Yellow fever surges in multiple districts with new cases
Reports from Jackson Mississippi Natchez New Orleans and nearby towns indicate rising yellow fever cases with Jackson recording fourteen new cases and one death and Natchez showing six new cases while other cities report additional infections and fatalities. A separate Arkansas case involves a U S marshal accused of malfeasance and a Texas suicide case.
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Jackson
Miss
Board of Health
Hiram
Port Gibson
Hunter
State Board
Madison
Starkville
Oxford
Waveland
Hattiesburg
Harriston
New Orleans
London
Wilson
Alexandria
Houma
Amite City
St. Clair
West Baton Rouge Parish
Tahgipahoa
Private Henry Dixson Shot Near Locust Grove
In Griffin Georgia on October 14 Private Henry Dixson of Company B third regiment resisted arrest and was shot by Camp Northern detail near Locust Grove while attempting to kill a soldier. He was shot and perhaps fatally wounded during the confrontation with the arresting party.
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Griffin, Ga
Henry Dixson
Third Regiment
Locust Grove
Merchants and Miners Cuts Freight Rates to Nashville and Memphis
The Merchants and Miners Transportation Company announced a 25 percent reduction in freight rates from Boston Providence New York Philadelphia and Baltimore to Nashville and Memphis points. The cut takes effect immediately.
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Baltimore
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Boston
Providence
New York
Philadelphia
Nashville
Memphis
Wealthy Laredo merchant Jose Armen gl found dead
Found dead in his bedroom in Laredo ex Jose Armen gl one of the citys wealthiest merchants suffered a paralysis stroke years ago and his death is attributed to a cause Chickasaw Helles Expensive Ardmore I T Oct 14 The Chickasaw legislature passes a bill requiring all white men marrying a Chickasaw woman to pay a license of 600
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Laredo
Jose Armengl
Ardmore
I. T
McKinley Arrives in St. Louis Amid Welcoming Parade
President McKinley arrives in St. Louis and is greeted by Gov. Stephens ex-Gov. Francis and Mayor Zeigenhein. A large crowd gathers at Union Station as the Twenty First infantry lines Market Street and veterans of Santiago salute. He views the reception from a balcony at the Southern hotel while crowds fill streets and windows.
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President McKinley
St. Louis
Omaha
Missouri River
Spanish Lake Station
Stephens
Francis
Zeigenhein
Union Station
McKinlay
Twentieth Street
Twelfth
United States Infantry
Market Street
Veterans of Santiago
Southern Hotel
Mr. McKinley
Walnut Street
McKinly
Colonel Young Relieves Battery B at Virden
Colonel Young takes command in Virden Illinois as the ranking officer after relieving Battery B on guard duty. He plans ground inspection and talks with mine officials and Captains Craig and Ferrier before assuming full duties. Trains are searched for trespassers and troops patrol the town while militiamen endure hard duty. In Pana Illinois negroes were moved there after failing to land at Virden.
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Virden
Young
Illinois Cavalry
Craig
Ferrier
Lafayette day observances set in public schools
Governor Adams proclaimed next Wednesday as Lafayette day in public schools. Teachers to observe fitting ceremonies and students urged to help fund a Lafayette monument to be built in Paris. The notice also reports a Galveston court ruling awarding J. W. Bohan $14,000 in damages from the Galveston Houston and Henderson railway after a 1896 accident left him severely injured.
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Denver
Adams
Paris
Galveston
Tex
Court of Civil Appeals
District Court of Galveston
J. W. Bohan
Galveston, Houston
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C. M. Proctor
Mississippi
Nachez
Louisiana
Natchex
Natchez, Miss
Natchez
Clifton Heights
Little Rock
the Gazette
Fort Smith
Ark
Washington
United States
Marshall Stahl
Western District
Arkansas
Stahl
Marfa
Henry Colls
San Antonio
el Paso
M’kinley
Railroad Workers’ Union
Pekin
Signor Martino
M. Gerard
Pana, Ills
Pana
Jno
B. Mike
Bayle
Swift
R.ij. Ford
Lafayette
Colorado
T.G
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South
Texas
Houston
Anp
Ennis
Ft. Worth
Denison
Housto
Louis
Austin
Galveston Houston
Brenham
Waco Corsicana
Waxahachie
Dallas
Plano
McKinney, Sherman and Denson
C. W. Ber
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Agt
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James Drugstore
the American Laundry
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