Yellow fever reports mixed with labor strife across cities
New Orleans reports three convalescents and five cases as doctors note progress against yellow fever while quarantine blocks Texas traffic. In Chicago Edison predicts a light electric traction battery, intends October market release, and unions reinstate drivers as employers push to end strikes. Russia debates terms of war while Sakhalin administration is established and Japanese outlook remains guarded.
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New Orleans
Board of Health
Canal Street
South
J. H. White
United States Marine Hospital Service
Lumberton
Lebaron
Miss
Submarine mine kills seven sailors near Stockholm
Stockholm Aug one Seven sailors were killed and eight severely injured when a submarine mine exploded during mining practice at Sandhamn roads near Stockholm. The boat carrying the victims struck the mine and was blown into the air.
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Stockholm
Sandhamn Roads
Out All Night in a Fog on Diamond Jo St Paul
The Diamond Jo Line packet St Paul was overtaken by heavy fog near La Crosse on the way to St. Paul. The heavily loaded boat drifted into a slough and remained stranded for most of the night. Crews carefully steered it back into the channel just before dawn.
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la Crosse
St. Paul
Diamond Jo
St Paul
Mayor Upheld as Street Lights Continue Under Expired Franchise
Springfield Aug 1 The city council upheld the mayor and sustained the chair after Alderman Hay appealed. The Utilities Company continues lighting the streets though the contract ended Sunday at midnight. Neither side disclosed next steps.
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Springfield
Ill
Devereaux
Ald. Hay
Mayer
Sumiay
Hoch Lacks Required Cash In Aid Bid For Hoch
In Chicago on August 1 Johann Hoch the so called Bluebeard received a letter from a St Louis editor who had pledged 400 dollars for his appeal. The editor sent 110 dollars back to subscribers after the governor refused aid leaving Hoch with little funds. Hoch plans another drive to raise the remaining 300 dollars while learning his wife Emily Fischer Hoch is appearing in a New York dime museum.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Johann Hoch
Bluebeard
Hoch
Emily Fischer Hoch
New York
Undesirable Foreigners Surge into United States
New York today reports a rising influx of European migrants described as undesirable by U.S. Commissioner Watchborn. July arrivals reach about 43,000, up from 36,000 a year earlier, while deportations confirm growing concerns over the immigrant flow and quality.
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New York
Europe
United States
Watchborn
Millworkers Lose Homes in Boges Run Fire near Benwood
Early today a blaze in Wheeling West Virginia destroyed six houses on Boges Run near Benwood, housing mill workers. The fire caused about 30000 dollars in damage and several people reported missing, believed cremated.
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West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
Boges Run
Benwood
Fleet in Action Going to Maine Coast
Eight battleships of the North Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Evans sailed from Hudson anchorage bound for Frenchman's Bay Maine for night target practice with illuminated shells. The squadron, the most powerful seen in New York waters since the Dewey parade, will maneuver for about three days then split for Portland and Boston. The fleet will rendezvous near the Isle of Shoals and visit Provincetown and Newport, staying at Newport from August 20 to 28 before annual target practice in Massachusetts Bay.
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New York
Admirel Evans
Hudson River
Frenchman's Bay
Maine
Dewey
Portland
Boston
Isle of Shoals
Massachusetts
Provincetown
Newport
Massachusetts Bay
Monmouth Lawyer Drowns in Mississippi River
Monmouth I Aug 1 James Hunter Peacock aged 22 son of Judge T G Peacock of this city drowned last evening while bathing in the Mississippi river. He graduated from Monmouth college last year and has been associated with his father in a law office. Cumback Author Dead Greensburg Aug 1 Will Cumback, renowned author and politician lecturer, is dead at his home.
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James Hunter Peacock
Mississippi
Monmouth, I
TG. Peacock
Peacock
Monmouth College
Moody's Visit Unexpected to Discuss Graft Probes
Attorney General Moody arrived at Oyster Bay to confer with the president on cases sent from the agricultural department. The talks focus on the cotton crop report and the nitro culture scandals as inquiries proceed under the Justice Department.
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Oyster Bay
British cruiser squadron sails to American waters
Gibraltar Aug 1 The British second class cruiser squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Battenburg sailed today for three months in American waters. Ohio prohibitionists convene in Columbus with large attendance. Swift & Co. beef department fire in St Joseph causes about 50000 loss.
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Prince Louis
America
Gibraltar
Prince Louis of Battenburg
American
Ohio
Columbus
F. M. McCartney
Central Committee
Swift & Co
St. Joseph
Czar's Ministers Plan For Assembly
In St. Petersburg on August 1 the council of ministers met at Peterhof under the emperor to review the project for a national assembly. The session focused on outlining the framework and purpose of the proposed representative body.
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St. Petersburg
Council of Ministers
Peterhof
Zeigler will contest settled by cash and stock
New York August 1 by a court settlement the Zeigler will contest was resolved. Justice Geigrich authorized Justice Gaynor executor to pay Mrs Ziegler 1 2 million in cash and 5,000 Royal Baking Powder stock valued at 1 8 million. The adopted son consented.
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New York
William Zeigler
Zeigler
Geigrich
Supreme Court
Gaynor
Amana Society Upheld by Iowa Court
Iowa City district judge Burns dismissed a suit to dissolve the Amana Society, described as a large communal organization with extensive farm and factory holdings, ruling the benevolent association remains within its rights. Also notes a tragic headline from St Joseph and incidents in What Cheer, including a woman gored by a bull near Indianapolis.
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Iowa City
Burns
District Court
Amana Society
What Cheer
Iowa
Bradford
Indianapolis
American boycott spreads to Nagasaki Japan
Washington reports a cablegram from the American consul at Nagasaki stating the boycott against Americans and American products has extended to Nagasaki. This marks the first indication of the movement reaching Japan.
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Washington
State Department
Nagasaki
Japan
Secretary Wilson Sets Up Sweeping Department Shakeup
Oyster Bay Aug 1 There is a new crop of scandal in the department of agriculture with officials in the bureau of animal industry and the weather bureau under scrutiny. Secretary Wilson says he will reform the department from top to bottom and will not resign. He plans a complete reorganization of the crop statistics bureau as the first step in cleaning house.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Roosevelt
Washington
Edwins. Holmes, Jr
John Hyde
George T. Moore
Bureau of Plant Industry
Nitro-Culture Company
Westchester
United States
Willis J. Moore
Moore
Blue Bid Mountains
Virgina
Department
Congress
Blue Ridge Mountain
Crop Statistics Bureau
Big suits become millions for policy holders restitution
New York Attorney General Julius Mayer opens suits against James Hye and 48 former Equitable officers seeking restitution of funds. Courts may order 49 defendants to account and return money for the benefit of current policy holders. Registration for Uintah land draws underway in Utah with thousands in line. distribution via drawing set for Aug. 17.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hyde
Equitable Society
Equitable
Attorney General
Denver
Ant. L
Grand Junction
Cal
Vernal
Price
Provo
Utah
Uintah Reservation
William Wayback
Ouray
Zionist delegates clash as Basle congress curtailed
Basle Switzerland Aug 1 Zionist congress barred from all night sittings after a Sunday meeting police order. Territorialists depart to hold separate meetings and publish pamphlets attacking leaders accused of pushing Uganda offer and tolerating electoral irregularities, especially in Russia. About thirty secede led by Israel Zangwill.
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Basle
Switzerland
Zionist Congress
Congress
Uganda
Russia
Israel Zangwill
Butchers Form A National Union In Grand Rapids
In Grand Rapids Michigan on August 1 representatives of the Master Butchers Association of America and the National Meat Dealers Association of America voted to disband and to form the United National Union of Butchers. The two groups held meetings to wind up affairs and then established the new national organization later that day.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
United National Union of Butchers
Master Butchers’ Association of America
National Meat Dealers’ Association of America
United Association
Boundary Fight Kills Councilman in Peoria Township
Henry Ahrens a Spring Bay councilman of 50 years died after a fight with supervisor Alfred Hosher over township boundaries. Hosher struck Ahrens knocking him down. his skull was crushed on impact, causing instant death. Local authorities investigate the boundary dispute and homicide.
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Peoria
Henry Ahrens
Spring Bay
Alfred Hosher
Hosher
Ahrens
Emperor William Visit Deemed Nonpolitical Emittance
Copenhagen August 1 official statement denies political significance to Emperor William's visit to Sweden, describing it as a mere emis sary call to King Christian with no conferences planned. In Quincy HL Ang, police sergeant Michael H Berry shot himself on the street amid domestic trouble cited as the cause.
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Emperor William
Sweden
Copenhagen
Christian
Quincy. HL
Ang
Michael H. Berry
United States to Send Delegate to Moroccan Reforms Conference
Tangier August 1 The United States government notified the foreign office that it will send a representative to the international conference on Moroccan reforms.
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Tangier
Morocco
United States
The
Foreign Office
Geologic Survey faces probe over Mining World ties
Washington, Aug 1. The geological survey, a bureau of the interior department, will be investigated by the Kuh commission on charges that survey officials own stock in Mining World, a Chicago journal, and have exploited scientific theories for personal gain. Four of seven Mining World directors are survey officials, including E. C. Eckle, David T. Day, and E. W. Parker, the latter a member of Roosevelt's coal strike arbitration board.
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Washington, D. C
Geological Survey
Interior Department
Kuh Commission
Chicago
United States
Mining World Company
The
Mining World
E. C. Eckle
David T. Day
E. W. Parker
Parker
Roosevelt
Coal Strike Arbitration Board
Operators Quit Lockout Hits Northern Lines
Telegraphers for Great Northern on Wilmar Fergus Falls Breckenridge and related divisions struck over wages. The walkout affected nearly all telegraphers in those divisions with the company declaring most workers satisfied. Reported lockout extends from St Paul to the coast with unclear total affected.
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St. Paul
Great Northern Railway
Wilmar
North Dakota
Fergus Falls
Breckenridge
Sap
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Chicago Employers’ Association
Orleans
Dr. Tabor
Louisiana
Russ
Novoe Vremya
M. Neatoff
Gazette
Sakhalin
Tokio
Hariguci
Sakhalin Island
Thomas Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Wen
Arks
Newmara
Edison
Employers’ Association
Teamsters
United
North Atlantic
Evans
Metropolis
Dewey Naval Parade
Monmouth
Moody
Gruiser
William Ziegler
St. Joseph, Mich
Fred Schneider
James Lf. Wilson
OF the Equitable Society
BOLT
Zionist
Illinois
Mining Ain Magazine
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
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