Yellow fever surge in New Orleans and coast area
Reporting from New Orleans between August 14 and 18, fever cases rose sharply with deaths remaining low. Notable figures include Louis Casuillo Jr and ex-councilman Maurice Kenny among the cases, while Dr. Corput and Cuban expert Dr. Guiteras led house to house and quarantine efforts. Mississippi City reports eleven cases and Gulfport quarantine followed. The city notes ongoing federal and local medical cooperation and a cautiously improving outlook despite rising case counts.
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New Orleans
Louis Casuillo, Jr
People’s Bank
Johnson Street
Maurice Kenny
Kenny
Canal
Corput
Algiers
Mississippi River
White
Canal Street
John Guiteras
Guiteras
Havana
Gulf Cities
Gulfport
Mississippi City
Gulf
Gulf Coast
Jackson
Gulf and
Ship Island
Mississippi Coast
Plan to seat Prince Charles of Denmark in Norway fails
Berlin Aug 17 reports Britain's effort to place Prince Charles of Denmark on the Norwegian throne has failed. Copenhagen dispatches say the plan collapsed and Norway is expected to become a republic.
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Prince Charles
Berlin
Great Britain
Prince Charles of
Denmark
Copenhagen
Norway
Cleveland Electric Railway Bans Spooning on Cars
General Manager Stanley announced that spooning will be forbidden on company cars in Cleveland O after recent complaints. Reports say rear seats have seen girls sitting on men's laps and other expressions of youthful affection in public transit.
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Cleveland
Stanley
Cleveland Electric Railway
Mining World not controlled by Geological Survey says Walcott
Washington reports that Director Walcott affirmed the United States Geological Survey does not own or control the Mining World of Chicago. He noted no information was sold before publication and that a small stock fraction was privately subscribed by some survey members. He urged evidence of wrongdoing be reported to officials or the investigative committee.
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Washington
Mining World of
Chicago
United States Geological Survey
Walcott
Montana
Geological Survey
Day
Secretary of the Interior
Latest Cash Market Reports for Butter Cheese and Produce
Butter and dairy prices listed with multiple grades and vendors including Butter-Creamery and Cooley's. Raw figures cover butter, cheese, eggs, fruits, greens, and grains with varied quotes across cities, cases, and packing methods.
Conference Debates Cession of Sakhalin and Open Door Policy
Portsmouth August 16 two more articles at the conference were disposed of with article four approving then open door policy and Chinese integrity. Article six on surrender of Russian leases to Liaotung Port Arthur Dalny and related islets was deferred. Russia and Japan seek accord on Sakhalin and other long list of remaining articles amid caution over warship surrender and naval power.
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Portsmouth
N. H
China
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Blonde
Elliott Islands
Sakhalin
Korea
Wanchuria
Manchuria
Amur
Harbin
Vladivostok
Japan
Russia
Eliott Islands
Siberian
Bering Sea
Far East
Far Eastern
Six States to Probe Major Insurance Companies
Lincoln Neb Aug 16 Insurance Auditor Pierce said six states Nebraska Wisconsin Minnesota Louisiana Kentucky and Tennessee will jointly begin an investigation into the affairs of Equitable New York Life and Mutual Insurance companies starting October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Pierce
Insurance Department of
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Louisana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Equitable, New York Life and Mutual Insurance
Arrests Alleged Murderer in Sumpter Ore Case
D. Dev in, a locomotive engineer, was arrested by a Sheriff Steele of Cattaraugus County New York on murder charges. The suspect allegedly killed a man after a quarrel in Olean, within the county.
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Sumpter
Ore
D. Devin
Steele
Cattaraugus County
New York
Olean
Utah boy is the first in drawing for homesteads
Provo Utah August 18 Ray Daniels of Provo was the first name drawn from the box for homestead selections in the United Reservation. Noah M Balbock of Angora Colorado drew second. They will have first and second picks when lands open to entry on August 28. Each 160 acre claim valued at 5000 to 10000 dollars, with 10000 a liberal top for best claims.
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Provo
Utah
Ray Daniels
United Reservation
Noah M. Balbock
Angora
Colo
Daniels
Balcock
National railway commissioners visit Deadwood for guests
In Deadwood South Dakota on August 17 the national railway commissioners arrived amid preparations to accommodate about 200 guests. City officials and railroad representatives were coordinating plans for the visit and ensuing discussions.
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Deadwood
National
Referendum in Christiania shows 868200 votes for dissolution
Complete returns from Sundays referendum in Norway indicate 868200 votes favor separation from Sweden and 184 against. The result pleases Storthing leaders and contrasts with 236641 votes cast in the last general election, signaling strong support despite some reporting glitches.
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Christiania
Norway
Sweden
Storthing
Russia Yields The Manchurian Rail Way
Portsmouth N H Aug 16 The peace talks show a hopeful spirit as plenipotentiaries push toward a treaty. M Witte claims he has yielded seven of eight articles, with Article 7 granting a line from Harbin to Port Arthur and Dalny to China and Article 8 keeping a northern Manchuria link to Russia. Russia surrenders most Manchurian ambitions, leaving only a commercial rail link and Chinese police duties.
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Portsmouth
N. EL
M. Wite
Russia
China
Harbin
Port Arthur
Dalny
Niuchwang
Ine
Manchuria
Vladivostok
Harborovsk
Associated Press
Danny
Maritime
Pacific
N. H
M. Witte
Major Conger to Return to China Mission Planned
Edwin H. Conger of Iowa, former US minister to China and recent American ambassador to Mexico, will return to China soon on a semi diplomatic mission. He was summoned to Washington for talks with the president about the Chinese boycott and will not resume duties in Mexico. Arrangements are under way for his Peking assignment to ease anti American sentiment over Chinese use of American products.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Edwin H. Conger
Iowa
United States
China
Mexico
Conger
Presidnt
Peking
Last of the Baltic Fleet Returns to Libau
The Russian transport Andyer, escaped capture at sea, passed the Great Belt on its way home to Libau after the battle of the Sea of Japan. It is the only vessel from Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet to return.
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Kiel
Prussia
Andyer
Sea of Japan
Great Belt
Beattic Sea
Libau
Rojestvensky
Help for American Commerce at Portsmouth Talks
The Asahachi suggests Japan did not press for open door in Siberia or Siberian river navigation during Portsmouth peace conference. Vladivostok as a free port would not benefit Japan much but could boost American commerce. the piece argues that pursuing one aim may meet another.
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Tokio
Asahachi
Portsmouth
Japan
Siberia
Siberian
Vladivostok
Reciprocity Conference Pushes Maximum and Minimum Tariff
Chicago hosts a two day national reciprocity conference with 600 delegates from across the country. The gathering favors a maximum and minimum tariff and calls for a permanent tariff commission to oversee reciprocal concessions. Gov. Cummins of Iowa delivers a fiery keynote against opponents of reciprocity as speakers from New York to Ohio present the plan.
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Chicago
Aug
Illinois
West
A. D. Sanders
John E. Wilder
Trials Manufacturers Association
William R. Corwin
New York
Frederick Larrabee
Iowa
Charles S. Deneen
Dunne
WI. H. Mickey
Nebraska
B. Packard
William C. Maybury
Michigan
I. T. Prior
Texas
Andrew G. Webster
Massachusetts
W. R. Corwin
Packard
Cullum
Collum
Eugene N. Foss
Boston
Michael Ryan
Ohio
United States
American Reciprocal Tariff League
Congress
A. B. Cummins
Cummins
Edward Rosewater
Omaha
W. C. Maybury
Detroit
A. B. Farquhar
Pennsylvania
F. Hower
Wisconsin
Lockridge
Indiana
Proclamation Warns Against Intimidation of Buyers in Canton
Consul General Law at Canton cables that the viceroy has issued a proclamation urging people not to intimidate those who wish to buy American goods and not to commit violence. The notice appears to have had no observable effect.
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Washington, D. C
Law
Canton
China
State Department
Petrified Body Of Mrs Barton Discovered In Massachusetts
The body of Mrs David Barton mother of Clara Barton was found petrified when exhumed from a cemetery in Oxford Massachusetts. It weighed 275 pounds and had been buried six years. Nearby the coffin of Miss Barton's father contained only dust. A separate line mentions a Negro being burned at the stake in Sulphur Springs Texas with no details provided.
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Oxford
Mass
David Barton
Clara Barton
Miss Barton
Inter State Commission Opens Probe Into Refrigerator Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission began an investigation into relationships between railroads and refrigerator lines. It charges rebates and acts as authorized agents by the refrigerator lines for railroads, lowering home-shipper rates. Violations cited include sections 1, 2, 6, and 8 of the act, with territories spanning Missouri to New York.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Armour Car Line
American Refrigerator Transportation Company
Santa Fe Refrigerator
St. Louis & San Francico
Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Interstate Commerce Committee
Commission
Missouri
Arkansas
Indiana
Texas
California
Louisiana
Kansas
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
New York
Sentiment Going to Russia and Pro-Japanese Shift Cited
Portsmouth dispatch reports American press correspondents now leaning pro Russian after heavy Russian source use. It notes many journalists originally pro Japanese but influenced by Russian channels, with some discussion of protocol secrecy at a Russo Japanese conference and a humorous town cemetery subscription anecdote.
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Portsmouth
N. H
London Times
Russia
Taron Komura
M. deWitte
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Chi
Tbs
Louisa
Joseph
Gs. Pulcase
Chicago Board OF Trade
The
Baye, Ball’ Club
Livauta
Mt Ind
Major Gonger
Ared
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Teag
Hugo Lieber
Europe
Br. Lieber
Flower ‘Hospital
Bsene
Natal
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