Sam Lovitt Dies Sunday Conductor Succumbs Suddenly
Final summons to well known and popular conductor Sam Lovitt came Sunday as community mourns his sudden death.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1906
Page
1
Local Softball Game Ends With 10 5 Score
The crowd watched a small women and men led match where femininity served as a backstop and a male pitcher rounded out the lineup. Four girls played among the players as the visitors failed to engage the reserves and the final score read 10 to 5.
Death of Sidney Henderson at Houstonia
Sidney Henderson a 13 year old son of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs Mel Henderson died this morning after a brief brain illness at his grandparents home in Houstonia Funeral services set for Tuesday at 11 in the city cemetery burial follows Survived by his parents two younger brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Mel Henderson
Porter
Houstonia
End Came at Excelsior Springs for Noted Missouri Pacific Conductor
Samuel J. Levitt age about 47 a veteran Missouri Pacific railway conductor died suddenly at Excelsior Springs Missouri after months of poor health Death was due to heart trouble He resided earlier at 314 West Seventh Sedalia with a run between Sedalia and Kansas City He was survived by his wife Joanna Meyers two children Ruth and John Meyers Lovitt his parents five brothers and three sisters and he was active in Masonry Elk Woodmen of the World and the Order of Railway Conductors His body will return to Sedalia and funeral arrangements will be set after arrival of the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Levitt
Missouri Pacific Railway
West Seventh Street
Sedalia
Kansas City
Excelsior Springs
Levitt
St. Louis
Tipton
W. H. Powell
John Meyers
West Fifth Street
Mr. Levitt
Johanna Meyers
Ruth
John Meyers Lovitt
Kansas
Lovitt
Woodmen of the World
Order of Railway Conductors
Missouri Pacific
M. T. Slane
National Bloomer Girls Exhibition Draws Attention in Sedalia
The National Bloomer Girls traveling group performed at Liberty Park yesterday afternoon, noted for rough masculine features visible through their outfits and oversized hands. The event included male assistants, deeming the display dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomer Girls
Liberty Park
National Bloomer Girls
Sedalia
Rouse Died. Rockefeller Ally Led M. K. and T. Rail Line
H C Rouse chairman of the M K and T railroad system died in Cleveland after a short pneumonia illness. Born March 15 1853 he built a vast business career in real estate brass works and many rail ventures and acted as railroad representative for John D Rockefeller earning strong Rockefeller influence. He led the M K and T as president and later chairman of the board and directed twenty seven transportation companies. He owned the schooner Iroquois and served as commodore of the Seawanatha Corinthian Yacht Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. & T. Railway System
Mr. Rouse
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Rcckefeller’s Church
John D
Rouse
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road
Edwin Coolidge Rouse
Lincoln
Joel Haydn Brass Company
The
Haydn Company
Haydnville
Mass
United Brass Company of
New York
Lorain Manufacturing Company
Britton Iron and Steel Works
Chicago, Wisconsin and
Minnesota
Boonville Railroad Bridge Company
Union, Roadside and Country
Seawanthéxa-Corinthian Yacht Club
Outrage by Black Brute Scares Kentucky Town
Scripps McRae Press Association reports in Mayking Kentucky a Black assailant injured Richard Roberts' 13 year old daughter and killed three younger children by burying them in a house set on fire. Passersby rescued the children as a posse hunts for the suspect with intent to lynch upon capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Roberts
President May Intervene in Coal Strike Arbitration
In Wilkes Barre on April 30 strong intimations say the president may urge arbitration to resolve the wage dispute. Miners favor submission while operators demand additional conditions. Thousands of foreign miners are leaving the country.
Science and the Creation Presented at Ministerial Alliance
At the morning meeting of the Ministerial Alliance Rev. Otto Press presented a paper titled Science and the Creation, which sparked a lively discussion. The committee on the religious census reported plans to appoint subcommittees and begin work immediately. Delegates to the state Sunday school convention to be held in August were the other business considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Press
Alliance
Census Committee
Police coverage in city parks prompts concern
Scripps McRae reports two assaults in Washington reveal only one policeman per five miles of parks while 38 officers guard the White House grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Washington
Epworth League Convention Opens with China Missionary Speech
The Epworth League convention at the German M. E. church opens tonight with Dr. Gamewell a Pekin China missionary giving an English language lecture. Tuesday evening Dr. John Asling district president will open the convention and committees will be chosen. Three papers will be read tomorrow forenoon as delegates arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
M. E
Gamewell
Pekin
China
John Asling
Jewish jeweler dies after plea for San Francisco relief
John Dorer a 59 year old superintendent of the Sunday school of the Second Presbyterian church Newark collapsed while asking for relief funds for San Francisco and died at his East Orange home. Born June 27 1847 in Alsace he had lived in East Orange most of his life and was a partner in the Schwarz Zkoff Dorer jeweler firm of Newark. He leaves a wife and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Orange
N. J
San Francisco
John Dover
Second Presbyterian Church
Newark
Springdale Avenue
Dorer
Alsace
France
Schwarz, Zkoff & Dorer
Washington Street
May arrest their husbands in Minneapolis police quest
Thirteen Minneapolis women asked Mayor Jones for jobs as policemen to gain badges for special police duty. They seek the badge and right to arrest for sanitary code offenses, with humor about a husband on the reverse, while Mayor Jones weighs the move amid local reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Jones
Improvement League
Baltimore Cathedral Marks Century Since cornerstone laid
Baltimore observes the 100th anniversary of laying the Baltimore cathedral cornerstone with a high feast of prelates from across the United States. The event features a procession, pontifical mass, sermons by Archbishops Farley and Ireland, and a series of receptions and lectures led by officials including Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte. The cathedral, begun in 1806 and completed in 1821, was Latrobe’s design and has undergone later enhancements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nerstone
Baltimore
St. Augustine
Fla
Farley
New York
Ryan
Philadelphia
Messmer
Milwaukee
Ireland
St. Paul
Lyceum
Charles J. Bonaparte
Carroll
Pius VII
Lulworth Castle
Dorcastershire
England
United States
Walmsley
London
Howard
Mount Verron Place
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Moerschal
Kendrick
Bayley
Frisco Records Two More Earthquake Shocks
Two further tremors were felt in San Francisco this morning causing minor damage in the business district and collapsing several walls still standing. There were no fatalities, with low districts hit hardest and hillside areas spared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRaes Press Association
San Francisco
Chief Engineer William H. Bush Appointed in Louisiana
William H. Bush former assistant engineer of Missouri Pacific Sedalia and later assistant engineer of maintenance of way for Kansas City Southern at Pittsburg Kas has been named chief engineer of construction for the Central of Louisiana at New Iberia Louisiana His many Sedalia friends will read of his advancement with pleasure
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Southern
Pittsburg
Kas
New Iberia
Mr. Bush
Sedalia
Arrests Tied to Paris May Day Parade Plot
Socialist leader M Griffuehles and Xavier Fuellant from the Bonapartise faction have been arrested in Paris on charges of plotting to overthrow the republic. Reinforcements of workers have swelled to about 40,000 ready for a Labor Day demonstration tomorrow as Levy, head of the Labor Confederation, also faces arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRie Press Association
Paris
M Griffuehles
Labor Confederation
Xavier Fuellant
Labor Party
Levy
Burh Pleads Guilty to Petit Larceny and Gets Thirty Days
Fred Burch, arrested last Friday on burglary charges and held for the criminal court, was arraigned today and pleaded guilty to petit larceny after burglary was dismissed. He received a thirty day jail sentence. Julius McMahon's parole was continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Burch
Criminal Court
Julius McMahon
Two More Give Way in Wellston Mines
Wellston Ohio April 30 Moorehead company and Alma Portland Cement company have signed the miners scale. Alma Portland Cement employs 350 men who will at once resume work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Wellston
Moorehead Company
Alma Portland Cement Company
Czar Accepts Witte's Resignation as Premier
London dispatch reports the Czar accepted Sergei Witte's resignation from the post of premier in St Petersburg. The notice notes the timing is stampted April 30. Witte's departure follows political pressures within the Russian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Press Association
London
St. Petersburg
Witte
Coroner Reports 297 Bodies Handled With 125 Identified
Scripns-McRae Press Association notes through April 30 in Oakland California that 297 bodies have been handled by the coroner, with 125 identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripns-McRae Press Association
Oakland
Cal
Strike Looms Over Detroit Port as 20000 Longshoremen Threaten Action
Detroit officials report twenty thousand longshoremen may strike at midnight if talks fail. The stoppage could halt about 90 percent of Great Lakes cargo traffic and disrupt lake shipping nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Detroit
Mich
Christian Brothers' Alumni Convention Opens in Baltimore
Baltimore April 30 The national convention of the Christian Brothers Alumni of the United States opened today with attendance exceeding expectations and plans for meetings and speeches to unfold across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
National Convention of the Christian Brothers ’Alumni of
United States
Fraunces Tavern Quits Business After Historic Era Ends
New York, April 30. Fraunces Tavern at Broad and Pearl streets will cease to exist as a public report as it passes to the Society of the Sons of the Revolution. The Glintenkamp & Brecht firm will move, relics will be sold, and a Chamber of Commerce meeting site since 1768 will be removed along with the Round Table, muskets, and dungeon cells from the historic dining and meeting house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad and
Pearl Streets
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Glintenkamp & Brecht
Bolton & Sigel
Queen’s Head Hotel
Samuel Fraunces
Fraunces
Chamber of Commerce
Joan Cruger
Anthony van Dam
Washington
German Crown Prince Yacht to Enter Marblehead Races
Commander Hebbinghaus of the German navy plans entry of a crown prince yacht for international races off Marble Head next September. The Kaiser’s representative is arranging the details in Boston on April 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Hebbinghaus
Marble Head
George Mulcahy Safe After Big Earthquake
George Mulcahy brother of Florence Mulcahy Osage street gro cer informs relatives of his safety in San Francisco. He is a police department member and was at city hall when it collapsed, causing great worry until his message arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mulcahy
Florence Mulcahy
Osage Street
Mulcahy
San Francisco
City Hall
Dowie Speaks at Zion Denounces Opponents
The speaker at Zion delivers a fiery address denouncing enemies and opposes critics with a dramatic breast-beating gesture as a sign of fervent opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowie
Zion
Dowie Holds Split Meeting As Voliva Draws Crowd
In Zion City Dowie appeared in ornate robes while Voliva addressed 500 outdoors about 1200 dollar robes, drawing crowds totaling around 2000 sightseers from Chicago and north shore towns. Mrs Dowie and son Gladstone attended as family rift deepened amid accusations of betrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
John Alexander Dowie
Shiloh Tabernacle
Zion City
Dowie
Voliva
North Shore
Tabernacle
Dowie Awaile
Jane Dowie
Gladstone
Zion
Gladstone Dowie
Americans Lead In Olympic Games Halfway Score
Americans lead with 37 points in the Olympic Games tally. Sweden follows with 23, Greece 9, France 8, Hungary 3, and Australia and Finland one each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrimps-McRae Press Association
Athens
Sweden
Greece
France
Hungary
Australia
Finland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sam Lovitt
Katy System
Sidney Henderson
H. C
Mayking, Ky
Roosevelt
Scripps-McRas Press Association
Wilkesbarre
Ident
Epworth
Frisco
Baltimore, Md
Calvert Hall College
Wm. P. Ryan
Quigley
Lyric Theatre
Calvert Hall
Naavl Academy
Annapolis
State House
W. H. Bush
Central Railway of
Louisiana
William H. Bush
Burch
CZAR
Christian Brothers’ Alumni
Fraunces Tavern
Sons of the American Revolution
General Washington
GRMAN
Prince
Kaiser
Navy
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