Edward VII Crowned as Storms Rage Over Liberty
Aug 12. A fierce storm swept north of Mherly causing extensive damage to farms with unroofed barns and torn timber. Lightning struck a tree, killing John Taylor, and a procession carriage overturned injuring James Driggs and others. London reports King Edward VII crowned at Westminster Abbey at 12 40 PM amid salutes, bells, and crowd celebrations, with observers noting his pale appearance and mixed public reception.
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Mherly
Thi
Here
Tett Mtn
Ile Pach
John Taylor
Taylor
James Driggs
London
Edward VI
Buckingham Palace
Edward VII
Westminster Abbey
Henry White
J. Ridgely Carter
Craig Wedsworth
B.D. Cassatt
Richardson Clover
Jnathe J. B. Brown
Supreme Court
Dan Dickinson
Griggs
Frederick W- Hols
James Wilson
Edmund L. Bayliss
Josiah Quincy
Joseph Wheeler
Salvation Army
Edward
Bramwell Booth
Duke of Norfolk
War ship sent to protect the consulate
Washington dispatch reports Minister Bowen in Caracas saying Barcelona has fallen to revolutionists who are sacking the town. He asks immediate protection by a war vessel. The Navy Department dispatches Topeka or Cincinnati to Barcelona at once.
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Washington, D. C
Bowen
State Department
Caracas
Barcelona
Navy Department
Washington
Topeka
Cincinnati
Freight Train Plunges Into Elizabeth River
A Tong Branch division freight train of New Jersey Central plunged through an open drawbridge into the Elizabeth River in Elizabeth New Jersey Tuesday. The cars piled on the locomotive and two men were killed while two others were seriously injured.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Tong Branch
To New Jersey Central
Elizabeth River
Judge frees UMW members amid injunction case
Parkersburg West Virginia Aug 12 Judge Jackson released Thomas Hagerty and six other United Mine Workers members who faced sixty to ninety days in jail for contempt of court The petition claimed lack of knowledge of the injunction and a promise not to violate it was given The coal company attorneys opposed the release but the judge granted it with rearrest possible if the injunction is violated.
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Parkersburg
W- van
Jackson
Thomas Hagerty
United Mine Workers’ Union
Two Chicago officers killed in gun battle
In Chicago on August 12, Officers Timothy Theving and Charles S. Pennoll were killed in a revolver confrontation with what police believe was a gang of thugs. The incident unfolded in a violent shootout during a night raid.
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Chicas
Timothy Theving
Charles S. Pennoll
Chicags
Fatal Accident Near Millville Claims Three
A fatal accident near Millville ends in burial of John Graven and Thomas Smor at William Minton’s place. Graves attempted to rescue Graves but was overcome himself. Coroner and local residents describe a grim scene as efforts to save the injured continued.
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John Graven
Thomas Smor
William Minton
Blace
Millville
Graves
Hethe
William MinGin
Salacy
Sharkey
Race Between Death and Darkness Claims Henrietta Man
Samuel Ban of Henrietta Ohio, lodging at Cincinnati Hotel, was admitted to City Hospital almost blind and near death from consumption. He has prayed to die before losing vision, as optic nerve atrophy and incipient total blindness progress. Doctors fear death will occur within days as his sight vanishes. He is about fifty years old.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Ban
Henrietta
Thin City
Karl
Bart
Gov Nash Police Plan Faces Unified Protests
Columbus Aug 12 John W Warrington of Cincinnati Thomas Aywagsett of Cleveland and Judge E B King of Sandusky resumed consideration of Gov Nashs code bill this morning. Secrecy surrounds the session but the committee is opposed to appointing police boards by the governor and favors strict civil service.
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Columbus
John W. Warrington
Cincinnati
Thomas Aywagsett
Cleveland
E. B. King
Sandusky
Nash
Col Donavin Dying in Columbus After Illness
Col Simpson K Donavin veteran editor lecturer and Memocratic palllleinu is dying at Mt Carme Hospital after dysentery. He witnessed the Joan Brow hanging and Jefferson Davis inauguration as Confederate president, reporting these events for a Baltimore paper.
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Columbus
Simpson K. Donavin
Palllleinu
Mt. Carme
Donavin
Joan Brow
Jeferson Davis
Baltimore
Injuries suit against railroad seeks nearly six thousand dollars
Cincinnati Aug 12 Louisa Bar filed in Common Pleas Court suit against the Muljcreek Valley Railroad for 5995 dollars claiming serious injuries from a car starting too quickly. Also notes a marriage license event and a street car accident involving Mary Nataly.
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Cincinnati
Louisa Barran
Common Pleas Court
Muljcreek Valley Railroad
Mary MaNataly
O Lckland
Hor
Wyoming Avenues
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Albert Kabwa
Thia
Corona- Hiew Akon Plien Ag
Ranger
Mr. Choate
United States
Frank Neiler
St. Louis
Bho
Mil Mys. Neller
Neller
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Balor
Renunla Ile
MR. Nash
Colonel Donavin
Max L. Kleeman
Cincinnut
Misa Bessie Willoughby
Math Street
Mayar Fleischmann
Cincinvali
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