Fever Situation in the South Grows Alarmingly
New Orleans reports 17 new yellow fever cases and four additional deaths by noon, raising total to 449 cases and unknown deaths. Quarantine hits commerce as trains halted to Calcasieu parish and mail service disrupted. area of infection expands below Canal Street while authorities seek federal hospital aid.
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New Orleans
Board of Health
Calcasieu
Southern Pacific
Watkins
Kansas City Southern
Canal Street
Jonesoro
Ark
New York
Galveston
Ribolets
Louisiana
Ship Island Canal
Mississippi
Behrman
Blanchard
United States Marine Hospital Service
Couple Held on Suspicion in Carl Brady Disappearance
Muscatine residents allege foul play after German Brady vanishes from his cabin boat near Fairport. Deputy Reynolds and Officer McElravy arrest William Nagle and Josephine Collette of Washington on suspicion, as they claim to have bought Brady’s boat for 40 dollars and say he went to Cincinnati.
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Carl Brady
Island B
Cincinnati
Reynolds
Rock Island County
James McElravy
William Nagle
Josephine Collette
Washington
Brady
Whitmore
McElravy
Deputy Reynolds
German Mechanics Aid Society
James Lewis
Nagle
Muscatine
Norman Butler
Geneva Island
Will Nagle
Fairport
No Cigarettes, Ape Is Dead in Indiana
In Anderson Indiana Aug 4 a Hagenbeck show chimpanzee died after five days without cigarettes due to Indiana law. Doctors noted rigid throat and chest muscles from lack of sedative cigarette intake. The animal’s owners could not obtain cigarettes and Governor Hanley refused to permit smoking in the state.
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Anderson
Ind
Indiana
Hanley
Well Known New York Broker Ill at Saratoga
Isador Wormser, a prominent New York banker and broker, is seriously ill at Saratoga Springs on August 4 with appendicitis. He is famed in financial circles and his condition has drawn attention from peers and media.
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New York
Saratoga, N. Y
Isador Wormser
Grace Taggart Adopts Chicago Hotel Porter’s Daughters
Chicago narrative unfolds as Grace Viola Culver Taggart, linked to Mas Elmore F. Taggart’s divorce case in Wooster, is revealed to be adopted by John Manville and not daughter of Charles Culver. Manville recalls the arrangement and her upbringing in luxury with the Culvers, while staying discreet about their kinship. The Wooster hearing features testimony of drinking and social scenes involving the Taggart couple and officers.
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Chicago
Grace Viola Culver Taggart
Mas. Elmore F. Taggart
United States Army
Wooster
John Manvile
Madison Street
Charles Culver
Board of Trade
Culver
Manvile
Manville
Lafayette
West
John
North Dakota
Culvers
Ohio
Taggart
Howard Taggart
Baltimore
Conger Teases Return as Roosevelt Spends Summer
Dispatches from Mexico City report former China minister Conger now in Mexico City plans to visit President Roosevelt. Observers in Washington doubt he will return to Mexico or serve again, amid talk the post was offered with retirement expected this fall.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Conger
China
Roosevelt
Osiaie
Mexico
Claim to Win A Victory Doubled In Record
A brief report notes two simultaneous claims to victory with both sides asserting success in a disputed event. Names and contexts are not specified in the fragment.
Perishable Freight Taken In Steamline Rail Strike
In St Paul on August 4 both sides claimed gains in the Great Northern and Northern Pacific strike. Perishable freight from nearly all Northern Pacific stations was accepted by the road today, while strike officials noted increased passenger train delays as a key feature of the dispute.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Creditors to Receive 7 Mills on Dollar in Chadwick Case
Creditors of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick will get a total dividend of 7 mills on the dollar once the case concludes. Referee in Bankruptcy Remington says assets may reach $25,000, with claims for attorney's fees and costs totaling $10,300, leaving about $14,000 to help cover $2,000,000 of indebtedness.
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Cleveland
Cassie L. Chadwick
Remington
Editor Robert W Criswell Dies in Subway Suicide
Robert W Criswell editor of the New Yorker a weekly journal who had been held to the grand jury on criminal libel involving names of friends of Miss Alice Roosevelt and whose ties to the Social Editors society were under scrutiny died last night by suicide after leaping before a subway express train. Several witnesses confirm the death as suicide.
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New York
Robert W. Criswell
The
New Yorker
Alice Roosevelt
Chased Gamblers Flee Across Chicago Waters
Nine-tenths of poolroom boat City of Traverse gamblers escaped police pursuit after marine and land chases in Chicago Aug 4. Wireless betting news failed. a river trap in Calumet River and a bridge turn allowed escapes. Fourteen men captured. others landed at Indiana Harbor and South Chicago police remain determined to press arrests today.
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Chicago
City of
Traverse
Calumet River
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Pecmans
Collins
South Chicago
Grain Dealers Held a Trust in Nebraska Case
Judge Barnes of the Nebraska supreme court issued a temporary injunction against the Nebraska Grain Dealers' association, alleging it operates as a trust restraining trade. The group is barred from pooling prices or accepting rebates, and current officers cannot act or new officers be elected pending the injunction. The suit, by the attorney general, cites a law modeled on the national Sherman Act.
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Lincoln
Neb
Barnes
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nebraska Grain Dealers’ Association
Zeigler Polar Expedition Relief Ship On Way
Christiana Aug 4 The Arctic vessel Rangry reports that July 16 she spoke to Magdalene the relief ship for the Zeigler polar expedition at latitude 74 25 north longitude 10 22 west. The Magdalene reported that all was well.
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Zeigler Polar Expedition
Christiana
Rangry
Magdalene
Jury Disagrees in Oregon Conspiracy Case
The jury in the case of Congressman Williamson Dr. Van Gessner and former U S Commissioner Biggs charged with conspiracy to suborn perjury in securing illegally a part of the public domain disagreed and was discharged.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Williamson
van Gessner
United States
Biggs
Zeigler Expedition Backed by Former Muscatine County Man
William Zeigler, a former Muscatine county man well known for arctic explorations, has died. His son survives and plans to seek the pole when he turns 21.
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Zeigler
William Zeigler
Muscatine County
Pole
Harriman Plans Major Rail Construction in Pacific Northwest
The Telegram reports E H Harriman will spend about 10.6 million to build rail lines in Oregon and Idaho, including a dual-track project from Riparia to Grangeville. The announcement coincides with Southern Pacific's plan to extend from Drain to Marshfield, Oregon.
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E. H. Harriman
Oregon
Portland
Washington
Idaho
Southern Pacific
Drain
Marshfield
Harriman
Riparia
Grangeville
Hill and Harriman
Unitah registration ends in Grand Junction
In Grand Junction Colorado on August 4 the Unitah registration appears finished with only about 14 home seekers arriving on today’s trains. Commissioner Richards was asked to modify the ruling denying registrations for veterans on blanks not provided by the government to allow about 500 eastern veterans time to obtain and file government blanks before registration closes.
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Grand Junction
Col
Unitah
Richards
Engine Wrecks From Bayonne Trestle Tragedy
An excursion train engine plunged from a Bayonne New Jersey trestle today. The engineer was drowned, but no passengers were injured. The incident left riders panicked on the trestle above.
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Bayonne
N. J
New York
Man Arrested for Attempted Explosion Aboard Excursion Boat
Bernard Scott, colored, is jailed in Baltimore on charges of attempting to blow up the boiler of the Jane Moseley excursion steamer. The vessel carried 500 colored excursionists when a portion of the machinery was found being removed by Scott.
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Baltimore
Bernard Scott
Jane Moseley
Scott
Woman shoots herself after concert ride
In Decatur Illinois on August 4 Anna Oye borrowed a revolver from James Garland as they returned from a concert to shoot at marks along the road. She then asked Garland to shoot her. After he refused she killed herself. No reason is known.
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Decatur
Ill
Anna Oye
Jumes Garland
Marks
Garland
Cannon Accepts Illinois Federal Day Meeting Invitation
Speaker Cannon has accepted the University of Illinois invitation to preside at the federal day meet ing October 17 during the installation of Edmund J. James as university president.
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Champaign
Ill
Cannon
University of Illinois
Edmund J. James
Prisoners Escape from Sioux City Jail
Eight prisoners charged with burglary and highway robbery escaped from the county jail in Sioux City Iowa this morning.
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Sioux City
Soux City
Russian peace envoy Witte sails to Oyster Bay for formal reception
M Witte the Russian peace envoy and Baron Rosen arrived at Oyster Bay and prepared for a formal greeting with President Roosevelt. Reports state Witte could arrange peace within 24 hours if Japan moderates terms, with indemnity as the main sticking point.
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New York
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Witte
M. de Witte
Japan
St. Petersburg
Russia
de Witte
M. Sato
Baron Komura
Russians surrender on Sakhalin Island cited by governor
Governor Liaponff says lack of bandage material and medicines forced surrender to Japan on July 31. About 70 officers and 3,200 men yielded with war supplies and government property handed to Japanese. Early reports say further clashes near the Umen river are likely as Korean fronts report Japanese advances checked by Russian detachments.
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Tokio
Sakhalin
Liaponff
Umen
Godzyadan
Manchuria
Korea
Kuanchoderi
Musaret
Piatsabang
Peter the Great Bay
Vladivostok
Attempted assassination of threshing co secretary outside Racine
An unknown group tried to ambush Richard Robinson, secretary of Case Threshing Machine Co, near Racine Wisconsin. The attackers fired on his auto as he traveled with his family but caused no injuries. Farmers warned motorists to slow due to frightened horses and runaways.
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Threshing Machine Co
Racine
Wis
Richard Robinson
Case Threshing Machine Company
Robbers Hold Up Des Moines Contractor in Broad Daylight
In Des Moines on August 4 two Black men entered contractor S. T. Roberts's office in the business district and robbed him of 415 dollars in cash and over 590 dollars in checks payable to his men. Roberts was assaulted as pedestrians watched. the pair escaped with the funds.
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Des Moines
S. T. Roberts
Roberts
Heir Presumptive Prince Maria Alfonso Dies in Spain
In San Sebastian Spain on August 4 infant Maria Alfonso nephew of King Alfonso XIII and heir presumptive to the throne died. He is the son of the late Princess Asturias sister of the king and was the infant nephew of the monarch.
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Spain
San Sebastian
Infante
Maria Alfonso
Asturias
Alfonso
Interurban Route Survey Planned Fairfield Keosauqua
A Kansas City firm will conduct a complete route survey and profile for the Fairfield to Keosauqua interurban railroad. Four hundred dollars was raised yesterday by Van Buren and Jefferson county supporters to fund the work, expected to be finished within ten days and then forwarded by the finance committee toward final action.
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Fairfield
Keosauqua
Kansas City
van Buren County
Jefferson County
Frank Curry Slugged and Robbed in Chicago
Frank Curry a 33 year old known as the strike breakers leader was slugged last night and robbed of 50 dollars at Custom House court and Harrison street. Allen C Loury a 33 year old special deputy sheriff formerly with the Employers' Teaming association was arrested. Curry was badly beaten.
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Chicago
Frank Curry
Custom House Court
Harrison Street
Allen C. Loury
Employers’ Teaming Association
Curry
Foresters Vote Down Insurance Rate Increase Proposal
At Boston on August 4 the Roman Catholic Order of Foresters voted 112 for and 97 against raising insurance rates. The proposal was referred back to state and provincial jurisdictions after the failure to reach a two thirds majority.
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Boston
Olmsted Named Permanent Member of Estimating Board
Washington Aug 4 Victor H Olmsted associate statistician under Edwin S Holmes will join the permanent estimating board after serving on the temporary panel D C crop bureau report states Olmsted replaces Holmes in the post and remains with the department of agriculture
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Victor H. Olmsted
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Edwin S. Holmes
Mr. Olmsted
Senator Stone Praises Buttermilk At Missouri Dairy Picnic
Callao Mo August 4 Senator W J Stone spoke at the dairy picnic saying he owned cows and milked them by hand and cut off his mustache to enjoy buttermilk while in Jefferson City he favored the drink, a story illustrating his fondness.
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Callao
W. J. Stone
Jefferson City
Crown Prince Gustav Arrives to Discuss Norwegian Throne
Copenhagen August 4 Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden arrived to confer with King Christian on the status and succession to the Norwegian throne.
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Crown Prince
Gustav
Sweden
Copenhagen
Christian
Weather outlook for Iowa shows cooling and clear skies
Special indications for Iowa predict partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with cooler weather. Sunrise at 4 47 a m and sunset at 7 07 p m, moonset at 9 25 p m.
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Chicago
Ill
Iowa
Portica
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