Tithing system urged to fund world evangelism at national convention
The National Tithers convention opened at Winona with Thomas Kane of Chicago presiding. Rev F C Ballard of Indianapolis outlined aims to unite churches nationwide under a tithing plan to finance evangelism. Delegates from Baptists, Presbyterians, Christians, Methodists, Episcopalians, United Brethren, Progressive Brethren, and Congregationalists attended. In New York Rev Stephen O Benton was elected recording secretary of the Methodist Missionary Society board, succeeding Rev Dr L Baldwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
Winona
Thomas Kane
Chicago
F. C. Ballard
Indianapolis
Baptists
Presbyterian
Christian
Methodist
Episcopal
United Brethren
Progressive Brethren
Congregational
M. E. Church
New York
Stephen O. Benton
Fall River
Mass
New Bedford
New England
General Book Committee
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
the Missionary Society
Prince Chen Welcomed In New York City Tour
Prince Chen paid a formal welcome by acting mayor Fornes at city hall. The royal party toured the post office, Brooklyn Bridge, sub-treasury and Chinatown before a Waldorf dinner with Wu Ting Fang and Sir Chentung Liang Cheng. Prince Chen then departed to Montreal by special Montreal express car.
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New York
Prince Chen
Fornes
Board of Aldermen
Low
Peirce
Wu Ting Fang
Chentung Liang Cheng
Washington
van Cott
Brooklyn Bridge
Sub-Treasury
Chinatown
Waldorf-Astoria
Army Officers Urge Smith to Meet Political Fight
Judge James Bannon, brother-in-law and attorney of General Jacob H. Smith, said General Smith should pursue action after a court martial sentence he interprets as a reprimand. He criticized President Racewell’s reading, urged Smith to enter the contest with full commitment, and said army friends advocate immediate action.
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Portsmouth
James Bannon
Jacob H. Smith
Smith
Raceswell
New Officers of Elks Elected at Grand Lodge
Salt Lake City Utah Aug 13 G H Cronk of Omaha was elected grand exalted ruler of the grand lodge of Elks W P Brock of Lexington Ky was elected grand leading knight and Judge J C Pickens of Denver was elected grand loyal knight all by acclamation.
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Salt Lake
Utah
G. HE. Cronk
Omaha
Grand Lodge of Elks
W. P. Brock
Lexington
J. C. Pickens
Denver
Western Maryland buys 125 acres for Baltimore terminals
The Western Maryland Railroad company buys 125 acres in South Baltimore west of Fort McHenry for terminal use. Waterfront lands on both sides of the point are acquired and a path via Gwynns Falls will access the site. A shallow bridge on the Patapasco will connect to a planned deep water harbor after Congress funds dredging. Purchase price cited as $600,000.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Fort McHenry
Patapasco
Gwynns Falls
Congress
Bloody Battle for Barcelona Ends in Transit of Prisoners
Details from Port-of-Spain describe a brutal fight in Barcelona Venezuela starting Aug 3. Government forces collapsed by Friday with 167 dead and widespread pillage of houses stores and consulates. U S Minister Bowen ordered Cincinnati to Barcelona and ships Topeka Marietta Falke Giovanni Fausan Pallas were deployed nearby.
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Port-of-Spain
Trinidad
Barcelona
Venezuela
Francisco
Monagas
Platero
Martin Marcano
United States
Bowen
Caracas
Cincinnati
Topeka
Porto Cabello
Marietta
Orinoco
Falke
Curacoa
Giovanni Fausan
Pallas #re
LaGuaira
Two Policemen Die After Alley Shootout in Chicago
Police say two burglars attempted to rob Dr. Harry Shaw's residence at 222 Ashland Boulevard and killed officers Timothy Devine and Charles Pennell, 40 and 35, before escaping. Five suspects, Arthur, John, Sam Dillon, Jerry Hawley, and George O'Brien, were arrested after a gunfight with officers.
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Chicago
Harry Shaw
Ashland Boulevard
Timothy Devine
Charles Pennell
Arthur
John
Sam Dillon
Jerry Hawley
George O’brien
Devine
Pennell
Beal law dry elections and local incidents across towns
Belle Center Bellefontaine Ohio residents vote 107 to stay dry under Beal law. Willoughby Ohio drys win 209 to 130. Rev Charles Allen Peninsula seeks removals over Sunday ball playing. Findlay Ohio M A Curtess wed Ida McElroy Windsor Canada. Aberdeen automobile Stanley steamer lost not found. $100 reward. Wheeling West Virginia Joe Curtis dies after protracted illness and raving episode.
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Belle Center
Bellefontaine
Willoughby
Charles Allen
Peninsula
Akron
Findlay
M. A. Curtess
Ida McElroy
Galian
Windsor
Canada
Stanley
Aberdeen
Wheeling
W. Va
Joe Curtis
City
Guerin Code Bill Meeting At Cedar Point
Republican lawmakers from Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia gather at Cedar Point Sandusky Aug 14 to 16 invited by Rep Guerin of Erie. Fifty of 67 lower house Republicans and nearly all senate Republicans attend with Gov Nash and Attorney General Sheets expected. Guerin code bill to dominate talks and shape extra session plans.
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Sandusky
Cedar Point
Guerin
Erie
General Assembly
Senate
Nash
Allegheny County Leads in Pig Iron and Steel Output
Harrisburg reports Captain James M. Clark will highlight pig iron and steel statistics in the 1901 annual bureau report. Pennsylvania produced 7,364,295 gross tons of pig iron with $152,075,575 invested, average value $14.62 per ton, and 14,739 workers earning $586.24 yearly on $1.85 daily. Allegheny tops both pig iron and steel production with significant western counties contribution.
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Harrisburg
James M. Clark
Bureau of Industrial Statistics
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Mercer
Cambria
Lebanon
Lawrence
Dauphin
Bessemer
Allegheny Mountains
Ohio boy not arrested in Nicaraguan expedition claim
Dr. Russell Wilson of Norwalk, reported condemned to death by Nicaragua, writes from Columbus that he was never arrested and was never in danger. He says he joined the Colombian regular army as a major surgeon and served on the gunboat General Pinton during a failed landing at Bluefields, denying involvement in a filibustering trip.
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Columbus
Russell Wilson
Norwalk
Aector
Colombia
Nicaragua
General Pinton
Bluefields
TWO MURDERERS LYNCHED IN LEXINGTON MD
A mob of masked men broke into the Lexington jail and hanged Charles Salyers a white man and Henry Gates a colored man to a tree near town after they were found guilty of murdering George W. Johnson. Gates was shot in the right hip during the attack. Johnson had been killed while defending a hen house during a robbery.
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Lexington
Charles Salyers
Henry Gates
George W. Johnson
Gatea
Johnson
Salyer
Gates
Johnson Johnson
Dominating factors in stock market shift on crops money outlook
New York Aug 13 The dominant factors in the stock market remain crop prospects and the money outlook. Crop news from the agricultural department and weather bureau was favorable but speculation had already priced in good crops. Autumn money market activity lifted rates, affecting speculative conditions, as traders sold to realize profits and reduce exposure after earlier price gains. Volume contracted further, slipping below half a million shares.
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New York
Agricultural Department
Weather Bureau
National Games Yesterday and Today Highlights
Yesterday results show Baltimore 2 and Cleveland 6 in American games. Matchups included Chicago at Boston, Baltimore at Cleveland, St. Louis at Washington, and Detroit at Philadelphia. Today schedules include Pittsburgh at Boston in two games, Chicago at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at New York, St. Louis at Philadelphia.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
Pittshure
Baltimore
Cleveland
Washington
Lietroit
W. L. Pet
Tee Entetare Pe
Fraoklyn
Heston
Louis
St. Abeta Ee
Philadelphia & Sgh Shapes Sie
New York Ee
St Loonis
Droston
Markets Run: Grain Butter Cheese and Live Stock Prices
Markets show corn at 72 1 730 for shelled and 75 76e for ear, oats around 61 62c, hay prices from 9.25 to 18.00, and butter and cheese quotes across Ohio Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Cattle and hogs listed with several classes, eggs at 19 20c, poultry live and dressed, plus sheep and calves price ranges. During a storm in Allentown a new three story house for Frank Schroth collapsed killing him. eight workers injured. In Mercer County citizens seek dissolution of Jackson Center school board over teachers’ election deadlock.
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Pittsburg
Timothy
Looge
Elgin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York State
Wisconsin
Allentown
Frank J. Schroth
Brown
Schroth
Baileny
Jackson Center
Mercer County
Virtue Statement on Neighborliness by Confucius
A concise quotation from Confucius notes virtue should not sit idle but be practiced. Those who live by virtue will earn honorable neighbors and surrounding respect.
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Confucius
New Trust Formed in Trenton for International Harvester
International Harvester company, authorized capital 120 million dollars, incorporated at Trenton New Jersey to manufacture harvesting machines and farm implements. Founders include Abram Hyatt and George Howard with other New York and New Jersey investors. Shipbuilding Combine completes payments on U S shipbuilding plants forming a new, economy-driven organization. no plans to acquire English plants yet.
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Trenton
N. J
International Harvester Company
McCor Mick Reaper and Mower
Chicago
Abram M. Hyatt
Allenhurst
George W. Howard
New York
Rowland R. Nennin Auburn
Edward M
Miller New York
Robert S. Green
Elizabeth
N. 1
Erastus M. Cravath
United States Shipbuilding Company
Nixon
Vickers, Maxim & Vickers
England
Strikers Held in Ed wardsville Riot Case and Local News
Six men and a local union secretary faced arraignment in Wilkesbarre on charges of intimidating nonunion workers and rioting at the Woodward colliery. Five strikers from Woodward Local and secretary James Oweng faced contempt and bail actions as the case unfolded. Also reported: Keystone Electric Co. of Erie sold to New York investors, increasing capital to 490000, and other items from Chillicothe and Wellston including a former detective turned saloonkeeper’s affidavit and an insane adjudication following a robbery incident.
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Wilkesbarre
Woodward
United Mine Workers
Edwardsville
Pellock
Commonwealth
James Oweng
Keystone Electric Company
Erie
New York
P. B. Clarke
Chillicothe
George Caldwell
Jake Warner
Warner House
Missouri Leads Nation in Apple Trees, Census Data Show
The center of Uncle Sam's apple bin has shifted west of the Alleghenies with Missouri leading apple production. Prof. W A Taylor cites twelfth census figures showing 210 million bearing trees in the U S, with Missouri at 20 million, New York 15 million, Illinois 13.5 million, and Kansas and Pennsylvania near 12 million each, across multiple districts.
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Rochester
N. Y
Uncle Sam
Missouri
W. A. Taylor
United States Department of Agriculture
Taylor
Census Department
United States
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
North Central
South Central
Rocky Mountain States
Pacific Slope
North
New York
Illinois
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Would Wed Miss Deacon in Royal Romance Tale
Paris reports the Crown Prince seeks to wed Miss Gladys Deacon, daughter of the late Edward Parker Deacon. She refuses a morganatic marriage, demanding a full religious and legal ceremony, after which the Prince gave her a ring. Deacon’s father had a notorious 1892 Cannes shooting case and later a presidential pardon.
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Paris
Mafin
Gladys Deacon
Edward Parker Deacon
Miss Deacon
Frederick William
Empress Frederick
Misa Marie Gladys Deacon
Cannes
France
Emile Abeille
Deacon
Nice
Carnot
Charles H. Baldwin
U.S. N
New York
Moros Surprise Outpost at Camp Vicars
A small Moros party surprised a Twenty-Seventh Infantry outpost at Camp Vicars. Sergeant Foley and Private Carey were killed, Private Van Dorn wounded. Moros fled after inflicting losses in fog and darkness. Manila marked the city’s 4th anniversary as a U.S. possession on August 13.
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Manila
Twenty-Seventh Infantry
Camp Vicars
Foley
Carey
van Dorn
Bridge workers strike in sympathy with Philadelphia
Pittsburg Aug. 13 One thousand employees of the American Bridge Company obeyed President Buchanan of the Structural Iron Workers and struck in sympathy with Philadelphia workers. The order is confined to the American Bridge Company.
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Pittsburg
American Bridge Company
Buchanan
Structural Iron
Philadelphia
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