Zion Industries Receivership Ordered by Illinois Judge
Judge Tuley orders receivership for Zion industries and appoints Elmer Washburn receiver with bond of 700000. Case filed by Samuel Stevenson, brother-in-law of John Alexander Dowie, cites Dowie’s influence over church and business affairs. Delegates complex religious commercial blend described in lengthy decision.
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Chicago
Tuley
Zion Industries
Elmer Washburn
Ander
Samuel Stevenson
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Christh
Stevenson
Stevenor
Dream to Bear Fruit in Des Plaines Dredge Effort
Kenosha Wisconsin January 31 farmers discuss dredging the Des Plaines river to survey bottoms and enable navigation from Kenosha to the Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico. The project aims to prevent spring floods that ruin bottom land along the river, a plan now underfunded and moving forward.
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Kenosha
Wis
Desplaines River
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Des Plaines
Divorce case stalled by Zion visit tale in Michigan
Oweeso Michigan January 51. Mary Cross pursued divorce from W Cross claiming his trip to Chicago and membership in John Alexander Dowie's Zion colony. She feared his influence and hoped a quicker settlement through attorney pressure. Meanwhile reports of an airship sighting near Niles and a frozen boy case in Winter highlight a string of disparate notices.
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Cross
Zion
Pearson at Northwestern denounces Bible in chapel
Professor Charles W. Pearson of Northwestern University, famed for his attacks on parts of the Bible, spoke briefly at chapel, declaring all he has done was for the benefit of the Christian religion and he regrets nothing. Also reports menaced by steamer incidents and naval commentaries on Admiral Schley and Civil Service reforms.
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Chicago
Charles W. Pearson
Northwestern University
Pearson
Leason
Christ
Professor Tearson
Carpenter Prophet
Washington
Semly
Meena
Admiral Schley
Sedley
Dewey
Benjam
Ramsay
Santiago Campaica
Sampson
Appomattox
Civil Service
Schley in the South and Navy Retirements
Reports from Louisville and Washington cover Schley’s quiet stop in Louisville after a two day stay and a Nashville delegation’s plan to meet him, plus the navy’s retirement orders for Rear Admirals Winthrop P. Sampson and I. J. Cromwell on a dated schedule. Additional items discuss an Indian household decor, a breach of promise suit against the estate of Frank Crom, and anecdotes on new authors.
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Schley
Louisville
Jan, Sr
Mu Taylor
Board of Trade
Nashville
Wien
Ghana
Jan. Sr
Mary Christiansen
Frank Crom
Paulpson Te Ie Ketited
Washington
Navy Department
WiNkun
P. Sampson
I. J. Cromwell
Death Too Swift For Ambulance Sails From POM Street
Jan 31 report says Ms. Jentie Williams of Armour Avenue died quickly as an ambulance tried to reach County Hospital. Police rush preceded a stretcher transfer to the emergency ward while doctors concluded the case was hopeless.
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Citeaxo
Pom Street
Jentie Williames
Armour Avenue
Carl
Nana
Bac
Executive order restricts federal employees from seeking pay increases
Washington Jam 231: The present has issued an executive order forbidding all officers and employees of the United States to solicit or influence legislation for personal gain. Only department heads may advocate on matters affecting their service, under penalty of dismissal.
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Washington
United States
Severe winter grips Pacific Northwest and Atlantic shipping
A two inch ice cover freezes southern Washington with sleet continuing. In London a clogged channel yields several shipping disasters, with the steamer Sprite reportedly lost and a 20 man crew. Channel mail steamers resume departures from Europe this morning.
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London
Channel
Sprite
Channel Mail
Europe
Pittsburg Glass Workers Secure Voluntary Wage Rise
About two thousand unskilled laborers employed by Pittsburg glass companies outside the combine have been granted a voluntary ten percent wage increase effective January. The move raises pay across plants and reflects industry pressure for higher earnings.
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Pittsburg
Jan
Cormbine
Trouble begins at joint miners and operators banquet
Indianapolis January 31 operation leaders meet to debate miners demands for the coming session. John Mitchell heads the conference as operators underscore opposition to wage increases and a run of mine basis while critics warn of lower coal quality and higher unskilled labor.
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Indianapolis
Johm Mitchell
Tomlnson Hall
Central Labor Union
Tomlinson Hall
Coal Twaters’ Exchange
Charles A. Bookwalter
Lodianapolis
John Mitchell
Obbins
S. Brooks
Colmuibus, O
Osle Opersturs’ Association
Winers
Operors
Lasis Brooks
Indiana
W. M. Zeller
Brasil
Black Coal District
Indiana Coal Fells
Keivelsfeld
Ulinuis
Two Men Hanged in Portland for Murder Body and Mind in Jail Yard
Portland in January reports Joseph Wade and B. H. Dalton hanged in the county jail yard for the November murder of James B. Morrow. Both men maintained nerve during the execution. Wade quipped that appearances may deceive, stating “You may think I am happy, but I am not.”
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Portland
Ore
Joseph Wade
B. H. Dalton
James B. Morrow
Wade
No More Lobbying Rule Adopted by Senate Des Moines
Des Moines Jan 31 A new rule bans senators and committees from lobbying on pending measures. Senator Lewis stated the rule, noting a former employee once opposed proposals to regulate jens and an arrest time change for railroad property. Representative Cummins urged salary increases to 6000 and listed aides and locations including Iowas cities and named individuals.
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Des Moines
Senate
Lewis
Iis
Cummins
I. B. Santee
Danbury
Truman
A. Totter
Mason City
Charles E. Mitchell
Marion
A. A. Penquiet
Colfax
Walter M. Davis
Iowa City
C. W. Bepp
Hawkeye
Herbert M. Birelow
Grundy Center
Britain replies to Dutch note on peace in South Africa
London yesterday sent the British reply to the Dutch note seeking peace in South Africa to The Hague. The contents remain secret. Fatal freight collision near Deerfield injures McKenzie and Cox. A $600,000 demnity case in Detroit is expected to file documents soon. A Halifa x dynamite explosion at Marsh colliery kills three men. Horace Taffin, Alaska mail carrier, found dead near Valdez. Inheritance tax receipts total 528,575 with Cook County receiving 4v1. Consolidated Hydraulic Mining and Development files for $1,000,000 capitalization in Pontiac. Bishop blesses a bell in Warren. Great Indian coal combination reportedly collapses in Indiana.
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London
Hague
Mexico Ambassador keynote at Baltimore merchants banquet
Don Manuel de Azpiroz, Mexican ambassador, a keynote speaker at Baltimore's Merchants and Manufacturers association banquet at Hotel Rennert praised bilateral ties and Monroe Doctrine. He cited mutual trust, economic growth, and the goal of expanded commercial and industrial exchange between Mexico and the United States.
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Baltimore
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Rennert
Don Manuel de Azpiroz
Hop Lloyd L. Jackson
France
Mexico
New World
Amerob Navigad
Porfirio Diaz
United States
Woman fatally burned by lamp explosion in Eau Claire
In St. Joseph Michigan on January 31 Mrs Joseph H Berringer of Eau Claire was badly burned when an oil lamp exploded in the presence of her two small children and about a hundred spectators who could not help. She died after hours of agony from injuries sustained.
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St. Joseph, Mich
Joseph H. Berringer
Eau Claire
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Wsurer Williamson
Cook County
Michigan Company Incorporate
Dover
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Consolidated Hydraulic Mining and Development Company
Pontiac
J. M. Hart
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L. C. Clumuich
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