Cholera fears at Fire Island spark mass evacuation
Reports detail a quarantine crisis as the Normannia and Cepheus ferry passengers to safety. Health officers, police, and 35 patrols from Wilkinson's agency bolster efforts at Camp Low and Swinburne Island while Governor Flower and Secretary Foster coordinate state and federal actions.
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Windsor
Health Board
Jenkins
Byron
Rugia
Wottman Island
Max Stewhern
Normannia
O.k
Swinburn Taland
O. K
May Fight Over Cepheus Passengers At Fire Island
News from New York reports Captain Cepheus with passengers from infected ships headed to Fire Island inlet. Authorities seek to land them despite Judge Barnard's injunction as Governor Flower vows enforcement and the sheriff to resist interference. Beach locals, armed and reinforced by hundreds from Patchogue, threaten to burn the area if landings occur.
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Rugia
Wilmot M.smith
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Barnard
Supreme Court
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New York
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Henry B. Hyde
Equitable Insurance Company
A. V. Post
C. H. Sands
Alex McCue
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Justice of the Peace
John D. Cooper
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Fire Island Inlet
Judge Barnard
Jenkins
Patchogue
Flower
Sulllok County
Vire Island
Fire Island
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Detained Ship Load of Munitions Ties Up Ports
Francisco Gonzalez, a Trinidad merchant, sailed to Washington after his South Portland, carrying munitions consigned to himself at Port of Spain, detained by U S government. Prize drill contest honors go to Catholic Knights at Logansport with St Paw's Commandery Evansville Stedward's Peru St Pauls South Hend placing.
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New York
Francisco Gonzales
Port of Spain
Trinidad
South Portland
United States
Washington
State Department
Uniform Bank
Catholic Knights
Logansport
St. Paw's Commandery
Vincennes
Stedward’s Commandery
Evansville
St. Charles Commandery
Peru
St. Pauls Commandery
South Hend
Corbett Defeats Sullivan For World Championship
James Corbett wins the world boxing title defeating John L. Sullivan in a lengthy 21 round bout praised for Corbett’s superior strategy and vigor. The New York crowd and multiple cities report Sullivan bloodied and exhausted as Corbett dominates with right hands and steady footwork.
Disease and troop movements mark Fire Island quarantine scene
Reports describe a CHOLERA situation on Fire Island with Dr Jenkins and Dr Voight coordinating quarantine efforts. Authorities plan to land passengers from the Cepheus, deploy militia, and consider lifting an injunction while weather and a looming easterly storm threaten relief routes.
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Voight
Fire Island
Jenkins
Reports From Russia Show a Gvent Falling Off in New Cason
St Petersnore reports lower cholera figures with 2810 new cases and 1326 deaths in Russia for Sunday. Compared with Friday, cases fell by 2844 and deaths by 1184 nationwide, while St. Petersburg added 64 cases and 27 deaths. Officials will issue only daily bulletins henceforth due to the decline.
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Russia
New Cason
St. Petersnore
St. Petersburg
Soldiers Ordered Out Amid Readiness to Go to Fire Island
An order directs 250 men of the Sixty-ninth regiment to hold in readiness and proceed to Fire Island. By morning, Col Cavanaugh and Lt Col Moran with officers gather at the armory, then move to pier 36 North River and embark on a waiting steamer.
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New York
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Fire Island
Cavanaugh
Moran
Guffy
Pier 36
North River
Canal Street
Pegassus
Ninth Regiment
Naval Reserve Battalion Ordered to Fire Island Patrol
Commander Jacob W. Miller ordered the First Battalion Naval Reserve to assemble at Pier 39 North River for service at 6:30 AM. Over 300 officers and men are to bring heavy underwear and two days’ rations to patrol Fire Island Beach with cutlasses revolvers and rifles while patrolling South Bay.
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New York
Jacob W. Miller
Batallion Naval Reserve
Ieat South Bay
Fire Island Beach
Imported French Horses Bring the Disease
Noerurren Minnesota reports F L Delancey taken ill with Asiatic cholera after attending the state fair with imported French horses from New York. Officials suspect infection spread via baggage. physicians decline to comment. Other items note cholera rumors in East Toledo and quarantine updates. Cepheus passengers landed at Fire Island. a Nevada cholera death. a Connecticut bookkeeper’s embezzlement escape.
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Minn
F. L. Delancey
France
New York
McKinley Rally Dampened by Rain at Exwood Tin Plate Opening
A Garnet Fizzle in Exwood Ind reports a dampened republican demonstration for the Tin Plate works opening. Only about 5,000 attendees showed up out of 35,000 expected due to constant rain. Governor McKinley arrived from Indianapolis and received a warm welcome despite the weather. 3,000 from Indianapolis traveled, with a 50‑member Columbia club escort.
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Ind
American Tin Plate Works
McKinley
Indianapolis
Columbia Club
Maine Elections Count Cleaves Lead in Maine Returns
New York dispatch shows Cleaves leading Republican with 40 443 votes and Johnson Democrat 34 135 in 117 towns with Hussey Prohibition and scattered votes. Projected totals suggest Republican plurality near 10 000. Cumberland County Republicans largely victorious. sheriff race still in doubt.
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Cleaves
Johnson
Hussey
Burleigh
Thompson
Clarke
Reed
Ingraham
Reeds
Cumberland County
Dominion congress backs public ownership and eight hour workday
At the Dominion Trade and Labor congress in Toronto resolutions were adopted for municipalities to own all electric light plants waterworks ferries and street railways and for the federal government to own and control railways telegraphs and telephone lines. An eight hour day for women and children was endorsed and a poll tax proposal targeting Chinese and Japanese immigrants was approved with strong backing.
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Ont
Dominion Trade and Labor Congress
Canada
Confessed to Dozens of Barn Burnings and Train Wrecks
Theodore Morgan, a mentally challenged youth from Koxoxo Indiana, confessed to Sheriff Simmons that he set four barns and straw stacks afire and caused recent train wrecks and many failed attempts to destroy trains. He lived a mile north of town by the Lake Erie and Western track and confessed to night-time mischief involving chains on rails. A prior accident impaired his brain.
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Theodore Morgan
Simmons
Morgan
Lake Erie and
Cholera Tent Arrangements in Cuicace Board for Emergency Care
The city health department plans erecting several tents in different city divisions to shelter cholera patients if an outbreak occurs. Exact tent locations will be kept secret until an emergency arises to avoid neighborhood objections. Corbett and party arrive in Wasmixerow for a Washington limited special, greeted by a small but eager crowd.
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Washington Limited
Imond and
Danville
Pennsy’ Ave
New York
Wsington
Will
Baltimore
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Jersey City
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Charpion
Coe
Brady
Amidat
Electric Cars Replace Horse Drawn Service in Fort Wayne
Electric street cars now operate on the Ric ingdale line with connections at Wells street bridge. Teams worked through Saturday night to lay track and string wires. A second engine was placed in service yesterday, and a third is being installed, making Fort Wayne's car service premier. A fire at Nestle’s store caused about $100 in damages, quickly extinguished. Several bids for the East Street department building came in, led by $11,777. ArkansCob returns predict a large Democratic majority, while a forgery notice from Dr Younge was published.
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Charles Foster
Treasury Department
New York
Washington
Foster
Treasury
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Sandy Hook
Camp Low
Marine Hospital Service
Swinburne Island
Chamber of Commerce
Jenkins
Walser
White Star Line
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Cardiff
Mamburg
Eris
Theodora Jungat
Bremen
Southampton
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