The Power to Govern by John G Carlisle
Saratoga Aug 29 Former treasury secretary John G Carlisle addressed the American Bar Association on U S territorial power. He argued the constitution governs all territory whether in the east or west, and that military occupied lands become civil when Congress acts. He cited Porto Rico Philippines imports exports and cited Supreme Court decisions to support governing power.
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John G. Carlisle
Saratoga
Secretary of the Treasury
American Bar Association
United States
Spain
Mr. Carlisle
Congress
Porto Rico
Philippines
United States Supreme Court
Carlisle
Republicans Endorse Disfranchisement at Greensboro Convention
The Republican state convention met in Greensboro and backed Thomas Hill of Halifax for chief justice while leaving associate justices seats blank. It adopted resolutions embracing the disfranchisement amendment and pledged the party not to contest the amendments constitutionally. The gathering was all white, with defeated black delegations led by prominent eastern North Carolina colored Republicans.
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Charlotte
N. C
Greensboro
Thomas Hill
Halifax
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Western Union to Replace Messengers with Girls in Chicago
The Western Union Telegraph company in Chicago will no longer hire boys as messengers after three strikes in a month. Girls will handle district messages while men work night shifts and in daytime post office routes to the less desirable areas. The change takes effect immediately.
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Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Heavy Rain and Wind Hit Hazlehurst and Surrounding Areas
A Thursday storm in Hazlehurst Mississippi caused crop and property damage with two inches of rain, uprooting trees and fences. Similar downpours across the Yazoo valley threaten cotton shedding and lower grades, with the rain described as widespread across the south and west for the first time in weeks.
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Hazlehurst
Miss
Yazoo Valley
Farmers' Institute Officers to Meet in Dallas
Prof. Connell president of the State Farmers Institute has sent notices for a meeting of officers and the executive committee in Dallas on September 6. The institute evolved from the recent Farmers congress at College Station to plan practical work and likely set dates for a future convention.
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Houston
Tex
Connell
State Farmers’ Institute
Dallas
Farmers’ Congress
College Station
Young Victoria County sheriff appointed at 22
Victoria Texas August 29 The county commissioners court met in special session and appointed Edwin W Klein to fill the office of sheriff and tax collector of Victoria County. At age 22 he is likely the youngest sheriff in the state. His bond of 71000 was posted promptly.
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Victoria, Tex
County Commissioners’ Court of
Victoria County
Edwin W. Klein
Denison Farmer Shot by Neighbor Near Denison
Denison Tex Aug 29 John Shark was shot and killed by T M May on Dr W G Terry s farm four miles north of Denison Farmers from both sides had longtime trouble May surrendered in Denison and was jailed for the shooting
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Denison
Tex
John Shark
T. M. May
W. G. Terry
May
Nepal Floods Kill Hundreds as Rivers Overflow
Calcutta reports a major disaster in Nepal with Baghmati and Vishnumati rivers bursting their banks. Landslides in the Kathmandu valley wreck Bhatgoan and Patna, killing several hundred people and causing widespread damage.
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Calcutta
Nepal
Baghmati
Vishnumati
Khatamandu
Bhatgoan
Patna
Stabbing at Comanche County Dance Leaves Two Wounded
At a country dance two miles from the town in Comanche county Oklahoma Jud Welch and Hd McDonald were seriously stabbed. McDonald's wounds are likely fatal.
Garner Nominated for Congress in Fifteenth District
The Democrats of the Fifteenth district at a convention in Laredo nominating Hon. Jno. M. Garner of Uvalde county for congress.
Annexation debate in Jamaica stirs political divides
Kingston Aug 29 The tract of annexation opinion in Jamaica splits along lines of planters and business leaders who favor joining the United States to revive sugar prosperity and Porto Rico growth, natives who fear anti Negro laws and prefer British rule, and a small faction advocating federation with Canada as a remedy. The fruit trade, led by United Fruit Company, underpins the island’s economy and its future.
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Kingston
United States
Canada
Jamaica
United Fruit Company
Troops at Thurmond Refuse Operator Instructions
State troops sent to Thurmond to keep order in the mining region were asked to report to Rush Run operators. Assistant Adjutant General Hutson refused, stating troops act under county sheriff directions to preserve order. Sheriff Dinkleson led three companies and a signal corps to Rush Run to guard roads and people. others bivouacked at Thurmond. No outbreak reported.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thurmond
Hutson
Rush Run
Dinkleson
Automobile Plunges Into Broadway Subway Trench
In New York a heavy public automobile fell into the Rapid Transit subway on Broadway between Forty third and Forty fourth streets. The chauffeur Edward Morris was thrown into the trench and is internally injured and likely to die. About 3000 spectators watched as he was rescued and rushed to a hospital. Some witnesses alleged a Broadway car struck the automobile and forced it into the subway.
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New York
Broadway
Edward Morris
Morris
Naval Battle Planned Along California Coast
The coast of California with the Golden Gate as the center will host the next strategic naval battle as fleets are to conduct full Pacific maneuvers modeled on the New England coast drills under Rear Admiral Higginson and Commander Pillsbury.
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San Francisco
California
Golden Gate
Washington
Pacific
Higginson
Pillsbury
New England
Cotton Crop Estimate from Cotton States Association
Nashville August 29 The Cotton States Association of Commissioners of Agriculture reports a total cotton crop estimate of 9,713,394 bales for this year down from 9,952,762 bales last year. The figures depend on September weather and reflect deterioration noted in several states during late August.
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Nashville
Cotton States’ Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
Deserters Arrested By Austin Police
Two policemen arrested two men late Thursday night in Austin on charges of desertion from Fort Sam Houston. The men proved not to be the wanted deserters, 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
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 believed to be murder. He belonged to the Rock Island division Order of Railway Conductors and is not known locally.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Orien Nathan Wartenee
Rock Island, Ills
North Fort Worth
Rock Island Division Order of
Peaceable Boycotts Declared Not Illegal in Court Ruling
In Spokane Washington August 29 Judge Richardson ruled that a boycott is not illegal when peaceably conducted. When not peaceable the matter falls under the criminal court, not equity.
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Spokane, Wash
Richardson
Criminal Court
Court of Equity
Santos to Build Big Airship for Eight Passengers
New York reports Santos-Dumont plans to start experiments in two or three months in Paris. He intends to construct an aerial vessel capable of carrying eight people.
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New York
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