Storm Destruction Rips Through New Orleans District
The Sun's New Orleans report details a historic northeastern storm sweeping along the Mississippi from Plaquemine toward the gulf. Winds up to 100 to 120 mph felled trees, unroofed houses, destroyed mills and ships, flooded Lake Pontchartrain, and left many dead or wounded across New Orleans and Pointe Coupee. Telegraphs fail, roads wash out, and relief crews rush to rescue the stranded along the coast.
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Atlantic Gales Hit Mobile and Surrounding Area
A coastal storm battered Mobile and nearby districts starting around 4 am. Winds accelerated to at least 5 mph by afternoon, barometer fell, water surged four blocks from the river, flooding about 15 feet in low areas. The retail district suffered heavy damage with thousands of dollars in losses as boats and vessels were driven ashore or wrecked.
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Ala
Royalty
Thorath
City
St. Francis Street
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Almoa
Crescent City
Canadian Pacific Plans Duluth Terminal Expansion
IMPORTANT TO DULUTH It Will De the Canadian Pacific Terminal For Lake Traffic Donuts Oct 4 It has been announced that the Canadian Pacific intends to make Duluth the base of extensive operations next spring Elevators will be erected at Duluth and the Duluth and Winnipeg line completed to make the city a terminal point for lake traffic east The rail haul from Winnipeg to Duluth would be nearly 200 miles shorter and lake transportation costs would be saved The South Shore road offices will move to Duluth and the general freight agent will relocate in November This plan follows the Duluth and Winnipeg line election and reflects a shift in Canadian Pacific strategy toward Duluth
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Fort Williams
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Siege of Melilla as Moors assault Spanish garrison
Reports from Melilla on October 4 describe a Moors attack with 4000 to 6000 fighters besieging a 400-strong Spanish garrison. Civilians aided the defense, resulting in 19 Spanish deaths and 15 wounded as artillery hit mosques and nearby structures.
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Melilla
Morocco
Spaniah
Female Pedestrians Fight Ends in Vacant Promoter Debacle
In St Louis on October 4 a female pedestrian contest at the natatorium saw twelve contestants vie for prizes from 600 to 100. Promoter Hassan Mohamed known as the king of tramp vanished after his wife, one contestant, went on strike. The women fought in the arena, then were ejected, and now seek the man who deceived them.
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Hassan Mohamed
Hassan
Bigamy and Embezzlement Case in Rioux City
D M Hawk pleaded guilty to bigamy and embezzlement in Rioux City Iowa on October 4. He came from Council Bluffs to work in a commission house and was a Sunday school superintendent. He married a woman from Elk Point, and a week later his first wife arrived, with both women together taking 800 from his employer.
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D. M
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Council Bluffs
Elk Point
Man Shot by Brother in Creek County Incident
Will Francis, a Creek man described as a light Loseman, allegedly shot by his brother after a drunken confrontation near Enfala. The portended assault at Eafala high school drove away female teachers and injured a 1-year-old child. the assailant then returned home where a younger brother reportedly shot him with a .45 caliber weapon.
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Enfala
Eafala High School
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British Official Dead and River side steel plant restart
Employmen Be Luaniy O Oct 4 The big River side steel plant at Bonwood West Virginia opposite here employing about 1000 hands has started up after a tires shutdown. Reductions of front 26 to 20 percent were made. London Oct 4 Sir Stevenson Arthur Blackwood secretary of the post office department is dead. He was a cousin of the Maria of Dufferin British ambassador to France.
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Riverside Steel
Bonwood
W. Va
London
Sir Stevenson Arthur Blackwood
Post Office Department
Congress Repeal Debate And Indian School Visit
In Washington on Oct 4 the Senate debated the silver purchasing repeal bill with an amendment by Senator Morgan reviving free coinage and offering tariff relief for countries adopting the American silver dollar standard. Carlisle Indian School students performed at Worth’s Fair Grounds in neat red braided uniforms, marching with their Indian band.
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Washington
Morgan
Dem
Ala
Dolph
Rep
Worth's Fair Grounds
Carlisle
Epidemic Diphtheria Report and Local Disasters
Diphtheria cases rise in Penn Indiana with school closures and meetings halted as deaths occur. Forest fires threaten Gras Valley near Spencerville. fences and property damaged. snake of smoke over city. Ex congressman Erastus Wells dies in St Louis at age 70. he once ran west of the Mississippi omnibus line and served four terms. Roberts defeats Frank Tyers in billiards 1000 to 542 in New York. Milwaukee Times first edition to publish October 10 in a 16 page format. Bismarck sells memoirs to a Sudan publisher for 500000 marks conditional on posthumous publication. Bismarck remains largely confined to a couch reading. John Rohrer shot and killed by highwaymen near Sioux City Illinois.
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St. Louis
Erastus Wells
Mississippi River
Carneas
Finance reform proposals from ex Senator Farwell at World’s Fair airing radical banking ideas
The banking and currency committee reviews nationwide communications on government financial reform. Ex Senator B. Farwell of Illinois advocates taking all greenbacks and circulating notes from banks, expanding the national banking system, repealing the subtreasury act, and funding bonds with long term 2 percent notes. He argues the national bank act was to aid treasury borrowing, not create policy, and warns current bonds may not cover required circulation.
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Ilinois
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Congress
Telegraphic Briefities From across the Nation
Citizens of Lockport denounce southern lynchings at a public meeting. Jesse Pomeroy, the boy murderer, attempted a jail escape in Boston but was detected. Belgian coal miners strike in Charleroi and Borinage regions. Farnam Street theater in Omaha damaged by fire. one dead and several injured. New York grand jury calls coroner system incompetent and urges abolition. Nicholas Ward, West Hotel elevator operator, dies after six‑story fall in Minneapolis. William Bell released from Birmingham prison after wrongful death conviction. alibi claimed.
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Belgium
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beVeral
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New York
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West Hotel
Minneapolis
William Bell
Birmingham
Ala
Ferdinand in Financial Straits After Royal Finances
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria faces serious money trouble as advances totaling 4,000,000 francs from Uwe Coburgers over the past years strain his finances. He spent heavily in Sofia for his marriage and royal display last winter. His father-in-law Duke of Parma and Baron Hirsch lent 100,000 francs each to cover immediate needs.
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Viensa
Qct
Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Uwe Coburgers
Sofia
Tua Duke of
Parma
Baron Hirsch
France
Strike Continues in Memphis Rail Yards
Memphis dispatch reports the strike by switchmen and shopmen from Chesapeake Ohio and Southwestern and Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley keeps freight at a near standstill while passenger car movement continues. In Bresos Ayres, Dr Alem, a Radical leader, has been arrested, with rebellion believed suppressed in the tenets l.
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Mississippi Valley
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Alem
Market Prices From St Paul Union Stock Yards
Latest market prices show hogs at strong to higher, cattle steady to firm, veal calves heavy, and stockers feeders mixed. Sheep demand steady with muttons and lambs trading around two dollars per head, with total receipts indicating hogs, calves, sheep, and cattle arriving in sizable numbers.
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St. Paul Union
Unclear Minneapolis Grain Market Update
Fragmented OCR text references May and December wheat trading terms, openings and closings, but lacks coherent data. Identified entities include Minneapolis, grain market terms, and months, yet specifics are missing.
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Market Notes
Market activity shown for cattle hogs and mixed stock with strong receipts of 16000 cattle 410 sheep and 140 beef notes. Grain and provisions list indicates Wheat Corn Oats PORK LARD SHORT RIBS futures with October December and January contracts and prices around 14.10 8.05 16.25 and 0.40 respectively.
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Chicago
Crivace Axton
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