Minor Leagues Revolt Over National Baseball Agreement
The National Association of Baseball Clubs met in New York on August 3 to reject the national agreement. Members from the American, Western, Southern, Eastern, and other leagues debated board representation and payment terms, seeking an amended form to present to the major leagues.
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New York
National Association of Baseball Clubs
T. J. Hickey
American Association
M. H. Sexton
William Kavanaugh
E. T. Powers
E. C. Packard
James J. O'Rourke
Thomas L. Riley
C. J. Danaher
T. H. Murnane
W. H. Eck
W. W. Pierce
T. J. O’brien
Buffalo
Edward Hanton
Baltimore
A. H. Howe, Jr
Worcester
P. H. Hurley
J. T. Nevins
Jersey City
BM. B. Puder
W. W. Burnham
Newark, N. J
Joseph Applegate
Toronto
George M. Kunzech
Syracuse Club
J. H. Farrel
Auburn
National Association
Pulliam
National League
Johnson
American League
August Her
Cincinnati National Ub
Farrell
Bufand
National Association Committee
Commission
Mal
Baninson
Minor Leagues
Gotham Fashion Show at Madison Square Garden Opens
Madison Square Garden hosts a two week fashion exhibit with European and American gowns. Notables including Acting Mayor Fornes Secretary Cortelyou and Senator Depew will give addresses. Parisian delegate Otto Adler helps present one hundred fifty gowns while many American designs are shown. The display aims to unify gown making between American and Parisian modistes and features stage wear and wedding attire.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Fornes
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
George B. Cortelyou
United States
C. M. Depew
Otto Adler
Myleen
Law for Newsboys Marks New York City Era
The New York Evening Post notes a forthcoming city law limiting newsboy work. No child under ten may sell papers and youths ten to fourteen may not work after 10 p.m. The change aims to curb street-trader dangers and child labor issues, reflecting broader concerns about independence and education.
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New York Evening Post
New York ‘City
Child Labor Committee
Ernest Poole
Helen
Free Men or Street Criers in English and American Cities
A discussion on street newsboys and juvenile labor traces their paths from gambling losses to independence. It notes high rates of later offenses among working boys in New York and Buffalo facilities, with parallels to English cities like Liverpool and Manchester. The piece highlights extensive investigations into the demoralizing conditions of street work in both nations.
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New York
Rochester
Buffalo
National Letter Carriers Meet In Syracuse Strife for Offices
The fourteenth annual convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers opens in Syracuse, New York, with a keen contest for offices after Denver voted to hold biennial sessions, and the New York delegation arriving tonight as delegates from St Louis Philadelphia Baltimore and other large cities near.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Aus
National Association of Letter Carriers
Denver
New York
San Evan St. Louis
Philadelphia
Balmore
Root Arrives in London for Alaskan Boundary Talks
Secretary of War Elihu Root and a U S delegation reached Liverpool to begin the Alaskan boundary commission in London. Canadian and American teams prepare briefs outlining treaty interpretations, with hearings to follow after initial submissions.
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London
Elihu Root
John W. Foster
Hannis Taylor
John M. Dickinson
Liverpool
Celtic Today
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Petheric
United States
Carter
Mr. Root
Hyde Park Hotel
Carlton Hotel
Choate
Secretary Root
Associated Press
Canada
Consul Foster
Porcupine Creek
Gold District
Root
Venezuelan Claims Court to Assemble September First
The Hague Aug 30 The arbitration court of the Venezuelan claims will assemble on September first as officially announced.
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The
Hague
Arbitration Court of the
Opening Session Stirs National Army of the Philippines Reunion
Delegates converge on Saint Paul for the annual National Society of the Army of the Philippines reunion in the State Capitol. About 2000 expected as contract surgeons seek eligibility and a ladies auxiliary may be formed. A grand military parade, with Minnesota governors and noted generals, highlights Wednesday activities and cross-joins with Civil War regiments.
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ST. Paul
National Society of the Army of the Philippines
State Capitol
East
St. Louis
Chicago
United States
Chattanooga
Putin Bay Island
Ohio
Buffalo
Cleveland
Senate
Suri
Army of the Hilippines
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Kobbe
Wheaton
Sommers
Merritt
MacArthur
Funston
Metcalf
Charles King
Congress Reconsiders Baquerizo V P Election in Ecuador
Congress in Guayaquil, Ecuador, yesterday reconsidered its August 3 decision annulling Alfredo Baquerizo as vice president. It declared the election valid and proclaimed him vice president, reversing the previous ruling on constitutional grounds.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Congress
Alfredo Baquerize
United States
Durbin Opens Statehouse Carnival With Girl from Up There
Indiana news notes the Durbin led opening of a military carnival on Statehouse lawn. The Gaskill-Mundy Company ships 35 train cars, unloads overnight, and sets up a stadium show and wild animal menagerie. Miss Etta Louise Blake stars in the title act The Girl from Up There with Greek myth themed sequences.
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Statehouse
Gaskill-Mundy Carnival Company
Durbin
Statehouse Square
Carnival
P. J. Mundy
Gaskill-Mundy Zoo
Congress of Trained Wild Animals
Ladies of the Fresh Air Mission
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hamburg Belle Wins Futurity In Sunday Run
From Sunday's Journal report Hamburg Belle captured the Futurity race while rivals faltered. Other items note Mimic war ending off the Maine coast, wind delays altering schedules, a broad strike threat in Chicago, and regional unrest across the Ottoman sphere. Caleb Powers has been found guilty of murder in the Goebel case and sentenced to death as political tension rises with Turkish officials seeking guidance in Washington.
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Hamburg
Maine
Chicago
Sultan of
Morocco
Macedonia
Adrianople
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Washington
Hay
Crow
Missouri
St. Louis
Linemen Win Strike at Mo On and Local Incidents
Reported events include linemen securing a strike victory in Missouri, Ora Turner killed in New Bedford, three reunions planned in Hagerstown this week, farmers opposing a new Ander son Elwood electric line, and two elderly residents Peter Surprise age 109 of Lowell and A L Turcaynea age 107 of Terre Coupee found dead.
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Moon
Ora Turner
New Bedford
Hagerstown
Anderson-Elwood Electric Line
Peter Surprise
Lowell
Ee A. L. Turcaynea
Terre Coupee
Charles Crabbe
Cass and Cass County Land Contract Details
An item notes a contract for fifty five thousand dollars related to the Gault ditch project in Cass and adjacent counties leased to R C Hillis of Logansport. A separate report mentions Black Charley No 2 killing by William Boomershine and threats from enslaved persons at Sharpsville seeking revenge.
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Cass
R. C. Hillis
Logansport
Sharpsville
Charley No
William Boomershine
Baseball scores from multiple leagues and games
National League Pittburg 5 6, St. Louis 2 2. American League Boston 3 1, Washington 2 1, St. Louis 4, Cleveland 0. Central League Wheeling 2 3, Ft. Wayne 14 2, Marion 2 10, Terre Haute 4 5, South Bend W. Dayton 2. American Association Kansas City 8 6, Indianapolis 3 6, Louisville 4 6, Milwaukee 8 4, Toledo 6 7, Minneapolis 7 2, St. Paul 4, Columbus
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Pittsburg
St. Louis
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
Wheeling
Ft. Wayne
Marion
Terre Haute
South Bend
W. Dayton
Kansas
Two Lives End From Live Wire on Beaver Farm
In Beaver Pennsylvania a high wind toppled a tree and dragged charged power lines across a gully at John Galey’s Windy Ghoul farm. Owen Bowen sixteen and George Adams thirty a colored servant were killed. Ernest Bowen and others were shocked trying to rescue the youths.
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Beaver
Beaver Valley Electric Power Company
John Galey
Owen Bowen
George Adams
Ernest Bowen
Ernest
Owen
Adams
Gray Headed Men In College A Remarkable Trend
A New York Sun report recalls full grown men enrolling in colleges and technical schools to pursue single or small sets of courses. It highlights a New England college story of a thirty-something student supporting a wife and two children while earning a classical degree, and notes a father and son duo where the father’s missteps in class became a humorous lesson for others.
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New England
Roosevelt Keeps Quiet Day at Sagamore Hill
President Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt attended church services at Christ Episcopal Church in Oyster Bay amid a three day gale and rainstorm. Afterward, the president spent a quiet day at Sagamore Hill with two or three of the younger children and received no visitors.
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Oyster Bay
Aug. W
Roosevelt
Christ Episcopal Church
Sagamore Hill
Will Sail for Bar Harbor
Halifax reports German warships Vineta Gazelle and Panther will depart tomorrow from Halifax for Bar Harbor in a move signaling continued naval operations during the conflict.
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Bar Harbor
Halifax
Vineta
Gazelle
Panther
Raising Cows for the Dairy In the Country Gentleman
Dairymen should raise their own stock rather than buy from stockmen. Select calves with strong dairy lineage, keep young calves with mothers briefly, provide warm stalls, and use tests to measure butter fat. Cull unprofitable cows and rely on accurate herd testing to avoid guesswork.
Farm sizes drift upward nationwide in 1900s data
Hon W R Merriam notes average farm size grew across the country as farm acreage rose faster than farm numbers. Unimproved Western grazing land boosted averages, while older regions showed little consolidation or push to larger holdings. Smaller shifts occurred in Northern states east of the Mississippi.
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Mississippi
Tara
Middle West
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
Oklahoma
North Atlantic
New England
W. R. Merriam
New Jersey
Ohio
Indiana
Farm Notes on trademarks and orchard practices
Farmers should brand their produce with care and select only top quality goods for sale. Use movable yard setups to protect trees from pests, avoid sowing grass seed on wheat stubble except after corn, and apply a thin cement skim mix around tree trunks to deter borers. Fatten sheep in dedicated yards with Clover hay and round grain. separate feeding from general rearing. The French Academy notes grafting effects on pears, and bee queen egg development is described with larval timelines.
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Rge
French Academy of Fences
Dawes Commission Expenses Hint at Land Deal Conflicts
The Kansas City Journal notes the Dawes commission spent 278922.48 last year, a figure dwarfed by Territory land and loan operations under attack. It suggests an energetic prosecutor might target minor infractions to expose bigger graft, while warning against conflating private and public expenditures and noting salaries near 181000 and odd line items like writers and feather dusters.
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Kansas City Journal
Grand Jury
Muskogee
Indian Territory
Dawes Commission
United States
Soper and McCoy
Folk
Commission
Bixby
Commission scrutinizes Dawes funds amid potential misuse doubts
The Dawes commission faces concern over travel, office, and miscellaneous expenses totaling thousands of dollars. Critics warn that a careless master could misallocate funds, noting last year's mileage and expenses. Investigators and prosecutors are urged to act before resignations occur in Indian Territory.
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Cus
Dawes Commission
Indian Territory
Bison Herd Growth Prompts Federal Action in Montana
The American Geographical Society article notes Montana's Flathead buffalo herd on the Flathead Indian reservation, grown from 20 to over 250 in twenty years. Prof. Morton J. Elrod urges Congress to fund large scale preservation with a protected tract, with U S support and Biological Survey oversight by the Agriculture Department.
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American Geographical Society
University of Montana
Missoula
Flathead Lake
Morton J. Elrod
Flathead Indian Reservation
Charles Allard
Michael Pablo
Yellowestone Park
Yellowstone Park
Park
Elrod
Congress
Allard
Pablo
Biological Survey
D Department of Agriculture
Coffee as a Drink in The London Lancet View
The London Lancet advises coffee is not harmful as an after dinner drink and can be beneficial. It suggests coffee jelly as a substitute for hot coffee when stomach injury exists, noting cooling effects and thirst relief. It contrasts coffee with alcohol, calling coffee a stimulant that lifts energy without the lapse following alcoholic beverages.
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Boston Transcript
London Lancet
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