Yellow fever claims three aboard Honiton off Cape Cod
The British steamer Honiton from Progreso to Boston anchored near Nobaka four miles from Vineyard Haven with three dead from suspected yellow fever. Seaman Hank Gullikson, sep 28, and Chief Engineer William Laidler died at sea, followed by Messroom Steward Charles Read. The crew of seventeen remains well. captain and steward sick but active. ship to proceed to Quarantine under Captain Kidder.
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Vineyard Haven
Honiton
Progreso
Mex
Boston
Nobaka
Vineyard Sound
Hank Gullikson
Norway
Associated Press
Gullikson
William Laidler
Sunderland
Eng
Charles Read
Liverpool
Hampton Roads
Horiton
Nobska
Kidder
Hazleton Breaker Workers Strike Amid Pay Dispute
Lehigh Wilkesbarre Coal Company breaker employees refuse to work after receiving pay checks. They claim they were promised more during the last settlement and threaten a return to idle status for about 2500 workers if officials fail to explain or advance the grievance. No. 5 breakers led the walkout. others joined, risking a full strike.
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Hazleton
Penn
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
New Fall Hats Tailored to Your Head Shape
The shop offers Fall hats priced at 2.00 or 2.50 with a free handsome hat brush. Staff pledge careful fitting based on complexion, facial contour, and head shape to ensure a most becoming hat.
Man Chooses Death Over Poverty in Brighton Home
Thomas Cooper, a Canadian immigrant, knelt beside his bed in Faneuil House Brighton and fatally cut his throat after writing a letter blaming poverty and lost health. A Bible open to Psalm four eight and a razor nearby marked the scene as a planned act. Cooper left a note apologizing to his friend Thomas Ewald and detailing payments to his children and arrangements for their care.
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Thomas Cooper
Faneuil House
Brighton
David
Thomas Ewald
Archie
Cooper
Canada
Sullivan
Wedding interrupted as two gang members are arrested at ceremony
Oct 8 in Pomeroy Ohio Charles Hysell and Bert Wines, two gang members active in Meigs and nearby counties, were arrested near a wedding. Hysell stood with the bride Georgia Mansell at the Long home when officers arrived and took him into custody. Wines tried to flee but was captured after a lively chase.
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Pomeroy, CO
Charles Hysell
Bert Wines
Meigs
Hysell
Georgia Mansell
Wines
Early Located in New York as Ex-Cashier Seized Funds
Walter Early of Jordan Marsh & Co. and a Swett street bicycle repairer are in New York after absconding with 2300. Inspector Douglass will arrest Early there. Earlier reports had them heading to Seattle toward the Klondike. circulars were sent nationwide, and a swift capture is expected.
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Eugene V. Debs
Boston
Social Seer Oeo
Castle Square Hall
Debs
New York
Faneuil Hall
Walter Early
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Douglass
Early
Swett Street
Seattle
Klondike
Eldredge shooting inquest finds self-inflicted fatal wound
Harwich Mass October 8 The inquest by the medical examiner ruled Horton Eldredge died from a bullet fired by his own hand after he shot at a man he saw with his mother. His mother declined to comment.
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Harwich
Mass
Eldredge
Horton Eldredge
Immediate recall of Weyler. Blanco y Arenas chosen
Madrid dispatch reports the Cabinet ordering General Weyler's return from Cuba and naming Captain-General Blanco y Arenas Marquis of Pena Plata as Governor-General. El Heraldo cites 20000 reinforcements. Arderino and other generals named to staff Cuba. Weyler pledges to continue in command with government support amid U S and Liberal party pressure.
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Madrid
Weyler
Cuba
Blanco Y Arenas
Pena Plata
el Heraldo
Blanco
Arderino
Gonzales Pairals
Pando, Berbal
Canella
Sagasta
Liberal Party
United States
Jucaro
Cape San Antonio
Senor Sagasta
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Illinois Steel Company
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