Hosts of Methodists Open Fourth International Conference
Thousands attend the fourth international Epworth League conference in Indianapolis. Delegates from the United States and Canada fill Tomlinson Hall and the Tent Epworth, with 3 500 delegates and about as many visitors. Openings featured addresses by Bishop W N Ninde and other church leaders, as crowds packed both the tent and Yorkinson Hall amid banners bearing Look Up Lift Up.
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Tomlinson Hall
Epworth
League
Epworth League
Indianapolis
Great Organization
Canada
Indiana
Methodist Church
Washington St Pennnsylvania Street
Oooek
Corrhouse
Yar
Wombingon Tall
Huh Deugherington
Gav
Gav. Moiuethade
Commonwealth
F. Biter
Charles @. Jones
Bristol
Tenn
A. Carman
Torosin
Ghanata
W. N. Ninde
Detroit
Methodist Episcopal Church
Yorkinson
Bomb Explodes On Roof At Cleveland Street Railway Barn
A dynamite bomb was thrown onto the roof of the Big Consolidated Street Railway Company's barn in Cleveland early Friday. A two foot hole tore the roof, a car beneath was wrecked, and many barn windows shattered. The blast rattled the area, and mobs damaged wires and tracks as officials warned troops may be called to quell unrest amid a major strike. Police reported the strike fading but leaders vowed a longer fight. Dispatches indicated limited disorder overnight with trains running near schedule in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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Ikers
Big Consolidated Street Railway Company
Cleveland
Barrett
Manhattan
Broolyn
Second Avenue Railroad
Second Avenue
Brooklyn
Mortimer O'Connell
Phoenix Association of Railroad
Knights of Labor
John N. Parsons
Parsons
Riot Quelled as Police Use Pistols in Brooklyn Strike
Reports describe police using pistols to quell disturbances during a Brooklyn strike amid church conferences and Methodism discussions. The scene included prayers, choirs, and speeches on unity, with 25,000 local chapters and approaching 2,000,000 members in Epworth League activity.
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Brooklyn
Odist Episcopal Church
O. H. Witzgerald
Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Epworth League
Ius
Arbitration plan is settled by American delegates at Hague
The Hague peace conference arbitration committee held a long session reading proposals for a second time. A revision of arbitration judgments is praised as a key outcome, with American delegates singled out for leading the successful conclusion. The war laws committee again debated expanding bullets and gases with the president urging unity, while Captain Mahan and Sir Julian Pauncefote argued opposing positions.
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the Hague
Captain Mahan
America
Julian Pauncefote
England
Black couple defeat White widow in Alabama assault
In Clay County near Idaho Alabama a Black man Turner and his wife confront Mary Measles a white widow driving a hog herd from her field. Measles threatens responsibility for damages. Turner's wife strikes Measles breaking her nose and Turner clubs her head, leaving her seriously injured.
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Idaho
Clay County
Ala
Mary Measles
John ‘Turner
Turner
Bryan Urges Unity at Democratic National Committee Meet
In Chicago the Democratic national committee convened for organization rather than business. William J. Stone was chosen vice chairman, new rules formed a ways and means committee, and bids for the national convention were opened with Milwaukee Kansas City and Denver competing. A mass meeting at Anti- Terrains featured Bryan amid cheers as speakers praised Altgeld and attacked imperialism, with Tillman Shafroth and Lentz among those shaping the platform discussion.
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Cleveland
Isso
Board of Control
Natio Democratic
Chicago
Sherman House
Stone
William J. Stone
I. J. Devlin
Sprtss Bureau
Ways All Means Committee
Milwaukee
Kansas
John S. Martin Geunr
Sanitary
Buffalo
Kansas City
Denver
William J. Bryan
Philippine Islands
Six-Gay
Altgeld
James P. Tarvin
Kentucky
James I. Brown
Henry George
Iinois
Brown
Tillman
John I. Shafroth
Colorado
Alexander Troup
New England
John J. Lentz
Gen. E. B. Finley
Fierce Fight Near Iloilo in Panay Island Battle
Small American unit from the Sixteenth Infantry under Captain Byrne clashed with 450 Babaylones at Bobong on Wednesday. American forces killed 115 enemy, wounded many, and captured one prisoner. American losses were one killed and one wounded. Bayonets and clubbed guns dominated close quarters, with arms and supplies seized. Captain Byrne commands a battalion operating at La Carlota in Negros district. Manila reports Chief Surgeon Woodhull has protested hospital service inadequacies to the War Department via Gen Otis, citing dysentery from heavy rations as a primary troops’ ailment.
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Bobong
Smith
Iloilo
Panay
Sixteenth Infantry
Byrne
la Carlota
Negros
Manila
Hong Kong
Woodhull
War Department
Otis
Reina Mercedes to be shown in New York and Boston
The Navy Department will exhibit the former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes in New York and Boston for about two weeks at each port. The ship, sunk in Santiago harbor on July 4, 1898, to block the channel, can be temporarily repaired for $2,000 per a board of survey report.
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New York
Boston
Navy Department
Santiago Harbor
Simpson
Board of Survey
Aall
War Paint and Feathers At Leech Lake Council
At Walker Minnesota considerable uneasiness grows as Chief Flatmouth of the Leech Lake Indians again wears war paint and feathers. He announces a council of all Leech Lake Indians to meet at the old agency to protest the government eviction order revocation he says violates their rights.
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Flatmouth
Leech Lake
Six More Killed In White Baker Feud Near London Ky
The White Baker feud in Clay County, Kentucky has left six more dead and several wounded. Victims include Hugh Griffin James Griffin Edward Fisher Robert Philpot Aaron Morris and Richard Loven. Deputies flood the area as gunfire continues with no end in sight. Tom Baker's dispute over a judgment sparked the feud which has killed eleven men and drawn state authorities into the mountains near London.
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White-Baker
London
Griffins
Philpots
Bakers
Bob” Philpot
Baker-Howard
Tom Baker
A. B. Howard
Baker
Howard
Sheriff White
Clay County
Battle near Mount Sterling sparks calls to withdraw troops
Judge Onear of Mount Sterling urges withdrawal as the scene in the small but bloody conflict intensifies. He says the only solution is to let the Howards and Bakers settle their fight without outside intervention.
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Onear
Mount Sterling
Howards
Bakers
MOVE TOWARD PEACE Aguinaldo Quiet Peace Overture
Washington report says cablegrams from the Philippine commission and Gen Otis show overtures from Aguinaldo and leaders toward peace. The president withholds public release until positive results are seen, noting possible reduction in volunteers if promises are fulfilled.
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Aguinaldo
Washington
State Department
Philippine Commission
War Department
Gen. Otis
Otis
Random 1900s quips spark a globe of oddities
A string of satirical asides ranges from Gen Funston’s swimming to Aguinaldo forming a baseball team and wartime humor about rain, shoes, and officers. References mix politicians, trains, courts, and media in a collage voice reflecting press commentary and public mood.
Alger Resigns as Secretary of War in McKinley Era
Washington special reports Gen Russell Alger handed his resignation to President McKinley after Vice President Hobart urged sacrifice to ease cabinet friction. The move ends months of pressure linked to Pingree faction fears and Alger’s Senate bid. Hobart acted as messenger and adviser to Alger.
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Hobart
Washington
Russell A. Alger
McKinley
Long Branch
Mels
Inley
Alger
Pingree
McMillan and
Burrows
Lincoln
Chase
McShinley
Mir
United States
Michigan
Griggs
Gen
Gen. Alger
Thesident
Alaskan boundary dispute stalls as Joint Commission likely postponed
Washington dispatch says settlement talks for the Alaskan boundary are effectively abandoned with the Joint High Commission possibly postponed indefinitely. Senator Fairbanks, Secretary Hay, John Foster and John A. Kasson will reconvene to discuss the boundary after Fairbanks arrives. Authorities hope no mining season clashes arise amid tense Anglo American miners and Canadian police.
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High Joint Commission
Washington Dispatch
Joint High Commission
Fairbanks
Hay
John Foster
John A. Kasson
Observations on Commonplace Men and Women from the Atchison Globe
A collection of social commentary and wry observations on marriage money gender and daily life. It notes the behavior of women with money straining husbands bachelor expectations parental authority and the small ironies seen in family life with humorous tints. It mentions marriage age education and moral duties with playful speculation.
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Atchison Globe
Nature's Soft Nurse and the Sleep That Overpowers
Recited examples show extreme fatigue triggering sleep despite active effort or danger. Accounts include sailors near Nile gunfire, a Burmese frigate captain asleep near combat, and Damiens in Paris enduring torture while sleeping. Chinese punishment of sleepless prisoners and workers slipping into sleep amid danger are noted. the piece cites Harper's Magazine.
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Nile
Carpenter
Damiens
Paris
Harper’s Magazine
Proof of It Humorous New York Weekly Dialogue
A comedic exchange from New York Weekly shows Mrs De Gree exposing her Mason husband. The scene hinges on missing regalia and a telegram that reveals a goat, ending with a stuttering reply from George.
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New York Weekly
Mr. de Gree
Mrs. de Gree
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