Explosion at Bowen No. 3 mine kills many in blast
A mine explosion at Bowen No. 3 in Colorado followed a fire damp blast around 6 30 pm. Thirteen miners are reported dead with eight bodies recovered. Rescue work is hindered by gas, smoke and after damp as crews search via an alternate slope. The Union Coal Company operates the slope mine and a powder store explosion likely ruined the entire mine.
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Trinidad
Col
Bowen
Union Coal Company of
Denver
James Hunter
Tilden Winfield
Mike Cassidy
Joe Gordon
Joe Saudy
Thomas Sierra
Frank Groat
Weller Elliott
Tragic Threshing Accident Near Nelson Nebraska
Will Thomas, a threshing outfit operator, died after his engine toppled into a straw-filled ditch while backing to couple with the separator. Steam and scalding water flooded his body from chest to knees, and he was crushed between the engine and separator before extraction.
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Nelson
Neb
Will Thomas
O Brien Held on Perjury Charge in Senate Probe
Corporal O'Brien was arrested in North Adams Massachusetts on a bench warrant charging perjury. Indicted by the DC grand jury last week for false testimony before the Senate Philippines committee, he was publicly repudiated by the committee's minority. He will be taken to Washington today and claims he can produce witnesses to support his statements.
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Washington
O’brien
North Adams
Mass
Grand Jury
District of Columbia
O'Brien
Senate Committee
Lodge
Wage Geo O’brien
Senate Philippines Committee
Cyclone Passes Over Carolina Beach North Carolina
A cyclone moved over Carolina Beach North Carolina on Thursday night causing weather disruption as the storm tracked along the coast. No injuries were reported though routine precautions were urged for residents and visitors along the shoreline.
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North Carolina
Carolina Beach
N. C
Prohibition Ticket Nominated At State Convention
The Nebraska prohibition convention met at the auditorium with thirty four counties present and nominated a full ticket by rising vote. S. T. Davis was named for governor with Isaiah Lightner as lieutenant governor and D. D. Norton for secretary of state. W. T. Maddock became treasurer, John Dale auditor, W Bert Clarke attorney general, J. M. Dilworth land commissioner, and A. E. Howard superintendent of public instruction. The platform calls for universal prohibition, direct legislation rights, and defense of public schools against monopolies.
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Aeditorium
Beanches
Claioes
S. T. Davis
Otoe County
Isaiah Lightner
Platte County
D. D. Norton
Adamis County
W.’ T. Maddock
Richardson County
John Dale
Douglas County
W. Bert Clarke
Saunders County
J. M. Dilworth
Johnson County
Public Instruction
A. E. Howard
Lanaster County
C C. Beveridge
Fremont
State Central Committee
America
A B. Huckins
Hieveridge
A. B. Huckins
L. G. Parker
Wymore
Crab Orchard
Emm . Hedges
W F. Hunt
Colorado
Springs
Nebraska
Desertion Sentence for Private Hale in Philippines
War department records reveal the North Philippines command approved a two year hard labor sentence for Joseph Hale of the Eighth Infantry for desertion to the enemy at Bay in January 1901. Hale and a companion, intoxicated, wandered from Bay and were captured by insurgents. Hale later accepted a second lieutenant commission and was captured in Mindoro in October. General Malvar testified the men did not act with the United States while with him.
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War Department
Department of the North Philippines
Joseph Hale
Eighth Infantry
Hale
Bay
Mindoro
Malvar
United States
Belle Hunters Loot Tracy Remains Spares No Relics
Davenport Idaho Aug 7 dispatch reports that Harry Tracy the bandit left only a body and relic hunters swarmed the morgue crowding doors. Sightseers later entered and claimed items including a blood stained handkerchief hair locks and a leg strap from the outlaw.
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Belle Hunters
Denude
Tracy
Davenport
Wash
Dispatch
Harry
Soldiers in the Philippines Die of Cholera Listed at War Dept
A war department notice reports a Thursday morning delivery of a new list naming soldiers in the Philippines who died of cholera. The fragment includes Solomon B. Guggenheim among the names.
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Philippines
War Department
Solomon BR. Guggenheim
Tragic Blaze Destroys Landon Hotel in San Angelo
Fire at the Landon hotel killed six or seven people and damaged property totaling about 75000 dollars. Seventy five guests escaped, while seven victims and three others remained missing but thought safe. a balcony collapse trapped some victims atop a burning stairwell. The fire also razed three stables and several stores, threatening the town’s business district.
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San Angelo
Tex
Disputcd
Landon
Ed Hendrick
Waco
Fowler
Houston
Schulimpsky
Senator McMillan of Michigan Dies at 87
News from Washington reports the death of Senator James McMillan of Michigan from heart failure at his Manchester by the Sea summer home in Massachusetts. Born May 12 1838 in Hamilton Ontario he moved to Michigan and led the Republican state committee. He served in the U S Senate since 1889 and held key committee roles including District of Columbia appropriations commerce and naval affairs.
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Washington, D. C
James ‘McMillan
Michigan
Manchester- by-the-Sea
Mass
Washington
Congress
Congress He Appeared To’ Tye
Meaie
Ontario
Hamilton
Republican State Committee
United States Senate
District of Columbia
Cuba
Missouri Pacific Excursion Offers One Fare Round Trips
The Missouri Pacific invites patrons to a round trip excursion with one fare on September 2, 9, 16 and 23 to Ohio and Indiana points and October 3 to 6 to Central Passenger territory. Tickets are valid up to thirty days for return but not after November 3. Through Pullman sleeping car operates daily between Lincoln and Kansas City via the Gateway of St. Louis. Information at City Ticket Office 1039 O Street.
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Missouri Pacific Railway
Ohio
Indiana
Central Passenger Association
Illinois
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Death of Ex-Sheriff Miller Linked to Phosphorus Habit
William Miller aged sixty three ex sheriff of Scotland county Missouri and Civil War veteran died at Peru Indiana from eating matches. He believed the phosphorus was a stimulant picked up during his army service.
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William Miller
Scotland County
Missouri
Peru
Ind
At Columbia Texas County Attorney Killed in Shootout
In Columbia Texas County Attorney Co Smith was killed by regrees trying to stop the arrest of a member of their group. President RoosevelT is mentioned in the snippet, indicating a broader national note.
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Columbia
Tex
Co. Smith
Regrees
Roosevel
King Edward VII Crowned at Westminster Abbey
King Edward VII was crowned at Westminster Abbey after a seven week illness, signaling the empire's continuity. The ceremony featured artillery salutes, bell ringing, and a royal procession through London, attended by peers in ceremonial attire. public cheers echoed from Hyde Park to the tower as the Abbey proclaimed the new reign.
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Britannia
Edward VII
Westminster Abbey
Abbey
Hyde Park
Tower
Linotype Leader Demonstrated at Lincoln News Union
The Cole-Wilson linotype leader was tested in the composing room of the Western Newspaper Union in Lincoln last Saturday. It reads linotype slugs and speeds production four to six times faster than the hand method, operable by a boy who can read. Invented by Bion Cole and Albert C. Wilson, the device aims to save time and money for publishers and will enter the market under a patent granted July 8, 1902.
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Cole-Wilson Linotype
Western Newspaper Union
Lincoln
Messrs
Bion Cole
Albert C. Wilson
Geo Cole Named State Agent for Kansas
Governor Stanley tendered George E. Cole the state agent post to collect state money from the national government tied to Quantrell raid claims. The job pays a commission of 1 percent on the first 508,900 and 5 percent on the remainder as the state seeks about a half million dollars owed.
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Stanley
George E. Cole
Cole
Quantrell
Tso
Holmes Named to Supreme Court to Fill Gray Vacancy
President Roosevelt announced the appointment of Oliver Wendell Holmes of Massachusetts to the U S Supreme Court as associate justice succeeding the ill health retired Justice Gray. Gray suffered a stroke and retired after nearly twenty one years on the bench. Holmes is noted as a distinguished jurist and son of the late poet Dr. Holmes.
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Roosevelt
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Gray
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Arthur
Judge Holmes
Massachusetts
Dr. Holmes
Hunger Strikes Persist As Troops Guard Shenandoah Coal Strike
A Shenandoah dispatch reports strikers suffer hunger with women and children begging scraps at mess tents. Soldiers will set aside unused food, $100,000 spent on relief, and a regiment may be withdrawn. Mines flooded, pumpmen displaced, non union workers toil, water fills level five in colliery No 4. Authorities hope for calm despite ongoing stalemate.
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Shenandoah
Young Couple’s Beaming Bean Lake Wedding Ends Abruptly
Preparations for a Bean Lake wedding near Atchison collapsed when John Thorpe aged 24 and Rose aged 14 faced a shotgun intervention by his father as he tried to fetch a license in St Joseph. Thorpe had taught at Bean Lake where Rose was a pupil. music and refreshments orders were cancelled.
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Bean Lake
Atchison
John Thorpe
Miss Rose
St. Joseph A
Thorpe
Bean, Lake
Drummers Aid Fund For Morrison Supreme Court Appeal
Traveling salesmen in Kansas aim to raise $600 to appeal the Jessie Morrison Case to the supreme court. C. A. Sward of Mansey Iron Co Kansas City launched a subscription in Eldorado to collect donations, with the fund located at the Metropolitan hotel for subscriptions.
Havana Fire Devastates Silk District Killing Three
A massive blaze in Havana near Central park destroyed the silk house and several other buildings. Artists Aristides Pera and Pablo Lopez Quintana died trapped by fire and barred windows. Fireman Cristobal Lopez died from a collapsing wall. seven firefighters and five citizens were injured or suffocated.
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Havana
Cuba
Central Park
Aristides Pera
Pablo Lopez Quintana
Cristobal Lopez
Blacksmith Bites Tongue as Hammer Strikes Chin
In Osawatomie Kansas a Missouri Pacific blacksmith named Schmidt was struck on the chin by flying iron from a trip hammer swung by the foreman. The impact cut a deep gash and nearly severed his tongue.
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Missouri Pacific
Osawatomie
Kan
Schmidt
Prisoner Jumps From Arches Creek March Near Leavenworth
John Norie a white federal prisoner from Ardmore I T escaped by leaping from a culvert into a creek during transport to Leavenworth Penitentiary. Norie, jailed for five years on larceny after stealing a farmer's horse four miles west of Leavenworth, was being returned to custody.
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John Norie
Ardmore
I. T
United States
Leavenworth
Norie
Fort Leavenworth
Severe Kansas City Kansas Storm Unroofed Hundreds Of Buildings
In Kansas City Kansas, Sunday, more than two hundred dwellings and other buildings were completely or partially unroofed. Electric light and telephone wires were blown down, a huge chimney toppled, hundreds of trees uprooted, and business streets were strewn with signs and awnings after a severe wind and rain storm.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Board Elects Bryant and Ewington for English Posts
The University of Kansas board of regents elected Frank E Bryant of Michigan University as assistant in English and Alfred Ewington to the eleventh-ago post. Other routine business accompanied the appointment as Chancellor Frank Kil led at grade.
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Board of Regents
University of Kansas
Frank E. Bryant
Michigan University
Alfred Ewington
Frank
Wreck Near Genoa Kills Foreman in N and W Collision
A head end collision of freight trains on the Norfolk and Western near Genoa West Virginia left two engineers and a fireman badly hurt and a section foreman killed. The crash also demolished eighteen cars and destroyed both locomotives. A missing delivery order by the station operator is blamed for the accident.
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Genoa
W. Va
Norfolk & Western
Fisher Ferguson
Osborn
Little
Frances Henning Speed Dies at Eighty Two in Kentucky
Mrs Frances Henning Speed widow of Joshua Speed dies at age eighty two at her home on the Cherokee road near Louisville Kentucky Abraham Lincolns close friend Frances Henning Speed obituary notes her ties to the Lincoln circle and her long residence in Kentucky
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Frances Henning Speed
Joshua Speed
Abraham Lincoln
Cherokee Road
Louisville
A. J. St. John Killed At Omaha Crossing
Dispatch reports A. J. St. John of 2220 South Twelfth Street was instantly killed today at a grade crossing in Omaha. He was riding a street car when it suddenly left the track, the car car distance and accident details unclear.
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A. J. John
Omaha
A. J. St. John
South Twelfth Street
Mason Streets
Grand Lodge Meeting Draws Salt Lake City Crowd
August 11 report notes a large turnout estimated to fill the Salt Lake City streets for the grand lodge meeting starting tomorrow. The city gleams with electric decorations and incandescent lights in vivid colors as attendees arrive.
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Salt Lake City
Disyrs
Grand Lodge
Commissioner rules palm oil cannot color oleomargarine to avoid tax
The commissioner of internal revenue rules that using minute amounts of palm oil to color oleomargarine makes the product artificially colored and not a bona fide butter substitute. The colored oleomargarine would be taxed at 10 cents per pound.
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Yerkes
Ternal Revenue
Millions of Sheep Die in Australia Crisis
Advices from the steamer Miowera report terrible drought in New South Wales and Queensland devast ating sheep ranches. Millions of sheep have died and formerly wealthy men are forced to seek work. The reports also note continued native extermination in the South Sea islands and detail a German expedition to New Hebrides avenging Mrs Wolff's murder, wiping out a village and killing many natives. A German British expedition moves toward Dabulo Western British North Guinea to punish seven British deaths.
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Miowera
Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
South Sea Islands
New Hebrides
Storm Strikes St Louis Couple as Lightning Melts Jewelry
August 11 dispatch reports a severe thunderstorm in Coffeen Illinois. Mrs Frank Never of St Louis was struck by lightning, melting a gold chain and fusing four rings into one. Her left shoe torn, umbrella rod bent, she was briefly unconscious but recovered. Nearby Mr and Mrs Neller sheltered in a doorway when a church spire was struck, shocking Mr Neller and stunning Mrs Neller.
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Dispatch
Frank Never
St. Louis
Mrs. Neller
Mr. Neller
Student arrested after assault on Count Metrosem in Atlantic City
Count Metrosem of St Peters burg was walking along the Atlantic City board walk in summer attire when L Galbraith a Baltimore college student kicked him from behind. Galbraith faced arrest after the crowd witnessed the incident and cited a dislike of the Count's dress.
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Count Metrosem
St. Petersburg
Atlantic City
N.S
L. Galbraith
Baltimore
Galbraith
Ministerial Victory in Faroe Islands Elections
The landsthing elections in the Faroe islands produced a sweeping ministerial victory with all opposition wards captured. Other wards vote next month and a strong ministerial majority is expected. The treaty regarding the Danish West Indies sale to the United States will be taken up after rigsdag opens in October.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Faroe Islands
Danish West Indies
United States
Hazing scandal leads to officer resignations in Windsor
Two Second Life guards are ordered to resign after involvement in hazing a younger fellow officer at Windsor England. Aristocratic connections reportedly petition the king for pardon, but the king refuses to intervene.
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Life Guards
Windsor
England
Child Killed by Lightning Near Mason City Neb
A Mason City Nebraska family was struck by lightning at their home. An eight year old child died, while other family members were briefly stunned and did not regain consciousness for two hours before the tragedy was discovered. The residence belongs to Jimmie Nelson, southeast of Mason City.
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Jimmie Nelson
Mason City
Neb
Bolystruck
Lightning Strikes Leslie Baptist Church Killing One
A Baptist church service in Leslie Georgia was hit by lightning. Richard Dodson was killed instantly and about forty others were seriously injured though none is expected to die. The structure burned but a heavy rain extinguished the fire.
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Baptist
Leslie
Richard Dodson
Queen of Belgians Better After Night In Bed
Marie Henriette queen of the Belgians woke improved and left her bed for breakfast. Her condition was described as better following a previous night of illness, allowing her to resume activities at the royal residence.
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Marie Henriette
Fund Aims to Search Debris of Hotel London Fire
A fund has been raised to search the debris of the Hotel London at Lanose gale after an early morning blaze. Three guests remain missing, per the clerk's report.
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London
Powder mill blast at Laflan Rand glazing dept Wanaque
A glazing department explosion occurred at Laflan and Rand's powder mill in Wanaque New Jersey eight miles from Pierson. The event details indicate a destructive blast with potential injuries or fatalities under investigation.
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Laflan & Rand
Wanaque
Pierson
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