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Fever Fever Deaths and New Cases Across Cities
A late August New Orleans report shows 60 new yellow fever cases and 4 additional deaths, with total figures rising but daily deaths stable as federal measures curb spread. Pittsburg plans over 25 million dollars in steel plant expansions, doubling Monongahela River capacity and creating about 23 000 new jobs beyond current staff. An Atlantic City actor, Wynne Wynne, drowns in surf after cramps. a guard-led rescue fails to save him. An attempted assassination targets the Empress of China in Frankfort with a soldier-disguised assailant bayonetted by guards. The Knights of Pythias parade in McKeesport features about 500 marchers in four divisions. The U.S. survey boat Hancock sinks on Lake St Clair. officials aboard report no loss of life. Governor Curtin’s relative, Archibald Curtin, dies in Isrister Fenn at age 85.