Presbyterians End Temperance Fight in General Assembly
Following two hours of heated debate, the Presbyterian General Assembly adopted resolutions declaring the permanent temperance committee shall not engage in political campaigns or endorse candidates. It commended the American Anti-Saloon League as a safe, sane, effective temperance group and pledged cooperation within church constitutions. The assembly also noted church finances, with receipts of 4,609,?52 and investments of 968,068, as Kansas City, Missouri, was chosen for the next meeting.
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Columbus
Aimes
Presbyterian, General Assembly
Permanent Committee On Temperance
American Anti-Saloon League
Presbyterian Church
Assembly
Candis
General Assembly of
Presbyterian, Church
U.S. A
General Assembly
Kansas City
Standing Committee On
Temperance
Ex-Senator Patton Dies in Grand Rapids Mich
Ex US Senator John Patton died of typhoid fever in Grand Rapids after returning from Aiken South Carolina seeking health. He was born October 30 1850 in Curwensville Pa and served one year in the Michigan seat after being appointed to fill Stockbridge’s vacancy. He is survived by a widow and three sons.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
United States
John Patton
Aiken
Curwensville
Grand Rapids
Yale College
Columbia Law Schools
Patton
Michigan
Stockbridge
Senate
Judges says three oil firms conspired to fix prices
Jefferson City Mo May 25 Judge Robert A Anthony for Missouri Supreme Court to hear Hadley suit against Standard Oil Waters-Pierce Oil and Republic Oil claiming conspiracy to control prices. He says the court may oust charters and bar the firms, with findings awaiting review. Tornado at Willspoint Texas killed three and injured several.
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Ito
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Robert A. Anthony
Bupremé Court of Missouri
Hadley
Standard Oi Company
Waters-Pierce Oi1
Republic Oi
Standard Oil Company
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Republic Oil Company
Missouri
Anthony
Fredericktown
New York
St Louis
Ite
Standard and Republic
President itinerary outlines Mississippi river trip
The White House says the president will make at most one stop in each location on the journey down the Mississippi after leaving Canton on September 30. Plan calls for three stops in total at St. Louis Cairo and Memphis with departure to Iowa thereafter.
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Washington
White House
Mississippi River
Canton
St. Louis
Cairo
Memphis
Tonn
Towa
Evansville Strike Ends After Wage Pact
Evansville Indiana May 27 a late Saturday agreement ends the street railway strike. The company does not recognize the union but agrees to raise wages from 17 to 19 cents per hour and pay time and a half for air time over eleven hours per day.
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Evansville
Ind
Street Railway Company
Election void in Louisville and Jefferson County
The court of appeals voided the contested election, upholding fusionist contentions. It declares Gov Beckham can fill vacancies by appointment and orders an election for all city and county offices next November. Democratic officials have 30 judicial days to seek rehearing.
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Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Louisville
Fefferson
Indictments in Grand Jury Case Sweep Nationwide Figures
San Francisco reports 28 indictments in a sweeping grand jury panel led by G H Ambsen J E Green W I Brobeck and Ruef with Mayor Schmitz also named as a co defendant in 126 counts bail set at 1 250 009 as 14 indictments target bribery of public officials. Separate items cover machinists striking over pay and piecework in Jersey City and a San Francisco inquiry into an attack on a Japanese restaurant ordered from Washington while United States Steel seeks to quell rumors of Illinois Steel plant moves.
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San Francisco
Oliver Grand Jury
G. H. Ambsen
J. E. Green
W. I. Brobeck
Prank
C. Drum
Eugene de Sahin
John Martin
Abraham Ruéf
Ruef
Schmitz
Washington
United States
Robert T. Devlin
Folsom Street
Ex Judge Hargis Acquitted in Breathitt Feud Case
Lexington Ky May 24 A verdict of not guilty was returned here Thursday in the case of ex Judge James Hargis the first of those charged with the murder of Town Marshal Thomas Cockr at Jackson three years ago The Breathitt county feud scene moves forward as the legal proceedings continue concluding another chapter in the long running case.
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Hargis
Lexington
Thomas Cockr
Jackson
James Hargis
Breathitt
Mrs McKinley Dies at Canton Home in 190? Era
Mrs McKinley dies at 1:05 p m Sunday in Canton Ohio after a long period of invalidism. The body will lie in a West Lawn vault until the national mausoleum on Monument Hill is completed and then be moved there. Attending were Secretary Cortelyou Justice Day and others. President Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb expected for funeral.
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National Mausoleum
Monument Hill
Canton
William R. Day
Des. Portman
Rixey
Buxton
McKinley
Roosevelt
Loeb
Fairbanks
McKinleys
Mition
Conspirators Charged Inland Coal Land Fraud Case
Denver May 27 defendants in an equity suit charged with conspiring to defraud the government of 9000 acres of coal lands near Lay Routt county Wisconsin Coal Mining Company officers and agents of Milwaukee named in the suit alleged to have used dummy entrymen to secure patents. statute of limitations bars criminal action. Sherman declines Spanish treaty claim commission post Washington May 24 Lieut Gov Lawrence Sherman of Illinois declines appointment to the Spanish treaty claim commission due to legislature adjournment. Workers demand pay raise eight hour day Pittsburgh May 27 blast furnace workers threaten a 25009 man strike July 1 unless a settlement is reached. Baptist convention North America adjourns May 25 in Norfolk Va leaving executive committee to pick next meeting likely 1809 in the Midwest.
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Denver
Routt County
Lay
Wiscoosin Coal Mining Company
Milwaukee
Sherman
Washington
Lawrence ¥. Sherman
Illinois
Roosevelt
Cultom
White House
Miinois
Pittsburg
Baptist Convention
Norfolk
Baptist Convention of North America
Jamestown
Jts
Middle West
News in Brief Highlights Global Scandals and Political Shock
A jumble of brief items reports a New York gem theft tied to pawn tickets and a $250000 value, Frick’s $30000000 loss, and a Red Grass drive halting Chinese famine relief. Texas senator opposition plans a Dallas meeting June 14. Theodore Tilton dies in Paris after pneumonia and heart illness. Buffalo Lake Erie Traction car barn at Blaisdell NC buried with 26 cars, $100000 loss. Secretary Straus urges labor share and aggressive corporate publicity. McClellan fatally wounds Rhinehart in Elkhart sleep talk dispute. Minnesota Supreme Court denies rehearing in Appleby estate dispute. George F Chapman of United Islands dies in San Francisco. Proposal to fix pope revenue via state bonds yielding $750000 yearly. Wheat outlook weak in southwest reports by B F Yoakum. Chinese authorities seize rifles and ammunition in Tientsin for revolutionary use. Hornell NY gang loots end in deaths and injuries. Charles Grotefend, former Washington Bank relay in St Louis, returns from Sweden amid $3000 shortage, pleads guilty.
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China
New York
Henry C. Frick
Wall Street
United States
Malley
Texas
Dallas
Eugene McClellan
James Rhinehart
Elkhart
Ind
McClellan
Rhinehart
Minnesota’ Supreme Court
T. B. W. W Appleby
Wilder Charity
George F. Chapman
United Islends
San Francisco
Chapman
Tralan
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island & Frisco” Railroad
Tientsin
Hornell
John Hendy
Thomas Kelly
Charles F. Grotefend
Washington National Bank
St. Louis
Sweden
Tornado Kills Two, Injures Twenty at Gribble Springs
A tornado hit Gribble Springs, 18 miles southeast of Gainesville, Texas, early Saturday wrecking 20 to 30 houses and killing two children Harold McCloskey and James McCloskey. Several injured listed include James McCloskey Sr., Josie Turpin, Una Jackson, with others unnamed. The storm left a two mile wide devastation in the area.
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Gainesville
Tex
Gribble Springs
Here
Harold McCloskey
James McGloskey
James McCloskey
Josie Turpin
Una Jackson
Dangerously
Lake Mohonk Conference Proposes Arbitration Pact And Seizure Rule
The Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration will forward recommendations to the Hague peace conference. The draft includes a general arbitration treaty for settlement of disputes and a principle protecting innocent private property at sea during war. The recommendations will also address disarmament with ten words on armament limits.
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Lake Mohonk, N
Lake Mohonk
The
Hague
Grinnell and Iowa notices spark small town events
A collage of local items reports Grinnell’s sixtieth anniversary, a Wright County Sunday School convention in Clarion on June 11, and community plans from Manson Fourth of July preparations to Oskaloosa clergymen aiding in newspaper quality.
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Grinnell
Wright County
Clarion
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