Labor rally day features racing and boxing program
A large crowd is expected for a Labor Day program with three heats of motor paced racing, boxing showcases, and bicycle and horse events. Notable participants include former speedster Eaton, Walthour challenger talks, and a state amateur bicycle title. Officials and a full official NC A schedule are listed.
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Bobby Walthour
Coliseum
Jack Prince
Eaton
Walthour
WN. Lancaster
Ed Hurst
Harry Staten
Joe Elliott
N. C A
Troit
Esponita
Rushmont
Guy Castle
Arthur Smart
Wcc
Puckett
John Barnes
NB Hilburn
Trmers
Tom Lowman
Henry May
Paul Witt
Chauncey Foote
Blance West
3 .B. West
George Lewis
Rowncer
Gordon E. Johnson
Rufus Andrews
James Wells
J. J. Sapp
Bainbridge
Roy Magruder
J. B. Ebett
J J MccCuaig
H. Thompson
Louis Huff
Ralph Magruder
Xy C Johnson
Guy Bush
W. R. Clower
Dave Landers
Jones
Calvin Travis
H. 7. Barnes
Mosie Deal
Loyd Jones
W M. Langley
Charles Vittur, Jr
Blance ‘West
Sam Cefalu
Ernest Jones
Ed Tannersisy
Charles Nortop
JB. Bielaard
Welcome Inn Fire Sends Guests Fleeing In Austell
Austell Ga September 1 Special The Welcome Inn owned by Amstell Improvement Company and used as a boarding house by ex Chief of Police W M Manley burned at 2 o clock Monday morning. Guests escaped with their lives. The old frame structure burned rapidly and it is unclear if the house or contents were insured.
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Austell
Welcome Inn
Amstell Improvement Company
W. &. Manley
Jewish Theater Managers Agree to End Hostilities
Chicago date August 31 Jewish theaters in the country reach a truce agreement. Elli Glidman manager of a local Jewish playhouse denies a formal trust but says a plan exists to share plays and exchange performers to stage bills. The signed theaters include Glickmans Peoples New York Taaliz Windsor Grand in New York and Perrys Cleveland.
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Gome
Chicago
Elli Glidman
Jewish Playhouse
Glickmans
Peoples
New York
Taaliz
Windsor
Grand
Perrys
Cleveland
Tornado Overturns Train Near Owatonna Kills Three
Investigation shows a tornado only 100 feet wide overturned a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train near Owatonna Minnesota killing three passengers and injuring many. Conductor W Kenzie rescued the injured despite serious wounds. several victims identified from Waseca Albert Lea Worthington and New Om. The storm wreckage spared a farmer’s home but destroyed grain stacks and toppled buildings in Medford and around Pipwankee road.
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Owatonna
Minn
Chicago and Northwestern Road
Here
Delmar Peterson
Waseca
Ethel Richards
New
Almira F Bickford
Albert Lea
A. C. McConnell
Brooking
S Dak
Caroline McCune
Worthington
Kenzie
Thomas Raike
Medford
Pipwankee Road
Butchers Threaten Strife Over Ten Percent Wage Demand
Chicago August 31 The Butchers Union warned of a strike next Wednesday if a 10 percent wage increase is not granted. Butchers at stock yards and in Kansas City South Omaha St Louis Sioux City St Paul and St Joseph, Mo, support a concerted action. Packers deny impending strike, saying disputes will be settled.
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Chicago
Kansas City
South Omaha
St Louis
Sioux Omy
St. Paul
St. Joseph
Escape from lynchers ends in jail and injuries
August 31 report details Ar on the escaped black man who broke a noose and fled the lynching party near an electric light. A volley wounded a man, who staggered to a yard and escaped. He was captured later and jailed in Chester in critical condition. Labor Day in Kansas City is set to feature a large union parade and a speech by Senator Fairbanks of Indiana.
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Woose
Aron
Chester
Kansas City
Negro Sparta
Wilsing
Senator Fairbanks
Indiana
United States
C W. Fairbanks
Roosevelt sails Champlain in Burlington crowds greet him
President Roosevelt arrives by steam yacht Iloreda at Shelburn farms after spending the night at Dr W S Webb's country home. About 4000 people gathered at Thompson's Point for a welcoming demonstration with fireworks and boat salutes. The party toured Champlain Lake, then Fort Ethan Allen before a city trolley ride. An invitation was extended for Roosevelt to attend the Grand Army reunion at Lakemont Park on September 18.
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Burlington
Shaw
Thompson
Mten
Raija
Lake Champlain
Valcours
H. Sibley
Altoona
Mhvuonevelt
Grand Army of the Republic
Lakemont Park
Boer Generals In London No Ovation For Them
London August 1 Generals DeWet Botha and Delarey and Mr Fischer are read here from The Hague A heavy rain was falling when they arrived and they received no demonstration London September 1 The papers this morning publish editorials urging the government to refuse further negotiations with the Boer generals or concede nothing more It is understood Joseph Chamberlain the colonial secretary is coming to London to confer with the generals.
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DeWet
Botha
Delarey
London
Fischer
Hague
Joseph Chamberlain
British Refused to Sign Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty
Shanghai August 31 British representative Sir James L Mackay failed to sign the Anglo-Chinese commercial treaty after the Imperial decree empowering the Chinese commissioner to sign proved unsatisfactory The postponement surprised observers as Mackay had planned to depart and await further instruction from Pekin The issue centers on the decree abolishing the il ka and a hoped tax proposal while the terms of the treaty were not questioned by Mackay according to an AP report
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China
Shanghai
James L. Mackay
Great Britain
James L Mackay
Bhanghai
Pekin
Ilka
Associated Press
WRECK OF FAST MAIL TRAIN AT WASHOUT NEAR FAIRCHNAE
An eastbound fast mail train on the Chicago and Northwestern wrecked after a washout near Fairchnae Wisconsin. Engineer Ira Wallace of Altoona and Fireman Robinson of St Paul were killed. The first mail car and locomotive left the track though mail clerks were lightly injured. Passengers escaped unharmed. track blockage persisted into the night.
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Fairchnaé
Wis
Chicago and Northwestern
Here
Lane
Ira Wallace
Altoona
Robinson
St. Paul
Trolley Car Fatalities Reported in St Louis District
A trolley car struck a buggy in south Fransas City Missouri tonight, killing Gus Stiel aged 38 and George Shulver aged 35. The accident occurred August 31 with emergency crews responding to the scene. Authorities investigating cause and circumstances of the crash.
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Fransas City
Gus ‘Stiel
George Shulver
Preferred Death to Operation in Charlotte N C
August 31. Nannie Varmillion a Dubin Virginia native died today after refusing surgery for a tonsil issue. She was strangled by an enlarged tonsil in a case described as fatal. Also a fire at a Silver Mine in Butte Montana damaged a pumping station and the mining house of the consolidation company.
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Charlotte N. C
Nannie Varmillion
Dubin
Butte
Mont. Loiating
House of the Tad
Alics Consolidated Gold
Wat Ae
King Victor Emmanuel Leaves Potsdam for Home
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy departed Potsdam with an affectionate farewell from Kaiser Wilhelm and Crown Prince Frederick William. At the station a large crowd cheered as the monarch waved from the carriage window before continuing his journey to Italy via Frankfurt. He inspected the Russian Hussars at Frankfurt, where he serves as honorary colonel, and dined with officers before resuming his trip.
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Potsdam
Prussia
YeSlAs
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Paris
Frederick William
Prince Willam Bitel-Frederick
Count von Buelow
Venezuelan conflict grows as troops switch sides abroad
Dispatches report revolutions in Venezuela with 656 government troops deserting to the rebels near Deumare and taking arms and General Casthio prisoner. Insurgents repel a government effort to reopen the Caracas Caragua rail line near Los Teques as tensions rise across Ciudad Bolivar and Miraflores palace amid possible foreign naval involvement.
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Willemstadt
Cyracea
Deumare
Casthio
Caracag
Valencia
Los Teques
Los Yeones
Venesuela
Castro
Guba
Miraflores
Caracas
Angueren
Maracaibo
Olivares
Gift of Kaiser prompts Polish hymns and patrols
In Posen on August 31 the Kaiser orders a national hymn sung by children and young women as he enters the town. Guards are visible, schools closed for ten days, and officials urge decor for streets as Empress restrains speech to avoid provocation. German detectives and police patrol the city to prevent disturbances.
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Children of
Posen
Gramme 1
Caligula
Kasper
Generale Wood
Young
Corbin Wil
Roberts
Brodrick
William
City
Miller Kills Wife and Wounds Daughter Then Commits Suicide
In Carrollton August Miller fatally shot his wife and wounded his daughter before taking poison. He died in jail after arrest as investigators tie heavy drinking and jealousy to the tragedy.
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Roe
Carrolltan
August Miller
Tila
Gompines
Great Strike Struggles Leave Florence in Lockdown Amid Unrest
Florence faces a citywide strike with 40 trades joining the stoppage. Troops, police, and cavalry patrol streets as 6000 soldiers are deployed to preserve order and keep essential services running. Gas pipes cut, cafes closed, and mass arrests accompany the turmoil, with fears the strike could spread to Milan and Genoa.
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Florence
Alege
Sis
Enti Street
Milan
Genoa
Soldiers Persuade Non-Unionists to Quit Work in Coal Fields
In Parkersburg West Virginia on August 31 the national guard ordered to keep peace amid coal strikes sided with strikers. Soldiers persuaded non union workers to join the strike causing a Rush Run detachment to be recalled. Thousands homeless after evictions in the New River Valley face scarce food and shelter with some soldiers sharing state rations.
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Parkersburg
W Va
National Guard
Rush Run
Gonother Point
New River Valley
Rome
Government Reinforcements Back Herrera at Agua Dulce
News from Agua Dulce district says General Herrera’s forces are expected to repulse insurgent siege attempts as government troops reinforce. reports of Herzers retreat toward Santiago are unconfirmed while Cartagena cruiser arrives with 600 troops to Colón.
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Panama
Barran
Quilfla
Agua Duice
Berti
Herzers
Agua Dulce
Santiago
Cartagena
Colon
Taft’s Manila Banquet Speech Promotes Gold Standard for Islands
Governor Taft, at a Manila banquet, pledged continued U S presence in the Philippines to train Filipinos toward self government and eventual choice of statehood or independence. He rejected selfish aims, urged fair American capital, and hinted at easing immigration limits while supporting a gold standard for currency. Luke Wright urged open markets for Philippine products and warned politics should not politicize the question.
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Manila
Taft
American Chamber of Commerce of
Philippines
United States
Canada
Australia
Britain
Fig
United States Civil Services Commission
Congress
Philippine Islands
Luke Wright
Tati
Spolia
Chamber of Commerce
Wright
Binadyan
Camp Vickers
Island of Mindanao
Khed
Sultan
Mindanao
Murederers
Stocks in Foreign Cities on Financial Centers of Europe
Stock market summaries describe European centers with bullish tone. Berlin rail orders, July earnings, and coke sales lift iron shares. electric firms show mixed results. London and Manchester notes cover money rates, gold flow, and cotton trade, with various railway and shipping stocks advancing on grain shipments and cloth demand. Tickets advertised for travel via Beaboura and other routes.
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Europe
Berlin
Erman
Schuckert Electrical Company
Nuremberg
Berlin Banke
Berlin Allegemeine Elktricaet Geselechaft
Maevey
Banka of Berlin
Prankfert
Liegd
Hamburg
Jondon
London
Stock Exchange
New York
Lesiie M Shaw
United States Treasury
Wu Ting At Binghamton Arrival and Labor Day Program
August 31. Mr Wu Ting Fang minister to the United States from China arrived in Binghamton tonight and was cheered by several thousand at the station. He was escorted by police through the crowd to his hotel, with labor men present. Tomorrow includes a breakfast by the press club, parade review, a labor men speech, a public reception, and a dinner hosted by S. Dickinson consul general to Turkey.
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Wu Ting-fang
United States
China
Stow Park
Press Club
Mr. Wu
Dickinson
Turkey
Binghamton
DeGraffenreid's Remains Sent Home to Texas
The remains of late Representative P DeGraffenreid of Texas were moved from Washington Augusta to Longview Texas for burial. Delegations of relatives congressional members and Masons gathered at the depot to pay their last tribute to their comrade.
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DeGraffenreid
Washington
Augusta
P DeGraffenreid
Texas
Longview
Tex
Advice from Fra Etburtus on dealing with a curmudgeon boss
Fra Etburtus advises workers to confront a difficult employer calmly and clearly. If reform is refused, choose between quitting or staying loyal, offering to lead efforts to cleanse flaws and align with the institution.
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Fra Etburtus
Louis Grobs-Democrat
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