Edward Crowned King Amid Festivities and Public Rejoicing
London reports the coronation of King Edward at noon on Saturday and Queen Victoria at 12 56 pm. Crowds filled Buckingham Palace routes and the Canadian arch shone at night. A health bulletin said the king bore the strain well with little fatigue and a good night. The royal procession and services followed at St Pauls Marlborough House and the Chapel Royal.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Edward
Trevel Laking
Victoria
Prince Charles
Denmark
Prince
Princess Henry
Prussia
Crown Prince
Mall
St. James Palace
Chapel Royal
Chapel Royal of St. James
Marlborough House Chapel
Prince of Wales
St. Paul's
Convict Woman of Killing in Sturgis Court
Mame Hill faced murder charges in circuit court for shooting Kitty King in Sturgis on March 20. State and defense attorneys argued the case before a jury that deliberated briefly before returning a verdict of manslaughter in the second degree. Sentence is set for Wednesday, August 13.
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Sturgis
Mame Hill
Kitty King
J. F. McClung
M. McMahon
Wesley Stuart
Thomas Harvey
Rice
Timber and grain destroyed as blaze sweeps Oregon countryside
Oregon City reports a large wildfire burning about twenty five miles away. One thousand acres of timber and farm land are on fire with great damages to lumber and grain. The blaze threatens nearby properties and requires notable efforts to control.
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Oregon City
Ore
Fire in Bank of New York Building Causes Flames on Upper Floors
Fire broke out at 2 30 this morning in the Bank of New York building at 48 Wall Street. The seven story structure houses on the first and second floors while the sixth and seventh floors burned. Three black workers asleep on the top floor were found on the third floor in J M Chandler's office.
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Big Bank
New York
Bank of New York
Wall Street
J. M. Chandler
Senator James McMillan Dies at Manchester by the Sea
Washington Aug 11 A dispatch reports Michigan Senator James McMillan died at his Manchester by the Sea Massachusetts summer home from heart failure following congestion. He had viewed the season as restful and planned to be buried in Detroit Elmwood Cemetery, with his son Captain John H. McMillan already laid to rest there.
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Washington
James McMillan
Michigan
Manchester By-The Sea
Mass
Congress
Senator McMillan
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Detroit
Mich
Elmwood Cemetery
John H. McMillan
Distressed Haitians Seek Help After Petit Goave Battle
Port au Prince reports on August 6 the arrival of government reinforcements to Petit Goave to aid forces beaten by revolutionaries. A clash on August 8 between 400 Foucharists aided by a regular regiment and General Chicaye’s Firminist troops left the town nearly destroyed by fire.
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Port AU Prince
Hayti
Petit Goave
Here
Revolutioniata
Chicaye
Two Moro Parties Located in Mindanao
General Sumner reports two Moro parties at Bocolo Mindanao one peaceful and one hostile. Captain Pershing in command at Lake Lanao doubts success of pacification efforts. Mindanao remains not serious cholera cases decline in Manila provinces August forecast not fulfilled.
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Manila
Sumner
Mindano
Chaffee
Bocolo
Mindanao
John J. Pershing
Fifteenth Cavalry
Lake Lanao
Volcano Begins to Growl in Nicaragua Near Masaya
In Nicara gua San tiago one of the Masaya volcanoes has emitted vapors and groaning sounds for twenty days. Officials warn of possible eruption soon. San Fernando de Masaya lies at the volcano’s base with about 22,000 people, mostly natives. The peak stands about 3,000 feet high.
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Managua
Nicc
Santiago
Masaya
Nicaragua
Department of
San Fernando de Masaya
Money in Making Wagons
The census bureau reports for the year ending May 31, 1900 that 7,682 establishments in the United States invested $118,187,838 in carriage and wagon manufacture with products valued at $121,537,375.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Rebels Capture Barcelona Amid Severe Bermudez Fighting
News from Venezuela reports three days of street fighting in Barcelona Bermudez ending with revolutionaries under General Pelazola taking the town from government forces. Government losses include sixty killed and General Ruperto Bravo.
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Barcelona
Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Venezuela
Bermudez
Penaloza
Ruperto Bravo
Farmer Strikes Oil Near Mass City
A Mass City Michigan dispatch reports farmer John Pearson during water digging uncovered a vein of petroleum that gushed out forming a lake several inches deep over acres. No apparatus available to stop the flow and officials are monitoring the invasion of oil on the homestead.
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Milwaukee
Mass City
Mich
John Pearson
Day of Thanksgiving Marks King's Recovery
LONDON August 11 Today is observed nationwide as a day of thanksgiving for the king's recovery with ceremonies and greetings across the realm.
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London
Fatal shooting spree ends with husband and wife shot
In Allentown Pennsylvania on August 11 Harry S. Weston shot Hertha T Brown wife of ER N Brown at the woman's home during a quarrel and then shot himself Both are hospitalized unable to recover ongoing police investigation
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Allentown
Harry
Weston
Hertha T. Brown
ER. N. Brown
Syndicate Plans 40000 Acre Canadian Wheat Farm
A group led by T. B. Hoard of Nebraska announces a 40000 acre Canadian wheat project between Craik and Davidson on the Prince Albert line. The syndicate buys land for 200000 dollars and reserves 100000 for improvements. It will introduce steam plows, own its elevators, and run nine facilities at nearby sites. Other investors include F. J. Waddell of Aurora and capitalists from Iowa and Illinois.
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BT. Paul
T. B. Hoard
Nebraska
Canada
Craik and
Davidson
Prince Albert
North Dakota
F. J. Waddell
Aurora
Neb
Iowa
Illinois
Hoard
Neely seeks reimbursement of Cuban exhibit funds
C W Neely once convicted of Cuban postal frauds and later granted amnesty has asked the attorney general to reimburse $6234 found on him at arrest. The money sent to Cuba as an exhibit at his trial was returned to the War department and held by Secretary Root awaiting disposal. The postmaster general has not acted and the War department still holds the funds pending settlement of a balance between the Cuban government and the late military government.
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Washington
C. W. Neely
Cuba
Neely
War Department
Root
Feeding Natives in Philippines Continues After Campaigns
Major B K West reports from Manila that despite campaign closings in Batangas and Laguna the feeding of natives persists. He notes about 250 000 people fed in Batangas and an estimated similar scale in Laguna, with crops destroyed and camps broken up leaving natives in distress.
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Washington, D. C
B. K. West
Commissary Department
Manila
Weston
Philippines
Batangas
Laguna
Bell
Austin Chamberlain Appointed Postmaster General
London reports that Austin Chamberlain son of the colonial secretary has been named post master general succeeding the Marquis of Londonderry who resigned.
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Joe
London
Austen Chamberlain
Marquis of Londonderry
Elkes Wins Twenty Mile Motor Pace at Coliseum
Elkes defeated Freeman in the twenty mile motor paced race at Worchester Coliseum finishing in 21 minutes 27 and 3-5 seconds. Freeman took second with a close finish as the event showcased speed and precision from both drivers.
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Worcestea, Mags
Coliseum
Elkes
Freeman
Funston Confined to Room After Illness
Brigadier General Frederick Funston, commander of the Department of the Colorado, is confined to his Denver home by illness after an operation for fistula. His condition is not alarming, and friends expect a quick recovery. The procedure was not for appendicitis, which had been operated on in Kansas City before his arrival in Colorado.
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Denver
Frederick Funston
Department of the Colorado
Kansas City
Colorado
Cuba to Increase Duties Supreme on Imports
The Cuban senate has authorized the executive to raise import duties to new maxima across many goods. Duties include shoes and boots 10 to 17 percent, pine lumber 40 percent, beverages 50 70 percent, butter lard cheese condensed milk and wheat flour at 60 to 70 percent, common soap 150 percent, and corn 388 percent among others.
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Washington
State Department
Squiers
Senate
Famine Drives Eastern Galician Labor to Despair
Vienna reports a grim view after a special inquiry into eastern Galica labor troubles. The Neue Freie Presse cites a multi year famine mortality around 60,000, wages for laborers at 6 to 16 cents daily, women at 4 to 8 cents, and peasants surviving mainly on a water and herb soup.
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Vienna
Galica
Neue Freie Prease
Neue Freie Presse
Mine Disaster in Bowen Sparks Fatal Gas Explosion
Sixteen men killed and others missing after a gas explosion at Union Coal and Coke in Bowen near Trinidad Colorado. Rescue operations began immediately with four bodies recovered by 10 pm. The mine employs about sixty workers all American and Irish, many believed to be trapped.
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Trinidad
Colo
Union Coal & Coke Company
Bowen
Ming
Union Pacific Buys Abroad Rail Order
Union Pacific placed a large steel rails order with a German firm for 1000 tons. Part of the order is for the Southern Pacific, with delivery to Omaha and other western points as directed. An industry source notes domestic mills cannot deliver before the third quarter next year due to heavy demand.
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New York
Union Pacific
Germany
Southern Pacific
Omaha
Groesbeck Sends Reply Over San Francisco Interview
Colonel Groesbeck of the Judge Advocate General department has written to Adjutant General Corbin in Washington in response to a request for explanation regarding his remarks on court martials in the Philippines after his arrival in San Francisco. Corbin will return to Washington in a few days.
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Washington, D. C
Groesbeck
Judge Advocate General's Department
Adjutant General
San Francisco
Philippines
Corbin
Washington
Porter Arrested Fugitive Wins Attention of Women
H 8 Porter an alleged Des Moines real estate man with many aliases is under arrest in Sioux City as a fugitive from South Dakota for swindling women in pattern sales. His strip contains passionate letters from women in Omaha Haledon Denison Grand Rapids Minn and other places. Mia Sarah Carr of York Neb arrived to confront him at the police station after learning of the arrest and reproached him between sobs.
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Sioux City
Porter
Des Moines
South Dakota
Omaha
Hawarden
Denison
Gralnard
Minn
Mia
Sarah Carr
York
Neb
Becomes a Chicago Lawyer.
President Roosevelt will receive the honorary degree of LL. D. from the University of Chicago during his visit to Chicago.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
University of Chicago
Oyster Canning Firms Form Tri-State Combine
Mobile Alabama August reports that ten oyster canning and packing companies from Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama will merge under a single leadership with a capital of two million dollars. The alliance, three years in discussion, aims to dominate fish and canning business in the three states and likely sets headquarters in New Orleans.
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Mobile
Ala
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
New Orleans
King Edward II Proclaims Gratitude for Recovery
King Edward expresses gratitude to divine Providence for his recovery and readiness to fulfill sovereign duties in a public proclamation written by himself. The message follows Victoria's tradition, noting postponement of coronation due to illness and the nation’s steady support.
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London
Edward
India
Edward R
Buckingham Palace
Home Secretary
C. T. Ritchie
Victoria
Westminster Abbey
Lord Knollys
St. James Palaces
Westminots Abbey
Prince of Wales
Duke of Connaught
Flower’s at Kruger’s feet at pro Boer exhibition
At The Hague a pro Boer exhibition opened with Former President Kruger among Boer leaders. He sat before a portrait of fallen Dutch and French fighters while young girls strew flowers at his feet. Kruger praised the brave dead and thanked art lovers from many nations for their aid to the display.
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Hague
Kruger
Transvaal Republic
Seo Road Reaches Bismarck
Seo railroad crossed the Northern Pacific tracks southeast of the city last night and reached Bismarck tonight in a rapid progress report from the area.
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Seo
Bismarck
N. PD
Northern Pacific
Thi City
Downing Wins Divorce From Eugenie Blair
San Francisco Aug 8 Robert Downing the actor obtained a divorce from his wife Eugenie Blair known on the stage.
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San Francisco
Cal
Robert Downing
Eugenie Blair
Roosevelt Pardon Sought for Miners in Habeas Case
Wilkes Barre Pa Aug 8 President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers says in an Associated Press interview that after Judge Goff's habeas corpus ruling on the Virginia miners the next step is an appeal to President Roosevelt for pardons. He expects action soon.
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Wilkesharre
Mitchell
The
United Mine Workers
Associated Press Today
Enict
Goff
Minera
Weert
Virginia
Rienvelt
Set Aside Sale Of Lands In Omaha Indian Reservation
Inspector Ruby reports collusion among prospective bidders in the May 4 sale at the O Neill land office. The Interior Department orders a public hearing and sets aside the sale, granting interested parties the right to representation by counsel.
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Washington
Ruby
Department of the Interior
O'Neill
Neb
Omaha
O'Neill Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Landa
Ryan
Interior Department
Requisition Not Honored In Nebraska Hunting Case
Chief Game Warden Simpkins returned from Jefferson City with two Kansas City men wanted at Red Cloud for hunting in Nebraska without a license. Governor Dockery refused to honor the requisition, deeming the offense a misdemeanor. Co. T. Hazleton and R. W. Stoner faced confiscation of dogs and ammunition and a $10 non resident fine or 60 days in jail. Authorities may pursue further action. a $50 reward is offered for arrest on Nebraska soil.
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Lincoln
Neb
Simpkins
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Red Cloud
Nebraska
Dockery
Co. T. Hazleton
R. W. Stoner
Nebraska Prohibitionists Nominate Ticket for State Offices
Lincoln August 11 The Nebraska Prohibitionists have nominated a full ticket for state offices led by governor candidate W T Davies from Otoe county with Isaiah Lightner as lieutenant governor D D Norton secretary of state W H Maddock treasurer John Dale auditor W Bert Clarks attorney general J M Dilworth land commissioner and A K Howard superintendent of public instruction from University Place with details by county alignment.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
T. Davies
Otoe County
Isaiah Lightner
Platte County
D. D. Norton
Adams County
W. H. Maddock
Richardson County
John Dale
Douglas County
W. Bert Clarks
Saunders County
J. M. Dilworth
Johnson County
A. EK. Howard
University Place
Old Folks' Romance Leads to Nebraska Nuptials
In Humboldt Nebraska on August 11 Mrs. Mary G Ferguson aged 10 wed Lyman Whitcomb from Iowa aged 72. The marriage reportedly arose through a matrimonial agency correspondence. This is the bride's third marriage and the couple will reside in Humboldt.
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Humboldt, Neb
Mary G. Ferguson
Lyman Whitcomb
Iowa
New Factory for Kearney in Old Cotton Mill Plan
Kearney Nebraska August 11 proposal to convert the old cotton mill into a strawboard factory. E B Shaw of Richmond Virginia has discussed the plan with local business men who favor it. The project would involve over 160000 dollars and provide year round employment for a number of men.
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Kearney, Neb
E. B. Shaw
Richmond
Kearney
Nine hours after injury Schroder dies from burns
BROKEN BOW Neb August 11 John Schroder a laundry proprietor died from severe burns suffered when a gasolining tank exploded while he was pumping air into it. The accident occurred nine hours earlier.
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Broken Bow
Neb
John Schroder
Schroder
Judge Ely Dies After Years in Nebraska
Fremont Neb Aug 11 Judge W H Ely aged 81 and longtime Nebraska resident dies after the death of his wife a year ago. He had been in good health until that bereavement and then declined rapidly.
Will Rebuild Elevator After Fire in Bloomfield Neb
Bloomfield Nebraska farmers vote to rebuild the destroyed elevator with over 2000 dollars raised. Insurance coverage is noted and a reward of 1000 is offered for the fire starter. Investigation to be conducted. Hog thefts reported from the farmers' association yards the night before the fire.
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Bloomfield
Neb
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