Fever status in New Orleans shows little change
Official Tuesday update reports 57 new cases and 0 deaths in New Orleans, total cases 1,503 and total deaths 214. Eight new foci above Canal Street, one at Rosa Park, and other cases include a boys college worker and Rev. Father Eveilhe. City awaits more doctors as outside reports reveal 69 positives, 53 suspicious, 145 dengue cases amid a distressed population.
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New Orleans
U P. m
Canal Street
Rosa Park
St. Charles Avenue
Gov. Blanchard
Father Eveilhe
St. Maurice Church
J. A. Devron
State Board
Leevilly
Arthur Hill
Fifteen-year-old Lena Hays Married Man Then Arrested
Lena Hays ran away from Centerville Iowa to marry Grit Farrel in Kansas City Missouri. The 15 year old and her 24 year old fiancé were arrested at Union Depot. Farrel was released while Lena remains in police custody to be sent back home. Her father, D E Hays, had sent a description to police.
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Lena Hays
Centerville
Kansas City
Grit Farrel
Union Depot
Farrel
D. E. Hays
Storm damages sweep city and region with loss and injuries
A report received at St Paul describes widespread devastation from a storm across Anoka to Fillmore County. Families are missing, some believed buried under debris. Crops were damaged, hail and wind flattened standing corn. American Circus Players Stranded in Grenoble with 250 employees awaiting aid. Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, noted poetess and editor of St Nicholas Magazine, died at her Onteora Park cottage.
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St. Paul
Anoka
Fillmore County
Mary Mapes Dodge
St. Nicholas Magazine
Onteora Park
Morrisville
Omaha Mill Destroyed in Fire at Woodman Linseed Works
Fire razed the Woodman Linseed Oil Works complex at Seventh Street and Nicholas in Omaha early Tuesday, destroying the mill and nearby warehouses. Estimated loss reaches about 50 000 dollars. A New York dispatch reports Venezuela has ordered torpedo boats with guns and ammunition from Europe, totaling around 2 500 000 dollars, a record expenditure for the republic.
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Omaha
Woodman Linseed Oil Works
Seventeenth
Nicholas
New York
Venezuela
Europe
South American
Republic
Royal Wedding Announced in Madrid Press
Madrid papers report a marriage arrangement between Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria and Infanta Maria Teresa, sister of King Alfonso, outlining a royal alliance and ceremonial anticipation across European courts.
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Madrid
Ferdinand of
Bavaria
Infanta I Mairia Teresa
Alfonso
Roosevelt Eyes Prolonging Portsmouth Peace Talks
Delayed replies from Russia and terse Japanese stance leave outcome uncertain. President Roosevelt seeks to extend negotiations at Portsmouth while Baron Kaneko’s Oyster Bay visit yields little new leverage. Russians resist ceding territory or paying war tributes. Japanese remain confident in Oyama and oppose concessions.
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Roosevelt
Portsmouth
N. H
Witte
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Baron Kaneko
Oyster Bay
Mr. Roosevelt
M. Witte
Oyama
Platform Collapse at Pittsburg Synagogue Corner Stone
Over 500 people, including three rabbis, were crushed into a cellar when a 50 by 50 foot platform collapsed during the Beth David Russian Hebrew Orthodox synagogue corner stone ceremony in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Many were bruised or cut, with Rabbis Ashinsky Graffman A Bloom and Nathan Nathansen among the more seriously injured. no fatalities. Police struggled to free victims as a brass band led 800 Zionists to place names on the stone, then a rush caused the disaster and crowd chaos.
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Beth David
Miller Street
Washington
Pittsburg
Ashinsky S. Graffman
A. Bloom
Nathan Nathansen
Adam Letzowski
Rabbi Ashinsky
Feud Ends in Ambush Killing Near Alice Station
Information from Harriman Tennessee reports a bloody feud battle near Alice station on the Queen and Crescent Railroad. Frederick Miller and his son John age 25 and Fred Johnson were killed while Henry Miller 18 was dangerously wounded. The Miller Rawlings family feud has lasted over twenty years and may lead to further killings.
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Harriman
Tenn
Alice Station
Queen and Crescent
Frederick Miller
John
Fred Johnson
Henry Miller
Miller
Rawlings
General strike proclaimed in Poland across nation
Warsaw reports a general strike protesting Polish representation rights in the national assembly. The strike began Monday as socialist demonstrators clashed with Cossack troops near the city gate. Eight socialists were killed and factory workers in Warsaw Lódź and Pobanie joined the action.
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Warsaw
Poland
National Assembly
Loda
Pobiance
Louisville bank fails closes by comptroller order
Western National Bank of Louisville Kentucky was closed Monday morning by order of the Comptroller of the Currency in Washington. The bank’s capital was badly impaired by losses and deposits had declined with steady withdrawals for several days. May deposits totaled 1,071,000.
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Western National
Western National Bank
Louisville
Comptroller of Currency
Washington
Hanging in St Louis Heusack Declares Innocence
Henry Heusack, convicted of murdering his father in law August Raphael, was hanged at the rear of St Louis city jail. Heusack insisted on his innocence to the end while his wife, Raphael’s daughter, stood by him amid belief in circumstantial evidence.
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Heusack
Henry Heusack
August Raphael
St. Louis
Severe storm with tornado damages crops in Wisconsin and Minnesota
A powerful late night storm lashed areas north and west of La Crosse Wisconsin bringing rain wind hail and electrical activity. In some places it formed a tornado and hail wrecked crops across western Wisconsin and southern Minnesota.
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la Crosse
Wis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
No Attempt to Kill Shah Denied by Vichy Report
A special from Vichy, France denies circulating reports that an attempt was made on the life of the shah of Persia. The denial clarifies there was no such assassination attempt reported by the Vichy correspondent.
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Shah
Vichy
France
Shah of
Persia
Martial Law Declared in Courland Baltic Province
A Mitau dispatch reports martial law has been declared throughout the Baltic Courland province, signaling strict military governance amid rising tensions. The decree imposes curfews and suspends civil liberties as authorities seek to stabilize the region.
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Mitau
Russia
Baltic
Courland
One Killed and Nine Hurt in Streetcar Crash Near Lansing
A street car wreck near Dewitt six miles from Lansing Michigan left one man dead and nine injured after the trailer jumped the track. A separate report from Gregory Missouri notes a yellow fever case eleven miles south of Keokuk. In New York Brooklyn typhoid claims Thomas Curtis known as the father of bowling in America.
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Dewitt
Lansing
Mich
Gregory
Keokuk
Natchez
Thomas Curtis
American Bowling Congress
America
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ten Reported Killed In Butte Trolley Collision
A Great Northern freight train struck a crowded Columbia garden car at the crossing near Butte depot in Montana. Ten people were reported killed and many injured as a yard engine moved box cars and the trolley, upon crossing, was struck mid car causing a violent pileup and destruction.
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Great Northern
Butte
Mont
Columbia
Utah Street
Fatal Police Shootout at Haverstraw Leaves Two Wounded
In Haverstraw New York a violent clash near a brick yard left one officer dead and another gravely wounded as authorities pursue Brown the alleged shooter. Sisco was captured and a nationwide search offers rewards totaling two thousand dollars for Brown's arrest.
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Haverstraw
N. Y
Brown
Sisco
Cahill, Springstead
Carl
Cahill
Springstead
Peace talk at Portsmouth on eight point treaty drive
Russian plenipotentiaries and Japanese envoys pressed to resolve seven of eight treaty items at the Portsmouth talks. Key issues include the Chinese Eastern Railroad, indemnities, sea power limits, interned ships, and fishing rights in Manchuria. The atmosphere grew more hopeful as negotiators showed willingness to compromise while power pressures and strategic rail plans influenced positions.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Washington
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Sakhalin
Russia
China
Harbin
Port Arthur
Dalny
Nenchang
Shanhaikan-Tientsin
Manchuria
Amur
Pograusitchnaia
Witte
Dulny
War Party
Chinese Eastern Company
Russo-Chinese Bank
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Komura
Takahira
Sakhalin Island
Substantive Points in Peace Terms with Sabanes and Japan
The records outline terms discussed Friday on Japanese peace proposals, including recognition of Japanese influence in Korea, evacuation of Manchuria, mutual respect for territorial integrity, and future administration of China’s Manchuria. Provisions cover ports, rail rights, and the open door, with several items deferred or contested.
Reciprocity Convention Adopts Immediate Concessions Plan
The Chicago session of the national reciprocity conference endorsed immediate reciprocal concessions via a maximum and minimum tariff and called for a permanent tariff commission of economic, industrial and commercial experts. The conference formed the Reciprocal Tarity League and urged Congress to act at the earliest time.
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Chicago
Committee On
United States
Car plunges over embankment near Milwaukee injuring many
A Fox Point interurban car carrying about forty passengers fell off an embankment four miles north of Milwaukee late Sunday night. One man was killed and twenty to thirty others were taken to a local hospital. Officials did not release the names of the injured. The car overturned after derailing at high speed.
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Milwaukee
Fox Point
Wis
Fifteen Laborers Injured in Ruin of Ape Theater
In Pittsburg, about a month ago a fire destroyed the ape theater and a wall collapsed trapping fifteen Italian laborers. Thirteen were pulled from the wreckage in badly battered condition.
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Pittsburg
Three Drowned While Fishing Near Jefferson Wis
Sentinel special reports Frank Hall his 14 year old daughter and 12 year old son drowned while fishing in Crawfish River about two miles from Jefferson Wisconsin on Sunday.
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Sentinel
Jefferson
Wis
Frank Hall
Yellow Fever Report From New Orleans Through Sunday
Fever report at New Orleans shows 45 new cases, total cases to cure 1 985, deaths 186, new foul 11, total foci 3 806, cases remaining under treatment 381.
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New Orleans
Russia Yields Manchuria and Open Door in Peace Terms
The article discusses Russia surrendering Manchuria and its warm water port ambitions at Dalny, accepting Japan's terms except for Sakhalin and indemnity. It notes Japan's gains in prestige and the open door principle, with US and global influences urging peace and possible partial settlements to avoid deadlock.
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Russia
Manchuria
Dalny
Pacific
China
Japan
Central Empire
Hhese
Sakhalin
Dicker
Labor and union activity across the United States
The report notes child labor limits in Michigan and wage gains for Brockton steamfitters, with over 900 women workers in related trades. Arkansas farm wages have fallen steeply, a Chicago business cites union label losses, and the Amalga mated Leather Workers head- quarters move to Newark. Detroit garbage drivers gain 60 cents weekly, a project to aid incapacitated workers is discussed, and rumors swirl about anti union revolts and politicking involving IWW. Structural trades seek an alliance in Boston and Louisville seeks libel action against a union president.
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Michigan
Brockton
Munas
United States
Arkansas
Chicago
Amalgamated Leather Workers of America
Philadelphia
Newark
N. J
Detroit
Mich
United Association of Plumbers
Industrial Workers of the World Organization
Pacific Coast
Structural Building Trades
Boston
Mays
Structural Building Trades Alliance
Fred Schellinger
Louisville
Schejtinger
Death Toll Rises in Atlantic Coast Line Wreck
A Norfolk bound excursion train from Kinston plunged through an open draw eight miles from Norfolk on the Elizabeth River. Nearly 100 passengers, mostly African American, perished as air brakes failed and the train entered the water. Survivors aided in rescues while authorities dispatched trains and crews to the scene.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Kinston
N. Y
Norfolk
Eizabeth River
PA ‘al Mouth
Alciana
Brevities Report Diverse Early 20th Century notices
The snippet notes boycotts by Chinese in Japan against American goods and a Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai seeking to curb the anti American boycott. It also mentions no farmer institutes in Louisiana this year, twelve telephone girls striking in Mobile Alabama over extra Sunday hours, and a grain crop in Troumania Iowa threatened by prolonged drought.
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Japan
Louisiana
Mobile
Ala
Troumania Ia
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Shanghai
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Grenoble
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Powera
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Wilfour
Arista
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Conan Ce
Jian
Dapan
Tlarbin
Arthur
Newehwang
Privieges
M. Rothstein
Uhktomsky
Seyree
Ieee
Far Eastern
Pacife
Kusshin Nttoral
Vladivostok
Boring Sea
Upoti
Sapan
Nagasant
Newcastle
Newcastle (Pa
Siberian
The
Usurri Railroad
Khabarovsk
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