Disciples of Christ Convention Opens in Omaha
The Disciples of Christ mission convention opened in Omaha under the Foreign Christian Missionary Society. Treasurer reports best year ever with receipts of 17832 3, 23, a gain over last year. Nominating committee slate adopted and John R. Mott spoke to a Coliseum crowd of about 12,000 on missions.
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Omaha
Neb
Convention of the Disciples of Christ
Foreign Christian Missionary Society
Christian Endeavor Societies
A. M. McLean
Cincinnati
A. B. Philpott
Indianapolis
W. 8. Dickinson
B. C. Deweeze
I. J. Spencer
M. Jefferson
Lexington
George A. Miller
Covington
F. M.ins
S. M. Cooper
Russell Errett
Jap Cne
P. T. Kilgour
F. M. Rains
Japan
China
Mr. Ugherty
R. H. E. Hetronym
Mrs C B Fiske Re-Elected President at Kansas City
Mrs Clinton B Fiske was reelected president of the Woman's Home Missionary Society by an almost unanimous vote in Kansas City on October 3. Reports were read by Miss Martha Van Harter of New York on work past year and by Miss Mary Bell Evans on a financial paper. Mrs W F Robertson of Norwood Ohio presented a report on the society's new book Twenty Years History of the Women s Home Missionary Society. Mrs H C Jennings of Cincinnati reported on the bureau of mission supplies and the bureau of systematic beneficence.
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Kansas City
Clinton B. Fiske
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Martha van Harter
New York
Women's Home Missions and
Children’s Home Missions
Mary Bell Evans
W. F. Robertson
Norwood
Women's Home Missionary Society
Methodistiscopal Church
H. C. Jennings
Cincinnati
Bureau of Mission Supplies
Bureau of
Ozone as a diet idea from Edgar Conable
Edgar Wallace Conable announces a theory that life relies on pure air rather than food. He promotes lung development, reports a fifteen day fast, twenty mile hike, and claims heightened energy and clarity. He has enlisted students and rents a cottage to feed them cold air.
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Colorado Springs
Edgar Wallace
Conable
Mr. Conable
Slasher Cylinder Blast Causes Fatality at Sibley Mill
An explosion at the Sibley mill in Augusta Georgia today killed William Clark of Bath South Carolina and injured Lee La mar William Waller and Robert Cheeks. The cause remains a mystery as investigators probe the blast at the mill.
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Augusta
Sibley Mill
William Clark
Bath
8. C
Lee Lamar
William Waller
Robert Cheeks
Fone
Sale of Oriental Rugs Continues at Gail's Today
The sale of the most Cascabane recollection of Oriental rugs will be continued today only at Gail's. Do not miss the chance to view these pieces.
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Gail
Trial of R B Molineux Opens with Doctor Hitchcock Testimony
In New York on October 20 the Molineux murder trial began with Assistant District Attorney Osborne outlining the case and evidentiary issues. Dr Edward Hitchcock testified to a suspected poison and hydrocyanic acid traces while noting details of the bottle and wrapper given by Harry F Cornish. The court limited deductions and adjourned proceedings to the next morning.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Osborne
Cornish
Adams
Edward F. Hitchcock
Justice Lambert
Mr. Osborne
Harry F. Cornish
Widow of Jim Younger Holds Resolve in Boise
Alixa J. Mueller, fiancée and now wife of Jim Younger who died by his own hand in St. Paul, says he wrote Oct 16 of losing hope and being out of work. She claims no scandal, plans cremation per his request, and left Boise for St. Paul while pursuing writing a novel.
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Boise
Idaho
Alixa J. Mueller
Jim Younger
St. Paul
Jim
International Congress of Americanists Opens in New York
The thirteenth session opens with archaeologists ethnologists and historians from Europe and the Americas gathering in New York. Discussion topics include native American races their origin distribution history physical characteristics languages inventions customs and early contact with the old world.
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New York
International Congress of Americanists
Brn
Americas
America
Old World
Europe
Riot in Littleton Leaves Several Wounded
Quiet described the town of Littleton after last night’s clash between blacks and whites. Ira Creel, a white man thought killed, surfaced unharmed after spending the night in the woods. Joe Thompson White is seriously wounded, and Joe Baer is recovering. Will Tolbert is missing and seriously wounded.
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Littleton
Ala
Ira Creel
Joe Thompson White
Joe Baer
Will Tolbert
Local Bank President Gorham Dies in Marshall Family Incident
Battle Creek dispatch reports G Gorham of Marshall Michigan, head of the First National Bank and son of former minister to Theta General Charlies Gorham, is involved in a developing incident. Details are limited in the readable fragment.
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Battle Creek, Mich
G. Gorham
Marshall, Mich
First National Bank
That City
United States
Theta
Charlies Gorham
Irish Question Dominates Commons As O'Brien Attacks
In London on October 2 Irish Nationalists dominated question time in the House of Commons. William O'Brien fiercely criticized methods of the Crown in Ireland prompting exchanges with J Atkinson. The debate touched on Sullivan case, Dublin Castle secrecy, and calls to adjourn for Ireland questions. Political leaders clashed over Ireland status and a land purchase bill.
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London
House of Commons
Mr. Wyndham
Sullivan
America
Henry Campbell Bannerman
Ireland
Balfour
Sir Henry
O'Brien
Patrick Nolan
Dublin
Sligo
MacHale
United Revolutionary Eague
O’brien
Dublin Castle
Sergeant Sheridan
Irish League
Pigott
Parnell
Atkinson
Cully
Mr. O’brien
Mr. O'Brien
Wyndham
Gerald Balfour
Board of Trade
International Mercantile Marine Company
Somaliland
Lord Cranborne
Manning
Aden
Swann
Russia
St. Petersburg
Cabul
Afghanistan
Great Britain
Brodrick
Roche Seeks Church State Split and Vatican Embassy Abolition
Paris dispatch reports Ernst Roche introducing a bill in the Chamber of Deputies to separate church and state, abolish public worship budgets, and close the Vatican embassy. Premier Combes refuses urgency, calling the move an attempt to pressure the government. urgency rejected 285 to 179.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Ernst Roche
Vatican
M. Roche
Chamber
Combes
German sociologist cites U S freedom from prejudice
Berlin October article by Prof Alfred Vierkandt in Zeitschrift fur Sozial Wissenschaft argues that United States conditions foster independence and personal initiative, reducing class and race prejudice, while noting friction with larger societal structures amidst monumental enterprise efforts.
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Berlin
Alfred Vierkandt
Zeitschrift Fur Social Wissenschaft
United
Trading firm to sell Canadian goods in UK stores
London reports a proposed trading corporation aims to open stores across the United Kingdom selling exclusively Canadian products, especially food, at prices minus middleman profits. Earl of Aberdeen backs the plan, with W. R. Nursey organizing capital from Manitoba producers and manufacturers. The scheme seeks 2.75 million dollars.
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London
United Kingdom
Earl of Aberdeen
Canada
W. R. Nursey
Manitoba
Dominion
Chicago & Alton Races to Ready Equipment for World’s Fair
The Chicago and Alton Railroad orders fifty high grade coaches for fair service with one hundred seats each, to be delivered within a year. Baldwin locomotive works receives an order for two large prairie type passenger locomotives to be tested before a potential twenty more for the St. Louis world’s fair. The engines will be among the largest in the Midwest, with six eighty inch driving wheels, capable of pulling fifteen car trains from Chicago to St. Louis without changing at Bloomington.
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Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad
St. Louis
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Middle West
Bloomington
Revolution Crushed In Aragua Venezuela Says Cable
New York October 2 Senor Esteves Venezuela consul general reports a cable from Caracas stating a great battle in Aragua ended in complete triumph for General Castro. Revolution crushed and peace of the republic assured.
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New York
Senor Esteves
Venezuela
Caracas
State of
Aragua
Neral Castro
American Royal Cattle Show Opens in Kansas City
The annual American Royal Cattle Show begins at the stockyards pavilion with entrants from fourteen states and prize winners from British and Scottish events. The Sabine and Angora goat breeders showcase a large tent near the cattle displays, featuring Berkshire, Poland China and Jersey Duroc cattle. Marmaduke 90033, a bulls winner three years old and over, is owned by W. S. Van Natta & Son of Fowler Indiana.
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Kansas City
Stockyards
Berkshire
Poland
China
Jersey
W. 8S. van Natta & Son
Fowler, Ind
Verdict in involuntary manslaughter case at Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on October 2 a jury found Mrs Ida Wilkins guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her husband, Maj William Denny Wilkins, who was killed when he tried to stop her suicide in a flat. The fatal shot struck his forehead and caused instant death on September 10.
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Pittsburg
Ida Wilkins
Allegheny
Maj
William Denny Wilkins
Major Wilkins
Fire destroys American Glue plant at Springdale
Pittsburg Pa Oct 2 The American Glue Company plant at Springdale sixteen miles east of here was destroyed by fire late last night. Loss set at 120000 insured. Main building and offices wrecked. Fire marks fourth blaze in a month and is thought to be the work of incendiaries. Two hundred men thrown out of work.
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Pittsburg
American Glue Company
Springdale
Here
Subscriptions Returned for American Boy Battleship
Cincinnati on October 2 reports Rankin Goode, the boy orator, raised over $8,000 by subscriptions for a battleship named the American Boy. Ex-US Attorney John W. Herron, Taft's Philippines in law relative, is returning the money to subscribers.
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Cincinnati
Spain
Rankin Goode
United States
John W. Herron
Taft
Philippines
Tow boat Pacific No. 2 sinks coal barges on Ohio River
The tow boat Pacific No. 2 carrying eighteen coal barges for Louisville wrecked at Powder creek in the Ohio River. Seven barges with 100000 bushels of coal sank. Three men narrowly escaped death.
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Petersburg
Louisville
Powder Creek
Ohio River
Coal Car Returns With 26000 Tons From Schuylkill Mines
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company delivered about 26 000 tons of anthracite coal from Schuylkill mines last week, marking a substantial shipment and showing strong demand in Reading.
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Reading
Philadelhia & Reading Railroad Company
Schuylkill Mines
Naval Board Overrides Admiral Melville on Cruisers’ Power
The naval board chose 23,000 horsepower for armored cruisers, sacrificing speed for greater firepower and armor. Engineer Melville objects, predicting actual speed around 21.5 knots. Tennessee class to feature four 10 inch guns and thicker deck armor. Congress authorized the ships but the board argues the design veers toward battleship strength.
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Washington
Naval Board of Construction
Melville
Moody
Congress
Punish Sent Of Soldiers In Courts Martial Findings
Washington report by General George B. Davis shows that in the year ended June 30, nineteen commissioned officers faced courts martial with six acquittals and two convictions. Enlisted men saw 4,854 convictions. 158 sentences disapproved. 430 resulting in a curital and 2,645 dishonorable discharges. Death sentences were imposed in eight cases, four for murder, two for desertion and enemy service, one for desertion, and one for robbery and larceny. Executions occurred in three murder cases. others were commuted to dishonorable discharge or life imprisonment. Military commissions tried 720 persons, 576 convicted, 144 acquitted. 55 sentences disapproved. Death sentences were carried out in about 128 cases, mostly Philippine natives, with other outcomes commuted to life or years.
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Washington
George B. Davis
Army
United States
Philippine Islands
Wall Street aid claims spark Treasury letters
Washington reports show anxiety over relief aid for desiring workers. Two letters from St Louis plead for $4 to cover rent and a widow’s child care costs, arguing for compassion and urgent need from Secretary Shaw.
Internal revenue monthly receipts fall from 1901 figures
Washington reports the September 1902 collections at 19,885,679, down 1,718,778 from September 1901. Gifts from spirits rose 91,824,817, tobacco dropped 294,822, and fermented liquors fell 1,962,167. For the first quarter of the fiscal year, total receipts declined 13,290,467 versus 1901.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Navy torpedo flotilla sails to participate in December maneuvers
The torpedo boat flotilla led by Lieut. L. H. Chandler has departed Norfolk for Fort Royal and will proceed to the Culebra Islands to join the North and South Atlantic and European squadrons for extensive maneuvers in December. The group includes the destroyer Decatur and the boats Bagley Barney Biddle Jockton Thornton Wilkes and the steel tug Nina.
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Washington
Navy Department
Lieut
L. H. Chandler
Norfolk
Fort Royal
D. C
Culebra Islands
Decatur
Bagley
Barney
Biddle
Jockton
Thornton
Wilkes
Nina
President Roosevelt Receives Few Callers at White House
Washington October 2 President Roosevelt continues to progress toward full recovery but greets only essential visitors. Secretary Root and Hitchcock and Attorney General Knox called briefly today while the President dined with Secretary...
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Washington
Roosevelt
Root and
Hitchcock
Knox
Teachers in Philippines complain of hardships faced
Washington dispatch notes that earlier complaints by Philippine school teachers described hardships they endured. The record gives few specifics and suggests ongoing concerns about conditions and treatment affecting instructional work in the islands.
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Washington
Philippines
Taft replies on island teachers and supplies
Governor Taft acknowledges hardships faced by teachers in the insular administration noting unequal duties and currency depreciation. He pledges efforts to equalize assignments, improve commissary supplies with new boats, and implement a better supply system once construction is completed.
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Taft
War Department
Treasury youth bonds purchase tally in Shaw offer
Washington Oct 20 The amount of bonds bought by Secretary Shaw under his recent offer and received at the treasury up to noon today was approximately 000.
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Washington
Shaw
Treasury Department
Army assistants named from Pennsylvania and Ohio
J Morgan Coffin of Pennsylvania and Samuel J Morris of Ohio have qualified as assistant surgeons in the army with rank of first lieutenant. War Department notes transport Creek arrived in Manila on Oct 19. Post Office bids for New York Havana and Tampico mail routes opened. only bid from New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company at $1 per mile per route. bid likely to be accepted.
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Washington
J. Morgan Coffin
Pennsylvania
Samuel J. Morris
Ohio
War Department
Manila
Post Office Department
New York
Havana
Tampico
Mexico
New York and Cuba
Molineux’s Father Faces Second Trial In Murder Case
The second trial of Molineux begins with defense by Bartow S Weeks George C Battle ex Governor Black and ex District Attorney Olcott. General Molineux has spent a fortune defending his son and remains central to the case. Public interest and sympathy focus on the father as the trial opens with no verdict yet.
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New York
Molineux
Bartow S. Weeks
George C. Battle
Black
Olcott
Olineux
New York Post on G A R encampment visitor crowds
The piece notes vast public interest in the Washington encampment surpassing coverage of the event itself. It cites estimates of up to 400000 visitors, with officials suggesting about half that figure. It mocks duplication and mentions crowded passages at the Library of Congress, the Capitol, and the Washington Monument.
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Washington
En Sons
Wiseacres
Congress
Capitol
Washington Monument
Railroads' stop-over privilege draws thousands near capital
About twenty five thousand people used the stop-over privilege, depositing their tickets and remaining in the vicinity of the capital. They visit the nearby historic regions, taking in the sights and lingering in the area surrounding the capital during the period.
Roosevelt Praised For Handling Coal Strike Settlement
The Roosevelt administration earns praise for courage persistence tact and good nature in guiding a coal strike to a peaceful settlement. The president acted as first citizen not under legal warrant and pressed toward a nationwide agreement despite cautious counsel and operator pressure. His impartiality and disinterested conduct enhanced his prestige and may boost his ability to serve the country.
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New York Evening Post
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Paine's Celery Compound Promises Blood Purity and Health
An advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a remedy for impure blood and sluggish circulation. It cites testimonials from James F. Hudson of Spring Ridge Louisiana who claims to have been cured of boils after using the product, portraying it as physician recommended for cleansing and nourishing the blood and aiding purifying organs.
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Reader
Paine
Jas. F. Hudson
Spring Ridge
Sebastian
Diamond Dyes offers advice on dyeing and samples
All the fashionable shades and colors can be had from Diamond Dyes. We have a special department of advice and will answer free any questions about dyeing. Send samples of goods when possible. A direction and 45 dyed samples from Diamond Dyes, Burlington, Vt.
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Diamond Des
Buritngton
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