Ashland Shut Out: Eight to Nothing
Bluefield outclassed Ashland in a complete game 8 to 0 as Reese held Ashland to four hits and the locals produced fifteen off McLaughlin and Gansley. Taylor led with four hits, Barr contributed solid defense and baserunning, and Ashland failed to score after threatening twice early.
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Ashland
Reese
McLaughlin
Gansley
Taylor
Anderson
Barr
Dalton
Grimes
Hogan
Beckett
O'Neil
Tayior
T. Manley
Derton
O'Neill
Tay
Lor
Reese Pop
Manley
Allen
Aiden
Hugh
Lane
Ganey
Fralalie
Bluefield
Bluefield A.J. R. H. P.O
R. F
Pee Ee O' Hogan
MecLaughlin
Conductor Shot by Unknown Man Near Wilmore
Conductor Sidney Bolton of this city was shot in the arm and face while confronting a lone rider on an eastbound extra near Wilmore. The assailant was also wounded. both men were hospitalized in Welch. The motive remains unclear and the attacker’s identity is unknown.
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Sidney Bolton
Wilmore
Aso
Welch
Bluefield
Bolton
Weldicon No. 16
Miners’ Hospital
Woman Burned to Death in Fire at Floyd Virginia
A fire at Floyd County Virginia on Sunday night destroyed the Farmers' Bank the general store of 8 and W Scott and the furniture factory. Mrs Lawrence was burned to death. The Scott store burned about three years ago and has been rebuilt. Bluefield parties are among the largest stockholders of the Farmers Bank.
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Floyd Courthouse
Farmers’ Bank
W. Scott
Lawrence
Scott
Bluefield
Murder Suicide at Saratoga Hotel In Chicago
Charles Andrews a former Elkhart restaurant owner shot India Etsel Blaine of Fiora Indiana in a hotel room and killed himself with the same revolver. He died en route to a hospital. Letters in his baggage reveal he deserted his wife and son for a woman he had been infatuated with for a month.
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Chicago
Charles Andrews
Elkhart
Ind
India Etsel Blaine
Fiora
Indiana
Saratoga Hotel
Andrews
South Bend
Marriage of Daughter of Ambassador Wright
Miss Katrina Wright daughter of General Luke E. K. Wright ex governor of the Philippines and retiring ambassador to Japan married Charles Palmer vice president of the International Bank of Manila in the American embassy Tokio. The couple will sail for the United States tomorrow with General and Mrs Wright. Palmer a West Point graduate left the military to pursue finance after notable wealth in the Philippines.
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Tokio
Katrina Wright
Luke EK. Wright
Philippines
Japan
Charles Palmer
International Bank of Manila
Wright
United States
Manila
General Wright
Palmer
West Point
Fatally Shoots Sweetheart Then Wounds Himself
In Chicago on August 25 Louis Sattler shot his sweetheart Hattie Hatechi in the presence of her family after she jil ted him. He then shot himself, leaving a wound he is believed unable to survive. He claims justification as she allowed years of courtship before refusing him.
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Chicago
Louis Sattler
Hattie Hatechi
Sattier
Niagara movement opens annual meeting in Boston
The Niagara movement gathering in Boston marks the 100th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade and the centenary of births for Whittier Longfellow and Agassiz. Prominent educators from white and colored communities attend the event.
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Boston
Niagara Movement
Whittier
Longfellow
Agassiz
Little Disturbance in Wagon Drivers Strike
New York August 26 reports show minor disruption in meat wagon drivers strike with packers resuming regular deliveries by morning and late in the day deliveries reported as normal. Each wagon was guarded by a police officer and a private detective throughout the day.
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New York
Local entertainment and dining offerings draw crowds
The piece touts Blue Ribbon vanilla as satisfying for housekeepers and promotes Bluefield Inn sea foods at reasonable rates. Enchantment is praised as top local entertainment with tonight’s opera house show at reduced prices 25 35 and 50 cents. Seats available at White Pharmacy.
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Opera House
White Pharmacy
Colored furnace employee blown up by dynamite
Roanoke Virginia August 26 Pleas Park a colored employee of the west end furnace was blown up with dynamite about 1 o clock today. The negro was loading a hole when the premature explosion occurred. His body was terribly mangled. He was a married man and lived with his family near the furnace.
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Roanoke
England to Overhaul Forces in Far East
London reports a planned complete overhaul of England forces in the Far East. Observers link the move to the United States naval buildup in the Pacific amid rising tensions and strategic shifts.
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England
Far East
London
Kengland
United States
Pacific
Mrs John McWilliams Dies After Long Illness in Parkersburg
Mrs John McWilliams aged 33 wife of a Parkersburg hotel man died after almost a year with tuberculosis. She was a daughter of the late John Kaltecker and leaves a husband and a small child.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John McWilliams
John Kaltecker
Enchantment Tonight At Opera House Prices Reduced
Small town notices promote a local theater showing Enchantment at the opera house with ticket prices listed 26 35 and 50 cents. Advertising copy touts DeWitts remedies including Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup and Kidney and Bladder Pills sold by druggists. The Krush Installment House buys slightly used furniture at top prices.
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DeWitt
Kennedy
Bryan accuses Taft of straddling reform issues
Lincoln Nebraska August 26 William J Bryan issues a reply to Tafts Columbus speech condemning Taft as a straddler on major questions. He argues Taft avoids strong reform stances on railroads trusts inheritance and income taxes tariff reform and government ownership invites doubt and compromise rather than bold action.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Taft
Columbus
Ohio
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Friends of Tariff
Important Meeting of Cotton Manufacturers
Fel River Massachusetts August 26 An important meeting of cotton manufacturers and operatives will be held tomorrow to resolve a wage basis dispute. Manufacturers agreed to a forty seven and a half yard standard length for print cloth, while disagreements over pay for odd classifications remain. About twenty thousand workers in seventy eight mills stand to gain or lose from the outcome.
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Fel River
Mass
Turco Persian Front Rumors Reach Marivan and Suleimaniyah
Reports say Turkish regulars with artillery moved within four miles of Usumiah on August 15 and that Turks hold Marivan in Persian Kurdistan east of Suleimaniyah. Clergy and residents of Marivan appealed for Russian intervention if Persia cannot act.
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Usumiah
Marivan
Kurdestan
Suleimania
Russia
Chesapeake and Ohio Files Ten Million Mortgage
Lexington Aug. 26. A mortgage filed in the county clerk's office by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company to the New York Trust Company for ten million dollars covers all franchises rights privileges lands and tenements of the entire railway line. The pamphlet form mortgage spans sixty pages and will be filed in every Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia county through which the line runs.
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Lexington
Chesapeake Aid Ohio Railway Company
New York Trust Company
Wm. H. White
Richmond
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
New York and Bermudas Company Fined After Mateos Trial
Caracas reports that the New York and Bermudas Company was condemned for its role in the Mateos revolution. The judgment includes five million dollars in damages and likely another ten million dollars in related costs.
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Caracas
Venezuela
New York and Bermudas Company
Twenty One Injured in Southern Rail Wreck at Red Hill
Twenty one people were injured none seriously when a northbound Southern Railway train derailed at Red Hill Charlottesville. The engine and tender stayed upright as the rest overturned due to a broken rail. A special train carried all the injured to Washington City.
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Charlottesville
Southern Railway
Red Hill
Washington
Fire destroys most of Hakodate seaport city
Fire swept Hakodate on August 26 burning seven tenths of the Japanese city. Native wooden structures collapsed as flames spread rapidly. All but one American consulate were destroyed and widespread distress followed as crews fought the blaze.
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Hakodate
Yazo
Japan
Thirtieth Annual Meeting of American Bar Association Opens
The thirtieth annual meeting of the American Bar Association opened in Portland Maine on August 26 and will continue until Wednesday. Two hundred delegates had arrived before the convention was called to order.
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Portland
American Bar Association
Wednnesday
Stranded Steamer Herwig Woermann Declared Total Loss
The Woermann line steamer Herwig Woermann of Hamburg is stranded on Sherboro Island forty miles southeast of Sierra Leone and is regarded as a total loss.
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Hamburg
Aus
Woermann
Herwig Woermann
Sherboro Island
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Prison Governor Murders in St. Petersburg Streets
St. Petersburg reports Colonel Ivanhoff governor of Viborg prison was assassinated while walking the street. The assassin was immediately arrested.
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St. Petersburg
Ivanhoff
Viborg
No Defalcation Found in Chemical National Bank
New York officials of the Chemical National Bank announced that reports of defalcation were unfounded and no misappropriation was found.
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Chemical National Bank
New York
Chemical National Bank Today
Comptroller Seeks National Bank Condition Statements
The comptroller of the currency has issued a call for a statement on the condition of national banks as of close of business August 22.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Distinguished American Bar Association Meets in Portland
Portland Maine August 26 a distinguished company gathered at city hall for the thirtieth annual meeting of the American Bar Association. President Alton BKB Parker of New York opened the session inviting Ambassador Bryce to speak. Parker delivered a masterly address praising recent legislation and offering sharp, humorous commentary on state measures.
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Portland
American Association
Alton Bkb. Parker
New York
Bryce
Hej Association
Parker
Congress
John Hinkley
Baltimore
Frederick K. Wadhams
Association
Association of American Law Schools
All Powers Watching Anarchist Congress
Amsterdam, Aug. 26. European secret police monitor an anarchist congress as governments fear its plans to promote anarchism. A leaked program hints at actions and a drawing to select those to be executed, with czar Nicholas II, German Emperor, and kings of Italy and Belgium named.
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Amsterdam
Europe
Amesterdam
Cong
Russia
Italy
Belgium
Distinguished European Scientists in New York Visit
Scores of eminent European scientists, delegates to a zoology congress, arrived in New York to be hosted by New York institutions. They met by government representatives and university leaders, toured Columbia University, and attended a luncheon with President Butler. The week includes visits to the American Museum of Natural History and other city sites.
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New York
National Congress of Zoology
New
UN of Natural History
City
Emity
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Self
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Sweetheart
Bluefield Inn
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