Baptists North and South form General Convention of Baptists
At St Louis on May 17 the Baptist general convention approved a permanent organization named the General Convention of Baptists of North America. Leaders from multiple states outlined a nonauthoritative body to unite Northern and Southern Baptists, with a triennial schedule, a president, three vice presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer. The event included a tribute to President Roosevelt and the sudden death of Dr. Cushing as ambulances arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Hatcher
Roosevelt
St Louis
General Convention of the Baptists
New York
EM Thresher
Ohio
Rix de Edward Judson
Adoniram Judson
The
Baptist Church
St Paul's
Urity
Baptist Brotherhood
Wo Hather
Virginia
North
South
Dr Hatcher
Jesus
Pho Ser
General Convention of Baptists Oforth
Ameria
North America
Ita Islands
Wright
KW Stephens
Columbia
Mist
Dresser
Joshua Levering
Maryland
Troma
Nova Scotia
Secre
Os Frostridge
Kentucky
Treas
Kirk Porter
Pennsylvania
H L. Mooretousi
George C. Whitte
Massachusetts
George D FR Rose
Wo Hatcher
S BE Meezer
Michigan
Carl Barnes
Svorcester Mass
Baptist Mission
Baptist Convention
Dr Cushing
Baptust University
Rangoon
India
Cushing Betora
Cushing
Volume on Work of Congress Complete
The volume of appropriations required by law after each session of Congress is completed for the third section of the Forty eighth Congress. The summary shows a grand total of $880,181.65. Appointments include George Hamilton Buller of New York named student Interpreter at the American Legation in Peking, and Amos Sails, United States marshal at Hangkau, with Stuart K Lupton of Tennessee at Amoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
George Hamilton Buller
New York
Peking
Amos
United States
Hangkau
Stuart K Lupton
Tennessee
Amoy
Funeral of L M Saunders in Oak Hill Cemetery
Lorin M Saunders veteran banker broker died aged sixty five after angina pectoris. Funeral held at 210 Wyoming avenue yesterday at 3 pm with Rev Tennis Hamlin officiating. Private interment at Oak Hill. Directors of Washington Savings Bank sent condolences. Survived by wife son and two brothers.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Lorin M. Saunders
Wyoming Avenue
Mr. Saunders
Tennis
Hamlin
Oak 41
Fred W. Pilling
Charles ©. Foster
Leo Simmong
Charles H. Davidge
Oliver
Saunders
Doctors Elect Officers at American Physicians Meeting
At the New Willard session of the Association of American Physicians officers and members were elected. Dr Frank Billings of Chicago became president, with Dr F Keonhult, Dr Henry Hun, Dr Solomon Solis Cohen, Dr J P Crosur Grith, and Dr T Mitchell Prudden named to key posts. New associate members and councilors were also chosen as papers on technical medicine were presented and discussed before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of American Physicians
New Willard
Frank Billings
American Medical Association
Chicago
F. Keonhult
New York
de Henry Hun
Albany
L. E. Barker
B. A. Conoe
Josephie Milter
A. O J. Kelly
Charles A Fite
D. L. Bdaall
J. A. Muster
D. D Stewart
Philadelphia
J. Meltzer
W Salant
T. B. Futcher
Baltimore
John Lovett Moree
Harry Law
Boston
Charles L Greene
St Paul
Wiriam T. Howard, Jr
Cleveland
VO. Vaughen
Ann Arbor
A G J Kelly
de Simon Frexser
Richard M Pearce
H. Stanton
Aba Vr
FP Martin
George Adim
Oscar Krote
Montreal
Jamen
Herrick and & H Troma
Baltimore and Ohio Earnings Rise in April 1906 Report
Special to The Wiibingeaneum Baltimore May 17 The earnings report for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad compares April 1906 with April 1904. Gross earnings rose to 6 723 534 from 6 501 240. Net earnings climbed to 4 759 940 from 1 681 081, with expenses up to 3 933 694 from 3 370 166. Over ten months ended April 30 1906 gross traffic revenue reached 6 081 718, up 1 685 502, expenses 36 164 537 up 413 90, net 19 317 381 up 121 608.
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Wiibingeaneum
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ines
Suit to Compel Specific Performance in City Property Contract
Oscar M. Bryant filed in the District Supreme Court to compel James F. Plummer to convey parts of lots 169 and 261, square 1218, at 296 Ni street NW. The bill, by John Ridout, alleges Plummer refused to honor the sale without just cause. The second Raff le story, A Costume Piece, appears in next Sunday's Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar M. Bryant
District Supreme Court
James F. Plummer
Bryant Pats
Square
Ni Street
John Ridout
Plummer
Bryant
Praise for Taft conference sessions close in health world
The concluding session of the State and Provincial Boards of Health of North America met at the New Willard. Delegates praised President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft for hygienic measures on the Isthmus of Panama. New officers were elected and a Washington meeting planned for next year. A resolution urged Berlin to host the Hygiene Congress in 1909 and Washington as the American site. A smallpox misdiagnosis controversy from St. Louis to Indianapolis sparked calls for stricter health certs and intercountry ties with Canada and Mexico. The group thanked the Treasury for a river trip aboard the cutter Wyandot after adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Health of
North America
New Willard
Roosevelt
Taft
Panama
Tait
R. H. Lewis
North Carolina
J. F. Kennedy
Ions
J. A. Eagan
Illnois
John 5. Fulton
Baltimore
Washington
St. Louis
Congress of Hygiene
Berlin
International Congress of Hygiene and Demography
United States
Europa
J. Victor Keene
Board of Health
Inanapolis
Indianapolis
Patton
Health Boards of
Canada
Mexico
Insular
W. A. King
Census Division of Vital Statistics
Wyndom
Marine Hospital Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Pension Granted Yet Not Drawn For Twelve Years
Springfield May 17 Mrs David Kizer has been granted a pension of eight dollars a month but will not begin to draw it until twelve years from date. The delay stems from a prior presumption of her husband David Kiser's death after he died recently. He had been mourned as dead for twenty seven years while, in fact, he had been in the Black Hills seeking gold. Baltimore and Return 61.25 Via Pennsylvania Railroad every Saturday and Sunday all trains except Congressional Limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
David" Kizer
David
Kiser
Denver
Black Hills
Baltimore
Return
Pennsylvania
Daughters of the American Revolution Elect Officers
District meeting fills two vacancies caused by resignations. Mrs Ellen Spencer Massey presided as state regent, elects Mrs Howard L Hodgkins as vice state regent and Mrs I Winston as corresponding secretary. Celebration lawn fete planned May 2 for Dolly Madison memorabilia benefiting Continental Hall memorial fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Society
Daughters of the American Revolution of
National
Washington Loan and Trust
Kate Kearney Henry
J. D. Croissant
Ellen Spencer Massey
Henry
Mary Washington
Mires
Howard L. Hodgkins
Lucy Holcombe
I. Winston
Army and Navy
Museey
Continente) Hall Committee
Madison Chapter
Nineteenth Street
Columbia Road
Doly Madison
Dolly Madison
Continental Halil Memorial Fund
Tuberculosis Study Meeting At New Willard Hotel
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis opens sessions at the New Willard Hotel this morning. Experts discuss pathology and sociology of TB, with public access and a broad program led by Dr. Trudeau and other renowned figures.
Californians Urge Regulated Rail Rates Hearings On Private Car System
George F. Meade cites alleged private car abuses in freight costs with Armour and Co charging railroads 250 per ton for ice and rebates of 1 per ton while E P Bacon supports legislative limits to prevent discrimination. Call pleads for ICC supervision of rates with maximums until court review, citing citrus growers and car line agency. Other witnesses praise or critique conditions as Interstate Commerce Commission members are summoned to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Meade
Boston
National League of Commission Merchants
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Chicago
Armour and Company
E. P. Bacon
Milwaukee
Joseph 3. Call
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tollerton
Sioux City
Iowa
David A. Wilburton
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania State Senate
Armour Car Line
M. Brown
Kia
Paul Morton
Navy
Atchison, Topeka and
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Standard Oil Company
Rock Island quits trust to run own refrigerator service
The Rock Island Railroad will install its own refrigerator service in the south and west. It has contracted for 1,700 refrigerator cars. A recent inquiry into private refrigerated car ownership by the Interstate Commerce Commission revealed conditions that prompted the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rock Island Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island to Launch Refrigerator Car Service
The Rock Island system will inaugurate its own refrigerator car service in the fruit and produce trade of the West and South, marking a notable expansion in its rail logistics and cold storage capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Islan Company
Rock Island
Rate Complaints Filed Across Several Railroads
The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against the Illzola Central Railroad alleging unjust discrimination in plate glass shipments from Antwerp. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, New York Central and Hudson River, and New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads were named by W. and R. Bowen Co. of Providence in a separate complaint alleging wrongful classification of electrical apparatus. A hearing is set for May 28 in the Red Rock Fuel case against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, involving alleged discrimination in favor of competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Pittsburg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illzola Central Railroad Company
Antwerp
Belgium
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company
New York, Newten and Hartford Railroad Company
W. & R. M Bowen Company
Provience B. I
Red Rock Fuel Company
Fairmont
W. Va
Itimore and Ohio Railroad Company
World Wit and Puzzles Through Odd Anecdotes
A whimsical collage of quips and vignettes features Captain Kidd hiding treasure beside pipes, ancient glyphs and pyramids, Praxiteles and carving jokes, a napkin gag, a telly scene with gravy stained trousers, misquoted shipboard romance, and a playful poke at literary fame.
Colored Methodists Meet in Annual Conference
The Philadelphia and Baltimore A. M. E. Zion Conference met at John Wesley Church on Eighteenth Street NW for a forenoon session led by Bishop George W. Clinton. Officers were elected including Marshall, Yisher, Oliver as secretaries and Kyles as minutes compiler, with reports and addresses by Bishops Clinton and Walters and greetings from local officials. The conference, largely attended with delegates from other districts, will complete the roll tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Philadelphia
Baltimore
A. M. E. Zion Church
John Wesley A. M. BE Zion Church
Eighteenth Street
George W. Clinton
A. M
D. D
Whitelaw Reid
Court of St. James
W. H H. Marshall
R F Yisher
George M Oliver
L. W. Kyles
The
Minutes
J. A. Dorsey
J I Jones
W. E. Roby
Marshals
P. A Wallace
Metropoltan Wesley A. M. E. Zion
Alexander Walters
H. B. F. Macfarland
J. C. Dancy
G. W. Lee
R. A. Morrisey
Things to Remember from a Quirky Proverb List
A garbled collection of maxims on time discipline bargains beauty and wealth. It mixes cautionary lines about leaving marks in time chasing carriages and ten cent bargains with playful paradoxes about being aware of one s own appearance and the value of an automobile.
Burnside Post 36 Celebrates 23rd Anniversary Planked Shad Dinner
Burnside Post No 36 AR will celebrate its twenty third anniversary with a Planked Shad Dinner at Marshall Hall on Saturday May 20. The committee of arrangements, made up of post officers, has prepared an attractive programme and an enjoyable time is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnside Post
Marshall Hall
Address at Mount Vernon by Visitors' Board Rep
Mr Thomas Smith of Warrenton represented the governor’s visitors’ board at Mount Vernon due to the governor’s illness. He delivered a graceful address to the ladies praising their administration of the estate. Col Roberts requested mounting artillery band from Port Washington, which the vice regents granted. Mrs Henry W Rogers was unanimously approved as vice regent for Maryland and joined the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Smith
Montague
Virgina
Mount Vernon
Warrenton
Col Roberts
Port Washington
W. R. Townsend
Henry W. Rogers
Maryland
Anna the Adventuress in Paris and London
In Paris Sir John Ferringhall meets a distressed young Bog-Wen woman who becomes Anna Pallinsar impersonating her sister Annabel Polltestor. Anna is drawn into a web of mistaken identity as a wreck survivor, a hospital summons, and a marriage certificate case unfold. Suspicion, a staged reunion, and a fateful confrontation with Montague Hill drive the dramatic mystery.
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Paris
John Ferringhall
Air Jobin
Anabel Polltestor
Anna Thaler
Sir John
Anna
Annabel
Siser
London
St Detin
Aone
Bhniwn
A Case for the Police Ends in a Room Tragedy
Anna Pellischer aids a wounded man in a boarding room as Dr. and Detective Dorling arrive. She reveals Montagu Hill fired a pistol and died or was killed. Brendon, the doctor, and the detective plan to search the premises while Anna—once Annabel—tells her story and identifies the room’s eerie clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Brendon
Jace
Annabel
Anne
Mr. Dorling
London
Steel Company Sued Over Death At Tuscarora Derrick
A district supreme court suit seeks ten thousand dollars in damages for the death of Ernest C. Gustevson while employed by Pennsylvania Steel Company. The incident occurred June 13 when a derrick fell at Tuscarora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Concern
District Supreme Court
Atorney Crandal Mackey
Ernest C. Gustevson
Fenneylvania Steel Company
Mackey
Gustavson
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Tuscarora
Southern Industrial Parliament Set to Meet in Washington
Final steps completed for the Southern Industrial Parliament to open in Washington May 23 to 25 with District Commissioner Henry L West as chairman. Delegates from Southern states, about 300,will discuss commerce agriculture and labor needs, with addresses from officials, and a presidential reception to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry L West
West
Simmons
North Carolina
Mr. West
South
Duesday
Southern Industrial Parlement
Henry Lo West
District of Columbia
Ehair Man
AW Piver
Kon
BF Macfarland
Board of District Commissionera
Stobert
James Wilsop
Department of Agriculture
Tobasco
JS Cunningham
North Carolina ‘Railroad
Mov Richards
Geneal Inna
Southern Payway
W J Spllman
Bom
Congressional Library
REB Tea
Stonesel Jackson
Red Croce
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Baptists IN Harmony
L. M. Saunders
Baltimore and Ohio Report
Raffles
Next Sunday
Post
Brees
National Association
Associaion For
New Willard Hotel
A. Blance
EB. L. Trudeau
Movement In
America
Dre. William Osler
Johns Hopkins University
Mermain N. Biggs
New York Board of
M. P. Ravenel
Phipps Institute
Norman Bridge
Homer Wolk
Pont of Vie
Howard E Devine
Charity Organization Society
William H. Baldwin
H. M. Brachen
Cef
Senate
Eruit Growers
Standard
Standard Ol
G. Buren
Augusta
George F. Baker
B. C
F. D. Boles
Trafic
Illnois Central Railroad
Paints
Ohio River Territory
Bales
Rock Island Quits Trust
Kidd
Cheops
Praxiteles
Mott
Hubby
Colored Methodists
Bil
Belle
Anna the Adventuress
RE. Phillips Oppenheim
Limnes, Brown & Co
Emlaon
Hill
Ennison
Tin Hill
Ahoota
Eanson
David Courtlaw
Celia
Eaneon
Eoolton
Hte
Sunday Post
Werner Street
Dorling
Russell Square
Atgne Spe the
Sootor
Are
P Brendon
Anna Peljigsier
Universal
Montagua Hill
BrenGon
Wiltshire
Tooma
Next Sundays Post
Commissioner Macfarland
Gov
Glenn
Wo H Mateal
Department of Commerce and Labor
WA Erwin
Edward O'Briee
Guar Tay Ho Behwab
Lloyd Steamesalp Company
F P Sargent
Commissioner General of Immigration
Gene Eral
Glward Pincha’chlet
Buseau of Forestry
Charles R Barzilleri
Buffalo
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