Vanderbilt the star performer wins championship cup
Newport R I Aug 80 The National Association auto races held at Aquidneck Park featured W K Vanderbilt Jr star performer. He drove his own German racer in four races winning the five mile finals in 7 minutes 36 5 seconds and the ten mile championship in 15 minutes 23 5 seconds. Foxhall Keene and Kenneth Skinner also posted notable times as crowds cheered.
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Newport
R. I
National Association
Ocean Drive
Aquidneck Park
Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Foxhall Keene
Hach
Mr. Keene
David W. Bishop
Vanderbilt
Wm. Murray
Keene
Eene
Kenneth Skinner
Protest by Gallery Women Over Summer Speech at Virginia Convention
In Richmond on the eve of a constitutional convention debate Col. G C Summer claimed all Virginians including negroes should vote on the new constitution and addressed the gallery of black attendees. Women in the eastern gallery turned their backs as he criticized the Democratic party and urged support for his viewpoint.
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Richmond
G. C. Summer
Joe Wheeler
San Juan Hill
New York
Col. Summer
Democratic Party
Quiet at Colon Inspires Confidence in Colombia Rail Line
Washington reports a cable from Commander Sargent aboard the Machias at Colon saying disturbances in the region are suppressed. He notes no organized insurgent force near the railway and uninterrupted transit with prospects of continuation. He adds rumors of US property needing help are unfounded and that all is quiet.
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Washington
Navy Department
Sargent
Machias
Colon
Colombia
Panama
United States
Philippine Postal Business Report From Manila
Washington August 30 The division of insular affairs received from Manila the annual report of C M Coterman director-general of the postal service detailing operations and developments in the Philippine postal system during the year.
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Washington, D. C
Division of Insular Affairs
Manila
C. M. Coterman
Vanderbilt Guilty In Newport Auto Case
Newport Rhode Island August 30 Chief Benjamin Richards summoned William K Vanderbilt Jr for an auto related incident. Vanderbilt admitted guilt, paid a minimal fine of 10 plus costs totaling 12.60, and was discharged. Police noted Vanderbilt usually respects the law though a recent Ridge road incident sparked the case. Judge Baker urged caution and lightened the proceedings with a general talk on automobiling.
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Newport
R. I
Benjamin Richards
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Ridge Road
Official Mail Service in the Philippines Nine Months Report
Posts dated June 5, 1901 to the military governor cover nine months ending March 31. Despite higher gross receipts expenses rose more, yielding a true deficiency of 15,787.84 after delayed payments. Regular post offices grew from 19 to 23. Manila money orders totaled 1,189,608.51 previously, then 1,036,263.11. Inter island mail transport is complex with no contracts for steamer routes. ships must carry mail without compensation.
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Manila
Cotterman
Scheeper's Commando Moves to Southwest Cape Colony
Despatches report Scheeper's commando advancing into previously undisturbed Cape Colony territory from Cape Town area. More severe restrictions aim to sever lines of communication between Cape Town and newly unsettled zones amid widespread disorder and alarm across the colony.
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London
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Scheeper
Cape Colony
Cologne Gazette
Famous Doctor Urges Pyramid Pile Cure
Noted surgeon urges nonoperative cure and endorses Pyramid Pile Cure after trials. He recommends the treatment over an operation and mentions the product is sold by druggists with a free mailed booklet. P. Drug Co., Marshall, Mich.
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P. Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
Boers Backed by All Sides in War Debate
Edgar Wallace writes to the Daily Mail urging harsher policies and vigorous military action as the Boers receive support from multiple sides. A Morning Post interview with Lord Kitchener reveals his tension with the home government over petty telegram restrictions and his desire for freer press accountability. He avoided views on the war’s end and cautioned the correspondent against predicting it.
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Edgar Wallace
Daily Mail
Lord Kitchener
Morning Post
Cotton Strike in Columbia Continues Amid Tensions
In Columbia South Carolina the cotton textile strike persists with no side showing weakness. 500 to 600 operatives attended a union meeting where leaders spoke. Mill president William B Smith-Waley disputed press reports and stated mills Richland Granby Olympia and Capital City are operating and replacements are being hired. no compromise with Textile union.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina Federation of Labor
International Association of Machinists
William B. Smith-Waley
Lehigh Cotton Mills
Textile Union No. 211
Richland
Granby
Olympia
Capital City
Furious Whales Sink Two Officers Aboard A. R. Tucker
The whaling bark A. R. Tucker drifted helpless after the master and mate died. Captain Benton was drowned earlier in the voyage from New Bedford. Mate John Nelson then perished, leaving the ship without a navigator. The Sokoto and the Adelai Chase offered assistance after the sighting.
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Philadelphia
A. R. Tucker
Crosby
Sokoto
Hull
Joseph Benton
New Bedford
Mass
John Nelson
Adelai Chase
Taft Peirce Works Sold to Washington Syndicate
Woonsocket R I Aug 30 The Taft Peirce Machine shops have been sold by Daniel W Taft and Son of Uxbridge to Herman Hollerich of Washington D C syndicate. The company will be incorporated and operated. It employs about three hundred skilled mechanics and specializes in fine machine work. General Manager E J Peirce will remain in charge.
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Woonsocket, R. I
Taft-Peirce
Daniel W. Taft
Sequel to De Lima Case Ends in Treasury Ruling
Washington reports the De Lima case is disposed with comptroller Tracewell ruling under the Supreme Court decision that the $14,597 judgment against the United States for Porto Rico duties may be paid from the treasury’s general appropriation without new congressional action.
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Washington
de Lima
Tracewell
the Treasury
United States Supreme Court
de Lima & Co
United States
Porto Rico
Treasury Department
Congress
Roosevelt Visit Delights Illinois Crowd At Springfield
Vice President Roosevelt and party arrived by special train from Chicago at 1 30 in the afternoon. Governor Yates and staff welcomed him, joined by 500 legislators and politicians from across the state. He was escorted by four troops of cavalry to the executive mansion where he stayed as guest of Governor and Mrs Yates.
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Springfield
Ill
Roosevelt
Chicago
Yates
Executive
Goy
Salvadoran Peace Telegram Reported From Washington
Salvadorean minister Zaldiver telegram to George D. Cook states Salvador is favored with absolute peace both domestic and exterior. The message, dated August 30, confirms a tranquil status for Salvador and its external relations. The report arrives from New York by telegraph with no further details on negotiations or parties involved.
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New York
Senor Zaldiver
Washington
George D. Cook
Salvador
Sultan’s Retaliation Hits French Religious Community
Paris dispatch reports the Sultan’s first retaliation against France, withdrawing concessions and tax exemptions from the French religious community at Beyrout Syria. French communities in Jerusalem are also taxed.
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Paris
Mafin
France
Beyrout
Syria
Jerusalem
French cruiser Suchet sails to Colombian and West Indian ports
From Colon Colombia Aug 30 the French cruiser Suchet set sail this morning for Colombian and West Indian ports. The voyage appears to be routine with no incidents reported.
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Colon
Colombia
Galveston
Suchet
Earl of Crawford Buys Valhalla Yacht
London reports the Earl of Crawford has purchased the auxiliary steam yacht Valhalla from the Count and Countess de Castellane, after negotiations likely completed by late August. The sale expands the aristocrat’s maritime holdings and signals continued interest in deluxe private vessels.
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London
Earl of Crawford
Sullivan Sues Judges Over Disbarment Fallout
Peter M. Sullivan of North Tonawanda, a disbarred lawyer, sues 20 defendants including four Rochester supreme court justices and a U S district judge. He seeks 20000 damages claiming a conspiracy to ruin his career and finances after his disbarment following new allegations and a book accusing judges of conspiracy.
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Rochester
N. Y
Peter M. Sullivan
North Tonawanda
Supreme Court
United States District
Sullivan
Niagara County
Hopkins
Niara County
Sllivan
California
New York
Tragic Train Wreck Toll Reaches Eleven in Newark
The southbound Penna railroad train wreck on the Sodus Bay division claims eleven dead including Rev. Dr. A. Park Burgess of Syracuse and Frances Burleigh of Newark. Fourteen are seriously injured and about a dozen more slightly hurt. Burgess died at his son’s home in Newark after the funeral of Frances Burleigh.
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Newark
N. J
Sodus Bay
Penna Railroad
Northern Central
A. Park Burgess
Syracuse
Frances Burleigh
James W. Ford
Anna Kane
Nurez
Elmira
William Meagher
Sodus Point
Howard Tubbs
L. Hood
Seneca Falls
O. H. Bradley
Elizabeth Todd
N. Y
C. G. Richards
St. Paul
The Trent on the Delaware Disaster Toll Rises
Philadelphia reports confirm at least twenty eight lives lost after the City of Trenton boiler exploded on the Delaware River above the city. Seventeen missing, eleven bodies recovered, ten seriously injured with four likely to die. The wrecked steamer was floated and towed to a ship yard for inspection.
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Philadelphia
Trenton
Delaware
Four killed in Brooklyn tenement fire
A Brooklyn tenement fire caused four deaths and seven serious injuries. Victims include Rosie Rothgizler, Annie Beck, Tillie Beck, and infant Frank Budd. The blaze began after a kerosene stove exploded, with survivors suffering burns and shock.
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New York
Brooklyn
Rosie Rothgizler
Annie Beck
Tillie Beck
Frank Budd
Minnie Beck
Joseph Beck
Maggie Budd
Rosie Budd
Charles Frank
Carrie Walters
Be Regular or Face Piles Warns in Patent Ad
The ad claims daily bowels comply with health laws and warns of piles as punishment for irregularity. It promotes Chamberlain's Stom ach and Liver Tablets with a 25 cent price and availability through all druggists.
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Chamberlain
General Ludlow Dies in New Jersey After Santiago Surrender
Brig. Gen. William Ludlow, engineer officer and brigadier general during the Santiago campaign, died in Convent New Jersey after a long illness. Born November 27 1848 on Long Island he served from West Point through Civil War, Atlanta, and Hood campaigns. His later career included West Coast survey work London posting and the Nicaragua canal commission before commanding in Cuba and becoming Governor of Havana.
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Convent
N. J
Griscom
Philippines
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Connecticut
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L. I
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Sherman
Atlanta
Gen. Hooker
20Th Army Corps
Altoona Pass
Joseph 8. Johnston
Maj. Ludlow
District of Columbia
Philadelphia
United States Congress
Quaker City
West
Black Hills
Great Lakes
Detroit
Col. Lydecker
Ludlow
United States
London
Nicaragua Canal
Lawton
el Caney
Breckinridge
Senate
Havana
War Department
Tarred and Feathered Editor Returns Home Bloodied
St Paul Minnesota August 30 editor W S Cox of Brainerd Arena kidnapped after exposing Al Ferris political leader He returns home covered with tar and feathers He says he will press criminal charges and name three masked kidnappers Jed Stout was with him on the porch when abducted They forced him into a carriage and two miles away before the tar was poured on his head and shoulders.
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St. Paul
Minn
W. S. Cox
Brainerd Arena
al Ferris
Cox
Jed Stout
Hunting a Negro in Texas After McKinney Attack
Posses scour Collin Dallas Hunt and Denton counties for a negro who broke into Mrs Shackleford’s McKinney home. After a desperate struggle she was cut and bruised but fled in a tense night response. All blacks in McKinney were ordered to leave town amid fears of violence.
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Dallas
Texas
Collin
Hunt
Denton
Cable Repaired Restores Nantucket Martha's Vineyard Link
Pasque Island August 30 The Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard telegraph line, cut since August 19, is repaired today restoring fast communication between the islands.
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Pasque Island
Nantucket
Martha’s Vineyard
Burglary case ends with minor wound and arrest in Natick
Natick Massachusetts August 30 police and a 20 year old intruder Ralph Bond entered Felch Brothers store through the cellar to rob it. Felch and Officer Kelly fired shots wounding Bond slightly. Bond fled but was captured and bound over to the grand jury for 2500 dollars unable to obtain bonds. Bond held at Cambridge jail awaiting further action.
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Natick
Mass
Felch Brothers
Ralph Bond
Bond
George Felch
Robert Kelly
Officer Kelly
Felch
Kelly
Hemenway
Hopkinton
Mulligan
Cambridge
Democratic State Convention Set for Oct 3 in Boston Theatre
The Democratic State convention will convene October 3 at 11 am in the Boston theatre, with about 1600 delegates. Representation is one delegate per 100 votes and fractions over 100 cast for Bryan last year. The plan ends the practice of electing a delegate-at-large from each town and ward.
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Boston
Democratic State Committee
McNary
Bryan
Advertisement notice in the Courier seen by readers
Readers are informed their ads appear in the Courier with a message that the publication reaches the local audience. The note urges advertisers to continue placing notices and promotions in the Courier for broad visibility.
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