Red Bay Island Destroyed By Typhoon Disaster
Miami dispatch reports Red Bay on Andros Island, twenty miles from Nassau, wiped out by a recent hurricane. Captain Dillon of the Cocoa notes about 30 lives lost, with the island littered by wrecked houses and hundreds of corpses of all ages. Winds at Nassau reached ninety miles per hour with gusts to 105.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Times- Trian
Dillon
Cocoa
Red Bay
Andros
Nassau
Dilton
Southern Railway denies Louisville and Nashville absorption rumor
At a directors meeting in New York the Southern Railway declared a 1 percent dividend on preferred stock payable October 6, 1899, and released Samuel Spencer's annual report showing 1899 net earnings of 7,997,330.07 on 5,377 miles operated. Officials dismissed rumors of absorbing the Louisville and Nashville as baseless, noting European control and stock-market manipulation chatter.
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New York
Southern Railway Company
Samuel Spencer
Louisvile
Nashville
Chicago
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Louisville
Nashvvie Ia
Bahnont
Essex Narrow Escape After Niney Hour Sea Battle
The steamer Essex of Merchants and Miners along the Savannah Baltimore run endured a hurricane gale off Tybee island for over ninety hours. Captain Dizer reports heavy seas submerged the vessel and water damage to cargo while twenty passengers suffered. The ship took on coal and headed to Baltimore.
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Savannah
Baltimore
Norfolk
Essex
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
Herehnis
Tybee Island
Dizer
Clyde Steamer Iroquois Missing En Route to Charleston
The Clyde steamer Iroquois captained by Kembie departed New York Tuesday afternoon with fifty first cabin passengers and was due in Charleston, South Carolina, around 4 pm Thursday. The vessel and captain are reported sound and no anxiety is felt locally despite being overdue.
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New York
Charleston
S. C
Kembie
BTEAMER REPAIRS AFTER STORM DELAYS VOYAGE
Newport News reports the Bloamer City of Birmingham from New York to Savannah arriving for repairs after storm damage. She aims to resume her voyage tomorrow as wind stirs along the waterfront. The Kansas City remains missing and thirty hours overdue from Savannah. Vigilancia reported safe at Nassau.
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Birmingham
Newport News
New York
Savannah
Kansas City
Bavannah
Steamsip Kansas Ciy
Nassau
Raiser Enjoys Lawn Tennis at German International
Emperor William expected to attend the international lawn tennis tournament in Hamburg tomorrow. Today an immense crowd watched events as Countess Von Schulenburg defeated Miss Duddell to reach the German championship final against Miss Cowper. Clarence Hobart beat Elm Mites in the third round.
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Emperor William
Hamburg
Emperor Willam
Germany
Countess von Schulenberg
Misa Duddell
Miss Cowper
Clarence Hobart
Elm. Mites
Friction Among Frinturs At ITU Session Detroit
At the International Typographical Union session in Detroit August 18 friction arose over consolidating allied printing trade locals under ITU. A New York delegate warned the stereotypers would secede. The group tabled the constitutional amendment and debated journal frequency. Other actions included unionizing Chicago trades and endorsing postal savings banks and peace conference aims.
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International Typographical Union
Detroit
Mich
Allied Printing Trade
New York
Tle
Iné International
Ypographical
Executive Council
Chicago
United Typothetae
Jank W. Paumer
National Guard
Life Peace Conference
Heath
Bubonic Plague Identified in Oporto Since June 4
In Oporto Portugal authorities acknowledge the bubonic plague began June 4 with thirty nine cases recorded and thirteen fatal. In Chicago an oil explosion caused a fire at Twenty seventh and Dearborn destroying a five story brick building with a loss of about 300000 dollars. In Perth Western Australia the legislative council passed a bill granting women the vote.
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Oporto
Portugal
Chicago
Twenty-seventh and
Dearborn Streets
Australia
Perth
West Australia
Legislative Council of Western Australia
Cars Plunge Into River Near Texarkana Wreck
A northbound Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf passenger train plunged into Little River about fifty miles north of Texarkana. An engine and crew were dispatched to the scene. The extent of the wreck is unclear though baggage mail and express cars are known to have gone off the bridge.
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Texarkana
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Gulf Railroad
Little River
Here
Fought in Public Street Ends in Fatal Wounds
Montgomery August 38. In a desperate street fight on a principal business street two men were seriously wounded. Charles Ray lies dying while J G Reasonover bears a ugly bullet wound in his thigh. Reasonover says Ray threatened his life and fired with a shotgun at close range. Ray returned fire and collapsed into a policeman’s arms.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles Ray
J. G. Reasonover
Ray
Reasonover
McKinley Reviews Twenty Sixth Regiment at Plattsburg
President McKinley, with Mrs. McKinley, reviewed the Twenty sixth regiment at Plattsburg New York as it prepares to depart for Manike. Colonel Rice received the flag presented by Mrs. McKinley, and hosted a lunch for the presidential party including Vice President Hobart and others.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Platteburg
McKinley
Manike
Rice
Hobart
Griggs
Hitchcock
No Postoffice at Lake City Sparks Government Debate
Washington August 18 The Lake City District postoffice controversy remains undecided despite reports. A tentative plan to reestablish the office with a white woman as Postmistress is possible but no decision has been made. An inspector’s adverse report on reestablishing the office influences the case discussed at the White House between President McKinley and Postmaster General Smith.
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Washington
Lake City
D. C
Champlain
McKinley
Smith
May stop Kruger's weapons to pass arms
The South African republic presses Portuguese authorities to allow 2000 cases of arms and ammunition to pass via the German steamer Konig from Hamburg. Kruger personally wired for a modus vivendi with Great Britain as the arms shipment nears arrival.
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Pasa
Lourento Marques Delagoa Bay
South African Republic
Kruger Hhas
Great Britain
Konig
Hamburg
Holsey proposes separate negro states within US
Chicago August 18 Afro American council debates best education system for the race. Bishop Holsey proposes a scheme to create distinctly negro states within the United States with 1,500,000 voters petitioning Congress to set aside public domain for a new nation, relieving the South of social and political issues. Oklahoma and New Mexico are briefly discussed.
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Chicago
Africa
Turner
Georgia
United States
Congress
South
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arrest of Santo Domingo aspirant Jiminez at Cienfuegos
Havana reports Captain Stamper arrested General Juan Isidro Jiminez, the Santo Domingo presidential hopeful, on a steamer at Cienfuegos for reasons tied to his suspected return to Santiago de Cuba. Jiminez denounced the act as an outrage, while local officials faced scrutiny over the arrest and planned custody. Aybor, his representative, departed for Santiago after ten days, with a schooner found near the harbor awaiting ammunition.
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Havana
Bacallao
Secret Police
Juan Isidro Jiminez
Santo Domingo
Clenfuegon
Stamper
Jiminez
Menedez
Cienfuegos
Senor Frias
Union Hotel
Santiago de Cuba
San Domingo
Senor Aybor
Aybor
Mey West
San Domingo fears Jiminez as revolution gains momentum
Kingston reports Santo Domingo authorities fear the arrival of revolutionary leader Jiminez and aim to intercept him. Armed vessels patrol the coast seeking any unfamiliar ship to capture Jiminez under any flag, anchored by orders to restrain the movement of the noted commander.
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San Domingo
Kingston
Jamaica
Santo Domingo
Jiminez
Jimines
Guard Against Filibusters Force Cuban Coast Watch
Cuban coast under tight watch as American vessels patrol from Santiago de Cuba on August 18. Dominican agents recruit expeditions on the island, especially the north coast. Baracoa captives await investigation, trading schooners monitored, Adonis armed and sent to Guantanamo, while General Leonard Wood enforces neutrality.
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Santiago de Cuba
Havana
Baracoa
Adonis
Guantanamo
Leonard Woot
Glorot Insistence on Labori Shooting Faces Doctors Flagging Insanity
Rennes August 18 Glorat who says he shot Labori arrived in Rennes this evening to claim his act. Observers including Colonel Picquart and M Gast doubt the motive and identity. Doctors declare the prisoner insane as he writes a confession praising the crime.
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Rennes
Glorat
M. Labori
Picquart
M. Gast
Glorot
Report on Yellow Fever Cause by 1897 Commission
Washington August 18 The commission appointed by the president in 1897 from the Marine hospital service to study yellow fever has its findings public. Led by Surgeon Eugene Wasdin and Passed Assistant Surgeon Geddings the report names bacillus icteroides as the disease cause and outlines transmission through the respiratory tract and possible secondary infections, noting species variation and disinfection possibilities.
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Washington
Marine Hospital Service
Wyman
Eugene Wasdin
Geddings
Giuseppe Lanarelli
University of Bologna
Italy
Rabbits
Lanarelli
Sternberg
Sanarelil
Still Delaying Dynamite Monopoly
Pretoria August 18 Government has received no reply to its dispatch to Loureto Marques about stopping a consignment of stores in Delagoa Bay. The volks Taad today continued discussing the dynamite monopoly with debate extending to adjournment.
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Pretoria
Augusta
Louretio Marques
Delagoa Bay
Volks Taad
Captain Handicott Dying Desperate Hemorrhage After Corvette Outburst
Captain H B Handicott commander of the Salvation Army corps in Atlanta lay dying at his home on East Fair Street after a late duty and outdoor service. At 11 pm he suffered a violent hemorrhage with blood from mouth nose and ears. Dr Visanska could do little as friends gathered by his bedside. The doctor suspects the hemorrhage may have been caused by blowing the cornet.
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Salvation Army
Handicott
Salvation Army Corps
Atlantas
East Fair Street
Dreyfus receives aid as suspicions rise in Rennes trial
Picquart aids Dreyfus amid a damning dossier dispute. Report details mercier’s defense, Panizzardi and Roget denials, and the illustrated fractures within the court martial as Austrian and Italian embassies question document authenticity, with Plequart and Roget testifying amid tense scrutiny.
Dreyfus Trial Hearings Historic Picquart Testimony
Rennes August 18 Colonel Picquart former chief of intelligence testified at the second court martial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus. He defended himself against claims of sharing secret documents, analyzed the dossier, and named key documents and attachés. General Roget and other officials were present as the defense and prosecution clashed over the dossier’s use.
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Emily Crawford
Rennes
Schneider
Mercier
Pantzzard
Behnelder
Roget
Panizzard
Signor Rossmann
Schwarzkoppes
Dreyfus
Secon
Alfred Dreyfus
Lycee
Picquart
Intelligence Department
War Office
Plequart
Zurlinden
Billot
Maitre Mornard
Court of Cassation
M. Dem
Quenelli
Paris
Drgtus
White Cappers in Trouble Four Are to Be Arrested
Greenwood, August 18 Special The main meeting to consider outrages on negroes met today. The committee found no one to excuse or shield, urged arrests where evidence supported it, and identified several white defendants Joe Jones Jesse Cauley William Wilson Robert McCaulan with papers to be executed. Several black witnesses testified, including old man Jake Richardson, who described being dragged from a sick bed and assaulted. Authorities will proceed, but vigilante protection for witnesses is pledged as the community asserts law and order.
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Greenwood
8. C
Phoenix
Jake Richardson
Joe Jones
Jesse Cauley
William Wilson
Robert McCaulan
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