Crises Rise Over Peace Proposals in Russia China Talks
Washington reports a growing crisis as Russia, backed by Germany and Italy, seeks peace terms rejected by the United States and France. London dispatches quote Chinese minister Lefenslub saying Russia would withdraw from Peking as a first step toward peace, with Earl Li Hung Chang pro-European and pushing for negotiations. A Chinese government line confirms authority remains intact, seeking a peaceful settlement with commercial basis, while Britain’s stance could decide the outcome.
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London
Li Hung Chang
Sin
Chibchen Lofengiah
Earl Li
England
Lefenslub
Russia
Minaister
Lord Salisbury
Asszious
China
Prince Tuan
Chibchen
Shansi
East Side Strike Settled After Arbitration
The St. Louis and Belleville Traction Company strike ended at noon yesterday with all three streetcar lines back in service by 3:30 p m. A board will arbitrate the discharge of Motorman George Van Houten who remains suspended but will be paid wages by the Belleville Commercial Club for up to thirty days. The agreement, signed by all parties, was brokered by the club aided by the Fall Festivities Committee and Belleville street car workers union leader Gerald Phillips.
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St. Louis and
Belleville Traction Company
George van Houten
van Mouten
Commercial Club of
Belleville
Comeini
Traction Company
Gerald Phillips
Street Car Men's Union
van Zouten
Glasgow Faces Alarm Over Bubonic Plague Outbreak
Glasgow authorities report fourteen hospital cases and 111 under inspection as bubonic plague reaches the city. Health officers remain vigilant though shipping largely unaffected with continental ports closing to Gar gow vessels. American ports impose fumigation and strict prevention measures. Sailor infection route uncertain. medical opinion split on shore transmission. Detailing doctors and nurses in contact with patients have been inoculated with bubonic serum from the Pasteur Institute.
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Glasgow
Gargow
Pastour Institute
Four Children Bitten by Mad Dog in St Louis
In South St. Louis a mad dog frightened school children as it roamed for blocks. Four youngsters were bitten Willie Bottermann and Charles Koutden among them. Eva Urney and Louis Schirmer were also listed. Policeman Stutte killed the animal outside 3814 California Avenue.
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St. Louis
South St. Louis
Stutte
California Avenue
Willie Bottermann
Chippewa Street
Louis Schirmer
Charles Koutend
Eva Urney
South
Jefferson Avenue
Ministers Rally Against Normal Schools in Jefferson County
Salem Baptist Association session in Jefferson County ends with a report condemning normal schools as un American. Rev Throg Morton of Duquoin chairs the education committee. Danbury of Tuquovin notes only 33 percent of teachers are Christians. Ewing College in Franklin County urged for Baptist teacher education. Kell in Jefferson County named for next year’s gathering.
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Salem Baptist Association
Jeffer
Mestre
Vernon
Throgmorton
Duquoin
Hich
Throgmuerten
Danbury
Tuquovin
Jefferson County
Ewing Collge
Franklin County
Kell
Courthouse to Be All New Across Entire Structure
McLean County Supervisors abandon partial rebuilding of the courthouse. The edifice will be rebuilt from the ground up using buff Bedford stone for the main work and granite for the front. Demolishing and rebuilding the basement adds 1504 to the contract, raising total project cost to about 372,097 including heating, furniture, and grading.
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McLean County Supervisors
Long Point Christian Church Deed Conditions Against Music and Festivals
A deed tied to the Long Point Christian Church forbids inside the church any organ piano or musical instrument and prohibits festivals or fairs on the premises with a reversion to the heir if violated. The deceased donor was a wealthy farmer and long time church member. Also noted is the arrest of Jerome Wherry alias Charles J Brewer for the 1899 murder of Marshal Cave at Gillman Illinois. He was identified as a suspect and detained in Decatur pending Gillman authorities. Wherry and another man were reportedly in Gillman the day of the murder and were ordered out of town by the City Marshal. the next morning the marshal was found dead.
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Tee
Long Point Christian Church
Decatur
Ian
Jerome Wherry
Charles J. Brewer
Marshal Cave
Gillman
Wherry
Jesus
Kendrick
Gene
Two Shot by Accident In Separate Incidents
William Anderson of Temple Ilil was accidentally shot through the side while riding in a buggy when a team ran away and discharged a shotgun against him. In a later incident, Charles Metelock was cleaning a revolver at Brownfield when it accidentally fired, the ball passing just above his heart and proving fatal.
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Wiliam Anderson
Temple Ilil
Brownfield
Charles Metellock
Sabbath Observance Discussed by Decatur Presbytery
The Decatur Presbytery of Cumberland Presbyterian Church met at Mount Zion Church south of Decatur to address Sabbath observance and urged steps to secure closer religious observance of the day.
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Decatur
Scanlon
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Mount Zion Church
What shall a man be saved by wealth or life
The text offers a sermon on the parable of the rich fool. It contrasts covetous wealth with spiritual riches, urging readers not to lay up treasure on earth but to seek what makes one rich toward God. It discusses the futility of anxious care over material needs and the primacy of life beyond meat.
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Rome
Ocean liner fares cut for August and September
Pittsburg Dispatch reports Paris exposition not boosting travel as White Star and Cunard reduce Europe passage to winter rates ten months early. Other lines likely to follow, with August September cuts expected. Travel earlier recorded as steadier than years past amid industry secrecy on steamer pricing.
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New York
Pittsburg Dispatch
America
White Star
Cunard Ines
Europe
Bowling Green
Atlantic
Millonnire Friend of Boys in New York City
A bluest-blooded Knickerbocker, Evert Janson Wendell, known as a millionaire friend of boys, is described as a famed social figure in New York. The text notes his influence among the poor quarters and his alleged habit of chasing after disadvantaged youths, amid scattered garbled phrases about farming and villages in the west.
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New York
Evert Janson Wendell
Various Global Notes From 1890s Era News
A compilation of disparate items notes inventions and events such as a boat leaping machine, completion of the Bloody Tower restoration in London, nine year stays to cover London streets, 1899 medical counts, Jona Island purchase for a naval magazine, and climate dates for hay fever in Germany. It also mentions emigration in Hungary, a Princeton student planning a cross country trip, Morocan telegraph limits, Suez Canal ship counts, a centenary wine dinner for Waghorn, Mrs. Gladstone burial, and royal acknowledgments of English queens.
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Jona Island
Hudson River
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Hungary
Princeton
Pacific Coast
Morocco
Suck Canal
Saeut
Waghorn
India
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