Epworth League Opens Annual Meeting in Frisco
The Epworth League convened its annual meeting on Thursday July 18 in San Francisco with ideal weather and a record audience of about 15 000 at Mechanics Pavilion. Delegates filled every seat as eastern delegates arrived for the introductory ceremonies and morning communion was held in three large churches. Rev Thomas Filben of Pacific Grove called the convention to order amid a packed auditorium and a focus on foreign mission work.
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San Francisco
Epworth League
Mechanics’ Pavilion
League
Apaakers
United States
Thomas Filben
Pacific Grove
Steyn Reitz Letters Reveal Hopeful War Talk
Captured correspondence between Steyn and Reitz published from Lindsay July 11 shows May 10 notes of a Transvaal meeting with Botha Vilejoan and Monts weighing national crisis. Steyn replies May 15 urging resolve, arguing ammunition remains and European intervention may bring fortune, while questioning prospects for two small republics against Britain.
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Reitz Ie
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Reitz
Steyn
Lindsay
Transvaal
Botha
Vilejoan
Monts
Bruthers
Kruger
Great Britain
Europe
Cargo ship Commodore Allen burns off Sandy Hook
The full rigged ship Commodore T. A. Allen outward bound with 80,000 cases of oil for Hong Kong was found aground and on fire near Sandy Hook. Tugboats and fireboats battled the blaze as the crew were rescued. The cargo valued at 76400 dollars, and the vessel sank in seven fathoms of water.
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T. H. Alen Luss
Sandy Hook
New York
T. A. Allen
Hong Kong
Hook
Allen
Villa
FATAL RIOTS IN SARGOSSA CONTINUE
Religious processions banned as Thursday clashes between Catholics and freethinkers in Sargossa Spain leave over 900 shots fired and twelve of forty five wounded expected to die. Demonstrators assaulted convents and bombarded Santa dues gates on Wednesday.
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Sargossa
Spain
Santa Dues
Turkish Education Policy Sparks Public Outcry Abroad
A garbled report claims the Turkish government bans Turkish children from attending foreign schools and prohibits Christian teachers in Turkish schools. It also mentions restrictions on Turkish women in public spaces, allegedly requiring Christian chaperones.
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Bes
Schlatter Arrested After Disturbance at Central Union
Francis Schlatter known as the divine bowler was arrested Thursday on vagrancy charges by Central Union mission authorities for crusting disturbance in mission rooms. He faces examination into his mental condition as part of the case. Russians Want Mines report notes Belgians negotiating to buy Kat Pyxung collieries in Chino.
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Schlatter
Francis Schlatter
Central Union Mission
Shanghai
Chino
Davide
poWels
Morgan Nanes Directors Vacancies in Northern Pacific Board
Official notice released Wednesday July 11 naming James J Hill Harriman Samuel Rea and others to fill vacancies on the Northern Pacific Railway board. Morgan’s letter to J P Morgan Co Kuhn Loeb Harriman and Hill outlines a plan to form a balanced slate and promote harmony among the joint lines.
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Northern Pacific Board
New York
Moron
James J. Hill
D. Harriman
Walliam Rockefellar
Hh. Mek
Twombly
Samual Rea
Northern Pacific Railway
Mr. Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Kuhn, Looh &Co
E. W. Harriman
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
James J. Hin
Great Northern
E. Harrimnan
Union Pacific Railroad
W. KE. Boadefeller
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
H. McK. Twombly
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Wm. K. Vanderbilt
Youra
Pierpont Morgan
Golden Rule Jones Fined For Contempt In Police Court
Samuel M. Jones known as the Golden Rule mayor of Telxao Ohio was fined five dollars and costs for contempt of court after interrupting proceedings while a prisoner was being tried He asked to question the prisoner about a bank account and examined the prisoner’s hands prompting the judge to assess the contempt fine and jailers failed to deter him.
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Jones
Toledo
Telxao
Ohio
Samuel M. Jones
Wathenheimer
Schreiner Brother Denies Olive Held Prisoner
Theophilus Schreiner, Olive Schreiner’s brother, refutes sensational reports that she is prisoner in South Africa. He states Olive and her husband Cronwright live in Hanover, Cape Colony, where she is free within the military cordon under martial law.
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Olive Schreiner
London
Theophilus Schreiner
Olive Nehreiner
South African Association
Ouida
Louise de la Ramee
South Africa
London Daily News
Hanover
Cape Colony
Never Was A Cadet Craven Never Entered Naval Academy
New York reports claimed Henry Smith Craven, grandson of Rear Admiral Craven, was committed to Bloomingdale Lunatic Asylum after alleged mistreatment at Annapolis. Navy records show he was appointed in 1908 but, due to a physical condition, never actually entered the academy.
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Young Craven
Mater Naval Academy
New York
Henry Smith Craven
Craven
U.S .N
Bloomingdale Lunatic Asylum
Ingane
Annapolis Naval Academy
Navy Department
Northwestern Returns to Chicago After 84 Day Voyage
The steamship Northwestern, first regular trip from Chicago to Europe, arrived amid loud whistle salutes. The round trip lasted 84 days, with plans to shorten duration on future voyages. The vessel remained in good condition despite April ice encounters.
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Northwestern
Chicago
Catcanvo
Europe
Clark's Rumored Inves tment in Copper Mines
Rumor from Moscow says W A Clark of Montana during his European tour visited St Petersburg and Moscow incognito with an unnamed count and invested 1,000,000 roubles in Ural copper mines. British losses: a South African casualty report notes July events near Alwai North, with seven killed and seventeen wounded including two officers.
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Clark
Sv. Peretisacne
Moscow
W. A. Clark
Blontana
Europe
SL. Petersburg
Ural
Zuur- Vlatie
Alwai North
Prospects Grow Darker in Indemnity Talks
Ministers of the powers warn that prospects of a final accord are dimming over indemnity terms. A July 4 meeting produced a provisional scheme, but Britain and Russia clash on payment details, delaying progress as Li Jiang Chang presses for a complete plan while China awaits definite requirements. News reports of delay blamed on governments, not ministers.
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Poekio
Trewin
Great Britain
Russia
Nautral
Li Jiang Chang
China
Accuaalions
Railway Bridge Collapse Kills Ten Men Near Sprinor iey Pa
A Nickel Plate railroad bridge at Crooked Creek near Sprinor iey collapsed killing ten men and injuring several during a June 11 accident. Three freight cars loaded with stone toppled into the ravine as workers and a bridge gang fled. A relief train rushed from Connellsville with physicians to treat the wounded.
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Sprinoriely
Thhrada
Nickel Plate
Crooked Creek
Pension Business Shows Rapid Deaths Among Veterans
Reports to Commissioner Evans reveal the pension office activity for the year ended June 10. Expenditures rose to 158,531,194, an excess over 1900 of 69,384. The pension roll grew by 4,035 to 978,834 names with 88,082 deaths in 1901. Span ish American War claims totaled 45,710 with 7,036 allowed and 7,059 rejected.
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Wasiixwron
Evans
Pension Bureau
Pension
Hao
Picketing Prevented by Chicago Police near Steel Gates
Striking workers of United States Steel Corporation face court-backed measures as Chicago police bar gatherings of miners near the Illinois Steel Company gates. The action follows recent judicial rulings on picketing and enforces limits on protest at the plant.
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Cnireag
United States Steal Corporation
Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
Market Quotations Across Cities in Grain and Livestock
A dense market snapshot lists prices for cattle hogs and sheep, plus grain bids. Prices vary by region for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes, with multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee and Buffalo reporting commodities trading ranges and outcomes.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Ehwice
St. Lewis
Cathle
Detroit
Cory
Selluy
Toledo
SUNY
Examiners Charge Lafayette Young With Overpayment In State Funds
Report by state examiners accuses Lafayette Young, former state binder, of overpaying nearly $5,000 in two weeks due to misapplied reports and legal misunderstandings. He was given two days to present evidence. The audit also criticizes oil inspector expenses and questions health board authority, recommending physician fees to fund the board. The council set next year’s taxes at 2.7 mills plus 0.1 mill for the university and agricultural college, yielding about $1.5 million.
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Lafayette Young Wan
Secretary of State
State Board of Health
State University and Agricultural College
Murder mystery surrounds Marshalltown railroad death
Henry Knutson, a Northwestern section hand, was found dead in Marshalltown rail yard. Initially believed killed by a train, investigators now suspect robbery and murder after he had over $100 the previous day and only $2.76 found on his body. No blood on the engine or along the track. Two deep head wounds suggest a blunt instrument.
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Marshalltown
Henry Knutson
Knutson
Northwestern Section
Northwestern
Legrand
Iowa Sportsmen rally to protect game in August
Funds are being raised in Davenport Boone Calhoun County Mason City and other places to hire wardens who will prosecute out of season hunting of prairie chickens and ducks before September. George A Lincoln state fish and game warden supports the effort and seeks tips on violations to curb illegal hunting statewide.
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Davenport
Boona
Calhoun County
Mason City
George A. Lincoln
Father saves Des Moines girls from drowning at Lake Okoboji
Ruth McQuaid aged 22 and Wussie McQuaid aged 18 nearly drowned when they fell from a raft on Lake Okoboji. Father W V McQuaid heard screams and paddled in, diving to recover both girls while George Dimmitt helped pull the first to shore. Both girls were unconscious but revived after strenuous efforts.
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Des Moines
Lake Okoboji
W. V. McQuaid
Toyo
Lake Okonoji
Ruth McQuaid
Wussie
McQuaid
George Dimmitt
Crime on the decrease in Iowa board report
Iowa board of corrections data claims crime is down due to fewer convictions and more insanity admissions. Over two years the number of insane in state hospitals rose by 41, with county and private facilities also reporting increases. No clear reason is given for the surge. Livy Scott died Friday. Arthur Reinstead killed in a Minneapolis factory accident. Farmer James Getting sunstruck near Mapleton, hospitalized but recovering.
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Iowa
Livy
Reinstead
Albaton
Aminneapolis
Minn
Arthur Reinstead
Arthur
Iowa Weather
Crty Bareau
Serenge
Wasedom
Moada Numaher
Independence Race Meeting Ends in Silence and Farewell
July races are canceled at Independence and the Driving Club will not host further meetings. The famed track faces closure. Lyon County Normal Institute’s twenty second annual session is announced to run July 22 to August 10 at the Rock Rounds high school building under Superintendent Gymasel.
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Independence
Independences Driving Club
You County Normal
Lyon County Normal Amtidite Aid Norimal Review School
Superiintendent Gymasel
Nigh Salinol
Special Train Brings Doctor for Fort Dodge Girl
The Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad ran a 190 mile special train at no cost to bring the old family doctor from Mason City to Fort Dodge to aid ailing daughter of Master Mechanic Gibbs. The request followed a plea from the father as the girl fought appendicitis. The train departed Hagle Grove, reached Mason City, then returned with the physician in hours, reportedly saving the child's life.
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Fort Dou Re
Ya Sayed
Mason City
Fort Doge
Gibbs
Fort Dodge
Victim of Toy Rifle Dies in Farm Community
Five year old Lola Myers, daughter of Mr and Mrs W Myers, died at Connell Bluffs Woman's Christian Association hospital from a bullet wound. The child was wounded by a playmate visiting the family as he fired an all caliber rifle at her. She exited the house to join him when he warned of a shot and the rifle discharged, striking her in the abdomen. The bullet pierced the intestines in multiple places before death.
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Lola
W. Myers
Missouri Valley
Woman’s Christian Association
Conncll Bluffs
Myers
Governor Shaw's Western Outing With Family
Gov Shaw and his family leave Tuesday for a two week trip to Yellowstone Park. He will return in time to decide the price dispute on state binding during Lafayette Young's term, with Young presenting his case and the attorney general issuing a legal opinion on potential recovery for alleged overcharges.
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Stone Park
Shaw
Yellowstone Park
Lafayette Young
Executive Council
Young
Audubon Man Drowns in Wall Lake
Nels Sorenson of Audubon drowned on Wall Lake while crossing with Rasmus Rasmussen and Jens Kelgore. Their small boat filled with water and sank in about fifteen feet. Rasmussen swam to shore. Kelgore freed himself and was saved. Sorenson's body had not been recovered.
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Audubon
Nels Sorenson
Wall Lake
Rasmus Rasmussen
Jens Kelgore
Rasmussen
Kelgore
Sorenson
Thlea
Two Bicyclists Arrested For Hotel Bill Dodging
Two men claiming Omaha to Sioux City route were halted at Sloan after leaving a hotel in Onawa unpaid. Marshal Cady alerted Sloan. Sheriff Strand settled the $7.50 front bill before releasing them. Pearl finds boost Lansing fisheries and Mrs. Fillmore Ferrow on Round Island reported a record gem weighing about a quarter ounce.
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Omaha
Sioux City
Sloan
Onawa
Marshal Cady
Tansing
Lansing
Fillmore Ferrow
Round Island
Veterans vow limited turnout for encampment in Cleveland
Commander George Meizgar of the Department of Iowa L A I reports from Des Moines that Iowa veterans have not secured reduced rates for the national encampment in Cleveland Ohio. Unless railroad rates are granted soon only a few Lowans will attend.
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George 14. Meizgar
Department of Iowa,i. A. L
Des Moines
G. A
Iowa
Cleveland
Ohio
Suit for Big Damages Over Platform Fall
Depositions were taken Wednesday at Mondamin in the case of Miss Luella Picketing versus Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company for injuries from falling off a platform. The action seeks heavy damages and the trial is expected at the next term of the Monona County district court.
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Monudanin
Luella
Sioux City
Des Moines Plans Move to Consolidate Public Utilities
Rumor says AL L. Clinite secured options in several Des Moines plants as part of forming a company to take over all public utilities in the city and run them under a single management.
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Ice Trust
Des Moines
Ies
AL L. Clinite
Man Arrested After Crescent City Land Dispute
George Morrison was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to kill following a land dispute near Crescent City in which he allegedly fractured Delvert Quiver's jaw and injured him with an axe. The incident also reports a blow to a youth named Cacver.
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Averetol
Crescent City
George Morrison
Delvert Quiver
Morrison
Cacver
Chautauqua Tea Failure Ends After Six-Year Run
Des Moines Chautauqua management declares the assembly, which closed a portion of the week, will be the last. The six year old association saw most assaults unpaid. only two events covered expenses, the first and last year. Proceeds from Needy Boers work praised by Shaw who Tuesday issued a proclamation endorsing Boer representation efforts. A separate report notes a trap rider on the Chicago and Northwestern near Ida Grove escaped death, his face badly mutilated but not fatally. In another incident, Henry Walters, a German farmer northeast of Lull, was struck by lightning and killed while closing his barn door during a thunderstorm.
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Chautauqua Tea Pailure
Chautauqua
Des Moines
Flurt
No. 32
Chicago
Northwestern
Ida Grove
Henry Waiters
Lull
Walters
Youseut
White
State board cost report cites rise in institution outlays
The second biennial cost report shows 1901 expenditures for state institutions at 2,107,906 from general funds, up from 1899 at 2,144,619. Increases reflect rising prices and a larger inmate count, despite Knoxville institution closure. New building costs were 183,987 last period, 452,353 in 1899, and 1,148,126 for 1898.
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State Board of Control
Knoxville
Steel strike expands across Amalgamated mills in Pittsburgh area
Nearly 100000 steel workers, across American Steel Company American Steel Hoop Company and American Tin Plate Company plants, walk out amid wage-structure dispute over recognition. Painter and Lindsay McCutcheon plants idle as Union eyes broader action. President Shaffer asserts no wheel turns until settlement. Also Chicago iron molders strike for $8 minimum, affecting moldings departments in many shops.
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Amal Garoated Association
Tim Plate
Unite States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Pittsburg
Steel Trust
American Steel Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American Tin Plat Company
Combine
I Willy
Painter
Steel Hoop Company
Amalgamated
Shaffer Sais
N Association
Is Education Bad for Women Says Dr Nall and Lath
News notes reveal Dr Nall argues education harms motherhood while Dr Lath counters it elevates women to equal cultivation with men. Col Parker counters with fears of foreign influence and loss of traditional roles. Telegraphic items include July 4 injuries and local curiosities about turtles and a California man with exotic pets.
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Nall
G. Stanley Halk
Clank University
Council of Education
Norman
Col
Flow. Parker
Chicago
Parker
Germany
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