Rail strike still disrupts traffic on Northern Pacific and Great Northern
St Paul reports mixed signals as telegraphers strike claims victory while operators admit freight delays persist. Officials dispute accident causes near Brainerd and note continued passenger movement remains closer to normal.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Brainerd
Perham
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Perty
Slade
L ” Veza
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Opens National Convention
Wilkesbarre PA Aug 10 More than 800 delegates to the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America gather at St Marys Church for pontifical high mass led by Bishop Hoban of Scranton, with an address of welcome. The convention opens in the Ninth Regiment Armory with Bishop Canevin of Pittsburgh presiding and Mayor Kirkendall in attendance.
President Roosevelt Tours Wilkes Barre and Chautauqua
President Roosevelt travels from Oyster Bay to Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania to address the United Mine Workers and the Catholic Total Abstinence Union. He then goes to Chautauqua New York to speak to the Chautauqua Society at 10 oclock Friday morning and returns to Oyster Bay by Saturday.
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Chautauqua Society
Oyster Bay
L. 1
Roosevelt
Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Chautauqua
N. Y
United States Attorneys Report on Telegraphers Strike
Washington August 10 The attorney general has received telegrams from United States attorneys about the telegraphers strike along routes of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads. There is belief that no action by the department of justice is likely unless the situation worsens.
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United States
Washington
Great,Northern and
Northen Pacific
Department of Justice
Engine Wreck Near Austin In Milwaukee Line Collision
A head on collision near Austin Minnesota between No 8 passenger and No 718 freight on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line injured several of the about one hundred passengers. Both engines and cars were wrecked and crews leaped to safety.
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Mason City
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Austin
Minn
Federal authorities battle growing yellow fever outbreak in New Orleans
Report shows widespread infection in the district beyond the initial area with new cases in Mississippi towns Yazoo City and Holly Springs. Jackson, Mississippi, imposes a quarantine on Yazoo City as authorities count lingering cases and fewer deaths offer cautious optimism about the next twenty four hours.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Yazoo City
Holly Springs
Jackson
Miss
Archbishop Chapelle Dies of Yellow Fever in New Orleans
Archbishop Chapelle of the Catholic diocese of New Orleans died after contracting yellow fever in the infected district. He had recently returned from Havana and formerly served as apostolic delegate to the Philippines. He was a close friend of Pope Pius X and known for advising Italians to follow authorities.
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New Orleans
Chapelle
Havana
Baltic mine blast injures workers during powder prep
An explosion at the Baltic mine involved four powder boxes being prepared for blasting. One worker was severely burned and another nearly suffocated by smoke but survived after rescue.
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Baltic
Street Cleaning Campaign in New Orleans Mobilizes Thousands
Thousands of men join a New Orleans street cleaning effort as volunteers scrub the city. Hundreds of carts and wagons are deployed to accelerate the thorough cleaning campaign.
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Orleans
New Orleans
King Edward Reviews Combined French British Fleets at Portsmouth
King Edward reviewed about seventy ships of the combined French and British fleets at Portsmouth on August 10. Gloomy weather dampened the spectacle but crowds thronged the shores as the royal yacht Victoria and Albert led the procession and fired a 101gun salute before the king visited Massena and met Vice Admiral Caillard. The French fleet then weighed anchor and left Portsmouth harbor.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Edward
Royal Yacht
Victoria and Albert
Victoria
Alert
Massena
Caillard
Prince of Wales
Polish Deserter Killed in West Virginia Plant Accident
Pau Let Tasauky, a Polish former Russian Army veteran who deserted at Port Arthur, was crushed to death at the Kelly axe plant in Charleston West Virginia while adjusting a belt. He had worked only five days.
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Charleston
W. Va
Body on Tracks in Butte Coal Theft Fatality
In Butte Montana on August 10 a coroner's inquest and autopsy revealed Joseph Whitford was killed and his body placed on the railroad tracks to hide the crime. Police theory points to an attack by coal thieves or tramps after Whitford, a Northern Pacific watchman, pursued coal thefts. he was struck and his head crushed by a blunt instrument.
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Butte
Mont
Joseph Whitford
Whitford
Northern Pacific Road
Man Imprisoned Burglar Charged With Assault Near Park
Lemuel Canman, a colored ex-convict with eleven years served at Stillwater, is arrested in Minneapolis on a charge of assaulting a fifteen year old girl near Fairview park. The accused allegedly used a policeman disguise to threaten arrest if the girl did not submit.
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Minneapolis
Lemuel Canman
Stillwater Penitentiary
North Minneapolis
Fairview Park
Canman
Doctor and nurses depart New Orleans for Bon Ami fever area
Dr. George H. Tichener Jr and two trained yellow fever nurses boarded a special train in New Orleans. They head to Bon Ami Louisiana where the fever is reportedly rising.
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New Orleans
George H. Tichener, Jr
Bon Ami
Mine blast kills two during blasting prep in Michigan
Two men died in Iron River Michigan when an underground powderhouse blast occurred during preparation. John Michtening who oversaw the powderhouse and Richard Practice a skin tender were reported killed in the incident.
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Iron River
Mich
John Michtening
Richard Practice
Collapse at Meyers department store leaves few unaccounted for
A thorough search in Albany reveals all men and most women employees of the John F. Meyers company department store are accounted for after Tuesday's collapse. About thirty cash boys remain missing, but officials believe most will report soon.
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Albany
N. Y
John F. Meyers Company
Albany Building Disaster Narrows In on Cause
As rescue proceeds in the Albany wreck, thirteen dead are confirmed with hope that fewer than six more bodies remain. Mayor Gaus Chief Higgins and Commissioner Cantine contend workmen excavating below the basement floor undermined a brick pier, causing the collapse. an investigation will start after rescues finish.
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Ible
Injargat
Albany
Gaus
Higgins
Fire Department
Cantine
Department of Public Safety
Western Bank of Denver Suspends Operations
Denver August 10 The Western bank a state institution failed to open today A notice named Henry A Beatty assistant cashier as assignee W G Brown president and W T Perkins cashier No statement issued by 11 o clock It was feared a bank sum was missing stockholder L A Imboden noted as a principal figure in Denver
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Denver
Western Bank
Henry A. Beatty
W. G. Brown
W. T. Perkins
L. A. Imboden
Den
Prominent Hopkins Farmer Dies After Suicide gesture
Joseph i Schmidel a retired farmer and longtime Hopkins resident, took carbolic acid and died. He recently sold his farm and began building a new house in Hopkins. He was fifty years old.
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Minneapolis
Joseph i
Hopkins
Schmidel
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Wu Ting Fang
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China
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Total Abstinence Union
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