Dowie Willing to Be Zion Pensioner for Creditors Pay
John Alexander Dowie would consider becoming a pensioner of Zion if Voliva’s management guarantees Zion’s creditors full payment. Attorney Emil Wetten said Dowie’s aim is to ensure that creditors receive 100 cents on the dollar, preserving Dowie’s own livelihood. Zion officials offered no new statements after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Zion
Voliva
Emil C. Wetten
Dowie
Wetten
Deacon Granger
Speicher
Piper
Piper and Excell
Barnes
White
Chicago
Downe
South
Deacon Speicher
Zion City Tabernacle
Attorney Wetten
Motorman Careless Hits Pedestrians in Chicago
An Indiana avenue electric car struck a crowd at Adams Street and Wabash Avenue injuring four people, two seriously. Victims include W. P. Kelly with skull fracture and both legs broken and D. E. Tamonge with head and leg injuries. Motorman P. J. Daley was arrested after policemen demanded the car stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indiana Avenue
Adams Street
Wabash Avenue
W. P. Kelly
D. E. Tamonge
Louis Whitman
Venton
Kelly
P. J. Daley
P. J. Prendergast
William Crozier
Is This Richmond Byers Richmond Byers case in Boone custody
Chief of Police Holmes of Boone has taken into custody a boy believed to be Charley Ross No 2 or Richmond Byers, the six year old boy stolen from Seeleyville Ind two years ago. The boy matches the father's description including a nick in one ear and the father has been notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Holmes
Boone
Charley Ross No. 2
Richmond Byers
Seeleyville
Ind
Mosquito Bite Hurts Longtime Columbus Hardware Dealer
Fred Volland, a Columbus hardware dealer, suffers a lingering bite wound from a mosquito he was bitten by over two years ago. The nose wound never fully healed and has flared up again causing him trouble this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Fred Volland
Volland
Iowa Mine Operators and Miners Reach Scale Agreement
In Des Moines on April 12, Iowa mine operators and miners advanced progress in a scale conference. They reached an agreement for the first district covering all labor except top earners, who will be paid 50 cents per day less. The pact restores the 1908 scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Representative Burton Proposes Niagara Falls Preservation Bill
Ohio congressman Representative Burton has introduced a house bill aimed at preserving Niagara Falls. The proposal seeks federal action to protect the landmark and surrounding areas from erosion, development, and environmental threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Ohio
Niagara Falls
House committee acts on direct election and four year terms
Washington April 12 Special to The Evening Journal says the house committee favorably acted on a resolution for direct election of senators. An Norris Nebraska proposed amendment to make terms of members of the house four years instead of two. The amendments to the constitution aim to allow longer terms to sustain policy direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Evening Journal
House Committee
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
House
Three Burned to Death in Oil Explosion at Glyndon
In Glyndon Minnesota on April 12 Mrs Peter Anderson and Mrs Olaf Anderson died from burns after an oil explosion while attempting to start a stove. The two women and Olaf’s two year old son died from the blaze with the grandmother succumbing shortly after being found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glyndon
Minn
Peter Anderson
Olaf Anderson
Other Fellow Got the Decree. Sonia Divorce Case
Judge Davis rules in Anna A. Dooling versus John C. Dooling that cruelty charges by the wife are not sustained but cruel conduct alleged in the husband’s cross bill is sustained. A decree is granted to him. Custody of the three infant children awarded to the mother for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonia
Mich
Davis
Anna A. Dooling
John C. Dooling
Clinton County
Wade
Senate Eyes Rail Rate Vote After Week of Debate
In Washington on April 12 Aldrich said the general debate on the railroad rate bill should end soon and a voting day could be set. The day largely focused on the conference report settling affairs of the five civilized tribes. no action taken. The House, after days of broad debate, started on the post office bill but made little headway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Post Office
House
Schaefer Beats Morningstar in Long 27-Inning 500–255 Billiards
Jacob Schaefer of Chicago defeated Ora Morningstar in a world championship balk line match in New York. The 27 inning game ended 500 to 255 with Schaefer posting 137 caroms, the high run of his seventh vie ning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jacob Schaefer
Chicago
Ora Morningstar
Schaefer
Morningstar
Inter Collegiate Honor Society Planned in Chicago
Lincoln April 12. The universities of Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin Chicago Illinois Michigan Iowa and Northwestern will send delegates to a meeting in Chicago tomorrow to form an inter collegiate honor society. This will be the Phi Beta Kappa of the debaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Chicago
Illinois
Michigan
Iowa
Northwestern
Phi Beta Kappa
Cummins Attacks Senate Railroad Senator Elkins
Governor A B Cummins of Iowa has again drawn national attention for denouncing Senate Interstate Commerce Committee Chairman Elkins as a railroad senator. Born in Pennsylvania in 1850, Cummins is in his second term as governor and has urged reciprocity and challenged corporate influence in public affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor Cummins
Iowa
Chairman Elkins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Pennsylvania
Vesuvius Eruption Dims After Devastating Blow to Naples
After a deadly Vesuvius eruption, Naples sees ash fall diminish and scientists say the volcano has spent itself. Property losses reach 20 million dollars, 50 thousand homeless, with hundreds dead or injured. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena visit, restoring calm as relief measures begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
San Gennaro
Torre del Greco
Torre Annunziata
Sonnino
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
San Fernando
Helena
Indiana Republicans to Indorse National State Administrations
The Indiana Republican state convention opened in Indianapolis with speeches by Rep Brick Senator Beveridge and Governor Hanly. The platform endorses national policy on railways and law enforcement, declines to back certain ex-officials, and pledges fidelity to the current state administration in Hanly. A separate note reports the dry dock Dewey broke anchor near Malta then regained control under tow after a storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Brick
Beveridge
Hemenway
Hanly
Trinty
J. Frank Hanly
Sherrick
Storms
Exstate
Dry Dock
Dewey
Washington
Mediterranean
Malta
Painter John Mann Killed by Train in Danville
Danville Indiana April 12 John Mann a Hoopeston painter was struck and killed by a Chicago Lake Shore and Eastern freight train at a street crossing. He is survived by a widow and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ind
John Mann
Chicago
Lake Shore and Eastern
Stricken on a Business Trip in Milwaukee
Harley Laing an 80 year old superintendent of the Racine waterworks department died suddenly in Milwaukee from apoplexy while on a business trip. He was stricken at the corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets, taken to a nearby residence, and expired within minutes after a physician was summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Harley Laing
Racine Waterworks Department
Laing
Sixth
Chestnut Streets
Miners and Operators Meet in Des Moines Without Agreement
In Des Moines Iowa an all day session of the Iowa joint conference of miners and operators closed with no results. Miners pressed for a continuance of the wage scale on the 1008 basis while operators sought a resolution to protect against local shutdowns and strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Joint Conference of Miners
Albany Senate Advances Insurance Bills to Governor
The Albany legislature sent two insurance bills to Governor Miggina after passing them in the assembly. One eases the general corporation law for life insurance companies acquiring real estate. The other tightens the penal code by prohibiting life insurance rebates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Senate
Fife Iosurance Companies
Miggina
Dust explosions threaten Cincinnati firemen at Franklin Street school
In Cincinnati on April 1 dust explosions endangered many firemen fighting a blaze that nearly leveled the third intermediate school on Franklin street. The total loss reaches $25,000 with no insurance, forcing 800 school children to lose classes until temporary space is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Pranklin Street
Naval smuggling tale from the Oregon seizure in San Francisco
United States inspectors seized smuggled goods at a local freight shed in San Francisco including valuable silk curios expensive China ware ivory and other costly items brought on the battleship Oregon from April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Oregon
United States
Marinette Zionists Desert Dowie to Sever Ties
Marinette Zionists cut ties with Dowie and plan to discontinue church connection if Dowie remains in charge. Elder Misa Rush has left for Zion City to follow the outcome of the conflict. In New York Morningstar defeated Cure of Paris 500 to 405 in a billiards tournament opener. The Saxonia and the Hoover and Mason steamers, wintering at Superior, Wis, are first to clear that port this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette
Wis
Marinette Zionista
Dowie
Misa Rush
Zion City
Morningstar
Cure
Paris
New York
Saxonia
Hoover
Mason
Superior
Chicago Market Report April 12 1906 Live Hog and Cattle Prices
Market summary from Chicago shows steady cattle and weak sheep with receipts for yesterday and today. Hog prices mixed from light to heavy shipping grades with quotable ranges and strong beef values noted for cows and yearlings. Official yesterday receipts and shipments cited with estimates for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reneeship
Consolidation filings join Indiana Harbor Rail and I I I Railroad
Springfield April 12 articles consolidate the Indiana Harbor Railroad Company with the Indiana Illinois and Iowa Railroad Company by filing papers. The move joins the two railways under a single corporate action in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Indiana Harbor Railroad Company
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad Company
Dissent Fosters Split in Constitutional Democrats as Elections Begin
In St Petersburg on April 12 radical and practical wings of the Constitutional Democrats debate strategy for parliament. Some demand oath resistance until the emperor pledges constitutional fidelity, others seek an anti manifesto move or alliance with peasants on agrarian terms. Meanwhile Social Democrats and Social Revolutionists plan a Finland congress, prompting government raids on delegates. Astrakhan reports early election violence as crowds clash with police and Cossacks before the polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Constitutional Democratic
Kedrine
M. Vinaver
St Petersburg
Social Democrats
Social Revolutionists
Finland
Congress
Delega
Astrahan
Pat Astrakhan
Clashing Railway Forces at La Camas Near Portland
In a April clash near La Camas Oregon Hill and Harriman factions fought as they seized a cut to lower the Portland and Seattle grade. Dynamite was fired into the cut to deter Harriman graders, with fuses lit and quickly extinguished before explosions drove both crews off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Hill
Harriman
la Camas
Columbia Valley Railroad
Portland and
Wise
Writ Filed in Busse Case for Con demned Wife-Murderer
Attorneys for Louis Busse, condemned to die April 20, seek a writ of habeas corpus in Linn county district court to appeal to the state supreme court. Hearing set for Saturday as they claim one trial juror was illegally drawn, rendering the conviction void.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picea
Cedar Rapids
Louis Busse
Bremer County
Linn County District Court
State Supreme Court
Busse
Meteor Train Narrowly Escapes Wreck Near Turck Scammon
An attempt to wreck the south bound Meteor on the St. Louis and San Francisco line between Turck and Scammon failed as dynamite damaged three feet of track but the high speed train, nearly sixty miles an hour, crossed the break safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Roan
St. Louis
San Francisco
Turck
Scammon
Hamburg Teacher Marries In Lansing On Birthday
Mise Hazel Benham a Hamburg Michigan school teacher celebrated her 19th birthday by visiting Lansing and marrying Myron G. Ely. She returned home to finish her term. parents reportedly would not have objected to the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Mise Hazel Benham
Hamburg
Myron G. Ely
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AKIN
A. B. Cummins
Vesuvius
Indiana
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Co
McCall Bros
Meda
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