Engineers debate Panama Canal locks and sea level choice
The board of consulting engineers discussing the Isthmian Canal met to review lock sizes and overall canal dimensions. President Roosevelt will host Panama experts at luncheon in Oyster Bay after their New York meeting, with focus on locating the canal and cost comparisons between lock and sea level designs.
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Panama
M. Girard
Parama Canal
Isthrujan Canal Commission
Roosevelt
New York
Ssigh
Oyster Bay
Commission
Cholera Area Widening Reported in Berlin District
A Berlin bulletin says cholera cases rose by nineteen with seven deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing totals to 123 cases and 39 deaths as the siege zone expands from the River Oder to the Russian border and from Danzig to Grodaszko. Observance of sanitary rules is urged. red placards and police enforce caution amid fear of the disease. Hamburg reports 1000 emigrants sailed on Graf Waldersee from Bulgaria after quarantine. about 600 are Russians, others German and Austrian, with 75 Americans among them. The Americans protested detention as McLaughlin notes no need for further confinement and that baggage has been disinfected. No more Russian emigrants will be booked until embargoes rise.
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Berlin
Noen
Oder
Wboat
Danzig
Grodaszko
Posen
Hamburg
Sept
Graf Waldersee
Bulgaria
Mclaughlin
United States Marine Hospital Service
Germany
Austria
Hugh Piteairn
United States
Emlera
Fashion Department
Fairbanks tea at Sagamore Hill with Roosevelt couple
Vice President Fairbanks visited Oyster Bay at Sagamore Hill for a personal call on President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt. He explained Mrs. Fairbanks was unable to attend due to a heavy cold and illness.
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Oyster Bay
L. 1
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Hairbanks
Stabbed Calabrian Cousin of Gentl Brigand at Market
New York reports Domenico Musselino, reputed cousin of Calabria's Gentl Brigand, hospitalized in Jersey City with a near neck-stab wound from a stabbing at Ganze voort Market. It marks the fourth attempted killing within a year. An additional Ohio divorce hearing in Taggart case notes lengthy anticipated arguments after today’s brief testimony. In Saluda, South Carolina, State Senator Ble ase shot Joe Ben Coleman on Main Street, Coleman gravely wounded. Clease surrendered to the sheriff.
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Calabria
Washington Post
New York
Domenico Musselino
Guiseppa Musselino
Jersey City
Ganzevoort Market
Domenico
Taggart
Wooster
Ohio
F. BP. Dow
William Taggart
South Carolina
Saluda
S. C
Joe Ben Coleman
B. 3 Blease
Coleman
Clease
Shonts Bid Controversy and Collusion Claims Rise
Hudgins and Dumas charge pressure and possible collusion in the Panama contracts after a last minute bid revision prompted by a secretary’s instruction. They allege bid steering toward Markel and unfairly low prices for hotel meals and services at the canal zone, citing altered menus and rushed deadlines.
Denials by Armour Lines Challenge ICC Jurisdiction
Armour Car Lines contesting Interstate Commerce Commission authority over refrigeration charges and rate setting. It states it is not a common carrier or railroad agent, separating its private icing services from railroad transportation. Separate replies detail relationships with railroads including Southern Pacific and others, asserting no unjust rates or secret understandings.
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Armour Car Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Banta Fe Refrigerator Dispatch
Southern Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Central of Georgia
Southern
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Kansas City Southern
Armour Lines
Armour Ones
Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch
Inquiry in asylum case advances at Raleigh
Gov Glenn orders a thorough investigation of the death of Thomas Nall a patient at the State Hospital for the Insane and directs directors to inquire about potential mistreatment by officials or attendants testimony to be stenographically taken under oath and filed with the governor.
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Gov
Glenn
Nall
Washington Post
Raleigh
N. C
State Hospital For
Thomas Nall
Emperor William and Empress Visit Saalburg Fort
Berlin September 8 The court circular notes Emperor William and the Empress toured the Roman fortress at Saalburg during excavation and restoration. Ross Winans of Baltimore, donor of the left gate, attended and was presented to the Empress amid a large party of princes and commoners touring the ruins.
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Berlin
William
Saalburg
Ross Winang
Baltimore
Mr. Winans
Death in Tenement Fire in New York
A father Antonio Coletto and his two children perished from smoke in a crowded East Seventy first street tenement fire while attempting to save them. The mother, an invalid, was carried to the roof and escaped to a neighboring building. the body of Coletto was found in the fifth floor hall with the children in his arms. Guests of Gen. Grant: M Witte and Baron de Rosen dined with General Frederick Grant at Governors Island.
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New York
East Seventy-first Street
Antonio Coletto
Colette
Gen. Grant
Sept
M. Witte
Baron de Rosen
Fred. D. Grant
Army
Governors Island
Fever Off Philadelphia Penninsula Yellow Fever Files
Reports from Pensacola and New Orleans show eleven new yellow fever cases and a death in Pensacola, with one suspected case on the Shawmut from Port Tampa under quarantine. Other cities such as Natchez and Jackson tally new infections, while a local official faces charges related to reporting failures.
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Philadelphia
Fairfax Irwin
Reedy Island
Delaware
Shawmut
Delaware River
Port Tampa
Irwin
Pensacola
Fla
C. P. Winters
Harrison
Ohio
Fort Barrancas
Fisher
New Orleans
Philip Burge
Brady
Woodland
Plaquemines Parish
Natchez
Miss
Jackson
Gulfport
Mississippi City
Vicksburg
Pearington
Handsboro
Waldeur
Marine Hospital Service
Sharkey
Anguilla
Census Bureau praised as Hester recounts 1940 cotton crop
Secretary Hester releases his annual report noting U S cotton production at 13,566,885 bales, up 3,554,? over 1903-04. Texas and other Gulf and Atlantic states show large gains, average value per bale is $46.21, total crop value $693,195,359, with record weight per bale and rising world consumption. He lauds Census methods and predicts near exact growth in future reports.
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New Orleans
Hester
Texas
Indian Territory
Gulf States
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
Utah
Kansas
Atlantic States
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Virginia
Census Bureau of Cotton Ginnted
Census Bureau
North
Republicans Nominate Seven Commissioners and Surveyor in Anne Arundel
At Annapolis on Sept 8 the Anne Arundel Republican convention completed county ticket nominations. Seven candidates were named for county commissioners from all districts and E Lacy Chinn was chosen as county surveyor. James H. Murdock presided as Wilbur F. Petherbridge read a petition protesting party leader Washington G. Tuck and requesting his resignation. action was postponed.
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Washington
Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Benjamin Collison
Frederick L. Combs
R. Tilghman Brice
G. Scott Murhead
Henry Lehr
Samuel Jones
John Sheppard
E. Lacy Chinn
James H. Murdock
Wilbur F. Petherbridge
Eighth
Washington G. Tuck
Little Kanawha Sued Over Unbuilt Parkersburg Shops
Wood County seeks 100000 damages from the Little Kanawha Railroad for failing to build a Parkersburg bridge and maintain shops as agreed when 175000 in bonds were issued in 1896 and turned to the railroad. The case ties to the Little Kanawha syndicate and figures involving President Ramsey, the Gowds, and Vanderbilt interests.
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Wood County
Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
F. P.moats
County Court
Littleanawha Railred Company
Little Kanawha Railroad Company
Éta
Little Kanawha Syndicate
Ramsey
Gowds
Vanderbilt Intercats
Editor Defiant In Contempt Sentence At Parkersburg
Fred Merrick, young editor of the Social Rebel, jailed ten days and fined 25 dollars for contempt of court after refusing to answer grand jury questions in a bribery probe. He hails from a prominent local family. In Charleston the Supreme Court of Appeals handled several cases from Roane, Mecane, Jackson, Harrison, Webster, and Randolph counties, with writs of error denied or reconsidered. Fairmont’s West Virginia Bar Association executive committee scheduled the next annual convention for December 26 and 22.
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Parkersburg
Washington Post
W. Vae
Bept
Fred Merrick
Social Rebel
Charlestown
W. Va
Supreme Court of Appeals
Miller
Exora
Mitchell
Roane County
King
Thompson
Mecane County
Knox
Horner
Harrison County
Metz
Starcher
Jackson County
United States
Ol and Gas Well Supply Company
Gartlan
Wood County
Perkins
W. A. Parsons
Collins
Ogden
Hines
Fisher
Webster County
Campbell
City of Elkins
Randolph County
J. L. Wolfe
Fairmont
West Virginia Bar Association
Votes for Joint School Union College Kentucky West Virginia
Special to The Washington Post Barboursville West Virginia reports that the West Virginia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South adopted a report urging a joint school with the Kentucky conference at Paintsville Kentucky after lengthy discussion. Wir Shaw Ashland Kentucky spoke for the Kentucky group Dr Du Pese and Dr Tigert addressed league work quarterly review and a $5 donation was acknowledged to the conference.
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Washington
Barboursville
W. Va
West Virginia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Board of Education
Kentucky
Wr. Shaw
Ashland
du Pese
Tigert
Quarterly Review
J. J. Tygert
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Hap Hliye
Shonts
Inuhd
Hudgins & Dumas
Mr. Markel
Publc
Mr. Shonis
Hudgins
Todey
Dumas
Mr. Hudgings
Mr. Dumas
Mr. Markeil
Tenta
Sunda
Waldorf-Astoria
Waldorf-Astoria, Where Mr. Shonta
Markel
Union Pacific
Thesthmus
Gov. Magoon
Cape Hatteras
Colon
Greenwich
Conn
Balfe
Messrs
Panama Railway
Markel Ws
Jamaica
Tropics
Design BY
May Manton
Railroads
FEVER
Yellow Jack
Porte
Ghiskis
Constantinople
Leishman
Ghiskis Varitanian
Stamboul
F. H. Mauney
Salisbury
Gold Hil
Rowan County
Praises Census Bureau
Cotton Gin Report
Oricea
Bristow
Tenn
Mountain City
Bristol
Jeff Church
James Campbell
Church
W. T.capers
Lexington
William T. Capers
Trinity Church
Asheville
Christ's Church
Bishop Capers
South Caroling
Little Kanawha
West Virginia Supreme Court
Massachusetts Avenue
Tesus of
Nazareth
United States National Museum
Jesus
Congress
Thomas Jefferson Department
Post
Omas Jeffer&on
Dept
Care
Weabington
Methodists
Union College
Kuppenheimer Clothing
America
I. Grosner
Pa. Ave
N. W
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