Yellow fever case rise steadies in New Orleans amid new hospital aid
In New Orleans yellow fever cases do not rise further as eleven previously unreported cases are moved to the emergency hospital. Sanitation efforts mobilize 600 workers under Rev Beverly Warner who will head education campaigns. Alabama imposes seven day detentions, while Texas and Mississippi accept a five day pratique from the marine hospital service.
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New Orleans
L'Ne
Beverly Warner
Souchon
Mohr
Alabama
Texas
Mississippi
Marine Hospital Service
Russians Sail for New York for Peace Conference
M Witte and a Russian peace plenipotentiary party left St Lazare for Cherbourg to sail for New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Ambassadors Nelidoff and Cassini plus M Routkowski joined officials at the station. Madame Witte and her daughter accompanied M Witte to Cherbourg before Brussels stay.
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Paris
M. Witte
de Warrens
St. Lazare
Herbourg
New York
Lloyd Line
Wnelidoff
Cassini
M. Routkowski
M. Lepine
Madame Witte
Cherbourg
Brussels
Russia After a Seaport London Article Speculates on Norway
The Daily Mail Stockholm report says Emperor William sought Nicholas II’s consent for a Hohenzollern prince to rule Norway. It notes Russia may agree if allowed a minor frontier adjustment on the Atlantic to gain a port from Norwegian territory separating the Arctic Inland.
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London
Daily Mail
Stockholm
William
Nicholas
Norway
Russia
Atlantic
The
Arctic Ocean
New Governor Appointed for Moscow Stadthold
Moscow St Petersburg reports the appointment of Durnovo to govern Moscow in place of General Kvaloff. Durnovo, a council of the empire member, is wealthy and previously governed Moscow in 1872 and 1878. He brings long administrative experience and once commanded the Bedovy torpedo boat destroyer in the Russo Japanese War.
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Moscow
ST. Petersburg
Durnovy
Council of the Empire
Kvaloff
Durnovo
Bedovy
Bette
Sra
Japan
Strength of Japs in Manchuria and Korea
Japanese armies hold a vast line from south of Liao Yang through Chantafu toward Kirin, with 80 battalions under Nogi and 160 under Kuroki. Oku has 60, Norzi 36, Kawamura 90, Hasegawa 120, totaling about 2,000 guns and heavy siege pieces. Tamura’s cavalry guards the left, while Chinese forces in Japanese service stay center under Okihara.
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Uridiapupdze
Manchuria
Liao Yang
Chantafu
Kirin
Possiet Bay
Tt Tw
Nogi
Oku
Norzi
Kuroki
Kawamura
Hasegawa
Tamura
Okihara
Roosevelt objects to Spokane literature portrait on title page
A White House note dated July 19 to Spokane Chamber of Commerce requests withdrawal of the Lewis and Clark Trail brochure. President Roosevelt opposes using his portrait on the title page and the chamber cancelled a 50,000 pamphlet order and began recall efforts to retrieve distributed copies.
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Spokane
Wash
Roosevelt
Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
White House
Washington
European Financiers Plan Peace Indemnity Settlement
Berlin bankers the Mendelssohn and Rothschild alliance with Russian loan links seek to arrange a peace indemnity that won t destabilize world finances. They plan to mobilize continental and English banks and send representatives to New York to enlist major U S financiers.
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Berlin
Russia
Japan
Europe
Mendelssohna
Derlin
Rothschilds
England
New York
United States
Peace Conference Preparations At Portsmouth August Arrival Expected
Preparations for the peace conference are rapidly advancing and should be ready by August 5 when plenipotentiaries land at Portsmouth aboard the Mayflower and Dolphin. The U S government and New Hampshire cooperate with local towns Portsmouth Kittery Me and Newcastle N H for suitable surroundings and quarters at the Wentworth Hotel.
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Portsmouth
WN. H
Oyster Bay
Dolphin
Washington
New Hampshire
Portamouuth
Kittery
Navy Yard
Newcastle
N. H
Wentworth
Northern crosses Indian reservation for Ashland extension
The Great Northern railroad and the Sioux City Homer and Southern line settled their dispute over crossing the Indian reservation. The Northern will start work on the Ashland extension immediately after a hearing was withdrawn. The Interior Secretary approved the Northern map.
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Sioux City
Great Northern Railroad
Homer & Southern Road
Northern
Indian Reservation
Ashland
Secretary of the Interior
Attempted assassination targets the sultan in Constantinople
A report from Sofia quoting Constantinople dispatches says an attempt was made on the sultan during today’s Solamlik. No details on the attacker or outcome are provided.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Solamlik
Bomb explodes at palace mosque injuring sultan’s guards
In Constantinople during the Selamik, a bomb tore through the courtyard of the sultan’s mosque. The sultan was unharmed, but several members of his retinue were killed or injured.
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Constantinople
New Panama Officers Named Assistant to Shonts
NEW YORK. E. A. Drake secretary and treasurer of the Panama Railroad Company has been appointed assistant to President Shonts who sailed Saturday for Panama.
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New York
E. A. Drake
The
Panama Railroad Company
Shonts
Panama
Britain backs Japan ally stance on peace terms
Washington reports Britain will not pressure Tokyo on Russia peace terms even if an armistice is possible. London remains loyal to Japan, willing to advise based on Japan's interests, while the British public supports the president's peace efforts.
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Washwgton
Japan
Washington
Great Britain
London
Russia
Rusain
Lord Lansdowne
Tokyo
Santo Domingo Revenues Reported for April and May
Revenues of the Santo Domingo republic collected under the modus vivendi between President Roosevelt and the Dominican government total $391,648 for April and May. Of this, $157,313 is deposited in the City National Bank of New York for the trust fund for creditors. Funds await action by the U S Senate. Collection costs include $11,960 for salaries and $1,010 for traveling expenses.
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Washington
Republic of Santo Domingo
Roosevelt
City National Bank of New York
Republic
United States Senate
Grain hearing probes rebates in interstate grain flow
IC C officials Knapp and Clements led a hearing on grain transfers through elevators amid allegations of rebates. Witnesses testified for Spencer Kelly Grain Elevator Co of Buffalo as an independent operator claiming it was not a common carrier and that elevating grain was not part of transportation.
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Washington
Knapp
Clements
Interstate Commerce Commission
Spencer Kelly Grain Elevator Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
New York
Uintah Reservation Land Registration Opens to Settlement
United States Land Commissioner W A Richards spent the night in Denver and left for Grand Junction Colorado. He will supervise the registration of homestead applicants for Uintah reservation Utah and brought twenty four government clerks to assist. Additional help will be secured on the ground if needed.
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Denver
Colo
United States
W. A. Richarda
Bunday
Grand Junction
Uintah Reservation
Utah
Richards
Resignation of physiologist Moore accepted after inquiry
George T. Moore a Department of Agriculture physiologist and bulletins chief on soil inoculation culture faced questions of stock in a manufacturer. He told of July 1904 talks with Westchester men about forming a company to exploit patents held by the department. He refused any monopoly, noting department patents restrain discrimination.
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Washington
George T. Moore
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Department
Moore
Weatchester
Westchester
Dr. Moore
Bodies to be disinterred from Point Loma cemetery
San Diego reports that the bodies of 49 Bennington boys buried in the Point Loma military cemetery will be disinterred and sent home at government expense. Paymaster Morris says relatives may request exhumation, with two already asking for the remains.
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San Diego
Bennington
Point Loma
Maine
Congress
Morris
Lkely
Navy Secretary Promises Thorough Bennington Inquiry
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte states the Bennington disaster will be thoroughly investigated and all proper actions will be taken promptly. He adds that few facts are yet understood and the public should await the investigation’s results.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Bennington
Zemstvo Congress Seizures Lead to August Assembly
Police searched the homes of M. Golovin president of the Moscow zemstvo group and M. Polmer secretary, seizing documents from the congress. A new zemstvo and municipality congress will convene in Moscow in August with two peasants from each province and liberal union representatives expected to attend.
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Moscow
M. Golovin
Zemstvo
M. Polmer
Zemstvos
Gulf Pipe Line financing set for 650 mile route
Negotiations completed in Pittsburg by the Melon Bros Cudahys and Shell Transportation with Union Trust for financing a Gulf of Mexico pipe line from Chanute to Port Arthur about 650 miles long at an estimated cost of 6 million dollars. The company holds options on 10 000 barrel productions expiring next week with a target close by August 1.
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Independence
Kan
Pittsburg
Melon Bros
Cudahys
Shell Transportation Company
Gulf of Mexico
Union Trust Company
Chanute
Port Arthur
Bishop Isaac Joyce Dies After Camp Meeting Stroke
MINNEAPOLIS Bishop Isaac W Joyce Methodist bishop died at his home from a cerebral hemorrhage and paralysis suffered during a sermon at Red Rock Minn camp meeting on Sunday July 2 His death follows the sermon incident and occurred Friday morning.
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J. W. Joyce
Minneapolis
Isaac W. Joyce
Red Rock
Minn
Harriman Quits Rio Grande
New York reports BE Harriman has resigned from the directory of the Denver Rio Grande railroad.
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Harriman
Rio Grande
New York
BE. H. Harriman
Denver & Rio Grand Railroad
Reprieve Delays Hangman for Hoch in Chicago Case
Johann Hoch known as Blue Beard and confessed bigamist was spared from execution to August 26 after Governor Deneen approved a stay tied to a $500 appeal fund raised by Hochs attorneys and supporters. State officials coordinated for the postponement as Hoch awaited the reprieve.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Bigamist
Deneen
Hoch
Hooch
Whitman
Healy
States Attorney's
Land Fence Cases Filed Against Miller and Reed
Information filed in a U S district court accuses H B Reed of illegally fencing 9 000 acres and charges Adam Miller Clarence Miller Charles Miller and William Miller with fencing 18 000 acres in McPherson county forest reservations. Warrants issued for the arrested parties who face arraignment before the U S commissioner at North Platte. Case work led by United States District Attorney Baxter and Special Assistant Attorney Bush with Special Land Agents De Frees Chambers and Dixon following the Krause brothers conviction in Sheridan county.
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Omaha
United States District Court
H. B. Reed
Adam Miller
Clarence M. Miller
Charles Miller
William O. Miller
United States Forest
McPherson County
Krause
New Orleans Urged to Improve Sanitation to Fight Fever
Mayor Behrman issued a proclamation urging residents to follow health authorities on sanitation. It calls for screening houses and placing nets over cisterns and any water pools to curb mosquito breeding. The document is signed by health officials and the New Orleans Parish Medical society advisory committee.
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New Orleans
Behrman
State Board of Health
City Health Board
White
The
Marine Hospital Service
New Orleans Parish Medical Society
Honolulu Protest Overrides Quarantine Action
Honolulu officials protest a San Francisco quarantine on Hawaii bound cargoes. Dr. Coffeer of the Marine Hospital in San Francisco says authorities there were not advised of Hawaii’s health conditions. He cabled Washington that no cargo quarantine is needed, amid fears sugar cargoes could be harmed.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Coffeer
United States
Aurgeon
Marine Hospital Service
Marine Hospital
Washington
Hawaii
Japan Presses Peace Terms at Washington Conference
Washington officials outline Japan’s likely terms for ending the war. An indemnity near 1 billion dollars, cession of Sakhalin, Liao Tung transfer, Harbin railway, Korea influence, and Manchuria return are seen as essential for a treaty with Russia. If accepted, negotiations may lead to a Washington treaty bringing peace to the far east.
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Washington
Far East
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Baron Komura
Occason
M. Witte
Japan
Russia
Sakhalien
Liao Tung Peninsula
Harbin
Corea
Manchuria
China
Cutting's Scathing Massachusetts Insurance Report
Boston dispatch reports Frederick L. Cutting, Massachusetts insurance commissioner, delivering a harsh annual review of major insurance firms and officials. He labels some as Judases and a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde company, urging legislature to pursue reforms on deferred dividends allied trusts and related questions. The Royal Arcanum case and fraternal insurance receive long treatment with objections to recent rate changes.
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Boston
Frederick L. Cutting
Massachusetts
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Royal Arcanum
Burton of Kansas May Escape Trial
The Justice Department officials decline to confirm reports that Burton of Kansas will not face another trial. They say no orders have been sent to the St. Louis district attorney, while authorities still expect a September trial for the senator. An exhaustive Burton inquiry has found little chance of conviction.
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Washington
Burton
Kansas
Department of Justice
United States
St. Louis
J. Ralph
Wyman to oversee New Orleans yellow fever case
Surgeon General Wyman, returning to Washington from official business, will personally address the yellow fever situation in New Orleans. Acting Surgeon General Glannan was informed by Surgeon White that a death occurred outside the previously affected district.
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Washington
Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
New Orleans
Glannan
White
Town Fair Opens as Nixhn Shops Close Amid Unrest
In ST PETERSBURG a long running annual fair at Nixhn, Novgorod began with ceremonies but the town was nearly deserted. Most shops remained shut as the country remained unsettled.
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ST. Petersburg
Nixhn
Novgorod
July admissions show 811 Chinese applications and 300 admitted
Reports from immigration stations for July show 811 Chinese applied for admission and 300 were admitted. The figures highlight ongoing visa and entry processes during the period.
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Washington
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Santo Domingo
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