New Jersey Republicans wrestle with Big Four picks at Trenton
As the state convention nears, six candidates vie for four at large delegates. Camden favors David Baird, Mercer weighs Briggs, and Essex faces a choice between Fort or Murphy. Union backs Kean, while Hudson pushes fraud claims and Dryden named permanent chairman amid Taft hopes.
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Tribune
Trenton
New Jersey
State Committee
Camden County
David Baird
Bradley
Davy
Mercer
Frank O. Briggs
United States
Chicago
Mr. Briggs
Briggs
Passaic County
Griggs
Fort. Murphy
Baird
Vivian M. Lews
Bergen
Sussex
Union County
Kean
Grigces
Murphy
Morris
Fort
Beatré
Essex
Essex County
Winton
Garrison
Wilbur Mott
Governor Fort
Hudson
Senator Keen
Rotherham
Hriggs
Go cart accident claims infant in Nutley hotel yard
John Schyer five months old, son of Mary Schyer employed at Fuerbach's Hotel in Nutley, died after a go cart in the hotel overturned. The mother found the child in the yard when she returned. he appeared overbalanced and suffered a fractured skull with instant death.
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Orange, Xni. J
John Schyer
Mary Schyer
Fuerbach
Washington Avenue
Nutley
Drunken men cause trolley crash injuring nine at Cranford
A Main Street trolley bound for Elizabeth collided with a westbound car on a Railway river bridge near Cranford New Jersey injuring nine passengers. The eastbound car suffered the heaviest toll with multiple fractures and cuts while the westbound car escaped injuries. Motormen and conductor named Radesch Hassinger. two intoxicated men on the front platform blocked the crossing and contributed to the wreck amid slippery rails and right of way rules.
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Cranford
N. J
Elizabeth
Railway River Bridge
Here
Newark
Harry Waldron
William Radesch
Henry D
Radesch
Italians Cause Panic On S I Train At Clifton
John Stella and John Messaini two young Italians from Manhattan caused a panic aboard a west bound Staten Island Rapid Transit train near Clifton by refusing to pay fare. They fought the brakeman after boarding at Arrochar as passengers joined the fray and windows were broken. Women passengers panicked and tried to alight while the train was moving. Stapleton police arrested the Italians.
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John Stella
John Messaini
Manhattan
Staten Island
Belleville in Holiday Attire for Old Home Week
Belleville begins Old Home Week with a five day celebration starting Tuesday. Governor Fort opens at Hillside Park with Assemblyman Austen Colgate also speaking. Thursday hosts a reception for mayors from Newark Orange Montclair Paterson Passaic Harrison Glen Ridge Bloomfield Nutley Kearny Bayonne East Orange Caldwell and Caldwell. A masque carnival and two parades conclude the festivities.
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Governor Fort
Hillside Park
Austen Colgate
Mayor Haussling
Newark
Schoenthal
Orange
Crawford
Montclair
McBride
Paterson
Low
Passaic
McGlennon
Harrison
White
Glen Ridge
Quit Episcopal Church Four Philadelphia Clergymen May Join Roman Catholic
The Rev Dr William McGarvey rector of St Elizabeths Episcopal Church quits in protest of the open pulpit canon. He and three assistants may join the Roman Catholic Church and some congregation members may follow. Resignation takes effect May 11. farewell planned next Sunday. All seceders belong to the Congregation of the Companions of the Holy Savior of which McGarvey is Superior.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
William McGarvey
St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church
With
Mifflin Streets
M. J. Cowl
W. K. Hayward
W. H. McClellan
Dr. McGarvey
Companions of the Holy Saviour
Episcopalians Gather for New Jersey Convention in Christ Church
The Protestant Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey holds its annual convention in Christ Church New Brunswick May 3 and 4 with 200 delegates. Highlights include Holy Communion, sermons by Rev. Gilbert Underhill, reports by deans, and committee elections. Christ Church traces history to 1722.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
New Jersey
Christ Church
Scarborough
A. B. Baker
Trinity Church
Princeton
Charles M. Perkins
Vineland
Burlington
Gilbert Underhill
St. John’s Church
Camden
E. B. Joyce
George ©. Thomas
The
Holy Apostle
Philadelphia
Board of Missions
Episcopal Church
Church of St. John the Evangelist
James Deshler
Harry A. Neilson
Fred B. Kilmer
Charles Deshler
N. G. Rutgers
William E. Tilton
L. Watts
J. K. Rice
J. W. Johnson
F. K. Stevens
St. James, Piscataway
Piscataqua
Minister Attacks Roosevelt On Militarism At Broadway Tabernacle
Rev Dr Charles E Jefferson blasted President Roosevelt for militarism advocating a bigger navy and army. He called militarism dangerous and un-American, denouncing battleships and arguing Congress should not fund a larger navy. He warned leaders to avoid following one man and urged prudent use of public funds.
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Broadway Tabernacle
Jefferson
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Navy
Army
America
Revered Dr. Dix Remembered Across City Churches
Many pastors and congregations honor Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix rector of Trinity Church after his death. A memorial service is planned within four weeks, with Dr. W. T. Manning delivering remarks praising Dix’s life and ministry. A requiem mass will be held at St Mary the Virgin at 2:30 this morning.
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New York
Morgan Dix
Trinity Church
W. T. Manning
St. Agnes’s Chapel
Manning
Dix
Church of
St. Mary the Virgin
Sunday Opens Shenango Valley Meetings in Sharon
The Rev Billy Sunday, once a Pittsburg baseball center fielder, started his Sharon evangelist meetings in a vast tabernacle built by Shenango Valley ministers. Hundreds were turned away at the three services as Sunday declared he would fight the devil in the valley until hell freezes over and then skate on the ice.
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Sharon
Penn
Billy” Sunday
Pittsburg
Shenango Valley
Sunday
Beveridge Buys Summer Estate on North Shore
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana has purchased General A. P. Rockwell's summer estate at Manchester by the Sea, Smith's Point, and will reside there this summer.
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Tribune
Boston
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
North Shore
A. P. Rockwell
Smith
Italian Priest Turns Presbyterian in Montclair
Joseph Glarcin, an Italian former Roman Catholic priest, was ordained a Presbyterian minister at First Presbyterian Church Montclair New Jersey. The service was led by Moderator William T Wilcox with sermon by Llewellyn S Fulmer. The Italian charge to the pastor came from R J Cottoriti of Newark and the people’s charge from F Loomie of Bloomfield.
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N. J
Joseph Glarcin
First Presbyterian Church
William T Wilcox
Llewellyn
Fulmer
R. J. Cottoriti
Newark
F. Loomie
Bloomfield
Monsignor Denis J O Connell Made Bishop in Baltimore
May 3 in Baltimore witnessed the consecration of Monsignor Denis J. O Connell as Titular Bishop of Sabate at the cathedral amid a grand high mass and processional rites. Cardinal Gibbons presided with Archbishops Keane Moeller and local prelates in attendance. a dinner at St Marys Seminary followed with toasts to the new bishop and visiting dignitaries.
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Cardinal Gibbons
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Catholic University
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Dubuque
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Cincinnati
Ryan
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Farley
New York
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Chicago
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St. Louis
O'Connell
Boston
Blenk
New Orleans
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Cuba
St. Mary's Seminary
Cardinal
Glennon
Burke
St. Joseph, Mo
Fire destroys Newark tenement and barn. 16 families displaced
A morning blaze razed a double four story frame tenement at 15 Montgomery and a barn at 8 Montgomery, damaging nearby homes in Newark. Sixteen Polish residents fled with little. Patrolman Farraher helped rescue others, leapfrogging from a second story window and earning hospital care. Estimated loss reaches 340,000.
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Newark
Montgomery Street
Louis Dennenber
Max Semel
Farraher
Foreign Notes Of Interest In The Kingdom Of Prussia
A compilation notes Prussia brides from various trades, revealing 22 percent of brides came from domestic service, 30 percent from millinery and tailoring, 18 percent from factories, with smaller shares from waitresses and other workers. Also recounted is a Scottish bar anecdote about shamrock boutonnières and a London cockney eating them. Mars may be closer to Earth this year, per an English astronomer, who questions canal proof and habitation claims.
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Mar
Mears
Mars
Court Defines Meaning of Church in 13y Tsiograph Case
The Supreme Court rules when a church counts for licensing laws. It recognizes the French Baptist congregation in Paterson as a church organization but warns the former dwelling on Twelfth Avenue is not an edifice. A church abandoned for years remains protected under the act's safeguards as if in use.
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Tribune
Paterson
Supreme Court
Twelfth Avenue
William Hunt
Incident on Grand Street injures player during street ball
A Black man was hit by a baseball thrown by youths on Grand Street Jersey City injuring Matthew McNulty. Elias, enraged, drew a public safety item and struck McNulty in the left leg. McNulty was taken to City Hospital.
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Grand Street
Jersey City
Elia
Matthew McNulty
Nu. 6l
Eliis
Jie
Judge denies licenses to close saloons in New Jersey mining towns
Newton N J May 3 Special As a step toward reducing disorder among foreign workers at the New Jersey Zinc Company in Franklin and nearby mining towns Judge Joseph Coult Jr denies renewals for five saloon licenses in Franklin Greensport and Ogdensburg and may refuse two or three more The aim is to cut liquor outlets to ease court burdens.
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N. J
New Jersey Zinc Company
Franklin
Joseph Coult, Jr
Greensport
Ogdensrurg Ana
Sermon At Army Parade Links Church and Soldier Ideals
Major General Roe led the National Guard with staff to Squadron A’s annual church parade at the Church of the Heavenly Rest. Rev. Herbert Shipman preached on the alliance of church and soldier life, stressing truth, courage, and above all obedience to Christ.
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National Guard
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Fifth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Sth Street
Herbert Shipman
Crittenton Mission 25 Years Of Rescue Work Highlighted
Florence Crittenton Missions marked its twenty fifth anniversary at Metropolitan Temple with founder Charles N Crittenton and Dr Kate Waller Barrett addressing a large crowd. The first rescue home was opened in April 18% and seventy four more institutions now operate nationwide and in Europe. Barrett urged awakening public conscience to prevent harm and support preventive work.
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Florence Crittenton
Metropolitan Temple
14Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Charles N.crittenton
Kate Waller Barrett
John Wesley Hill
Crittenton
Florence
Europe
Bleecker Street
Barrett
Conference of AME Church opens in Norfolk with speakers planned
The twenty third quad fennel session of the AME General Conference begins in Norfolk tomorrow for three weeks. Notable talks include May 3 by United States Senator Foraker on Good Shepherd, May 11 by Dr Vernon, and May 19 by Dr Hooker Washington. Delegates from seventy one annual conferences from Africa regions attend, collectively about 1,900,000 members.
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Norfolk
General Conference
The
African Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
J. B. Foraker
Wot Vernon
Hooker T. Washington
Africa
Liberia
Cape Colony
Transvaal
Yonge
Orange River
Newark Bay Bridge Builder Dead
William Kelly former Hudson County freeholder and Bayonne City Council member for sixteen years died at his home age seventy six He oversaw the Bayonne Elizabethport railroad bridge and the Port Johnson docks Two sons and three daughters survive him.
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William Kelly
Hudson County
Bayonne
East 11Th Street
Elizabethport
Port Johnson Cecal
Pulpit Praises Press as Moral Power in Sermon
Rabbi Stephen Wise praised the press for exceeding church or school in influence and urged it to guide public opinion. He defended Governor Hughes amid New York politics, condemned misreporting of a interracial dinner, and urged press freedom as a daily teacher and beacon for liberty.
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Rabbi Wise
Stephen 3. Wise
Free Synagogue
Wise
New York State
Hughes
Russia
Tom Payne
Tom
General Conference Opens for Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore
Baltimore May 2 The General Conference governing body of the Methodist Episcopal Church begins its quadrennial session at Lyric Hall with 787 voting delegates including ministers and lay representatives from divers regions and foreign countries. Key questions include church unity with others, electing presiding elders, funding retired preachers, term limits for pastors, merging publishing houses, and Book of Discipline reforms. The conference may elect six to ten new bishops and features centennial celebrations, Bryan address, and a Roosevelt address at American University in Washington.
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General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lyric Hall
Buchtel
Colorado
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
E. W. Hoch
Kansas
Dolliver
Iowa
Methodist Book Concern
New York
Western Methodist Book Concern
Cincinnati
Book of Discipline
Fairbanks
Methodist Aoman of
Indianapolis
William J. Bryan
Washineton
American University
Roosevelt
Seventh Regiment Goes to Church in Full Uniform
The Seventh Regiment, N. G. N. Y., attended the Church of the Incarnation in Madison Avenue with nearly full strength. Rev. William E. McCord preached on peace and readiness for war, urging patriotism and education. Music featured Warren Hadden and the Hallelujah from Beethoven’s Mount of Olives.
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Church of the Incarnation
Madison Avenue
Sth Street
William E. McCord
Warren Hadden
Mount of Olives
Electricity as It Relates to Life by Andrew M McConnell
Birmingham author Andrew M McConnell spoke at Calvary Baptist Church on life through electricity claiming it is the vital force in the human body with proofs beyond scientific refutation. He outlined a program of health cures via electrical theory and teased future talks linking health and religion.
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Andrew M. McConnell
Birmingham
Ala
KR. S. MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
Sith Street
McConnell
Seyine
Cardnals plan Washington visit amid centenary interest
Cardinal Logue Archbishop Farley Browne and secretaries will travel to Washington to meet the president and attend Catholic University trustees. Monsignor O Connell will appear as bishop elect and may be assigned to a papal legation. Rumors swirl of a Vatican decision on the red hat for archbishops Farley Glennon or O Connell.
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Cardinal Gibbons
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Boston
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St. Paul
Rome
New York
Johan Dp
Crimmins
O'Brien
Fairey
Cathe Mc
New World
Archbishop O'Connell
Glennon
St. Lewis
O'Connell
Japan
Roman Curia
New England
Congregation of the Propaganda
Irish Primate Presides At St Vincent de Paul Feast
Cardinal Logue presided at the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St Vincent de Paul at the Church of St John the Baptist in Brooklyn. Monsignors Taaffe and McNamee, and bishops and priests assisted. A Gregorian mass, parish reviews, addresses, and a college gymnasium ceremony followed.
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Willeughbr
Lewis Avenues
Brooklyn
Cardinal Logue
Taaffe and
McNamee
Colton
Buffalo
Thomas
Duhigg
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Monsienor McNamara
Edward J. McGoldrt
John T. Woods
William
Hector
Lewis Avenue
Father Duhige
Paris
St. Lazaire
West
Str. John’s College
College Portioo
Willoughby Avenue
St. Vincent
McDonnell
Gratitude as Church Progress Says Monsignor Lavelle
Monsignor Lavelle at St Patrick's Cathedral urged gratitude as a constant virtue guiding the Catholic Church’s vast future. He cited the Samaritan leper’s thankfulness and warned that lack of gratitude affects all, even the sinless. Rev. Father Hughes led high mass with Deacon J O Connell and Sub-deacon J J Murphy assisting.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
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