Amador Mining Venture Declared Worthless After Probe
Chicago reports that the Amador Mining and Developing Co of Montana, a $10 million firm with Chicago headquarters, has failed. Stockholders, about 1,400, received notices that the copper gold mine where $650,000 was sunk is worthless. only five cars of ore ever produced in six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Amador Mining and Developing Company
Montana
Pittsburg
Boston
William Surman
Carlinville
George Lill
Robert M. Mahler
T. D. Fuller
Mackinnon
Mr. Lili
F. Cushing Moore
Wallace
Idaho
Amador
United Brethren Hold International Missionary Conference
At Andersen Indiana May 27 the annual international joint conference of United Brethren missionary societies opened with bishops Matthews Bell Carter Mills among attendees. Reports covered Africa Porto Rico and Japan. notes recalled 1854 first joint session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Funk
Freetown
Africa
United Brethren Church
Albert Academy
Porto Rico
Cruz
S. F. Hough
C. M. Benson
Carter
Foreign Missionary Society
Japan
Howard
Mills
Flickinger
Shuey, Garst
J. G. Baldwin
Ohio
Missionary Societies
Editor Karl Gerner Resigns Township Assessor Post
Waterloo Indiana May 28 Editor Karl Gerner of the Waterloo Dawn says he has finished a term as Grant township assessor. In this issue he prints No more Thank You expressing relief at ending the duties. He notes two years of service began after Auditor Shook appointed him to fill a vacancy and declares he has had enough of the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Ind
Karl Gerner
Waterloo Dawn
A Newspaper Leader Voices Caution on Tax Assessor Duties
The editorial laments public deceit in tax assessments and condemns bribery and evasive conduct. It argues that farmers are often more honest than townspeople while warning that public office corrupts the conscience and urges the paper to stay out of politics.
Wheat Harvest Likely By June As Crops Rally
Reports from Indiana and elsewhere indicate a bumper year with wheat heading and ready for cutting by mid June. Farmers completed spring plowing, two thirds planted, oats up and corn up about ten percent, while peach crops in Georgia and Michigan look favorable for canning and market handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gar Creek
Indiana
Michigan
Atlanta
Georgia Peach Growers’ Association
Georgia
California
General Stephen D. Lee Dies at Home in Mississippi
General Stephen D. Lee commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans died at his Columbus Mississippi home after a brief illness following a reunion event in Vicksburg. He was among the last surviving Confederate lieutenant generals and led the organization at reunions and in Vicksburg National Military Park duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Miss
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
W. T. Rigby
Iowa
Wisconsin
Lee
A. P. Stewart
Chattanooga
South Carolina
United States Military Academy
West Point
United States Army
Confederacy
Virginia
Antietam
Southwest
Army of the Tennessee
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
General Gordon
John B. Gordon
Birmingham
United States
Vicksburg National Military Park
General Lee
Columbus
Uil King Funds for Great Hospital Planned Near Rockefeller Institute
New York reports tentative plans for a large hospital tied to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. John D. Rockefeller approves and may fund the project when practicable. The hospital will treat obscure chronic diseases and provide material for observation, while remaining distinct from the institute. Mrs. Amelia Bonewitz, 94, of North Manchester, located in Wabash county dime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
John D. Rockefeller
Amelia Bonewitz
North Manchester
Wabash ‘County
Cooke Appeal Rejected by Methodist Conference
Baltimore May 28 Rev George A Cooke appeal against Bishop Moore in charges against Chancellor J R Day of Syracuse University was dismissed by the general conference judiciary committee. The San Francisco church needs fund report was adopted with $49,000 raised of a $250,000 goal as delegates heard an appeal for donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Geo. A. Cooke
David H. Moore
Cooke
J. R. Day
Syracuse University
Judiciary Committee
General Conference
M. E. Church
Day
New York
Roosevelt
Moore
San Francisco
United Brethren Meeting Likely to Split Sessions Next Year
In Anderson Indiana on May 28 officials signaled that the Woman's Missionary Association and the Foreign Missionary Society will not hold a joint international session next year. Akron Ohio is favored for the Woman's Association meeting with the Foreign Missionary Society yet to decide. The reports show a $8,000 deficit and 547 local societies with 13,435 members, including 110 new groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Associations
B. F. Witt
Dayton
Ohio
Great Loss of Life Reported From China
Victoria B C May 28 The Shinonno brings news of a typhoon at Hankow following a deadly freshet that wiped out over a thousand junks and many steamers on the Kan river. The Wu Sang ran ashore Kiang Foo and other vessels damaged shores littered with river corpses. Hundreds saved before Shanghai. A coal mine fire in Kwang Sa killed about 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Kwang Sa
Paul R McCann Named Assistant for Anthony Hotel
Architect C R Weatherhogg appoints Paul R McCann assistant superintendent of construction on the Anthony hotel project. McCann supervised foundations and will inspect all materials, reporting daily on progress as iron setters lift derricks to the second story and add further stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. McCann
Hotel
Anthony
C. R. Weatherhogg
Anthony Hotel
Mr. McCann
McCann
Knights Templar Decorate Graves at Lindenwood Cemetery
In observance of Ascension Day the Knights Templar visited Lindenwood Cemetery placing a potted plant cut flowers and an evergreen cross on each grave. About one hundred graves were decorated. A service was held in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
Ft. Wayne
Lindenwood Cemetery
Knight Templar
Governor Hanly’s Raid On French Lick Foiled by Leak
Special to The Sentinel Indianapolis May 28 The governor and attorney general planned a raid on the French Lick casino but it was tipped off. Officers found the rooms closed and all gambling devices removed. The raid was postponed and an investigation of the leak will be conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sentinel
Indianapolis
Ind
Hanly
French Lick
Bingham
Indiana Governor and AG raid gambling houses in French Lick
Police in plain clothes and named citizens raided gambling venues led by Governor Hanly and Attorney General Bingham. A warning from Indianapolis prompted immediate closure and removal of equipment, but last night nothing illegal was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Lick
Ind
Hanly
Bingham
Indianapolis
Temperance gains cited in Presbyterian report on saloon ban
A Presbyterian church report details that eight million six hundred thousand people were freed from saloons last year, with seven prohibition states totaling over ten million residents and 27 million more in other prohibition areas. It notes legislatures in session passed unfavorable liquor laws. major cities including Kansas City Kansas, Atlanta, Birmingham, and Worcester report saloon bans with many more towns following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United States
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church of the United
Ala
Worcester
Mass
A Great Corn Crop Promises In Indiana
Indianapolis notes that if weather stays decent the state will likely have a record corn crop. Reports from seventy counties show intended acreage planted and farmers ready to harvest hay and wheat and proceed with corn cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Illness Tells At Hof Brau Manager in Front of Restaurant
Henry Wiebke seventy at Hof Brau restaurant suffered a sudden illness while standing before the business run by his son. He was taken to his home in a carriage. Doctors consider the episode serious and grave consequences are feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wiebke
Ina
Wiebke
Next Assembly to Be Held in Denver
Denver was selected for next year’s general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States after a near unanimous vote. Seattle withdrew, and Denver won with one voice. A rule sets the assembly date on the third Thursday in May each year. Oklahoma City withdrew from the contest. The report of the bills and overtures committee was presented, outlining its role in approving board appropriations and resolving unsettled presbyteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Denver
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
Seattle
Oklahoma City
M. E. Conference in Baltimore Reorganizes Board
The M. E. general conference in Baltimore considers constituting a 71 member board for home missions and church extension. It disbands the district boards and sets representation rules including bishops, a secretary, 2 district reps, and 15 managers elected by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
General Conference
M. E. Church
Board of
Church Extension and Home Missions
General Conference On Home Missions and Church Extension
Board of Bishops
Board of Managers
Boards of Home Missions and
Church Extension
Presbyterians Plan Delegation to National Prohibition Meeting
In Pittsburg on May 29 the United Presbyterian general assembly agreed to send a delegation to the next National Prohibition League convention. The temperance committee urged restoring temperance Sabbath to the fourth Sunday in November and denounced legalized drinking, while calling for Bible instruction in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Anti-Saloon League of America
United Presbyterian General Assembly
League
Committee On Temperance
Lake Erie Train Wreck Near Tyner Ind
Lake Erie and Western passenger train No 21 wrecked near Tyner north of Plymouth Michigan City Ind after a washout. Engine left track and toppled. baggage car on locomotive. Fireman Perry Johnson badly scalded. engineer Harvey Williams escaped. Reece Hendrick slightly hurt. Johnson believed fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Lake Erie and Western
Indianapolis
Tyner
Plymouth
Perry Johnson
Peru
Harvey Williams
Reece Hendrick
Johnson
Fireman Johnson Dies After Michigan City Wreck
Peru Indiana May 29 Fireman Perry Johnson died this afternoon from injuries suffered in the wreck of the Lake Erie and Western passenger train near Michigan City as he was being rushed to a hospital Engineer Harvey Williams was badly scalded but expected to recover
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Perry Johnson
Lake Erie and Western
Michigan City
Harvey Williams
Woman Sent to Van Wert in Desertion Case
Callie E. Foyt was moved to Van Wert after a circuit court case for deserting her two boys was dismissed. The boys, formerly at the Home Mission, were sent to the orphan’s home due to their mother’s lack of means. Her relatives would not receive them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callie E. Foyt
van Wert
Rether
Will of Old Man Snell Set Aside by Jury
Clinton May 29 the Snell will case jury set aside Col Thomas Snell's will ruling him insane at the time of execution Richard Snell inherits one half of the 1.5 million dollar estate others get the remainder to Thornton Snell’s children Richard becomes heir to half the estate with the other half split among Thornton Snell’s offspring
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton, Jr
Snell
Col
Thomas Snell
Richard
Richard Snell
Blood Letter Threat Targets Chicago Priest and Lawyer
An anonymous blood written letter warned Father Peter J. O Callaghan and Attorney Francis E Hinckley of death by enemies tied to their efforts to secure a pardon for Herman Billek. The note claimed St Marys Church would be blown up and cited perjured testimony given in Billeks trial. The pardon board and Governor Dunne reviewed the case and moved Billeks execution to June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter J. O’callaghen
Paulist Omder
Francis E. Hinckley
St. Mary’s Church
Wabash Avenue
Hubbard Court
Herman Billek
Uzral
Father O'Callaghan
Deneen
Billek
Mr. Hinckley
Jerry Uz
Northwest Indiana Swept by Fierce Storm
Northwest Indiana and southern Michigan faced a severe wind and rain storm that flooded basements, toppled small buildings, and shattered trees. A miniature tornado hit South Bend at 10 p.m. with another squall at 4:30 a.m., disrupting wires from Chicago to Indianapolis and affecting multiple utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Michigan
Chicago
Indianapolis
Calumet region wrecked by wind storm damage tops $150000
A May 29 wind storm hit Hammond and surrounding Calumet towns with near hurricane force. Gary reports a lightning strike on Frank Miller’s house paralyzing Mrs Miller. East Chicago plant of George Lambert unroofed. Grasselli Chemical plant damaged. Indiana Harbor saloon blocks destroyed. Mosby residence in East Chicago collapsed. Multiple apartment fronts blown out. Crites Bakery in Huntington damaged by gas explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Calumet
Gary
Frank Miller
Indiana Harbor
John Mosby
Chicago
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Amador Mining Company
United Brethren
Andersen
South
Rockefeller Institute
United Brethren Meeting
China
Hankow
Colorado City
M. E
M. E. Conference
Lake Erie
Storm
Thornton Snell
Crites
Huntington
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