Yellow Fever Death Toll Rises in New Orleans
Six more deaths bring New Orleans yellow fever fatalities to 42 by 6 p.m. today with 105 cases to date and a broadened citywide spread across nineteen quarters. Health officials report a slow spread amid crowded French Market area conditions and push quarantine enforcement and mosquito eradication campaigns citywide.
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the Tribune
New Orleans
Health Board
Bunkeye
Louisiana
Reneh Market
Canal Stand
Algiers
Genthe
State Board of Health
Souchon
Ameim
Helize
Livington
Banenes
Central America
Asheville Opens Gates to Fever District Inhabitants
Asheville N C July 20 Asheville opens gates to inhabitants of the yellow fever district of Louisiana. A meeting of the Board of Trade and Aldermen was held today to consider an invitation sent by Mayor Barnard to a telegraph from New Jersey. The distillery of Ferman Martin in Pinckney was robbed yesterday with a loss of a large quantity of goods and arrested suspects mentioned but not confirmed. A variety of local notices and advertisements appear, including references to a rich claret wine by Dewey and a century train dream from New York to Chicago.
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Asheville
N. C
Louisiana
Orcs
Board of Trade and Search of Aldermen
Barnard
TeLenmann
New Bracewick
Ferman Martin
Pincutawartons
Haat Igi
Wan Lara
Police Mutiny Quelled in Panama City
Panama July 20 a mutiny broke out among the police force but was stopped early when Santiago de la Guardia Secretary of War confronted the rebels with a drawn revolver. Officers backed him and the mutineers were placed in irons. The Chief of Police Leónidas Pret remained at Aguadulce.
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Panama
Santiago de la Guardia
Leonidas Pret
Tm Aguadulce
Boston Denies Entry for Duke of Cornwall Regt to Rhode Island
Adjutant General Stopford refused permission for the 43d Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles to enter Massachusetts en route to Providence for a British celebration. Governor Douglas and Attorney General Parker-supported ruling citing Massachusetts prohibitive statutes. The unit would travel in uniform with arms via New York to Providence. an alternative was proposed to forward arms to Providence. A planned Ottawa to Providence excursion by Montreal officials was later abandoned due to state authority obstacles.
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Stopford
Maynard Rogers
Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles
Ottawa
Ontario
Douglas
Parker
Massachusetts
Regident
Providence
Ynsetts
Montreal
Que
Oitaws
R. I
Canada Seizes Sheep Near Havre in 1900s Case
A Helena dispatch reports Canadian Mounted Police seized 2,500 head of sheep owned by John McLaren of Havre Montana. The flock was held for double duty after McLaren sailed from New York for Europe. His brother acts as representative. Duty totals 3100 dollars.
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St. Paul
Helena
Mont
John McLaren
Havre
Canadian Mounted Police
McLaren
New York
Europe
Relatives to Post Bail for Pittsburg Forgery Suspect
David Stuart Scott held in Pittsburg on forgery charges may be released within a day if relatives raise about 32 000 dollars to repay his wife’s claim. Scott, son of former Allegheny Valley Railroader president John Scott, is alleged to have forged her time to a mortgage and to have scattered funds across New York Colorado and Kansas before being brought back from St. Louis.
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Frimcxe
Pitsburg
David Stuart Scott
St. Louis
Scott
John Scott
Allegheny Vatley Railran
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Stat
New York
Colorado
Kansas
Peary Sails for Pole From North Sydney
The Roosevelt steamed from Terminal Wharf at 2 PM with Commander Robert E Peary at the helm. Peary expressed confidence in a successful expedition and expects to return in September. Mrs Peary and their daughter, who had accompanied him to the city, departed for New York.
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North Sydney
C. B
Roosevelt
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
New Chief Raiding in Chicago Raises Public Safety
Chicago appoints Joan M. Collins as Chief of Police succeeding Francis ONeill. Collins, rising from the ranks, led frontline operations against Pelton Sihet anarchist threats and sternly cracked down on gambling clubs, with mass arrests and a pledge to end gambling in Chicago.
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Chicago
Dunne
Capiste
Joan M. Collins
The
Collins
Francis O'Neill
Neroimen
Pelton Sihet
Hassmarae
Sacovnughi
Broad Sabinn
Colliss
Peace terms at Washington conference outline expected
The first Washington conference business meeting at Portsmouth New Hampshire around August 5 will disclose Japan’s peace terms to M Witte. Japan seeks indemnity near one billion dollars, cession of Saghalien control of the Liao Tung Peninsula and Manchuria return to China with Chinese administration after a period of disorder, and preservation of Japan’s influence in Korea.
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Washington
Far East
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Baron Komura
M. Witte
Japan
Russia
Saghalien
Lino‘Tung Peninsula
Harbin
Corea
Manchuria
China
Cuba
Europe
Vladivostok
London
Japanese consul questions plan for Emperor clipping album
Consul General Sadazuchi Uchida said he cannot endorse a proposed project to assemble about seventy five thousand newspaper clippings totaling nine hundred pounds as a history of the Japanese Russian War for presentation to the Emperor. Stamford White of West 19th Street solicited Wall Street figures to write greetings and subscribe indirectly, but Uchida’s investigation casts doubt on the enterprise.
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Sadazuchi Uchida
Japan
Wall Street
Stamford White
West 19Th-St
Imperial Board
America
White
Uchida
Foot Fast 2 Flagged Tea Rescue On Bridge
Miss Mai Polifgrin a Farrngton millworker became trapped with a foot wedged between the tracks on a railroad bridge as a switch engine approached. The engineer reversed the engine narrowly missing her, and rescuers freed her, her companions watching in fear until she recovered from the fright. The incident accompanies notices on insurance and a zoo poisoning case in New York.
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Conn
Mai Polifgrin
Iq Farrngton
Ferman
Fcrom
Japanese Army Attacks Russians on the Tumen River
London dispatch from Tokio via The Daily Telegraph reports a Japanese army of thousands has begun attacking the Russian position along the Tumen River, signaling a major engagement in the theater.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Tokio
Salsa
Japan
Tumen River
Japanese Bat talion Seizes Lighthouse On Siberian Coast
Reports from Manchuria describe a Japanese landing near De Kastries, taking a lighthouse and threatening the Russian garrison at Saghalien. Officials say the action targets strategic straits to prevent Russian withdrawal, though it likely does not alter the main campaign.
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Manchuria
Siberian
de Kastries
Alexandrovsk
Vladivostok
Straits of
Tartary
Saghalien
Viadivestox
AMOOR EXPEDITION THREAT REPORTED FROM LONDON
London dispatch says Japan lands at Dekastries near Saghatien and may seize the Amoor River mouth to push a riverine expedition. Gunboats could reach Harbin and aid attacks on Russian forts while Ussuri and Sungari are navigable for light-draft vessels. The quote suggests a potential Japanese inland advance in three directions, possibly forcing Russian retirements from Harbin districts.
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London
Dekastries
Saghatien
London Morning
Amoor
Harbin
Ussuri
Sungari
Japan
Kirin
Feng-Hwa
Michigan Earthquake Rumor Shakes Towns In July
A reported tremor in Valumet Michigan causes excitement with buildings rocking and plaster falling. Marquette and nearby iron range towns also felt a distinct shock with a dull rumble, tall structures swaying and windows rattled, but no damage reported.
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Marquette, Mich
Marquette
Marquette Iron Range
Japan Honors Mr. Taft At Imperial Audience Luncheon
In Tokyo the Emperor and Empress received Secretary Taft and his party at the imperial palace, with Miss Alice Roosevelt escorted by Lloyd Griscom. The ceremony drew large crowds as princes, princesses, and officials participated in the audience and luncheon.
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Tokio
Japan
Taft
Imperial Palace
Lloyd €. Griscom
Alice Roosevelt
Stansmen
Mr. Taft
Griscom
Lip pincottSons in Danger Near Newport
Two sons of J R Lip pincott publisher of Philadelphia escaped drowning when their small yacht capsized near Jamestown. The boat overturned in a squall in the channel between Fort Adams and Jamestown and was later recovered.
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Newport
J. R Lippincott
Philadelphia
Jamestown
Fort Adams
Jamesown
Fugitive Black man surrounded in Dismal Swamp chase
Police and farmers with armored cars surround six square miles of Dismal Swamp to capture Charles Long, a Black man linked to a serious case in Trenton. Long, last seen near South Plainfield and Picton, evades detectives amid gunfire, with residents arming for potential incident. A woman suspected of aiding Long is reported nearby, and the hunt continues with extra officers expected to join.
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Pialageld
N. I
Charles Long
Matthew Cunningham
Long
South Plaindeid
Dennis Harlan
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Trenton
Picton
Lees
South
Nelson Farm
Nelsom
Mr. Nelson
Mercer County
Lou
Negro Rules Council Names Five Wilmington Officials
The Delaware Telegraph reports a deal between the Democratic majority and Colored Addicks Republican member Thomas E Pasties to elect seven city officials. The arrangement aims to consolidate power, install a color officer as city treasurer's clerk, and influence the upcoming double United States Senate race next year.
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Tue Tarsrom
Wilmington
Del
Thomas E
Delaware
Amy
United States
Seg
Dieson
Police Avert Lynching in Erie Pennsylvania
Fragmentary report describes a mob attempt on a father and others near an Auburn Road location. The chaotic scene involves a crowd that threatened violence, with authorities or bystanders intervening to prevent a lynching amid conflicting details and garbled OCR.
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