Progress in Foreign Missions Reported by Methodist Committee
Minneapolis May 9 Contributions to the general committee for foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church totaled 5 177 259 in the last four years with greater growth in special gifts than regular giving. The report urges harmonizing gifts with field needs and discusses separate foreign and home mission contributions. It notes 92 more missionaries and 4391 native preachers since 1900, and cites revolutions in Mexico and China as challenges and hopes for future progress. Des Moines May 10 J R Harrigan resigns as vice president and GM of Des Moines City Railway Co effective July 1. Emil G Schmidt of Chicago expected to succeed.
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Minneapolis
Minn
General Committee For Foreign Missions of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Eral Conference
Mexico
China
Des Moines
J. R. Harrigan
Des Moines City Railway Company
Emil G. Schmidt
Chicago
Cook County Traction Company
Harrigan
Misa Fisher Returns to the Stage in The Typhoon
Misa Florence Fisher rejoins Walker Whiteside in The Typhoon now on Broadway after full recovery from an appendicitis operation at St Agnes Hospital Philadelphia six weeks ago. Her uncle Dr J N Fisher of the University of Pennsylvania attended the hospital stay. Fisher previously supported Whiteside in The Melting Pot and spent years with Mme Nazimova and a season with Henry Miller.
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Misa Florence Fisher
Walker Whiteside i
New York
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Philadelphia
J. N., Fisher
University of Pennsylvania
Mise Fisher
Mr. Whiteside
Mme. Nazimova
Henry Miller
Brandt Sent Back to Prison in New York
Folke F. Brandt, former valet to Mortimer L. Schiff, ordered sent back to Dannemora prison by the appellate division of the New York Supreme Court. The court unanimously denied the writ of habeas corpus, upholding Brandt’s five years served of a 30 year sentence for burglary in the first degree.
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New York
Folke F. Brandt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Dannemera
Supreme Court
Gerard
Brandt
Juvenile Court Case Set for Tomorrow for School Refusal
Herman DeVorsky a 14 year old Russian boy was arrested by Deputy Sheri O Rienes on order of the district court on a charge of being a negligent child and refusing to go to school. The case will be heard in Juvenile court tomorrow at 9 o clock Greenberg is the plaintiff Parents recently moved here and live on Syc amore street
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Herman DeVorsky
Sheri O'Rienes
A Greenberg
Sycamore Street
Stereotypers Strike Eases as Full Crews Return
Chicago May 19 Newspapers sold downtown without guards for first time since the strike began. Distribution zone expanded, reaching nearly all city sections. After President James J. Prees revokes Chicago union charter for defying international laws, many newspapers hire full stereotypers crews though a few old workers are rehired.
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Chicago
James J. Pree
Candidates to Undergo Test in Minnesota City
Minnesota voters in Hennepin county Fifth district start polling at 7 tonight and close at 7.30. Republicans choose among President Taft Theodore Roosevelt and Senator La Follette with ballot counting arranged for tomorrow night. County and district conventions follow on May 13 and the state meet at St Paul on May 16.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Hennepin County
Taft
Theodore ‘Roosevelt
la Follete
St. Paul
Prosecution for Shooting Fish and Hunting Without License
Trazel Bergz, 87, Bulgarian resident, arrested at Belle Plaine by Deputy Game Warden KE Brees on charges of shooting fish and hunting without a license. He appeared before Judge F E T Uryant at Vinton, pled guilty, and was fined $25 plus $8.75 costs.
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Trazel Bergz
Belle Plaine
BE. Brees
Dbergz
F E. T. Uryant
Vinton
Fatal Injuries From Marsh County Farm Accident
May 10. Ralph, a prominent farmer near Teaman, was fatally injured when his team pulling culverts collapsed, hurling the driver twenty feet and causing internal injuries after swallowing a kernel of corn. Albert Pfile, seven, son of Edward Pfile of Melborne, died after hospital surgery failed to save him.
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Marshalltown
Ralph
Teaman
Aljert
Eaward Pfile
Melborne
City bakers form trust to raise bread prices
Sioux City announces the formation of a city bakers trust to lift loaf costs. In response to a city ordinance mandating sixteen ounce loaves, all bakers join the Lioux City Master Bakers Association and set retail pricing at five cents per loaf and wholesale at four cents. The group had been selling six loaves for a quarter to consumers and thirty to thirty-two loaves per dollar to grocers, with unsold stock returned.
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Sioux City
Lioux City
Champion Base Runner Released by Muscatine Manager
Dutch Anning, last year's Central association base stealing champion, was released today by Muscatine manager Colman. The third baseman, a noted offensive threat, is no longer with the Muscatine club in Muscatine Iowa.
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Muscatine
Dutch Anning
Central Association
Colman
Delegates Skirt Pledges Split Roosevelts and Taft Faces
In California Taft delegates refused to sign pledge cards causing a potential legal and political clash. Roosevelt supporters plan to challenge delegates if elected. The moves aim to conserve Taft votes should Roosevelt win the state tally, as pledges bind delegates to the statewide victor.
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San Francisco
Taft
California
Roosevelt
Wilson campaign manager claims 240 delegates
Earl Bronson Iowa campaign manager for Governor Wilson reports 240 instructed delegates to the Burlington convention on May 16 for New Jersey executive and assigns 27 instructed delegates to Champ Clark. With 1,032 total delegates, most counties have held conventions, and both sides contest uninstructed delegates. Bronson says Jasper county delegates could not be instructed for Wilson but a motion to instruct for Bryan was defeated.
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Des Moines
Earl Bronson
Iowa
Woodrow Wilson
Burlington
New Jersey
Champ Clark
Jasper County
Wilson
Bryan
Bronson
Fatal Revolver Fight In Beald Miners
In Beald Illinois a conflict at the Superisor Coal company mine led to a revolver confrontation among 109 miners. One man died, three others were seriously wounded, after a dispute over whether to start work. The incident was reported by telephone from St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Beald
Til
Superisor Coal Company
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