Yellow fever cases reported in Pensacola after inspection
The Surgeon General’s inspection in Pensacola found two yellow fever cases in the sailor's boarding house on Halifax Street. Patients were moved to the quarantine hospital on Santa Rosa Island, bedding and clothing destroyed, and the house fumigated under guard. Additional cases were reported by acting Assistant Surgeon White. A customs boat moved patients to quarantine hospital.
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Washington
The
Marine Hospital Service
Brownsville
Texas
Tomalton
Purdacon
Mexico
Tampico
Panama
Guatemala
Sandronisko
Oxaca
Vera Cruz
Montemorils
Putcheka
Washington, D. C
Hamilton
Pensacola
Halifax Street
Santa Rosa Island
White
Mills Fire Near Killucan Claims Three Lives
In Dublin reports a large flour mill complex near Killucan west of Meath was consumed by fire. Three workers died and losses reach about 140000 dollars as flames destroyed mills and facilities.
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Dublin
Killucan
Meath
Brown's Iron Bitters Promises Health and Strength
An 1882 Mansfield Ohio testimonial touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a tonic for tiredness pain in the side and back and loss of appetite. The letter credits restored strength and appetite after taking one bottle and a half, claiming the remedy cures dyspepsia indigestion malaria weakness and supports lung and kidney health.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Joan K. Atcenper
Completion of the Northern Pacific linked to Mullen tunnel
Telegraphic note from Helena dated August 22 reports the Ski Pacific ends will connect tomorrow a few miles west of the Mullen tunnel with the golden spike to be driven September 8 by President Villard and Jay Cooke. Denver dispatch notes the Denver soap works burned this morning with a loss of 20 000 dollars fully insured. Chief Signal Officer Hazen arrives from inspection tour reporting the western signal stations in excellent order.
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Helena
Ski Pacific
Mullen
Villard
Jay Cooke
Denver
Hazen
Captain Rhodes Delays Whirlpool Swim Plans
Buffalo reports Captain Rhodes remains in the city without a set time to swim the whirlpool. He has bought a large dog and may use it in an experimental run. Locals doubt Rhodes will attempt a sensational stunt.
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Buffalo
Rhodes
Glass Blowers union delegates meet manufacturers in Philadelphia
Delegates from the eastern Glass Blowers union representing workers in New Jersey Baltimore and Norristown PA met the glass manufacturers committee in Philadelphia today. They agreed that next year’s schedule wages should be the same as now and the works are expected to reopen around September 12.
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Philadelphia
Eastern Glass Blowers Union
New Jersey
Baltimore
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Doctor shot in Galveston amid disturbance
A Houston dispatch reports Dr. Abrams a prominent physician and ex confederate surgeon was shot and mortally wounded by a man named Clark in a quarrel. Clark says he was subjected to petty persecutions. The doctor alleges Clark peered through a window at Mrs Abrams while she dressed.
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Texas
Galveston
Houston
Abrams
Clark
Directors of Canadian Pacific Arrive for Rocky Mountain Tour
The Canadian Pacific Railway directors travel by special train from Toronto with forty capitalists from North America and Europe. Among them are Prince Hosenloe and Vice Admiral Count Gleichem of Germany plus English peers and MPs. They will tour the Rocky Mountains and return in three weeks.
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Toronto
Canadian Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk
Europe
Prince Hosenloe
Count Gleichem
Germany
Earl Latham
Elphinstone, Casleton and Onslow
England
United States
Dominion
Rocky Mountains
No Fever at Memphis
A large number of telegrams from various points asked if yellow fever had appeared in Memphis. Officials say the rumor was spread for speculation, but no fever is feared. Memphis is healthy and preparations guard against any discussion of the disease if it arrives.
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Memphi
Memphis
Train wreck near Forest City kills three Arkansans
A westbound Memphis and Little Rock passenger train struck a broken rail while crossing a trestle four miles west of Forest City Arkansas. Two second class coaches baggage and express car fell through the trestle. Merchants J B Salinger and Harry J Oldbergh of Cotton Plant and John Adair of Little Rock are dead. Several other passengers were injured.
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Memphis
Tennessee
Memphis and Little Rock
Forest City
Arkansas
J. B. Salinger
Harry J. Oldbergh
Cotton Plant
John Adair
Little Rock Road
Terrible fire rips through Empire oil works yard
A blaze at the Empire oil works packing shop in Long Island City started shortly after 11 am. The wooden structures, including the tin and barrel shops, fed the flames, threatening the nearby Hont lard oil works. Over 100 workers were present as firefighters from Brooklyn battled the inferno. damage is estimated at 500000 dollars with several injuries including Patrick Cooney.
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New York
Empire Oil Works
Long Island City
Brooklyn Fire Department
Patrick Cooney
James Trial Adjourns Till Noon For Challenges
In Gallatin Missouri the James trial adjourned at noon for attorneys to prepare challenges. A panel of forty men will be drawn tomorrow from which twelve jurors will be chosen. Public interest remains high though today’s crowd was smaller. James maintains calm with visitors including his mother wife and child present.
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Kansas City
Teas Journal
Gallatin
James
Wind Storm Ravages Stevens Point and Wood County
Dispatches report severe damage from a night wind storm across Stevens Point and Wood County. Crops fences buildings and dam structures were destroyed. An elderly man was seriously hurt by debris but survived. Brown County Green Bay saw similar wind and hail damage with no fatalities. Ashland fought forest fires all day with depot flames contained by evening.
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Milwaukee
Stevens Point
Wood Country
Stockton
Newhope
Brown County
Green Bay
Ashland
Omaha
Wrecked by a Cyclone Near Rochester and Zumbrota
Meagre telegraphic reports from Owatonna Minnesota say a severe cyclone caused a train wreck on the Rochester and Northern Division of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad between Rochester and Zumbrota. About one hundred people were killed or injured as cars were hurled from the rails and debris buried passengers. Nine bodies had been recovered with many seriously injured carried to Rochester and Owatonna as recovery work continued.
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Owatonna
Minn
Rochester
Zumbrota
Rochester & Northern
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Owattonna
St. Paul
Minnesota
Owattona
Hubbard
Turbulent Cyclone Devastates Rochester Minnesota
A powerful cyclone hits Rochester Minnesota with extensive destruction. Reports list twenty four to several hundred dead and many injured. townspeople flee, hospitals fill, and aid pours in from Governor Hubbard and officials. Telegraph lines fail, complicating early details.
Burglar Fatally Shot During Detroit-Area Burglary Attempt
Police report a man named J. P. Kennedy was shot and killed while trying to burglarize a location eighteen miles from Detroit near Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday. Authorities describe him as a dangerous professional burglar with limited information on his identity.
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J. P. Kennedy
Birmingham
Detroit
Fire destroys fifth floor office area in Chicago blaze
A fire on August 21 at 6:30 in a La Salle and Washington street building housing Western Union Union National Bank International Bank Associated Press and many offices left the fifth floor ruined within twenty minutes. The blaze started from duplex battery wires near the switchboard. Main structure remained intact. Losses: property $75,000 est, building $30,000, insurance $13,000. Western Union moved operations to the north side with Mutual Union Company assistance.
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Chicago
Lasalle and
Washington Streets
Western Union Telegraph Company
Union National Bank
International Bank
Associated Press
Western Union
Western Union Company
Washington Street
Mutual Union Company
Terrible Death At Brewery Wash Tub Incident
Andrew Lauger died when a wash tub was turned on during work at Hue pegel's brewery located at 161 Saint street. Carl Stein was rescued and taken to hospital. The accident occurred as workers entered the tub unaware the machinery was active.
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New York
Andrew Lauger
Carl Stein
Huepegel's
Saint Street
Lauger
Stein
Garfield monument foundation laid at Golden Gate Park
San Francisco witnessed the foundation stone ceremony for the Garfield monument under the Grand Masonic Lodge of California with the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar aiding. Over one hundred thousand people attended the noon event at Golden Gate Park.
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San Francisco
Garfield Monument
Grand Masonic Lodge of
California
Knights Templar
United States
Golden Gate Park
Reilly Shot Dead in Jail Cell Ambush
J. A. Reilly, proprietor of a notorious resort in Stevens Point Wisconsin, was shot and killed last night while in jail under arrest for assaulting a visitor. Attackers, believed to have used keys left in the corridor to enter his cell, fired as he slept.
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Stevens Point
Wis
J. A. Reilly
Reilly
Rates Cut East and West Bound Freight Rebate Details
A Chicago report states rates are being cut on east and westbound shipments with a ten cent rebate per hundred pounds offered to grain shippers from western points and a twenty cent rebate per hundred on battering. The Lackawanna and Western line is also said to be reducing westbound rates.
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Chicago
Western Points
Lackawanna & Western
Western Union Sued Over Telegraph Dispatch Delay
Thomas Marvin, straw hat maker, sued Western Union in New York for 200 damages after the clerk refused two Oil City Pa dispatches with a delay condition. Justice Angel ruled for Marvin, finding the two refusals a single act and awarded 100 in damages plus costs.
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New York
Thomas Marvin
Oil City
Western Union Telegraph Company
Marvin
First District Court
Justice Angel Today
Maori Slugger Slade Arrives Training for Fight in Atchison
Slade and trainer Dick Brighton and manager 8 H. Tice settled at the exposition grounds for training in Atchison on August 24. Jim Mace expected soon with rumors about venue and possible backers. Slade in excellent shape, quiet yet confident, with word that John L. Sullivan may arrive to back Slade against Mitchell.
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Slade
Mitchell
Fire destroys Dollarville town center in Michigan
Chicago report says Dollarville Michigan, with about 300 residents and home base of an American lumber company, was nearly wiped out by a yesterday blaze. Twenty main buildings burned, two children reported burned to death, losses around 120000 dollars.
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Chicago
Dollarville
Mich
American Lumber Company
Shooting at McDade Leaves Bob Young Fatally Wounded
A special dispatch from McDade reports Bob Young was shot and mortally wounded by George Milton this morning. Hill, who accompanied Young, sustained a severe flesh wound, while a drummer and a prominent citizen nearby had their clothing perforated but were not harmed.
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Galveston
McDade
Bob Young
George Milton
Hill
Young
Prize Fighting to be Stopped in Kansas
Governor Glick asked the Atchison prosecuting attorney to enforce prize fighting laws. The attorney general said the law will be enforced and that Slade and Mitchell cannot train in Kansas. Penalty for fighting or training is ten years in prison.
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Kansas City
the Times
Topeka
Glick
Atchinson
Slade
Mitchell
Drowning Tragedy at Bald Head Cliff Beach
A party of fifteen to twenty at Bald Head Cliff house traveled to Oquinquil beach. In heavy surf four drowned and four rescued in critical condition. Rev Mr Little from Washington rescued his wife and one child but his son Eddie drowned. Victims named Greenough Thayer Emma Gould Mittie Safford Eddie Little. Search for bodies ongoing.
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Wells
Maine
Bald Head
Oquinquil Beach
Mr. Little
Washington, D. C
Eddie
Greenough Thayer
North Cambridge
Mass
Emma Gould
Andover
Mittie Safford
Eddie Little
Washington
Gould Responds to Garfield Campaign Cash Claim
In New York, a Sun letter from McLean to Jay Gould rejects a charge of a conditional Garfield fund pledge tied to Stanley Matthews. Gould calls the allegation fabrication, states no bargain with Garfield, and notes Matthews was not his counselor.
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New York
the Sun
McLean
Jay Gould
Stanley Matthew
Gould
Garfield
Matthews
Supreme Bench
Bargai
Sioux council at Fort Yates on 18000 square miles ceded lands
A federal inquiry into the 18000 square mile treaty at Fort Yates draws about 300 Sioux including Sitting Bull Golf and Rain in the Face. The committee questions the terms tied to 25000 cattle and 1000 bulls and Sioux desire farming land with instruction. Sitting Bull proclaims Great Spirit authority then insults the panel before leaving and later returns to demand eight million dollars for the land. General Logan warns him of arrest if repeated.
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Fort Yates
Dakota
Bismarck
Dak
Dawes
Logan
Cameron
Sitting Bull
Golf
Rain
General Custer
To Dyspeptics Indigestion Advice
To dyspeptics the most common signs include stomach oppression nausea flatulency water-brush heart burn vomiting loss of appetite and constipation. Dyspeptic patients suffer unhoused miseries bodily and mental. They should stimulate digestion and secure regular daily action of the bowels by the
Demurrer in Bill Case Against Lands In United States
The bill filed by the complainant challenges the demurrer alleging the form and substance misstate relief. The court considers whether the lands in question under United States jurisdiction can be lawfully charged and whether the complainant has a right to relief, noting vagueness about section details and the use of lands in multiple townships.
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United States
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