Moderator elected as Southern Branch leads Presbyterian Assembly
In Kansas City Rev. Dr. Baxter P. Fullerton of St. Louis was chosen moderator and stated clerk of the Presbyterian church in the United States. The Northern Baptist convention met in Oklahoma City with Gov. Hughes elected president. The Methodist general conference in Baltimore continued bishop elections with Rev. Edwin H Humes favored on preliminary ballots.
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Kansas City
Baxter P. Fullerton
St. Louis
Presbyterian Church
United States
William H. Roberts
Philadelphia
General Assembly
Fullerton
Dr. Fullerton
Missionary Record
Assembly
Roberts
Great Baptist Convention
Oklahoma City
Okla
Northern Baptist Convention
White Temple
Harry Pratt Judson
Chicago University
Gov. Hughes
W. C. Bitting
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Edwin H Humes
Charles L. Goodell
Calvary Church
New York
Nielsen
Berlin
Europe
Pishon
William Burt
Ruef Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Bribery Trial
San Francisco May 22 The jury trying Abraham Ruef former San Francisco political boss failed to agree after 48 hours of deliberation and was discharged. The charge involved offering former Supervisor Jennings Phillips a bribe of 1000 dollars to influence a vote on a Parkside Realty electric railroad franchise. The panel stood six to six on 18 ballots, with credibility of witnesses at issue. 111 indictments remain pending against Ruef.
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San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Maurice T. Dooling
Ruef
Jennings Phillips
Parkside Realty Company
Buck ets Shops Declared Felony Under New Penal Code
Albany May 22 Gov Hughes signs Cassidy bill making bucket shops illegal after September 1. The measure amends the penal code to declare the practice a felony in New York.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Gov
Hughes
Cassidy
Governor Sparks Near Death as Condition Worsens
Reho November 22 Gov Sparks was reported by his physician Thursday night as seriously ill with little hope of living more than a few hours. The report notes the governor’s critical state and dire prognosis.
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Sparks
Reho
Editor Clarence Paul Found Dead in Springfield Room
Clarence R. Paul editor of the Thinots State Journal was found dead in his room Thursday night by a porter valet in Springfield Illinois. The report notes a burn or scald and promotes Chamberlain's Salve for pain and healing with sale details of W H tine.
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Llinda
Springfield
Clarence R. Paul OS
Thinots State Journal
Chamberlain
W. H
Tine Eae
Tragic Belgian Express Crash Kills Sixty Pilgrims
Antwerp May 22 A derailment at Contich near Antwerp after a switch defect caused the Antwerp Brussels express to ram into a local train carrying pilgrims. Sixty dead and about one hundred wounded, engineers killed, Prince Albert visited the injured. investigation cites temporary switch repair and possible operator error.
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Antwerp
Europe
Contich
Express
Prince Albert
Shaw Murder Suspected In Hortonville Widow Case
Appleton Wisconsin May 22 Circumstances shown by officers support the theory that Mrs Carrie Shaw a wealthy Hortonville widow was murdered Tuesday night Her gold front tooth was knocked out her lips cut inside and her left hand severely lacerated An autopsy has been ordered Charles Abrams New London businessman charged with knowledge of the death was arraigned with a May 29 hearing set and remanded to jail Mrs Shaw's body was found in a Hortonville mill pond Wednesday morning The cause of death remains undetermined whether suicide or murder.
New Hadley Will Is Found Bequest To Roosevelt Reported
Discovery of a new will and two codicils may alter the 500000 estate of Benjamin Hadley. A 10000 bequest to President Roosevelt could shift distribution to his English relatives if authentic. The recluse was found dead in Somerville last December.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Benjamin Hadley
Somerville
Red River Levee Break Floods Bottom in Arkansas
New Lewisville Arkansas May 22 The Red River levee District No 1 broke early Thursday flooding the entire bottom south of the Cotton Belt railway The break was unexpected leaving residents at the mercy of the flood Livestock of all kinds perished and several negroes are reported to have been drowned
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New Lewisville
Ark
Red River Levee District No. 1
Cotton Belt Railway
New Fast Train to Seattle Omaha May 31 Inauguration
Burlington road to launch May 31 a fast limited train service linking Chicago Omaha Kansas City St Louis Seattle and other northwest points. The new schedule cuts 12 hours from current running time with arrivals in Seattle in the morning rather than the following evening.
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Seattle
Omaha
Burlington Road
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Northwest
Druggists Ordered to Stop Selling Liquor in Rockford
Rockford authorities enforce local option law stopping druggists from selling intoxicating liquors by prescription or otherwise. City council failed to pass an ordinance regulating drugstore alcohol sales.
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Rockford
Fleet at Bellingham Harbor Welcomed by City
Seven vessels of the Atlantic battleship fleet rest in Bellingham bay after a voyage from San Francisco. The fleet was officially welcomed by municipal authorities and officers and shore leave men were entertained by residents of the city.
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Bellingham
Wash
Bellingham Bay
San Francisco
Carload of Mail Burned in Wyoming
A full carload of United States mail burned near the eastern end of the Wyoming division of the Union Pacific on Wednesday night in Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
United States
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Elwood man nearly chokes after beer with pool ball stunt
Charlie Ewing of Elwood tried to drink beer with a pool ball in his mouth and almost strangled. The unsafe stunt drew medical attention and embarrassed spectators at a local gathering.
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Charlies Ewing
Elwood
Platt Wins Suit as Mae Wood Is Jailed for Perjury
In New York May 22 Senator Thomas C. Platt defeats Mae C. Wood in court over a marriage claim. Judge O Gorman dismisses the divorce action and orders Wood held on perjury charges with $5,000 bail. Wood is committed to the Tombs while awaiting grand jury action.
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New York
Mae C. Wood
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Supreme Court
Tombs Prison
Justice O'Gorman
Senator Platt
Platt-Wood
Miss Wood
O'Gorman
Pettit Heads Illinois Doctors Meeting
The State Medical Association closed a two day session in Peoria with officers elected J W Pettit of Ottawa chosen president.
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Peoria
The
State Medical Association
J. W. Pettit
Ottawa
Evansville Police Raid Nabs Suspect in 1ne District
Evansville officers raided the 1ne district and arrested a man on gambling and other law violations amid a broader probe. The suspect faces charges related to illegal gaming and associated offenses.
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Evansville
Dynamite Strikes Hit Cleveland Streetcar Lines
In Cleveland on May 22 two people were seriously injured and eight others slightly hurt when a dynamite bomb exploded on a Euclid Avenue car near One Hundred Sixteenth Street. A woman and a barber suffered injuries. many passengers fled in panic as the car was wrecked. A second explosion damaged a St Clair Street car but caused no injuries. Two arbitrators were chosen to settle the street railway strike: Prof Elroy M Avery for the strikers and Arthur A Stearns for the company.
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Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
St. Clair Street
Dean Street
Municipal Traction Company
Elroy M. Avery
Arthur A. Stearns
Illinois Supreme Court orders school access for Bibb children
The Illinois Supreme Court issued a writ mandating Alton city officials to admit Ambrose and Minnie Bibb, Negro children, to the same school as white pupils. The case, begun 12 years ago by their father Scott Bibb, follows years of private tutoring while litigation continued.
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Alton
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Ambrose
Minnie Bibb
Scott Bibb
Minnie
Typographical Union Hints at Re election of Officers
In Indianapolis at International Typographical Union headquarters it was announced late Thursday that President James M. Lynch Vice President Hayes and Secretary Treasurer J W Bramwood are likely re elected. The claim is based on over 100 telegrams from locals reporting votes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
International Typographical Union
James M. Lynch
Hayes
J. W. Bramwood
Fire at Chicago box plant injures fourteen
Fourteen men were seriously burned or maimed in a Thursday afternoon blaze that destroyed a three story building housing the J. C. Wintermeyer Box Manufacturing company and the Suess Ornamental Glass company at Twenty first place and Throop street. Two men are missing and the loss is $125,000.
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Chicago
J. C. Wintermeyer Box Manufacturing Company
Suess Ornamental Glass Company
Twentyfirst Place
Throop Street
Illinois Elks Close Convention in Peoria
The Elks fifth annual state convention closed with officer elections. A monster parade was held in the afternoon and a banquet completed the proceedings. Andrew Alson of Moline was elected president.
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Llinois
Cooks Who Cook Secured Through Reporter Local Columns
Local columnist reports on cooks who cook as a feature of community life, highlighting the practitioners, their kitchens, and the role of food in neighborhood culture. The piece emphasizes craft, local color, and the connection between cooks and readers.
Roosevelt Weighs Veto On 32 Million Public Buildings Bill
President Roosevelt has asked Secretary Cortelyou to prepare a report on the 32 million public building bill to judge whether to sign or veto. The report covers fund status for such spending, future completion costs, and necessity of each project per treasury supervision. A related anti injunction bill and ocean mail steamer appropriations are also noted as connected interests. The congress adjournment near term prompts currency commission talk and multiple appropriation actions.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Cortelyou
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Monetary Commission
Senate
House
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
National Monetary Commission
District of Columbia
Territories
Union Station
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
White
Appalachian Mountains
Rational Forest Commission
Tornado strikes Albia Iowa blighting homes and killing man
A tornado nine miles west of Albia Iowa on Thursday tore through the valley at express speed. Buildings were blown away injuring residents and crushing J M Taylor 78 while he fed chickens. The Grant school suffered damage and bricks and glass hurt several people. Trees and stock were damaged. In Kansas fox Concordia Mrs Fred Becker and her two children were killed when a home collapsed near Lynn Washington county.
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Albia
J. M. Taylor
Grant School
Concordia
Kan
Fred Becker
Lynn
Washington County
Illinois Grand Army elects officers in Quincy session
The Grand Army encampment of the department of Illinois closed its session in Quincy on Thursday afternoon electing officers. Commander Joseph Rosenbaum of Chicago was chosen, with Orrin Wilkinson of Princeton as senior vice commander and J R West of Elgin as junior vice commander. Alfred L. Coles of Chicago was named musical director.
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Illinois Grand Army
Quincy
Ill
Grand Army
Department of Tinois
Joseph Rosenbaum
Chicago
Orrin Wilkinson
Princeton
J. R. West
Elgin
Alfred L. Coles
Body Found Along Lake Shore Tracks Near Goshen
A mangled body was found along the Lake Shore railroad tracks at Goshen. The deceased is headless and unidentified, prompting police to begin an investigation and seek clues to the person’s identity.
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Lake Shore Railroad
Goshen
New York YMCA Offers Country Home for Office Boys
The New York YMCA advertises camps across the state with home like lodging at about 36 a week for office boys and others. Camp Dudley on Lake Shamplain, named for Sumner IP Dudley, hosts ten week seasons with tents, a kitchen, store, ice house, bath and mess hall for about 200, plus a workshop, library, athletic fields and a hospital tent. The camp expects over 2,000 members this year from July to September.
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State Department of the
Lake Shamplain
Dudley
Sum
Ner IP
Language Lesson Dialogue
First Suburbanite notes Jones digs a bunghole for the foundation of a bungalow. The second Suburbanite confirms the purpose as digging for the home’s base.
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