Edward Crowned at Westminster Abbey Ceremony Without Hitch
London reports the coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra at Westminster Abbey. The aged Archbishop of Canterbury struggled, nearly fainted, and was helped as the crown was placed. cheers erupted for Roberts and Kitchener, while the king and queen received overwhelming public adoration amid a tense, proud mood.
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London
Edward VII
Alexandra
Westminster Abbey
Canterbury
Queen Victoria
Roberts
Kitchener
Earl Roberts
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Alfred Gaselee
Edward Seymour
Buckingham Palace
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Winchester
Westminster
Durham
King
Coronation Day Scenes Highlight Royal Nerves and Public Admiration
The report describes King Edward comforting the Prince of Wales after a tense ceremony while Queen Alexandra steadies her husband with anxious eyes. Duchess pallbearers adjust the canopy and crowns as peeresses scramble to fix coronets, including the American Lady Straf, amid royal splendor.
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Prince of Wales
Edward
Associated Press
Canterbury
Ward
Duchess of Marlborough
Duchess of Portland
Lady Straf
Roosevelt Camps on Beach With Sons and Cousin at Oyster Bay
President Theodore Roosevelt and his sons Archie and Kermit, along with their cousin Philip, slept on bare ground on a Cold Spring Harbor beach after cooking their own supper. The party, returning to Sagamore Hill, plans to host the Chinese minister Wu and Prince Chen next Monday, with Secretary Cortelyou assisting in itinerary details for the New England trip.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Archie
Kermit
Philip
Sagamore Hill
Cold Spring Harbor
United States
Mr. Wu
Prince Chen
Herbert H. D. Pierce
Cortelyou
Hempstead
New England
Bogus Harry Tracy Supposedly Haunts Pacific Northwest
Salem reports the body of Harry Tracy identified and buried at the penitentiary with convicts viewing the corpse. Washington officials seek a reward settlement with superintendent Lee as Spokane notes a second impostor acting as Tracy in southern Spokane County robbing Gilliam and Hathaway after his death.
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Salem
Ore
Harry Tracy
Lee
Gardner
Lincoln County
Washington
Spokane
Wash
Tracy
M. R
Gilliam
Medical Lake
Harry
Hathaway
Cheney
Lansing skull hailed as oldest in America by experts
A panel of scholars from Minneapolis Saint Paul Chicago and Kansas City visited the Lansing area to inspect the recently found Lansing skull near Lansing Kansas. They declared it from the Iowan stage of the glacial period and the skull as the brain case of the Adamo of America, noting its extraordinary antiquity and scientific importance.
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Kansas City
N. Winchell
Minneapolis
Warren Upham
Paul
Erasmius Haworth
University of Kansas
W. Willis
University of Chicago
Sidney J. Hare
A. C. Long
Kansas City Museum
Lansing
Kan
America
Murdered Chicago Woman Buried Under Cement Floor At Calumet Ave Home
Mrs Annie Bartholin was found beneath a cement floor in her Calumet avenue residence with a left temple wound and signs of strangulation. Police pursue missing son William Bartholin believed to be involved, linked to Minnie Mitchell murder. autopsy confirms death by strangulation after a skull fracture.
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Chicago
Annie Bartholin
Calumet Avenue
William Bartholin
Minnie Mitchell
Seventy-fourth
State Streets
Bartholin
Hunt
South Chicago
Washington Heights
Bartholni
Dr. Springer
Wolf Confesses to Wife Murder in Chippewa Falls
Appleton Wis Aug 9 George Wolf confessed to killing his wife at Chippewa Falls last June. He said he dug a grave days before and that she lived an hour after he struck her head with a club. The motive remains undisclosed.
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Appleton, Wis
George Wolf
Chippewa Falls
Wolf
Brillion
Ormsby Lime Company
Extraordinary Display at Coronation and Other News
King Edward crowned with royal pageantry as Extraordinary Display of Gowns and Gems captivates coronation coverage. War Department experiments with flying machines accompany national news while a grim tale of jealousy ends in murder near Chippewa Falls.
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King Edward
Bartholin
Haiti
Commercial Club
Washington
Mme
Janauschek
Hanna
Traction Line
General Indiana News
War Department
Sporting News
Typographical Union
Broad Ripple
Three Train Robbers Captured After Minnesota Manhunt
In Waseca Minnesota a man shot in the thigh and calf fled from Sheriff Collins and posse amid a citywide hunt. He and two companions were cornered in a swamp and cornfield near Clearlake. all three were captured. Believed tied to an Illinois Burlington train robbery. Jewelry and weapons recovered. the wounded suspect expected to survive.
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Waseca, Minn
Collins
Judge Devine
Clearlake
Burlington
Marcus
Ill
McDough
Friction at the Vatican over Philippines appointment
The Vatican debates appointing an apostolic delegate to the Philippines as Pope Pius X leans toward Mgr Guidi with Cardinal Gotti supporting the choice while Cardinal Rampolla and others oppose. In Pittsfield Mass a perjury case against Corporal Richard T. O'Brien proceeds with grand jury bonds set at 5000 dollars and warrants for fugitive from justice.
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Rome
Philippines
Vatican
Taft
Mgr. Guid
Cardinal Gotti
the Propaganda
Agliardi
Vincent Vanhutelis
Cardinal Rampolla
Mer
Guidi
United States
Pittsfield
Mass
Wood
Richard T. O'Brien
Twenty-sixth Regiment
United States Infantry
Senate
United States Grand Jury
Boston
O’brien
Alleen
Wes
Two Bloody Fights in Haiti Fire at Petit Goave Ends
Report from Port au Prince dated Aug 9 describes a violent clash at Petit Goave where about 400 Fouchardists attacked Firminist forces. General Chicaye fled as the town burned, with fifty Firminists killed and fifteen refugees burned alive. General Nord’s forces routed retreating troops as Fouchardists claim gains near Limbe.
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Port AU Prince
Petit Goave
Chicaye
Leutenants
Bay of Gonave
M. Fouchard
Haiti
M. Firmin
Firminist
Gonaves
M. Chicaye
Fouchardist
Firmin
Gen Salnave's Army Defeats Nord at Limbe
Gen Albert Salnave's Firminist troops rout Gen Alexis Nord's provisional government army at Limbe capturing Nord and war materiel. Salnave advances toward Cape Haitien as gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot debarked troops and Marines. Foreign residents fear bombardment. U S gunboat Machias guards lives and property.
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Cape Haitien
Albert Salnave
Artibonite Firminist
Provisional Government
Alexis Nord
Limne
United States
Machias
McCrea
Haiti Crisis Escalates as U S Navy Lands Marines
Commander McCrea aboard the gunboat Machias reports Haitian gunboat forces landed at Cape Haitien with an engagement expected hourly. The Machias will protect American interests and may land about fifty men using rapid fire guns. Acting Secretary Darling approves actions and warns against cable cutting or interference with Haiti's interests.
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Washington
Navy Department
McCrea
Machias
Cape Haitien
Cape Haiden
United States
Haiti
Firmin
Darling
The
Overdrawn Reports on Philippine Atrocities Questioned by General Dodge
Secretary Sumner Knox of the Society of the Army of the Philippines released a letter from General Greenville M. Dodge expressing regret at missing the reunion and disputing cruelty charges in the Philippines. Dodge calls the water cure a mild punishment and notes possible technical violations of laws, arguing civil war era scrutiny would differ. He recalls more charges against his own corps then than against Philippine soldiers.
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Council Bluffs
Sumner Knox
Society of the Army of the Philippines
Greenville M. Dodge
Phillippines
Dodge
Laundry Boiler Explosion Kills One Injures Five in Adrian
In Adrian Michigan the laundry boiler exploded injuring five, one fatally. James Oram, son of the proprietor, was killed instantly. Injured include Carl Hall engineer with broken legs and severe burns, Ben Baughey fireman badly cut and burned, William Oram burned, Mary Mattiman badly hurt, Annie Baughey with a broken shoulder and head injuries. The blast wrecked the laundry rear and shattered the Gibson Hotel windows, likely due to a defective safety valve.
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Adrian
Mich
James Oram
Arthur Oram
Carl Hall
Ben Baughey
William Oram
Mary Mattiman
Annie Baughey
Serous
Gibson
Train wreck near Elizabeth injures several passengers
Passenger train No 9 on the Chicago Great Western bound for St Paul derailed one mile west of Elizabeth Illinois after the tender tracks collapsed at thirty miles an hour. Express messenger Guyan suffered a serious head injury while Florence Wilgus daughter of Dr J L Wilgus of Chicago sustained a minor injury. Thirty passengers were shaken and some lightly hurt. The daylight express left Chicago at 845 AM.
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Galena
Ill
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Elizabeth
Wells-Fargo Express
Guyan
Florence Wilgus
J. L. Wilgus
Chicago
St. Paul
Millionaire Illinois Wire chief stabbed to death
Walter A. Scott president of the Illinois Wire Company is killed in the Monadnock building Chicago by Walter L. Stebbings a civil engineer. In a scuffle Stebbings used a paper knife stabbing Scott twice as witnesses describe the fatal altercation.
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Chicago
Walter A. Scott
Illinois Wire Company
Monadnock
Walter L. Stebbings
Stebbings
Scott
Mr. Scott
Ilinois Wire Company
Myrtle Shumate
Prince Chen Arrives in New York With Suite on St Paul
Prince Chen representing the imperial government arrives in New York aboard the St Paul from Southampton. He is met by U S officials and dignitaries and will visit Oyster Bay at President Roosevelt's invitation. Sir Liang Tang Chung named minister to the United States, with Wu Tingfang successor next January.
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New York
Prince Chen
Edward
St. Paul
Southampton
Liang Chen Tung
Wu Tingfang
Pearce
James D. Reynolds
Low
China
Waldorf-Astoria
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Liang Tang Chung
United States
Mme
Paris
Lockwine
Waldorf Astoria
Niagara Falls
Vancouver
Notable speakers at Silver Bay Y M C A conference
In Silver Bay New Jersey the conference featured addresses by George Foster Peabody the Rev M McZigrid and Mr Alder man of Clemea University along with Hugh H Hanna of Indianapolis and Clement Ogden. The afternoon was devoted to water sports and baseball games.
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Silverbay
N. J
George Foster Peabody
M. McZigrid
Alderman
Clemea University
Hugh H Hanna
Indianapolis
Clement Ogden
City Franchise Report Finds Public Rights Not Impaired
A city committee reports on proposed Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company franchise. It finds most terms mirror the old contract and uphold city rights, though three provisions face objections: annual payments enforcement, independent line fare charges, and potential delays if board and company cannot agree on lines. The report notes some changes but overall aligns with established rules and past contracts.
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Commercial Club
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Board of Public Works
W. Kelsey Schoepf
The
Traction Company
John D. Thomson
John W. Kern
Charles W. Smith
F. E. Gavin
Terminal Company
Bookwalter
Joss
McGowan
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Winter
Bncer
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Company
Traction and Terminal Company
Sac
Traction and Terminal
Nnesent
Wea.newineen
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Adam OF
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Robert Browning
George Ade
Cardinal Gott
Leo XIII
Old Country
White House
British Museum
Minnesota
Rampolla
Fouchardists
Limbe
Salnave
General Nord
Nord
G. M. Dodge
Deere
Messene
Hugh H. Hanna
Commercial Club Committee
Mgowan
Ferdinand Winter
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