May call on militia to restore order in quarantine
New Orleans authorities warn of civil powers and militia if chaos in quarantine continues. The state board of health enforces strict travel, mail, and ferry regulations to curb yellow fever spread and requires fumigated transport from infected areas. Governor Blanchard backs the measures amid rising cases and a public fund to aid relief efforts.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
State Board of Health
Blanchard
Souchon
Marine Hospital Service
Board of Health
Janvier
Citizens’ Committee
White
Lafayette
T. B. Gregson
Gregson
Chartres Street
Jersey's Railroad Tax Figures Released by State Board
New Jersey tax officials announce to local assessors the second class railroad property totals by district. Statewide value reaches 46.7 million dollars, up 3.8 million from last year, with Hudson County showing the largest gain at about 33.8 million and a 3 million rise.
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Jersey
Trenton
N. J
State Board of Assessors
Focal
Bnudson County
Explosion wounds several soldiers near Crow Creek camp
A telegram from the Seventh Infantry camp on Crow Creek reports that several enlisted men from Companies G and H were seriously wounded by a three inch shell found near the artillery camp. One man reportedly attempted to drive the shell into a dugout where it exploded.
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Cheyenne
Wye
Kort Russell
Eeventh Infantry
Crow Creek
Mardh
Woman Shot at Railroad Station Near Boston
Mrs. Jennie Spaulding of North Chelmsford was shot and killed while awaiting a train at Middlesex street station in LGavell Massachusetts. George W. Morris was arrested on murder charges.
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Lgavell
Mass
Jennie Spaulding
North Chelmsford
Middlesex Street
Boston and Maine Railroad
George W. Morris
Russian Assembly to Convene First Time Since Seventeenth Century
St Petersburg reports the Russian national assembly will convene as a deliberative body to discuss imperial measures. The body, over 500 members chosen by indirect elections, gains potential veto power over ministerial proposals, with elections in October and first session planned for November.
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ST. Petersburg
Alexi Michaelovitch
Special Commission
Interior
Bouligin
Council of Ministers
Peterhof
Nicholas
National Assembly
Den Motor Boat Disaster Near Bridgeport
In Bridgeport on August 9 the new motor boat Den owned by Charles F. Herreshoff capsized after a rudder chain failed. Frederick Bates, the machinist who could not swim, nearly drowned before rescue by the launch Alice. Charles Herreshoff was saved with minor injuries.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Den
Charles F. Herreshoff
Herreshoff
Frederick Bates
Werreshoff
Bates
Alice
Young Herreshoff
Volunteers Sue Government Over Pay for Hawaiian Duty
Henry C. S. Hastings William B. Coates and about thirty First Regiment New York infantry volunteers sue the United States for two months pay claiming they served in the Hawaiian Islands during the Spanish American War while the government says the unit was furloughed for sixty days. Evidence was heard by special commissioner E. C. Sturges.
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Albany
Henry C. S. Hastings
William B. Coates
New York Infantry Volunteers
United States
Hawaiian Islands
E. C. Sturges
Sturges
New York Red Men Convene in Ithaca with 300 Delegates
The grand council of the Improved Order of Red Men of New York state meets in Ithaca with 300 delegates for a four day session. A proposed increase in per capita tax from 32 to 50 cents is defeated by a large margin. A contest over junior sagapore leadership features Michael J. Murray of Owego and Frank B. Howard of Syracuse as candidates. election scheduled for tomorrow.
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New York
Red Men
Ithaca
N. Y
Grand Council
Order of Red Men
New York State
Finance Committee
Junior Sagapore
Michael J. Murray
Owego
Frank B. Howard
Syracuse
Noted Church Burned in New York City
St Thomas Episcopal church at Fifty third street and Fifth avenue was totally destroyed by fire. The brownstone building is reduced to a shell with only the tower and part of the walls left. Loss exceeds 250000 and includes priceless paintings and relics. Fire believed caused by defective insulation. Nearby Webb Twombly and Rockefeller houses were threatened but saved by firefighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Fifty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
America
Webb
Twombly
Rockefeller
Barney Oldfield Survives Detroit Race Crash
Barney Oldfield escaped death after a collision with Dan Vargis at Grosse Pointe track during the first mile of a five mile event. Oldfield’s car went through the fence into the infield, suffering a badly lacerated scalp and a severely bruised right arm. Vargis also left the track but was uninjured.
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Barney Oldfield
Detroit
Mich
Barney Oldfeld
Grosse Point Track
Dan Vargis
Lansing
Oldfield
Vargis
Woodruff Returns from Honeymoon in Europe
Ex Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff and his bride arrived in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II after a European honeymoon. Woodruff dismissed talk of a Republican mayoral candidacy, saying there was nothing in it and offering no political comment.
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Mr. Woodruff
New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
Europe
Woodruff
Treasury Secretary Shaw Denies Roanoke Resignation Rumor
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, visiting Roanoke to address the Republican state convention, dismissed a New York dispatch claiming he resigned to seek the presidency as “the merest rot.”
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Kot
Shawn. Roander
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Roanoke
New York
Roosevelt
Shaw
Wreck of Myers Dept Store Kills Many in Albany
A section of the John G. Myers department store on North Pearl street collapsed with over 100 people inside. Most victims were employees, many girls, as rescuers and doctors worked through the night. the loss is estimated at 200000 to 300000 amid a large payroll setback.
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Albany
John G. Myers Company
Pearl Street
Crockery, Glass and Fiiug
New York Central
Delaware and Hudson
David Orr
John G. Myers
George P. Hilton
H. King Sturdee
Edward F. Hackett
Robert M. Chalmers
Chalmers
Shonis Heads Home After Canal Meeting
Panama canal commission approved sending bodies of employees dying on the isthmus to the United States at government expense. It also approved a 250 room hotel for canal employees at Tivoli and a seventy room administration building adjacent to the hospitals facing the railroad line.
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Shonis
Panama
Colon
United States
Panama Canal Commission
Tivoli
Delaware, Lackawanna resumes schedule after Hoboken fire
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad says regular train schedules across all divisions are resumed, with passengers served from temporary sheds in Hoboken after the terminal buildings burned, causing more than 500,000 pounds in losses.
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New York
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Ohoken
Hoboken
President's Visitors Discuss Hankow Railroad Concession Talk
Chinese minister Sir Liang Cheng met with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill to discuss Hankow railroad negotiations, a topic also touched by J Pierpont Morgan. Loomis and Dr Jacob Hollander joined as guests. Hollander had earlier led a Santo Domingo fiscal probe.
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Han Kow
Oyater Bay
N. X
G Liang Cheng
Sagamore Hill
Flinner
Roosevelt
Hankow
J. Pierpont
Morgan
Liang
Jacob Hollander
Baltimore
Santo Domingo
Crete Village Bombarded by Russian Gunboat
Crete's Castelli on the north coast, eighteen miles east of Retimo, was bombarded and destroyed by the Russian gunboat Khrabry after insurgents opposed a landing to seize the customs house. A shore party was repulsed, two Russians wounded, and bombardment ended with a white flag. Shaw Said to Have Resigned as Treasury Secretary
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Crete
Brhanda
Castelli
Retimo
Khrabry
Collision on the Lackawanna injures five in New Jersey
An engineer, a fireman, and two passengers including a young girl were injured, none seriously, when the Haston express collided with a southbound Lackawanna train near Millburn Wyoming. The southbound train backed to take a switch toward the center track to New York.
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Lackawanna
Millburn
N. J
Wyoming
Lackawanna Road
Here
South Orange
New York
Tacoma Sailors to Cruise Off New England Coast
The United States cruiser Tacoma arrives in Philadelphia and will sail with the Philadelphia battalion of the Pennsylvania naval reserves for a ten days cruise off the New England coast. The Tacoma previously carried the Japanese peace envoys from New York to Oyster Bay.
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Philadelphia
United States
Tacoma
New York
Oyster Bay
Pennsylvania Naval Reserves
New England
Financial and Commercial New York Markets Report
New York markets show wheat steady to higher on covering and corn sentiment. wheat September at 87 88 2 c, December 89 80 4 c. Corn firm with modest gains. oats weak with irregular prices. Flour steady. beans steady with mixed grades. Wool firm. hops steady across regions and years. Butter and cheese varied by grade. eggs quoted state wide. Dressed poultry and meats display price ranges for chickens ducks and calves with regional differences.
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New York
Minnesota
Pacific Coast
Mercantile Exchange
Inc
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Long Island
Live Stock Markets Report
Live stock markets show light cattle supply with steady demand. Prices for prime cattle reach 25.50 to 5.50. calves around 36.50. hogs remain active with prime heavy Yorkers 62 to 6.20 and light Yorkers 3.50 to .55. pigs 6.15 to 6.25. roughs 4.50. Sheep and lambs stay light with prime wethers near 35.40 to 5.40 and spring lambs about 6.60 to 6.75.
Envoys Face Peace Talks in Portsmouth
Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries met at the naval yard in Portsmouth to discuss credentials as negotiations for ending the war begin. The first day featured ceremonial welcomes, with Witte Rosen Komura Takahira in attendance and crowds cheering along the streets.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Miss
United States
New Hampsh
Navy Yard
Japan
E& ‘Wara
Takahhira
Witte
Baron Rosen
McLane
Russia
M. Witte
Rosen
Ohe
Burnham
Gallinger
Sulloway
Currier
Peirce
Wentworth
Baron Komura
Takahira
Baron. Rosen
Baron.Komura
Local Farm Dispute Over Chickens Sparks County Cases
Reports describe a rural dispute involving Joseph Richt and Charles Van Soulen near Philadelphia. Allegations include shooting, beating, and livestock losses as authorities investigate a string of chicken killings and property damage linked to the Van Soulen estate and a related family feud spanning years.
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Joseph Richt
Union
Diebrush
Was
Charles ‘van So
Jai
M Farms
Van's
Ins
Philadelphia
Insland
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Rock Island
Ches. & Ghio
St. Paul
Chi. & Northw
Southern Pac
Dy. & Hewseseeeaes
Southern Ry
Erie Ten
South
Hy. Pf
Ee Gen. Electric
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
Louis. & Nash
U. S
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U. GS. Steel
TT West
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Sn & Bhe
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Newa
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