King Edward briefs nation on coronation delay and recovery
London reports King Edward's autograph message to the people expressing gratitude for sympathy during illness and a postponed coronation. The monarch thanks prayerful subjects, notes fatigue of celebrations, and mentions brief Buckingham Palace viewings with Lord Knollys before resuming duties.
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London
Edward
India
C. T. Ritchie
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
Lord Knollys
Minnesota inheritance tax law ruled unconstitutional
Judge Bunn of Ramsey county court declares Minnesota has no valid inheritance tax statute. He finds the 1960 law constitutional flaws and notes earlier 1879 provisions also invalid. An appeal to the supreme court seems likely, but affirmation appears probable.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Bunn
Ramsey County
Supreme Court
Emperors Visit as Warships Courier Landing Reaches Shore
Reval August 8 reports William and the czar overseeing landing operations after a sea arrival. Crowds of sovereigns follow by boat and on shore as the czar and emperor exchange aiguillettes. William awards the Black Eagle to Count Lamsdorff and Baron von Fredericksz for service.
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Reval
Emvy William
Wiretse
Sian
Carboe
William
Black Eagle
Count Lamsdorff
Baron von Fredericksz
Mine Explosion at Bowen Costs Sixteen Men
Disaster at Union Coal and Coke No 3 mine in Bowen near Trinidad reports sixteen known dead with many others missing. About sixty men were employed. four bodies recovered early and rescuers race to reach those still inside amid gas and afterdamp fears.
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Trinidad
Colo
Union Coal and Coke Company
Bowen
Pueblo
Union Coal Company of
Denver
James Hunt TJ
Tilden Winfield
Mike Cassidy
de Gordon
Joe Baudik
Thomas Orem
Frank Groat
Weller Kott
Not Knowing Gun Was Loaded Ends in Facial Shot
Grand Forks North Dakota August 8 A serious accident near Reynolds left William Beauman eighteen shot in the face by another youth Brakke. Beauman was loading a cart ridge when Brakke aimed and fired tearing away part of his right side and blowing off part of his right hand. Recovery chances are slim.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Reynolds
William Beauman
Brakke
Beauman
Brackke
Fon
Two Women Drowned on the Ohio River
In Pittsburg on an August day, 19 year old Mrs. Maggie Miller and 19 year old Miss Bridget Madden died while rowing a flat boat. They steered into the wake of a steamer, the boat was smashed, and both women were pulled under by a passing vessel. Their bodies were later recovered, found clasped in each other's arms.
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Pittsburg
Aug
Ohio River
Maggie Miller
Bridget Madden
Fifteen Dead in Milwaukee Road Wreck in Iowa
Marshalltown Iowa Aug 8 Developments show that fifteen persons were killed and forty injured in the Milwaukee road freight wreck. Of the injured two or three cannot recover. It is thought possible that more bodies may be found as wreckage has not yet been cleared away.
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Marshalltown
Milwaukee Road
Wagonload of Picnickers Hit by Train Fatalities Reported
A wagon load of ten picknickers in Paducah Kentucky was struck by a fast Illinois Central freight train at the Tennessee street crossing. Five were injured and two died Maggie Koerner and Dewey Lindsay named as fatally injured in the crash.
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Paducah
Illinois Central
Tennessee Street Crossing
Maggie Koerner
Dewey Lindsay
Boy and Brother Die in Coal Oil Fire Near Ashland
In Ashland Oregon on August 8 Lester six and Emory Davis three years old were burned to death while playing with matches near a can of coal oil. The tragedy occurred near their home as neighbors rushed to help but could not save them from the flames. The incident underscores the danger of coal oil and unattended matches to young children.
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Ashland
Ore
Klamath
Lester
Emory Davis
Pennsylvania Road Records Unusually Low Coal Tonnage
Philadelphia Aug 8 The Pennsylvania railroad for the week ending Aug 2 carried only 20 tons of anthracite coal the smallest weekly tonnage in years. By contrast the same week in 1913 saw 98 439 tons moved. Last week the company handled 87 035 tons versus 56 77 tons last year. Costly blaze on a farm Chippewa Falls Wis Aug 8 A lit cigar stump started a fire on the George Hebert farm burning all buildings and 100 tons of hay for a loss of about 8000.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Coiycey Ch
Chippewa Fails
Wis
George Hebert
Here
Northwestern Telephone Co Connects 2000 Cities in Midwest
The North Western Telephone Company reports long distance lines reach over 2 000 cities and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copper metallic circuits provide first class service with low rates and broad reach.
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Northwestern Telephone Co
Connec
Minnesota
Pekeota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Mills to break flour record in 1901 02 year
Minneapolis flour mills are expected to output 15,600,000 barrels for the year ending Sept 1, 1902, the Northwestern Miller reports. This would exceed any prior year by about 800,000 barrels, led by a surge in the first five months with record production, though the final half showed a drop from earlier seasons.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern
Pope to End Dispensations for Consanguineous Marriages
Rome dispatch reports the pope will refuse further dispensations for consanguineous marriages. He indicates European royal houses should wed outside their dynasties to halt degeneration. The edict aims to prevent inbreeding within royal lineages and maintain health among heirs.
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London
Dalziel
Rome
Europe
Two Towns Retaken by Nord Army in Hayti
Cape Haytien Haiti August 8 The provisional government war minister General Nord reports his Haytien army has retaken St Michael and Marmalade from opposing forces.
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Haytien
Nord
St. Michael and
Marmalade
Cape Haytien
Hayti
General Nord
St. Michael and Marmalade
Expedition to Cocos Island Returns Empty Handed
The expedition aboard the brigantine Blakely to locate buried treasure on Cocos Island returned to Victoria on Aug. 8. The effort, like prior attempts, failed as instruments to locate treasure did not function.
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Victoria
B. C
Floods devastate Turkish Black Sea coast towns
Torrential rains flood the low-lying districts along the Black Sea coast near Tcharkamba Tekkekud Terme and Samsun. Many lives are reported lost as waters surge through the area.
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Constantinople
Aug
Black Sea
Tcharkamba
Tekkekud
Terme
Samsun
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