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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1908
Page
4
Reported profits from a society fair show strong earnings across booths. Egypt tops estimates at 625 dollars including 300 from votes, with Holland at 100 dollars and other booths ranging from 180 to 500 dollars net. Officials await exact figures Thursday.
The twenty sixth annual Episcopal Church Congress began at St John s church Detroit with a communion service led by Bishop Charles C Woodcock. The program includes eight sessions over four days and a major debate on the Emmanuel movement featuring leaders from Emmanuel church Boston and opponents from Brooklyn and Hobart College Geneva N Y The discussion will cover Christianity s relation to mental and physical healing.
E C Fletcher, a stonemason, told police he did not intend to kill his wife during a stabbing at their home 6 West Eighth Street. He said he wanted her to leave with him and blamed her refusal for the attack. He remains in custody.
A mother dies from injuries after an assault in a barn. Eugene Smith is accused but left a note denying responsibility. The grand jury began investigating the case last week as authorities seek the assailant who attacked Mrs. Frank Smith.
An informal Kansas City police chief discusses Belle Gunness, claiming she is alive and plotting to reappear in Chicago or another city. He links the case to a string of crimes, describing how Gunness lured and murdered for money and how dismemberment aided concealment, with references to known criminals and sensational speculation.
The account reviews Belle Gunness alleged crimes including the deaths of her husbands and three children, arson of her homes, insurance schemes, and rumors of links to a Chicago dissecting college, pondering possible accomplices and motives as time may reveal. The narrative frames her sensational life with questions about a hidden chamber and a possible escape plan with Ray Lamphere.
At Forest Park last night the Aerial Utts performed their first flying trapeze act on the lawn. A new musical programme by the Senegambians accompanied by a moving pictures exhibit at Carnival. A skating rink expansion contract was signed, not affecting usage. Tonight’s band program features works by Semiramide, Ciapp, and others at Cardinal Park and Fairmount Park with moving pictures and music. Independence concert by Carl Busch and the Philharmonic Society to be held at the Reorganized Latter Day Saints church on West Electric Street.
Lawrence Kansas May 12 Kansas counties show diverse KU student body representation with Douglas leading transfers while others like Wyandotte Shawnee and Franklin post sizable delegations Across 105 counties only thir teeter have no representation and nineteen counties are represented by nine or more students. Shea Is Back in Jail. William Shea held on burglary charges is rearrested after bondsman withdraws as Michael McGee is shot and killed resisting arrest.
Albert Miller age 35 former Stilwell hotel chef Pittsburg Kansas died of pneumonia this morning at Dr M A Rochelle home 535 New Jersey avenue Kansas City Kansas He was ill when he went there four days ago for treatment He is survived by a widow burial will be in Pittsburg.
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