Hosts of Methodists At Fourth International Conference
Thousands attend the fourth international Epworth League conference in Indianapolis. Some 3,400 delegates and many visitors filled Epworth headquarters, the tent and the hall at the courthouse yard and Robinson Ball. Speeches by church leaders from Indiana, Canada, and other regions opened the event with City Mayor Taggart and Indiana Methodist officials in attendance.
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Epworth
Delenates—League
Epworth League
Ndianmapolis
Dele- Biles
Canada
Indiana
Methodist Church
Washington Street
Tdiainsy
Boatia Strat
Fhges
Trugh Drougherty
Bluff Fou
Can. Mbemiat
Delewates
Commonwealth
RL Ritter
Charles O. Tones
Tristal
Methodist Church South
A. Carman
Toronto
Pistrape
Nineleot Phetroit
Alethodiat Episcopal Chirch
Ar ‘Tomlinson Gralb
MM. Barbour
Evansville
Tnc
Creare LE Moats
Winchester
Kal
Welconeoog
Charles W. Smith
Indianapolis
Taggart
Hey
Chiarles W. Bewis
Moore
Hil
Tel
Dynamite Bomb Thrown At Street Railway Barn Blasts Roof
A dynamite bomb exploded on the roof of the Big Consolidated Street Railway barn in Cleveland early Monday. A two foot hole opened in the rear, a car beneath was wrecked, and windows shattered. The blast caused massive damage and drew a crowd as mob violence disrupted nearby wires and tracks. Police prepared to suppress unrest while transit workers faced a prolonged strike context in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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Big Consolidated Street Railway Company
Cleveland
Wardly
Bir Consolidated Dines
MI Car
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Police Use Pistols to Quell Brooklyn Riot
Reported disturbance in Brooklyn during a strike with police using pistols to quell rioting while orderly crowds gathered. Downtown Manhattan reports indicate no broad strike, with labor factions debating actions and leaders criticized by union officials.
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Brooklyn
Arbitration Plan at The Hague Conference Settled
American delegates led the peace conference work as the arbitration committee read proposals for a second time. The revision of arbitral judgments is hailed as the conference’s key result. The war committee again debated expanding bullets and choking gases with Captain Mahan opposing interdiction and Sir Julian Pauncefote supporting England.
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the Hague
Captain Mahan
Julian Pauncefote
England
Boy With X Rays Eyes Facts From Alfred Brett Case
Scientists and physicians investigate 11 year old Alfred Lionel Brett of South Brain tree Massachusetts who, under hypnosis by his father Dr Frank Brett, reportedly sees through solids and describes bones in living people. Prof Leslie Meacham corroborates via X ray evidence. No explanation offered by family or boy.
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Alfred Brett
Alfred Lionel Brett
Frank Brett
South Braintree
Mass
Leslie J. Meach
Alfred Brettom
Medical College
Cornell University
Prof. Meachum
Meacham
South Brainier
Vengeance of a Bride in Tahlequah Double Death
Allie Madaris daughter of Checatah stock raiser in Indian Territory marries Cherokee Jim McDonald. Jealous suitors fade as she shoots to avenge her father and herself, a tale of a remarkable feud era crime on main street Tahlequah.
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Tahlequah
L. T
Nho
Jim
Roomntie West
Allie Madaris
Checatah
Indian Territory
Yenderfoot
Cowboy
Jim McDonald
Cherokee Jim’s Plot To Gain A Father’s Wealth
Tim, a quarter Indian, woos and marries Desdemona Allie Madaris. When her father is found dead from a gunshot, suspicions fall on Cherokee Jim McDonald who aims to gain the estate via murder and manipulation. A will favors the daughter, forcing Jim to hasten a new entanglement to secure wealth.
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Tim
Desdemona
Allie Madaris
Ich
Jim
Madaris
McDonald
Jim McDonald
Bride of the Cherokee Ends Murderous Quest
A New York artist is drawn into the tale as Jim McDonald accuses his wife, Allie McDonald, of infidelity. She is captured by Six Killer, an Indian outlaw paid to guard her in a cave prison. After years of confinement and peril, Allie escapes to Tahlequah and, upon meeting Jim in the street, shoots him dead in a decisive act of vengeance.
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New York
Alle McDonald
Allie Madavis
Jim
McDonald
Kaller
Tahlequah
Utah to Erect Salt Palace at Salt Lake City Exposition
The state plans a permanent Intermountain Exposition main building in Salt Lake City to be a salt palace modeled after the World’s Fair Chicago designs. It will stand seventeen miles from the Great Salt Lake on the alkaline plains, showcasing a bold salt architecture.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Chicago
Salt Palace to House Intermountain Exposition in Salt Lake City
The Salt Palace will be the main building for a permanent intermountain exposition in Salt Lake City with Utah and eight neighboring states invited to exhibit. A wooden three fourths of ten acres structure will use spray applied salt and Great Salt Lake water with a secret chemical to render the building water impervious. Utah chemists claim experiments prove the plan’s practicality.
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Salt Palace
Salt Lake City
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Great Salt Lake
Blacking in Brush Handle Invented by Howe of Wilmington
A Wilmington Del inventor John J Howe creates a magazine blacking brush with a larger handle that holds liquid blacking. The device feeds the daubing brush by gravity, offering cleanliness compared with the traditional boxed blacking, and maintains the right consistency for use.
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John J. Howe
Wilmington
Del
Religious denominations by membership in the United States
The article lists seven denominations with over one million members each. Disciples of Christ 1,085,615. Jews 1,200,000. Lutherans 1,526,552. Presbyterians 1,542,401. Baptists 4,864,427. Methodists 5,808,094. Catholics 8,395,178. Also a remark about palm leaf fans on a cold day.
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United States
Disciples of Christ
African's True Prediction Spreads Across Vast Distances
Dr. R W Felkin recalls a Uganda era tale of a wizard or mlogo who claimed to travel as a jackal and relay news from far cities. He tested the claim at Lado where the wizard described steamers from Khartoum and an English officer. Thirty-two days later Lupton Bey arrived at Lado with letters for Emin Pasha's party.
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Society For Psychical Research
R. W. Felkin
Emin Pasha
Uganda
Lado
Khartoum
Europe
Africa
Felkin
M’logo
Meschera-el-Rek
Meschera-el- Rek
Russian license rules curb foreign commercial travelers
London Star reports that a recent St. Petersburg law requires both native and foreign commercial travelers to hold a personal license costing 50 rubles and a firm trading license costing 500 rubles. Travelers must show a power of attorney and a British chamber of commerce trading certificate. Licenses run from January 1 for one year, with renewal in November and December, and penalties include treble fines up to 1,650 rubles. Jewish travelers face special ministerial sanction to obtain credentials.
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Russia
England
St. Petersburg
Interior, Finance and Foreign Affairs
London Star
The smallest bird in the world to the gold crested wren
A compact note discusses the diminutive size of the world’s tiniest birds, highlighting the gold crested wren as a prominent example. The piece contrasts minimal body length with notable plumage and habitat traits.
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Odist Episcopal Church
O. FI. Fitzgerald
Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Church North
Memphis
Mortimer O'Connell
Phoenix Association of Railroad
Knights of Labor
John N. Parsons
Boy With X Ray
Allie M'Donald
Utah’s
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