bookwalter Area by Farm Manager
BJ Kinn, manager of the Book- Walter farms at Bookwalter, says corn was badly damaged in that section of the state by a cloud quiet of Wednesday night.
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BJ. @Kinn
Bookwalter
Humboldt Flood Halts City Power and Water Supply
Humboldt faced rising flood damage as Milband Electric Plant and city pumping station flooded. Tank supply dwindles while relief, rescue efforts, and farm losses in Nemaha and Long Branch valleys are reported. Livestock losses include a lane shipment from W Putterfield Co near the depot and regional lightning damages noted.
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Humboldt
Nemaha
Long Branch
Milband Electric
Humboldt & Boat
Yo. W. Putterfield & Co
Oldest York County farmer hails corn planting care
One of York county's oldest farmers notes great improvements in ground preparation and planting in recent years. He observes farmers pay much more attention to soil, seed, and preparation than ever before, comparing favorably with western practices.
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York County
Heavy Rain Drenches Tale Rock and Nemaha Area
A five and a half inch rainfall Wednesday night at fable Hoek caused Nemaha River to swell toward bankfull. The downpour also flooded the lower town near the depot and worsened already high water levels from the week’s earlier storms.
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Tale Rock
Fable Hoek
Nemaha
Long Trip with Broken Leg
Levi Anderson, an elderly widower and veteran, arrived Friday night with a broken and badly bruised leg after traveling from the western Nebras an line.
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Levi Anderson
Tute
Nebrasan
Tecumseh Endures Historic Rainstorm Visit
A fierce rainstorm drenched Tecumseh starting around o'clock Wednesday afternoon, dumping 6.11 inches in total. Four inches fell between 1 and 10 Wednesday evening, with the town experiencing one of its wettest periods on record.
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Tecumseh
Winter Wheat Prospects Good Near Rule Studio
Farmers report strong winter wheat prospects around Rule, with recent three weeks of heavy rainfall boosting growth. The crop shows healthy stands and favorable conditions ahead of the growing season.
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Rule
National Capital Notes on Homestead Limit and Buildings Bill
Conferees approve amend report widening homesteads to 320 acres on non irrigable lands but strike Idaho and California from the change. Senate public buildings committee adds about 5 million to the omnibus bill, totaling over 30 million.
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Idaho
California
Senate Committee On Public Buildings
House
Scene of a fall in Italy involving a colored Sead from Africa
A report describes a fall in Italy linked to a Sead figure from Africa in a colored context. Details are sparse, but the event appears linked to regional or colonial-era mobility and a notable individual.
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Italy
Emerta
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