Gypsy Smith to Lead Winona Bible Conference
Winona Lake Indiana April 12 The Winona Bible conference plans a bigger event with Gypsy Smith presiding replacing Dr J Wilbur Chapman. A new 12000 seat auditorium funded by Billy Sunday allows reserved seating for ministers and a shorter schedule with four morning and evening sessions and afternoon programs. Noted English and American speakers including Dr John Thomas Jowett Dr Watkinson Rev H C Jamson Rev P A Baker and Gov R B Glenn will address topics on temperance religion and social issues from Aug 1 to Aug 7 with Char Drummond successor and Rev George Stuart leading the organizing effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Ind
Winona Bible Conference
J. Wilbur Chapman
Gypsy Smith
Billy Sunday
Dr. Chapman
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Albert J. Beveridge
A. K. Hackett
Fort Wayne
Webb Johnson
South Bend
W. E. Biederwolf
Monticello
Ernest W. Naftzger
Muncie
W. H. Moorehead
Xenia
John Converse
Philadelphia
John Thomas
Liverpool
England
Thomas
Watkinson
Winona
J. H. Jowett
Birmingham
National Free Church of Great Britain
American Sunday School Times
Henry Drummond
Thomas White Simpson
Edinburgh
Glasgow University
University of Edinburgh
Robert Coyle
Denver
Gunsaulus
Newell Dwight Hivis
Brooklyn
Ira Landrith
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Francis J. McConnell
de Pauw University
Zenus
McCormick Theological Seminary
Mullins
Louisville Seminary
Charles Scove
North Carolina
Mr. Stuart
D. Sullins
Cleveland, Tenn
Len G. Broughton
Atlanta
Glenn
H. C. Jamson
Cincinnati
P. A. Baker
Columbus
Jack
P. A. Cool
Buffalo
N. Y
Seaborn Wright
Rome
Aaron Watkins
Ada
Oliver Stuart
Chicago
San Antonio
Tex
George Stuart
Stuart
BH. O. Excell
South
Robert EB. Clay
Virginia
Clinton Howard
Rochester
Howard
James
Tate
Revolution in Constantinople intensifies Turkish politics
An editor was killed as he entered his office and a government official was wounded amid violent protests in Constantinople. The Young Turks or committee of union and progress dominate the cabinet, provoking street clashes and parliamentary interpellations as Kiamil Pasha is forced out and Hilmi Pasha becomes grand vizier.
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Serbesti
Committee of Union and Progress
Young Turks
Chamber
Turkey
Hilmi Pasha
Kiamil Pasha
Interior
Macedonia
Ali Riza Pasha
Young Turks Party
Austria Hungary
Bulgaria
Kiam! Pasha
Storm wrecks homes and injures residents in rolling mills district
Severe winds toppled two houses and a barn near the interurban tracks injuring Mrs. Brown who was preparing for bed. Families sought safety with relatives as wires and power systems were damaged. Streetcars faced gusts. telegraph and telephone crews rushed repairs. Ed Whitmore and George Overhulser among the affected residents as damage spread to utilities.
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Ed Whitmore
George Overhulser
Traction Company
Telegraph and
Telephone Companies
Rolling Mills
John Brown
Brown
George Connett
George Connett, Where They Remained During the Night and Mrs. Brown
del Rogers
Damaging Storm Strikes Liberty Mills Area and Surroundings
Report from Liberty Mills area describes a severe wind event killing livestock, shattering homes and barns, toppling poles and breaking wires. The Home Telephone system notes far lighter damage than a year ago, while local Bell lines suffer outages but remain largely functional. A fire sparked by wind damaged a Roanoke area home, with $3,000 loss.
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Liberty Mills
Home Company
Home Telephone Company
George T. Fox
Hitnels
New Haven
H. L. Taylor
Logansport
Anderson
Huntington
Mcluffton
Milton Dennis
Aboit Township
Springer
A. L
C. M. Huss
Here
H. C. Rockhill
Nelson
Wayne Streets
Alerich Wickliffe
Roanoke
Two Big Fires rage in Rochester as flames near homes
Fire sweeps the Palmer lumber yard near Harrison street and a second blaze in Rochester’s north area threatens more houses. Mayor Edgerton orders militia to police the burning district as residents evacuate and a missing girl is reported. A woman goes insane from fear and is hospitalized. Dynamite is considered to stem the flames amid a hurricane gale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Lumber Yard
Harrison Street
Edgerton
Palmer
Stillson Street
State Hospital
Syracuse Sends Aid To Rochester Fire
Syracuse New Jersey April 13 Assistant Fire Chief Charlies Coombs led two fire engines two hose wagons and thirty six men to aid the Rochester fire as the second section of the Empire State Express departed at 2 29 p m.
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Syracuse
N. J
Charlies Coombs
Rochester
Empire State Express
Life’s Work Ended for Chas E Woodworth
Obituary notes Charley Woodworth as a popular, trusted citizen and former Fifth Ward city council member. He served on Indiana’s first state Board of Pharmacy and was respected by the drug fraternity. He married Lura Elizabeth Case in 1873. she died fifteen months earlier.
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Charley” Woodworth
Indiana State Board of Pharmacy
Woodworth
Mount
Governor Mount
Hanly
Lura Elizabeth Case
Victoria
Tex
Mnon Hs
Death toll deepens as Woodworth mourns wife and husband
Grief over the wife’s death is noted as hastening the husband’s passing. Surviving sons Benjamin Woodworth, 8, and Carl Bradshaw Woodworth, a mechanical engineer and B and O railroad foreman in South Chicago. Other relatives include four sisters and Fort Wayne residents. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm from the residence under Scottish Rite Masonic auspices. Interment Lindenwood with pallbearers Judge Walter Olds and others. Fort Wayne druggists will close 2 to 4 pm in memory of Charles B. Woodworth.
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Benjamin
Scottish Rite Masons
Lindenwood
Walter Olds
Charles S. Bush
R. P. White
G. A. Rabus
Stephen Morris
W. P. Cooper
Woodworth
Charles B. Woodworth
Fort Wayne
Association of Retail Pharmacists
Druggists’ Association
Getting ready for aeronautics at Fort Myer
Washington reports Fort Myer gears up for aerial tests as the signal corps prepares for the upcoming season. Balloons and the Baldwin dirigible are to be overhauled, Wright brothers contracts linger, and Orville Wright plans endurance and speed flights once recovered.
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Washington
Fort Myer
Signal Corps of the Army
Thomas E. Selfridge
Wright
Orville Wright
Fort Wood
Aeronautical Division
The
Signal Corps
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Rome
A. M. Herring
New York
Glenn H. Curtiss
Aerial Experiment Association
Aeronautics
Frank P. Lahm
Benjamin D. Foulers
Preparations for the Frankfort International Aeronautic Exhibition
Berlin reports rapid progress toward the Frankfort air show set for next July. Rigid and non rigid dirigibles, aeroplanes, and spherical balloons will display and visitors may ride airships from the grounds. The sixty day event features races and military style contests with an aero velodrome for trials. The Zeppelin and Parseval airships will fly to Frankfort with Rhine excursions. Wireless and carrier pigeons will handle exhibition communications with many prizes offered.
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Berlin
Frankfort
Rhine
Sorrow in Romany Queen’s Funeral Draws Large Crowd
Cincinnati on April 13 reports the funeral of Romani Queen Mary Gorman wife of James Gorman king of the Romani. Romani camps from across the country attended the service which began Saturday evening and ended early Sunday. The queen died November 6 1908 in Pittsburg Kansas and was buried at St Joseph’s cemetery. About sixty Romani people from all tribes gathered in Cumminsville and rode to the cemetery where Father Hickey of St Patrick’s church presided at the grave.
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Cincinnati
Mary Gorman
James Gorman
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Pittsburg
Kaw
Mill Creek Valley
Cumminsville
Father Hickey
St. Patwick’s’ Church
Wind Storm Devastates Indiana Counties
An April 7 storm swept across southwest to northeast Indiana with tornado force, damaging Miami Wabash Huntington Allen Whitley Noble DeKalb counties. Barns were leveled houses and factories unroofed outhouses blown away fences toppled. Livestock perished. in Albion William Shell died trapped in a collapsed house.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Miami
Wabash
Huntington
Allen
Whitley
Noble
DeKalb
Peru
Fort Wayne
Albion
William Shellhouse
Wabash Suffers Severe Cyclone Damage and Casualties
A cyclone struck Wabash Indiana at 8 PM injuring many and causing extensive destruction. Dozens of homes wrecked including an entire second story torn from a dwelling. Mrs James Hayes and four children trapped and burned, likely to die. William Shepherd family rescued from ruins. Telegraph lines down, city dark all night, floods and washed bridges left streets impassable.
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Wabash
Ind
James Hayes
William Shepherd
Will Haines
Cyclone Strikes Peru Indiana Destroys Factories Schools
A cyclone hit Peru on April 7 at night causing destruction to four factories, several school buildings and numerous small structures. Samuel Corner was trapped under debris from his collapsed house with three broken ribs a fractured arm and internal injuries but may recover.
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Peru
Ind
Samuel Corner
Toledo Hurricane Triggers Widespread Damage and Job Loss
A Toledo region hurricane with sixty mile per hour winds causes hundreds of workers to lose jobs as the Massilon Bridge plant roof is ripped off and hurled away. Pedestrians suffer injuries from falling signs and debris while many houses take lightning hits. no fatalities are reported.
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Toledo
Massilon Bridge Company
Gompers Plans European Labor Study Trip
President Samuel Gompers told the American Federation of Labor executive council he may sail June 23 from New York aboard the Baltic to visit England Germany France Sweden and Italy to study labor conditions. Rome visit accepted after invitation. Funds for the federation's legal defense in Bucks Store case secured, avoiding a 1 percent monthly member assessment.
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Washington
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Europe
Gompers
New York
Baltic
England
Germany
France
Sweden
Italy
Commissioner General of Immigration
Rome
Federation
Bucks Store and Range Company
St. Louis
Reforms for Africa Heat up in Angola Labor Clampdown
Lisbon on April 13 reports the government will adopt a higher inspection system in Angola to end enforced labor on cocoa plantations. Officials say conditions have resembled slavery and require strict oversight to reform labor practices in West Africa.
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Lisbon
Angola
West Africa
Juror Stamp Purchase In Hotel Sparks Perjury Probe
In Huntington a confession by Clarence Omo tied to perjury claims in the Miller Stout Baker trials. Prosecutor A E Thomas notes a hotel lobby stamp purchase by a juror as an isolated act. defense argues it could influence jurors. Omo confessed anew and will be used in Baker’s new trial bid. Judge Erwin awaits next steps amid appeals and potential recourse to Judge O Rourke.
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Clarence Omo
Herman Miller
John Stout
John Baker
Marshal Columbus Cray
Woodburn
Huntington
A. E. Thomas
Omo
Main Street
Croy
Clayton Lindemuth
Thomas
J. M. Robinson
Miller
Baker
Erwin
Hartford City
Stout
O'Rourke
LaDuke
May Wheat Sets New High Record On Opening
Wheat futures for May July and September hit new highs at the Chicago board of trade opening. May wheat rose to 1.27 1.28 as a man with large holdings in wheat and paper wheat pressures the market. July touched 1.173 September 1.09 amid worldwide shortage beliefs and favorable weather in winter wheat belts cited.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Shorts
Liverpool
Ennis & Stoppani
New York
German grain dealers anxious over U S wheat market
Berlin reports growing concern among German grain dealers about the U S wheat situation. Argentine wheat on the spot rose four marks a ton, with May delivery up three, July up four, and September up 2.50 marks as the market remained very active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
America
Indiana Debtor 10 Uncle Sam For a Million
Washington reports Representative Victor Murdock of Kansas says the treasury surplus loan of 28 million dollars funded Indiana in 1837. Deputy Auditor John Reed disputes Indiana’s receipt of 860,254.44 and a formal pledge pledged the state to repay the funds.
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Washington
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Secretary of the Treasury
Murdock
Treasury
John Reed
Indiana
Reed
Lawrenceburg
New Albany
Madison
N. B. Palmer
Sam Merrill
Jacob B. McChesney
Palmer
United States
Congress
Kentucky
Surprise party honors Amos Springer for 21st birthday
Amos Springer son of Mr and Mrs Fred Springer near Sheldon was honored at a surprise April 10 party with over sixty guests. The event marked his twenty first birthday and guests later recalled the evening as unusually pleasant. Reverend E A Bunner officiated a Faster day wedding for Frieda Smith and Frank Brown at the Smith home in LaOtto. A noon ceremony followed by a repast, with attendees including Hosie Laneger Jay Shurtlief Charles Zuckerman Lloyd Brown Lettie Kumlauf Anna Bunting and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Springer
Fred Springer
Sheldon
Ossian
E. A. Bunner
Frieda Smith
Frank Brown
Leroy Smith
LaOtto
Hosie Laneger
Jay Shurtlief
Charles Zuckerman
Peru Shaken by Earthquake and Dense Fog
A severe earthquake struck Lima at 8 05 yesterday morning with east west movement and subterranean rumblings. Dense fog and clouds of dust accompanied the tremor, several building cornices fell, clocks stopped, and the quake was felt in Callao Barranco and Chorrillos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Callao
Barranco
Chorrillos
Marriage of Wealthy 76 and 22 in Wichita
George Harmon aged 76 married Grace Dawson aged 22 in Wichita Kansas on April 13. Harmon, a widower, says he marries to legally dispose of his wealth and to allow her to receive it without future legal complications.
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Wichita
Kan
George Harmon
Grace Dawson
Mr. Harmon
Blockaded by April Snow Blocks Moffat Road Trail
Denver April 13 blockage grips the Denver Northwestern and Pacific Moffat Road as mid April snow drifts halt east bound passenger service. Two rotary plows fail to breach a solid ice like drift twenty feet deep near Har? on the Continental Divide. Workers labor to break the impasse and restore traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Buck
Northwestern
Pacific
Moffat Road
Har
Divide
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Chapman
William Covert
Palestine
Covert
Senator Beveridge
Roberts
Winona Temperance Conference
Sam Jones
Temperance
Constantinople
Chas.e. Woodworth
War Department
Reforms For Africa
Chicago Board
Price
State
Brown—Smith
Colorado
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