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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
7
The Methodist Episcopal general conference on its final day avoided two anticipated issues amusement regulations and pastorate time limits. No discussion was allowed on these matters and paragraph 20 remained unchanged. Pastors may be reassigned annually as in recent years.
Baltimore June reports show swift routine business with debate on key reforms. Bishops will not handle heresy charges. such cases move to annual conferences of accused ministers. The six months probation system is replaced by flexible probation with pastor approval. Bishops assigned across many conferences were announced and thanked.
Lincoln Neb June 4 Notification from the United States court of appeals at St Paul Indirecto set aside the sale of the old Home street railway company to the New Citizens company of Lincoln The ruling deprives citizens of the franchise to use city streets The defect in sale confirmation is cited The old company stockholders may intervene and claim rights of way Potential complications loom as actions unfold
Word reached Maurel Nebraska that Fred Zipf a farmer injured in a Cedar county cyclone last week has died from his injuries His wife and family were not home when the storm struck and the house was blown to pieces
Wakefield Nebraska June 4 Lawrence Brett of the government drainage department arrived to survey the Logan River with 12 assistants and plans to finish around September 1 starting at Concord and proceeding to the mouth.
Lincoln Nebraska June 4 Governor Sheldon yesterday received a request from Knoxville Tennessee citizens including Sheriff Reeder that he pardon Albert Grigger who is serving two and a half years at the Nebraska penitentiary for horse stealing. The plea cites Griggers aged parents and his previously clean record as reasons for mercy.
June 4. American minister Herbert Squiers, ordered to depart by June 4 and proceed to Washington, fueling comment on Panama’s unstable politics. A presidential decree dismisses Colon governor Melendez Cocle governor Ocana and Chiriqui governor Anquizola, replacing them with Arias allies. Deposed officials aligned with Obaldia, while Amador absent, and Obaldia announces candidacy. Provincial governors serve one year. removal by president has not been used previously.
Minneapolis visitors arriving in Chicago from Inver Grove on the Great Western line awoke to find their luggage and clothing stolen from sleeping cars. Thieves took coats trousers and even the porter’s wardrobe leaving travelers to seek borrowed garments and temporary lodging as stores were closed on Sunday.
Five hundred Italian rioters surround the private bank of Gaetno Liotta in Cleveland. Police intervene to prevent a breach as fears rise for Liotta’s whereabouts. Deposits total about thirty thousand.
New York report says William Guggenheim the copper magnate and M. Guggenheim’s sons are considering converting from Judaism to the Episcopal Church. Grandson M Robert Guggenheim and his wife are said to be on the verge of joining the Episcopal denomination after prior speculation about Catholic faith.
Bench warrants issued for Theodore H. Price and three New York men E S Holmes Jr Moses Haas and Frederick A Peckham charging conspiracy in government cotton report leak cases in Washington on June 4.
Atlantic City on June 4 Della Fox an 18 year old pleaded guilty before Judge Hayes to flirting with young men on the Boardwalk. With no one paying her fine the court committed her to the county prison for 60 days. The article also notes an orange tree can yield about 20 000 oranges in its lifetime.
The article catalogs notable filibusters in U S Senate history. It notes LaVollette’s 18 hour 20 minute stance against the Aldrich Vreeland currency bill, Allen’s 14 hour bid in 1903, Carter’s 1900 river and harbor bill blocking, Cormack’s 1907 ship subsidy blockage, and Gorman leading a partisan push that killed the Force bill with Cameron also prominent.
The Sixtieth Congress ends its session with the currency bill approved after a tense filibuster. President Roosevelt signs the measures including public buildings and government employes' liability bills. The House adjourns sine die as rapid action follows on the conference reports and several pension measures.
Chicago church plans a courting room with screens and soft lights at Christ Presbyterian Rev J E Snyder says space next to the church on Orchard and Center streets will be fitted for young couples The pastor notes rising enthusiasm and that stolen chats after Sunday school have sparked the project in seven months of leadership
London dated dispatch reports Lord Tweedmouth former minister of the admirality is described by friends as a mental wreck. An application seeks two trustees to handle his affairs as he is deemed no longer responsible. Alarm began months ago over his Kaiser correspondence during his tenure which nearly sparked a European crisis and led to his removal.
Berlin reports consternation as Emperor William pledges to seek a raise for his civil list. The current $4,000,000 line item faces debate in Prussia's parliament amid views that the emperor is lavish. His income sources include extensive land, royalties, and mining profits totaling about $10,000,000, with rumors of reliance on money lenders.
Former President Grover Cleveland, after two months in a Lakewood hotel due to rheumatic gout and indigestion, was moved to his Princeton home. He walked unaided with a cane, greeting friends and hotel staff as his touring car carried him away.
Paris June 3 Polo has taken a strong hold on fashion circles in Paris. An American, Bradley Martin, spurs the sport which remains limited to aristocratic circles at Bagatelle. Noted players include Martin, de Grammont, Yterbide, Bertin, Leonard, Yoursy. social leaders such as Princess Radziwill, Baroness Neuflisse, Mlle Saveur, Mrs. Hilton, Mrs. Graves, Mrs. Munroe, Mrs. Scott Grant, Countess Rothschild.
Philadelphia report details a West Pensauken family of four William Fidelman 38 Elizabeth 37 Anna 17 and William 7 drowned when a rowboat capsized during an outing to celebrate paying off a mortgage. Four bodies recovered after hours of grappling. witnesses say five or six were aboard before wreck.
Gustaf H. Ander plans a new simple life paradise colony near Vera Cruz Mexico this fall where men and women will live naked and hair and beard are forbidden. He expects 500 colonists by September 1 with minimal washing and a diet of nuts and fruit and women focused on living and sleeping.
The Russian actor Glogolin, invited to Germany, starred as the Maid of Orleans in St. Petersburg previously and then for the first time in Berlin. Critics initially mocked a man in the title role but applauded the performance, noting it may mark the first male portrayal of the Schiller lead.
Amalgamated Copper company held its annual meeting in New York as James Stillman retired from its board. Net income for the year ended April 30 totaled 6.68 million, down 7.474 million from the prior year, with a year end surplus of 525 thousand, down 1.703 million to 12.0087 million. The report notes copper markets were weak last fall and winter while mines operated at full capacity.
Madrid. The one year old prince of Asturias, dressed in a recruit’s infantry uniform, attended a thanksgiving at the palace with King Alfonso and Queen Victoria Eugenie. Afterward he was enrolled as an ordinary private by the minister of war and the colonel of the King’s Regiment.
The Moran Kansas jury found Samuel Whitlow not guilty of the September 27, 1907 murder of May Sapp after a 36 hour deliberation. Miss Sapp, daughter of J. N. Sapp, was killed in her Moran home. Whitlow claimed she killed herself while prosecutors argued he murdered her after an affair and marriage.
In Baltimore on June 3 the Methodist Episcopal church general conference adopted a resolution to replace the title presiding elder with district superintendent in all jurisdictions. The change reflects a reorganization of church leadership.
Dowagine Mich June 3 James Brimmingstahl freed after wife’s alibi proves she cannot testify Brimmingstahl was legally married to his wife preventing testimony and overturning charges that he strangled David Huff who had lived with them and was suspected in other murders
Berlin scene as Herr Humperdinck and his five children attend a performance of Haensel and Gretel. The composer tries to time the music for them but the youngsters fidget, sleep, and move about while the audience watches the children rather than the stage.
Mrs Laurina Bernoldo of 434 West Fifty second street found a dust covered bundle of bonds and a stock certificate worth 4000 dollars in front of the Hotel Astor while job hunting. She turned the papers to police, who returned them to Do Vincent of the Hotel Seville on East Twenty ninth Street.
New York June 3 Thomas A Edison said sleep is only a habit. He argued men slept because darkness offered nothing else to do and that perpetual light would remove the need for sleep.
Mrs Teresa Felepia, with baby in arms, shot and killed John Mare who she says attacked her 6 year old daughter and conspired with two others to extort money. Police see possible blackmail ring involving Dorminice Francesco and Gaetano Francesco, with both father and son charged in the case.
A major benefactor contributes a substantial sum to the college fund, with figures cited as 150 000 to 250 000 and larger totals reaching 500 000 750 000 in connection with James A. Patten and William H. Bartlett. The gesture is described as the biggest donation related to corn interests and college support.
Chicago reports James A. Patten, famed corn trader, donates 150000 for a Northwestern University gym. Announcement by President Warris at Fisk Hall notes Patten’s recent gains and losses in corn and oats, with figures on his massive market holdings and rivals like J Ogden Armour.
Vienna report says Princess Amelia Louisse of Furstenburg may marry Gustav Kozian an automobile firm employee after a family council decision to oppose the match was dropped. The couple, who eloped to Lucerne, plan to live abroad after the marriage.
The jury in the Theodore Whitmore case, charged with murdering his wife Lena Whitmore in Brooklyn, reported a disagreement and was discharged in Jersey City on June 2.
Princeton Indiana June 2 Lightning struck a barbed wire fence along a rural rail fence killing thirty six sheep and three cows belonging to H W Smith. The animals lay stretched in the shade along fifty yards with no external marks except a small sapling cut where the current left the wire.
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