Marines Land as Sultan Warns Action Likely
The United States may deploy Marines from the Beirut squadron amid unrest in Constantinople. Brooklyns and San Francisco arrive at Beirut while Leischman reports foreign embassies strengthening guards. Turkey warns Bulgarian bandits but pledges protection and cooperative measures.
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United States
Leishman
Cotton
Beirut
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Syria
Selechman
State Department
Constantinople
Hawass
Legation
Leischman
Dardanelles
Turkey
Washington
Lelschman
Porte
Chekib Bey
Hay
Foreign Office
Af Beirut
Magelssen
Paris
Beckham Opens Campaign at Winchester Kentucky
A large crowd gathered in Winchester Kentucky for the opening of the democratic state campaign on Saturday. Gov Beckham Senators McCreary and Blackburn and Congressman Oliie James spoke as brass bands played and trains from Cincinnati Louisville and Lexington delivered delegates. Thousands of gallons of burgoo were dispensed to attendees.
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Winchester
Beckham
McCreary
Blackburn
Oliie James
Cincinnati
Louisville
Lexington
Oth
Snow Falls in Colorado Blocking Pike's Peak Train Service
Heavy snow blanket between Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek halted cog railway service to Pike's Peak Monday night. Trains cannot operate while drifts obstruct the line. traffic will resume as snow plows clear the summit route.
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Pike's Peak
Colorado Springs
Cripple Creek
World's Largest Man Dead Big Joe Grimes
Big Joe Grimes, reputed to be the largest man in the world at 754 pounds, has died at his parents' home in Cincinnati after a peculiar accident. While riding in a car his weight broke through the bottom and his leg was gashed, the wound refusing to heal. He was thirty four years old and stood six feet four inches tall.
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Big Joe Grimes
Cincinnati
Grimes
Rival of the South Expands Cotton Trade in West Africa
News from Lagos reports intensified cotton development in interior West Africa with extra trains to coastal ports. Lagos shipped thirty tons to Liverpool last week, seed sown in June may yield 4 000 bales, first delivery expected at Christmas. If successful, cultivated area will broaden markedly.
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Liverpool
England
Lagos
British West Africa
Africa
West Africa
Mersey
Hesters Cotton Figures Revealing Annual Report
Secretary Hester's New Orleans cotton exchange report cites a 1902 03 crop of 10 727 559 bales up 46 879 from 1901 02 and 1 291 143 from 1899 1900 Texas including Indian Territory falls 162 000 bales while gulf states gain 363 000 and Atlantic states drop 164 000. The average value per bale is 44 22 dollars, totaling 480 770 282 dollars versus 438 014 687 last year.
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New Orleans Cotton Exchange
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Indian Territory
Gulf States
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Utah
Kansas
Atlantic States
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Virginia
Roosevelt In Syracuse Addresses Organized Labor Crowd
President Roosevelt spoke before about fifty thousand in Syracuse and addressed organized labor kingpins. He urged unity of wage workers, farmers, and businesspeople, warned against class tests and urged merit over circumstance while praising a sound gold currency system and public duty.
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Roosevelt
Syracuse
N. Y
Organized Labor
Oyster Bay
New York State
New York State Air Association
Howell
Tose
Hobson Rumored to Marry Ruth Bryan in Gossip
The Wilf red Daughter of W J Bryan rumor spreads in Wagensville North Carolina that Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson famed hero of the Merrimac may wed Ruth Bryan eldest daughter of William Jennings Bryan. Hobson declines to confirm or deny the tale.
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W. J. Bryan
Wagensville
N. C
Richmond Pearson Hobson
The
Merrimac
Ruth Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Hetson
Edson Robbed the Church of Large Sums in New York
A St Michael Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City reports loss of over $50,000 through forgeries and misappropriations credited to Henry L. Edson. The accused fled the scene and is said to have taken more than fifty thousand dollars, possibly up to one hundred thousand. The church restoration fund and parish records are affected.
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St. Michael Protestant Episcopal Church
New York City
Henry L. Jwdson
Fanny Pullen
Edson
Goebel
Warning of Turkish Ruler Over Safety in Constantinople
The Turkish government has informed the major powers, via the foreign office, that the porte cannot guarantee the safety of the legations in Constantinople. The notice was given without explanation. American officials in Constantinople include Leischman, Eddy, Brown, Gargiulo, Dickinson, Smith-Lyte, Morton, Schmovonian and others.
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Constantinople
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Porte
John G.a.leischman
Spencer F. Eddy
Philip M. Brown
A. A. Gargiulo
C. M. Dickinson
William Smith-Lyte
Thomas O. Morton
A. K. Schmovonian
Olympia Damaged Cruiser Nears Sinking After Maine Rocks
The cruiser Olympia under Rear Admiral Coghlan arrived at Norfolk navy yard for repairs after damage from rocks off Maine in a mimic war. A heavy gale near Tomaston harbor forced sheltering, with fears of sinking abated by watertight compartments. Officers reported the ship saved as it headed to safety.
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Olympia
Coghlan
Norfolk Navy Yard
Maine
Tomaesten Harbor
Tomaston
Ben
Novases
Costly Blaze in Columbia Engulfs Main Street
A midnight fire on Main Street Columbia originated in a soda fountain in the Wiley building and quickly devoured Desportes and Timnaugh blocks. Southern Railway offices, Howie's photo gallery, and Timnaugh's clothing store were destroyed. Two four story buildings suffered heavy loss. Estimated total damage about 150000 dollars.
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Main Street
Columbia
Xepapas
Wiley
Desportes
Timnaugh
Southern Railway
Howie
Plain
Main Streets
Plot Against Regicides Sparks Arrests of Serb Officers
News from Belgrade reports that Nish and other Servian garrisons arrested hundreds of officers connected to a proclaimed demand for court martial trials of conspirators in the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga. A plan to kill all conspirators reportedly existed, prompting mass arrests including forty seven at Nish.
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Belgrade
Serbia
Nish
Servia
Alexander
Draga
New Express Company Formed By Merger Of Two Western Lines
The Globe Express Company with headquarters in Denver and a capital stock of 5 million dollars will begin operations on October first. It will succeed to the Denver and Rio Grande Express Company and the Western Express Company and take over all their operating equipment.
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Western
Globe Express Company
Denver
Denver and Rio Grande Express Company
Western Express Company
Cotton Condition Improved in August Report
The August 25 condition of cotton in the monthly Bureau of Statistics report shows 82.4 percent, up from 79.2 on July 25, 1903, and above the ten year average of 72.4. It compares with 64.0 on August 26, 1902 and 71.4 on August 24, 1901.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Ambassadors and Refugees aboard Warships in Constantinople
Advices from Constantinople report the Russian and Austrian guard ships laying off their embassies all Thursday night with steam up. The British guard ship Imogene carried the British, German and Italian ambassadors, moving up and down the Bosphorus the entire evening. The Ottoman bank is said to have refused further advances to the government for military needs.
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Constantinople
Imogene
Bosphorus
President Shaffer Missing From Pittsburg Union Posts
Theodore Shaffer, president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, has disappeared from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. For weeks neither local officials nor his family can locate him, and his absence remains a mystery to the union.
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Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Theodore Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Pittsburg
Expressmen Threaten War Over Wage Demands
A nationwide general strike of railway express employees looms after six large Chicago firms refuse to discuss wage increases and union recognition urged by the Brotherhood of Railway Expressmen two months ago.
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Railway Express
United States
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway Expressmen
Express
Buckner Campaign Falls Short in Kentucky Race
In Kentucky the campaign launch marks a setback for General Simon Bolivar Buckner, whose plan to install son in law Colonel Morris Belknap as governor falters as party support wanes amid a slate of national issues from rail and canal talks to labor disputes and Balkan unrest. The notes cover a wide array of events including a Chattanooga artillery move, a Nashville clerks convention, a deadly trolley crash in Pelham New Hampshire, and Roosevelt’s Labor Day swing to Syracuse.
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Simon Bolivar Buckner
Morris Belknap
Kentucky
United States Artillery
Chattanooga
Fort Meyer
United States Post Office Clerks’ Association
Nashville
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