Missionary Bishop Griswold Griswold Elected at Salina
The Rev. Sheldon Munson Griswold, rector of Christ Church Hudson New York in the Albany diocese, was elected missionary bishop of Salina in Kansas by the house of bishops meeting at the Church of the Holy Trinity. He is 41, a Union College and General Theological Seminary graduate, and has long led Christ Church Hudson.
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Philadelphia
Sheldon Munson Griswold
Christ Church
Hudson
N. Y
Albany
Salina
Kansas
House of Bishops
Church of the Holy Trinity
Griswold
Union College
Schenectady
General
Europe
Chicago-Lambeth
Bishoe
Chicago
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Episcopal Church
Mexico
Kentucky
West Virginia
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Los Angeles
Missionary Revival Foreseen as Thoburn Seals Fund Boost
Speer urged world evangelization and leadership in missions while Bishop Thoburn predicted a revival in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He plans to return to India to oversee work as subscriptions add twelve thousand dollars to the missionary fund. A Cleveland donor pledged support for fifty teachers in the Indian Post for five years at 7500.
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Cleveland
General Missionary Convention
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Gray's Armory
Robert E. Speer
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Christ
Speer
Thoburn
India
Secretary Wilson visits Kansas City Stock Show
James H. Wilson secretary of agriculture spent the day inspecting the cattle show and gave speeches to cattle men praising such exhibitions as schools for stock breeders. He noted a market for Angora goats and said the Angora industry is here to stay. The hog and Angora Fat division drew crowds with high prices and sales, including a goat that fetched 1400 dollars and a Poland China sow sold for zero. Buyers came from across the Union, many from Texas and New Mexico.
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Kansas City
James H. Wilson
City
Wilson
Poland
Union
Texas
New Mexico
Traction Terminal Company Officers Elected
Cincinnati stockholders of the Traction Terminal Company elected officers including J B Foraker Jr as president Frank W Wilcox as vice president N S Kieth as secretary and Samuel Stevens as treasurer The formation unites the Cincinnati Traction and Cincinnati Dayton Toledo Traction interests to bring interurban cars into Cincinnati officials also approved details of the contract awaiting stockholder approvals from both parent companies.
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Cincinnati
Traction Terminal Company
Cincinnati Traction Company
Cincinnati, Dayton & Toledo Traction Company
J. B. Foraker, Jr
Frank W. Wilcox
Cleveland
Kieth
Samuel Stevens
Cincinnati Traction Couny
Cincinnati, Dayton ‘Oledo Traction Company
Masonic Temple tax fraud case goes to the jury
In Chicago on October 44 the case against Captain Williams and Luke Wheeler went to the jury after State's Attorney Deneen condemned defense counsel as guilty of deliberate misrepresentation. Verdict reached within hours but details were not disclosed as jurors retired for the night.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Deneen
Wiliams
Luke Wheeler
Siamese Crown Prince Visits New York City
The crown prince of Siam toured Manhattan landmarks with J B Reynolds secretary to Mayor Low, visiting the Stock Exchange and new Stock Exchange building before crossing Brooklyn Bridge. He dined with Mayor Low tonight after a briefing at his hotel.
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New York
Crown Prince of
Siam
J. B. Reynolds
Lowe
Stock Exchange
Rudolph Keppler
Crown Rince
Keppler
New Stock Exchange
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Terminal
East River
Low
Marine disaster drives heavy fisher losses off Fogo
Five mariners drowned when a fishing craft foundered off Fogo during a recent gale. The ongoing spate of incidents among local fisher folk has produced a very high casualty toll, with numerous vessels lost this year.
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Johns
N. F
Fogo
Arguments Begin in Sherwell Murder Trial
Evansville Indiana October 4 The Sherwell murder trial sees both sides presenting speeches with the case likely to go to the jury this evening. The defense rested after character witnesses and depositions. the State rebutted. prosecutors branded Sherwell a liar while Funkhouser delivered a two hour defense. The trial may wrap with a verdict by Saturday evening.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Sherwell
Ohio
Bernhard Pfoll
Wilbur
Pfoll
Durre
Arthur Funkhouser
Bloodhound Joe Herbert Stands Trial For Death of Farmer Cunningham
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Washington Indiana October 4 Joe Herbert known as The Bloodhound is on trial for his life for killing Louis Cunningham a wealthy farmer last spring Herbert stamped his victim to death A special venire was called from which a jury was drawn.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Ind
Joe Herbert
Louis Cunningham
Herbert
Big ditch drains Kankakee valley threaten sport at English Lake
Indianapolis sportsmen fear the English Lake area and Kankakee valley will lose their fish and fowl habitats as a huge drainage ditch advances from South Bend toward the Jasper county line. Surveys by Hal Green L M Kelley and others outline a 90 foot top width 70 foot bottom and 15 feet depth designed to reclaim land and push cultivation, with benefits and damages to be assessed against nearby property owners.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Indianapolis
English Lake
Laporte County
Kankakee
Hal Green
L. M. Kelley
Starke County
O. A. Gardner
W. H. N. Coffin
South Bend
Jasper County
Starke
Oath Bend
Unusual Marion crowd accident with fatal pedestrian
In Marion Indiana a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train struck a crowd waiting for Senator Hanna, injuring none but fatally striking 68 year old Alexander Ford of the Soldiers Home with skull fracture. No other serious injuries reported.
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Marion
Ind
Senator Hanna
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alexander Ford
Olive Branch Lutheran Synod adjourns in Richmond
The Olive Branch Lutheran Synod, in session in Richmond since Tuesday, adjourns tonight and plans to meet next year in Nashville, Tennessee. A field secretary will likely be named to advance church work at Western colleges in Carthage Illinois and Atchison Kansas. Delegates chosen for the General Conference in Baltimore next May include Porch, Larrick, Bergner, Fenner, Scholl, Bar tel, Van Matre and Schaffner.
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Richmond
Ind
Olive Branch Lutheran Synod
Nashville
Tenn
Western Colleges
Carthage
Ill
Atchison, Kan
Baltimore
Louisville
C. W. Larrick
C. J. Bergner
Dickson, Tenn
H. J. Fenner
Jonas Scholl
Lyons Station
Adame H. Bartel
C. van Matre
A. Schaffner
Shelbyville
Gas franchise acceptance largely favors Elwood providers
In Elwood Indiana a substantial majority of gas franchise holders have accepted the companies terms as of October. The development signals broad local approval and could influence further municipal arrangements or rate discussions in the town.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
Gas franchise dispute leads to injunction in Indiana
In Goshen Indiana Newton House filed for an injunction to stop a gas company from turning off his supply amid a dispute over franchise contracts. Other items report a Syracuse Cement Works strike settlement with leaders discharged and the union abandoned, a habeas corpus filing by Jacob Walters, a new gas well development in Greentown and the annual State Christian Conference set for Middletown with officers named.
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Newton House
Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
Syracuse
Tragedy Near Fortville Claims Local Lineman
Fortville Indiana October 24 6 am William Cook a Marion Traction Company lineman fired a bullet at a young woman on her veranda then shot himself He died at home at 10 o clock after being taken there in an unconscious state Authorities reported no further details of motive or circumstances available at this time
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Indianapolis Journal
Fortville
Ind
William Cook
Marion Traction Company
Anderson banker H. J. Daniels gravely ill at home
Anderson Indiana October 4 H J Daniels formerly cashier of Anderson Banking Company and pioneer citizen is reported very seriously ill at his home after several weeks of illness He recently sold his bank stake and retired to private life indicating a long association with local finance and banking firms in Anderson.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
H. J. Daniels
Anderson Banking Company
Daniels
Citizens’ Banking Company
Macbeth-Evans plant reopens after four months idle
Marion Indiana October 24 the Macbeth Evans Chimney Company factory resumed operations today after a lengthy closure. All disputes with workers were resolved and the firing of the plant’s furnaces began under favorable conditions. The local plant employs about 800 men.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Macbeth-Evans Chimney Company
Coal price in Indiana mines slips after double rise
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports from Terre Haute that Indiana bituminous coal prices, which had jumped over 100 percent in the last two months, fell today by a few cents per ton. Traders expect another cut by November 1 as the market cools.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Mrs Mary Sloemer Dies After Gasoline Stove Blast
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from New Albany Ind October 24 Mrs Mary Sloemer wife of Councilman William Sloemer died today from burns caused by a gasoline stove explosion She was thirty six and left two daughters.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greentown
Ind
Trenton Rock
Indianapoelis Journal
New Albany
Mary Sloemer
William Sloemer
Evansville pioneer Thomas E Wheeler dies at 63
Evansville Ind Oct 24 Thomas E Wheeler longtime resident and scion of a prominent family died today at age 63 from paralysis.
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Evansville
Ind
Thomas E. Wheeler
Stolen Horses Recovered by Farmers Near Andrews
Elwood reports Jacob Myers and John Bush recovered two horses stolen last Saturday. The thieves fled, then traded the horses in Evansville area for money with J. S. Millis and Charles Davis. Evansville surveyors begin extension of the Evansville and Newburg Suburban Railroad toward Rockport and Grandview for a 23 mile line to be done by spring. Greentown notes corn cribbing and high farm labor demand amid a large crop. Marion records Orin H Trook and Everett Trook of Grant County buying a 1000 acre cotton plantation in Louisiana for 17000.
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Elwood
Jacob Myers
John Bushoff
Andrews
J. S. Millis
Charles Davis
Evansville
Newburg
Rockport
Grandview
Greentown
Marion
Orin H. Trook
Everett Trook
Grant County
Louisiana
McKnight Found Guilty of Embezzling Bank Funds
Louisville jury convicts J. M. McKnight former president of the defunct German National Bank of Louisville on embezzlement charges. He had prior convictions set aside on technical grounds and a prior hung jury in another trial.
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Louisville
J. M. McKnight
German Naonal Bank of Louisville
MccKnight
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Whittier Homestead to Be Restored in Haverhill
A Boston Times dispatch reports the Whittier homestead in Haverhill damaged by fire last week will be restored exactly as it stood. The ancient furniture and the desk where Whittier wrote his first verses and his final poem will be placed back in their original positions, likely unchanged for generations.
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New York
Whittier
Haverhill
Boston
The
Times
Mother poisons infant then dies in North Dakota
In Grand Forks on October 4 a farmer’s wife near Brockett killed her eight month old son with poison and then committed suicide with the same poison. Her husband, working in the garden, heard tapping at a window and found both mother dying and the child dead. Domestic trouble is cited as the cause.
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Grand Forks
N. D
John Laine
Brockett
Body of Capt Lawrence Green Found in Freight House Ruins
The body of 69 year old lake captain Captain Lawrence Green was found today among the Union Steamboat Company's freight house ruins after a fire. He had been missing since the blaze and last commanded the steamer Northern King.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lawrence Green
Union Steamboat Company
Destructive hurricane hits Port Diamante and beyond
A hurricane swept Port Diamante in Entrieros Province killing fifteen people and injuring many. About a hundred houses were destroyed and several ships sunk. Negroya and other areas suffered damage as well.
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Buenos Ayres
Port Diamante
Entrieros
Negroya
Novelist Norris Dying in San Francisco Hospital
San Francisco October 4 Frank Norris the novelist in hospital after an operation underwent complications and may die within a few hours according to latest medical bulletin.
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San Francisco
Frank Norris
Rej
Oil as fuel for navy judged by Admiral Melville report
The Navy’s annual report by Engineer-in-chief George Melville argues petroleum can substitute for coal on ships but notes higher cost and storage issues. It describes experiments on 2000 horsepower boilers, recommends oil use on torpedo boats and auxiliaries, and calls for engineering labs, expanded training, and changed bureau names to reflect machinery control.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
George Melville
Melville
United States
Annapolis
Ske
Charlottenberg
Germany
Academy
Bureau of Steam Engineers
Engineering
Navy Department
Edwards, Parks and Bailey
Navy
Army
Gulf and California
Point Sabine
Oil Fuel Trials Show Broad Advantages for Combustion
A historical test reports that oil can match coal in heat and that oil should be heated and atomized for better burning. Higher steam pressures aid atomization, while smoke persists under heavy draft. No single burner type proves superior. efficiency varies with method.
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Wight
Lewis for Congress in Ninth district withdrawn race
James G. Darden withdraws from the Ninth district congressional race after a Portland forgery and embezzlement arrest report. Col. J. Hamilton Lewis is favored for nomination. Darden says charges false, cites partner McKircher in cotton shipments to China. Lewis is qualified but not Chicago resident. Democratic committee sees him as best emergency choice. FRANKFORT Kentucky Beckham eligibility to seek another term in Kentucky affirmed by former chief justices and lawyers.
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Chicago
James G. Darden
Congress
Col
J. Hamilton Lewis
Washington
Darden
Harrison
Potland
Ore
McKircher
Portland
China
Den
Lewis
Auditorium Annex
United States Supreme Court
Democratic Committee
Frankfort
J. C. W. Beckham
Kentucky
W. 8. Pryor
J. H. Haszselrigg
J. Proctor Knott
William T. Ellis
Lewis McQuown
Odd Fate of Rum in the Drinking World
An overview of Santa Cruz rum’s decline from widespread popularity to rarity. It notes that while some connoisseurs prize its bouquet and aging, taxes, competition from whisky and beer, temperance sentiment, and public stigma reduced its market. The piece contrasts Santa Cruz with Jamaica and New England rums and cites price differences and quality anecdotes.
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New York
Santa Cruz
Santa Crus
Santa Crux
Jamaica
Nedford
New England
Africa
Old Star
Feeding Soldiers Commissary Report Highlights 1902 Expenditures
Washington October 4 The annual report of John F Weston chief commissary of the army shows 16357 04 credited to the bureau and 9 651 403 expended in the fiscal year ending June 30 1902 Weston commends the Cuba withdrawal management under Colonel W L Alexander and Captain Hugh J Gallagher in charge of the Martinique relief expedition.
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Washington
John F. Weston
Army
Cuba
Weston
W. L. Alexander
Hugh J. Gallagher
Martinique
Butte Editor Charged With Murder After Dying of Wounds
Butte Montana October 4 Dr H A Cay ley who was shot allegedly by Inter Mountain editor J W Kelly on October 11 died today Kelly jailed for some time and now faces murder charge Hearing set for next week
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Butte
Mont
H. A. Cayley
J. W. Kelly
Inter
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Catarrh
Testimonies claim Hood's Sarsaparilla radically cures catarrh of the nose throat stomach and bowels with no substitute. A Milwaukee resident reports 20 years of catarrh cured after four bottles. Werbung emphasizes claims of permanent relief and testimonial support.
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Hood
Wiguan SeeeMax
6Th St
Milwaukee
Retired Notable Tenney Dies As Public Notice Shifts
In Detroit retired judge and longtime Toledo advocate Tenney dies at ninety, following a long decline after his wife’s death. An emergency hospital event years earlier marked public attention. He leaves several children including a son connected to the city’s Tien-Tsin mission and a seminary founder.
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Detroit
Ney
Toledo
E. Toledo
San Diego
Cal
Tenney
Tien-Tsin
China
Ten Y
New York
Grant declines Mexico mission in Civil War era tale
In a late 1860s discussion, President Lincoln or a near figure proposes a mission to Mexico for General Grant. Grant refuses, citing civil authority over military duty. The president insists, leading to a table pounding moment. General Sherman eventually goes to Mexico.
Old-Time British Courtesy Delights Americans in Traveling Tale
In a New York Times piece, two American travelers recount British manners aboard a hotel drawing room encounter and a train compartment chat. A courteous older gentleman seats them and a fellow traveler engages in light conversation, revealing cultural quirks and mutual curiosity between Americans and Britons.
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New York Times
New York
Land
Lon
Brain weights rise and fall with age and disease
Research by M. Marchand examined brains of 1,178 individuals post mortem. Brain weight varies with disease and age, peaking in early adulthood and gradually declining after about age 80. Notable extremes include Tourgenieff at 2120 grams and Gambetta at 1070 grams, while overall patterns show quicker early growth and slower late decline.
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Baltimore
Tourgenleff
Gambetta
Rival Promoter Feud Over Water Stock Sparks Tense Exchange
In New York, a promoter of industrial ventures presses a colleague to back a stock venture while a quarrel with King escalates. A mis understood remark about a partner leads to heated tempers and a risky standoff as discussions abruptly fall apart.
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New York
Wate
Eee
Severn
King
Ras
Springfield Notice of New Express Company Start
Springfield announces a new express venture the States Express Company will operate with the American Express Company linking Cincinnati and Decatur. The firm plans to commence operations on March 1 establishing offices in Decatur and initiating service from this city to Cincinnati.
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Springfield
States Express Company
American Express Company
Cincinnati, Indiana
Decatur
Cinnati
Household Economics Convention Closes in Milwaukee
The Milwaukee meeting ends with addresses by May Wright of Indianapolis and Mrs Stoutenborough of Platemouth Nebraska. The convention will reconvene in Toledo Ohio next year.
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Milwaukee
Wis
May Wright
Indianapolis
the Stoutenborough
Platemouth
Fire Destroys Stock at R. H. Ingersol Co Warerooms
Fire swept through the warerooms of R. H. Ingersol Co at 11 Washington Street early today. Two firemen were overcome by smoke and hospitalized. Loss on building and stock estimated at 50,000 dollars.
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New York
Shorts
R. H. Ingersol Co
Washington Street
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