Two Yellow Fever Cases Reported in Montgomery
The Montgomery Alabama board of health announced two new yellow fever cases in the city, Patrick W. White and Thomas Graydon. Reports note a malarial-like illness in the first ward, with doctors divided over the diagnosis and thousands preparing to flee by train. The city closed schools and began disinfection as officials chart a fever tally for Monday.
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Wyman
Washington
Baton Rouge
Montgomery
Ala
Magruder
Galveston
Swearingen
Arrests Probe Dalton Night Yard Security
In Dalton Georgia on Monday night night watchman Sam Blackwell of the Western and Atlantic railroad yards and Ed Hill a clerk for the Dalton Grocery company were arrested and placed under guard. The arrests were ordered by Judge Fite who wired from Calhoun where he was presiding over an adjourned court term.
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Dalton
Sam Blackwell
Western and Atlantic
Ed Hill
Dalton Grocery Company
Fite
Calhoun
Fearfully Fatal Cyclone Strikes Philippine Islands
A Madrid dispatch reports Leyte devastated by a cyclone killing about 4000 people and wrecking towns such as Tacloban and Hernani on Leyte and sweepings across Samar. full extent of the disaster remains uncertain.
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Philippine Islands
Madrid
Leyte
Tagloban
Hernanion
Samar
Fever is Gaining Amid Yellow Fever News From Cities
Suppressed figures show Montgomery reports three new fever cases while Mobile and New Orleans face rising totals. In Montgomery many evacuate as trains fill, with one death linked to the outbreak and about a week of illness for most recoveries. The New Orleans tally climbs beyond forty nine cases, with over nine hundred total cases and more than a hundred deaths to date. The Board of Health cites 56 cases, four deaths, 921 total cases, 104 deaths, 463 recovered, and 354 under treatment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
New Orleans
Board of Health
Luetgert Case Jury Deliberations Reach Standstill
The Luetgert murder trial in Chicago reaches a jury deadlock after two days of deliberations. Judge Tuthill completes instructions, jurors fear a verdict as ballots show nine for conviction and three for acquittal.
PARDONED BY WEYLER Eleven Released From Cuban Penal Settlement
Havana dispatch reports General Weyler ordered eleven prisoners released from the Isle of Pines penal settlement off Cuba. The men were alleged to have aided an uprising that led to the imprisonment of Senorita Evangelina Casio y Cisne ros, who escaped Havana’s Casa Recojidas and is now in New York.
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Siegen
Havana
General Weyler
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Evangelina Casio Y Cisneros
Casa Recojidas
New York
Salisbury Denies Reopening Indian Mints In Monetary Talks
London dispatch reports Lord Salisbury replying for Britain that Indian mints cannot be reopened. The note rejects the American bimetallist proposals and declines an international monetary conference. Britain favors stable gold and silver exchange and invites practical suggestions from the United States.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Hay
Special Commission
Wolcott
Great Britain
India
United States
France
J. Westland
Financial Department of India
Cabinet Council
Receiver Not Appointed In Huntsville Building Loan Case
Judge Bruce dismissed the suit by Mrs. M. L. Straton and others against the Southern Building and Loan Association of Huntsville Alabama. The bill claimed insolvency and stockholder fraud. Defense showed assets over a million dollars and the court found the allegations groundless after two days of hearings.
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Southern B.and L. Association of Huntsville
Ala
M. L. Straton
Southern Building and Loan Association of Huntsville
Bruce
United States
Southern
U S Steel Supremacy Growing in English Markets
The Pall Mall Gazette notes American competition in iron and steel, stating the United States challenges Britain in neutral markets and gains footholds in England as the cheapest steel producer globally. It cites permanent causes behind the favorable reception and forecasts continued U S price leadership.
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The
Pall Mall Gazette
Iron and Steel Industries
United States
England
Luetgert Case Bribery Letters Reported in Chicago
Two letters offering bribes to the jury foreman in the Luetgert case were received by Judge Tuthill and are with the state's attorney. State's Attorney Deneen doubts the seriousness but Inspector Schaack and Assistant S A McEwen view the matter with suspicion.
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Vincent
Luetgert
Chicago
Tuthull
Deneen
Inspector Schaack
McEwen
Bethlehem Iron Works Offers Plant to Government
Philadelphia report says William Wharton, a major Bethlehem Iron stockholder, confirms the company offered to sell its plant to the government. He adds Carnegie concerns reportedly made the same offer but doubts any deal will materialize.
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Bethlehem Iron Works
Philadelphia Dispatch
William Wharton
Bethlehem Iron Company
Wharton
Carnegie Company
Dalton trials resume as Captain Peeples faces tobacco theft charge
Dalton Georgia car conspiracy trials resumed with Captain T. J. Peeples arraigned for receiving 8 boxes and 220 pounds of stolen tobacco from the Bohannon gang. State’s witnesses were Walter Bohannon and a negro. Peeples offered no defense evidence beyond denying the charges.
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Captain Peeples
Dalton
T. J. Peeples
Bohannon Gang
Walter Bohannon
Toto
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad Directors Re elected
The annual meeting of the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad stockholders was held in Macon on Wednesday. Directors re elected include Samuel Spencer H H Tift H P Smart T D Tinsley Morris Happ W C Shaw J F Hanson George W Parrott T B Gresham A B Pendleton and J M Johnson. The annual report praised present management and the road’s strong showing.
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Georgia, Southern and Florida Stockholders
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad
Macon
Samuel Spencer
H. H. Tift
H. P. Smart
T. D. Tinsley
Morris Happ
W. C. Shaw
J. F. Hanson
George W. Parrott
T. B. Gresham
A. 8. Pendleton
J. M. Johnson
Fever cases surge in New Orleans as six die
New Orleans reports sixty new fever cases and six deaths on Wednesday, breaking all previous daily records. Refugees flee Montgomery as Alabama cities tighten measures, with Jacksonville Auburn and Tuskegee forming local quarantines and Selma enforcing strict city-wide controls.
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New Orleans
Montgomery
Alabama
Atlanta
Board of Health
Executive Department of State
Birmingham
Department of Agriculture
Speigners
Louisville
Nashville
Jacksonville
Auburn
Tuskegee
Selma
APPROVE SOUTHERN HISTORIES
Virginia ex Confederates seek true teaching of events adopting resolutions in Richmond. They recommend Virginia histories by Mary Tucker McGill and D H Maury and U S histories by Susan Pendleton Lee J William Jones Shinn Hansel Holmes. They praise General Robert E Lee biography for auxiliary reading and cite Col John Us ons Glance at Current History.
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Virginia
Richmond
American Republic
Mary Tucker McGill
D. H. Maury
United States
Susan Pendleton Lee
J. William Jones
Shinn
Hansel Series
Holmes
Robert E. Lee
Mary Williamson
Confederate Veterans of Virginia
John Oussons
South
Stockholders face losses after Southern Mutual failure
Stockholders in the Southern Mutual Building and Loan association, which failed in Atlanta last February, face recovery of at most 25 percent of their paid in amounts. Receivers James A Anderson and M H O Byrne report assets of 651,262.53 and liabilities of 879,208.66, a deficit of 227,946.13, with real deficit likely larger as asset values fall short of face value.
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Southern Mutual
Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association
Atlanta
James A.anderson
M.h.o’byrne
B. F. Moore
Bohannon Robbers Foiled in Dalton Jail Break Attempt
Bohannon and accomplices were caught Wednesday night in Dalton Georgia while cutting seven bars with a steel saw in a jail cage. They planned to break through to the brick wall, with an hour of work left. Prisoners sang loudly to muffle the noise, drawing attention and leading to their detection. twelve robbers were in Bohannon's cage, with Kinneman and Morris in another cell.
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Bohannon
Dalton
Kinneman
Morris
Rail rate clash looms as Seaboard cuts edge toward war
Southern railways shrug off Seaboard Air Line rate cuts saying no rate war. Seaboard files with the interstate commerce commission figures near last year’s Simonton injunction levels, signaling a bold move in lower charges.
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Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Southern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Simonton
Luetgert Trial Ends in Mistrial as Jury Splits
Chicago report details a deadlock in the Luetgert murder case with nine jurors voting for death and three for acquittal. Foreman Heickhold reads a courteous note to Judge Tuthill and the lawyers, while Luetgert, jailed, submits his first sworn statement denying any killing and predicting his wife's return.
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Chicago
Luetgert
Tuthill
Heickhold
Knoch
State of
Illinois
Richard 8. Tuthill
Charles 8. Deneen
W. M. McEwen
Boyd
Bibby
Mahoney
Behmiller
Hosmer
Shaw
Franzen
Fowler
Harley
Holablrn
Barber
Associated Press
Vincent
Avern L. Luetorrt
A. D
M. F. Soulliway
Hospital Service Expanded by Yellow Fever Demand
Uncle Sam augments the marine hospital service in Washington as yellow fever spreads. At the surgeon general’s recommendation the Treasury Department appoints 34 assistant surgeons and 52 guards for duty in the yellow fever section and at state borders. Appointments are temporary and paid daily, with possible further increases if needed.
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Uncle Sam
Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Treasury Department
Dalton Car Robbery Trials Show Judge Reprimand
Jury returns not guilty in first case as Judge A W Fite warnings quell courtroom tensions. Harris fined for calling Peeples singled out while McCamy backs impartial trial with affidavit. Grand jury discharges after finding ninety odd bills.
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Dalton
Wat Harris
T. J. Peeples
John H. Bender
Col. McCamy
Whitfield
A. W. Fite
Nnne
Ite
Syndicate Formation Talk From Sage On Union Pacific Plan
Russell Sage states he was invited by President McKinley to form a syndicate to settle the Union Pacific claim in full, with subscriptions reportedly reaching 75 million dollars in two hours. Sage aims to secure threefold subscriptions and claims unlimited capital available to settle Pacific railroad debts without harming the government or creating blind pools.
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Russell Sage
Union Pacific
New World York
Wall Street
McKinley
Union Pacific Railway
Whiskies of Poor Quality In A Vast Counterfeiting Scheme
In a damp Sangamon Street cellar Chicago detectives and police uncovered a major liquor counterfeit operation. The haul included counterfeit labels valued at about 25000 and numerous bottles and cases. Authorities estimate total losses to dealers and manufacturers near 500000 dollars, with potential for higher totals.
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Chicago
Sangamon Street
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Board of Health of
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Thomas Graydon
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Wood
Bibb
Jackson
Naftel
Edwards
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Patterson
Franklin
Adolph L. Luetgert
Weyler
Britain
Salisbury
Seaboard
Gary Disagrees
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