Government to Take Charge of Yellow Fever Effort in New Orleans
New Orleans August 5 President Roosevelt acted quickly on Gov Blanchards request to have the marine hospital service take charge of the yellow fever response. Most praise the move though some protest surrendering state sovereignty. The aim is to end strict quarantines and stamp out the fever, with Surgeon General Wy man to report what more the federal government can do. Dr White expected to be advised today that the department has assumed control. Surgeon General Wyman may not come to New Orleans. continued on page eight.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
Blanchard
Marine Hospital Service
Louisiana
Wyman
Gram
State
City Boards of Health
South
White
Kelly Gang on a Raid in New York City
The Paul Kelly gang began a terror spree in Mulberry Street near police HQ, smashing shop windows near Houston Street and the Bowery. Police detained one member after the group smashed dishes at a coffee house, while Greek Christo Colones suffered facial injuries and broken ribs during the onslaught.
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New York
Paul Kelly
Lower East Side
Mulberry Street
Houston Street
Bowery
Kellyites
Christo Colones
New Jersey Naval Reserves Board Brooklyn for Sea Service
The 150 men of the second battalion New Jersey naval reserves boarded the armored cruiser Brooklyn at Philadelphia and will spend nine days at sea off the New England coast. They will study the new ship drill gun drill boat drill landing force and small arm manuals issued by the navy department.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey Naval Reserves
Brooklyn
New England
New Jersey
Navy Department
New York Boy Burglars Captured After Looting West 84th Street
Two knickerbockered boys aged 12 and 14 attempted to loot a West 84th street home. They pried a trap door, dropped a 30 pound stone on a wire screen, then descended a rope ladder to ransack the house. A passerby alerted three officers who, with front door detectives, seized the youths and their spoils worth about 1000 dollars.
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New York
Knickerbockers
West 84Th Street
Mrs Torgetta Protests Police Court Decision
Mrs Kate Torgetta of Epping street Tewksbury protested a police court ruling Friday after being found guilty of railing and brawling. In a nervous state she complained of a drowned child claim and demanded prosecution of others. Supt Moffatt calm ed her then Matron Wallace urged food before she slept and was taken home by her husband.
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Kate Torgetta
Epping Street
Tewksbury
Moffatt Bright
Supt. Moffatt
Wallace
Ten Thousand At Canadian Henley Regatta
Ten thousand people gathered at Port Dalhousie St Catherine's for the final day of racing in the Canadian amateur oarsmen regatta. Except for Detroit Rowing Club's Craig the American crew fared poorly as the starting gun opened the event amid a packed course.
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St. Catherine's Ont
Port Dalhousie-St. Catherine’s
Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Craig
Detroit Rowing Club
National Association of Stationary Engineers Officers Named
The National Association of Stationary Engineers elected officers with R. D. Tomlinson of Milwaukee as president Theodore N. Kelsey of Lowell Massachusetts as vice president F W Raven of Chicago as secretary and Hugh Rensford of Cincinnati as treasurer in Louisville Kentucky on August 5.
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Louisville
National Association of Stationary Engineers
R. D. Tomlinson
Milwaukee
Theodore N. Kelsey
Lowell
Mass
F. W. Raven
Chicago
Hugh Rensford
Cincinnati
Formal Introduction of Japanese Russian Peace Delegates
On August 6 aboard the Mayflower at Oyster Bay New York President Roosevelt formally introduced the Japanese and Russian peace commissioners to each other. They were received with a luncheon and the president proposed a toast to the welfare of both nations and an early just peace for mankind.
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Oyster Bay, L. II
Japan
Russia
Roosevelt
Dynamite Blast Near Westford Chelmsford Junction Causes Hazards
A dynamite blast by New England Telephone workers near Westford and Chelmsford streets at about 10 15 this morning sent rock and a fallen chain into the air. A large rock struck a Conway Transportation Company horse in the nose, but the car tracks were undisturbed and no one was seriously hurt as order was restored swiftly.
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New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Westford Street
Chelmsford Street
Conway Transportation Company
John Conway
Boycott Against America Opens in Yokohama
In Yokohama on August 5 the movement began with Chinese refusing to handle freight on the Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria for Hong Kong. A meeting will be held tomorrow to organize the boycott.
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Yokohama
America
Manchuria
Hong Kong
Astral Collector Offers Priceless Antiques to Stanford
Thomas Welton Stanford of Melbourne, brother of the late Senator Stanford, offers Stanford University an almost priceless collection of antiques said to have been gathered from Egyptian tombs by the astral body of a blacksmith mystic named C. Bailey. Some scientists reportedly believe in his work, but Dr. Jordan argues the collection should not be accepted due to its openly stated method of collection.
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Thomas Welton Stanford
Melbourne
Senator Stanford
Stanford University
Astral
Egypt
Australia
Mahatma
C. Bailey
Jordan
Wormser Brother Banker in Serious Condition After Operation
Saratoga N Y Aug 5 Isidor Wormser Jr New York banker remains in serious condition after gall stone removal operation fears septic poisoning.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Isidor Wormser, Jr
New York
Burton Confesses Before Hanging in Parish Jail
Ruston La Aug 5 Bob Burton a Black man who invaded Mrs Wells home and tried to assault a woman was hanged in the parish jail yesterday Burton confessed on the scaffold yielding a final grim chapter in the case and ending months of fear in the neighborhood
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Ruston
Bob Burton
Cable ship Colonia sails to lay new underwater line
London August 5 The cable ship Colonia sails with 2400 miles of cable for the Commercial Cable Company. The route covers Waterville Ireland to Canso Nova Scotia and onward to Newfoundland, aiming to extend transatlantic communications.
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London
Colonia
Commercial Cable Company
Waterville
Ireland
Canso
N. 8
Newfoundland
Japanese Envoys Start Early for Oyster Bay Arrival
Baron Komura and Minister Takahira lead the Japanese peace mission to Oyster Bay for Roosevelt's official reception. They travel discreetly from the Waldorf Astoria to New York Yacht Club then to the USS Tacoma, with a 19 gun salute marking the arrival.
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New York
Baron Komura
Takahira
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sergius Witte
Baron Rosen
Waldorf-Astoria
Takashira
Uchida
A. Sato
H. G. Denison
New York Yacht Club
East Twenty-third Street
Robert Evans, Jr
Naval
Sylph
United States
Tacoma
M. Sato
Denison
Russian plenipotentiaries depart for cruiser Chattanooga
The Russian peace envoys led by M. Witte and Baron Rosen left the Waldorf Astoria in an electric cab, traveled to the yacht landing, boarded launches to the Chattanooga, and received an 19 gun salute as the cruiser weighed anchor bound for Oyster Bay.
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St. Regis Hotel
Waldorf-Astoria
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Lodygensky
F. de Maartens
Gen
Vermoleft
Portsmouth
East Twenty-third Street
Ernst de Schilling
Peirce
Chattanooga
Mr. Peirce
Oyster Bay
Yacht Landing
Dodge Denounces Public Expenditure As Council Skirmish
President W H Dodge blasts what he calls extravagance in city spending and street department practices. He urges cross party support to block alleged large loans and to curb taxpayer burden during a council meeting held Thursday night.
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Common Council
W. H. Dodge
Casey
Bank
Aldermen
Tax rate guess by Abel Wheeler on tax board
Abel Wheeler of the board of assessors offered an educated guess on the upcoming tax rate. He suggested a range from $20.00 to $20.20 this year and cautioned he was not certain. Wheeler declined to elaborate further beyond noting the figures in hand.
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Abel Wheeler
Board of Assessors
Wheeler
Turbulent Scenes in Warsaw Violence and Arrests
Detectives raid a coffee house on Chrochmalina street capturing 70 Social Democratic party members including 30 organizers. Strikes rage across trades and infantry guard Lilpop iron works. A flour mill manager in Slodowice district was drowned by strikers, bound and thrown into a sewer.
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Warsaw
Poland
Chrochmalina Street
Social Democratic Party
Lilpopran
Slodowice
Clevelands Attend Mrs Carlisle Funeral in New York
Grover Cleveland and Mrs Cleveland left their Whiteface summer home for Westslip Long Island to attend the funeral of Mrs John G Carlisle wife of Secretary of the Treasury They traveled to New York by way of Boston carrying a quiet public profile and returning later by train or carriage according to the era's routine for such events
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N. H
Grover Cleveland
Catarrh Described as Debilitating From Blood Condition
The article explains catarrh affects nose throat stomach bowels and other organs. It is a discharge from mucous membranes when inflamed by an impure blood condition, commonly described as scrofulous.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cares for Catarrh
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for all forms of catarrh claiming it removes the cause and permanently overcomes effects. The copy emphasizes radical relief and urges readers to obtain Hood's.
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Hood
Oyster Bay Activity Anticipates Peace Envoys Arrival
Oyster Bay reports early today a burst of activity in anticipation of the peace envoys. The scene centers on Oyster Bay with heightened movement and notices of diplomatic arrival expected to influence local events.
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Oyster Bay
Man Killed At Lakeview Identified As Joseph Lebel
The Lakeview fatality is identified as 32 year old Joseph Lebel a longtime Pelham farmhand employed by Fred Greeley. Relatives say the death was accidental not self harm noting Lebel left his brother at 7 30 Thursday night after a normal visit. Passengers say Lebel attempted to jump the tracks to escape a car near the Fels cottage and was killed in the accident.
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Lakeview
Joseph Lebel
Fred Greeley
Pelham
Peter Lebel
Lakeview Avenue
Peter
Irish
Corier-Citizen
Sophie Lebel
Michael
Edward
Napoleon
Lowell
Lebel
Fels Cottage
Police Fire On Thieves In Chicago Robbery Gone Wrong
Four officers fired a fusillade chasing two robbers who stole goods worth 250 dollars from a baggage car on West Sixteenth Street. Three bystanders were wounded, including Mrs. Cohen who lost her ear. the robbers escaped after fleeing to Israel Jacobson's shop and then Union Street. Detective Foss fired first after halting command, followed by Lieut. Larkin and Officers O'Hara and Sullivan. A large crowd formed as the suspects fled on foot in the confusion.
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Chicago
West Sixteenth Street
James Larkin
Morris Cohen
Mrs. Cohen
Israel Jacobson
Foss
Union Street
Larkin
O'Hara
Sullivan
Cohen
Death Possibly Result Of Exposure Of Winchester Man
Thomas B. Monahan of Winchester was found on the Merrimack banks by a police officer and died at the city hospital. He had wandered from Winchester, was said to be insane, and had been weak at the hospital, failing steadily. Undertakers J. F. O'Donnell & Sons handled the body and it was later sent back to Winchester.
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Thomas B. Monahan
Merrimack
Winchester
J. F. O'Donnell & Sons
Suits for Salaries Involving Lowell Franchise
William H. Wilson states no league may sell a franchise while players owed money exist. He will file suits against former Lowell franchise owners to recover funds for players. Michael J. Sullivan of Boston joins, confirming players will be paid and arguing the New England League cannot afford to appear in debt.
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William H. Wilson
Lowell
Michael J. Sullivan
Boston
New England
Woman dies saving others in Monroe Street tenement fire
Philadelphia Aug 5 Rebecca Brownstein a young woman lost her life while trying to aid occupants of tenement house 315 Monroe street during an early morning fire She was overcome by smoke and died before firefighters arrived The other occupants were rescued
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Philadelphia
Rebecca Brownstein
Monroe Street
Shortage Found In City Clerk Boothby Accounts
Berlin New Hampshire police disclosed city clerk and treasurer Wm A Boothby was 7000 to 8000 short in his books. He attempted suicide by laudanum yesterday but family saved him. Boothby, 55, married with three children, covered the shortage with a bond. arrest expected soon.
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Berlin
N. H
Wm. A. Boothby
Boothby
China American Developing Co Shares Meet In Jersey City
Stockholders of the China American Developing Company owners of the Canton Hankow railroad concession met in Jersey City. J P Morgan and Temple Bowdoin of J P Morgan Co attended representing American interests. Foreign bids were not discussed at the brief session.
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New York
China-American Developing Company
China
Jersey City
J. P. Morgan
Temple Bowdoin
J. P. Morgan & Co
International cricket match draws big crowd at State Island Club
New York, Aug 5. resumed play in the international cricket test between All New York and Marylebone elevens. A larger crowd surrounded the State Island Club grounds than on opening day. Yesterday visitors were seven for 12 in their second innings after lunch they stood 120 for nine. In the first innings Marylebone made 95 while All New York were 96.
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New York
All New York
Marylebone
State Island
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N. G. Lamson
Merrimack River Savings Bank
Middlesex Street
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New
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Teershee Fe
Bayt
Dolphin
Mayflower
Conway Company
San Francisco
Iner
Wormser
Cet Savings Bank
Clevelands
Mrs. Carlisle
Ei-Azhar
G._G. Reed
Central St
Lowell Ball Team
Short
Mit
China-American Developing CO
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