News in Briefs From Around The World And U S
A roundup of varied tidbits notes coal miners in the United States numbering 865,000, bears in Idaho, a Milwaukee plan, with a former brakeman congressman, and a Toronto saloon keeper barred from council. It reports wages for New York German Farmers union, Bowes in Oklahoma a telegraph operator, Paris theater tickets, Irish American day in Tennessee, and widespread use of union labels in city councils. It cites demographic imbalances in Massachusetts, wage penalties in New York for law violations, women controlling bank stock, Johannesburg coinage, Sarah Bernhardt fireproof dresses, English female height, Japanese clothing from paper, and a Harvard library notice. It mentions Chester basilica remains, Maine’s swordfish fence, a Pittsfield wheelwoman grandmother, Bermudas onions, gold prospects in Alaska, a Russian officer seeking absence, Dawson City free library, Gladstone party splits, Roquefort threatened by Gorgonzola and Sassenar, Bantry lightning, and a New York patent for skirt lifting devices.
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Idaho
Milwaukee
de Graffenried
Toronto
New ‘York
United States
Union
Massachusetts
New York
Johannesburg
Sarah Bernhardt
Gorthe
Harvard University
Chester
England
Maine
Harpswell
Pittsfield
Mass
Bermudas
von Numbotpt
Dutch Harbor
Bristol Bay
Alaska
Prince Louis Marceon
Lancers
Imperial Russian Guard
St. Petersburg
President Faure
Tur
Dawson City
Klondike
Gladstone
Bantry Bay
El Dorado Rumors Spur New Lake Wawa Gold Camp
A Michipicoten exploration party of 14 businessmen returns from Lake Wawa with rich quartz samples and claims, planning 4000 acres as a thriving mining camp forms near the mouth of the Michipicoten river. Reports say veins carry free gold, attracting hundreds of prospectors and a rapid town survey as Klondike fever spreads.
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Lake Wawa
Michipicoten
Wawa
Mary Bell
Klondike Junior
Soo
Dock Construction Plans at Michipicoten Stir Public Interest
Arrangements for a new dock at Michipicoten are under way as a Monday boat is expected to attract a large crowd. Many attendees will need to sleep on the deck, reflecting the scale of the event and the public eagerness surrounding the project.
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Michipicoten
Oil Spring at Compton Oil Creek Bed Promises Rich Lube
In Compton Kentucky on S B Smith’s farm oil bursts from a creek bed and dams gatherable slicks. The oil burns like dry paper and is praised for lubricating uses and cures for bruises cuts and sores. Locals plan development to measure the field’s richness.
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Compton
S. B. Smith
Nitro-Glycerine Explodes Killing Two Men and a Horse
An early Saturday blast of nitro glycerine in Monongahela Pennsylvania destroyed a buggy and badly damaged a river bridge forcing abandonment. Two men are dead including a man thought to be Charles P Rankin former Watson Mining Co superintendent and a horse perished. Windows broke for a mile as residents woke from the concussion. It is believed the glycerine was in the buggy and a sudden jar caused the explosion.
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Monongahela
Monongahela River
Charles P. Rankin
Watson Mining Co
Miner commits suicide at Yankee Hill claim
In Orville California on September 6 Adam Nip shen an aged German miner killed himself with a giant powder cartridge in his mouth after leaving his partner a half breed Indian in their cabin. The blast blew the top of his head off and follows a period of despondency.
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Oroville
Cal
Adam Nipshen
Yankee Hill
Nipshew
American Killed by Turks Near Hierapetra
A special dispatch from Canea Crete reports American Cyrus Thrope killed by Turks near Hierapetra on Crete. The death follows tensions in the island as authorities work to confirm details and aid his family.
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London
Canea
Crete
Cyrus Thrope
Hierapetra
Child Burned as Clothing Ignites in Lima Yard
In Lima Ohio on September 6 a fire in a yard set the clothing of Richard McGrievy’s 18 month old daughter alight. Neighbor Mrs Miller rushed to help and extinguished the flames but the child suffered severe burns. Mrs Miller also sustained serious burns while aiding.
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Lima, O
Richard McGrievy
One Killed and Thirty Two Wounded Train Wreck
An excursion train on the Maine Central railroad was wrecked two miles west of Etna station on Sunday morning. One person was killed and 82 wounded in the incident.
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Waterville
Aine Central Railroad
Etna Station
Fragmentary note from Mt Airy paper with disjoint scene
An incomplete report describes a sequence near Friguig with unclear actors including a Henrye and TM M Cook. The text mentions washing clothing, a head scene, a mossy stone, and a body found near a road, with a violent act implied and discarded fragments surrounding the event.
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Raleigh
Mt. Airy
Friguig
M Cook
Henrye
Peepee
Sed
Enforced Biloxi Fumigation Measures Reported
Officials ordered widespread stamping out of Biloxi pest concerns affecting stations and trains. The plan requires fumigation of specified areas before return to the city, with limited movement as crews halt at designated stops for containment.
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Louisville
Biloxi
Orleans
Ville
Newro
Big Guns Sink Schooner Agnes I Grace Off Tybee
Captain Farrar reports 16 ton coast defense guns broke loose from fastenings and rolled into the schooner Agnes I Grace twenty miles off Tybee Sunday. The wreck sank in about twenty minutes in ten fathoms with top mast out of water. Recovery may be possible but navigation is impeded by the hazard.
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Savannah
Farrar
Agnes I. Grace
C. D
Fire at Rowe basket factory causes $100000 loss
Philadelphia report says a blaze broke out shortly after 4 PM Monday at the John M. Rowe Sons & Co basket and wickerware factory, 123 N Water street, spreading to adjoining buildings on Water street and Delaware avenue. Estimated damage exceeds $100,000, fully insured, origin unknown.
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Philadelphia
John M. Rowe Sons & Co
N. Water Street
Water Street
Delaware Avenue
Son Shoots Father in Baltimore Home
Edward B. Bishop aged 19 shot and mortally wounded his father Edward A. Bishop at their Baltimore home on 2022 Boyd Street Monday afternoon. The parents had lived apart. the elder Bishop attempted to force an entry from the rear when shot as he broke through the kitchen door.
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Baltimore
Edward B. Bishop
Edward A. Bishop
Boyd Street
Train Hits Bull Derails Wabash Train Near Foristel Details
FORISTELL Minn Sept 7 Train No 5 on the Wabash railroad west bound struck a bull a quarter mile west of the town Sunday night ten cars derailed. Passengers in rear cars thrown to floors but none hurt. An unknown tramp killed. Engineer John Egan fatally hurt with internal injuries and severe burns. Fireman Grease badly scalded on back and legs.
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Foristell
Minn
John Egan
Ocean Springs Yellow Fever Believed Confirmed
Gov. Mc Laurin reports a telegram from three state health board members and the Marine Hospital Service indicating a unanimous opinion that the fever prevailing in Ocean Springs is yellow fever after a thorough investigation across Louisiana Alabama and Mississippi boards of health.
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Jackson
Miss
McLaurin
State Board of Health
Ocean Springs
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
McKinley to consult cabinet on Dingley tariff section 22
Washington dispatch says President McKinley and the cabinet will be consulted before Attorney General McKenna issues his opinion on section 22 of the Dingley tariff. The decision could affect about 30 million dollars in yearly customs revenue and may shift tonnage to nations with better treaties. The meeting aims to clarify the administration's stance to avoid harming foreign commerce.
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New York
Herald
Washington
McKinley
McKenna
Treasury Department
Europe
United States
Panes Ia
Baer Ar Ae Cohen
Ocean Springs Fever Not Proved Yellow Disease
Washington reports Marine Hospital Service investigates Ocean Springs Miss fever. Early data suggest endemic infection with dengue or brakebone features, not yellow fever. Dr Wasdin reports 500 to 600 cases with five autopsies. Dr Bailbache and Dr Guiteras coordinate inquiry including bacteriological tests.
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Ocean Springs
Washington
Marine Hospital ‘Service
Miss
Wyman
British Medical Association
Montreal
Vineyard Haven
Bailbache
Wasdin
Mobile
Board of Health
Oliphant
Louisiana State Board of Health
Haralson, Saunders
John Guiteras
University’ of Pennsylvania
Ocean’ Springs
Guiteras
Marine Hospital Service
Wardin
Gulf Coast
Biloxi
Wasdim
Discriminating duty shifts transit lines to British ports
The debate notes that only Hali fax and St. John may gain from a duty on goods entering the United States as Canadian Pacific traffic shifts away from New England to seaboard British ports. Separately, the civil service commission warns examinations will be far below normal, with 14 000 papers unread due to past surges and staff limits, while pensions chief H Clay Evans recovers from malaria and indigestion at a Washington hotel with family in Mystic Connecticut nearby.
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Halifax
St. John
United States
Canadian Pacific
New England
Seaboard
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Serven
Cleveland
H. Clay Evans
Commissioner of Pensions
Col. Evans
Mystic
Reunion on the Battlefield at Gettysburg
Veterans and friends of the 73d New York and 124th New York regiments and New York firemen spent Sunday on the battlefield. The 124th veterans gathered at their Devils Den monument with a prayer by Rev. T Brittain and a regiment history by Col. Weygant and others, recalling battles and actions in the field.
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Gettysburg
New York
124Th New York
124Th
Devils den
T. Brittain
Col. Weygant
Ellis
Thompson
Howell
May Flower sails from Cowes with Ogden Goelet remains
The steam yacht May Flower carrying the remains of Ogden Goelet departed Cowes for Newport on Sunday. Spectators watched the voyage as the Royal Yacht squadron castle flag was half-masted.
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Ogden Goelet
Cowes
Isle of Wight
May
Cowes Roads
Newport
Royal Yacht Squadron Castle
Boy 3 Falls Into Boiling Water, Dies in Tennessee
In Jonesboro, Tennessee, the three year old son of J. C. Smith, a prominent citizen, accidentally fell into a kettle of boiling water. He was severely scalded and died a few hours later. The incident occurred on September 6 in Chattanooga reporting.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Jonesboro
J. C. Smith
Yellow fever theory touted as strongest evidence yet
The report notes that a Mississippi board of health investigation labeled the Ocean Springs case as dengue, while Dr Bailbache and assistant surgeon Wasdin confirm yellow fever findings. Officials assert no wide spread epidemic is anticipated and sea authorities gain insight to keep the locality protected from the scourge.
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Mainieni
State Board of H of
Mississippi
Bailbache
Marine Hospital Service
Ocean Springs
Miss
Wasdin
Mobile
Messrs. Harralson
Hunter
Mississippi State Board of Health
McLaurin
Washington
Agricultural Department
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Evening Star
N. D. North
Boston
Picnic to Aid Strikers in Kentucky Coal Regions
Lexington Ky Sept 7 The Central Labor council held a grand picnic at the Lexington race course Monday to raise funds for distressed coal miners in Kentucky and Tennessee Events included bicycle races for ladies but attendance fell short A considerable sum was raised despite modest turnout.
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Lexington
Central Labor Council
Lexington Race Course
Kentucky
Tennessee
Gaudaur an Easy Winner in Labor Day Race
In Winnipeg on Labor Day Cham pion Jake Gaudaur of Rat Portage defeated Dan Murphy trainer of the Winnipeg Rowing club formerly of Boston. Gaudaur gave Murphy four boat lengths start and won easily as the race time proved slow.
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Gaudaur
Winnipeg
Man
Jake Gaudaur
Rat Portage
Dan Murphy
Winnipeg Rowing Club
Boston
Murphy
Ex-Congressman Flagler Dead in Lockport
Rocn estter N Y Sept 7 Ex Congress man T T Flagler of Lockport Niagara county is dead aged He was president of the Holly Manufacturing Co
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Flagler
Rocnestter
N. Y
T. T. Flagler
Lockport
Niagara County
The
Holly Manufacturing Co
Ohio State News Surviving 234 Regiment Parade
Surviving members of the 234 Ohio Regiment held a parade across the state with companies from many areas. In Spiegel Grove a civic event featured music speeches by Senator M. A. Pata Secretary of War R A Alger and others. About 80 000 assembled for the exercises ending with a military review and fireworks.
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Ohio
Fremont
Spiegel Grove
Oene
He Jackson
M. A. Pata
Brookes
U.S. A
United
Hammond
Memphis
Charles R. Manchester
Canton
James I. Bottsford
Youngstown
Villagers Upset Over Mysterious Fires At Chagrin Falls Farmhouse
In Chagrin Falls Ohio residents report ten strange fires at the Henry Bancroft home. The 75 year old resident and wife awoke to napkins socks and towels catching fire seemingly from nothing. Local debate centers on supernatural causes versus foul play using chemicals to torment the Bancrofts.
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Denne
Cleveland, Co
Chagrin Falls
Henry Bancroft
Animal Keeper Hauset ter at Cincinnati Zoo Shoots Wife
Cincinnati records say William Haustetter, longtime carnivora keeper at the city zoo gardens, shot and mortally wounded his wife, 32, on Thursday night before apparently taking his own life. The incident occurred as the couple faced a domestic dispute, with authorities investigating the sequence leading to the tragedy.
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Haustetter
Cincinnati Zoo
Cincinnati
William
Zoological Gardens
Russian-born inmate electrocuted at Ohio penitentiary
Frank Mueller a Russian Polish immigrant born in Warsaw 27 years ago was electrocuted at 12 21 Friday morning in the annex of the Ohio penitentiary. He murdered Mrs Juda Miller near this city on March 27, stabbing her with a pitchfork and breaking her neck with an ax, then hid the body in a grain box.
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Frank Mueller Electr _ Corvinsus
Weueller
Ohio
Mueller
Warsaw
J. W. Miller
Juda Miller
Appeal for aid to Starving Children in county
In Wellston on September 4 an appeal notes core suffering among starving families in the county. It states about 4,500 persons in need with families served by local citizens who have exhausted their means and urges contributions to relieve the hardship.
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Ieee
Grand Lodge session of Knigh the Golden Eagle held
Ironton Sept 4 Torepo reports the eleventh session of the grand lodge of the Knights of the Golden Eagle was held. Officers were nominated and the election set for December. The next convention is planned for August 1898 Tuesday.
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Ironton
Torepo
McConville Buys Horseless Carriage in Campaign Plan
DS McConville of the Democratic executive committee has purchased a rubber-tired horseless carriage. Reported to be refurbished for use in a forthcoming gumshoe style campaign about to be inaugurated.
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McConville
ColumsBus
DS McConville
Democratic ™ Executive’ Committee
Widow Dies Sudden in Home at Daughter's Feet
Kenton Ohio Sept 2 Mrs William Campbell aged 70 collapsed and died at her daughters feet while preparing for bed The death was caused by heart disease Her husband remains in a Columbus hospital after a recent critical surgical operation
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Kenton
Wm. Campbell
Columbus
Autopsy of Frank Mueller at Ohio Penitentiary
An autopsy performed at the Ohio penitentiary on Friday examined the body of Frank Mueller who was electrocuted Thursday night. The report stated he possessed a well developed brain and strong, well developed muscles.
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Mueller
ColumBus
Penitentiary
Frank Mueller
Ohio Penistentiary
Youth and Old Age in Cleveland Marriage Case
Dr Hyre aged 61 marries Bessie Coe aged 22 of Van Wert despite opposition from his son and her sister in Cleveland on September 4.
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Cleveland, O
Dr. Hyre
Bessie. Coe
van Wert
Brakeman in Springfield Falls From Train
A Big Four brakeman from Lockland fell from a train at Springfield on September 4. He was crushed under wheels, with a crushed foot and multiple broken bones. His condition is uncertain and may be critical.
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Springfield
Lockland
Militiaman Ty Jail Records Mentioned In Ohio Case
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Nathaniel Jones of Gallipolis facing highway robbery charges in Ohio. Shingles and WasInGTO N. C. are mentioned contexts, but details and connections remain unclear in the legible text. The record suggests a 19th century local crime notice with naming of individuals and a geographic link to Ohio and Gallipolis.
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Wasningto N. C. 4
Nathaniel Jones
Pai Gallipolis
The
Ohio
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