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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
6
Cholera in St Petersburg is believed to have peaked with daily new cases stabilizing for about a week or ten days. Urgent sanitary work lagging, cemetery overcrowding, and shallow graves threaten ongoing infection risk despite 357 new cases and 162 deaths in 12 hours.
Amoy reports for the week ending today a cholera death toll of 141. The disease remains sporadic and there is no bubonic plague in the city.
Serious riots flare as authorities fail to curb bubonic plague in the Azores. In Fayal’s Horta isolation worsens hunger while troops clash with residents trying to land relief supplies from Pico. Governor yields after injuries mount and supplies finally reach the starving crowd.
Irish anger over the Eucharistic Congress prohibition and tariff reform boosted Unionist G Renwick’s Newcastle by poll victory. Renwick won by 2,143 over Liberal Shortt, with Labour Socialist Hartley polling 2,971. The result marks a surprising shift from the Liberal death vacancy contest.
Official Manila cholera bulletin shows forty cases in the twenty four hours ended 8 am up from thirty six the day before. Alfred McVeigh a government employee formerly of Columbus Ohio died of cholera. Plans to postpone the reception for the American battleship fleet are discussed as a safe delay to allow cleansing and rescheduling over a full month.
Medical authorities manning frontier stations of the French and Belgian railroad lines inspect travelers from Germany due to cholera. Even the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Greece have recently undergone such scrutiny.
A Burlington passenger train collided head on with a freight train at Young's Point amid a heavy snowstorm. The Spokane delegation to the National Irrigation Congress at Albuquerque was on board and uninjured. Fireman Ora Babcock and brakeman Milo Halloway were killed. Dozens were injured, many fatally, as wrecking crews rushed from Livingston and Billings.
Wilbur Wright completed a record flight with a passenger at Le Mans reaching thirteen minutes and a height of zero feet. Earlier he flew five minutes and forty seconds at sixty feet, and this morning covered 22 miles in 36 minutes and 14 seconds at forty five feet. A leaking gasoline tank caused him to land. He denied seeking a more powerful motor, and predicts twenty five miles per hour as the likely top speed for years. French friends urge a cross channel flight to prove machine confidence. Registration days for the election are October 5 6 10 and 12 from 7 am to 10 pm.
Vast section of Pasig town near Manila destroyed by blaze. Firefighters battled flames through the night as buildings burned, with casualties and damage not yet confirmed. Local authorities initiated inquiries and assessed the extent of ruin in the wake of the blaze.
Glasgow report says British firms tendered for sixteen small Argentine navy ships but none were awarded. German and Dutch competitors bid lower, ensuring all vessels will be built on the European continent.
Reports from Manila say a central Philippines typhoon caused major property damage with few lives lost. Enbankan Samar was destroyed, Romblon badly damaged, Tacloban Leyte suffered heavy losses, several vessels driven ashore with crews rescued, and Lt Rowell of the constabulary drowned off Vigan.
The Duchess of Aosta and her children toured the US battleships Alabama and Maine in Naples, stayed aboard three hours, and had luncheon with officers. Ambassador Griscom arrived. Captain Veeder and Lt. Cook dined with the Duke of Ascoli. The Brazilian cruiser Benjamin Constant crew also dined aboard.
The steamer Majestic carried six hundred Weidenmayer Guards from Newark to College Point Long Island Thursday. It remained in Newark Bay Friday night and reached its dock yesterday morning. Authorities announced all aboard were safe and the crew handled the delay calmly.
President Samuel Gompers of the Federation of Labor testified in the contempt case, with cross-examination focusing on bribery claims involving Van Cleave and detective shadowing. He questioned the fate of a New York bribe offer from Brandenburg and noted the detective refused to identify himself.
A fragmented timetable lists ships and routes from Philadelphia to Liverpool and beyond, noting arrivals, departures, and destinations. It includes vessels such as Etruria, Crown of Navarre, Kroonland, Kronprinzessin, Ryndam, and Empress of Japan with calls in Havana, San Juan, Antigua, Naples, and Panama routes, plus specific sailing dates and times.
A long list of vessels arriving or leaving quarantine includes City of Columbus Burg Savannah Huelva Orleans Queen Eleanor Monro Hulphers Prinz Eitel Friedrich New York Maude Evelyn Phoenix Pallanza Acre De Wall Carmania Graf Waldersee Argentine El Dorado Pawnee Sirocco Hamilton Elastic and more with crews passengers cargo and quarantine statuses across Atlantic and Caribbean ports. Vessels sail from or bound for Hamburg Lima Trieste Rotterdam Galveston Liverpool Newport News and various South American destinations.
Milwaukee brokers reported rumors that Wisconsin Central was sold to Canadian Pacific, but Sir Thomas Shaughnessy denied any purchase. He stated Canadian Pacific does not want the Central.
The Hague sent a second note detailing difficulties with Venezuela to the Venezuelan government at Caracas via German Minister Haron Seckendorff.
Marine intelligence notes expected dock times for vessels near Sandy Hook. The Amerika, 24 miles east, to dock about 11:20 am today. Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, 225 miles SE, to dock about 7:20 pm Sunday. Furnessia, 1,155 miles E, to dock about 10:30 am Monday. Minnetonka, 1,150 miles E, to dock about 12: a Monday. Pre, 203 miles E, to dock about 12:30 pm today. Campania, Shoals Lightship near Nantucket, to dock toward today.
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