Archbishop Chappelle Dies In Yellow Fever Outbreak
Public concern over yellow fever in New Orleans centers on Archbishop Placide Louis Chappelle who died after a mosquito bite. The French born prelate, born 1842 in Mende, France, served as archbishop since 1887 and previously as bishop of Santa Fe and apostolic delegate to Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines.
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New Orleans
Chappelle
Placide Louis Chappelle
Mende
France
United States
St. Mary's College
Santa Fe
Janssens
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Disease outbreak report shows rising cases and deaths
The record lists 63 new cases today bringing total to 679 with 7 new deaths and 119 total deaths. Cases cluster below Canal street with a lodging house on Commercial alley reporting a second case near Newspaper Row as officials plan house to house inspections and possible actions against noncompliant property holders and tenants.
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Canal Street
Mississippi
Hunter
Denver Bank in Trouble Faces Closure and Assignee
The Western Bank of Denver failed to open on August 10 and a notice named Henry M. Beatty as assignee. W G Brown serves as president and W T Perkins is the bank’s cashier.
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Denver
The
Western Bank
Henry M. Beatty
W. G. Brown
W. T. Perkins
Rescue of Fiala Zeigler Party Ends in Arctic Return
The Terra Nova rescued Anthony Fiala and all expedition members except one Norwegian seaman who died. The America, the relief ship, was crushed in the ice in the 1903 04 winter and lost with much coal and provisions. Three relief attempts were made.
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Pourirgavaag
Norway
Evening Journal
Norway Arctic
Terra- Nova
Fiala
Japanese deliver terms to Russians for written reply
The Japanese handed their conditions to the Russians in writing today. The Russians will consider and answer in writing after the morning conference ended at 12 45 p m.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Evening Journal
Bride Marries En Route to Wedding After Father's Death
Joseph Hussey of Philadelphia and his bride arrived in Columbus with the body of John J. Evans, Mrs Hussey's father, who died on a Baltimore and Ohio train en route to the ceremony. The couple wed at Wheeling and then brought the body home.
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Columbus
Joseph Hussey
Philadelphia
Wheeling
John J. Evans
Hussey
Evans
Baltimore and Ohio
Roosevelt Leaves Oyster Bay For Last Summer Trip
President Roosevelt departed Oyster Bay at 8 am heading to Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania to address United Mine Workers and Catholic Total Abstinence Union. He plans to speak tomorrow at the Chautauqua assembly in Chautauqua New York after the Wilkesbarre appearance.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
United Mine Workers
Total Abstinence Union
Wilkesbarre
Chautauqua
N. Y
Women join strike actions over kosher bread shortage
In New York and Brooklyn women joined strike operations by kosher bread bakers causing a bread famine in Hebrew quarters. Hundreds of loaves were taken from peddlers trying to sell it and cast into gutters where recent rains ruined the bread.
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New York
Brooklyn
Will Build Twice as Fine a Church in New York
Announcement that a new $500000 church edifice will be built on the old site immediately, as an exact duplicate of the burned St Thomas Episcopal church in New York's fashionable residence area. The burned church was valued at $250000.
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New York
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
St. Thomas
Ernest M. Stires
Fall of Sixty Feet Will Kill Him
Jack Summerland, son of ex county treasurer John Summerland of Wabash Indiana, was fatally injured when painting a windmill sixty feet high ten miles east of Wabash. He fell to the ground, suffered internal injuries, and was unconscious when found with hopeless condition.
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Wabash
Ind
Jack Summerland
John Summerland
Here
Mayflower as First Meeting Place of Peace Envoys
The Mayflower, once a private yacht, became the first meeting place for Japanese and Russian peace plenipotentiaries. It was acquired by the U.S. Navy at the start of the Spanish-American War and is noted as a comfortable craft often used by the president.
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United States Navy
Wu Ting Fang Pushes Chinese Plea Over Exclusion Law
Ex Chinese ex-minister Wu Ting Fang tells Associated Press that the United States exclusion rules are unsatisfactory from the Chinese view and should be revised by a new convention. He cites harsh treatment, lack of appeal, and detention during examinations as grievances needing a square deal.
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Pekin
Wu-Ting- Fang
Washington
Board of Foreign Affairs
Associated Press
United States
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Ah Sin
WANTS ADMISSION TO HAWAII Urges Labor Need
Ah Sin argues Hawaii should admit immigrants as laborers. He claims the Chinese government agreed to excluding coolies but pushed for a convention prioritizing the better classes of migrants.
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Hawaii
United States
Philippines
Far East
Singapore
Straits Settlements
Chicago
Bribery Charge at Ohio Nominating Convention
In Columbus on August 10 bitterness from the fifteenth sixteenth senatorial district Republican convention ends in open bribery claims. Secretary George H. Hamilton says a Licking county delegate offered a $500 check to swing votes for Charles Cochran over A. I. Atwell.
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Columbus
Olentangy Park
George H. Hamilton
Licking County
Licking
Chas. BE. Cochran
A.I. Atwell
Interstate Sheriffs Gather for Three Day Session in St Paul
The Interstate Sheriffs association opened a three day session in St Paul with about 100 delegates attending. A planned hanging entertainment was canceled after a condemned man died by suicide and another received a respite.
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St. Paul, Minn
Interstate Sheriffs’ Association
Jones Island Fight Renewed Over Land Conspiracy
Milwaukee August 10. Illinois Steel company names over nineteen defendants including two Milwaukee lawyers in a suit alleging a gigantic conspiracy to defraud them of land in contest on Jones land dispute. The property is described as worth large sums without improvements.
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Milwaukee
Illinois Steel Company
Jones
Arbor
Hobson Seeks 2008 Congress Seat On Navy for Peace
Richmond Pearson Hobson announces candidacy for Congress in Alabama's Sixth District with a platform of a large navy to deter war. He says he has spoken in twenty two states since January and argues a powerful fleet will bring peace and commercial US supremacy, despite high costs.
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Washington
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Congress
Alabama
United States
Primary Vote Sets Tone for City Conventions
San Meranciaco reports the August 10 primary chose delegates for municipal nominating conventions in a clear verdict on Mayor Schmitz and his adviser Abe Ruef. The Republican League scored a sweeping victory highlighting the administration’s stance.
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San Meranciaco
Schmitz
Abe Ruef
Republican League
No judicial separation granted in McBride case
Paris authorities report the Seine civil tribunal has refused a judicial separation between Major John McBride and his wife Maud Gonne the famous Irish leader. Mrs McBride keeps custody of their child while the major may visit regularly the question of an absolute divorce to be heard at a future sitting
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Paris
Civil Tribunal of
the Seine
John McBride
Maud Gonne
Joan of Arc
Fraser River Salmon Run Slacks As Season Draws On
Vancouver reports the Fraser river sourkeye salmon fishery remains weak with about 400000 cases packed so far, roughly half of the forecast total. About 50000 cases per day are produced and the run should last two more weeks, though daily catches have likely peaked.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fraser River
Chicago Market Report of Hogs Cattle and Sheep on Aug 10 1905
The Chicago market report shows hog receipts about 15000 with slow demand after yesterday. Cattle receipts around 9500 with weak to lower tone and sheep receipts near 12000 with a strong market for natives and western lambs. Prices span varied ranges for hogs cattle and sheep across light mixed and heavy shipping grades.
Riots Erupt as Hebrew Bakers Strike in New York
On August 10 in New York the Hebrew bakers strike led to violent clashes on the East Side. Rioters wrecked an Allen Street bakery and attacked police and non union workers, with bottles and bricks rained from rooftops. A bread famine spread as kosher loaves were destroyed and a request was sent to Chicago to mobilize English speaking bakers.
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New York
Eust
Allen Street
Orchard Street
Philadelphia
Lower East Side
International Union
Chicago
Shea Defends Teamsters Strike at Convention
Corne lius P. Shea president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters defends his conduct during the Chicago strike at the union's annual convention. Critics led by Michael Casey of San Francisco label the strike a dismal failure and say the organization lost prestige. Chris O Neill of Buffalo backs Shea and questions what employers spent on disrupt efforts.
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Philadelphia
Cornelius P. Shea
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Chicago
Brotherhood
Shea
Michael Casey
San Francisco
The
Teamsters
Chris F. O'Neill
Buffalo
Governor Johnson Offers Mediation Over Telegraphers Strike
Governor Johnson writes to James J. Hill Howard Elliott and H B Perham offering Minnesota executive mediation to resolve the telegraphers strike. He notes public inconvenience and that strikers refuse arbitration while rail officials see no issue to arbitrate.
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Johnson
St. Paul, Minn
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific
H. B. Perham
Order of
Railway Telegraphers
Executive Department
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