Ban on Greenland's icy mountains hymn stirs protest
Baltimore reports a Protestant Episcopal revision panel dropping Bishop Heber's From Greenland's icy mountains from a new mission hymn book. Critics fear evangelical impact, arguing the hymn elevates nature over faith, while supporters vow to oppose the change at Cincinnati hearings.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Episcopal Convention
Cincinnati
Reginald Heber
Greenland
Icy
Heber
India
Africa
J. S. B. Hodges
Herber
Dr. Dame
J. Houston Eccleston
Emmanuel Prostestant Episcopal Church
Bishop Heber
Dr. Eccleston
Old Lynn
Richmond
South Meridian to be block repaved
South Meridian Street from Washington to Maryland will be repaved with creosoted wooden blocks at the request of local business men led by W. B. Burford. The Board of Public Works approved the experiment, deeming it useful to test block paving under official supervision despite a prior preference for asphalt or brick.
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Meridian Street
Washington
Maryland
Board of Public Works
W. B. Burford
Graft trial resumes in Chicago municipal court
After a week’s respite the hearing on the graft case involving John M. Taylor Frank B Harriman and Charles L Ewing resumed in the municipal court. The men are accused of robbing the Illinois Central railway through the car repair graft system.
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Chicago
John M. Taylor
Frank B. Harriman
Charles L. Ewing
Illinois Central Railway
Municipal
Conniption Fits for Politicians in Ohio
In Columbus on September 19, United States Senator Charles Dick led a bold rally at Kenton, aligning himself with the reactionaries and abandoning a progressive tariff stance. He urged support for high protection, dismissed Payne Aldrich criticisms, and warned that agitation could revive past misfortunes.
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Columbus, O
United States
Charles Dick
Kenton
Placin
Sheridan
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
William H. Taft
Mayor Shank Proposes Budget With Small Levy Increase
Mayor Shank says he will send the annual budget to the city council on Monday with a recommendation to pass intact. He asserts the aggregate could not be cut lower and that a four cent levy rise is necessary. The budget may be discussed at the next regular council meeting as efforts to reduce appropriations continue.
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Shank
Fire threatens ten to raze Gentryville town
Special to The Sun Evansville Indiana September 19 reports threatening fire that could raze most of Gentryville as local fire brigade rushes aid. Separate item from Grand Rapids Michigan notes death of Henry T Smith 94 longtime Mason and Hastings lodge member at Masonic home.
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Evansville
Ind
Gentryville
Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry T. Smith
Michigan
Hastings
Five Die In Chicago Fire Burned Family Tragedy
In Chicago Lawn a gasoline stove explosion sparked a blaze that killed Mrs Anne Belica and her four children as they prepared breakfast. The husband carried them out one by one before in panic harming himself, leaving the city to mourn the loss.
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Chicago
Anne Belica
Chicago Lawn
Benzoate of Soda Gases Up Again in Federal Suit
The case by Williama brothers of Detroit and Curtis brothers of Rochester seeks to block Dr. Bernard and the state board of health from enforcing laws against selling foods containing benzoate of soda. Hearing started at 10 a.m. and continued to noon with more evidence to be submitted.
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Williama Brothers Company
Detroit
Curtis Brothers Company
Rochester
Harry FE. Bernard
Road reviewers study new pires in county townships
County commissioners sent two sets of road viewers after petitions to open new roads in Wayne and Franklin townships. Petitions came from Christiana Moeller and others and from M J McClelan Charles Dawgon John Johnson and R C Arnold D L Smith and W O Reveal.
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Franklin
Christiana Moeller
M. J. McClelan
Charles Dawgon
John Johnson
R. C. Arnold
D. L. Smith
W. O. Reveal
Terre Haute To Get New Traction Depot
Terre Haute Indiana plans a new terminal station after filing to vacate part of Cherry street between Eighth and Ninth. The Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co states a handsome station is planned for the city.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Board of Works
Cherry Street
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Wall Street Loans Spark Potential Central American War
Washington dispatches report Wall Street funds aided Estrada in Nicaragua’s revolt, with J. Pierpont Morgan and company negotiating a loan. Honduras warns of a possible uprising tied to the loan as the State Department plans to send a commissioner to Nicaragua to resolve the republic’s tangled finances. Congress debates US involvement amid opposition to foreign entanglements.
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Estrada
Honduras
J. Pierpont Morgan and Company
State Department
Nicaragua
Republic
Congress
United States
Peing
Carroll Trial Opens Amid Jury Selection In Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa on September 19 Gov B F Carroll faced a Polk county district court jury trial for criminal libel against John Cownie a former state board member. Jury selection was expected to be lengthy as the packed courtroom awaited proceedings. Carroll has not commented since indictment stemming from issues at the reformatories for girls.
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Des Moines
B. F. Carroll
John Cownie
State Board of Control
Polk County District Court
Cartrell
State Reformatory For Girls
Heike Granted Stay Of Sentence In Sugar Case
In New York on September 19, Charles R. Meike former secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company was sentenced to eight months in prison and fined five thousand dollars by Judge Martin for conspiring to defraud the United States on sugar import duties. The court overruled a bid for a new trial and stay but granted a stay pending appeal, keeping bail at twenty five thousand dollars.
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New York
Charles R. Meike
American Sugar Refining Company
Martin
United States
Circuit Court
Heike
Sugar Trust
Friends to Meet Near Earlham
The yearly meeting of Friends in Richmond Indiana will begin sessions Tuesday at East Main Street meeting house. The weeklong gathering will include Friends from across the country with remodeling of the aging meeting house and Earlham college finances as major topics.
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Richmond
Ind
Yearly Meeting of Friends
United States
Old East Main Street
Earlham College
Fined for Starting Panic on Traction in Bridgeport
James Colson of Bridgeport was fined 5 dollars and costs for drunkenness and 50 dollars plus costs for carrying concealed weapons after he refused to quiet on an inbound car from Rushville and drew a revolver, causing passenger panic before authorities subdued him. Bicyclemen Stewart and Hartsell arrested him. Joseph Herdin of 410 Cory Street was fined 50 dollars and costs in police court for carrying concealed weapons.
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James Colson
Bridgeport
$3,000 Week for Gannon on Stage
Toledo Ohio reports a theater manager wired an offer of 3000 dollars weekly for ten weeks to Uncle Joe Cannon. The plan gives him a twelve minute talk twice daily on any subject he chooses, backed by New York theatrical interests.
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Toledo
Uncle Joe” Cannon
New York
Cannon
Lorimer's record to be laid bare
Chicago September 19 In laying bare the inner workings of the Twinels legislature and exposing the means used to elect William Lorimer to the United States senate the senatorial investigating committee starts its session here Tuesday. It is expected to outdo Browne trial prosecutors. Senator Burrows will direct the investigation and testimony by Lorimer is anticipated. Senator Heyburn arrived to lead the inquiry.
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Twinels
Senate
Lee O'Neill Browne
Lorimer
Burrows
Michigan
W.B. Heyburn
Idaho
Cavalieri Refuses Chanler Offer Over Ante Nuptial Pact
Paris reports Lina Cavalieri rebuffed a rumored Chanler family bid of ten thousand dollars down and five thousand dollars a year for surrendering her ante nuptial agreement with Robert W. Chanler. She said she will assert any rights she may have and rejected mercenary motives, asserting her husband acted with awareness.
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Paris
Chanler
Robert W. Chanler
Lina Cavalieri
Chanter
Banquet Attendance Draws Top Indiana Politicians
George Cook of the Associated Press reports acceptances from Gov. Marshall, Senators Beveridge and Shively, John W. Kern, ex-Gov. Durbin, and IU President William B. Gryran to speak at a banquet for AP editors in the Claypool hotel Thursday night. Col. Dehl and Harry Beach will travel from Chicago. A. J. Monylan of Ft Wayne Journal-Gazette to be toastmaster.
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George Cook
Indiana
Associated Press
Marshall
Beveridge
Shively
John W. Kern
Durbin
William B. Gryran
Indiana University
Claypool Hotel
Melville Stone
Charles 8. iDehl
Harry L. Beach
Chicago
A. J. Monylan
Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette
Thirty thousand miners win wage increase in four states
In Kansas City Missouri on September 19 thirty thousand miners from Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma returned to work after ratification of a contract Sunday. The agreement settles a dispute begun April 1 and raises wages by five and a half percent.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Burton May Be Named Princeton President
In Washington a report says Senator Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland is to be offered the presidency of Princeton University to succeed Woodrow Wilson, who has been nominated for governor by the Democrats. Burton, an Oberlin College graduate, would become head of the university.
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Washington
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson
Burton
Oberlin College
Gov Wilson Lands in New York From Nassau
Sir William Grey Wilson governor of the Bahama Islands arrived in New York aboard the Seguranca from Nassau on Monday, report filed from the city.
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New York
William Grey Wilson
Bahama Islands
Nassau
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