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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1905

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No Fear of Fever Row With State Board

Two new yellow fever cases reported in Pensacola near the original infection area. Vicksburg and New Orleans show cases and deaths. Atlanta's board of health debates quarantine and defends past records. Mobile schedules no current quarantine. Cordons and guards tighten in Pensacola and surrounding states.

Pensacola Maysvile Vicksburg New Orleans Atlanta City Board of Health State Board of Health State Board J C Caruthers Mobile Ala Mobjls Fersecola Fla Miss Brent George Brent John Humphreys Porter Guiteras Tampa Lerritory Little Rock Ark W HO Haynes Arkansas Militia Maysville Mississippi Louisiana Florda Miss New Casia B F Cuinyton U . Aa E T. Dunn Patterson Yala Philip Berge Marine Hospital Services

President Roosevelt Reaches Sagamore Hill in Rain

President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt endured a rain drenched day at Sagamore Hill. They attended morning services at Christ Episcopal Church then walked three miles home with storm winds. No official visitors were received though Rep. Wadsworth stayed as a house guest.

Oyster Bay L. I Roosevelt Sagamore Hill Christ Episcopal Church Long Island New York Wadsworth

Taft to Canton Viceroy Apology Demanded After Canton Posters

Taft sails to Canton amid anti-American demonstrations and insulting posters. Consul Lay demands apology from the viceroy, who pledges to punish those responsible. Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt will visit Canton on a gunboat trip, with a luncheon in Hongkong and return planned for Tuesday.

Lay Miss Roosevelt Canton Taft Hongkong Logan America Brege Camton Roosevelt Matthew Nathan Corbin Ace Roosevelt Tat Callao

Earthquake Scare Hits Los Angeles Downtown in Night

A severe quake struck Los Angeles causing a loud underground explosion to echo through the city. The tremors lasted seven to fifteen seconds as crowds gathered near Bey ond and Spring streets thinking a dynamite blast occurred. No major damage in the core area though plaster fell at Baker Block and a city hall tower bookcase toppled onto Lou Couburn. Five horses reportedly ran wild during the alarm.

Los Angeles Cal Sept Beyond Spring Streets Baker Block North Main Street City Hall Lou Couburn City Electrician

Chief orders three mile high trip over city dome

Chief of Police Collins announced Chicago’s jurisdiction extends three miles in height beyond the city after learning aeronaut Roy Kabenshue plans to circle the Masonic Temple dome on September 18. The chief warned Kabenshue must fly higher than three miles or avoid city airspace.

Washington Chicago Collins Roy Kabenshue Toledo

Cotton Growers Delegates Miss Asheville Meeting

Boston Sept 3 The New England Cotton Manufacturers Association will not send delegates to the Cotton Growers and Manufacturers Association meeting in Asheville September 6 due to limited time. A proposal seeks a stable price for raw cotton at the gathering. Rome Sept 3 Vatican authority denies reports of major Vatican treasure thefts. A few artistically bound albums were stolen by a gendarme. not considered serious and not prosecuted.

New England Boston Mass New England Cotton Manufacturers’ Association Cotton Growers and Manufacturers’ Association Asheville Vatican Rome Vatican Authority

Roosevelt Receives Japanese Thanks on Far East Peace

President Roosevelt accepts a cable from the Emperor of Japan thanking him for efforts toward peace in the Far East and signaling satisfaction with terms. The message ends rumors of Japanese discontent after Portsmouth. Witte presses for early signing. Komura sticks to brief positions in negotiation. The treaty covers private rights in South Sakhalin and Liao Tung, with American concession holders among those affected.

Portsmouth Ekomura M Witte Witte Baron Komura M. Witte Askhalin

Roosevelt Receives Japanese Peace Message of Thanks

The Emperor of Japan sends a formal note to President Roosevelt thanking him for his role in ending hostilities in the Far East. The message, dated September 3, 1905, praises Roosevelt’s disinterested efforts and the parties involved in achieving peace based on essential principles for regional welfare and tranquillity.

Oyster Bay Roosevelt Japan Far East

Treaty of Portsmouth Nears Final Signing

Reports from Portsmouth NH indicate the Portsmouth treaty will be signed soon after a final protocol is reconciled. Terms are said to reflect Japanese aims, with Meiji officials dictating provisions while the two powers finalize English and French texts. The garbled cable from Tokyo signals a hoped for permanent peace and ratification in the coming days.

Tokyo Japan Portsmouth Wan Dua Roosevelt N. H Associated Press Associated Preas M. de Martens Russia la Lorraine New York Meyer St. Petersburg Baron Komura Plenipotentiaries Guv McLane M. Rojestvensky Mr. Adashi

GZAR TELLS ARMY PRAISE AND RESPECT FOR SACRIFICE

The emperor praised the self sacrificing army for its defense in Manchuria, but said duty to conscience and the people requires no further bloodshed. He announced acceptance of preliminary peace terms after negotiations over Sakhalin. He urged conveyance of Russia’s value of soldiers' sacrifices to the army.

Nicholas Manchuria Russia Japan

Anglo-Japanese DisgraceHighlighted by Redmond Visit

Special to The Washington Post Chicago September William Redmond M P brother of John Redmond Irish Nationalist leader arrives in Chicago with his wife on a world trip. He will dine with the Irish Fellowship Club and denounces England's alliance with Japan predicting white race Christian nations will suffer and India may be abandoned. He cites Japanese invasion of Australia and warns Western world of consequences. Also lists train schedule and fares from Baltimore to Harpers Ferry Martinsburg Berkeley Springs and return with departure from Baltimore and Ohio station at 6:05 a m Sunday September 10 and route scenery details.

Chicago William Redmond John Redmond Irish Fellowship Club England Japan Mr. Redmond India Higland Australia Cumberland Berkeley Springs Harpers Ferry Martinsburg Baltimore and Ohio R. Station

Storm Floods New York City in Heavy September Rain

Special to The Washington Pest from Newark reports a rainstorm with gale force winds hitting New York. Rainfall reached record levels for September, causing sewer backups, street flooding, and damage to Coney Island facilities. Train service on the Coney Island Express Line was halted in the afternoon due to washout threats and resumed by night.

Washington Newark Weather Bureau Coney Island Balmer

Zemstvo Members Hushed In Moscow Meeting

Police entry halted a private Moscow zemstvo congress gathering to discuss stance toward the projected national assembly. Attendees included Princes Dolgorouid Vroubstskoy and Livoff as officers and participants.

Moscow Moscow Zemstvo Congress Zemstvyoists Princes Dolgorouid Vroubstskoy Livoff

Ship Free From Cholera Declared Safe by Hamburg Physician

New York reports that the Bluecher arrived from Hamburg and was detained at quarantine for over two hours for examinations of passengers and crew. A steerage passenger had measles. otherwise the ship was clear of illness. Dr Nocht from Hamburg said transshipment of Russian emigrants was suspended and cholera is unlikely in Hamburg.

New York Hamburg- American Line Bluecher Hamburg Germany Doty Berlin Nocht Moltke Nea Treffla United States Seaboard Trieste Austrian Poland

Isthmian Freight Tied Up Over Plague Reports

Complications follow official reports that a death on August 26 at the La Boos wharf was due to bubonic plague. Ecuadorian consul says the report is false and no new cases exist. Central American and Mexican ports refuse Isthmian freight. Costa Rica and Nicaragua close the Isthmian port. Zanzibar reports plague infection with five deaths among natives.

Colon Canal Zone la Boos Costa Rica Nicaragua Central America Mexico Zanzibar

Madden deposition summons in alimony case

Mrs Madden wife of John W Madden turfman seeks his deposition for alimony in Ohio courts. Cincinnati officer served a summons for Madden to appear in William S Dickson's law office next Tuesday. Madden and New York attorney William Lindsay attended a conference with local lawyers but no decision on his jail sentence or fine.

Lexington Madden John WH. Madden Ohio Cincinnati William S. Dickson William Lindsay New York Lindsay Burr Brooklyn

Asbury Park mayoral field grows before primaries

Special to Tie Ween reports Asbury Park N J three candidates filed petitions for the mayoral race. Incumbent Mayor Ten Broeck seeks re election. Charles A Atkins Ocean Hotel proprietor and city councilman and David Harvey Jr a prominent lawyer also run. All advocate some form of license reform amid talk of a fourth candidate for prohibition interests. The race signals a wet or dry vote next November with women excluded from the issue.

Ween Asbury Park N. J Ten Broeck Charles A. Atkins Ocean Hotel David Harvey, Jr

Bomb bursts on Marine Parade in Barcelona amid panic

A conical cement bomb filled with scrap iron exploded during a busy Marine Parade, killing one woman and mortally wounding five others as holiday makers fled in panic. A man suspected of the outrage was captured and nearly lynched after being chased by a mob. Details vary on who planted it and when.

Barcelona Sept Paname

Four Women Drowned in Hudson Collision Ferry Sinks

Four young women, two returning from their father’s funeral, died when the small pleasure steamer Young America was struck and sunk by the ferry George H Power on the Hudson River near Hudson New York. Bodies of Mary C Bedell and Margaret McKay were recovered. The incident left three others on board rescued.

Hudson, N Hudson River Young America George H Power Mary C Bedell New York Tonnip L. Bedell Sarah Brown Margaret McKay Coxsackle Mary C. Bedell Margaret McKay Bedell Comsackte

Boat Rockers Arrested In Pascagoula River Drowning

Special to The Weehington Post reports two men Charles Jamison and W N Taylor were arrested in Brewton Alabama over the drowning of Boze Carter in the Pascagoula River. They allegedly rocked the boat despite his pleas for mercy and Carter could not swim. Carter drowned as the boat capsized.

Weehington Post Mobile Als Rept Boze Carter Pascagoula River Brewton Miss Charles Jamison W. N Taylor Young Carter Hig Carter Itig

Crushed Under Auto Kills Chauffeur in Hammond

Special to the Post from Chicago reports a car attempting to dodge an approaching electric train near Hammond Ind toppled onto a man and crushed him to death. Charles Creckman of 4687 Ella Avenue suffered a broken hip and internal injuries. The chauffeur Carl Ards was killed almost instantly.

Hammond Ind Tme Wearington Post Chicago Charles Creckman Ella Avenue Carl Ards

Desperate Negro's Crime Threatens White Men Shooting

In Salisbury North Carolina Whitman Hardy a mulatto desperado from Yorkville killed Zeke Young and fatally wounded another negro and wounded Hardy himself while escaping He is under arrest for the two white men involved in the shooting and South Carolina authorities are requested.

Salisbury N. C Zeke Young Whitman Hardy Yorkville Hardy South Carolina

Atlanta Refuses to Quarantine Crises Near End of Peace Talks

The issue highlights Atlanta resisting quarantine measures as peace talks near completion while other international headlines report a bomb horror in Barcelona and a major iron deal, with a government printing office row and notable deaths at the Potomac, plus storms at Sea Girt and Royal Arcanum rates.

Atlanta Barcelona Government Potomac Royal Arcanum Maryland Virginia Dixie Famous Marquise de Fontenoy

Special Train to Sea Bath Sees Baltimore Pair Run to Atlantic City

Henry Pratt Jones and James Madison Thompson of Baltimore hired a special Pennsylvania Railroad train from Broad Street to Atlantic City, covering seventy six miles in sixty eight minutes. Their midnight voyage caused a stir at the Bellevue Stratford and drew comment from West Virginia mine owner J. M Richards, who offered a counter spectacle on a rooftop. Richards, famed for a 96000 dollar shirt stud, departed town afterward.

Washington Post Philadelphia Henry Pratt Jones James Madison Thompson Baltimore Pennsylvania Railroad Atlantic City Broad Street J. M Richards West Virginia Bellevue Stratford Jones Thompson Maryland Club Bachelora Wik Hunt Club Bellevue Camden James Price Janey Richards Mr Richards

Addicks Declares He Is Still In Politics

Dover September 8 Special to The Washington Post J Edward Addicks faces a party split as Delaware papers ponder his role in politics Senator J Frank Allee state chairman of the Addicks Union Republican Party calls Addicks politically dead and unable to win a United States Senate seat He says it would be fake to himself and to Addicks to hope for his election and declares the hope is dead.

Washington Post Dover Del J. Edward Addicks Delaware J. Frank Allee Addicks Union Republican Party Addicks Senate Mr. Addicks United States Mr. Allee

Duke Seeks Absolute Divorce After Nine Months of Marriage

James B. Duke president of the American Tobacco Company files for an absolute divorce in Chancery Court Trenton naming Frank T. Hunteron as co respondent. Papers served on Lilian M. Duke at her home in this city. The couple wed November 29 last year in Camden after a brief courtship. Mrs. Duke was previously Mrs. McCready. She inherited property in Chatton and other assets from her first husband.

Tobacco King Sypetal York Nic Httle James B. Duke American Tobacco Company Frank T. Hunteon Duke Chancery Court Trenton N. J Bergen Somerville Lillian M. Duke

Death and denial at coroner listen into auto death

Mrs A H Batley wife of a Cleveland magnate faced the coroner over the death of Charles Broentle who died from injuries after being struck by her car on August 15 She claimed she did not reverse the vehicle to avoid injuring several men and said she only tried to stop the automobile.

Cleveland Copus A. H. Batley Charles Broentle

Schwab Buys Wharton Iron Interests in New Jersey

Boston report states Charles M Schwab has acquired Thomas Wharton iron interests in Morris County New Jersey for about 10 million dollars The deal gives Schwab control of a major mining and railroad tied operation near Wharton and sparks speculation about Passaic Steel Works purchase status The Passaic plant is the largest steel maker near the Atlantic seaboard with an assessment recently made on its capital stock

Schwab Passaic Steel Works Atlantic Seaboard Othen Weahington Post Paterson N. J Thas Morris County Wharton Bethlehem Passaic Company Atlantic Sear Board

Mrs Caton in London wedding plans to Marshall Field

Special cable dispatch reports Mrs Lelia Spencer Caton arriving in London to wed Marshall Field of Chicago at St Margaret s Westminster Tuesday. Bridesmaids named Miss Birch and Eddy. A wedding breakfast at Claridge s will include family and embassy officials.

Washington Post London iMrs Lelia Spencer Caton St. Margaret’s Church Westminster Marshall Field Chicago Claridgesa Paris Augustus Eddy Field Missea Birch Eddy Spencer Eddy St. Patersburg Cavers Claridge’s Hotel Gussia Augustus Wddy Spencer Hddy Miss Hddy M's Marshall Eld, Jr Ai Mr Mra Crossley Myre Henry Dibbin M. Fielf Beat Land Mira Whitelaw Rela Wadsworth and Carter Amercan

Rioting at Lirat Ends in Loss of Life and Wounding

Liban September 8 Rioting among reservists and urban demonstrators left ten people dead and fifty wounded after shots were fired from a house. Cavalry charges and a troop assault followed. A policeman and several soldiers died. Two injured civilians were treated. Wives and children accompanied the reservists during the disturbance.

Liban

Romance of Immigrants: Austrian Couple Wed After Steerage Meet

Marie Huanvel aged nineteen and Florian Ungart twenty three from Austria met in steerage on the Hamburg American Bluecher. They learned they were from the same town, married in New York with a missionary in State Street, then returned to the immigrant barge and train bound for Milwaukee.

New York Marie Huanvel Florian Ungart Hamburg Austria Milwaukee Marie Fe Eile Island Whorton Marie State Street

G A R Reunion Opens In Denver Amid Crowded Sights

Denver prepares for the thirty ninth annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment with crowds, incoming trains, and five candidates for commander in chief. Races include Corp James Vanner of New York, Robert Brown of Ohio, Col Burroughs of New Jersey, former Congressman Charles Burton, and Gen George Stone of California. Cities mentioned for the meeting plate include Chattanooga, Columbus, Omaha, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee.

Denver Colo Grand Army of the Republic Corp James Vanner New York Robert Brown Ohio Col Burroughs New Jersey Charles Burton George Stone California Attes Chattanooga Columbus Oblea Minneapolia Bus

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