Methodist Conference Opens in Springfield September Fifth
The ninety third session of the Illinois and conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will convene at First Church in Springfield on Tuesday September 5. Bishop Luther B Wilson presides with Bishop Thomas Nicholson to conduct several days of meetings including a graveside address by Rev S H Whitlock and a focus on education and conference claimants. Major topics include the educational campaigns, funds for retired preachers, and changes in district leadership as several pastors pass away or relocate.
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Illinois and Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Springfield
Nicholson
Board of Education
Cartwright Grave
A.B. Harris
New York City
Northwestern University
Thomas Guthrie
Illinois and Central Illinois Conference
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Woman's College
Jacksonville
Chaddock Boys’ School
Wesley Foundation
The
State University
Appleton Bush
Philadelphia
H.C. Gibbs
Decatur
Francis G. Blair
J. Wilbur Chapman
Thomas Nicholson
Saratoga Springs
Methodist Church
Robert Stephens
Daville
Preston Wood
B. D. Wiley
Colorado
W .N. Table
Board of Examiners
Danville
White All. T. Ears
Pitkin
First Church
Urbena
Chanatler
Readhages
Arfe
Athur Ewart
Griges
W. D. Fairchild
A. C. Piersel
Joseph Nate
Champaign
J. W. VanCleve
Hobnailed Shoes for Boys on the Border War Supply
The War Department has ordered 250000 shoes of a new hobnailed design for U S regulars and militiamen in Mexican service. 26000 have been delivered. All troops on the border and in the interior will be outfitted as front supplies arrive. The shoes are used by allies and were first used by the Turkish armies. The photograph shows the hobnailed soles.
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War Department
U. S
Mexico
Muller Funeral Held Thursday in Carthage Tennessee
The funeral for Hon. Jen DL Ul lev was held Thursday at the Church of Timrascu ate Conception with Rev. Tholen of Nauvoo assisting. The bearers included county officers, the courthouse was closed during services, and interment followed at Nan vo. Local notes mention a college club gathering, ill news, travels, and business visits, plus a county assessment review.
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Carthage
Jen DL Ullev
Timrascu
Tholen
Nauvoo
Vpacher O'Urien
Bey
Nan Vo
Caroline Hobart
Frank King
Ward Franklin Boyd
Boyd
Ellen
Hacine
Wisconsin
Tough
Charles Crossland
Bowen
C. A. Thompson
Kansas City
Frank Krieg
K. A. Payne
Neponset
Granville
Illinoifs
Milton PL Smith
Pigesville
Illinois
BE. OO
Reough
Heat crazed inventor wounds five in Newark
Salvatore Castronova, 53, an inventor, went insane and shot four passersby on a Newark street opposite his blacksmith shop then set fire to his clothing and died. Police fired on him from his second floor window as he continued firing. One victim named George Ehrenhart, aged 200, is believed dying while the others are not expected to die.
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Newark
N. J
Salvatore Castranva
Castronova
George Ehrehart
Fever Rumors Denied by Officials in Brownsville
Local authorities in Brownsville deny rumors of a fever outbreak involving a 21 month old child and a chemical engineer spearheaded by the Speers family. No confirmed cases or official statements corroborate the claims.
Whig Printers Stage Humorous Evening Boat Run
A group of Whig printers in the composer room staged a playful outing aboard a printer’s launch to Ames. Principal Dug Carlton rode a log to seize a bushone and fell into the creek, needing life saving help. The party returned to shore to find the commodore had left them marooned. all but him walked back.
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Whig
Isaac Walton
Upper
Carlton
Wali
Roger Casement of Other Days as Described by a Former Neighbor
A former neighbor in Africa recounts Roger Casement during the Boer War era as consul for South West Africa at San Paul de Loanda. He praises Casement’s energy, kindness to laborers, and later Congo and Brazil work, noting his playful eccentricities, athleticism, poetry, and solitary life with his dog Rags in Loanda.
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London
Roger Casement
Africa
South West Africa
San Paul de Loanda
Portuguese Angola
Richard Grenville
Belgian Congo
Brazil
West Africa
Colonial Service
Dempster
Niger Coast
Cameroons
Spectator
Drowns Following Ducks On Palmyra Farm
A three year old girl, Baby Peak, daughter of a farmer near Palmyra, drowned while attempting to follow her pet ducklings across a pond. She had loved the chicks since they hatched, played with them in the yard, and clung to their antics as they swam. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon when caregivers near but momentarily out of sight failed to prevent her entry into the water. Her body was found by her father after the hem of her pinafore drifted on the pond’s edge.
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Palmyra
Baby Peak
Peak
Baby
Roger Casement, Loyal Irish Patriot, Dies at Last
The piece portrays Casement as a devoted Irish home ruler who spoke passionately on Ireland. It rejects claims of pro Boer sympathy, insisting he opposed oppression of native peoples. The author asserts Casement was a true, loyal, honest gentleman and denounces the lonely final image of him.
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Casement
Ireland
Roger Casement
Hector's Captain Details Hurricane Damage At Sea
Captain Joseph Newell of the naval collier Trector testified at a Charleston naval inquiry that a hurricane swept the Carolina coast driving terrific seas over Hector's decks flooding and disabling engines. The ship grounded and broke up in shallow water near Cape Romaine. Crew and marines also testified.
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Charleston
S. C
Joseph Newell
Cape Romaine
Charleston Navy Yard
Carolina
Flood Conditions Improving In Flooded States
Asheville reports flood states rapidly improving with relief committees in charge of sufferers. Death toll in flood districts stands at 75 with a few missing persons. The piece adds a curious line about social order: Every woman is judge and jury unto her own husband.
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Asheville
8. C
Middle Atlantic Seaboard
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