Quarantine Tightens as Biloxi Reports Three Cases
New Orleans health officials claim full control while Biloxi reports three yellow fever cases and three suspects. Port cities seek supplies and medical aid as Bay St. Louis and the Pass lift quarantine, prompting residents to rush back to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Bay St. Louis
New Orleans
Louisiana Board of Health
New Orlean
Loulajane
Mississippi
Mobile
Louisville and Nashville
Bay
Pars
Daniels
Ocean Springs
Board of Health
Guiteras
Sheedy
Tillman
Ovean Springs
Perkingston
Harry Howard
North Back Bay
Bilox
Luetgert Trial Highlight Knife Linked to Crime
In Chicago the Luetgert murder trial pivots as Christine Felt, Luetgert’s confidant, identifies a pocketknife with rusted blades she says he gave for safekeeping on the day of arrest. Prosecutors claim the knife was used to kill his wife and dissolve her body in potash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Adolph Luetgert
Christine Felt
Luetgert
Detroit Tobacco Trust Fails Amid Financial Strains
The American Tobacco Company successor to K C Garker & Co is assigned today without preference to Union Trust. Assets total around 910,000 with liabilities near 145,000. No preferred creditors are listed. the failure is attributed to changes within the tobacco trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit, Soot
K. C. Garker & Co
Union Trust Company
Tobacco Trust
Glven
Stolen Fortunes Seized In Mexican National Train Find
A valise seized on a Mexican National train in Tamrodo Texas contained diamonds, jewelry, gold coins, Mexican currency, checks, and mining bonds valued at about 200000 dollars. An American passenger was believed to have stolen the valise from Spaniard A Trueba but did not claim it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valise
Tamrodo
Tex
Naylor
F. KB
Thormpcon
Funk
Ban Laie Potosi
Mexico
A. &. Trueba
Dr. Andrews resigns from Brown University presidency
Providence dispatch reports President Andrews meeting with six Brown executive committee members. He resigns and expresses desire to head Mr John Brisben Walker's university. Announcement follows a New York press release, with students enrolled and the college year to start September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. 1
Andrews
Brown University
University
Brown
John Brisben Walker
Walker
Dr. Andrews
Adrews
New York
Loved and Lost Fortune in Mrs Gaver Will
In Brooklyn widow Mrs Mary M Gaver leaves 242000 dollars in personal property and 8000 in real estate to specified relatives and charities. Her sole surviving relative Mrs Hurt receives 38000 dollars in trust with income for life. The will affects a railroad brakeman who wed against his aunt’s wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bent
Annie Russel Hart
Mary M., Gaver
Brooklyn
Gaver
Norwich
Conn
Connecticut
Hurt
Testatrix
Cooper Still a Prisoner
San Francisco report of Sir Harry Wentwood Cooper before Police Judge Lowe on obtaining money by false pretences from a Langham hotel landlord who testified Cooper claimed 345000 in a New South Wales bank. The landlord admitted he did not know the tale was false. The charge was dismissed. Two forgery charges are pending, alleging possession of counterfeiting instruments and attempt to dispose of forged bills. He faces examination today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Wentwood Cooper
Lowe
Langham Hotel
Cooper
New South Wales
Madrid denial flags war stance over Cuba crisis
Official dispatches from Madrid say Premier General Agcarrage has not written to party leaders asserting the Havans government would prefer war with the United States to intervention in Cuba. The report denies any such letter and clarifies Madrid's position on the Cuban affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Fremier General Agcarrage
Havans
United States
Cuba
Child Cremated in Richmond Fire At Fairmount Outbuilding
A Richmond incident reports the cremation of the infant son and daughter of Joseph Crecier. The children died when an outbuilding they played in was burned. Funeral and further details are not provided in the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Fairmount
Thinetty
Joseph Crecier
General Lee Returns From Cuba With Denials of Suffering
General Fitzhugh Lee arrives in New York from Havana aboard the Seguranca with son Fitzhugh. He dismisses reports of widespread cruelty toward Evangelina Cisneros, cites 1,400 distressed Americans and $15,000 spent of a $50,000 relief fund, and says he cannot discuss Cuban affairs until his Washington report. He plans to travel to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fitzhugh Lee
United States
Havana
Cuba
Ward Line
Fitzhugh
West Point
George M
Military Academy
Lee
Pearl of the Antilles
Congress
Senorita Cieneros
Casa Hecohidas
Africa
Washington
Robert L. Oliver
Merida
Mexico
George W. Fishback
Fishback
Inet
Calhoun
Rulz
Shooting at Hyde Park Dispatches a Probable Fatality
In Hyde Park Massachusetts a late night shooting left Michael Leonard of Providence with life threatening injuries. Cronnick is held on suspicion after Leonard cannot identify his assailant. A barking dog preceded two shots and Cronnick was intoxicated nearby with his dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Mass
Michael Leonard
Kossuth Street
Providence
Massachusetts General Hospital
James A. Cronnick
Leonard
Cronnick
Vanderbilt Jr. Enters Harvard University in Cambridge
New lines report that W K Vanderbilt Jr arrived in Cambridge to enter Harvard University on Sept 1. He is under tutor D F Campbell and has completed all but one of his examination hours this summer. Vanderbilt rooms at Rock Hall on Harvard Street and Massachusetts Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Maass
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Harvard University
D. F. Campbell
Young Vanderbilt
Rock Hall
Harvard Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Insurgents Suppressed in Pinar del Río Province
Senor Rodrigues San Pedro, civil governor of Pinar Del Rio, told Captain General Weyler he believes regular troops may be withdrawn as gendarmes and volunteers suffice to suppress scattered insurgent groups in Consolacion Del Sur and surrounding territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Sept
Consolacion del Sur
Senor Rodrigues San Pedro
Pinar del Rio
Weyler
Preacher Expelled for Immorality in Puget Sound Conference
A special Everett dispatch reports Rev. W. T. Par, former pastor in this city, found guilty of intimacy with a servant girl by a Puget Sound Methodist conference committee and expelled from the church by a twelve to one vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattle
Wash
Everett
Puget Sound
Lynching of Innocent Man in Richmond Controversy
Henry Wall, about 22, white, was lynched near Friend's Mireion after being held on suspicion of assaulting Mira Sadie Cook. Cook lay unconscious with fourteen gashes. investigation then showed she had been assaulted. Sheriff Woolwine and Constable Childress faced criticism for the veteran mob action and delayed report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Henry Wall
Friend's Mireion
Mira Sadie Cook
Mira Cook
Young Wall
Childress
Marly
Woolwine
Wall
Will of reclusive farmer in Indiana bequeaths land to caretaker
The will of George Harwood of Clear Springs township, Indiana, admits to probate. Harwood, who avoided women, leaves sixty acres of land to his hired man Frane in exchange for care of a steer and a black horse. After their deaths the animals will be buried on a five acre plot Harwood designates as a burial ground with a monument, and burial services are to be omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grange
Ind
George Harwood
Clear Springs
Harwood
Frane
Music Teacher Chooses Death in Burning Blanket
Miss Millie Comstock of Awassa Michigan, age unknown, preferring death over asylum life, saturated a blanket with kerosene, wrapped herself, and set it aflame. She died after engulfing herself in flames while plans were under way to move her to Pontiac asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Awassa
Mich
Millie Comstock
Opposition to Bishop Keane for New Archbishop Post
Rome dispatch reports several Sacred College cardinals oppose Cardinal Ledochowski supported bid for Archbishop of New York. Bishop Keane, former rector of the Catholic University of Washington and consultor to Propaganda and Studies, is the preferred candidate of some factions but faces strong church opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Daily Chronicle
Rome
Sacred College of Cardinals
Cardinal Ledochowski
Popagands
Keane
Catholic University of Washington
Congregations of the Propaganda and Studies
New Orleans
Western demand for cars strains rail freight supply
Westbound grain shipments are driving a car shortage for the Pennsylvanian and Baltimore and Ohio railroads. All spare cars are sent to Western points to meet business needs, causing persistent delays for other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sept
Pennsylvanian
Baltimore and Ohio
Scrantonians Visit Middletown Firemen Honor Guests
Two hundred fifty visitors from Scranton's Century Hose Company arrived in Middletown New York for a nine hour town hospitality event. The excursionists traveled in six Ontario and Western cars and were greeted by the local fire department and hundreds of residents at Midway Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace Company
Century Hose Company
Middletown
N. Y
Sept
Ontario and Western
Scranton
Midway Park
Remarkable Business Rise in Mexico After Silver Decline
In Mexico City activity surges in stock company formation for manufacturing and trading, spurred by a sharp silver decline. Markets report renewed confidence with the New York exchange trading at a premium of 1.39. Meanwhile in Cilassbera New Jersey a man encounters a rattlesnake swallowing a squirrel and kills the reptile after hearing a warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Sept. R
New York Exchange
Eloping Wife Reunited In Lambertville Celebration
The wife of Penbrook Hunt of Brookville eloped in June last year. Hunt found her, urged return, she refused. Recently Mrs Hunt returned in forgiveness. A reunion celebration was held at their home last night in Lambertville New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambertville
N. J
Penbrook Hunt
Brookville
Pear
Hunt
Cotton Mill Starts on Full Time in Millville
Cotton mill and bleachery in Millville New Jersey begun full time operation with the potential for a large addition. Superintendents anticipate continued full operation and employment for hundreds more workers once expansion proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millville
N. J
Bept, R—R
D, Wood & Co
Wreck of Santa Fe Trains Kills and Injures Dozen
A head on collision three miles east of Emporia Kansas at 7 30 tonight between the Fast Mail eastbound and the Mexico and California Express left twelve or more dead and many injured. W J Bryan rode the rear Pullman and aided the wounded. Seven or eight coaches aboard the westbound train and the wreckage burned in the hole between engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fast Mail
California Express
W. J. Bryan
Emporia
Kan
Santa Fe
Here
Mexico
California
Allree
Burlingame
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Claude Holiday
D. Cc
Earler
Express Messenger
John Dagan
J. T. Butler
William F. Jones
BR FP
First Mail
John Sweeney
German Merchants Form Committee for Trade Treaty Aid
In Berlin a group of German manufacturers and merchants formed a committee to protect interests at future commercial treaty renewals. It plans a central office to collect data on German industry needs modeled after American institutions. Daron von Thielmann praised the move, citing his experience as German ambassador to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
America
Daron von Thielmann
Corman
United States
Mutiny in Congo Free State Reported From Uganda
Mail advices from Uganda state that a mutiny occurred among Congo Free State troops in Toro district. The mutineers killed fifty Kelgain officers and men and destroyed forts, with depredations spanning the area. Brussels treats the report as another version of the Nile headwaters revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Uganda
Congo Free State
Toro
Baron Dhanin
General-Scheme to Free Canada and Weather Outlook
Morning briefing notes a broad plan to free Canada amid southerly winds. Reports Yellow Fever under control in New Orleans and General Leo Heturna returning from Cuba. Includes sport notes on baseball leagues and local civic items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
New Orleana
Leo Heturna
Cuba
Pagal
Banta Fe
Ryan McCoy
Polica
State League of Republican Cluba
Futorial
Presa
White House
Teachers Institute
Hvanguliers
Boranton
Abington Haptlet Association
Frothingham
West Side
City
Lacken
Lost identity puzzles Seneca Falls police
A man about 35 to 40, six foot two, with a shaved face and blue eyes, entered police court claiming he could not recall who he is or his origin. Dressed in light gray trousers and a brown checked coat, he showed no signs of intoxication. He spoke coherently about events from yesterday but otherwise forgot his past. He is placed in the county home for recovery or until claimed by relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Reynolds
Miners Reject 65 Cent Settlement in Key Meetings
In Bellaire Ohio and nearby districts miners rejected ratifying the sixty five cent settlement. English speaking workers favored acceptance while foreigners opposed. Delegates from Massillon were named to oppose the proposal at Columbus. State President Carson said he could not support the settlement and Ohio operators warned against any rise in prices. In DuBois Pennsylvania striking miners approved a deal with General Manager Robinson and will resume work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Oho
Wheeling Creek
Columbus
Wheeline Creek
Maszillion
Ohio
Massillon
John Adley
James Parke
J. J. Mossop
Eixty
Organization of the United Mine Workers
Carson
Tenois
Illinois
Trinois
Pennsylvania
DuBois
Clearfield and Jefferson Coal Mining Company
Robinson
Pittsburg
Mr. Robinson
Douors
Reynoldsville
PunxsutAwney
Eleanora
Velvetia
Bolivian Town Seized in Mojos Province
Lima reports from Port Pacheco that 250 Paraguayan troops captured Chiquetes in the Mojos province after landing at the Bolivian town. Details reach Galveston via Bent and Advicee with uncertain timing and potential implications for regional control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Galveston
Tex
Bolivia
Port Pacheco
Chiquetes
Mojos
Longstreet Marries Ellen Porteh at Peachtreet Mansion
Confederate General Jamon Longattier weds Ellen Porteh, assistant librarian of Georgia, at the executive mansion on Peachtreet Street this afternoon. The groom, near seventy, remains a dominant figure in Confederate history and politics as he steps into new roles as railroad commissioner candidate and ally to Wade Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genera Longstreet
Allaita
Generl Jamon Longattier
Anlhel Btakes Primater
Turkey
Wade Hampton
Peachtreet Street
Mise Ellen Porteh
State of Georgia
General Longstreet
Brill
Scheme to Free Canada Oath Bound Secret Order
A secret organization of French speakers in Lewiston Maine and surrounding areas aims to liberate Canada and establish a republican government. Members are oath bound to secrecy and claim involvement in the India rebellion and Kruger declaration. They promise startling sensations and distribute pro Canada literature, using Dieu sauve Le Canada on stationery and seals on mail. A man ties the group to the Irish National Alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Maine
Canada
India
Paul Kruger
England
Dieu Sauve le Canada
Oo. L. Cc
Irish National Alliance
York Leaves Ireland After Busy Royal Visit
The Duke and Duchess of York wrap up a bustling Irish tour in Belfast. They receive eighteen addresses, open a new dock, tour shipyards, attend a garden party, visit Belfast Lough, and sail to Glasgow aboard a royal yacht. The crowds show great enthusiasm throughout the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Duke
Duchess of York
Ireland
Mount Stewart
County Down
Marquia of
Province of
Uister
Corporation of
Harlan & Wolff
Belfast Lough
Glasgow
Sccotland
Her Majesty
Dominions
Robbery Suspect Arrested After Stolen Goods Sale
A thief entered three shops on West Vine street in Lancaster, taking jewelry, a paper store and a barber shop. Several hundred dollars in valuables were stolen. Later a man tried to sell stolen items in town and was arrested, identified as Hazel Boos. Police pursued two more suspects, Howard Seaman and John E. Risman, nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Sept
Robebers
H. C
Fochs
Vine Street
C. Donnelly
John C. Licht
Hazel Boos
Howard Seaman
John E. Risman
Tribesmen Subside as Afridis Disperse in Tirah Return
Official circles report the rising tribesmen have weakened with Afridis dispersed and Zakkakhels moving families from the Khyber district to Tirah. The enemy now appears to retreat from the Famaana territory amid fading resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
Khyber
Tirah
Famana
Duchess of Rio Grande Released on Bail in London
Edgar Serge de Neil known as the Duchess of Rio Grande, an American woman, was arraigned with her husband in Marylebone police court on charges of defrauding a hotel keeper and two landladies. She was released from Holloway jail on bail of 50 pounds half paid to secure appearance next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
London
Mme
Edgar Serge de Neil
Duchess of
Marylebone
Holloway
Wright McPerson Marriage in Marblehead Mass
Miss Harmen Wright daughter of Hon and Mea Wright wed John Bruce McPherson of Gettysburg Pa son of Edward McPherson former clerk of the House Rev Sidppen Brockton officiated in Marblehead Sept afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Mass
Coreneha Harmen Wright
Darrell D. Wright
John Bruce McPherson
Gettysburg
Edward McPherson
Ggges
House of Representativen
Sidppen
Brockton
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Orleans
Beloxi
Biloxt
Point Cadet
Mail Service
Crown
Hlavnon
Evangelina Cisneros
G. A. Cranwick
Vanderbilt, JR
Harv Vard University
Michigan
Bishop Keane
Scrantonians
Cilassbera
John Travers
Jim Trennan
Teorka
Nate Hollister
Firemili
Topeka
J. F. Souders
Kansas City
Boly
William Prisky
York
Mme, Serge DE Neil
Wright. McPerson
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