Offer Made for Cincinnati Baseball Club by W K Schoepf
W Kelsey Schoepf, Cincinnati Traction magnate, offers 50 000 for the Cincinnati Ball Club as owners Brush and Lloyd consider a price. Lloyd may retire after this season, Brush to approve any sale, and negotiations hinge on league reorganization and stand construction.
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Cincinnati Ball Club
W. Kelsey Schoepf
Cincinnati Traction Company
Messrs. Brush and Lloyd
N. Ashley Lloyd
John T. Brush
Indianapolis
Michigan Rsort
Lloyd
Schoepf
Mr. Schoepf
Brush
Cincinnati Baseball Club
The
Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg Baseball Club
Barney Dreyfuss
Cincinnati Club
Messrs. Juius
Max Fleischmann
Messrs
Brush and
Fierce Kentucky Senate Fight Opens With Wheeler Speech
The Kentucky Democratic nominating race for the U S Senate opens in Butler County with Congressman Charles Wheeler leading the firing. Democrats expect gains from Republican dissension over Louisville Revenue Collectorship. James E. Cantrill and James B. McCreary emerge as strong opponents to Senator Deboe who seeks renomination. An arbitration of the Sapp muddle is reportedly arranged after talks with Sam J. Roberts and a White House visit.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Chas. Wheeler
Butler County
Kentucky
United States Senate
Louisville
Blackburn-Williams
James E. Cantrill
Georgetown
James B. McCreary
Investors eye stock in Corn King's firm as rehab plans loom
Chicago Aug 4 The George H Phillips Company will start legal steps tomorrow to rehabilitate its business after $245,000 in unsettled accounts. Audits set to yield statements early in the week as about $200,000 in customer debts are settled. Assets exceed $500,000 with debts to customers only outstanding. Reorganization will resume under the same leadership, though one or two stockholders may sell out. Wealthy Board of Trade men have offered funds to buy stock, including a man who offered $50,000 and promised $150,000 more for a stake.
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Schoper
Lloyd
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
George H. Phillips Company
John S Goodwin
Phillips
Goodwin
Board of Trade
Balloon fails to reach the Eiffel Tower in Paris attempt
M Santos-Dumont, the Brazilian aeronaut, launched from Parc d Aéro Station Saint Cloud to reach the Eiffel Tower for a 100000 franc prize but the rope snagged a tree over Longchamp. He returned to Saint Cloud after about eight and a half minutes and roughly half the distance.
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Paris
M. Santos-Dumont
M. Deutsch
Aero Club
Parc d'Aero Station
Saint Cloud
Eiffel Tower
Longchamp
Plague Not Expected to Epidemic in U S Dr Hurty Says
Dr J N Hurty of Indianapolis wires assurances that bubonic plague in the United States will be limited to a few cases in most cities He says there is no cause for alarm and that an epidemic is not expected
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United States
J. N. Hurty
Indianapolis
Commercial Tribune
Ind
History repeats itself in Kentucky Senate race
Four Democratic nominees for the U S Senate will tour every Kentucky county from August to November. Congressmen Charles K Wheeler and D H Smith ex Governor J B McCreary and Judge J E Cantrilis plan joint debates to boost support. The contest is seen as the toughest intra party battle yet in Kentucky history.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Charles K. Wheeler
D. H. Smith
J. B. McCreary
J. E. Cantrilis
Senate
Kentucky
Blackburn- Williams
Chief of Police Jones Killed by a Negro in Shelby
Chief of Police Jones of Shelby is shot and killed by Jim Lowery a negro while serving a whisky without license warrant at the depot. Lowery fled firing wounding Jones in the lungs and heart as a crowd of over a thousand and bloodhounds pursue. One hound was shot during the chase.
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Shelby
N. C
Jones
Jim Lowery
South Carolina & Georgia
Lowrey
Lowery
Girl Aged 15 Leaves Home to See the World
Ethel Schultz, fifteen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz of Claypool, ran away to see the world. She was traced to Laketon and returned by Mrs. Bopahs. She gave no reason for fleeing and had been treated kindly at home.
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Commercial Tribune
Wabash
Ind
Ethel Schultz
John Schultz
Claypool
Laketon
Royal Yacht Ophir Sighted Off Mauritius
The British royal yacht Ophir was sighted at Port Louis Mauritius on August 4 bearing the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York during a royal visit aboard the vessel.
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Port Louis
Mauritius
Ophir
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
Dowager Empress Frederick Near Death in Cronberg Bedside Rush
Reports from Cronberg say the Dowager Empress Frederick lies fatally ill with internal complications and fading strength. Relatives including Crown Prince Frederick William and other royals hasten to her side as King Edward of England plans to travel to London and then to Cronberg to visit his sister.
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Frederick
Homburg
Frederick William
Hizel Frederick
August William
Cronberg
Prince Adolf of
London
King Edward
Cowes
Portsmouth
Flushington
Queen Alexandra
Duke of Cambridge
Alabama Convention Faces Hurried Path to Constitution
Birmingham observers warn the Alabama Constitutional Convention will struggle to push the new organic law through. Debates over county division, elected railroad commissioners, free pass policies, and suffrage, especially the grandfather clause, threaten adoption. Robert J. Lowe of Birmingham and others warn the system may breed fraud.
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Alabama
Commercial Tribune
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson
Robert J. Lowe
Lowe
Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic Organization
United States
Knockout Drops Linked to Newton Lanier Case
Charles Lee identified as a suspect after Newton Lanier, a Ft. Mill veteran who served in Cuba, died from knockout drugs following an incident at a Charlotte area house. Coroner's inquest labels murder and robbery as the cause.
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Charlotte
N.C
Newton Lanier
Ft. Mill
8. C
Cuba
Lanier
Question House
Lee
Cas
Tans
Charles Ile
Pan American Special in a Bad Collision Near Lockport
A Pan American special heavily loaded collided with a regular New York Central train east of Lockport New York early today. Engineer Thomas Hyland and trainman George Webb were killed and a fireman severely injured. Passengers were shaken but none seriously hurt. A meeting order error caused the crash.
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Lockport
N. Y
New York Central
Thomas
Hyland
George Webb
Boers Enter British Lines Under Flag of Truce
Two Boers surrendered and entered British lines at Kroonstad under a flag of truce carrying a letter from former President Steyn. The event occurred on August 4 in the Orange River Colony.
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Kroonstad
Orange River Colony
Steyn
Duc d Chartres reports Prince Henri d Orleans ill in Saigon
Paris August 4 dispatch from Saigon states the Duc d Chartres reports Prince Henri d Orleans dangerously ill but slightly better and hopeful for improvement.
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Paris
Duc d'Chartres
Henri d’Orleans
Saigon
Big Steel Strike Looms as Amalgamated Men Pledge Militias
A Crescent Lodge vote authorizes an independent Amalgamated Military Company with a 10 percent earnings assessment paid and 20 percent planned next pay day. A nationwide strike could idle 10,000 workers in Wheeling and 3,800 more amid rising labor agitation. Critics warn of possible revolution, while unions brace for hardship and solidarity funds.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Amalgamated Association
Federation of Labor
Crescent Lodge
George Powell
Tin- Plate Workers’ Association
The
Trust
National Tube Company
National Steel
Trust Mills
Shaffer Declares Union Fight to a Finish at Steel Mills
President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association returns from New York vowing a complete union pull to win the strike against United States Steel. He calls for within a week every union worker at U S Steel to be asked to join the Amalgamated. He asserts full power to call out mills and promises surprises for the trust.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
United States Corporation
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Steel Trust
Organized Labor
Mr. Shaffer
Williams
B. I. Davis
M. F. Tighe
John Chappelle
Wellsville
Wasa
Steel Corporation
Mr. Morgan
Injunction Saves Washington Dental School From Expulsion
Milwaukee August 4 An injunction secured by the National University at Washington prevents the National Association of Dental Faculties from expelling the Washington school. The association had discussed abolishing fraudulent dental schools and the expulsion move was one of the contemplated steps. The Washington university has been a member for fourteen years.
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Milwaukee
National Association of Dental Faculties
National University At Washington
Schreiber
Washington
The
National University
Frightened women drown dragging man to death
Three women and a man drowned while swimming at Queponeo on Sinepuxent Bay. Miss Ethel L. Phillips of Baltimore Miss Jennie White of Whitesburg Md and G. G. Ratcliffe of Salisbury were separated from companions and sent under as they grabbed Ratcliffe in fear.
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Salisbury
Queponeo
Sinepuxent Bay
Ethel L. Phillips
Baltimore
Jennie White
Whitesburg
G. G. Ratcliffe
Ratcliffe
Not Many Men Affected At the Mills in Columbus
Aug. 4 In Columbus Ohio the Amalgamated Association issues a general strike order that will not call out more than about 100 Hayden Iron and Steel Company workers. The plant includes many union men among its larger workforce.
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Columbus
Commercial Tribune
Amalgamated Association
Hayden Iron and Steel Company
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Young Newton Lanier
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Latrobe Steel Company
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