Guilty of Heresy in Crapsey Case Court Verdict
Rochester May 16. The ecclesiastical court found Rev Algernon Crapsey guilty of heresy for statements in his recent book. Four jurors urged suspension until he shows alignment with the Apostles' and Nicene creeds, while one member dissented and urged review. The panel noted ordination vows were violated by the utterances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Sheldon Brown
Episcopal Diocese of
Western New York
Algernon 9
Crapsey
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Dunham
Testimony on railroad coal car allocations fuels bias claims
Philadelphia May 16 The interstate commerce commission resumes its probe into railroad discrimination in coal car distribution. George W. Clark a Pennsylvania Railroad car distributor admits orders for Berwin White Coal Co and talks of pre favorable allotments. Baltimore & Ohio official Arthur Hale cites excess cars to Merchants and Somerset Coal companies and changes in percentage basins. Full commission chair Keapp leads the hearing with judges Cockrell Clements and Prouty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission
George W. Clark
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Altoona
Berwin White Coal Company
Arthur Hale
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Merchants Coal Company
Somerset Coal Company
Hale
Baltimore & Ohio Company
J. Hale
Martin A. Keapp
Francis M. Cockrell
Judeon C. Clements
Charles A. Prouty
A Hour Movement Seven Trentos
A fragmentary report notes a movement involving seven Trentos and others abandoning a location or common area amid unsettled conditions. No clear names or dates are provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trentos
Ended Wild Career of James H Clarke in Georgia Rampage
James H Clarke a telegraph operator in Cham blee Georgia led a 24 hour crime spree after a failing romance. He killed a man at Nash Cheek store shot Nash and Cheek wounded Purcell family and W S Mask, attacked W J Coker, then killed himself after a posse closed in near Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
James H. Clarke
Chamblee
Clark
Baldwin
E. S. Purcell
Purcell
W. J. Purcell
W. S. Mask
Dunwoody
Nash & Cheek
Cheek
Mr. Nash
W. J. Coker
Conference Breaks Down Over Ship Workers Wages
In Cleveland on May 16 the marine firemen ended talks with Lake Carriers' Association after refusing the proposed wage scale. The breakdown risks revived tensions with longshoremen tugmen oilers grain shoppers and water tenders, potentially stalling lake traffic resumed last week after a prior agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Lake‘arriers’ Association
Lake Carriers’ Association
Contention Over Marriages Bill Passes Lords
In London on second reading the colonial marriages bill was passed without division. It aims to legalize marriages with a deceased wife’s sister legally contracted anywhere in the British possessions. Lord Strathcona said the measure would give satisfaction in Canada and across the British colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Lords
United Kingdom
Lord Strathcona
Canada
State education board awards school book contracts
Indianapolis May 6 The state board of education awarded contracts for school books to Sliver Burdette Co of Chicago for physiologies Longmans Green for spelling books Benjamin K Sandborn Co of Chicago for grammars and Ginn Co for the Montgomery history re adopted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Board of Education
Sliver, Burdette & Co
Chicago
Longmans, Green & Co
Benjamin K. Sandborn & Co
Montgomery
Ginn & Co
London Insurance Alarm Slows Policy Transfers
London on May 16 reports Harrison Hogge Mutual Life of New York warns policy holders against the North British and Mercantile offer. The alert slows the rush of Mutual policy transfers to the rival firm and drives visitors to Mutual offices for information while Hogge plans a full company statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harrison Hogge
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
North British and
Mercantle Insurance Company
Mutual
North British
Mercantile
Hogge
Child dies after swallowing heart stimulant tablets
Logansport Indiana May 16 a two and a half year old boy the son of Ross Freyer of Deer Creek found a box of tablets intended as a powerful heart stimulant he ate twenty four and died a short time later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Ross Freyer
Deer Creek
Electric Bitters Restored Daughters Health in St Albans
8 C Blair, school superintendent at St Albans West Virginia, credits Electric Bitters with curing his daughter's St Vitus Dance after other treatments failed. He reports three bottles brought complete relief and recommends the remedy for nervous complaints, debility, female weaknesses, anemia, and malaria. Sold by Charles Knoffle Drug Store for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. C. Blair
St. Albans
W. Va
Chas. D
Fel'e Drug Store
White House view test of efficiency in civil service reform
President Roosevelt addressed civil service representatives at the White House urging adherence to the letter and spirit of civil service law. He warned against political influence in appointments, asserting that honest administration is essential for efficient public service and that lax enforcement leads to fraud and corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
National Civil Service Reform League
Senate Nears Passage of Railroad Rate Bill
In Washington on May 16 the Senate finished committee of the whole discussion of the railroad rate bill except for the anti pass amendment and plans to take up the case question today. The House set a supreme court of the District of Columbia meeting to appoint the education board governing Washington schools. The naval appropriation bill remains under discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Board of Education
Board of District Commissioners
Naval
Baseball scores from major leagues
National League games include Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 4 Saint Louis 8 Boston ? Cincinnati 1 New York 4 Chicago 2 Brooklyn 1 American League results list Boston 8 , St Louis 9 New York 5 Cleveland 4 Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 3 Detroit ? American Association play not clear due to damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
St. Louie
Boston
Cincinnati
New York
Chisago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cleveina
Pisningtee
Delra
Metas
Américan Association
Women Attend Ubero Fraud Trial In Boston Hearing
Boston May 6 Many spectators, including numerous women stockholders, attend the Borges Ubero Plantation case as prosecutors allege a theft scheme seeking 650000 from one firm and 700000 from another. Ex congressman William D Owen is indicted for similar offenses and remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ferdinand E. Borges
Logansport
Ind
Ubero
Consolidated
Ubero Plantation Company
Mexico
Ateal
Borges
William D. Owen
Indiana
Owen
Chase
Cr. P. Sampson
Suffolk Bar
Thero
Kittery
Sampson
Wiley
Indiana Whero Company
Drydock Dewey clears Bab-el-Mandeb strait
Mixed news items include the drydock Dewey passing Bab-el-Mandeb, a Shenandoah colliery explosion that killed seven miners, and a New York piano factory fire causing 250000 dollars in losses. Other notes cover the 1908 Sunday school convention in Louisville, a postponed wireless conference, wheat market weakness, Austria Hungary envoy arrival, German storms and hail, and an Anglo Japanese naval conference in Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strait
Bab-el-Mandeb
Shenandoah
Jacob Doll & Sons
New York
Louisville
Ber Nin
Kansas
Southwest
Chicago
Charles S. Francia
Troy
N.Y
Bellamy Storer
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Germany
Toklo
New Trial Denied in Father-in-Law Poisoning Case
Frank Thurman, a Black man from Newcastle Indiana, convicted of killing his father in law Reuben Bakey by poison, has been denied a new trial and sentenced to life imprisonment. He will be moved to Michigan City this week as his lawyers plan an appeal to the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Newcastle
Ind
Frank Thurman
Reuben Bakey
Michigan City
Supreme Court
Painter Frank Emmett Charged in Detroit Wife Killing
In Detroit on May 16, police report painter Frank Emmett was arrested for the murder of his wife, 28, shot in the head at their home. Mrs. Emmett had filed for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Frank Emmett
Dramatic 1908 Tale from Alliance Ky Range Incident
In Alliance Kentucky F M W Tacket recalls a deadly range incident in 1908. He credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with a dramatic recovery after four bottles. The account cites a store price of 80 cents.
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F. MW. Tacket
Alliance
Rusefel's
Divided La Porte City Council Sets Two Committee Chains
May 16 La Porte Indiana reports a split city council over committee control. Mayor Darrow appoints the regular standing committees with Struss Chapman Weiler Lorig Oberreich Travis Hiley as chairs while a majority faction forms a separate set of committees with its own chairmanships. The clerk is directed to hand papers to the council chosen committees, and clashes with Oberreich and Struss mark the power struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Darrow
Old City Council
Struss and
Chapman
Weiler
Lorig
Oberreich
Travis
Hiley
Messrs
Struss
Hungate shoots neighbor in self defense in rural quarrel
Mt. Vernon Ind May 16 Oscar Hungate mortally wounds John G Alldredge in Sava County after a family dispute involving alleged abuse of Hungate’s wife. Alldredge, 34, crossed toward Hungate’s home, attempted to fire, but his weapon jammed. Hungate surrendered claiming self defense, Alldredge confessed he was the aggressor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Oscar Hungate
John G. Alldredge
Sava
Alldredge
Hungate
Plucky Woman Ejects Burglar in Marion Night
Adaline K. Eberle a physician in Marion Indiana heard a burglar at her door at 2 am he brandished a revolver demanded money and forced entry She grabbed a hammer struck the intruder on the head and tossed him onto the porch The burglar revived and staggered away then the doctor returned to bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Adaline K. Eberle
Rebekah Assembly of Indiana Elects Officers at Tomlinson Hall
The Indiana Rebekah assembly at Tomlinson hall elected Mellie Lindsay of Kokomo as president Louise Langjabr of Lebanon as vice president Artie 8 Andrews of Lafayette as warden and Arnetta Brehm of Nobdleaville as secretary. The group reports 562 lodges and 43 451 members statewide with the order in prosperous condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekahs
Indianapolis
Rebekah Assembly of
Arnetta Brehm
McCoy Trial Resumed in Monticello Bankers Case
Alfred and Thomas J. McCoy trial in Monticello Indiana resumes after Friday interruption. The state expects to finish its direct evidence this week or next, with additional rebuttal testimony possible after the defense presents its case.
Boom Among the Weedmen Initiates 1000 New Members
In Indianapolis on May 16 the Modern Woodmen of America announces a large meeting for Friday where more than 1,000 local residents will be initiated into the order. The event highlights a major expansion drive among members in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Woodmen of America
Aee
Dowie receivership fight moves to court conservators
In Chicago on May 16 attorneys for John Alexander Dowie filed an answer in federal court denying insolvency if all property is restored. Judge Landis said appointing a receiver could void Zion City redemption and ordered conservators to be chosen by Dowie Voliva and Granger to protect Zion properties under court protection. In Denver a 14 year old girl Rosa Sarico Compeste was found murdered with a severed head and bloodstained hatchet nearby. husband George Compeste is missing.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Dowte
Landis
Zion City
Voliva
Granger
Zion
Denver
Col
Rosa Sarico Compeste
George Compeste
Central Court
Composte
Market Report: Indianapolis Grain and Livestock Prices
The Indianapolis market shows Wheat No 2 red at 86 to 89 cents, Corn No 2 around 50 cents, Hay values from 7 to 14 dollars per unit, Cattle to 2.50, Hog prices near 4 to 6 dollars, Sheep and Lambs varied up to 6 dollars, with receipts of 8,500 hogs and 1,600 cattle. Cincinnati, Chicago, New York, and Buffalo markets listed with similar ranges and notes on demand and horse sales. A note explains telegraph abbreviations and a local naming quirk regarding Mrs J Logan’s presidency of the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Timothy
Chicago
Local notes and incidents from Jeffersonville city election
The Jeffersonville city council fixed the retail liquor license at 150 dollars yearly. A roller skate mile race is planned at Glenweed Park next Friday at 9 39 p m with contestants Walter Applegate and Cheeter McCullom. Street work begins on Ealy street with culvert repair and surface elevation to ease drainage toward State street. William Ansdell faces a 2 dollar fine for a misdemeanor. Mrs Lorene Blair is interred beside her mother at view cemetery. David Smith of Floyd county dies at his Bit home aged fifty seven. A custody dispute dominates a separate case with attorney O W named for the plaintiff. Fire and market street incidents noted with brief local details.
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J. S
State Street Wharf
Paris & Trusty
Attorneys At Law
Hedden Block
George B. Cardwill
New Albany, Ind
John J.walter
West Mala
Sirsa R Cornersuf ST
New Albany
Mfg
Ge. Foundry and Machine Shop
Albeny
Hammersmith
State Street
Alexander Dowling
Pearl and
Market Street
New Albany National Bank
21 Bank Building
Hedden
Floyd, Clark Garrison
Crawford
Adjoining Counties
Geo. S. Graf
E. Bake Street
Church Court
Feer
Ecclesiastical Court Bay Episcopal
Algernon S. Crapsey
Algernon
Chapsey
Georgia
White House View
Hollister
J. A. Ziegeltanr
C. D. Knoefel
New Atsanv
Market Report
East Buffalo
Toledo
Honable
John J. Smith
Jeffersonville City
Baritevel
Glenweed Pack
Aléeh
Walter Applegate
Cheeter McCullom
Content Sweeney
Ealy Street
William Ansdell
Anadell Hotel
Justice Fogle
Matt. McCemmon
Silverstreet
Lorene Blair
3 View Cemetery
David Smith
Lizmile
Thomas Smith
Floyd County
Obs
O. W
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