Firemen Save Beauregard School as New Orleans Quelled
Rioters attempted arson on Beauregard school, aimed as yellow fever hospital, but police and firemen prevented total destruction. Sisters, patients moved in advance. mob threats and vandalism noted. One new yellow fever case reported on Bourbon Street. doctor De Montluzin linked to comment on fever strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Everent
Beauregard
Agnes
Sisters of Charity
Bloom
Gaster
Cantain Journee
Bourbon Street
de Montluzin
de Montlugin
Union Veteran league names officers for year
The national encampment elected Archibald Blakley as National Commander and chose officers including E D Spooner William Paird C M Savage Thomas J Hubbard Rev Charles L Shergair Edward Donnelly John W Baker Joseph B Knox John D Shepard A B Oliver. Encampment date moved to September with next gathering in Williamsport Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Union Veteran League
Archibald Blakley
Pittsburg
Colly Tannder
E. D. Spooner
Chicago
William Paird
Lewiston
C. M. Savage
Thomas J. Hubbard
Baltimore
Charles L. Shergair
Wellsboro
Edward Donnelly
Ticket scalper Murray convicted in Atlantic County court
Stephen Murray of Atlantic City was convicted in May's Landing on scalping tickets and selling Pennsylvania Railroad passes. He received three months imprisonment and a $109 fine plus costs after being arrested in August while selling tickets on Atlantic City streets and held in custody for lack of bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atllantie
City
N. O
Stephen Murray
Atlantic City
Atlantic County
May's Landing
Pennsylvania Railroad
Costa
White
New Jersey
Murray
Noted Shelbyville magnate fatally shoots wife then kills self
In Shelbyville Indiana M Wesley Nad ing a wealthy citizen shot and killed his wife at Jay Hook today then shot himself. Nad ing is alive but not expected to recover. He was described as despondent and jealous of his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
Boot, M
Wesley Nading
Jay Hook
Nading
Social Democracy to Partake in Proposed Labor Convention
Social Democracy will take no part in the proposed labor convention in Chicago and has instructed its delegates to stay away. Secretary Kelliher cites the coal miners strike settlement and AFL action as ending the need for the gathering, with UMW under whose auspices the event was planned making no arrangements. The move follows AFL guidance and suggests the convention will not be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kelliher
Labor Representatives
Federation of Labor
Washington
Dun's Review Of Trade Reports Surging Demand And Shifts
Dun's Weekly notes direct gold imports from England and France and a $6.5 million inflow from Australia for wheat exports. Rates at Bank of England rise to 244 percent, while U S markets see higher wheat and corn, weaker cotton, and rising iron and steel demand with coal mine employment up after strikes. Wool sales dip, while failures rise in the U S and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Cos Weekly Review of Trade
England
France
San Francisco
Australia
Europe
Bank of England
Atlantic
van and Steel Industry
Bes
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Grey Forge
Southern Pig
Mahoning Valley
Birmingham
Boston
United States
Canada
Hibberd Acquitted In Atlantic City Trial
Robert Hibberd, tried at May's Landing for shooting Mrs. Phoebe Phillips on Decoration Day, was acquitted after six hours of deliberation. The case hinged on emotional insanity. Hibberd had married Mrs. Phillips the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. d
Robert Hibberd
May’s Landing
Phoebe Phillips
Alderman Mangler Recalls Bribe Attempt by Kesner
Chicago Alderman Mangler testified Sept 4 about an alleged bribery attempt related to the General Electric Railway Ordinance. He named Jacob L. Kesner, manager of a large department store, as the bribe offerer who pressed for influence and votes and even raised the bid by 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mangler
General Electric Railway
Jacob L. Kesner
Kesner
Suspension of W E Becker by League of American Wheelmen
In a special bulletin Chairman Abert announces the suspension of W E Becker pending investigation of a charge he assaulted a competitor on the track. The bulletin was issued tonight from Himore on September 24.
Presh Foreign Gossip and Global Turmoil Highlighted
The article notes California fruit markets in London, Kruger controversy in Pretoria, mass Athens protest with a peace treaty burned, Berlin arrests for forged Luther autographs, Chinese mood-driven destitution, and widespread Italian famine and disaster with deaths and property loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
London
Kruger
Pretoria
South Africa
Athens
Berlin
Martin Luther
China
Italy
Mine explosion devastates Williamson County coal mine
An explosion at Williamson County Coal Company mine four miles north of Marion Illinois killed two miners and wounded fifteen with five or six miners trapped. Most victims are Russians and Italians. the blast propels a mule 200 yards down the shaft, and rescue efforts race to contain flames and determine causes, likely natural gas ignition.
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Marion
Til
Williamson County Coal Company
Here
Peary Finds Greeley Relics and Meteorite in Arctic Trip
Lieutenant Peary and party, including wife and daughter, toured Arctic sites from North Sydney to Turnavik and Resolution Island. He reported finding relics of Gordon Greeley’s expedition on Cape Sabin and recovered a large meteorite on Meteoric Island, noting its armor-like, nickeled steel composition.
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Boston
Peary
C. L. Baldwin
Arthur Moore
North Sydney
Turnavik Island
Labrador
Baltin
Resolution Island
Greeley
Cape Sabin
Slung Shot and Knock Out Drops At Waldorf Hotel
John H Staats assistant superintendent of the Waldorf on Fifth avenue is jailed on charges of a series of robberies at the hotel A rug valued at 1000 dollars found in a room Staats rented on East Thirteenth street Also silverware a sling shot revolvers and a bottle of knock out drops were recovered Some items bear stamps from the United States hotel Boston and Hotel Haublein Washington Staats wife is away and he has been living with another woman in Brooklyn The stolen goods are valued at many thousands of dollars
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New York
John H. Staats
Waldorf
Fifth Avenue
Boldt
Staats
East Thirteenth Street
United States
Boston
Haublein
Washington
Brooklyn
The
South Omaha Exchange Sued Over Business Rules
United States attorney general filed suit against the South Omaha Livestock Exchange and 200 members seeking a perpetual injunction. The Omaha Live Stock Commission claims the exchange blocked business at the yards and discriminated against nonmembers by enforcing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
United States Attorney General
South Omaha Livestock Exchange
Kansas City Exchange
Sooth Omaha Exchange
Omaha Live Stock Commission
The
Live Stock Exchange
Body found on Lamar area farm with seven bullet wounds
The badly decomposed body of a man was found on J. W. Robinson's farm three miles southeast of Lamar Missouri. Four bullet holes in the back of the head two in the back and one in the shoulder indicate foul play. The face was disfigured and the body torn by dogs. Papers on the corpse suggest he was a partner of a man murdered nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
J. W. Robinson
Here
Charles B Penman Appointed Collector in Harrisburg Bureau
Charles B Penman of Scranton has been appointed a collector of statistics in the bureau of industrial statistics in Harrisburg. The appointment is announced in the reference to the Fourth Rept. involving statistical work and government duties, marking Penman as a key statistician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H, Penman
Harrisburg
Charles B. Penman
Scranton
Bureau of Industrial Stacletica
Fay Mills Calls For End To All Doctrinal Superstitions
Evangelist B Fay Mills addressing the Unitarian conference in Saratoga New York declares that all forms of doctrine and superstition must go Protestants and Catholics alike have failed to be truly religious. He argues for democracy driven religion and presses for justice love and emancipation from oppression in a sweeping critique of established churches and liberalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
B. Fay Mills
Unitarian Conference
United States
j@lestcraft
Salvathon
Duke and Duchess of Rio Grande Freed in London Case
London sept 24 Mr and Mrs Edward Serge de Niel known as the Duke and Duchess of Rio Grande were discharged from custody after charges of defrauding hotels and boarding houses were dismissed as they agreed to pay the bills. Money paid into court to settle accounts and parts of the claim were reported. Edgar Serce de Niel said to be a Brazilian navy commander and Mrs de Niel noted as a relative of ex Senator Conger of Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward Serge de Niel
Duke and Duchess of
Rio Grande
Clerkenwell Court
United States
Edgar Serce de Niel
de Niel
Conger
Michigan
Death of Rev. Daniel Murray in Mobile Yellow Fever
The fifth victim of yellow fever in Mobile, Rev. Daniel Murray, died at 7 p m. He was a 30 year old native of County Cork who had lived in the United States four years. He had worked near Birmingham and Montgomery and came to Mobile to fill in for Father McQuillan. He arrived Sept 8 and fell ill after Sept 6, becoming delirious yesterday.
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Mobile
Ala
Daniel Murray
County Cork
Birmingham
Montgomery
Father McQuillan
Shot on the Train In Syracuse Robbery and Wounding
Martin Collins of 227 Baker Street Syracuse was robbed and shot on a New York Central train near Canastota. He says his assailant was companion Dutch Breen who took $12. Collins, 31, was brought to St Josephs hospital for treatment. He is the son of Martin Collins of 67 Prospect Street Rochester.
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Martin Collins
Syracuse
Baker Street
New York Central
Canastota
Breen
Collins
St. Joseph's Hospital
Prospect Street
Rochester
Carlists Hear of Alleged Don Carlos Letter
In Madrid on September 24 the Carlists say they have seen no letter from Don Carlos denying his claims or urging Spain to abandon Cuba. The party leaders recently met at Lucerne and reached undisclosed decisions. No manifesto is expected.
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Madrid
Don Carlos
Spain
Cuba
Lucerne
Plague Spreads Across Rural Areas Alarming Bombay
Latest health statistics show bubonic plague active and spreading from hamlet to hamlet creating a wide affected area. Newspapers warn that withdrawal of medical officers for frontier troop service will bring disastrous consequences beyond the frontier incidents.
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Bombay
Lafayette Freshmen Hit by Flour Barrage in Class Photo
In Faston Pennsylvania on September 4 a prank by Lafayette College sophomores sent hundreds of pounds of flour and water over about 100 freshmen posing for a class photo. A scuffle followed, uniforms and shirts were torn, and the photographer lost work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faston
Lafayette College
Pardee Hall
Vienna cabinet’s potential intervention over Spain U S clash
A Daily Telegraph correspondent in Vienna reports a reliable source says the Vienna cabinet would intervene if Spain and the United States clash. The alleged ultimatum news stirs excitement and broad opinion that such action would be unjustifiable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Telegraph
Vienna
Spain
United States
Guatemalan turmoil under Barrios rule amid insurgent threat
A confidential dispatch from Champerico reports insurgents control Champerico and San Felipe while Barrios shoots and imprisons suspected revolutionaries and their families. The Guatemalan capital is described as chaotic with Barrios fearful, police chief Castillo acting under orders, and two hundred guards protecting the dictator.
Powderly Calls for Stricter Immigration Policy
Commissioner General T. W. Powderly, from Scranton Pa, replies to a congratulatory letter from Rev. Madison C. Peters. He argues thousands of Europe’s worst classes enter the country yearly and urges keeping unworthy people out and Europe to handle its anarchists. He says the U S should not be a refuge for incomers who become oppressive and urges tightening naturalization laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
T. W. Powderly
Scranton
Madison C. Peters
Europe
United States
False stock reports alarm two telegraph operators
Marcus Mullen and Claude Hurd, telegraph operators in Kansas City, were arrested for transmitting fictitious mining stock quotations to two Kansas City bucket shops. Each man posted $500 bond with bail furnished by their employers. The charge cites a device to enable gambling and exchange of money as if stock fluctuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Marcus Mullen
Claude Hurd
Kan
Canada to Purchase Heavy Field Batteries for Montreal Defence
Birmingham based Birmingham Post reports that Canada plans large purchases of heavy field batteries and defence guns in 1898. The plan aims at defending Montreal and the river below the city. Special instructions followed Sir Wilfrid Laurier's return to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
Joseph Chamberlin
Birmingham Post
Government of
Canada
Montreal
Uratelty
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Figure warns France on Europe's Cuba policy
Europe and Cuba report from Paris notes The Figaro warns the government that Germany seriously weighs allowing the United States to push Spain from Cuba. It recalls 1870 lessons from French diplomacy over Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
the Figaro
Germany
Europe
United States
Spain
Cuba
Train wreck after bridge washed away near Madur
Floods washed away a Bengalore Mysore railroad bridge near Madur causing an engine and five passenger cars to plunge into the river. There is heavy loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
Bengalore-Mysore
Maddur
Witnesses Testify Mrs Luetgert Seen Near Kenosha After Crime
In Chicago on Sept 24 the Luetgert trial heard witnesses place Mrs Luetgert near Kenosha Wisconsin within days of the state claimed murder date. Juror Harley's 1887 indictments resurfaced but no trial or pending cases remained. State's Attorney Deneen promised rebuttal evidence to counter the defense. Tomorrow more witnesses will depict Luetgert's treatment of his wife and next week experts discuss bones found in the factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Luetgert
Kenosha
Wis
William Harley
Cook County
Harley
Deneen
Wisconsin
Big Chicago Strike Threat Looms For Street Car Men
Chicago faced a looming general walkout as conductors motormen and gripmen of the Chicago City Railway threaten to strike Monday morning. A mass meeting was ordered for Sunday at 1 o'clock after a conference with labor leaders and the street car men's union executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
M. K. Bowen
New York Woman Robbed of $6,000 in Heirloom Diamonds
Miss Susan DeForest Day, owner of the steam yacht Scythian and member of the New York yacht club, reports six thousand dollars worth of heirloom jewelry stolen. The theft is believed to have occurred on the Scythian, with detectives investigating and no suspects yet named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Herald
Susan DeForest Day
Scythian
New York Yacht Club
Ex-Chief Velasquez Shoots Self in Mexico City
In City of Mexico Edu ardo Velasquez, former police chief, killed himself at 11 am by a shot to the left temple. His death halted Belam prison operations and led to the warden's suspension on suspicion of supplying the pistol or enabling lax discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Eduardo Velasquez
Velasquez
Belam
Stage Star Defends Reputation Over Minor Roles
San Francisco report says Justice Carroll upheld that a leading stage actor’s reputation remains intact after taking minor parts. Francis Carlyle sued Frederick Belasco, theater manager, for $100 weekly salary, claiming breach after being discharged for refusing a small role in Turk Meets Greek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Justice Carroll
Francis Carlyle
Frederick Belasco
Abagar
Carlyle
Steamship arrivals and departures list at New York
Arrivals include Lucania from Liverpool and Ems from New York. Cleared ships are La Gascogne for Havre Umbria for Liverpool Fulda for Naples Veendam for Rotterdam Havel for Bremen and Ginoa. Also arriving Furut Dianaarek from New York and Ems from New York.
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New York
Lucania
Liverpool
la Gascogne
Havre
Umbria
Fulda
Naples
Veendam
Rotterdam
Havel
Bremen
Ems
Hamburg
Furut Dianaarek
Local News Briefs From Across Regions
A selection of short items covers incidents in Alaska New Orleans and Illinois a mine explosion in Illinois a power plant fire a fire in Guatemala and local notes from Hazleton Scranton Lackawanna County and surrounding areas including the Parkhurst of London and a Sunday school lesson.
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Wait
Boliera OA
Alaska
New Orceans
Tlinois
Guatemala
Bport
Boston
Scranton Bese
Hazleton
Equity
Capitol Commission
Prensa
Social
Perronnel
New Triala Denied
Coxsve
Shamokin
Beranton
American Mutual Indemnity Company
Klondike Schame
Lackawanna County News
Parkhurst
London
Earth slip kills near Girgent sulphur mines
A Rome dispatch reports about forty people killed and many injured by an earth slip at sulphur mines near Girgent in Italy. The disaster occurred near Girgent drawing responses from authorities and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rome
Girgent
Delaware Lackawanna declares quarterly dividend
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Board of Directors announced a regular quarterly dividend of 14 cents per share. The decision was made in New York with the payout to shareholders of record later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Crothers Declines Independent Bid for Auditor General
Philadelphia Sept. Representative Samuel Crothers refused an independent Republican run for auditor general saying it was too late to start the campaign. He telegrammed the Pittsburgh Independents backing W. R. Thompson for state treasurer who urged Crothers to accept the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sept. H
Samuel Crothers
Pittsburg
W. R. Thompson
Crothers
Soldiers for Alaska sail with 25 men and heavy stores
Seattle reports the Humboldt set sail for St Michaels Alaska with Lieutenant Colonel Randall and 25 men from Fort Hassell. The detachment carries 150 tons of stores plus 400 tons of steamboat machinery and 40 000 feet of lumber. Dennett cautions that Yukon fortunes are unlikely and many will return poorer.
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Seattle
Wash
Humboldt
St. Michaels
Alaska
Randall
Fort Hassell
Yukon
Ray
St. Michaela
Burton E. Dennett
United States
White Pass
Port Townsend
Willamette
War Department receives Dawson City communication ideas
Washington reports a telegram from Lieut Colonel Randall in Seattle announcing his departure for St Michael's with 32 men. The War Department receives winter communication proposals for Dawson City including locomotives, patent sleds and elevated roads. A Boston firm offers food supplies via a new route along the Cooper river west of Chilkoot Pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Randall
Seattle
Wash
St. Michael's
Dawson City
Boston
Cooper River
Chilkoot Pass
Convict Clings To His Rats At Trenton Prison
In Trenton New Jersey on September 21 1900 the head keeper at the state prison refused a long term inmate George Martin permission to save his trained rats from death as the old cook house is to be torn down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Moore
George Martin
Cook House
Martin
Wanted Cash for His Dead Wife Case At Supreme Court
The Supreme court must rule on Thomas Shaw who used a railroad trestle to kill his wife by sending her on a Southern Railway train. Witnesses say he aimed to profit from her death after previously attempting to hire a poisoner. Accomplice Warren Criswell testified they overheard the plan and both Shaw and Criswell were convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Thomas Shaw
Southern Railway
Stone Creek
Warren Criswill
Shaw
Criswell
General Tracy Accepts as Republican Mayor Candidate
Chairman Quigg of the Republican county committee received a telegram from General Benjamin F. Tracy stating his willingness to be the Republican nominee for mayor of Cheater New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracy Accepts
New York
Quigg
Republican County Committee
Benjamin F. Tracey
Cheater
Weather forecast for New England and lake regions
In the middle of New England today the weather will be clear and warmer with light to fresh westerly and southwesterly winds. Sunday should see fair warmer conditions with light southerly to southwesterly winds, followed by rain near the lake regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Herald
New York
Middle Etatee
New England
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Union League
Maurder
Dun’s Review OF Trade
Hibberd
Proop
Heeler
Penary
Hotel
South Omaha Exchange
Missouri
Fay Mills
Lafayette
Austria
Champerico and
San Felipe
Barrios
Champerico Guatemala
Acapulco
Champeruco
Francisco Castillo
MR. Powderly
Figaro
India
Bangalore- Mysore
Ued
Girgenti
Ran
Dall
Dawson
Jersey
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