War News From Far East And World Wide Briefs
Japan to free political prisoners on Sakhalin and claim victory over Russian forces there. Russian torpedo boat losses reported near Chungching. Roosevelt hosts peace plenipotentiaries at Oyster Bay as Witte arrives in New York. Telegraphers strike disrupts Great Northern and Northern Pacific rail lines. Taft tours Nagasaki and Manila amid demonstrations. Poisoning case near Cincinnati. Indiana drowning. Oregon land fraud trial stalemate. Mob lynching in Mississippi. several deaths and fires nationwide from various incidents.
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Japan
Sakhalin
Tokio
Chungching
Korea
Tumen
Musariet
Platsabang
Linovitch
St. Petersburg
Russia
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
M. Sergius Witte
New York
M. Witte
Sekhalin
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Horn
Taft
Part
Manchuria
Nagasaki
Party
Manila
John Chamberlain
Cincinnati
David Reed
Hamlet
Ind
Reed
Chicago
Dun’s
Bradstreet
Oregon
Williamson
van Gesner
Biggs
C. Touze
San Francisco
William Bate, Jr
Dove
William H. Belcher
Paterson
N. J
John Laughlin
Brooklyn
N. Y
D. S. Wade
Little Medford
Ashtabula County
Leon Howell
Jennie Richardson
Helen Pallis
Glenloch
George H. Robinson
Edward Holbrook
Providence
R. I
William Crocker
F. S. Jergen
Huntington
W. Va
W. E. Ingram
Walter Mayhew
Ohio
Sioux Falls
Kid” George
Ed Lewis
Hattiesburg
Miss
J. G. Smith
Riksdag
Chadwick
Baltimore & Ohio
Johnstown
Yellow fever crisis deepens in the South
President Roosevelt orders Surgeon General Wyman to lead the yellow fever fight at the request of Louisiana Governor Blanchard. A Mississippi boat was seized by Louisiana militia and arrests were made. Quarantine cuts mail handling and the federal government may assume control. New Orleans reports 54 cases and 5 deaths as deaths reach a daily record of 11 and total fatalities to 84.
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Robert W. Criswel
The
New Yorker
Gotham
Alice Roosevelt
Sault Ste. Marie
Fairbanks
Martin Strock
Big Stone City
S. D
Ike Kinney
Doella
Ark
Lewisville
Lyman R. Hawkes
Warren
Mass
Anna Skipper
Hawkes
Roosevelt
Blanchard
Louisiana
New Orleans
Wyman
Mississippi
Canal Street
Illinois
Pfister Indicted in Milwaukee Garbage Contract Scheme
Milwaukee financier and politician Charles F. Pfister faces indictment by a grand jury for allegedly stealing 14000 dollars entrusted to him to obtain a city garbage contract for Wisconsin Rendering company. Secretary Wilson blames Congress for allowing inspectors to be bought by the beef industry.
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Charles F. Pfister
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Rendering Company
Congress
Wilson
Sma! Packers
Beef Trust
Judge Barnes Grants Temporary Injunction Against Grain Dealers
The Nebraska supreme court judge granted a temporary injunction against the Nebraska Grain Dealers association, alleged to operate as a trust and restrain trade. The ruling follows claims of illegal restraint in commerce and antitrust activity.
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Barnes
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nebraska Grain Dealers’ Association
Pleasant Hill
Frank C. Berry
Sedalia
Raymond
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company
New Castle
Bank of West Liberty
S. T. Roberts
Des Moines
James R. Carnagan
Arthur Weaver
Clinton
Wis
John Ballard
Richmond
H. H. Loving
Paducah
H. A. Rose
Warren Paper
Raubsville
Stuyvesart Fish
Illinois Central
Chicago
New York
Soo Canal
Fairbanks
Ohio
Aaron S. Watkins
Patrick H. Owens
Catholic Order of Foresters
Boston
Thomas H. Cannon
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Middletown
Conn
George W. Tweed
William M. Tweed
Tweed
Connecticut Hospital For the
Andrew Wylie
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Washington
Charles E. Reese
Montana
Virginia
Virginia City
Percy Pierce
Buffalo
Charles J. Glidden
Mount Washington
Swan River
Verna
Itasca County
Minn
Ingstrom
Edith Tichenor
Goldie Tichenor
Everett Tichenor
J. M. Pogue
Royal
Champaign County
U11
Bessmay
Fred Schneider
St. Joseph
Mich
T. M. Casey
Salmon and Salmon Bank
Augusta Lehmann
Fair Department
Otto Young
Eb, J. le& Pang
Public health takes charge of New Orleans yellow fever fight
Washington directs active control of the yellow fever outbreak in New Orleans with J F White coordinating and citizens pledging cooperation and funding. The latest fever tally shows 28 new cases for the day and Archbishop Chapelle contracted the illness.
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New Orleans
Archbishop Chapelle Stricken
Washington
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
J. F. White
Marine Hospital
Marine Hospital Service
New Orlans
Placide Louis Chapelle
Board of Health
Larue
Peace Envoys Meet on Mayflower Hill in Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt oversees a dramatic first meeting between Bar on Komura and Mr Takahira as peace envoys arrive in the Orient alliance. The luncheon follows and Roosevelt invites all to visit, signaling hopeful progress despite armistice setbacks.
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Oyster Bay
Old World
Sagamore Hill
Portsmouth
Orient
Mr. Roosevelt
Baron Komura
Mr. Takahira
Mikado
Pfister Fights Indictment With Civil Suit in Milwaukee
Charles F. Pfister indicted for larceny as bailee of 14 000 files a civil suit against Wisconsin Rendering Co and five guarantors seeking 6 542 with the defendants denying any debt or prior knowledge of charges. Fred C. Gross president of the company rejects Pfister’s claims and any prior charges.
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Milwaukee
Charrles F. Pfister
Grand
Wisconsin Rendering Company
Fred S. Gross
Joseph Schaaf
R. Schuyer
Charles Fredrich
Henry J. Killilea
Conger to Quit Diplomatic Service
E H Conger ambassador to Mexico and former minister to China will retire from the diplomatic service. His two months leave ends in retirement and he will not return to his post. Francis Loomis has left the state department and his succession is not yet certain.
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Conger
Washington
E. H. Conger
Mexico
China
Francis B. Loomis
State Department
Tumors Conquered Without Operations
Testimonies claim Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured uterine tumors without surgery. Letters from Fannie Fox of Bradford and Luella Adams of Seattle describe relief, restarted menses, and final disappearance of tumors after months of use. Mrs. Pinkham invites readers to write for advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fox
Miss Adams
Lydia BK. Pinkham
Jfannie D. Fox
Chestnut St
Bradford
Lydia Pinkham
Fannie D. Fox
New Engand States
Luella Adams
Colonnade Hotel
Seattle
Wash
Lydia H. Pinkham
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Westville
Indiana
Far East
Watson
Co. F. Pfister
Frannie Fox
Hiss Luella Adams
Mull's
E. B. McCurdy
Troy
Mull
Mull’s
Mull’s Grape Tonic CO
Third Ave
Rock Island
Carters
BAR
Paxton Company
Masés
Amin
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