Yellow fever outbreak and border quarrel flare in New Orleans
In New Orleans and on the Mississippi border a yellow fever surge prompts 82 new cases and 11 deaths in a day, with fears of concealment and panic among Italians. Authorities clash over quarantine measures, patrol boats, and bridge access, while a mosquito theory drives disinfection debates and a new city mosquito ordinance is signed to seal cisterns.
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New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Louisiana
Mississippi
Vardeman
Pear River
Jackson
Rigolets
Louisville and Nashville
Supreme Court of the United States
Name Blunt
Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Borgne
Ship Island
Patrol
Revenue
Winona
Ship Island Quarantine Station
Marine Hospital
Woodward
Railway Mail Service
Atlanta
Greenville
Miss
State Board of Health
Hunter
Mississippi Board
Miewissippi
Surgeon White
Marine Hospital Service
Vardaman
Herman
Official
Beverley Warren
Citizens’ Committee
Mississippi-Louisiana
Fever in New Orleans Favors Caution Over Italian Outbreak
New Orleans reports show a rise in deaths tied to fever with high temperatures aiding fatalities. Officials note most victims are Italian and housed in or near the emergency hospital. decline is expected below Canal Street as sanitary conditions improve.
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New Orleans
Canal Street
Russian envoy Witte arrives in New York aboard Kaiser Wilhelm
Sergius Witte Russia’s senior plenipotentiary to the Washington conference lands in New York greeted by Consul General Lodygensky and a chorus of crowds. A Slavonic Society delegation, Baron Rosen, and other officials meet him as police clear a path for the motor convoy.
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New York
Sergius Witte
Russia
Mr. Lodygensky
Baron Schuppenbach
Chicago
Baron Schilling
Willenkine
Kusslan
Washington
St. Petersburg
M. Witte
Paren Rosen
Hansen
Baron Rosen
Baron Osen
The
Slavonic Society of New York
Society
Russian Envoy Warns Talks May End Within Week on Japanese Conditions
A wireless dispatch from aboard the Wilhelm der Grosse reports M de Witte the Russian envoy predicting negotiations will end within a week if Japanese terms remain intolerable to discussion. The message is relayed by a staff correspondent of the Mervald on board.
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New York, Ave
Mervald
Dill couple in Salina welcome twenty second set of twins
Salina Kansas reports that Mr and Mrs VY W Dill became parents to twins yesterday. This brings their total children to twenty in twenty years, with eleven of the children still living. Dill is a shoemaker, and friends have started a movement to bring the family to President Roosevelt's attention.
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Salina
Kas
Aug
Lincoln
VY. W. Dill
Mr. Dill
Roosevelt
Jail break fails as Chesterfield detonates cell
In Seattle a prisoner Jack Chesterfield blew up his county jail cell and fired on staff after barricading himself. A jailer was fatally wounded and Chesterfield, who faced a three year sentence for child assault, shot himself. Authorities found dynamite and a hidden escape plan amid worn locks and tools.
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Seattle
Wash
Jack Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Yale
Mons
Denver Rio Grande railway strike begins in Denver
The International Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes enacted a strike against the Denver and Rio Grande railroad at 6 pm. Officials doubt how many trackmen will quit, while President Wilson leads the effort promising orderly action and public respect during the dispute involving about 1,500 workers.
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Denver
Colo
International Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Rilo Grande Road
Tremaed
Wilson
Brotherhood
Pelican Runs Aground Hindering Labrador Coast Transit
The Hudson Bay steamer Pelican went ashore on the Labrador coast damaging its rudder propeller and stern post. Tug Ingraham was sent to tow her for repairs as Teetoes blockade delay northern ships. The mail boat carried observers for the August 30 solar eclipse.
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St. Johns
N.P
Hudson Bay Company
Pelican
Labrador
Ingraham
Hyde to Return from Europe amid Grand Jury Inquiry
Secretary Wilson received a cable from John Hyde indicating he would return to the United States as soon as possible from Southampton England. Hyde had left Washington as another grand jury investigated leakage in the Bureau of Statistics tied to Edwin B. Holmes and department figures on cotton.
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Washington
John Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Hyde
Suthampton
England
Bureau of Statistics
Edwin BK. Holmes
New York
Department
Europe
Vicw President Pairbanks Aided After Indigestion Attack
A Tribane special reports Vicw President Pairbanks suffered an acute indigestion attack during a reception in Sault Ble Marie Michigan. He was assisted from the stand and escorted to the Iroquois hotel where he went to his room for rest.
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Detroi
Mich
Aus
Sault Ble
Marie
Vicw
Pairbanks
Iroquois Hotel
Army in India Under New Organization Outlined
London Aug. t A parliamentary paper releases correspondence on Indian army administration. It shows that on the 6th inst the Viceroy with Lord Kitchener concurred in sending suggestions which, in his view, formed the minimum required by Lord Curzon to make the new military organization practicable.
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London
India
Lord Kitchener
Lord Curgon
Incredible Tale of Cruelty From Indo China
News from Hongkong via the Empress of Japan reports a French district officer at Kwang Chou Wan Hai Nan, recently leased to France, died mysteriously with sun stroke claims. An inquiry revealed he tortured Chinese villagers using brutal methods to death including drunkenness beating with rattans and hot iron plates.
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Victoria
B. C
Hongkong
Kwang Chou Wan
Hainan
France
China
M. Liegeot
Paris Agent Liegeot Commits Suicide After Torture Claims
Paris reports M Liegelot administrator at Tehe Kam Indo China killed himself amid an inquiry into 139 depositions detailing brutal cruelties. The Avenir du Tonkin recounts severe torture to extract confessions including beatings with spades and a pig tail, with executions by bayonet and red hot iron.
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Paris
M. Liegelot
Tehe-Kam
Indo-China
Avenir du Tonkin
M. ‘Groleau
Liegeot
Kaiser Decides on Charles of Denmark for Norway
Copenhagen reports Emperor William supports Prince Charles of Denmark as Norway’s future king. He warns that without Charles the country could become a republic, favoring a monarchy and a Danish royal candidate. A separate World dispatch notes a looming national strike against the American Bridge Co. could involve over 50,000 workers due to alleged nonunion hires by Boston Bridge Co.
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Copenhagen
Ince
William
House of Bernadette
Norway
Prince Charles
Denmark
Charles
Bridge Company
New York
Aus
American Bridge Company
Boston , Bridge Company
President Reviews Big Fleet on Private Yacht Sylph
The New York dispatch recounts President Roosevelt on the yacht Sylph reviewing the Atlantic Fleet anchored upriver. It describes the formal salute, officers and crew reactions, and Adm Evans confirming high drill and readiness aboard the Alabama to the Missouri, Kearsarge and other battleships.
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New York
Alabama
Reeder
Marine Guard
Pressy
R. D. Evans
Pennsylvania
Tn Alabama
Kearsarge
West Forty-eighth Street
Charles H. Davis
Illinois
John A. Rodgers
Iowa
B. F. Tilley
Massachusetts
BE. A. Taussie
Maine
N. E. Niles
Missouri
W. 8. Cowles
Kentucky
W. J. Barnette
Bayy
Evans
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Witte
America
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Rio Grande
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Burgdort
Navy Department
W Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
Comander
Theodore PF. Burgdortf
Engineer Corps
Newark
N. J
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Will Pulpiee
BEERL
Kaiser
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