Fever Crisis Deepens Across Cities With Quarantine
The report details rising yellow fever deaths and new cases in Orleans, Montgomery, and Atlanta. It notes 11 deaths and 52 cases in a day, disputes over quarantines, and plans to fumigate Montgomery led by Dr. Cuarnow. Atlanta reports one fever case, a refugee, with no spread feared.
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Montgomery
Board of Health
Wymanting
Cuarnow
New Orleans
Pse
Atlanta
R. Alexander
Rdt of Health of
Guiteras O
Atta
James F. Alexander
Mobile
Ala
Tlanta
Alabama
Montery
Cleveland family welcomes a new heir in White House line
Princeton dispatch reports Grover Cleveland has a son with Ruth Esther and Marian identified as sisters. The newborn joins a family line with Ether noted as the last prior White House child, prompting public interest and congratulations nationwide.
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Ruth
Esther
Marian
Princeton
N. J
Dispatch
House of
Cleveland
Ether
White House
Bryan in Ohio Campaign Opens in Montpelier
William Jennings Bryan began a short campaign tour in Ohio with a morning stop in Montpelier before Defiance. An audience of about five thousand, largely Republicans, heard his attacks on the gold standard and praise for silver, calling the monetary commission effort a failure. He blamed European financiers and cited Alaska gold and India famine as factors in American finance.
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Montpellier
William Jennings Bryan
Ohio
Montpelier
Bryan
United States
Europe
Monetary Commission
McKinley
Alaska
India
Defiance
Women Campaigners At Cooper Union Rally For Low
A New York dispatch reports a female dominated gathering at Cooper Union on Wednesday afternoon by members of the Women Municipal League, urging Seth Low’s election and showing political clout without votes. Colonel George Waring presided and Mayor Strong, though a lifelong Republican, urged cleansing the party’s stables to restore a firm foundation.
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New York
Cooper Union
Murray Hill
Riverside Drive
West End Avenue
Women’s Municipal League
Seth Low
Croker
Platt
George F. Waring
Mayor Strong
Strong
Yellow fever toll climbs in New Orleans as heat spikes
New Orleans reports fifty two new yellow fever cases and eleven deaths on Wednesday. The fever remains active with a high daily death rate despite efforts by the fumigating corps and a sense the outbreak is genuine. The day’s rise follows Tuesday’s worrying figures as warm weather accelerates transmission.
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New Orleans
Spain Seeks New Loan To-Avert June Cash Shortage
Madrid reports that Spain faces exhausted funds by June 1898 and must borrow heavily. Finance Minister Senor Purgeerver warns the Cuban war drives monthly expenses to 45,000,000 pesetas with civic and military departments behind on payments.
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Frankfurt Zeitung
Berlin
Madrid
Senor Purgeerver
Spain
Senator Morgan III Stricken Aboard Ship Homeward
A San Diego dispatch reports Senator Morgan III gravely ill with a severe cold after leaving Hawaii on the steamship Oregon. He had recently returned from the islands where he observed sentiment on annexation and is now in critical condition though no immediate danger is seen.
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Hawaiia
San Diego
Cal
Morgan
Oregon
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
United States
Longstreet Appointed Railroads Commissioner Over Hampton
Washington dispatch reports General James Longstreet named commissioner of railroads to succeed General Wade Hampton. Hampton will retire after completing his annual report. Longstreet's career spans Civil War leadership and multiple federal posts. The appointment follows health pauses and political maneuvering within McKinley administration.
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Washington
James Longstreet
Wade Hampton
General Hampton
McKinley
Longstreet
Palmetto State
Pacific Coast
General Longstreet
General Pension Building
Hampton
Senate
New Orleans
Grant
Louisiana
Turkey
Hayes
United States
Marshall
Georgia
Garfield
Texas Populists Weigh Stand on Omaha Platform in National Affairs
The Texas populist state executive committee held two secret sessions in Dallas and advised adherence to the Omaha platform on national issues while backing efforts to redeem Texas from Democratic ring rule in state matters. The move is seen as a bid to fuse with anti Democratic elements in next year’s state campaign across state county and legislative tickets.
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Texas
Dallas
Campaign Plots Stir New York As Election Near
In Greater New York the mayoral race heightens with Tammany favored by bets though Van Wyck, Low, and Henry George draw strong funds. Citizen's Union led by Seth Low shows solid support while Bishop Potter admits he did not register this year.
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Great Metropolis
Greater
New York
Tammany
van Wyck
Citizen's Union
Seth Low
Low
Columbia University
Henry George
Georgette
Tammany Hall
Jones
William J. Bryan
National Democratic Party
Citizens’ Union
Tracy
George
Henry O. Potter
Potter
Delk Given Life Sentence in Sheriff Gwyn Murder Case
McDonough Ga. Taylor Delk Pike county outlaw was found guilty with mercy recommendation for the murder of Sheriff Gwyn. Judge Candler of the Stone Mountain circuit sentenced Delk to life imprisonment. Tom Delk, his son, was hanged earlier and Tom Langford awaits trial.
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McDonough
Taylor Delk
Pike County
Gwyn
Tom Delk
Tom Langford
Candler
Governor Opposed Prison Plan Is Struck Down in Georgia
The Georgia general joint penitentiary committee crushed the sub committee bill in Atlanta. They eliminated the central penitentiary concept and left only a five year convict lease under state control, placing the governor at odds with the legislature.
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Georgia
General Joint Penitentiary Committee
Georgia House and Senate
Atlanta
Central Penitentiary
Bpregislature
Pennsylvania Troops to Chattanooga for Monument Dedication
Adjutant General Stewart will order 1500 Pennsylvania soldiers to travel free to Chattanooga and back for the November 15 dedication of the Pennsylvania monuments on the Chickamauga battlefield. Governor Hastings and staff, plus national government representatives and the battlefield commission, will attend.
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Stewart
Pennsylvania
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Hastings
Pennsylvania Battlefield Commission
Population Scale: Japan Surpasses Forty-One Cities
The report states that Japan contains forty-one cities with more than 10,000 residents. It notes the distribution across prefectures and implies continued urban growth driving regional density.
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Japan
Death of Henry George II The Jeffersonian mayor candidate dies in New York
Henry George, prominent advocate of reform and author of Progress and Poverty, died suddenly at the Union Square hotel in New York at 4 45 am after a day of campaign speeches. His son Henry George Jr was substituted as campaign candidate for mayor of Greater New York. George was 58, born September 2 1839, and had campaigned vigorously in Queens and Brooklyn before his death.
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Henry George
Greater
New York
Union Square
Cooper Union
Mr. George
Queens
Brooklyn
Whitestone
College Point
Flushing
Central Opera House
George
God
Father
Duke of Argyle
Leo XIII
Herbert Spencer
United Labor Party
Abrams. Hewitt
Roosevelt
Navy
Jeffersonian Democrats
Thomas Jefferson Democracy
Henry George, Jr
Sacramento
Cal
San Francisco
Cotton Oil Firm Seeks Interventions Against Railroad
A petition in the U S circuit court at Chattanooga by the Chattanooga Cotton Oil Co and Farmers Loan and Trust Co against the Memphis and Charleston Railroad alleges discrimination in refusing to haul cotton seed. Judge Clark ordered immediate delivery of petitioners’ cotton seed and to stop any bias toward competitor firms engaged in the same business.
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United States
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Cotton Oil Company
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company
Clark
Montgomery Health Board Reports New Fever Cases
The Montgomery board of health reports twelve new fever cases on Thursday with no deaths all within the infected district. Relief efforts continue as twenty five to thirty families receive care, and local nurses aid the ill. In New Orleans yellow fever totals on Thursday show 65 new cases and 8 deaths, 1886 cases overall with 164 deaths and 683 recoveries.
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Montgomery
General Relief Fund
New Orleans Board of Health
Greece torpedo scandal shocks Athens and palace
A naval scandal in Athens reveals that all war torpedoes lacked percussion caps and fulminating mercury. If fired, the weapons would have been harmless, fueling attacks on Prince George, commander of the torpedo flotilla, who faces strong public backlash.
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Athens
Greece
Turkey
Prince George
Guarantee of Union Pacific Government Claim Confirmed
Attorney General McKenna confirms Associated Press report that the reorganization committee’s offer is accepted by the government. The government’s claim against Union Pacific totals over 58 million dollars, including 19,076,512 in outstanding bonds. Of this sum 15,919,512 is due January 1, 1898 and 3,157,000 due January 1, 1899.
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Union Pacific
McKenna
Associated Press
Reorganization Committee
Union Pacific Road
Confederate Soldier's Home at Atlanta Goes on the Block
The Confederate Soldier's Home at Atlanta will be sold on November 10 after the commissioners decided to advertise for bids. The 119 acre tract will be divided into five and ten acre lots with 19 acres reserved for the home. Total cost was $41,000 with a $4,150 floating debt from insurance and watchman services.
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Atlanta
Cap Peeples Seeks New Trial In Carpet Scheme Case
Dalton captain Peeples seeks a new trial after his $500 fine conviction. Bond set at $2000. He reportedly plans to introduce a letter from a Chattanooga carpet house employee claiming a sale tied to his son’s purchase, as his defense.
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Captain Peeples
Dalton
Chattanooga
Drew M. Peeples
Mrs Longstreet Resigns as Assistant State Librarian
Miss Susie Y. Jewett, previously an educational department assistant clerk, is appointed to succeed Mrs. James Longstreet as assistant state librarian. Longstreet, who recently married, visited Atlanta and tendered her resignation, which was accepted. Mrs. Tonesvear is out of the race with supporters likely backing Captain Milledge.
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Susie Y. Jewett
Educational Department
James Longstreet
Ellen Dortch
Longstreet
Atlanta
Miss Jewett
Tonesvear
Captain Milledge
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