Power to Govern and Disfranchisement Endorsement
Former secretary of the treasury John G Carlisle addresses the American Bar Association in Saratoga on U S territorial power and constitutional limits. In Charlotte the Republican state convention endorses Thomas Hill for chief justice and accepts disfranchisement amendments, with white delegates defeating black Republican challengers.
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American Bar Association
John G. Carlisle
Saratoga
John G. Carisle
United States
Congress
Porto Rico
Philippines
United States Supreme Court
Carlisle
Charlotte
N. C
Greensboro
Thomas Hill
Halifax
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Girls as Telegraph Messengers Replace Boys in Chicago
In Chicago, Western Union decides to stop employing boys as messengers after repeated strikes. Girls will carry messages in the business district and residential areas, with night work handled by men and daytime postings for post offices in less desirable city parts. The change takes effect immediately. Hazlehurst Mississippi reports heavy rain and wind damaging crops and property. Yazoo valley also sees rain, likely hurting cotton quality. Texas Farmers Institute in Houston issues notice for a Dallas meeting on Sept 6 to plan practical work and future conventions.
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Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hazlehurst
Miss
Yazoo Valley
Texas Farmers’ Institute
Houston
Tex
Connell
State Farmers’ Institute
Dallas
Farmers’ Congress
College Station
Youngest Texas Sheriff Appointed in Victoria County
Victoria county commissioners in special session appointed Edwin W. Klein as sheriff and tax collector. At 22 he is likely the youngest sheriff in the state. His $71,000 bond was posted promptly. Denison Shooting Leaves One Dead as Family Feud Escalates. John Shark was killed by T M May on Dr W G Terry’s farm near Denison. May surrendered and awaits jail. Nepal Flood Disasters Kill Hundreds as Baghmati Vishnumati Rivers Overflow. Major flooding and landslides hit Kathmandu valley cities Bhatgaan and Patna with many deaths.
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Texas
Victoria, Tex
Victoria County
Edwin W. Klein
Denison Denison
Tex
John Shark
T. M. May
W. G. Terry
Denison
May
India
Calcutta
Nepal
Baghmati
Vishnumati
Khatamandu
Bhatgaan
Patna
Stabbings at Oklahoma country dance injure two men
At a country dance two miles from this place in Comanche county Oklahoma Jud Welch and Ed McDonald were seriously stabbed. McDonald’s wounds will probably prove fatal.
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Ryan
I. T
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Jud Welch
Ed McDonald
McDonald
Garner Nominated for Congress in Fifteenth District
The Democrats of the Fifteenth district in convention nominate Hon. Jno. M. Garner of Uvalde county for congress at Laredo.
Annexation debate rages in Jamaica and Trinidad leaders urge U S link
In Kingston August 29 observers note a surge of annexation sentiment among planters and business leaders who point to Porto Rico's growth and Jamaica's sugar decline. Natives favor British rule. federation with Canada offered by a minority. The fruit trade with the United States under the United Fruit Co. remains Jamaica’s backbone.
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Islands
United States
Canada
Jamaica
United Fruit Company
Troops Guard Thurmond Area Amid Miner Tensions
State troops reached Thurmond to keep order and protect property in the mining region. Assistant Adjutant General Hutson refused to report to Rush Run operators, stating troops act under county sheriff instructions. Sheriff Dinkleson led three companies and a signal corps to Rush Run to guard roads and people. No outbreak reported.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thurmond
Hutson
Rush Run
Dinkleson
Auto crashes into subway trench in Broadway fall
A heavy public automobile plunged thirty feet into the Rapid Transit subway on Broadway between Forty third and Forty fourth streets. Chauffeur Edward Morris was interiorly injured and likely to die. About 3000 spectators saw Morris rescued onto a hoisting platform and carried to a hospital by ambulance. Some witnesses blamed a Broadway car for forcing the auto into the subway.
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New York
Broadway
Edward Morris
Morris
Naval Battle Planned Off California Coast Centered at Golden Gate
The coast of California centered on the Golden Gate will host the next strategic naval battle. Naval officers consider holding full Pacific coast maneuvers akin to the Higginson Pillsbury exercises off the New England coast.
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San Francisco
California
Golden Gate
Washington
Pacific
Higginson
Pillsbury
New England
Cotton Crop Estimate News from Nashville
Members of the Cotton States Association of Commissioners of Agriculture have filed growing cotton crop estimates. The total forecast is 9,713,894 bales, down from 9,952,762 bales ginned last year, subject to September weather and noted deterioration in several states in late August.
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Nashville
Cotton States’ Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
Deserters Arrested In Austin Misidentification
Two policemen arrested two men in Austin on Thursday night for deserters from Fort Sam Houston. Both men proved not to be the wanted suspects, with one identified as a well known railroad man, prompting apologies from the officers.
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Austin
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Conductor Found Dead in Fort Worth in Suspected Murder
The lifeless body of Orien Nathan Wartenee a Rock Island railroad conductor formerly of Rock Island Illinois was found in north Fort Worth this morning. He belonged to the Rock Island division of the Order of Railway Conductors and was not known locally.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Orien Nathan Wartenee
Rock Island, Ills
North Fort Worth
Rock Island Division Order of Railway
Peaceable Boycotts Declared Not Illegal in Spokane
In Spokane Wash August 29 Judge Richardson ruled peaceable boycotts are not illegal and when not peaceable must be handled by the criminal court, not the equity court.
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Legal
Spokane
Wash
Richardson
Criminal Court
Court of Equity
Santos to Build Big Airship
New York reports Santos-Dumont plans a large eight passenger airship with experimental work to start in Paris in two or three months.
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Santos
New York
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Huflsmith
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Harris County
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Ft Worth
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Smith Land Improvement Co
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L. Trice
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G.M. Palestine
D. C
D. J. Price
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Ron
Aountain
Memphis
St. Louis
J.C. Lewis
Austin, Tex
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Immons
A. L. Zinanti
Zannatti Block
Madisonville
Daily Hack Service
S. W. Buchanan
Central Texas
Paul Bradley
Sect’y
James & Hart
Eoe
Franklin Brothers
Ecipion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
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Otto Boehme
Tyler Haswell
Hanway’s
E. Grieser
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