Quarantine Complete Amid Yellow Fever Watch
Washington reports indicate Marine Hospital Service monitored Hampton and Phoebus with house to house inspection ordered. No new cases or deaths at Soldiers' Home. garrison moves planned northward. Virginia requests Hampton inmates stay with medical supervision and War Dept offers support to local authorities.
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Washington
Marine Hospital Service
Mampton
Phoebus
Wyman
Snowden
Alexendera
Hampton and
Marine Hospital
Chesapeake Bay
Evening Star
Newport News
Woodfin
Star
Fort Monroe
Battery Point
War Department
Merritt
Hattery Point
Del
Burgeon von Exedort
New Orleans
Virginia
Hampton Soldiers’ Home
Thas
Govnora
Phoebe
Miles Warning
Bantiago
Root
Miles
Army Medical Corps
Lanaretti
Sternberg
Army
Army Medical Museum
Thin
Reed
Carroll
Doty
New York
Lanarelli
Sanarelli
Wasdin
Geddings
Choctaws Hold Election Amid Wariness Reported
Durant Oklahoma Aug 2 Choctaws hold an election today across three voting places to choose council members and officers amid concern over infection rates among soldiers at the Choctaw reservation. Secretary Root and General Miles reportedly discussed removal to the North.
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Miles
United States
Santiago
Silver State
Coast of America
Durant
1. T
Aws
Blue County
Cardo
Recommenda
Arrest of a Murderer on the Shoota Indian Reservation
A 27-year-old tramp named C. Young confessed to killing A. C Bush and John Cooley, two farmers and stock raisers from the Shoota Indian reservation. Bush and Cooley were en route to Arkansas when Young, who was riding with them, attacked them with an axe. The bodies were found July 20 near Fort Sibcon, I. T. Young was arrested while driving and claimed to have secured $30.
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Silver State
Independence
Kas
Ae. C. Young
Haw
A. C Bush
John Cooley
Shoota Indian Reservation
Bosh
Cooley
Arkansas
Young
Fort Sibcon
I .T
Rufus R. Dawes Dies at 61 in Miametta
General Rufus B. Dawes father of Charles Dawes Comptroller of the Currency died at midnight aged 61. He served in the Sixth Wisconsin during the Civil War and earned a brevet brigadier general rank after fighting in twenty battles. He was elected to Congress for 1880 to 1882 and declined an offer from President McKinley to serve as minister to Persia.
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Mamietta
Rufus B. Dawes
Charles +. Dawes
Sixth
Wisconsin
Snally
Congress
McKinley
Persia
Republican Democratic Boycott At Convention
Des Moines reports show a packed Republican convention with talks by Charles L. Pickett and speculation on G B Robinson for Supreme Judge. Baltimore notes a Democratic ticket chosen by acclamation and a platform denouncing suppression of free speech and urging peacetime civil authority and anti trust action. Cleveland updates on strike conditions, boycott impact on workers and merchants, and law actions with troop deployment and a dynamite purchase arrest.
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Des Moines
Charles L. Pickett
Supreme Judgeship
G. 8. Robinson
Sioux City
Sherwin
Lynn
Burnham
Vinton
Robinson
Dstrict
L. M. Shaw
Milliman
Dawson
Bassett
George M. Curtis
Clinton
Republican Party
Providence
Baltimore
Ford
Opera House
Thin City
John Walter Smith
Worcester County
Isidor Rainer
John W. Perting
Carroll County
Edwin Warfeld
Fathers of the Republic
Congress
Excitement in Hayti and San Domingo Violence
From Port au Prince and Santo Domingo dated Aug 2. In Hayti political tension sparks arrests including former Interior Minister M Doubillon and journalist M Duviver who sought refuge in the U S Legation. U S Minister Powell protests and the government yields releasing Duviver. In San Domingo, no political upheaval follows the president's assassination, with the vice president restored and two assassins reportedly shot as calm returns.
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Port AU Prince
Hayti
M. Doubillon
M. Duviver
Duviver
United States
Legation
Howver
William F. Powell
Maytien
Powell
Lberty
Washington
Navy Department
Logan
Machias
San
Molineux In Court Over Poisoning Indictment
Roland B. Molineux faced an indictment accusing him of poisoning. His counsel demurred, Judge Blanchard overruled, and Molineux pleaded not guilty. Defense asked for trial timing. DA Gardiner said no August trial and September uncertain.
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New York
Roland B. M
Kato J. Adams
Blanchard
Molineux
Weeks
Gardiner
No pardon denied for bank wrecker Gardes
Washington August 2 The President refused to grant a pardon for Henry Gardes former president of the National Bank of New Orleans now serving an eight year term in Ohio for misapplying bank funds The decision ends efforts to secure clemency for the high profile case reported by The Biver Stace leased wire
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Washington
Henry Gardes
Pres.dent
National Bonk of New Or
Jcane
Ohio
M Del Casse in Russia visit and expo plans
Paris dispatch reports M Del Casse the French foreign minister left for St. Petersburg to visit Count Mardvieff and discuss the czar’s 1909 Paris Exposition trip. The piece notes talk of continental action if Britain declares war on the Transvaal and asserts no truth to claims of strained Russia France ties despite Loubet l telegram.
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Paris
M. del Casse
St. Petersburg
Count Mardvieff
Great Britain
Transvaal
New York
Russia
France
Loubet
Czar
Czarowitch
Caarowitch
Difficulties of a King in Belgium and Berlin notes
The Silver State's Leased Wire reports Brussels delays in cabinet formation over choosing a Minister of War loyal to personal military service. Desmet De Meyer aims for a ministry backing proportional representation. Berlin says Apia reports praise for Luther W. Osborn named Acting Chief Justice as pledge of impartial administration of justice. Also advertises Shilo s Cough and Consumption Cure with local drugstore guarantee.
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Brussels
M. Desmet de Meyer
M. van de Pereboom
Bilger
Berlin
Executions by Electric Chair at Auburn Prison
Oscar B. Rice a white man and John Kennedy a Black man were executed by electric chair at Auburn Prison. Rice collapsed en route to the chair as the sentences were carried out within twenty minutes. The report notes prior stabbing and slaying of Rice's wife who died after he wounded her and then killed himself. Kennedy’s murder of John Hummings is attributed to jealousy in October of 1890s.
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Auburn
N. Y
Oscar B. Rice
John Kennedy
Rice
Oscar H Rice
Murchsith
John
Fire destroys Dyea barracks in Alaska forwarding incident
The Steamer Humboldt reports the destruction of United States barracks at Dyea Alaska. About $5,000 in stores were consumed and the fire is suspected incendiary. Also reported is the wreck of the Yukon river steamer Angian at Five Finger rapids.
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Seattle
Wash
Humboldt
Alaska
United States
Dyea
Angian
Five Finger Rapids
Penna Regiment Home Arrives as Relief Shipoffloads
The transport Senator with the Tenth Pennsylvania lands near the Presidio after arrival from the Philippines. The Pennsylvanians plan to camp at the Presidio before moving East. Colonel Alexander L. Hawkins’ body will be sent home. The hospital ship Relief docks with 320 sick and wounded, officers named, quarantine at Angel Island, and lists of regiments and casualties follow.
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San Francisco
Philippines
Presidio
Alexander L. Hawkins
United States
Relief
Melief
John F. Zellinger
Nebraska
William J. Watson
Kansas
Adna G. Clarke
Twentieth
John C. McArthur
Third Infantry
Collin H. Ball
Oliver C. Lapp
South Dakota
A. B. Gradley
U.S. W
George Irwin
Fifth Artillery
Henry R. Stiles
Weston P. Chamberlain
C. D. van Waganan
W. P. Reed
Henry C. Rowland
Angel Island
McDowell
Caroline
Ninth Infantry
Fourteenth
Twenty-first
Twenty-third
Signal Corps
Utah Artilery
Wyoming Artillery
California Artillery
California
Colorado
Idaho
Iowa
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Washington
Wyoming
Navy
Chris Kaus
Company H
Yokohama
Naganaki
Frank A. Duval
Duval
Markets Report Feeder Prices and Steady Sheep Receipts
The markets show feeders at eight dollars per hundredweight and eighty five cents. Sheep receipts reach around 10 000 with overall market activity steady despite the turnout.
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Texas
Omaha
Ang
San Francisco
Denver
Keeft
New York
Exchange
Engineers and Their Wages See Lake Shore Pay Hike Demand
Grand Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers says no official word on the Lake Shore engineers pay raise request has been received. The union would act only if the company denies the request, with about 1,000 engineers possibly benefiting and roughly 80 percent of Lake Shore engineers are members.
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Cleveland
Arthur
Brot
Locomotive Engineers
Lake Shore
Brotherhood
Ke Shore
Mazet Committee Opens Testimony On Dredging Prices
The Mazet Committee began testimony with William Beard of the Beard Dredging Co and W H Sayer Jr of International Dredging Co plus Charles Loomis of Atlantic Dredging Co. They testified on dredging prices noting rates from 12.5 to 12.75 cents per cubic yard and denied any agreement to overcharge the city.
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New York
Mazet
William Beard
W. H. Beard Dredging Company
W. H. Sayer Jr
International Dredging Company
Charles Loomis
Atlantic Dredging Company
Lynching Reported After Sister Murder in Cordell
The Silver State wire reports Taylor Kirk who killed his sister at Cordell on July 4 was lynched near Clowlebiel after a ten day pursuit. He was recaptured in Texas before the mob seized him following the telegraph news.
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Silver State
Elreno
Taylor Kirk
Cordell
Clowlebiel Aga
Telegraph Weapet
Texas
Farmers Ratify Alpine Water Plan for East Fork
Wilder's Hall residents discussed storing and delivering valley water. The Alpine Land and Reservoir Company rights were ratified despite farmer M. Cohn of Carson opposing. East Fork divides into four irrigation districts with a water master per district. Natural river flow will be used for a second crop, with reservoir releases as needed to share water pro rata among stockholders. Plans anticipate two full crops and a light third crop this season.
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Wilder's Hall
Gardnerville
Alpine Land and Reservoir Company
M. Cohn
Carson
Water Company Pro Rata
East Fork
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John Schoenthal
Big Consolidated Hine
W. BE. Stokes
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Dyea Barracks
Pennsylvania Regiment
Manila
Cebu
Mall
el Pardo
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Jgtie
Twenty-first Infantry
Calamba
Williams Renned
Willian Murphy
Charles Henderson
Fourth Cavalry
Edward Oberhauser
John McGregory
Washington Infantry
Spawn Woodruff
James M. Love
Charles Waters
Secretary of War
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