Week's News Roundup From Across the World
A telegraphic digest notes the United Congress of Labor in Glasgow, German toll plans for beer and tobacco, cholera in England and Russia, mining disasters in Belgium and Wales, a Paris duel verdict, Vienna corn talks, and imperial events from Austria to the United States including presidential gestures, canal work, and notable accidents and arrests.
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United Congress of Labor
Glasgow
Scotland
Vaprivi
England
Africa
Branley
Europe
Greenock
Austria
Gladstone
Hawarden
Rothchilds
Paris
DeMores
Mayer
Vienna
Hamburg
France
Switzerland
Russia
Bridgend
Wales
Multiple Fatalities and Disasters Reported Across Nations
A diverse set of reports notes deaths from cholera in New York and Nevada Missouri. A New York physician calls cholera an easy death while Berlin Rix of Omaha suffers a severe bull attack. A substantial town in Indiana burns, mine explosions in Missouri kill two, and a large insurance loss is recorded. Reports from Mississippi, Arkansas, and Pennsylvania detail deaths, fires, and labor conditions amid broader crises.
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Jomestic
Daniel Dougherty
Philadelphia
Byron
New York
Decatur (Jr
Berlin Rix
Patoka
Gibson County
Ind
W. F. Davis
Nevada
Wilkesbarre
Waverly
Henry Asher
H. C. Anderson
P. Doyle
Hot Springs
Ark
Greenville
Miss
Missionipp Laves Board
Bankis
cholera quarantine flags raised on three ships
A New York dispatch reports yellow flags aboard the Normannia Rugia and Hoffman Island indicating new cholera cases aboard the ships and in steerage, with a total of thirty one sickness cases and eight deaths at the port since cholera arrived.
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Weaver
Fort Worth
Tex
Devil Mountains
Alpine
Camp Anderson
Coal Creek
Tennessee
W. F P. Beagles
Chattanooga
Cleveland
Bloomington
Ill
Napton
Saline County
Boonville
Whitelaw Reid
Tribune
J. W. Newton
Kansas City
Great Falls
Montana
New York Harbor
Europe
Cherokee Strip
Rusk
Black Hills
Far River
Lizzie Borden
Chicago River
Mississippi
Lamont
Knox
Ind
Gerarty
Totten
Canadian
Russia
Normannia
Rugia
Hoffman Island
Hawbury Plague Strikes Families in Awful Toll
Hawbury reports hundreds awaiting burial as cholera devastates communities. Officials urge simple funerals without flowers or accessories to curb spread while weather favors the disease. Daily tally shows 655 new cases and 315 deaths, with officials skeptical of earlier figures.
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Hawbury
Hampune
Quarantined Spanish Steamer Suspected Cholera at Havana
Havana Sept 10. The Spanish steamer Aliego capt Arribalzago from Liverpool Aug 7 and the steamer Larriaga from Liverpool arrived and were placed in quarantine for three days. The French steamer Lafayette from St Nazaire, quarantined after a death on board, was released after it was confirmed the victim died of peritonitis. All on board and cargo were fumigated and disinfected as a precaution.
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Havana
Aliego
Arribalzago
Liverpool
Larriaga
Lafayette
St. Nazaire
France
Cotton cars from Boston halted by Cincinnati health officers
Three car loads of cotton destined for Joseph Josephs & Co. in Cincinnati were sent from Boston after arriving from Hamburg aboard the St Clair. The health office ordered the Pennsylvania railroad to remove the cars from city limits and notified the state health officer. Despite certificates claiming harmless goods, Cincinnati health authorities refused to take the risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hali
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph Josephs & Co
Boston
Hamburg
St. Clair
Cincinnati
Vessel Stuttgart Arrives for Cholera Quarantine Check
The North German Lloyd steamer Stuttgart from Bremen reached Baltimore and was quarantined. Dr Heiskell examined 49 saloon passengers and 742 immigrants, along with 99 crew members. The ship received a clean bill and proceeded to dock.
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Baltimore
Stuttgart
Bremen
Plague Rumors Hit Canadian Steamer Wandrahn
Sept 10. A suspected cholera case aboard the steamer Wandrahn from Hamburg prompted hurried action by the Quebec government. New immigration bans and vessel inspections were issued that night to curb any spread.
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Canada
Ovenec
Hamburg
Quebec
Quarantine Station Set At Preaque Tale Ohio
A quarantine station has been established at Preaque Tale near the bay mouth five miles from the city. Health Officer Fisher assigns a crew to inspect all vessels arriving from Canadian ports to prevent imported disease.
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Taledo
Expo
Ohio
Preaque Tale
Fisher
Reading railroad strike threats loom across system
Trainmen of the Reading railroad including locomotive engineers firemen brakemen and conductors threaten a sympathy strike stretching toward Buffalo Chicago and beyond. A committee met President McLeod in Philadelphia but no concessions were made and officials expect a formal action only if pressured.
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Meading
Chicago
Reading Railroad
Buffalo
Federation of Railway
Grand Pacific
Reading Company
Reading
Reading System
New York
McLeod
Philadelphia
Puilapelputa
Pun
Jersey Central
Indiana Gerrymander Test Begins at Newcastle
Indiana suits to test constitutionality of state apportionments from 1885 and 1891 opened at Newcastle. A. W. Wishard argued for the relator noting Brown County with 3200 voters elected two senators while 11020 is the unit count. Ex Judge Forkner spoke for plaintiffs and Millett for the defense argued lack of jurisdiction. A decision is expected within ten days.
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Newcastle
Indianapolis
A. W. Wishard
Brown County
Forkner
Wishard
Millett
Death of Gen Enrico Cisidini, Italian statesman
Lonnos Sept. 12 announces the death of Gen Enrico Cisidini Italian soldier and statesman aged 1 years once commander in chief in central Italy and ambassador to Paris 1876 to 1800 The notice notes a match-related sum and a boxing context in Port Lamp Oregon on Sept 1 Pastime club has raised 815,000 and will push to 25,000 for a Corbett Jackson match
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Claudial
Lonnos
Enrico Cisidini
Italy
Paris
Port Lamp
Oregon
Corbett
Jackson
Missouri News Highlighting Pythian Lodge Ruling and Local Quests
Kansas City report shows Supreme Lodge upholding Supreme Chancellor in Aldine Lodge liquor dispute. Crawford case reversed Louisiana ruling on race. Suburban Belt road switchmen quit over pay prom ise delay. Government boat patrol resumes river survey work. Sedalia to publish Missouri Teachers Journal. Delhi bandits and local crimes, including a near hold up and jail incident, are noted along with tragic accidents and a suicide in Randolph County.
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Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythis
Kansas City
Committee On Law
Aldine Lodge
Chicago
Shaw
Supreme Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Louisiana
Theodore A. Crawford
Crawford
Grand Lodge
Kansas City Dispatch
S Witchmen
A. E. Stillwell
Hannibal
A. T. Moran
Jesus
A. J. Smith
Sedalia
R. M. Scotten
Pettis County
Missouri Teacher' S Journal
Missouri Pacific
Dead Man’s Curve
Les
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John I. Batesjof Lowa
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Treasury Department
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Venezuela
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Truman Plantz
Warsaw
Tancock County
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Board of Equalization
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Lit
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Missouri
J.J. Derry
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Western Reserve
Lake Superior
Jas. G. Blaine
California
Knoxville
Tenn
People’s Party
W. P. Ratliff
Attala County
Forest
Mias
Ole Tobias Abrahamson
Galveston
J. Sterling Morton
Democrats
Nebraska
James Fletcher
Chariton River
Kirkaville
Augustus Catchings
Frank Murphy
Cabot County
Arkansas
Milan County
Minois
Murphyeboro
Lil
Bryden Cost and Quke Company
Guthrie
Casper Parsons
Valpatalso
Havaona
Indiana
Madison Square Garden
Republican State Committee
Loon Lake
Hackett
Poughkeepsie
Sam Small
Flobert
Hazelton
Vincennes
White River
Missouri News
J. L. Donaldson
Liberty
Birmingham
Randolph
Donaldson
Bud Coulter
Jacksonville
Randolph County
State Asylum No. 2
J. J. Onstat
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