Women Admission Sparks Methodist Conference Debate
The Methodist Episcopal General Conference begins discussion on admitting women as lay and clergy. Resolutions call for a special committee from each district to study action, with Bishop Andrews presiding and clergy and laymen clashing over scriptural and constitutional questions. Additional notes cover Catholic Poles aligning with Methodism, a fire tragedy in New York, and several international and legal briefs.
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Jurist’s Early Life Ends in Violent Quarrel Summary
A fragmented 19th century dispatch recounts John R. Tanner, a former Clay County official, accused of manslaughter after a May 1807 quarrel over a woman ended in the shooting of Thomas Erskine. Tanner fled to Arkansas and Missouri, faced trial, was acquitted on a second trial after key witness died, later rose to sheriff and court clerk roles, with papers in the case reportedly vanished.
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McKinley Endorsed as Parties Rally in Missouri
May 5 Kansas City convention endorses McKinley for president and ex mayor Davis for governor with Filley named national committeeman. St Louis delegates to national convention include Brownell Phillips Fishback Gauss. resolutions back McKinley and protection money. A Wichita doctor, Dr Jones, confessed to drowning an infant in the Arkansas river after the child’s birth, claiming the mother’s claim on his attention.
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Swearingen Freed After New Trial In Obscene Mail Case
Daniel K. Swearingen editor of the Burlington Jeffersonian is discharged after Supreme Court ordered a new trial. He had been sentenced to a year in the penitentiary for sending obscene material via the mails attacking a contemporary. Burlington, Kansas was the scene, with Judge Williams presiding.
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Resubmission of Prohibition Question Dominates State News
John Hoen scheidt state organizer of the Order of Mystic Brotherhood reports 65 of 105 counties organized with plans to push resubmission. Loodell backs Vandervert for US senator as Charles Lobdell seeks reelection. In Bonvaverto, Dad Culp killed his wife and son then shot himself after a drunken family row. both victims died and Culp is under arrest.
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More Army Vacancies Raise War Office Expecta tions
The War Department seeks reports from posts on officers in service to identify physically unfit personnel for retirement. If more officers are deemed unfit, they will be retired and the 57 additional vacancies for the first class may arise. Chairman Hall says no army reorganization bill will be considered before adjournment, with early action anticipated next session.
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Postoffice Crusade Against Investment Firm Continues
The Postoffice Department renewed its campaign against the American Coupon Investment Company with offices in several cities. Lottery orders barred the firm’s agencies in Kansas towns including Kansas City Missouri Hiawatha Fort Scott and Hutchinson. In separate news a woman accuses her husband of murdering their children by cruelty.
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Brigand Style Duel Near Rome and Bank Indictments Drift
The account reports brigand style seizure near Rome as a duke and duchess travel incognito, the couple yielding a small purse and moving on. It also notes bank indictments at Perry that were dismissed for four suspects, freeing them to face new inquiries, and other brief items: elopement and bigamy cases in Tucson, a Phoenix baby abandoned, a Great Northern manager resigning, a building collapse on Fourteenth Street with casualties, all from May 5 to May 6 reporting.
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Murder confession in Camfecatom case shocks region
El McKenzie, a confined inmate, confessed to killing Nick Linhardt near Jefferson City. He knocked him with a club, then robbed the body of over $500. The case centers on the murder and the ensuing theft, with local authorities detailing the confession.
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el, McKenzie
Nick Linhardt
Jefferson City
Markets by Wire Kansas City and Kansas City markets May 5
Kansas City and Chicago market wire reports show mixed livestock and grain bids with receipts and shipments listed. Beef and hog prices vary by grade, with steady to weak trends. corn and oats futures reflect modest movements. cash prices cited for various commodities and futures contracts through May 5.
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