Epidemic Toll Surges in Russia as August Cases Decline
St. Petersburg reports 23 944 new cholera cases and 10 725 deaths for the week ending August 1 9 50 287 deaths in Russia this year yield a 44 5 percent mortality. Red Cross notes higher real totals with regional case counts across Kuban Don Cossack districts Ekaterinoslav Samara and other provinces. In St Petersburg six day period ends with 261 cases and 108 deaths, while overall Russia shows ongoing decline in the epidemic.
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St. Petreburg
Ave
Russia
Sanitary Bureau
Reds“Croes
St. Petersburg
McGraw Suspended by National League President Lynch
New York August 10 President Thomas B Lynch of the National League suspended manager John J McGraw of the New York team for protesting too vehemently against umpire Rigler and Robert Winslow in the recent Pittsburgh New York series at the Polo Grounds.
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New York
Thomas B. Lynch
Nationaleague
John J. McGraw
New Yorks
Mplire
Harler Rigler
Robert Winsile
Polo Grounds
Whitney of Harvard Wins Tennis Championship Title
In Newport on August 19 the thirteenth annual lawn tennis tournament concluded with N Whitney of Harvard defeating GQ M Chuegh of Princeton 6 5 6 4 to claim the national interscholastic title.
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Newport
N. Whitney
Harvard
GQ. M. Chuegh
Princeton
Walk All the Way From Kansas City to New York
D H Woolf and his wife completed a two thousand mile trek from Kansas City to New York walking on the last lap down Broadway. They were greeted at City Hall by Acting Mayor John P Mitchel who signed their documents. The couple traveled with a two wheel cart carrying a tent and camping gear drawn by a pony and slept roadside each night. Woolf, a musician, suffered a nervous breakdown last spring. They will stay in New York for two weeks.
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New York
Mra
D. H. Woolf
Broadway
Kansas City
City Hall
John P. Mitchel
Kansasity
Woolf
Governors Close Meeting With Strong Resolutions
Governors from the Pacific coast and Rocky Mountain states adjourned after adopting a platform urging full and free discussion at the St Paul conservation congress. They call for coordinated national and state action to manage public lands and conservation laws.
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National Conservation Congress
St.Paul
Balt
Pee City
Con
Conservaton Congress
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
National Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Colorado Scenery Duplicated For Maine Widow’s View
In Bar Harbor Maine Aug 11 Edward B Mellan copied Colorado scenery at a widow’s request to recreate her late husband’s ranch. Sheep from her western farm were brought to the window area and arranged to resemble a Colorado ranch scene as closely as possible.
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Bay Harbor
Thomas
Walah
Colorado
Edward B. Mélaan
Har Harbor
Muloe
Bar Harbor
Colorado Ranch
Robber Holds Up Tramway Car For Forty Five Dollars
A masked robber boarded a West Twenty third avenue tram at 12:45 this morning and held up the conductor and three passengers including nurse Blanche Irwin. He demanded silence and escaped with 45.75 dollars while police search for him.
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Denver
Atc. 1
West Twenty-third Avenue
Bownd
Blanche
Drwin
Fern Hill Sanitarium
Esperanto Enthusiasts Meet in Washington
The sixth international Esperanto congress convened in Washington D C with Tom Barrett named president of the bureau of American Republics. Fleet Lieutenant H W Yeomans served as vice president in the hospital, while Dr Zaminhot delivered the annual address praising the United States in Esperanto.
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Washington, D. C
Tom Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
Washington D. C
Barrett
New York
H. W. Yeomans
Medical Corps
Is.a
Zaminhot
United States
Frontier Days Preparations Sweep Cheyenne
Cheyenne shows heavy preparations for Frontier Days with merchants decorating stores city workers tidying streets and special prizes on display. Police and sheriff officials increase patrols at Frontier park as troops from Fort Russell stand by. Frontier committee receives letters from cowpunchers and announces judges for contests while souvenir buttons are distributed.
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Smalley
Hughes
Frontier Park
Fort Rugsei
Frontier
New York
R. O D. Carey
Careyhurst
A! Bowie
Wheatland
Roosevelt to Attend Largest Wyoming Parade in Cheyenne
Preparations for Col. Theodore Roosevelt’s Cheyenne visit are complete with a two hour parade featuring 6000 soldiers 9500 cowboys and cowgirls and bands from multiple units. A Studebaker car is provided for the former president and fireworks funded by local Japanese residents will light the parade. Roosevelt will tour Frontier Days sites and may speak on conservation and politics during a likely Sunday stay.
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Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Cheyenne
Frontier
FR. Dudine
Jeff Cheyenne
Hig
BE. M. F
Denver
Union
Sunuay
United States
F. &. Warren
Guy B. B. Brooks
Frontier Days Committee
Wyoming
Ninth Cavalry
Thirteenth Field Artillery
MD F
Signal Corps
Pineidge
Mbefetlos
Ely
Siana
Col. Roosevelt
Nnncheon
Frontier Park
Western Plains
Roosevelt
Disiuys
FB. BE. Warren
Ruswell
Preachers Allowed to Smoke at Bible Conference
At Stoneybrook camp meeting grounds in August, preachers may now smoke cigars openly during the Bible conference. A platform message from the committee declares the change, noting Old-fashioned gospel style remains favored while allowing spa cigars behind bungalows.
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Stoneybrook
Che Neting
de Mena
Railroad Connection Completed
Workmen revealed a section of the line linking the main area with the Burnat spur. The completion marks a significant transport link and will affect movement through the area as crews finalize remaining details.
Mad Bulldog Bites Ten People in City Panic
A white bulldog went wild striking ten persons, including a 9 year old hospitalized with a bullet wound from a chaotic crowd. Police search the dog’s owner and try to calm a frightened crowd after the incident at a crowded area.
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New York
Ajweriova
Fred
Palmas
Eagles fund to sink artesian well in Cheyenne public ground
Cheyenne Aerie No. 128 Fraternal Order of Eagles raised a fund to sink a deep artesian well on public ground near Central School. The project hinges on success of current well at Central School funded by Mrs. Thomas Heaney. if necessary the Eagles will finance deeper drilling nearby to secure a pure water source.
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Cheyenne Aerie No
Order of Eagles
Cheyenne
Jacob Sherman
Central School
Thomas Heaney
Heaney
Ill-Fated Boating Party Reaches Final Recovery
Four men lost after a yacht capsized during a wind storm near Shoshone Lake. The last two bodies, J. K. Don Calkins and RK Soper, were recovered. Earlier victims Adam Saul, and A Cy Downey were found on August 5 and August 12.
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Cody
Shoshone Lake
J. K
Don) Calkins
RK. . Soper
Adam Saul
A. Cy Downey
Man in Africa Learns to Talk to Monkeys
West Africa reports Prof Richard Garner has spent seven years studying monkey language and claims 28 distinct sounds. He says humans did not descend directly from apes and asserts monkeys speak a complex system. Garner dressed in khaki and lived in the woods near Cape Lopes, proposing many species exist in the region.
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Africa
West Africa
Richard Garner
Jodgeton Myere
Konimel Baptist
Chica
Garner Cave
Hie Bu
Tyne
Lim
Garner
Cape Lopes
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Thomas F. Walsh
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