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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
3
Seven people were harmed and four overcome by smoke after a three story tenement fire at 44 Lorimer Street Brooklyn started amid an apparent arson attempt. Firefighters and residents faced intense flames with windows broken and a family of Geldarts among those rescued. Two firefighters were injured and a woman sustained serious cuts from shattered glass.
Serious riot followed the prolonged Longshoremen strike in San Juan colonial possessions. Two people killed and forty injured, some seriously, marking the first strike riot in a US colonial territory. Also reports murder at Kokomo Carnival and a deadly storm in Bessinay Louisiana with multiple fatalities.
Robert Scully 42 a foreman died after a fall from a seventeen story building on Seventh street St Louis. Explosion at Nitro Powder Company Mingo Hollow near Kingston N Y may have killed 15 to 20. Join Rynearson West Lafayette fatally injured in auto crash near Frankfort Ind. Ahlersville paper mills east of Easton Pa damaged by fire to $50 000 with partial insurance.
Yellow fever panic drives widespread quarantine and guard deployment from New Orleans to the South. Louisiana and Mississippi towns seal borders while Philadelphia Norfolk Havana and New York inspect ships. Refugees are turned back as authorities brace for possible civil conflict over Mississippi measures.
The article recalls the yellow fever outbreaks in the United States, focusing on the 1878 summer and fall. It notes New Orleans yearly prevalence, quarantine changes in 1880, and historical mortality across major epidemics. It traces the disease’s origins in the West Indies and its spread along the Atlantic coast to seaports as far north as Maine.
The account recalls cross-border tensions and quarantines along the Mississippi line as yellow fever spreads. Mississippi and Louisiana groups implement strict quarantines, with rail traffic disrupted and communities aiding sanitation efforts. Historic fever outbreaks are summarized from 1798 to 1878, noting major cities, death tolls, economic losses, and northern aid.
Devlin a Kansas financier once famed as the state’s richest man faced financial ruin after a brain stroke halted his memory based system. He owned four banks and 26 other enterprises including two railroads, with assets estimated around 3 to 4 million dollars. His collapse triggered bank failures, bankruptcies, and fears among depositors and coal workers statewide.
The Chicago market reports show winter wheat harvested well in the north with heavy yields and corn promising strongly in Illinois. Freight, retail demand for staples, and cloth and textile goods rise, while merchandise stocks shrink and farm supplies expand. Bank clearings reach 177 million, with higher failed claims than last year. New York notes robust crop activity and high cotton and woolen goods demand.
Chicago backs a $3,000,000 lakeside project south of Jackson Park featuring high class amusements a $1,000,000 hotel and extensive landscape effects. The Willard tract covers about 60 to 70 acres from Jackson Park to Seventy-first Street. Syndicated funding totals $400,000 with land already under contract.
The survey compiles cattle hogs sheep grain and dairy prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Detroit markets. It lists bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep and grain values for wheat corn oats rye and hay with cents per bushel or hundredweight and various grade distinctions. Prices vary by market with common to prime classifications shown for several commodities.
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