Yellow Fever News Across South and Refugees Flee to St Louis
Dr. Joseph Holt reports nine new yellow fever cases in New Orleans as fourteen more appear in Edwards Mississippi bringing total new cases to fifty four. Two Mobile trains carry about 200 railway workers and families to St Louis where they will stay until frost kills the germs. Refugees pour into St Louis while Meridian asks for a daily mail and freight train to Forest. Alabama and Vicksburg Railway lays off most Jackson Mississippi staff.
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Joseph Holt
Board of Health of
New Orleans
Edwards
Miss
Mobile
St. Louis
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Meridian
Cotton Exchange
Board of Health
Alabama and Vicksburg Railway
Forest
Jackson
Silver Goes Up Again Rise in Prices for India Purchases
Silver recovered in London on Monday gaining to 271 pence per ounce while New York prices rose 13 cents from Saturday at 5936? cents. The advance follows rumors that India’s council is buying for coinage and comes amid talks of the Bank of England possibly holding as much as one fifth of reserves in silver.
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India
London
New York
Indian Council
Bank of England
Raid by armed Italian women at Latimer mine
A mob of about 150 Italian women armed with clubs and stones raided Latimer Pa near the Shahentiy mine shortly after 10 am Monday. Militia companies came to the scene, soldiers formed a line and repelled the attack on the company stores, dispersing the crowd.
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Latimer
Kansas City Live Stock Association Declared Unlawful
United States District Judge Foster ruled the Kansas City Live Stock Association legal under anti trust law and enjoined it from further business. The group controls livestock sales in Kansas City and requires all stock to pass through its members before entering the city. The decision marks the association as unlawful. Separately, Gen Boynton announced plans for two new monuments costing 5000 each to be placed near Knob and north of Bragg’s headquarters on Mission Ridge.
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Kansas City
United States
Foster
Chickamauga
Boynton
Chickatpauga and Chattanooga Park
English Syncwith Synchronomograph Sets Record Speeds
Postmaster General receives report by Lieut. Georges Squire and Prof. Albert C. Crehore on synchronomograph experiments in England. Messages sent over 864 miles with 4000 words per minute on lines from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh and back via Newcastle and York. Congress consider a $1,000,000 bill to acquire the system and construct a New York Washington experimental line.
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England
Gary
Georges Squire
Albert C. Crehore
Jondon
Leeds
Glasgow
Edinburg
Newcastle
Tyne
York
London
Congress
Pettigrew
New York
Washington
Bradstreet's Review Reports Broad Business Gain and Strong Wheat Exports
Bradstreet's Weekly Review notes business rising beyond expectations despite warm weather and yellow fever concerns in gulf states. Chicago leads improvement, with Kansas City, St. Paul, Omaha, and St. Louis showing active wholesale demand. Southern cities expect a temporary dip due to gulf traffic disruption. Wheat exports are very large, near record highs, totaling 6,079,045 bushels this week, flour included, vs 3,566,326 last year. corn exports are 1,000,000 bushels lower at 3,901,000.
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Bradstreet
Gulf States
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Paul
Omaha
St. Louis
Heir to Austrian Throne Weds a Housekeeper
Berlin stirs over Archduke Franz Ferdinand's London wedding to a Kohlschiedt housekeeper. The couple reportedly went to Algiers after the ceremony. Alaska needs troops. St Michael reports no U S soldiers there yet amid winter order concerns. Also noted: a famed nurse, deaths, rate talks, and a fatal frontier explosion.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Karl Ludwig
Annunciata
Ferandia II
Naples
Austria-Hunary
London
Kohlschiedt
Aix
Chapelle
Komische Volks Reitung
The
Lokal Anzeiger
Derr Krupp
Esen
Algiers
Consul General Lee to Cuba May Stay Put at Present
Consul General Lee held a long meeting with President McKinley on Saturday to review Cuba's critical situation. The president urged Lee to remain in office for now and return to Havana at his earliest convenience, with Aldrich rumored as a possible successor. Lee plans to depart Cuba around mid October after settling private matters.
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McKinley
Gen. Lee
Cuba
ATL
Alger
Jee
Havana
Aldrich
War Department Scandal Over Savannah River Funds
The War Department launches an investigation into alleged misappropriation of hundreds of thousands of dollars allocated for Savannah River improvement in Georgia. Captain Carter, engineer corps officer and Nicaragua canal commissioner appointee, faces scrutiny as his successor sparks a prompt, thorough inquiry into the contracting funds and related district projects.
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War Department
Government Service
Congress
Savannah River
Georgia
Carter
Engineering Corps
Army
Nicaragua Canal Commission
Diaz in earnest after lynching arrests in Mexico City
Police chief Velasquez, detective head Canerra, and Commandant Mauro Sanchez were jailed Sunday night by order of a fifth criminal judge. Twenty-one others held for entering the municipal building during the lynching. Government vows rapid investigation and severe punishment for negligence or instigation. Public opinion supports action to deter lynching and restore order.
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Arroyo
Euinardo Velasquez
City of
Mexico
Lieut. Canerra
Mauro Sanchez
Soliary
Yellow Jack Coming North at Ono and Cairo
Two mild yellow fever cases reported at Ono Illinois and Cairo Egypt. Dr Guiteras at Cairo declares mild cases at the marine hospital, with prompt measures to prevent spread. Dredge boat Philadelphia cases under investigation by Drs Guiteras and Eagan, quarantine orders issued for southern rail lines and states Alabama Mississippi Louisiana.
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Guileras
Cairo
Marine Hospital
Philadelphia
East Cairo
Guiteras
Eagan
Point Mensant
Board of Health
Egan
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Chicago
Trains Meet On A Curve In Wisconsin Head On Crash
Five men died when two Wisconsin Central freight trains collided head on on a curve near Wis. Friday. Engineers Richard Warren and Edward J. Smith, brakeman Clyde Miller, fireman Miley and another man were killed. Two Minneapolis stockmen passengers in the caboose were slightly hurt. Blame is not determined. both trains reportedly held right of way as they traveled about forty miles per hour.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Central
Upward
Wis
Richard Warren
Edward J. Smith
Clyde Miller
Miley
Caboose
Minneapolis
Anc
Davenport Whalesale
Boone
Pacitte
Warner-Stone
Morey Laspitadoet Des Motes
New Catholic Institution
Ais
Tay County
Hetvy Orters
Ile
Thi
Sueregale Labs
Davenport
Des Moines
Burlington
Joseph Nelson
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Starch
Athonie
Albert Hoser
Swhuiine Seay Burtington
Tlayt
Dhe Fagar
Tenmiiher
Divenport
Steets Nuiser
Tesxas
Iporia
Ayers
Dae Buane
Tn Defense
TWO STEAMERS WRECKED IN FOG NEAR ST JOHN'S N F
Dense fog drove two steamers from Boston toward Philadelphia to wreck between St John s N F and Cape Race. The Rhodora and the Asper area¢ Renows total losses. Crews escaped by lifeboats and were rescued by a passing steamer. Another vessel ashore off Witless Bay. Firebugs Terrorize Ohio Towns. Incendiaries burned Wheat and homes in Big Lick Township and Van Lue, Hancock County, with no clue to suspects. Roswell Miller Re elected President of CMStP. Milwaukee meeting confirms routine business, Miller as president. California Salvation Army plans land in Monterey County. $10 000 needed. Cabinet to be represented at Omaha exposition. Col Brigham appointed. Consuelo Vanderbilt gives birth in London. Peace treaty signed between Turkey and Greece in Constantinople.
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Rhodora
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England
Philadelphia
Asper
Witless Bay
Big Lick Township
van Lue
Hancock County
Ohio
George Brake
Levi Bright
Bright
Wmn. Gamberling
Market quotations across cities show varied farm prices
The report lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Western markets. Prices range with cattle 2.50 to 5.50 a head hogs 3.00 to 4.75, wheat near 93c to $1.01, corn 21c to 88c, oats 19c to 26c, rye 40c to 50c, butter 13c to 19c, eggs 12c to 14c and potatoes 45c to 60c per bushel, reflecting regional trading and grade differences.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
State of Iowa reports code completion and varied local news
The piece details the nearly ready state code with annotations and an upcoming print run. It also covers a Missouri Valley cattle squeeze accident, mine explosive attempts near Rathbun, a man confessing to buried wealth in Grant County, a typhoid outbreak near Oakland Valley, and other Iowa notices including drownings, arrests, school enrollments, and agricultural updates across multiple towns.
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Tagey
Tabor College secures new gym and regional meetings
The report lists varied Iowa civic items from Des Moines to Dubuque, including Tabor College securing a new gymnasium, the State League of Scandinavian clubs meeting in Des Moines, and multiple local incidents and notices spanning jail charges, road debates, school reforms, burglaries, and council actions across counties and cities.
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Misina
State League of Scandinavian Clubs
Des Moines
Rohingon
Clinton County
King's Daughters
Dox Maines
Cirill Nea
Lineville
Dubuque
Atican Methodist Episcopal Charen
Attempted murder on Mexican president ends in lynching
President of Mexico narrowly escapes death as anarchist Arroyo breaks through guards with a heavy cane during Independence Day celebrations in Mexico City. He is seized, bound, and confined, then later lynched by a mob after a chaotic night at the palace and city hall.
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M. M. Brooks
Mexico
Dink
Teenacio Arroyo
Alamaty
Nctional
Ue Cane
Wing
Provident
Dias
Ilo
Arroyo
Wild Prison Break In Ohio Guard Shot In Escape
Convict Askaulis seizes a revolver at Ohio penitentiary and escapes amid a chaotic shootout. William Clark and accomplice William Dempsey flee through the guardroom, firing at guards and spectators before reaching the Scioto River bank. A trusted prisoner, Sarter, retrieves a rifle and compels surrender. Clark is recaptured.
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Askaulis
Ohio Penitentiary
William Clark
Cougaling
Duncan
Mount Gilead
Bert Spriggs
Delaware County
Chirk
Dine Ean
Calles
Clark
Qonot
Saxbe
Benjamin 1
James
Peleware County
Glirk
William Dempsey
Sal
Sarter
Scito River
Emily
Bicycle Fascination Sparks Global Oddities In News
Reports describe cycling influencing Berlin cab numbers and strict bans in Bremen while Genoa notes a British consul remark. The Cyclists Touring Club adds Rudyard Kipling to its rolls and legends of gold bicycles surface across cities from Lahore to Paris.
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Hungary
Msriat-Tades
Prescot
Phin
Ashibition
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