Plague in New Orleans Sees Sixty-Eight New Cases
August 10 report shows sixty eight new yellow fever cases in New Orleans with a rising death rate. Officials note Italian patients dominate early figures while outbreaks spread to St Charles and Reverre plantations, Patterson, and Tallulah area as health boards urge quarantine enforcement and hospital measures. The article highlights efforts by Dr Corput to identify infection centers and plans for temporary housing for visiting professionals.
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Fatterson
St. Mary Parish
Messin
New Orleans
Sr Horton
State Board of Health
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Mullen
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Dave
Sary Neler
Min O
Private Burial for Archbishop Chapelle
Private burial marked the Archbishop Chapelle death with a requiem mass for mourners from the lower Canal Street area, amid yellow fever fears. Officials limited attendance to prevent crowding in the infected district near the cathedral as Cardinal Gibbons and others sent condolences.
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White
Father Boot
Archbishop Chapelle
Colock
Canal Street
Masa
Conk
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Marine Hospital Service
Atanda
Presis
Wishop Fitzgerald
Afocems
Rouxel
Rome
Father Bootti
New Orleans
Father
Chapelle
Merry Dell
Death sentence for Milner in Griffin Georgia
The Griffin superior court adjourned to September and convicted Ralph Milner of murder in the killing of his uncle Bam Jones. Milner, 16, was sentenced to hang on September 4, the county’s first death penalty in almost thirty years. His lawyers plan to appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court. motion for a new trial is set for September 21.
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Griffin
Acesson
Ralph Bfilner
Bam Jones
Reagan
Robert T Daniel David J. Batley, Jr
Lucien Goodrich
Milner
Supreme Court
Bollester Bloodworth
Joseph D Boyd
Jacknon
Rains Boost Crops in Augusta Area
August 16 reports say rain over the past thirty six hours eased drought concerns. The showers, common to this section, are described as a god send to the cotton and staple crop yields for local farmers.
Japan Demands Indemnity Terms at Manchuria Talks
Baron Komura handed Witte a plan seeking reimbursement for war costs and Manchuria evacuation as the core conditions of the plenipotentiaries talks in Portsmouth. Russia resists, while Japan defends its aims as mere compensation for military victories. Open Door principle and Liaotung cession are among broader terms discussed, with negotiations continuing and imperial replies expected soon.
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Sakhalin
Baron Komura
Witte
Portamouth Navy Yard
Mr Witte
Japan
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Manchuria
China
Rusais
Principe
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Vladivostok
Korea
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Benngaca
Findl
Russia
Asa
Rusen
Far East
Jaaron Komura
Jepaneas Terme
M Witte
SM Witte
Baron Roden
Peirce
Navy Yard
Todag
Wife to face voluntary manslaughter charge in Cobb case
Royston Ga August 10 Special Mrs W P Cobb will be arrested tomorrow morning on the charge of voluntary manslaughter according to the coroner's action. The coroner's jury recommends bail. The killing of ex Senator Cobb by his wife has provoked sensational rumors.
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Asemst
W. P. Cobb
Mia. Cobb
Professor Cob
Cobb
Gqvepest
Hone
Ume
J. McCrary
Culiford Ginn
Cobo
Busey
Banford Murder Case Dominates Court and Bond Hearing
Judge Wright delays verdict, declares mistrial as jurors rule facts over law. Bond hearing set for August 18 in Banford murder case. Mrs Sanford vows to endure hardship amid sensational trial coverage.
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Banford
Ball
Hazardey
Wright
Foreman Milam
Foreman
Aha
Georgia
Superior Court
Coun
Young Men Held For Conspiracy In Hephzibah
Walter and Clarence Rhodes two Hephzibah youths were bound over on 3000 bonds each to a federal court on charges of conspiring to kill John Fryer a key witness in the peonage case against their father Rhodes. Witnesses testified the men threatened Fryer and fired pistols in his store. Authorities also hold warrants for disorderly conduct and shooting. Captain Lyman Hall president of the Georgia School of Technology was reported critically ill and sinking at Jackson Health Resort after days of decline.
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Augusta
Speci
Walter
Clarence A. Rhodes
Hephzibah
United States
Lane
John B Fryer
Adsa Jom Rhodes
Fryer
Hephaibah
Fred
Abasiom
Rhodes
Danville
Lyman Hall
Georgia Schod of Technology
Jackson Health Resort
Hall
Roof of tunnel gave way injuring workers in New York
August 10 report from New York describes a collapse in the North River tunnel bore from Jersey City toward Manhattan. Twenty two men escaped, one died when crushed by the shield. others fled as water poured in. Three kept calm, plugged the breach with sawdust and bags until boards could be set.
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North River
New York
Fitzeerth Street
Jeraey City
Merton Street
Manhattan
Mresiwaya
NO ARBITRATION OF STRIKE IN TELEGRAPHERS CASE
St Paul Minn August There will be no arbitration of the strike of the telegraphers against the Great Northern Railway. General Superintendent Binns said the strike is a closed incident. He reported that arbitration was suggested but Hill declined. A telegram from New York to Mr Slade states there is nothing to arbitrate with men who go out without notice.
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Hill Hay
Telegraphera
St Paul
Minn
Great Northern
New York
Slade
Paul
Williams Indicted Twice for Double Murder in Pensacola
William Williams was indicted by a Pensacola circuit court grand jury on two counts of first degree murder for the deaths of John White and Edward Dansby. The court expected defense objections to try him at the special term, with a postponement likely as proceedings continue.
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John White
Edward Daneby
Pensacola
Fla
William Williams
Edward C Dansby
Circuit Court
Willams
Iele
Weather forecast across states with Friday showers
Regional forecast notes showers Friday and Saturday across Georgia Virginia North and South Carolina Eastern Florida Western Florida Tennessee and more. Winds mainly light to fresh south or east with warmer conditions in central and eastern areas. Mississippi and Texas show partly cloudy to showers with cooler spells. Data compiled from multiple stations shows normal and deficient precipitation readings.
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Virginia
South Carolina
Florida
Tennessee
Coulleast
Texas
Arkansas
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