Cholera Scare Hits New York Harbor Ships
A cholera outbreak causes quarantines at Swinburne Island and East River docks. A Chinaman died at 14 Mott Street and others are under observation. Vessels like Bohemia, Scandia, and Ethiopia face strict quarantine while health officials clash over body disposal and Sandy Hook control.
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Disratch
Bohemia
Swinburne Island
Moses Newmann
Pinkus Wollman
Moses Miller
Isse Sklar
New Hampshire
Walter
Health Board
Jenkins
Varantine
Seward
Batterd
Moravis
Normannia
Netholand
Helgoland
Walser
Wyoming
Abbott
P. M
Francisco Moreno
Hamilton
der. Jenkins
Hawilton
Camp Low
Sandy Hook
Jerkins
Goody Hook
Plague Bulletin Reports Mixed Europe Progress
Cable bulletins detail cholera figures across Europe with Havre showing six new cases and six deaths, Paris reporting forty two cases and seventeen deaths, and Hamburg seeing a marked decrease. Holland notes limited spread with Dordrecht and Dordt areas listed and BeLuxa noting minor suspicions and a fatality.
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Havre
Hamburg
Paris
Holland
Europe
Havare
T Petersburg
Atena
Astwerr
Bottenpam
South Holland
Dordrecht
BeeLuxa
Moabit Hospital
Berlin
Sen O
Immigrants and Health Officials Visit Grosse Isle Quarantine
IL S Pingee mayor Dr C C Miller and Capt P Drummon arrived at Quarantine facility to study apparatus and procedures for disinfecting and issuing health certificates. They report satisfaction and plan to allow immigrants with clean health certificates from Grosse Isle to enter via Detroit. No cholera in New Brunswick.
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Quibec
IL. S. Pingee
C. C. Miller
Board of Health
P. Drummon
Detroit
United States
Ho Ding
Grosse Isle
Health official: no cholera cases in city
The Department of Health announced there are no cholera cases in the city today. Inmates of quarantined houses remain in good health, while health inspectors are not yet withdrawn.
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the of Health
Quarantine Commission Reports On Philadelphia Health Defenses
The International Quarantine Commission reports satisfactory state of affairs for Philadelphia s cholera defenses along the Delaware basin. It praises rapid concentration of immigration controls and notes Philadelphia can prevent importation via the basin and limit spread otherwise. It suggests enlarging the Laforetto state quarantine station by occupying an island in the river as a permanent location.
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Piladelphia
International Quarantine Commission
Delaware
Philadelphia
Board of Health
Philadelphia Health Service
Lafaretto
Women Take a Hand in City Health Reforms
The Woman's Health Protective Society, led by Mrs P. W. Ravenhill, asks New York City Health Board to enforce sanitary laws in tenements. They urge odor control from slaughterhouse near East Forty-sixth Street and First Avenue, street flushing, paving with asphalt, cremation of garbage, and relocation of dumps at West Forty-seventh and Thirty-ninth streets.
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New York
Health Department
East Sixteenth Street
Annie Connerty
Louis Weinhagen
Gotham Health Board
Woman's Health Protective Society
Mra P. W
West Forty-seventh Street
Thirty-ninth Street
Die in batches a frightful state of affairs in Persia
The French Consul reports cholera in Persia kills in a day with mass desertions by the governor and soldiers. Unburied corpses, stench, and bread baked by the consul are described. Pilgrimages are used to cope, but many pilgrims die in batches. The Tauris consul notes about 100 daily deaths and personal losses.
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Persia
London
Paris
Teherar
Tauris
Hamburg Plague Figures Diverge Over Official Count
London dispatch notes today’s cholera figures with 577 new cases and 189 deaths, 261 burials and 2,867 patients in hospitals. The Hamburger Nachrichten claims official numbers are unreliable and vows to publish accurate statistics.
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Hamburg
London
The
Standard
Hamburger Nachrichten
Guards Repel Landing Attempt Off Fire Island
Fire Island guards fired on a boat trying to land passengers after a hotel concert was disrupted by musket fire. The would be boarders identity remains unknown. Also, the steamship Pennsylvania arriving from Antwerp with 500 aboard was detained at Federal Quarantine in Lewes Delaware.
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Fire Island
Pennsylvania
Lewes
Antwerp
Philadelphia
Englishman Acquitted of Attempted Murder in Texas Trial
Charles Vincent was acquitted of attempting to murder Ollie Bowles. Bowles shot at Vincent after the trial, killing Lem Rankin and wounding a Hebrew merchant. Bowles was sent to prison.
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Worrh
Tex
Charles Vincent
Ollie Bowles
Bowles
Vincent
Lem Rankin
Seaside Fire Devours Half Mile of Hotels at Rockaway Beach
A massive blaze at Seaside station Rockaway Beach enveloped a half mile of hotels and venues along Seaside Avenue. The fire destroyed Meisler and Collins hotels Wainwright Smith pavilion and Murray & Daly Ocean View Hotel among others. One woman died and many injured as flames swept south toward Rockaway Park and the iron pier with aid crews arriving from multiple Queens and Nassau locales.
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Dispatch
New York
Seaside Station
Rockaway Beach
Seaside Avenue
Ocean Front
Iron Pier
Rockaway Park
Wainwright & Smith
Avenue-by-the-Sea
Anowan
Seaside
John Cornish
Wonderland Museum
Cornish
Myrtle Kingsland
Ella Wesner
Mary Phillips
Mr. Cornish
Miss Wesner
Meisler
William Collins
Williamsburgh House
Murray & Daly
Ocean View
Frederick Schuster
William Schuster
Richard Simpson
Kruse's
New York Hotel
Kruge’s
Murray & Daly’s
Harper's Pavilion
Long Island City
Ozone Park
Wood Haven Junction
Far Rockaway
Big Kingsland Casino
John H. Walter
E. E Datz
M. Meisler
Williamsburg House
Kruse
W. E
Mitchell
Rowland Man
James Beatty
Adams & Walt
Harper's
Porter Admits He Has Resigned
Porter, governor of Indians, admits resignation as Minister to Italy. In Washington he confirms the report that he has stepped down from the post.
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Porter
Wasmoton
Governor Porter
Washington
Italy
Politician Gets Ready to Campaign in Jadane
A city figure leaves tomorrow for a home in Jadane to join active political campaigning efforts.
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Jadane
Heir of McAllister Faces Divorce Rumors in New York
Reports say Mrs. Jennie Garmany McAllister discussed divorce with husband Ward McAllister's son in Newport after secret marriage to him last spring. Attorneys note no divorce proceedings yet and suggest desertion and non support as likely grounds if filed.
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New York
Heyward Hall MecAllister
Newport
RB L
McAllister
McAl
Ward McAlister
Jennie Garmany
Savannah
Park
Albert Gallup
Heyward McAllister
New Safe Trust Formed With Major Makers United
A second combination of safe makers was announced in New York on September 20. The new group includes Mosler, Diebold, National Safe and Lock, York, Barnes, Miller Safe and Iron Works, McNiell Urban, Cincinnati Safe, Cary Limited, Mosley Bachman, Daman Safe and Lock, and others. The capital of these companies totals about 5,000,000 dollars. Griswold and Gillette promoted the trust in New York City.
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New York
Herring-Hall-Marvin Company
Combinaton
Mosler Safe and Lock Company
Hamilton, C
Diebold Safe and Lock
Poston
Philadelphia
Griswold & Gillette
100000 Copies Of Hills Speech To Be Distributed
In New York on September 20, the Democratic State Committee announced plans to distribute 100000 copies of Hill speech. Senators and aides attended breakfast at Hotel Normandie as crowding supporters pressed to greet Hill.
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New York
Senator Hill
Hotel Normandie
Democratic State Committee
Cleyveland
Buzzard
Don Dickinson
Harrity
Cleveland
Whitelaw Reid
Chauncey M. Depew
Joseph Manley
Mr. Carter
Mr. Depew
New York State
Relatives to sue ship company over Becker death
In Philadelphia on September 20 relatives of George H. Becker of 1814 Tioga St plan to sue Hanbury American Packer Co. for damages. Becker died of pneumonia blamed on exposure aboard the Cepheus off Fire Island after sleeping in the open air. his cremation will occur in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
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Steamship Company
Philadelphia
George H. Becker
Tioga Street
Hanbury- American Packer Company
Trustman
Becker
Cepheus
Fire Island
Archbishop Ireland Named Cardinal Candidate
London dispatch says the Pope may elevate Archbishop Ireland and Sousience Persico to the College of Cardinals at the upcoming consistory per Vienna Telegraph report.
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Ireland
London
The
Telegraph
Vienna
Sousience Persico
Lizzie Borden Case Reveals Motive Linked to Property
The Globe reports the state will present that six months before the murders Lizzie Borden traveled to Providence via New Bedford to consult a Rhode Island lawyer about her father’s property. She later bought items shipped to Fall River and twice visited Providence for information. A witness recalled her in the lawyer’s waiting room and the lawyer planned to testify.
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Fart River
Mass
Globe
Borden
Lizzie Borden
Providence
New Bedford
Rhode Island
Fall River
Massachusetts
Miss Borden
Two American Steamships Planned for Immigrant Freight Service
Contracts signed for immediate construction of two 8,000 ton Clyde steamers for the American trade. They will operate between Philadelphia and Liverpool, likely remaining under the American flag. Not fast ships, but designed for immigrant and freight service, about 15 knots with low coal use.
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Chanse
Difpatch
Southampton
Congress
Big Deal Seen in People's Party Tactics
St Louis dispatch reports Chairman Taubeneck of the People's Party National Committee was summoned to Indianapolis for an executive meeting. He warned of a coming gigantic flex in key states and vowed a public reveal within two to three weeks that could cause a sensation in the union.
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St. Louis
Taubeneck
People’s Party
National Committee
Indianapolis
National Executive Committee
People's Party
Pairing Saves Vote Time In 1892 Augusta Election
In a letter to the Kennebec Journal dated September 19 1892 Blaine explains he did not travel to the Inst election to vote. He paired off with a Democrat named Avuntista to cast a vote locally in Augusta saving days of travel. He signs as Janzs G BlarnE.
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Ban Hamor
Kennebec
Augusta
Janzs G
Blarne
Hebrews Barred From Christian Names in Odessa
Odessa dispatch reports a local measure forbids Jewish families from naming children after Christian figures such as Matthew and Mark. London coverage notes Alfred Rothschild named as English delegate to the International Monetary Conference.
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the Chronicle
Odessa
Matthew
Mark
Rothschild A
London
The
Teegraph
Alfred Rothschild
Welsh Tin Plate Makers Suffer As American Industry Surges
A Welsh tin plate expert, Charles Johns of Lawrenceville, reports American mills in Pennsylvania outperform Welsh production. He notes higher yields, evolving rolling methods, and better durability, while Welsh mills face shutdowns and migration of skilled workers to U S plants.
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Charles Johns
Lawrenceville
Wales
United States
England
Pennsylvania
Irondale
Wallace, Banfield & Co
Old Country
Bessemer
Vanumion Enree
New Castle
Joseph Phillips
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