Yellow fever outbreak flares in New Orleans grows
New Orleans reports eighteenth cases in a day as nine originate from Dr. Joseph Holt's practice. Board of Health appeals for funds and tents, while officials intensify quarantines and prosecutions. No deaths reported. some residents flee infected areas.
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New Orleans
New Orlans
Board of Health
Joseph Holt
Sophie Ricard
Date Street
E. C. Ray
Lucius Ray
Catherine Ray
Clintons
Dixon
Prytania Street
Andrew Schloner
Poydras Street
James C. Simpson
Pitts Street
Leontine
Lizzie Nussbaum
Galvex Street
Charles M. Kerr
Frank M. Kerr
Bourbon Street
L. A. Phelps
Soniat Street
W. A. Mills
Patton Street
Maggie Custer
Gaiennie Street
Mrs. B. Lyons
Bishop Helman
Barronne Street
Hazel Fisher
Millandon
Pearl Streets
Loeb Leberman
Touro Infirmary
Balvadore Casinor
Charles Street
Holt
President Olliphant
Board of Health Office
Olliphant
Dr. Holt
Atlanta
Foster
Scientist Cook Sails for Antarctic Pole Quest
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, formerly with Peary’s 1891 Greenland voyage, departs New York aboard the Coleridge for Montevideo to join the Gerlack Antarctic expedition. The Belgian ship Belgiac, captained by Lieutenant Adrian de Gerlach, sets for a two year voyage with 25 seasoned men. A balloon may aid observations if ice blocks navigation.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Peary
Greenland
Coleridge
Montevideo
South Pole
Gerlack
Adrian de Gerlack
Antwerp
Cook
Peace Declared Between Greece and Turkey
Constantinople reports the signing of peace between Greece and Turkey. Ministers of War and Marine notified Turkish military and naval commanders. Most European sovereigns have congratulated the Sultan on the conclusion of peace.
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Constantinople
Greece
Turkey
Farmer’s Home Destroyed by Fire Near Madison
John Stanley, an elderly farmer from Michigan road north of Madison, found his home burned when he returned from work in a field. His wife, 65, lay dead near the house between two feather beds, indicating she may have tried to escape the blaze.
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Commercial Tribune
Madison
Ind
John Stanley
Michigan Road
Mine Fire Traps Five Workers at Belle Ellen Mine
In Belle Ellen near Blocton Bibb County the Bessemer Land and Improvement coal mine caught fire about two hours after dawn trapping five miners beyond the slope. Rescue efforts failed as flames raged and smoke claimed the entombed men with others rescued or overcome. Officials fear additional losses may be confirmed as searches continue.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer Land and Improvement Company
Belle Ellen
Blocton
Bibb County
Rley
Herman Kramer
Hubbard Foley
White
Henry Reeves
Frank James
William Fairfax
Natives Fight Well in Mountain War Tactics Across Simla Front
Dispatches report General Jeffreys advancing from Camp Mayate to press the Mahmounds west of the valley. Chiefs sought parley but heard only after arms surrender. Lt Crawford killed at long range. native horsemen shown swift, daring rock moves. General Blood camps near Nagawain Plain as 4,000 Haddad Mullah followers appear then retreat.
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Simla
Mahmounds
Jeffreys
Mayate
Crawford
Sir Bindon Blood
Haddad Mullah
Nagawain
Blood
Hirsch jailed after assault on companion in Delaware Ohio
In Delaware Ohio Louie Hirsch was jailed by Mayor Carpenter after an assault on Charles Gillespie who was escorting a woman home. Police say Hirsch has also attacked other young men with the same woman nearby, though he does not know her and acts as a self-appointed guardian.
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Delaware
Louie Hirsch
Carpenter
Charles Gillespie
Hirsch
Fac
Grand Jury Probes Lynching As Peace Returns
Versailles Indiana September 20 grand jury interviews about the Wednesday lynching with about thirty witnesses testifying. Judge New, in communication with Governor Mount, vows to exhaust every means to indict mob members if needed, coroner Laswell files final report and testimony will aid the grand jury. Deputy sheriffs issue subpoenas as Osgood rest remains quiet. Webb Welborne.
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Commercial Tribune
Versailles
Ind
Grand
Judge New
North Vernon
Osgood
Peter Hostetler
Hostetler
Ripley County
Kansas City Live Stock Exchange Declared Illegal
United States District Judge Foster ruled the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange illegal under the Sherman antitrust law. He enjoined the commission from doing business and called the organization an unlawful combination, signaling major changes for stockyards in Kansas City and inviting lawyer review.
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Topeka
Kan
United States
Foster
Kansas City Live Stock Association
Ilegal
Exchange
Kansas City
Commission
Kansas City Livestock Exchange
John C. McCoy
Emperor Fright Over Budapest Bomb Detonation
In Vienna a Sept 20 report said while leaving Budapest, Emperor William and Emperor Francis heard a sharp detonation followed by dust and smoke. The crowd surged, police were ordered to restrain them, arrests were reported but details remain unclear. The Neues Wiener Journal was confiscated for publishing telegrams about the event.
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Vienna
Wiliam
Francis
Budapest
Francis Bonte
Neues Wiener Journal
Texas Fever at Indianapolis Cattle Ordered Killed
Special dispatch from Indianapolis reports Texas fever found in two cattle at the stockyards. Governor Mount authorized immediate action with state and county health boards to kill the infected animals and enforce quarantine. Health boards across Indiana were notified to curb spread.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
Spain Must Decide as Woodford Warns of U S Intervention
A San Sebastian dispatch reports General Stewart L. Woodford, the U S minister to Spain, told the Spanish Foreign Minister that while no indemnity claim was made, the Cuba war’s prolongation harms U S commerce and industry. He urged ending the war by October, warning that continued fighting could justify U S action. The Duke of TeFa indicated he would respond formally on Madrid’s return.
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Paris
San Sebastian
Duke of Tefua
United States
Spain
Stewart L. Woodford
Woodford
Sherman
Cuba
Cuda
Poate
Offic
Madrid
United States Minister Clarifies Cuba War Mediation
Washington reports explain General Woodford did not issue an ultimatum to the Spanish court over Cuba. He conveyed U.S. interest in ending the Cuban war as a basis for possible intervention. The telegram about the Tetuan conference awaits President McKinley’s review.
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Washington
Woodford
Madrid
San Sebastian
United States
State Department
Cuba
Duke of Tetuan
McKinley
Lady Churchill Fraud Case Opens at Bow Street
J H L Cruick Shank calling himself a captain appeared at Bow Street on remand charged with defrauding Lady Randolph Churchill and her sisters of 1550 pounds and other women of 100 to 3600 pounds in schemes tied to fictitious American railway certificates. The total alleged fraud amounts to 10000 pounds.
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London
J. H. L. Cruick- Shank
Bow Street
Lady Randolph Churchill
Estate of Judge Gresham Cleared by Probate Court
In Chicago on September 20 Judge Kohisaat entered an order closing the estate of Judge Walter Q. Gresham. Matilda Gresham the widow and executrix reported receipts of 18 602 25 and disbursements of 2 281 54. The remaining balance was turned over as residuary legatee, with realty valued around 40 000.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Walter Q. Gresham
Kohisaat
Matilda Gresham
Mrsham
Mystery murder near Wheeling stirs local fears
Martin Cross was shot through the head by an unknown assailant as he and two companions returned to their New Martinsville home. A quarrel over stones tossed at a roof led to a gunfire that killed Cross, with his wife Mrs. Cross suggesting she might identify the shooter.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Martin Cross
Cross
New Martinsville
Frank Cross
Tragic Fire Kills Six Children in Abbeville County
Near Donnalds in Abbeville County, Andy Smith and his wife, both Black, locked six children inside their burning country home. Four are their own and two visitors from a neighbor. The children aged 18 months to seven years perished in the flames despite neighbors’ rescue attempts. An oil lamp is suspected to have caused the fire.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbia
8. C
Andy Smith
Donnalds
Abbeville County
Smith
Earthquake Shocks Hit Lima Peru Morning
Strong earthquake shocks were felt in Lima Peru at 11 o'clock this morning causing widespread alarm as residents rushed into the streets. The message was received via Galveston Texas.
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Lima
Peru
Galveston
Tex
Death of Mrs. B J Bogue in South Bend
Mrs B J Bogue wife of the superintendent of schools and secretary of the Northern Indiana Republicans Home Board of Managers died in South Bend Ind after a headache worsened from a light form Saturday evening The headache led to a ruptured blood vessel in the brain and she died within hours Her age was four years old.
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Commercial Tribune
South Bend
Ind
B. J. Bogue
Northern
Indiana Republicans’ Home Board of Managers
Expert on bones plans of the defense in Luetgert murder case
In Chicago on September 20 the prosecution will present closing direct evidence in the Luetgert murder trial. If Judge Tuthill excludes motive testimony by Frank Bialk and Frank Odorlofsky, Mrs. Johnson Miller will testify about threats and pursuits involving Luetgert, who is alleged to have used a revolver. The State believes motive evidence should be admitted.
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Chicago
Luét- Bert
Tuthill
Frank Bialk
Frank Odorlofsky
Deneen
Johnson Miller
Anniversary of Italian Troops Entry into Rome Celebrated
The anniversary of the entry of Italian troops into Rome on September 2, 1870 was celebrated across Italy. Floral wreaths were laid on the tomb of King Victor Emanuel and at the breach in the wall marked by General Cadorna's entry. The day was a national holiday with telegrams to King Humbert and Rome's mayor.
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Rome
Italy
Victor Emanuel
Cadorna
Humbert
COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT WIFE Zachariah Shipley dies after arsenic dose
Zachariah Shipley a 42 year old agent for Cincinnati and Columbus newspapers in Washington C H Ohio died after taking a large dose of arsenic in a domestic crisis. He had separated from his wife following trouble and had warned others on Saturday he planned to kill himself.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington C. H
Zachariah Shipley
Cincinnati
Columbus
Shipley
Mayer Landis & Co Fire Ends in Arson Arrest
Philadelphia police arrested Harry A. Landis, a member of Mayer, Landis & Co., after a fire destroyed the Twentyeth and Allegheny avenue fireworks factory. The loss was $20,000 with insurance matching the amount. Landis is held on $3,000 bail awaiting further hearing.
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Philadelphia
Mayer, Landis & Co
Twentieth and
Allegheny .Avenue
Harry A. Landis
Luetgert Trial Readies Defense Experts and Alibi
The defense in Luetgert’s murder case plans to call expert witnesses including Dr. Rudolph Oppenheim of West Hammond Ill to argue the bones were placed to frame him. Criminology expert Dr Sanderson Christison and several others will testify. An alibi is to be pursued as the defense works two weeks to present its case and another week for arguments.
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Siemmering
Mary Siemmering
Luetgers
Rudolph Oppenheim
West Hammond
Ill
Lueigert
Sanderson Christison
Luetgert
Andree’s Pigeon Dispatch Reported Safe Passage
Copenhagen dispatch says Prof. Andree’s balloon crossed open waters from Spitzbergen toward the polar region. The Falken carrier brings July 13 message from latitude 82.2 north longitude 125 east with good voyage eastward. Baldwin notes Andree’s precise position proves his navigation accuracy despite early rope losses.
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Copenhagen
Hammerfest
Europe
Norway
Falken
Andree
Tromsoe
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Baldwin
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Arctic
Russia
Hunter trial closes with final speeches in Kentucky case
Arguments in the trial of Dr. Hunter and three others ended at 10 p.m. A crowded courtroom heard the last statements as the jurors prepared to retire at 9 a.m. tomorrow. The prosecution faces an uphill path to conviction given the judge's instructions.
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Frankfort
Expert Swimmer Drowns in River Incident
Cairo Illinois September 20 Alfonso Hartwell 25 single fell from the steamer wheel into the river and drowned despite efforts to save him He was a cousin of Captain D Morgan commander of the Harwell and his drowning is noted as singular since he was an expert swimmer.
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Commercial Tribune
Cairo
Alfonso Hartwell
Harwell
D. Morgan
Powder can tragedy at Cecil coal camp kills two children
Morris a Cecil coal miner left a thirty pound powder can in the yard for inspection. Frank Morris age nine and Willie Morris age six died from the blast. Mamie Morris four lies dying from severe burns as Annie Morris infant is seriously burned.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W.va
John Morris
Cecil
Frank Morris
Willie Morris
Mamie Morris
Annie Morris
Morris
Frank
Willie
Mamie
Duel on a Shamokin street car leaves one hurt
George Dyer, a passenger, shot by Conductor Edward Wise on a Shamokin Mt Carmel electric car. Dyer critically wounded, Wise jailed on $1000 bail. Attack followed Wise's refusal to stop the car at Dyer’s chosen point.
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Tribune
Shamokin
Shamokin Mount ‘Carmel
George Dyer
Edward Wise
Dyer
Mt. Carmel
Wise
Mt.Carmel
Wealthy Findlay man dies after Lima robbery scare
William Stephens of Findlay Ohio died at his Albany New York son’s home from paralysis brought on by shock after being robbed two weeks earlier in Lima Ohio. The elderly man was noted as wealthy and was unsettled by the incident before his death in Albany.
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Muncie
Ind
William Stephens
Findlay
Albany
Lima
Chapman Speaker Beats Frost in Springfield Camp Meeting
Springfield, O Sept 20 Candidate Chapman arrived with his wife and daughter to a cold reception at a camp meeting. He said he was not invited to speak and would not address the crowd until the opening of the Democratic campaign in Columbus on Sept 23. He later spoke briefly after Mrs Gougar finished. He paid his own hotel bill and left for Columbus by 8 40.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Chapman
Bill Smithers
Mr. Chapman
Messrs
M. A. Neff
J. E.simms
Burnett
Arcade Hotel
A.j.warner
Warner
Fair Grounds
Helen Gougar
Mrs. Gougar
Columbus
Bimetallic Union
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