Draft of Constitution Keeps Manchu Dynasty In Place
Pekin reports the national assembly completed a draft constitution that preserves the Manchu dynasty asserting the emperor reigns forever yet his power is limited by parliament and a premier and cabinet will be chosen by the assembly and emperor. The plan sets ineligible imperial princes for high offices. Shanghai dispatch notes revolutionists seize arsenal and city. foreign concessions protected. Yun Nan province declares independence.
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Pekin
National Assembly
China
Imperial Household
Shanghai
Nan
Native constabulary action reported in Chapel suburb
London dispatch notes Shanghai source that Chapel, a suburb, sees activity by native police forces amid unsettled conditions. The report adds few exact details on incidents or outcomes.
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London
Shanghai
Chapel
Fort Wayne Odd Fellows form new social club
Fort Wayne Odd Fellows unions three city lodges with Rebekah members to establish a social club. John N. Pfeiffer presides, William G. Stahl secretary, Alfred Barbier treasurer. Third floor quarters on Wayne and Calhoun host reading room library and ball room. First event a ball on Thanksgiving Eve November 29. Membership aims 300 to 400 as committees organize by laws and recruitment.
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Fort Wayne
Odd Fellows
Harmony Lodge
Concordia Lodge
Odd Felows
Rebekah
John N. Pfeiffer
William
G. Stahl
Alfred Barbier
Wayne and
Calhoun Streets
Commercial Club
Shanghai mutiny in Chapei as police stations burn
Shanghai forms part of the Chinese quarter mutinied today and burned the police station and the residence of the chief of police. Foreign volunteers were mobilized to maintain order. Demonstrations had occurred in sympathy with revolutionists and the constabulary declared adhesion to the rebels taking control of the native quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Chapei
Burning of Hankow Drives City Into Appalling Warfare
Hong Kong dispatches report Hankow in November night gripped by a vast fire and street fighting between rebels and loyalists. Imperial batteries shell native quarters while Wu-Chang fortifications deploy long range guns. Shells fall near the British concession as Canton sends gunboat with ammunition and firearms from foreign firms.
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Hong Kong
Hankow
Wu Chu
Wu-Chang
Kwan-Tung
Canton
First Sermon At Southside Baptist Church Delivered
Rev Charles Ehle preached his first sermon at Southside Baptist Church Indiana avenue last Sunday. He arrived from Decatur with Mrs Ehle and their four children to 924 Lincoln avenue serving as pioneer pastor of the new congregation born from the former First Baptist mission. He is of Dutch stock with roots in New Amsterdam and Woodstock Ontario. Credits include Kalamazoo college and Southern Baptist Seminary. previously led Decatur and Michigan missions and contributed to Baptist Observer.
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New Southsid Baptist Church
Indiana Avenue
Home
Indiana Avenues
Charles Ek. Ehle
Decatur
Ehle
New Amsterdam
New York
Woodstock
Ontario
Michigan
Kalamazoo College
Tawas City
Mich
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Michigan Baptist Convention
Southside
Mr. Eble
Infant Falls and Breaks Arm in Play at Home
One year old Loriie Jackson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Jackson of 2406 South Hanna Street broke her right arm Tuesday while playing at home. The injury occurred when she fell while engaging in ordinary child’s play.
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Loriie
William A. Jackson
Hanna’ Street
Roke
Jackson
Tragic Train Collision Kills Farmer At Tippecanoe
Westbound Nickel Plate No 3 struck John Fawley as he walked toward Tippecanoe Indiana around 6 pm. He was hurled against Nickel Plate agent W C Elliott, who sustained non serious injuries. Elliott, 70 plus, has served as Tippecanoe agent for nearly 30 years.
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John Fawley
W. C. Elliott
Tippecanoe
Inud
Fawley
Mr. Elliott
Nickel Plate
T Tippecanoe
Fawley Apowhing
Imip
Elliott
Mr. Fawley
Simpson M E Church to Dedicate New Edifice in January
The Simpson M E congregation on West Suttenfield at Harrison plans January dedication for its new church as interior work continues. Worship will move to the new Sunday school rooms before the old Dawson street building is sold, with a farewell service in the old structure led by Rev. C H Wilkinson. The dedicatory service will include living former pastors such as Rev. W A Griest inviting participants from many cities and towns.
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Simpson M. E
West Suttenfield
Harrison
C. J. Rover & Sons
Dawson Street
C. H. Wilkinson
Methodist Church
Noblesville
W. A. Griest
W. F. Walker
Indianapolis
H. J. Norris
Upland
C. W
Church
M. C. Cooper
F. L. Wharton
Columbus
Chicago
R. J. Wade
Elkhart
J. W. Welsh
Ligonier
Goshen
T. J. Johnson
Muncie
J. A. Patterson
Free Methodist Pastor Carson Moore Assigned Here
The Rev. Carson Moore, sent by the Free Methodist conference to succeed Rev. W. T. Loring, begins his pastorate at Bowser Free Methodist church. He states he once farmed and preached locally before entering regular ministry, with first charges in Medaryville Indiana and Three Oaks Michigan. His October 22 sermon marked his formal start here, and Mrs. Moore, former Fort Wayne resident Alice Castle, accompanies him at the parsonage next to the church.
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Carson Moore
Conference of the Free Methodist Churches
W. T. Loring
Bowser Free Methodist Church
Moore
Medaryville
Ind
Pulaski County
Three Oaks
Mich
Elkhart
Fort Wayne
Alice Castle
Death follows Halloween folly in Vincennes
In Vincennes Indiana on Halloween night a 20 year old girl Josephine Knapps died from a shotgun wound to the abdomen. Her sister Katherine Knapps arm was injured when Fred Knapps the brothers shotgun discharged accidentally. Guy McDonald 16 was stabbed four times during the unmasking near the Kapps home. The assailant who stabbed McDonald was not identified.
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Vincennes
Ind
Josephine Knapps
Katherine
Fred
Joseph Kapps
Guy McDonald
Dynamite Blasts Hit Coal Firm Block at Knightsville
Halloween pranksters dynamited the Zeller and McClelland Coal company business block in Knightsville. The blast wrecked the vacant store building used by the firm for years and rattled nearby residences while occupants were frightened. Local authorities investigate the blast.
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Brazil
Ind
Hallowe'en
Knightsville
Zeller & McClelland Coal Company
Shacen
Socialist Leads In Los Angeles Primary Voting
Los Angeles November 1. In a crowded field the socialist candidate Job Harriman led the mayoral race with 19 883 votes while incumbent George Alexander had 16 218 and Mushet eight 009 with only five precincts missing. The result signals a strong socialist showing and possible council gains in the December 5 final.
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Los Angeles
John N. Shenk
Job Harriman
McNamara Brothers
George Alexander
Harriman
Alexander
Mushet
Good Government League
Board of Education
Hunter Believed Responsible After Fatal Deer Hunt Mistake
In Weymouth near Mays Landing New Jersey Constant Steelman and John Yost of Pleasantville were killed and William Jarvis wounded when a hunter fired on the group at daybreak. The shooter Charles Norcross, a stranger, faces possible arrest as authorities investigate the misfire during the New Jersey deer season opening.
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Mays Landing
N. J
Steelman
John Yost
Pleasantville
Wm. Jarvis
Weymouth
Charles Norcross
Yost
Jarvis
New Jersey
Atlantic County
School No 1 Reading Circle Raises Fifty Eight Dollars
A school entertainment in St. Joe township by teacher Miss Carrie Noble cleared 58.10. The funds will buy books for the reading circle established for the school’s benefit.
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St. Joe Township
Carrie Noble
Indiana child welfare group forms at state conference
Logansport was chosen as the next Indiana state conference of Charities and Corrections meeting site with Lafayette and Richmond considered. Judge J C Batt urged humane handling of the social evil and probed pawned reforms. The Children’s Bureau of Indiana was organized with officers including President K G Weatherly and Secretary Treasurer W S Reynolds. The group adopted a constitution to study child welfare and coordinate actions among organizations.
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Indianapolis
Logansport
Indiana State Conference of Charities and Corrections
Lafayette
Richmond
J. C. Batt
Terre Haute
Children’s Bureau of Indiana
K. G. Weatherly
Indiana University
W. H. Lockwood
W. 8S. Reynolds
Plainfield
U. G. Weatherly
W. C. Ball
Miss Vida
Newsom
Columbus
Frank D. Loomis
Gary
C. Brown
Max Fisher
Fort Wayne
Albion Fellows Bacon
Evansville
Indiana
Nestels Headed to Los Angeles for Winter
Charles and Miss Eliza Nestel depart last Thursday for Los Angeles to spend the winter. They plan to return in spring to Crooked Lake to build a cottage for the summer. The Nestels, known as Commodore Foote and the Fairy Queen, have sold most of their local real estate.
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Charles
Miss Eliza Nestel
Los Angeles
Crooked Lake
Miss Nestel
Commodore Foote
Fairy Queen
Shock Proves Too Much For Her In Murder Case
In Muncie Indiana on November 2 Mrs Gertrude Leonard died of heart failure after witnessing the murder of Alta Hayward by Charles McGalliard at a Halloween party. McGalliard opened fire following a quarrel after Miss Hayward refused his escort home. The post mortem confirmed death from shock.
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Muncie
Ind
Alta Hayward
Charles McGalliard
Gertrude Leonard
McGalliard
Miss Hayward
Galliard
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Free Meth
Hughie Bowser
Rev.carson
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Bap
Tist Church
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Agent Elliott
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