Yellow fever fears grow as New Orleans fights outbreak
The article reports a cautious view that New Orleans has the fever under control yet warns of potential spread from infected areas in the state. Dr. Guiteras, Dr. White, and officials announce intensified measures including travel restrictions, quarantines, and a drastic campaign with Governor Blanchard to prevent importation of cases and curb dengue outbreaks.
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New Orleans
Ohn Guiteras
Marine” Hospital Service
Behermen
White
Heimond Souchon
State Board
Beverley Warner
Colvel Charlies Janvier
Baton Rouge
Blanchard
Sarpy
Reserve
Avi Ba
Lee
Terre Aux Boeufs
St. Bernard Parish
Mississippi City
Miss
Mississippi
Verdaman
Wardaman
Foster Creek Lumber Company
State Rollins
Dayton
Missouri River Improvements Fund Report Shows Lower Tonnage
The annual report of Major A M Fittenden, U S engineer in charge of Missouri River work, to Gen Alexander MacKenzie covers the year ending July 1 1905. It notes expenditure of 985,541.43 along the river for improvement, outstanding liabilities 42,080.4 and available funds 227,522.73. For the coming year 88,000 more is planned beyond Sioux City, with funds allocated to river reaches from Omaha to the mouth, including St Joseph and Yankton areas. Congress added 50,050 conditional on citizens raising 50,000 for a longitudinal dike. Upper river apportionments include four City, Et Point, Yankton, Pierre, and Port Blamarck. Freight tonnage shows decline with 1904 total freight tonnage 115,500 down from 157,004 the prior year. upper river tonnage figures cited and a focus on reduced commerce as the Snag Boat Mandan removed 35 snags at cost 5,545.30.
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Xagineer
A.M. Fittenden
United States
Missouri Tirer
Han ‘Poen
Alexander Mac‘Kenzie
Washington
Sioux City
Omaha
Nebraska
Joseph
Lextington
Miami
Tate
St. Joseph
Congress
Bear
Point
S. Dp
Yankton
Pierre
Port Blamarck
Intersto
Slis
ISAF
Tower River
Mandan
Curzon Quits Indian Post as Viceroy of India
Lord Curzon resigns as Viceroy of India and is to be succeeded by the Earl of Asinte, Governor General of Canada. Cables dated August 12 confirm the change amid cabinet disputes over army administration and staffing. Public sympathy grows for Curzon, while Kitchener gains de facto control, and Curzon’s personal ties to Mary Leiter are noted.
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Minto
Curzon of Kedleston
India
Earl of Asinte
Canada
India Office
London
Lord Curson
Lord Kitchener
Lord Curzon
Edmund Barrow
Lord Arzon
Sige
Staunds
Kitchener
Mary Leiter
L. 4. Leiter
Chicago
Washington
George Curzon
George
Baron Curzon
Death of St Nicholas editor Mary Mapes Dodge
Mary Mapes Dodge long associated with St Nicholas Magazine died at her summer cottage in Guteora Park Tannersville New York after months of illness She edited St Nicholas from its first issue November 1873 and was notable as a writer of stories essays and poems Her works include Hans Brinker The Irvington Stories Donald and Dorothy and The Land of Pluck Born in New York City she was the daughter of Prof James Mapes and married William Dodge in 1851.
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St. Nicholas
Mary
Mapes Dodge
St. Nichollas
Aid
Guteora
Park
Tannersville
wIhibe
Eidrliers
Hans ‘Brinker
Holland
Donald
Dorothy
Pheophilus
New York City
James A. Mapes
William Dodge
Explosion on Gunboat Bennington Blamed on Neglect
Three enlisted men were killed and an officer survived after the boiler explosion aboard the gunboat Bennington in San Diego California. Officials pronounced the trio and the officer responsible for the disaster that wrecked the vessel and wounded about half the ship's company.
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Bennington
San Diego
Cal
Equitable Directors Admit Officials Violated Law
Equitable Life Assurance directors admit some officials committed improper acts and join New York in seeking a court investigation. Forty nine directors filed an answer to the state suit, acknowledging loans totaling 935,009 to Depew Improvement and Mercantile Trust, while shielding the board as a whole. They attribute blame to individual officers rather than directors as a body.
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Equitable
Equitablegduife: Assurance Society
New York
Mayer
Depew. Improvement Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Alexander, Tordan
Deming
Jailed for Cotton Leak Arrest at Saratoga
Frederick A. Peckham was arrested at Saratoga and jailed in default of bail. The first stage of a government case led by District Attorney Morgan H. Beach concerns a cotton crop scandal tied to the Department of Agriculture. Three indictments were returned by a federal grand jury in Washington. Other named figures include Edwin Holmes, a former associate physician, and various department staffers now in New York. The indictments allege conspiracy to defraud the government and manipulated crop reports to favor speculators.
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Frederick A. Peckham
Saratoga
Morgan H. Beach
Tion
Department of Agriculture
Federal Grand Jury
Washigan
Sarabgaree
Fragozick
A. Peckham
Ors
Unité Cites
Thartes
Peckham
Cnini
Southern Cotton Association
Haas
Belch
Wee
L. S. van Riper
Mermavica
Holmes
Das
Notable Wire Tappers Raid Reported Near Greensburg
A raid by the Glotes on alleged wire tappers is noted with references to John Tenelas Fa and Grile at Aunis, and a new s at Greensburg. The Post Office Department and Higgins of New York are involved in a firearms related inquiry, while Frank E. Hedge of Yale faces a Pittsburgh charge of assault and battery tied to a conspiracy.
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John Tenelas Fae Grile
Aunis
Greensburg
C. W. Buckley
Aeostminster
Maantcanery
Ata
Dha Postaliice Department Ajay
Dha Postaliice Department Ajay. Higgins
New York
Hedge
Wal- Yale
Pittsburg
Hin
Notable Facts From A World of Royals Artists and Champs
A collage of trivia notes cites Edward receiving daily papers and letters, the German Emperor with a revolver, Togo’s salary, the Japanese Emperor’s vast treasury drawing, Harold Speed’s quips, Andreyev’s rising fame, Sapling’s stamp collecting, Alfonso the Brave and Paris bomb episode, a critic on Admiral Togo, Sir William Butler’s stature in the English army, Italian coin imagery, Laese’s composer ties, Terentiy Lett’s death grant, Sir Chieh Hen Lo Fens’ English fluency, and Prince Edward of Wales’s sturdy temper and arithmetic disdain.
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Wing Edward
Togo
National Treasury
Harold Speed
Teonid Andreyev
Gorky
Thomas Sapling
London
Efig
King Alfonso
Spain
Alfonso the Brave
Paris
Admiral Toco
England
Togoanne
William Butler
Tie
Laese
Ami
Chieh Hen Lo Fens
Li Thing Chong
Prince Edward of Wales
Lady Curzon Honored as Vicerine in India
Lady Curzon has shared honors with her husband in India and has brilliantly performed her part as vicerine. The note highlights her prominent ceremonial role and public esteem during their service.
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Ixecheston
Curzon
India
Vicerine
Trade Friction Rises Over Chinese Boycott
Chinese merchants complain volumes drop as American goods face boycotts in Shanghai and Singapore. Consul General Rodgers reports the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce seeks an end to the boycott, while Minister Rockhill wins Chinese government help to curb anti kino movement.
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Sterchants
China
United States
Shanghai
General Rodgers
State Department
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Boycett
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Straits Settlements
Wilber
Singapore
Rodgers
Rock Hill
Denver Committees Perfect Flags for Reunion Beginning Sept 4
With the approach of the thirty month national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic on Sept 4, Denver committees announce plans to handle thousands of visitors. Churches, schools, halls and vacant storerooms are HQs. A new feature is visiting drum corps offering free quarters and meals to the organizing committees. The encampment is expected to draw up to 100600 visitors.
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Denver
Grand Army of the Republic
Colo
Denver General Committee
Court report recommends court martial for Ensign Wade over boiler fault
Secretary Bonaparte received the inquiry report led by Commodore Stevenson and Captains Fhelps and Moore. It charges Ensign Wade with neglect of duty for not personally ensuring safety valve maintenance on boiler B and for reliance on subordinates. The explosion caused by excessive steam pressure is blamed on several men, with some deaths ending further action. Bonaparte has yet to decide, awaiting word from the President. The board praises officers and men for courage and self-sacrifice.
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Court of Inquiry
H. N. Stevenson
Thomas A. Fhelps
E. KK. Moore
Bonaparte
Charles T. Wade
Wade
Hhe
D. N. Holland
Freman
Frank Tie Covartani
E. B. Ferguson
Ensign Wade
Short Personal Notes From A Fragmented Page
A garbled column mentions Tolstoi roaming the woods and Gen Flooth leading forces in a distant army. It notes G Bastard of Duluth, a royal descendant, and Chea Looth as a Baiva Hoa commander. References Japanese Sunday school work in Japan. a figure plans to visit that country at his own expense.
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Tolstoi
Flooth
Stalvation Army
Wote
Duluth
Minn
Morehji
Bor- New Fork
Chea
Looth
Caventy-Ivery Mead
K. J. Heina
Tittsburg
Japan
Iishowriver
Peace talks at Portsmouth extend as Roosevelt mediates
The Portsmouth conference resumes with Baron Nomura and Mr. Witte exchanging formal proposals after President Roosevelt's intercession. Japan offers a new basis for negotiations including Sakhalin division and reimbursement terms while Russia contemplates restoring pre treaty borders and relinquishing southern claims.
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Russia
Roosevelt
Bob
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Baron Nomura
Witte
Japan
Sakbeslin
Sakhain
Rain Injures Wheat In National Weather Report
The weekly crop conditions summary reports unusual heat in central and western Texas while rainfall was excessive in the Dakotas Minnesota and parts of the lake region and Florida rain is badly needed across Texas Kansas and the central and southern Rocky Mountains. Frosts caused slight damage in Montana and Idaho. Corn remains excellent in principal states with some wind damage in Nebraska Missouri and Ohio. Spring wheat harvesting in the plains was slowed by wet fields.
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National ‘Weather Bureau
Jexas
New England
Middle Atlantic
Dakotas
Minnegota
Lake Tengian
South Atlantic
Central Guilt
Florida
Texas
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Atlanta Coast
Gulf
Nebraska
Missouri
Atkanssilly
Ohio
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
Lake Tengion
Missiesippi
Conger Quits as Mexico Ambassador for China Rail Job
Elvin H. Conger resigns as ambassador to Mexico citing private business and personal reasons. Sources say he will join the Canton Hankow railroad project owned by the American and China Development Company, linked to J. P. Morgan. Possible successor names include David B. Thompson or Francis Loomis, though Loomis is unlikely to be named.
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Elvin H. Conger
Mexico
Roosavelt
Conger
Cagnton-Hankow “‘Pailroad
American and China Development Company
J.P. Morgan
Mr. Conger
David B. Thompson
Nebraska
Brazil
Francis B. Loomis
Afr. Loomis
State Department
Escapes Gibbet Again Johann Hoch Granted Supersedeas
Johann Hoch bigamist and convicted wife murderer did not hang Friday in Chicago. A writ of supersedeas was issued by the Illinois Supreme Court clerk after efforts by Attorney Frank B. Comerford. The delay sparked demonstrations among Hoch’s supporters as news spread.
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Johann Hoch
Chicago
Supreme Court of Illinois
Frank B. Comerford
Hoch
Russian gunboat bombardment damages coast towns
Excerpted report describes a Russian gunboat bombarding northern coastal areas and destroying ships near the harbor. The action follows tense patrols and an attempted landing by Russian forces, with authorities awaiting confirmation from the custom house.
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Abry
Steht
Tust
Ok Oreste
Fever Babies Being Born Decline Since 1800s Census Bulletin
A census bureau bulletin notes a long decline in U S birth rates since the 19th century, citing Walter F B Wiles of Cornell. It shows children under 10 once formed about one third of the population, then fell to under a quarter, with regional differences and a record low in the District of Columbia and Massachusetts by 1900.
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United States
Census Bureau
Walter FB. Wilesx
Cornell University
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
North Dakotas
Illinois
Maryland
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Alvangt
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Lady Curzon
Lord Curzof
Tlarkman
Tacitic
Hee
Nicholas Stein
Trisl
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Dolman
Siz
NEWAN
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Otevelt
H Cook
Hong
Seeeys
Supreme Court
Johann Teeh
Sapredioours
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Erend Wa
Graham A
Henry Tfrificed
Sylvia Gord
Ity
Morris Uweiguts. S
Forann Il
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