Berne Train Disaster Kills Twelve in jugful Accident
A special excursion train near Berne Switzerland collided with the Paris express during fete celebrations. Twelve people died and many were injured as wreckage trapped passengers and train crews, with rescuers pulling victims from debris. The disaster marred the city’s jubilee events and prompted urgent medical aid from Berne.
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Monger's Hotel Burns in Sanford Fire
Special to State Chronicle reports Monger's hotel at Sanford North Carolina burned Sunday night. The blaze started from an exploding lamp and the building was destroyed in about thirty five minutes. Loss estimated at four thousand five hundred dollars with two thousand five hundred insured. Three nearby houses also burned with lesser damage.
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State Chronicle
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Dealt Foully With and Placed on the Track
A passenger train near Campeen South Carolina ran over an unknown colored man lying on the track. He was found torn and badly mangled, with old wounds indicating he had been dealt foully with before being placed on the rail.
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Yellow Fever in Mexico Alarm at Vera Cruz
New York August 17 The steamer City of Washington reports yellow fever widespread at Vera Cruz as health authorities struggle to contain it. Six weeks of deaths. funerals line the gates to the cemetery. L. J. Snowball, a well known New York commission merchant, is among recent victims. The ship awaits quarantine clearance before approaching the city.
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City of Washington
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Vera Cruz
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Mexico
Washington
Immense Iowa grain crop stretches railcar capacity
The United Press reports Iowa will harvest an immense cereals crop this year with average yields of sixty to seventy bushels per acre and some fields reaching 100 bushels. Railroads face trouble as they build many grain cars to handle the incoming shipment.
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United Press
Crepan Ramps
Iowa
Abundant Crops Seen Across Italy and India
The Italian harvest reports indicate this year's crops will equal 1589. Recent gains have improved the Indian corn crop prospects and the wine grape yield is expected to be abundant.
Racing results and scores from Saratoga Guttenburg and more
The report covers horse races at Saratoga N Y and Guttenburg N J with winners Prince Royal Los Angeles Dixie Ballston and others. Baseball scores show Boston beating New York and Pittsburgh defeating Chicago while other leagues list multiple battery pairings and umpires across cities.
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Hurst
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Gleason Hand Clements
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Terry
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Pittsburg
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Miller
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McGuire
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Chamberlain
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Louisville
Columbus
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Mahoney
Farmers in Western Iowa Face Elevator Agents
North-western Iowa farmers confront an army of eastern elevator agents and commission houses seeking advance contracts for September and October crops. Prices offered are lower than last year despite a bountiful harvest. Many have sold ahead, but others plan to hold for higher prices due to European shortages, delaying marketing by about a month.
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Iowa
Eastern Elevators
Commission Houses
Wheat prices rise and stabilize on market excitement
The Baltimore market reports December wheat opening at 1.1478, peaking at 1.181 and retreating to 1.1578 by noon. August and September wheat hold steady as bidders dwindle. Flour prices rise with the cereal surge, Gambrill's brand gaining 40 cents Saturday and 25 cents today, among others.
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Baltimore
Gambrill’s
riot near Shindon ends in deaths in West Virginia
A disorderly party at the home of a woman named Nuiles near Shindon sparked a fight between eight men. Shots and stones were used. farmer Benjamin Stout was killed and Manly Champ fatally wounded, with two others seriously hurt.
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Nuiles
Benjamin Stout
Manly Champ
A Bic Damage Suit. Mrs Sweet Wins Largest Arkansas Rail Damages
In Desha county circuit court, Mary Sweet widow of John Sweet won a $35,000 verdict against the St Louis Ta Mountain railroad in the freight wreck case. The jury verdict marks the largest railroad damage award ever in Arkansas.
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John Sweet
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Tren Mountain Railroad
Arkansas
Austria to Exhibit at the World’s Fair
Vienna reports the foreign committee of the Chicago Fair has secured solid Austrian support from the Vienna chamber of commerce and the Society of Trades. The Trades Secretary plans a large delegation to Chicago and small towns promise strong backing. The committee will visit Holland and Belgium before heading to London and then the United States.
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Chicago
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Belgium
London
United States
China Tense as Foreign Ministers Press Demands
In Suancuat Aug 17 a serious political state exists as Chinese authorities refuse to redress injuries to foreigners after riots. Foreign ministers warn of a joint naval demonstration by French American British and German squadrons if reparations are not promptly made, while local unrest grows in anticipation of China’s reply.
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China
Russian rye export ban may be lifted in October
The Berlin market reports a dynamic corn market with August rye at 269 marks and September October at 253 marks. It is believed the Russian ukase prohibiting rye exports will be rescinded in October. The St Petersburg Journal notes the Czar delayed the decree while Germany plans tax relief to offset rye export stoppage.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Farmers Alliance Convention Opens in Richmond
Virginia Farmers Alliance meets in Richmond with leaders pledging no radical measures. Ocala platform to be endorsed and free coinage urged. Senator Daniel to be recommended for re election. Mann Page to urge a State Railroad Freight Regulation Commission.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Ocala
Daniel
Mann Page
Bread or Blood The Rejoicing of the Working Men
A German report on corn duty cuts caused premature rejoicing among workers. Police seized devices in Chemnitz bearing "Dread or Blood" for a protest, later destroyed. Most German refugees have left London to attend the Labor Congress in Brussels.
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Lexpos
Chemnitz
London
Brussels
Northwest harvest yields lift crop outlook to record levels
In Minnesota and the Northwest harvest rushes ahead with wheat yielding 25 to 30 bushels per acre and a projected 140 million bushels minimum for the Dakotas and Minnesota. Oats also strong while labor shortages and limited storage strain railways in handling the vast crop. Ideal weather aids gathering as farmers expect rapid disposal due to transportation and storage constraints.
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Northwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
President Names New Consul and Appoints Postmaster
Secretary Poster arrived in New Jersey on a presidential visit. The President named William O. Thomas of Tennessee as consul at Bahia Brazil. P. Davis, postmaster at Luleborough Kentucky, is ill with fever and Simmons Liver Re onicator is expected to ease symptoms.
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Carn May
N.J
Aasary Poster
William’ S OQ. Thomas
Tennessee
Bahia
Brazil
P.' Davis
Luleborough
Simmons
Important University Notice on Registration and Courses
University students must reach Chapel Hill by September 1 to register and obtain rooms by September 2. Over 100 applications mean rooms cannot be reserved past September 2. A faculty meeting on September 1 will review petitions for course changes and recitations. Chapel seats awarded September 2 and university exercises begin September 3 with President Winston addressing students.
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Chapel Hill
Ps Harrington
H. V. Wilson
Thos. Dume
Saratoga
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