Bishop Fowler Dies Suddenly at New York Home
Rev. Charles H. Fowler, Methodist Episcopal bishop, died of heart failure in New York City on March 20 after weeks of declining health. Born 1838 in Burford Ontario he led Northwestern University as president and shaped major church and educational initiatives worldwide. He is survived by his widow Myra A. Hitchcock and a son Charles H. Fowler.
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New York
N. Y
Charles H. Fowler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fowler
Charles Fowler
The
Burford
Ontario
Canada
Horatio
Harriet (Ryan) Fowler
Genesee College
Syracuse University
Garrett Biblical Institute
Institute
University of Syracuse
M. E
Chicago
Northwestern
Northwestern University
New York Christian Advocate
M. E. Church
Rock River Conference
Illinois
Philadelphia
Peking University
North China
Nanking University
China
St. Petersburg
Russia
McCaly College of Theology
Southern
Cal
Nebraska
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
Great Cleveland
General Conference
M. E. Church South
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Great Britain
United States
England
Japan
Korea
India
Myra A. Hitchcock
Raids Target Former Saloons Seize Large Liquor Stock
Law enforcement agents raided numerous former saloons and seized vast quantities of liquor stored in buildings. Search warrants were secured for sites formerly used for saloon operations and all stock was taken into custody.
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John Morgan
St. John Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Law Enforcement League
Woman's Department
Frank Benham
Geo
Weather outlook for Iowa and Illinois
Fair tonight and Saturday with gradually rising temperatures. Sunrise at 8 55, sunset 6 03, moonrise 8 48 p m.
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Iowa
Illinois
Iowan is Father at Beighty
Colfax Iowa March 20 No father in the world is prouder of his new porn babe than John W Schlusser who at the age of 80 has just been presented with a son by his wife who is 52 years younger than he He calls the boy the finest in the state The octogenarian says he is still good for many nights trampling the floor The Schlusser family has two sons the first born when he was 75 years old
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Colfax
John W. Schlusser
Schlusser
United Mine Workers Adopt Scale Committee Report
The national convention of the United Mine Workers of America adopted the scale committee report by sections with no changes. President Mitchell’s push to repeal the Sherman anti trust law section relating to labor contracts was approved as two board members join labor leaders in Washington. Delegates urged miners to back legislators sympathetic to labor. Mitchell bids farewell, urging support for the organization and officers as districts set minimum demands and strike provisions. Indiana operators and miners to meet in joint conference March 24.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Scale
Mitchell
National Board
Washington
Congress
International Executive Board
Indiana
Murder at Buxton Rocks Mining Camp
In Buxton Iowa mine No 14 at 8:30 last night John Tolliver 35 colored was shot by Jack Massey 40 colored after a dispute over a woman. Tolliver died at the scene Massey is jailed in Buxton awaiting trial in the murder case.
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Oskaloosa
Buxton
John C. Tolliver
Jack Massly
Tolliver
Massey
Gould says no engagement plans after four years abroad
Mme Anna Gould arrived on the Adriatic and declared she has no intention of marrying again, denying reports she will wed Prince Helie de Sagan, cousin of her former husband Count Boni de Castellane.
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New York
Mme
Anna Gould
Adriatic
Mme. Gould
Helie de Sagan
Count Boni de Castellane
Auto Racers Report Car Positions Across Western U S
With the Auto Racers, Chicago Italian left Springvalley Wyoming at 800 am German passed through Gothenburg Nebraska at 1000 am first French car passed Sydney Nebraska at 7pm The American car is awaiting repairs 90 miles east of Tonopah Nevada.
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Chicago
Ill
New York
Paris
Springvalley
Wyo
Gothenburg
Neb
Sydney
Tonopah
Nev
News men quit as German lawmakers face insult row
Berlin reporters halt Reichstag coverage after center leader Groeber called journalists swine amid jeers over a debate on a colonial budget. Over a hundred press men demand an apology with proprietors and agencies backing the action. The dispute follows a cable on a South Africa battle and German losses, including Captain Von Erckert and Lieut. Ebinger.
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Berlin
Herr Groeber
Reichstag
South Africa
Blackmailer Private Detectives Target Chicago Officials
Four men identified as private detectives were arrested in Chicago on charges of attempting to extort Mayor Busse, Chief of Police Shippy, and Alderman Foreman for about 100000. They claimed to work for a reform group of South Side clergymen investigating levee district vice and crime. City authorities allege the men threatened to reveal alleged exposures to collect money. The reform ministers deny wrongdoing and defend the detectives.
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Chicago
Busse
Shippy
M. J. Foreman
Third Ward
Henry Schindler
John R. Maroney
William J. Mullaney
Charles Huxhold
Reform Organization
South Side
Levee
President to urge Sherman Act amendment in coming message
Washington March 20 extended discussion on the presidents recommendations for amending the Sherman anti trust law leads to a decision to send another message to Congress within a day or two.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Explosion Burns Two In Digby Station Residence
An acetylene gas explosion at the Fitzpatrick residence in Digby station last night injured T. H. Smith and Matt Fitzpatrick, with Smith severely burned. Windows shattered and further damage reported throughout the house.
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Iowa City
Fitzpatrick
Digby Station
T. H. Smith
Matt Fitzpatrick
Smith
Fleet Visits Wily Japs
The Japanese government extended an invitation to the United States for an Atlantic battleship fleet to visit any port on the Japanese coast during its world voyage. The acceptance decision rests with the President and cabinet, and Secretary Root accepted on behalf of the United States.
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Washington, D. C
Root
Japan
Laborers Arrested Under Alien Contract Law
Clarksburg West Virginia March 19 United States Marshal Elliott and deputies under U S Attorney Shkewalter conduct wholesale arrests of foreign laborers for alleged alien contract law violations.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
United States
Elliott
Shkewalter
Des Moines Man Recalls Rocket First Engine Ride
Des Moines Iowa March 20 Edward Entwistle who will turn 30 on March 24 fired the Rocket during its first Liverpool and Manchester railway trip in 1829. He later settled in Des Moines built a cottage fifty one years ago and still lives with his wife. He recently rode in a modern locomotive cab and compared it with the Rocket. He says the first trip sparked the era of steam travel though his memory of the Rocket remains vivid.
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Des Moines
Edward Entwistle
Liverpool & Manchester
England
Entwistle
America
Iowa
Flood Crest Reached in Pittsburg During Cold Spell
The crest of the flood in Pittsburg was reached early today and began receding at about three-tenths of a foot per hour. Cold night frost had frozen many small streams limiting damage, though widespread and heavy damage occurred across Western Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Scion of Pioneer Family Dies in Los Angeles
Robert Clark of West Liberty IA learns of his brother Joseph A Clark death in Los Angeles CA. Joseph born 1859 in West Liberty was married to Mary Shipman in 1881, lived in San Diego, then LA, worked as a tourist car conductor. Son of William A Clark early county settler, family prominent in West Liberty. Funeral plans unknown.
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West Liberty
Robert Clark
Joseph A. Clark
Los Angeles
Cal
Mr. Clark
Mary Shipman
West
San Diego
Chicago
Pioneer
William A. Clark
Clarks
Clark
Iowa
Fire hits Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago
A fire breaks out at the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago on March 20 with no expected loss of life. Fire crews respond as authorities assess damage and containment.
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Chicago
Guilty Love Leads To Double Crime
Milwaukee March 20 George Willoughby 50 manager of Jewett Sherman Co coffee and spice mills shot and killed his wife then tried to kill himself He confessed infatuation with another woman and had planned murder and suicide for months He chloroformed his wife before firing two shots Willoughbys were prominent Methodist workers and he taught a Sunday school class El Paso Texas March 20 two mounted customs inspectors Charles Logan and Charles Jones fought a duel in the Rio Grande river bed Both were killed likely mistaking the other for a smuggler
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Milwaukee
Wis
George Willoughby
Jewett & Sherman Company
Willoughby
Chicago
Willoughbys
Methodist Church
el Paso
Texas
Charles Logan
Charles Jones
Rio Grande River
Panic at Butler school over blackhand threat to rebuild
Panic swept Institute Hill school in Butler as a report spread that President Meichling had received a blackhand threat demanding $500 to blow up the building with dynamite. Parents rushed for instant dismissal and many women fainted while teachers kept children in their rooms before the alarm subsided.
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Butler
Institute Hill
Meichling
House tabs resolution on corporate information request
In Washington on March 20 the House voted 148 to 115 to lay on the table a resolution asking the President to disclose information about corporations gathered by the Bureau of Corporations.
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Washington, D. C
House
Bureau of Corporations
Attorney General Seeks Senate Inquiry into His Department
Albany March 20 The attorney general asked the senate to investigate his office triggering a finance committee review of actions on receiverships for failing financial institutions. The appellate division revoked Charles A Dolson’s appointment as counsel to receivers in the Brooklyn bank case over a disputed contract by Hasbrouck and Higgins.
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Albany
N. Y
Jackson
Senate
Finance Committee
Charles A. Dolson
Brooklyn Bank
Bruyn Hasbrouck
Charles M. Higgins
Hasbrouck
Higgins
Dolson
Hale says auxiliary ships vital for navy in subsidy debate
Senator Hale told the senate that auxiliary ships are essential to the navy in the ocean mail subsidy discussion. He warned that without foreign colliers the fleet would be useless, and he deferred a question on foreign knowledge of our strength to the president.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Hale
Teller
LaFollette Tariff Bill Proposes Price Control Powers
Washington March 20 Senator LaFollette introduced a tariff commission bill that would allow the commission and the President to suspend any tariff schedule and place on the free list articles whose price or wage control is dominated by a combination affecting U S or foreign markets.
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LaFollette
Washington, D. C
Senator LaFollette
United States
Guild Passes Easy Night
Boston March 20 Governor Guild had a comfortable night but his condition remains unchanged this morning.
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Guild
Boston
Mass
Governor Guild
Eight Saloons Raided as Law League Enforces Order
At 10:30 this morning eight saloons were raided and liquor seized, sent to the county jail’s women’s department pending trial. Warrants from Justices Howe and Coster were served without opposition as officers moved swiftly through the city.
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Woman's Department
Law Enforcement League
H. S. Howe
J. C. Coster
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Beighty
Labor Movement
Sagan
Ity
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Ear
W. A. Clark
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Henry Schaefer
Thomas Cullen
Wim. Burkhardt
George Volger
Otto Seidlitz
Vanatta & Fuhliman
Maurath
Justice Courts
Tom Cullen
Thomas J. Cullen
Commercial Hotel
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