Assembly Adopts Revisions Amid Smooth Uproar and Reorganization
The report passes with near unanimous support as recommendations A B and C gain adoption. A revised committee size to twenty one is approved with Minton added, and W H Roberts remains secretary. The judicial committee is redefined as a permanent eight ministers seven elders body with staggered terms and a wide initial slate. A merger plan creates Central University of Danville with Kentucky seminaries under Presbyterian oversight.
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Ra~ Ker
Philadelphia
Pickey
Ashly
W. H. Roberts
General Assembly
Special Committee of Judicial Committees
Assembly
Ville
Louisville
Presbyterian Semiry of
Kentucky
den- College
Danville
Richmond
Central University of Danville
Ban of the Church on Secret Societies by the United
The United Presbyterian General Assembly approved womans suffrage as civic not ecclesiastical. It adopted a Judiciary report opposing secret fellowships, holding sessions may refuse membership in groups that enforce oaths or secrecy undermining church unity.
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Des Moines
United Presbyterian General Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Committee On Judiciary
Demoralizto
Iacan
Chris Sianiey
Dankard Conference Holds All Day Services in Lincoln
The Dankard National Conference held all day and evening services with outdoor and side meetings. About ten thousand people were on the grounds, with later arrivals from far Eastern regions. The Capitol and Bryan Home drew thousands as H. C. Early preached the night sermon. Northwestern Ohio and eastern Pennsylvania districts request next year’s meeting.
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Lincoln
Neb
Dankard National Conference
Capitol
W. J. Bryan
H. C. Early
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Albany train collision toll rises in East Greenbush report
From the Albany area near East Greenbush there is word of more injuries in the Albany and Hudson Railroad collision. The toll now exceeds fifty injured with no additional deaths reported.
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Albany
N. Y
Colon
Albany & Hudson
East Greenbush
Unsettled Weather Forecast for Ohio Indiana and Ohio Valley
Weather forecast notes cloudy unsettled conditions for Tuesday and Wednesday with likely showers and rising temperatures. Local observations report a maximum 59 and minimum temperatures with light to fresh northeasterly winds and varying precipitation amounts.
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Washington
Ohio
Indiana
C. F. R. Wappenhans
Fatal Wrecks Hit Indiana Rail Lines Across Towns
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports multiple fatal rail incidents on May 27. At Willetts switch near Greenfield a work-car collision left trackmen Charles Andis Seymour Forman and teacher Elsie Huddleston injured as motorman Charles Byers steered a wrecked passenger car. In New Albany Frederick Herter, 36, was decapitated by a suburban train. Knightstown saw Isaac Loudenback, 38, killed crossing. Washington reports Baltimore and Ohio worker W. E. Emery crushed to death by a pulley accident.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greenfield
Ind
Indianapolis
Elsie Huddleson
Charles Byers
New Albany
Frederick Herter
Jacob Herter
Pennsylvanian
Vincennes Street
East Seventh Street
Herter
Rade
Knightstown
Panhandle
Isaac Loudenback
Jefferson Street
Loudenback
Washington
W. E. Emery
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Brill seeks removal of Wise as grand juror in Brill-Weir case
In LaPorte on May 27 Joseph W. Brill the Cleveland mine owner who tried to kill attorney E. E. Weir on January 20 filed charges against Simon Wise a grand juror alleging bias and seeking Wise’s removal for cause Judge Richter sustained the demand and Wise was removed This is the first such action in Laporte county as the grand jury probes the Brill Weir case In Brazil on May 27 Quincy Foster stands trial for the Fontanet McDonald murder from last October.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Circuit Court
Joseph W. Brill
Cleveland
E. E. Weir
Simon Wise
Brill
Wise
Richter
Laporte County
Brill-Weir
Brazil
Quincy Foster
Haney McDonald
Fontanet
Vigo County
McDonald
Salem High School Celebrates Banner Victory Parade
Salem Indiana May 27 noon Salem High School celebrated winning the southern Indiana high schools tournament banner with a street parade led by the High School Band. Salem scored nearly as many points as all five other schools combined while crowds cheered and the band sang the High School song. Gate receipts net about 40 dollars for the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Salem
Ind
Salem High School
Southern Indiana
Bloomington
Bate and Hall
Greenfield High School Graduates and New School Bid
The Greenfield High School graduating class includes Grace Gable Mabel H Wood Neva Louis Pilkenton George G Harlan Maud E Frye Lulu C Curry Earle Frost Amelia Thayer Branham Theodore Caldwell Orval Pope Lena Secrest Virginia Morton Nellie Curtis Ellis June Rock James Poulson Raymond E B Havens Homer Binford John F Mitchell Jr Ruth Selcrest Katie Duncan Jamie Card Mary Garrison Mary Duncan Albert Hastings John Hagans Martha E Owens Walter Black Babey Duncan Joan Souder The baccalaureate sermon was preached by Rev B I Dalley of the Christian Church Portland trustees awarded an $11 000 contract for a new school building to Sanders Brothers with two other bidders present.
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Green Field
Greenfield High School
Grace Gable
Mabel H. Wood
Neva Louis Pilkenton
George G. Harlan
Maud E. Frye
Lulu C. Curry
Earle Frost
Amelia Thayer Branham
Theodore Caldwell
Orval Pope
Lena Secrest
Virginia Morton
Nellie Curtis
Ellis June Rock
James Poulson
Raymond EB. Havens
Homer Binford
John F. Mitchell, Jr
Ruth Selcrest
Katie Duncan
Jamie Card
Mary Garrison
Mary Duncan
Albert Hastings
John Hagans
Martha E. Owens
Walter Black
Babey Duncan
Joan Souder
B. I. Dalley
The
Christian Church
Portland
Sanders Brothers
Hartford City Glass Workers Organize Local AFL
Hartford City scene Sunday saw the glass snapper workers form a local AFL unit led by G. P. Hayworth of Muncie assisted by George W. Thompson and Charles Miller of Eaton. Officers were elected: Joseph Martelle president, William Gilbert vice president, Frederick Burgees recording secretary, Charles Wright financial secretary, Lon Hubbard treasurer, with committees named to recruit shop members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
G. P. Hayworth
Muncie
American Federation of Labor
George W. Thompson
Charles Miller
Eaton
Joseph Martelle
William Gilbert
Frederick Burgees
Charles Wright
Lon Hubbard
Terre Haute Faces House Famine Amid Rapid Growth
Terre Haute Indiana endures a housing shortage as population rises with new industries. The township assessor reports over five hundred houses built by April 1 and construction ongoing for at least two hundred more, spurred by upcoming rolling mills.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Plan to spur employment and housing demand in Indiana
Reports from Indiana towns outline a surge in jobs as enameled ware works and other industries will employ hundreds. A Terre Haute grand jury inquiry into bribery allegations involving two police commissioners is ordered. Captain Biegler rejects a regular army appointment while Madison plans July 4 speeches attracting tens of thousands. Myrtle Young, eight, dies of lockjaw after an injury.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Biegler
Twenty-eighth Volunteer Infantry
Memioley
May Limit Indemnity Debates Amid China Crisis
Peking reports Britain may cap indemnity to 10,000 taels with week’s end shaping up. U.S. Rockhill argues 210,001,000 taels was rejected but spurred wider talks. He warns America may concede funding to China to protect its commerce. A Russian prince weighs Chinese resolve and German aims in Manchuria and Yangtze trading interests.
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Peking
Great Britain
China
United States
Rockhill
America
New York
Prince Oukhtomsky
St. Petersburg
The
Herald
Count von Waldersee
Li Hang Chang
Li Hung Chang
Germany
Legations
Chan-Tung
Chi- 14
Manchuria
Yang-Tse
Deserting Soldier Steals Watches in Tianjin Incident
A watchmaker stationed at Tianjin was entrusted with the watch and the timepiece of an English woman for repair. The soldier abandoned his post, taking both watches with him as he deserted.
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Tien-Tsin
Prof Herron Married to Miss Rand in Socialist Ties
Announcement from New York dated May 2 reports the marriage of Prof George D Herron and Miss Carrie Rand. The ceremony occurred Saturday evening in Dr Charles Brodie Patterson's apartments with Rev William T Brown officiating. No vows were exchanged. The bride had supported socialist causes and the couple plan to devote their lives to socialism.
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New York
George D. Herron
Carrie Rand
Charles Brodie Patterson
William T. Brown
Plymouth Church
Rochester
N. Y
Rand
British post captured in Cape Colony engagement near Maraisburg
Cradock dispatch dated May 27 reports Kritzinger forces overran a British post near Maraisburg, taking forty-one defenders prisoners after stiff resistance. Kitchener notes from May 20 onward tally sixty-three Boers killed, thirty-six wounded, and 267 captured, with eighty-three surrendering.
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London
the Times
Cradock
Kritzinger
Cape Colony
Maraisburg
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Rioting Spreads in South Russia Over The Smugglers Play
In Kutais thousands gather around the theater and stone police. A detachment of Cossacks disperses the crowd injuring thirteen policemen and fifteen Cossacks. A week long ban on Novoe Vremya provokes sensational reaction signaling nervous government.
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London
Russia
St. Petersburg
Kutais
Novoe Vremya
Multiple Obituaries and Notices From Indiana Towns
Mendenhall dies at sixty in Winchester. Hopkins, 97, dies in Zanesville after heading Earlham boarding school era. Binkley dies at 33 in Hagerstown from appendicitis. Frederickson, 63, dies in Laporte. Dwyer, 60s, dies in Lafayette Soldiers Home. Mitchell, 72, dies in Greensburg. Indiana Spiritualists set Chesterfield camp meeting. memorials and civic notes from Anderson Worthington Richmond Dunkirk Portland.
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Winchester
Ind
William H. Mendenhall
Goodview
Earlham College
Nfties
Zanesville
Hagerstown
Samuel Binkley
Knights of Pythias and
Red Men
Laporte
William Fredrickson
George C. Moore
First Baptist Church
Lafayette
Hattie B. Dwyer
Parlee F. Dwyer
State Soldiers
Dwyer
Indianapolis
Greensburg
John Hitchell
Shelbyville
Labor disputes yield gains for machinists and tailors
Machinists at American Engine Company and Ideal Cash Register Company in Bound Brook New Jersey win a nine hour day with pay unchanged. A joint arbitration settles bricklayers and masons rates and hours, with a 10 hour shift? to 55 hours per week. Tailors across New York Brooklyn and Newark threaten a general strike to end middlemen unless shop space is provided. Brooks locomotive workers settle with full reinstatement, 55 hour week and 19 percent wage hike. Western Federation of Miners and Western Labor Union meet in Denver to discuss Coeur dAlene labor troubles and cheap Orient labor with renewal of Chinese exclusion act on May 5.
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American Engine Company
Ideal Cash Register Company
Bound Brook
N. J
Joint Arbitration Board
New York Bricklayers’ Unions
Mason Builders’ Association
New York
Brooklyn
Newark
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
N. Y
Western Federation of Miners
Western Labor Union
Denver
Cal
Coeur d'Alene
Havana Boom in Cuba Prompts 2500 Telephones
A. F. Blundell, Havana telephone manager, visits Chicago to secure 2500 automatic telephones for Havana. He notes Cuban usage surpasses that of similar American cities and cites the Foraker resolution as the barrier to immediate expansion while capital waits.
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Chicago
A. F. Blundell
Havana
Cuba
Foraker
Provisional Government
West Point Cadets Dismissed After Court Martial
Five cadets were dismissed from West Point after the court martial findings were approved by the War Department. Cadets Vernon and Perry were discharged for court martial causes. The cadets reportedly met for dinner at Newburgh, excused due to dine-out invitations, when observed by an academy officer.
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Washington
West Point
War Department
Root
Secretary of War
Vernon
Perry
Academy
Newburg
Movements of Steamers May 27 Arrivals and Passes
Movements of steamers show arrivals in New York including Minnehaha from London Aller from Naples Zeeland from Antwerp Marquette from London and Lizard from May 2 seize Rotterdam departing New York for Rotterdam and passes from Rotterdam to New York were noted.
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New York
Minnehaha
London
Aller
Naples
Zeeland
Antwerp
Marquette
Lizard
Rotterdam
Miscellaneous Brevities From a Century Ago
A Cuban constitutional convention plans a final vote on the Flatt amendment. Albert T. Dow of Chicago fined 10000 for illicit oleomargarine. Republic Iron and Steel declares 14 percent dividend payable July 1. books close June 15. Diamond Joe sank near Burlington with 50 aboard, no fatalities. Venezuela Supreme Court rejects New York Bermudez Asphalt exceptions. plaintiffs Quinlan and Warner from Syracuse. Kinghurst steamer on rocks near Denham Island. new ship bound Cape Nome trade. Philadelphia Horse Show opens its tenth annual exhibition with a record list of entries, six days, total prizes 15000. Paul W. Sigmund of Chicago arrested in Washington for jewelry theft worth 15040 from Newie Farley at Hotel Regent. Raids on two poolrooms in New York. Thomas Ryan among Amster dam avenue prisoners. Alexander Peden murdered in Memphis police cell. Gillis held in Texas. Admiral Sampson health rumor denied by Lt. Bennett. Chicago trial defendants in life insurance fraud case. Olson calls murder evidence strong. Hartford referee appointed over Gilman estate complaint by Mrs Hall claiming adopted daughter status. Diamond-studded watch stolen in Tien-Tsin recovered in Woodlawn by U S inspectors.
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Albert T. Dow
Fertile Valley Creamery Company
State Street
Chicago
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Port Dubuque
Burlington
Supreme Court of Venezuela
New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
Ashalt
Messrs. Quinlan and Warner
Syracuse
Kinghurst
Denham Island
Gulf of Georgia
King Urst
Cape Nome
Union
Bd. C
Davis
Philadelphia Horse Show Association
St. Martin’s Green
Wissahickon Heights
Paul W. Sigmund
Washington, D. C
Newie Farley
Hotel Regent
Jerome
Committee of Fifteen
New York
Amsterdam Avenue
Broadway
Amsterdam Avenue Place
Thomas Ryan
Alexander Peden
Pulaski
Tenn
Memphis
N. A. Gillis
Cumby
Hopkins County
Texas
August Unger
Francis Wayland Brown
Frank H. Lintley
Olson
Hartford
Conn
Eranry Co
Tien-Tsin
China
Woodlawn
Ala
United States Sea
United Glates
Royal visit unfolds in Sydney harbor pageantry
The Ophir with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York arrived at 11 am in Sydney. A government squadron escorted outside the harbor, the Gromoboy fired a salute as the Ophir led the formation. Crowds lined the shores while officials boarded the ship for formal welcomes. The duke and duchess landed at 2 pm amid grand decorations and a tall military escort.
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Sydney
Ophir
York
William Lynne
Gromoboy
Atholbight
Anchorage
Earl of Hopetoun
Commonwealth
Frederick Darley
Leutenant
New South Wales
Anarchist Youth Confesses Planned Assassination Plot
A Verona paper reports Pietrucci a young blacksmith attempted suicide to avoid the mission he confessed to belonging to an anarchist society. He named comrades chosen to kill Emperor of Germany Queen Helena Italy President Loubet France and the Czar of Russia.
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Rome
Verona
Pietrucci
Lot
Germany
Helena
Italy
Loubet
France
Czar
Russia
Protests Prompt Turkish Entry Rule Reversal
Foreign embassies protest leading to rescission of a Turkish government ban on entering typewriters. New census shows Australasia population at 4,550,651, up 740,756 since prior count. P O Connor sets long jump record in Dublin Irish championship. Sultan Mohammed V yields to French demands in Morocco while Danish Union Steamship Company control rumored. Shamrock II wreckage salvaged with topmast sprung but rigging intact.
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Australasia
Dublin
P. O'Connor
Waterford
Morocco
Copenhagen
London Daily Express
J. Pierpont Morgan
Union Steamship Company
Denmark
Writ of Habeas Corpus Sought in Kenmore Hotel Death
Mrs Lola Bonine’s counsel filed a writ of habeas corpus after the killing of Ayres the census clerk at the Hotel Kenmore. Judge Barnard refused to issue the writ.
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Washington
Lola Bonine
Young Ayres
Kenmore
Eee
Barnard
Hazen Resigns as Secret Service Chief in New York
William P. Hazen, head of the U S Secret Service Bureau in New York, has tendered his resignation to take effect on June 12. The announcement was made from New York on May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Vincennes
Ind
Vincennes University Board
W. H. Hershman
J. E. Manchester
Margaret Manchester
Hershman
Chicago University
Secret Service
New York
William P. Hazen
United States Secret Service Bureau
Linnean descendant Gould Brown dies at seventy six
Linn Mass May death of Gould Brown descendant of Charles Brown signer of the Roger Williams petition and brother to Gould Brown grammarian. He served in the Legislature and held city offices. New York May 27 Antonio Ceppi, tenor with Maurice Grau Opera Company, dies in Turin.
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Linn
Mass
May Pee Aseten Gould Brown
Charles Brown
Roger Williams
Gould Brown
New York
Turin
Antonio Ceppi
Maurice Grau
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Garek
Kau
Mont
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Fin
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Mottle Rock
Ark
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Day
Brill- Weir
Oster
Salem School
Vinccuones University
Anderson
Central Christian Church
M. W. Harkins
Indiana School Notes
Hartford City Snappers
Grand Jury
Judge Piety
Raidy
Barbazette
Capt. Biegler
Mr. Bryan
Madison
William J. Bryan
Beech Grove Park
Madison Chautauqua Assembly
Milton
Myrtle
Reuben Young
Rockbill
Prof. Herron
Miss Rand
Kaiser
Indiana Notes
Horace Coleman
Hawiian Islands
New Country Club
W. H. M. Smith
Nora Gibson
General Labor News
Cornwall and
Constantinople
Turkey
Cable Notes
Jap Rose
Kirk
Standard Oil Company
Grandx
Paris
D. H. Baldwin & CO
S. Senererer
Long Island
Ota
New York's Seashore
Long Island Railroad Company
Geen
Long Island City
Cincinnati
Ely
Kruse & Deventer
Washington St
Gibbons
Leo
Cardinal Gibbons
Daily News
Philippines
Vatican
W. P. Hazen
Tacoma
Wash
Great Northern
Knight & Ser Co
Indianapolis, Ind
Pride of
Maryland
Monticello Distiling Co., Distillers
Baltimore, Md
J.T. Power & Son
State of
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Sentinel Printing Company
West Market Street
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