General Conference Opens Under Bishop Foster At Ohio Meeting
Bishop Foster presides as General Methodist conference opens in Cisveiano Ohio with Dr. Detker of India delivering readings. Debates arise over constitutional revisions and benevolence simplification as committees form to examine lay and clerical representation and district reports. Bishop Warren reads episcopal address outlining four year work and a vision of universal brotherhood and social mission.
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Cisveiano
Ohio
Foster
General Methodist
E. W.detker
India
Lonishane
Bitahop Foster
Seabieday
de. Walah
Kentucky
Coaites
Pectin
Cubatitulion
Stlagga
Gemersl
Vot
Sine
de Tato
Belt
Smith
Dr. Smith
Hynett
Buckley
Homer Eaton
Troy
N. Y
C. P. Payne
New York
Warren
Denver
Board of Bishops
Conference
Freedman
Sid Bureau
Paul
Christ
Conference Ends After Address Admonition Goes Global
The speaker urged followers to “go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” before the conference adjourned, urging a wide mission and spiritual outreach.
Ohio Wesleyan Students Strike Over Glee Club Tour
About a thousand Ohio Wesleyan University students crowded the chapel entrance and then marched through Delaware on May 2 in a planned strike. The protest arose after faculty restrictions hindered a Western tour praised by the glee club, now in jeopardy just before departure. Some unrest involved preparatory students damaging merchant signs along the march route.
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Delaware
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
College Glee Club
Assassin Mollah Reza Linked to Exiled Sheikh Jem Abdin
The assassin of the Iste Shah Nezer-ed-Din is identified as Mollah Reza, a follower of exiled agitator Sheikh Jem Abdin. Reports from Constantinople and Tehran trace the conspiracy, with eight conspirators named, including two nieces in the Shah’s harem. Reza admits long planning, disguises, and intent to shoot at Shah Abdul Azim in the mosque, and to self destruct only after injuring him. Police note clemency and shifting alibis, while contending with ongoing conspiratorial ties.
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Tenensa
Persia
Nezer-ed-Din
Abdul Azim
Associated Press
Mollah Rezi
Jem Abed Din
Resa
Rezs
St- Constantinople
Ategorlons
Constantinople
Ress
Kem Abdin
Shah
Isteshah
Riza
Reza
Rezi
Teheran
Shah Abdul Azim
Strike News Signals Disorder at Adams Express
New York workers at Adams Express walk out in a broad strike that could affect about 10 000 employees. Porters clerks and drivers join a push for wage and hour adjustments, with a threat of a wider general strike if demands are not met. Other strikes ripple: Milwaukee streetcar workers oppose long hours while unions mobilize and police guard facilities.
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New York, Mey
Adams Express Company
Express Company
Forty-ninth Street
New York Central
Washington, D. C
L. C. Weir
Weir
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific and
Kansas City Gas Company
Muwaccer
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Atrike
Mahan
Amalgamated Association of Street Car Employes
Battle in Cuba narrows pass as insurgents clash
Reports from Havana May 5 describe fierce fighting in Pinar del Rio as insurgents led by Antonio Maceo attack General Yulean's position near Cacarajicara. Barricades blocked the road, rifles fired from a ravine, and rebels reportedly gained the higher ground with the main camp nearby.
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Havana
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Yuelan
Cacarajicara
Maceo
Yaelan
Cacarajincare
Antonio Maceo
Officiel
Losses at Warrensburgh residences and stores total 50000
A Warrensburgh accumulation in Warren county encompassing homes and shops suffered a fire loss totaling fifty thousand dollars, with partial insurance coverage noted.
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Warrensburgh
Warren County
Women delegates debate eligibility at Ohio conference
Creveraxn Ohio May 4 delegates fill the general M. E. conference hall as Dr Monroe presents a four-woman statement urging restraint and unity. The majority report says women are entitled to seats. a minority report fierce in defense of personal eligibility is read by Dr T B Neely of Philadelphia.
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Creveraxn
Ohio
M. E
Monroe
Zion
D. Jane F. Bashford
Loia
Parker
Adam. Butcher
AID FOR CUBA TAKES CREW ON AT ATLANTIC CITY
A rakish steamer anchored near Atlantic City as a crowd watched four boats depart with swarthy men. The craft circled in, took aboard the group, then sped southwest. Sailors fear another Cuban expedition fled with arms and ammunition.
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Atlantic City
Ocean Pier
Elisteem
Being Held as Prisoners in Arts BORA
Edward Eggleston son of a Chicago multimillionaire and Mrs. G E Turner who eloped from Phoenix and married here are held to answer before the federal grand jury. Eggleston faces adultery and Turner bigamy and both await relief from Eggleston's father. Turner deserted her two year old baby found in Phoenix. Eggleston had lived in Phoenix two years and was nicknamed Champagne Charley for reckless wine spending.
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Tucson
Ann
Eggleston
Phoenix
Charley
Indianapolis Bank Wrecker Case Confirmed
In the supreme court today an opinion was rendered in the case of F A Collins accused of wrecking the Indianapolis National bank, upholding the lower court decision and confirming the imprisonment sentence. Frank H Pyke of the Nickel Pisteroid in Fort Wayne visited over the weekend with sister Mrs Chas Haus.
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Wasurxday
Supreme Court
F. A. Collin
Indianapolis National Bank
Frank
Pyke
Nickel Pisteroid
Fort Wayne
Chas
Haus
Explosion at Walnut Street Factory Kills and Maims
Cincinnati, May 5. A gasoline explosion demolished the five story building at 430 432 Walnut Street injuring many and causing multiple deaths. Firemen and police battled debris as crowds gathered around Fountain Square. Rescue efforts continued with holes cut through walls to reach victims. names of the injured and missing include Adolph Drach Louis Fey and Mamie Kennedy, later identified as Eva Singleton.
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Gibson House
Johnson
Fifth
Walnut Streets
Fountain Square
Walnut Street
Adolph C. Drach
M. Goldsmith
Louia Fey
Cincinnati
Adolph Brach
Louis Fey
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Felicia Drach
C. L. Wells
Rollin A. Davis
Adolph Drach
Felecia Drach
C.L Wella
Mamie Kennedy
Jona McCarty
Mortimer G' Kase
American Book Company
Broadway
Last Roll Call Summary of Local Deaths 1896
A list of recent deaths and funerals in the county includes Eva Hoeppner aged 56 of 160 Gay Street who died of cancer. Celeste Ormiston aged 71 of South Lafayette Street who died of broncho pneumonia. Barbara Gebert age 70 with cancer and injuries from a runaway accident. Herbert Beam, 19, found dead at home from heart disease. Hulda Gilman, 67, dying after typhoid pneumonia. Josette Bechaud, 77, pioneer from Besancon who died of dropsy. Gottlieb Koch, 18, died of jury fever. and a weekly tally of deaths ending May 2, 1896 lists several others including children and adults with causes such as lung fever, gall stones, morphine poisoning, and old age.
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Eva Hoeppner
Gay Street
Charles Hoeppner
Grace Lutheran Church
Rev
Stellborn
Barbara Gebert
Wickliffe
Columbia Street
Gebert
Frederick
August
Christian
Alfred
Frank
John
Julian
Thomas Langie
St. Joe Township
Hulda Gilman
W. H. Hill
East Creighton Avenue
Tecumseh
Michigan
St. Louis
Kansas
Florida
William
Richard Doty
Whitehead
Gilman
Methodist Church
Josette Bechaud
Besancon
Jefferson Township
France
St. Louis’ Church
Henry
Clista Ormiston
Charles Krieg
Christian Schaefenacker
Lulu M. Whiteman
Disastrous wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio line near New Haven Ohio
News from Norwalk on a severe wreck when a broken rail derailed a fast coal train toward Chicago Junction. Tramps riding the cars many buried, six found, two dying, a brakeman badly injured. Also a note on American bicycle superiority and US Consul Mason's report from Frankfort.
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Norwalk
New Haven
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago Junction
Shelby
Nance
Alaska Gold Fields Opening Promising Despite Ice Barriers
Will M. Steele reports from Turnagain Bay Cook Inlet that the spring rush to Alaska's gold districts is unprecedented. Thousands seek wealth as crews push creeks for gold dust, noting large ice floes and deep snow delaying full exploration, while every creek shows traces of gold increasing higher in streams and back toward mountains.
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Alaskan
Veegels
Coal Point
Kachekinak Bay
Plecera
Dad Culp Kills Wife and Son in Drunken Frenzy at Home
Hintoy West Virginia May 5 Dad Culp a butcher at Ronceverte shot and fatally wounded his wife and son then was shot himself. He returned home in a drunken rage causing a family row. He fired at his son Edward twenty one, striking him in the forehead. The son shot his father through the left shoulder as he fell. The wife was wounded in the hand. The son is dead and the wife is not expected to live. Culp is under arrest. Mrs Eastbody and daughter begin 3000 mile walk to New York to lift mortgage under contract with a health costume maker. Pensions granted in Indiana with various grants and reissues. Railroads discuss bicycle transportation laws and their constitutionality.
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Hintoy
W. Va
Culp
Ronceverte
Edward
Stoxane
Wash
Duke and Duchess Escape Brigands in Italian Highways
In May, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meininger traveling incognito in Italy were halted by two masked brigands who demanded money. The Duke surrendered his purse containing fifty five fire, and the carriage moved on. Gendarmes tracked down the brigands, who were found consuming the loot in a tavern and taken to prison as authorities regret the incident.
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Roms
Saxe Mieningen
Italy
Frascali
Interior
Saxe-Meininger
Rome
Woman Question Sparks Conference Bout in 1553 Fight
Daniel Stevenson leads a debate at the M E conference as lay and clergy clash over the women question. A special committee was debated, with ministers and laymen to be appointed by the bishop, but Bennett’s resolution passed. Notable speakers include Rev James of Philadelphia and Judge Caples of Oregon as the session adjourns without final action. A separate Ottawa despatch reports Alaska Indians preparing for war path as news reaches VictoriA.
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Bi’ Shier
Detroit
James
Philadelphia
Lsy
Bennett
Daniel Stevenson
Union College
Judge Caples
Oregon
Senator Harlan
Buckley
New York
Leonard
Cincinnati
Harris
Maine
James Chappey
Minnespoke
J. W. Hamilton
J. R. Day
Syracuse
Emory Miller
Iowa
Ottawa
Ont
Indian Department
Alaska
Victori
Sitka
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Bishop Foster
Neely
Mollah Reza
Jem Aled Din
Baur
Lass City
Utah
Jim Williams
Jack Erelsner
Strike News
Adams Express
Weyler
Jeves
Dinimnouds
Saratooa, N. Y
Adirondack
Emerson Bank
Magic Ball
AID For
Arts Bora
Indianapolis
Sifter
Cor
Adolph Crash
Cixncinnati
Fivestory
Eva Singleton
Ruth and
Millie
Wm. Meyer
Fey
Barbara Steinkamp
Samuel Epstein
Mortimore Okane
Louis Findick
L. Ruth
Drach
Harry Langmeade
Southgate Lightfoot
Willard E. Cook
Joseph Spriggs
H. E. Hunwick
Mary
Poatottice
Koch
Trafic
Fibron House
Turner
Chicago House
Gasplanade
Harry Longmesde
Eva Hoeffner
Celeste Ormistes
Charles W. Ehrieg
KRIEG
Charles W. Krieg
Bernard Krieg
North Cass Street
St. John’s Reformed Church
Koehlinger
Frederick Koeblinger
Adams Township
Christina Koeblinger
Henry Koeblinger
Koehblinger
Ormiston
Celeste Ormiston
Lafayette Street
Gibert
Herbert Beam
Lake Shore
Case Street
Bechaud
Kecil
Gottlieb C. Koch
Anthony Koch
Weat Lewis Street
Sir Emanuel Lutheran Church
Rev. Gross
WELK
Goldie Snyder
John Grieb
Barbara Gilbert
Lydia Richard
Emms May Steiner
Fannie Bear
The
Mason
Frankfort
State Department
Germany
Dad Culp
Wasuiictor
D. C
Indiana
Sherman
Oswood
Frank Lieberman
Vincennes
Andrew J. Wood
Lapel
James H. Gillespie
Scottsburg
Albert A Simmons
Silas W. Warner
Muncie
Richard Graves
Oliver P. Lockhart
Max
Lucius Veach
Staunton
Galt W. Booth
Leavenworth
John H. Charles
Kokomo
Reseaue—Wriah
E. Jones
Lebaron
Joseph Hughes
Bean Blossom
John Keller
Greencastle
John A. McCallater
Pittsboro
Walter B Grantham
Marling
Daniel Pritchard
Normandy
Nathan Orndorft
Oaktown
Anna Webber
Evansville
Mary A Gross
Jeffersonville
George W. Bradley
Tipton
Theresia Caroline Miller
New Albany
Leroy Jenkins
Georgetown
Charlotte Jenkins
Grant Ginther
Monroeville
John D. Eldred
Lafayette
William A. Kuser
Lebanon
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