Coal Operators of Wales Agree to Deliver Coal at Wharves
New York Aug 21 Following a wholesale coal price rise retailers added another dollar to anthracite. Prices for domestic use range from 10.75 to 11.75 per ton and retailers report many shops out of business or refusing large orders. Arbitration hopes hinge on Morgan as operators talk of meeting strikers. Welsh coal could be imported to the US with tests on a locomotive. Minute paragraph in Goal Trade Journal notes operators now offer delivery at Boston New York Philadelphia or Baltimore with various grade prices. Charleston WV Aug 21 guards and miners clash risk of a New River field dispute as non union men arrive. Ambushed guards and shots at Red Ash and other points. a C&O engineer was shot at. Shenandoah Pa Aug 21 wedding festivities turn noisy with promiscuous shooting. governor’s troops respond. Panther Creek quiet this morning. Patrick Sharpe funeral held at Tunansford. Major Gerhard oversees troops.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
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Patrick Sharpe
Molvoyle
Nesquebong
Tunansford
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Murder and assault village tragedy in Kentucky
In Russellville Kentucky on August 21 16 year old Miss Zoda Vick daughter of Charles Vick was found murdered under leaves with bloodied stones nearby. Coroner reports she was assaulted before death and a posse formed to seek the killer with scouts and bloodhounds deployed for clues.
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Russellville
Zoda Vick
Charles Vick
Scouta
Maneuvers of the Navy Off Rockport Coast
In Rockport Massachusetts on August 21 clear weather keeps the defending squadron in the same positions, making Admiral Pillsbury unlikely to appear along the coast while conditions stay calm. The piece notes public secrecy around ship movements and details rival plans and speeds in a faux naval war between Blues and Whites, highlighting tactical guesses, ranges, and the coast from Buzzard’s Bay to Long Island Sound.
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Pillsbury
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Philippines
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Kaiser's Art Telegram Sparks Bavarian Tension
The Mannheimer Post claims the kaiser urged immediate publication of an official telegram criticizing the Bavarian diet for not funding Bavarian art. The foreign office balked, then sought mediation from Count von Buelow, who refused to interfere further. Regent Luitpold also rejected the appeal.
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Mannrecher Post
Foreign Office
Count von Buelow
von Buelow
von Buclow
Luitpold
Train Breaks In Half Kills Four Men Near Hoffmans Ferry
A New York Central east-bound freight train split in half near Hoffmans Ferry ten miles from Schenectady New York killing four workmen and injuring about 25 others. The rear section slammed into the front at a water tank on a down grade, telescoped cars and buried several workers. The coroner went to the scene.
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Foffman's Ferry
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Albany
Hoffman
Erry
Treas urer missing causes court action in Providence
Frederick G. Stiles president of the Providence Home Benefit company filed in the appellate division for a temporary receiver after the treasurer DeWitt McClease disappeared from the city. McClease controlled about $8000 in books and cash. a warrant for his arrest was sought. Original incorporators were Stiles of Providence, McClease of Rochester, and William B. Cooper of Buffalo.
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R. C
Frederick G. Stiles
Providence Home Benefit Company
Supreme Court
DeWitt McClease
McClease
de Witt McClease
Rochester
William B. Cooper
Buffalo
Blacks Attacking Boers? South Africa firearms panic
A Johannesburg dispatch to the Daily Mail reports natives have obtained weapons while whites are disarmed. The despatch notes several recent attempts by blacks to assault white women as whites urge disarming all natives including Zulu and Basuto.
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Johannesburg
Daily Mail
South Africa
Consienel
Basuto
Empress Orders Reformer Killing in China
Despatches from Shanghai report the Dowager Empress has instructed Kangsi governor Wang Chih Chun to execute reformer Kung Yu Wai. A Hanko telegram notes anti Christian riots in Chencha Hu nan with two Finnish missionaries Bruce and Lewis reportedly murdered. unconfirmed.
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Wang Chih Chun
Kangsi
Kung Yu Wai
Hanko
Chencha
Hunan
Bruce
Lewis
Judge Mullins bars Colorado Fuel officers election
Denver officials report Judge John I. Mullins issued an injunction delaying the Colorado Fuel and Iron company officers election that was set for yesterday afternoon. An attorney for stockholder George F. Bartlett filed the petition claiming the dispute harmed shareholders and sought court protection until a hearing. The injunction granted all requested relief.
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District Court
Colorado Fuel and Ilron Company
George F. Bartlett
Mullins
Shah of Persia visits Maxwell gun works in London
London August 21 The shah of Persia visited Sir Hiram Maxim s gun works in London and fired a blank cartridge from one of the Maxim guns The event underscores diplomatic ties and innovation in British armaments during the era
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London
Shah of Persia
Sir Hiram Maxim
Maxim
Smallpox Epidemic Beyond Control at Stone Gap
It is learned that on Saturday 17 people died in Stone Gap Wise County from smallpox. Dismayed residents are leaving the infected territory as authorities report the outbreak beyond control in Richmond Virginia.
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Richmond
Stone Gap
Wise - County
Balloonist plans Mediterranean crossing in September
Paris reports Count de la Vaulx preparing to cross the Mediterranean in a balloon around September 18 after an October attempt was halted by weather. Santos-Dumont is expected to go to Switzerland upon arrival in Europe and continue airship experiments at Genoa.
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Paris
Count de la Vaulx
Mediterranean
Santos-Dumont
Switzerland
Europe
Gonoa
Widow Marries Man Accused in Jewelry Theft
Richmond Virginia August 21 A Petersburg widow Mrs Jessica P Lambert married George W Phillips of Wilmington NC a 23 year old man she had accused of stealing jewels and $50 Phillips stayed at her sister's home and vanished after borrowing valuables. he was arrested, charges dropped, and the pair wed in Richmond yesterday.
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Richmond
Wvnn
Jessioa P. Lambert
Petersburg
George W. Phillips
Wilmington
N. C
Phillips
Lambert
Drowned Sailor Oscar Carazillier on Lena Bird noted
Oscar Carazillier, sailor on the Lena Bird yacht owned by Nicholas Hubinger, drowned at Island Rock near Stony Creek on the evening of August 21 while bathing with other crew. It is believed cramps caused the incident. The body was recovered and taken to Branford morgue.
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Stony Creek
Stony ‘Creek
Oscar Carazillier
Lena Bird
Nicholas Hubinger
Island Rock
Branford
Archbishop Ireland to Be Cardinal in Rome Jubilee Year
Rome reports at the Vatican indicate good authority that Archbishop Ireland will be nominated a cardinal at the consistory closing the Pope's jubilee year. The announcement places Ireland among the senior church leaders to receive papal honors during the jubilee celebrations.
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Rome
Vatican
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