Trinity Church Wins Victory In Ward Vestry Election
In a historic parish vote at Trinity Church and St Johns Chapel, the Trinity slate defeated St Johns 128 to 124 for four vestry seats. Clergy and vestry officials oversaw balloting with challenges at Intercession and St Luke's. results prompt ongoing litigation and debate over St Johns Chapel’s status and preservation.
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William T. Manning
Trinity Church
St. John’s Chapel
St. John’s
Varick Street
St. John's Chapel
Henry St. John Hyvrde
Trinity Chapel
Philip L. Schell
William G. Rose
Kerman Gustow
Trinity
Dr. Manning
Stole 18 000 From Jenkins Trust Two Years Ago
The theft of 18 000 from the Jenkins Trust Company by an employee occurred two years ago and was revealed yesterday when the Lafayette Trust Company receivers filed an inventory with the County Clerk. The case had been sent to police after discovery by Harold A. Davidson but was dropped when the bond surety agreed to settle the full amount. Davidson said the surety will settle for 18 000 and it has been recorded as an asset under adjustment claim of the First National Bank, causing confusion over who owes whom.
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Vestro
Trinity Church
St. Pauls Chapel
St. John’s
Trinity
St. Agnes’s
T John’s
St. Ike's
The
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Egerton
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Jenn T Lockman
Elihu Chauncer
William M. Polk
George F. Crane
Edmund
P. Randolph
David B. Ceden
J. Howare Ven Amringe
William Day
Charlies L. Jones
St John’s
Charles H Beckett
William H Hamilton
St. Luke's
Trinity Parish
Phillip L. Schell
Charles L. Griffin
Chapel of the Intercession
Griffin
Schell
St. Paul's Chapel
William A. Hatch
Jay
Colonel Jay
C. R. Stetson
William Montague Geer
St Paul's
John H. Logie
William H. Wibbert
Trinity Chapel
W. W. Ballinger
Dr. Gates
E. B. Smith
St. Cornelius’s
Governor's Island
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Lafayette Trust Company
Jenkins Company
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Davidson
First National Bank
Palmer Building
State Street
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Weather Bureau
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Randall, Green & Baker
Cravat Manufacturers
Thiem & Erchmann
St. Peter's
Rochester
Palmer
Committee of Union and Progress
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Porte
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Tewfik Pacha
Great Britain
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Erhim Pacha
Yildiz
Stamboul
Mahmoud Mukhtar Pacha
First Army Corps
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Mahometan Union
Parliament House
Pera
Golden Horn
Hilmi Pacha
Rochester Fire Leaves Fifty Houses Ruined
Rochester on April 18 faced a catastrophic fire in the Palmer Building and surrounding districts. Militia patrolled the burned area as weather aided suppression, while Polish Hebrew families faced homelessness and relief funds were urged by Mayor Edgerton.
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F& O
Ridgely Dimmitt Shoots Self at Mother's Grave in Baltimore
Charles Ridgely Dimmitt, Buffalo theatrical manager known as Ridge Waller, killed himself at Greenmount Cemetery on his mother Mary E. Dimmitt's grave after visiting the cemetery office. A Baltimore Elks member and former Comique Theatre manager, he appeared nervous and ill, with no known business troubles cited by friends.
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Baltimore Lodge of Elks
Comique
Washington
Lafayette Square Theatre
Marathon Race Kills Teen Runner Howick Dies of Pneumonia
William H. Howick a 17 year old marathon entrant from Pittsburg died at his father R. E. Howick real estate man’s home. He stood 6 feet 1 inch and ran in the Fast End race weeks earlier but did not finish. After stopping he became warm and neglected care, catching a cold that developed into pneumonia and caused his death.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
William H. Howick
R. E. Howick
Howick
Minister Deposed Over Fraudulent Credentials
The Wilmington Methodist Conference deposed Rev. Dr. A W Lightbourne for alleged fraudulent ministerial credentials from Fairfield West Congregational Association of Connecticut. Lightbourne, once pastor of Wesley Church Dover, faced doors barred by the Dover congregation for his successor. A court case sought to decide church ownership of property amid questions over the association’s existence and the credential signer A S Ross.
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the Tribune
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Del
Willmington Methodist Conference
A W. Lightbourne
Fairfield West Congregational Association
Connecti
Lightbourne
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Dover
Delaware
Pas
New York
FE. L Hoffecker
Nicholson
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Tornado Hits Aurora injuring four in Kansas towns
Weather report notes a tornado struck Aurora Kansas yesterday injuring four people while demolishing two churches and many buildings. Beloit brakeman killed after being thrown from a Missouri Pacific freight train. Farm stock losses reported as well. Denver snowdrifts halt eastbound Moffat road train with twenty feet packed ice and active digging by workers. Chillicothe Missouri reports heavy snow and freezing temperatures threatening apple and peach orchards.
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Girl Killed in Windstorm at Jeannette Opera House
Pittsburg April 13 One dead and several injured as a severe windstorm hits the city and Jeannette area. Wind at fifty two miles per hour hurls debris through a collapsed wall onto Dr A A Custard’s home killing Mildred Felton sixteen. Grace Swift sixteen niece of the doctor is seriously hurt with two other family members mildly injured.
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Jeannette
Opera House
A. A
Mildred Felton
Grace Swift
Revenue the Problem President
Washington April 13. The question in Washington is whether the Aldrich substitute for the Payne tariff bill will yield sufficient revenue. The President favors revenue and supports a graduated inheritance tax if needed, but urges economy and warns against cutting essential expenditures. If revenue proves short, he may press for higher internal taxes, while Congress weighs beer taxes and other duties.
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Senate
Taft
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Finance Committee
Payne
Mrs Evelyn Thaw Served in Hartung Suit Amid Europe Absence
Papers served on Mrs Evelyne Nesbit Thaw in supplementary proceedings in the Hartung milliner suit. A long process server hunt followed judgment for 253 dollars from September. Examination set for April 19 in City Court. A clerk found Thaw at No 31 West 33d Street playing with a snake, she said she would attend but called the action a farce and denied owing the money.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Elise Hartung
Thaw
Joseph S. Buhler
Miss Hartung
Patten Wheat Corner Raises Bread Prices in Chicago
Chicago readers face higher bread costs as James A. Patten's May wheat hits a record 128 dollars. Bakers say loaves weigh less though priced at five cents, and shoppers feel the squeeze as flour prices surge. In Pittsburgh, baker George Ward appeals to Secretary Knox to halt the Chicago wheat corner and food-stock speculation, urging Master Bakers' support.
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James A. Patten
Patten
Board of Trade
Pittsburg
George S. Ward
New York City
Knox
Master Bakers’ Association
City Hall Clock Dark for a Night
Hundreds of citizens found the City Hall clock faces missing after electrical wiring work began. Martin Sxeeese, caretaker for 35 years, said repairs were the first since Mayor Strong era, prompting public curiosity and a reminder that such events can occur on the 13th of the month.
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City Hall
Martin Sxeese
Strong
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