Plague and Cholera Ravage Orient and Africa
Washington reports dire cholera and plague findings from Manila and China. Chief Quarantine Officer Perry cites up to 75,000 cholera cases in the Philippine islands since March with 75 percent mortality, warning Iloilo and Negros are severely affected. Japan shows 1,160 deaths. China provinces report thousands of deaths and many cities with outbreaks while port authorities claim progress.
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Washington
Marine Hospital Service
Manila
Perry
Philippine Islands
Iloilo
Negros
Japan
China
He-Nan
Shan-S
Nan
Foo-Chow
iyang-Hsien
Hsin-Chou
Shouyang
Nang-Chang
Hang-Kow
Soo-Chow
Kong
Auis
Sapaes
Department of Health
Cholera Case Counts Across Egyptian Cities
Twenty nine fresh cases were registered on September 15 and 19. Damietta reports thirty new cases daily. Karnakes and Luxor are infected. In Alexandria for the week ending Sept 15 Europeans reported 640 cholera cases with 41 deaths, and in the next five days 35 deaths and 28 percent case rise were noted.
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Damietta
Karnakes
Luxor
Alexandria
Measures stamp out plague in Yokohama district
Report from Yokohama dated Oct 18 via San Francisco on Oct 28 notes only five plague cases since discovery on the 6th. A military cordon surrounded the area, residents were fenced in, and about 2,000 rats were destroyed. The quarantine district supports 1,240 people, with expenses deemed necessary. In Washington, Oct 28, Surgeon General O Reilly cites Lt. Lyster reporting American soldiers binary the only foreigners to escape cholera, but their health is good yet living conditions are not ideal.
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Yokohama
San Francisco
Washington
O'Reilly
W. J. Lyster
Medical Department
United States Legation Guard
Peking
China
Lyster
Sar Aenee
Measles Epidemic Wipes Out Kamchatka Villages
London report from the Daily Mail says an epidemic of measles has struck Kamchatka. Ten thousand deaths and near-total population loss in several rural villages. Authorities urge vigilance as the outbreak spreads across remote regions.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Kamchatka E
Labor unrest spans industries as strikes roll on
In Springfield Massachusetts131 workers at the Provision Company a Swift & Co unit struck for shorter hours and higher wages while Wabash shop strikers held back. machinists at work may join boiler makers as President Ramsay shows no wage concession. British union reps sail for Canada, while U S builders meet in Washington urging wage accords to avert strikes. Atlas and Hazel factories face a walkout affecting nearly a thousand, with Dayton photo officers nominated yesterday.
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Springfield, Mass
Swift & Co
Ramsay
Ramsey
Charles E. Woltl
American Flint-glass Workers’ Union
Fontertay Officiall
Atlas
Esashington
Compen
Holland 2 Hazel
Tional
Cincinnati
Treaties and Sovereignty Strain Over Isthmus Trade
United States is accused of overreach in the Isthmus as Colombia protests American police power on the Panama Railroad and warships papers. The Bogota note signals possible delay to a canal treaty while Washington seeks a speedy settlement with Concha empowered to negotiate.
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Washington
Bogota
Casey
Isthmian
Isthmus
Panama
State Department
United States
Colombia
Panama Canal
Concha
Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Faces Hurdles In Congress Timing
Washington reports say President Palma returned the draft reciprocity treaty without approval, yet officials expect a treaty to reach Congress by the next meeting. Cuba objects to duty concessions and sugar and tobacco terms, while extradi tion treaties and naval coal stations under the Platt amendment gain urgency amid potential friction with Havana over coaling sites.
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Washington
Havana
Palma
Congress
Quesada
Hay
State Department
United States
Cuba
Rae
Culebran
Bradford, Chee
Equipment Bureau
Naval
Havana Harbor
Nipe
Cienfuegos
Guantanamo
Ante
Indiana inventors receive patents in Washington list
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports that on October 23 patents were issued to Indiana inventors including Charles A. Bertsch Cambridge City gate shearing machine John C Ross Elkhart air box for brick kilns William Butler Redkey hollow glass article apparatus reissue Oscar M Garman Indianapolis change gearing James N Crabb Indianapolis compound railway rail James Drum M Doyle Brazil harness Joseph L Ebner Vincennes steam washing apparatus John W Heaton Indianapolis wind stacker Edward B Heinold Anderson starching machine Edward Kelly Elkhart sewer catch basin Charles P Matthews Lafayette photometer August C Rosenbrook automatic blow pipe Jesse H Young Fort Wayne compound for cleaning and soldering metal. Peace in Money Carrying Business. Washington Oct 28 the long contest between the registry and money order branches of the postal service for patronage over money through the mails has been declared off. First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne and Third Assistant Postmaster Madden have held a conference on the matter.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Indiana
Charles A. Bertsch
Cambridge City
John C. Ross
Elkhart
William Butler
Redkey
Oscar M. Garman
Indianapolis
James N. Crabb
James Drum
M. Doyle
Brazil
Joseph L. Ebner
Vincennes
John W. Heaton
Innapolis
Edward B. Heinold
Anderson
Edward Kelly
Charles P. Matthews
Lafayette
August C. Rosenbrook
Jesse H. Young
Fort Wayne
Postal Service
Wynne
Madden
Safest Money Transfer Policy Reaches Postal Warning Stage
The message notes the safest means of sending money and mentions a competition at the post stage displaying cards that warn with Don't messages. It states that going forward the policy is to work together across all service branches.
How King Oscar Was Influenced
Washington officials cite Stockholm dispatch stating King Oscar’s Samoa claims decision was shaped by three jurists including M. Cederkranz, former Samoa chief justice. The report notes Cederkranz clashed with Judge Chambers, later American land commissioner, and suggests lingering personal feud affected Oscar’s advised ruling.
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Washington
Oscar
Stockholm
M. Cederkranz
Samoa
Cederkranz
Chambers
Navy Board Chooses Power Over Speed For Cruiser
Acting Secretary Darling accepts a naval construction board majority recommendation to favor speed, power over high speed for the armored cruiser Tennessee. Admiral Melville influenced the decision by arguing the plan yields a formidable and desirable warship.
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Washington
Darling
Naval Construction Board
Tennessee
Melville
Hampton Institute Noted for Progress in Indian Studies
The annual report to the commissioner of Indian affairs highlights gains in Indian studies dress language and manners at Hampton. It notes recent progress among Indian people with special praise for the girls students especially the upper class who have aided in discipline and guidance.
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Washington
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Hampton
Senate sergeant-at-arms heads home to vote in Indiana
Washington dispatch reports Col. D. M. Ransdell will leave Friday for Indianapolis to vote and won't return until after the election, predicting a sweeping Republican victory. N. C. Newman and R. R. McKahn, in the city on business, will go to Anderson to vote, with Mr. McKahn accompanied by his wife.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
D. M. Ransdell
United State Senate
Indianapolis
N. C. Newman
R. R. McKahn
Anderson
Death of Bonnie Hoyt in Chicago Sanatorium
Bonnie Hoyt, a chorus member from the Prince of Pilsen company, died of peritonitis at Anna Ross sanitarium in Chicago. No close relatives could be found to claim the body. parents divorced, mother possibly in Gainesville Texas, father unknown, husband in vaudeville, baby with unknown carers in St. Louis. Studebaker Theater managers seek kin and will arrange proper burial if located.
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Chicago
Bonnie Hoyt
Will Griggsby
Gainesville
Tex
Boston
Miss Hoyt
St. Louis
Bold bank robbery in Prairie City ends in deaths and injuries
Des Moines reports a daring Iowa State Bank heist at Prairie City in which dynamited safes yielded an amount in the low thousands. A firefight with officers followed but a premature blast near Mount Washington in the Wabash tunnel at Pittsburg killed Robert Baine and injured George Clark, Howard Lomax, and Howard Hi.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Prairie City
Iowa State Bank
Mount Washington
Wabash
Pittsburg
Robert Baine
George Clark
Elan
Howard ‘Lomax
Howard Hi
Molineux Witness Testimony Faces Court Decision Today Morning
In New York the Molineux trial focused on admitting testimony from two Newark witnesses now in New Jersey. Mat tie Melando and Joseph Farrell are sought to testify about handwritings and the purchase of a silver bottleholder. Judge Lambert’s ruling is expected tomorrow morning to determine admissibility, as handwriting experts linked multiple writings to Molineux.
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New York
Molineux
New Jersey
Mattie Melando
Joseph Farrell
Newark
Lambert
Edwin B. Hay
Washington
Hay
Black
Joseph W. Higgins
N. J
Osborne
Farrell
Melando
Cosgrove
Mamie Melando
Mr. Osborne
State of
Telegraphic Briefities From Bloomington and Beyond
Trustees at Soldiers Orphans Home Bloomington investigate cruelty charges. Trials set for December term for Earl Whitney and Claude O’Brien over murder in Lexington. Archie Woodin, who killed his in laws and shot his baby, sentenced to life in Jackson prison. Lafayette Hull accidentally shot near Lancaster while duck hunting. Loomis injures himself. Friends tied to Columbus steel industry. Australian mast steamers to call at new port. The Sonoma from Sydney arrived in San Francisco and wired the vessel owners from the new cable station.
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Bloomington
Earl Whitney
Claude O'Brien
Merchant A. B. Chinn
Lexington
Archie Woodin
Joseph Gullick
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Jackson
Woodin
Lafayette Hull
Lancaster
Clarence Loomis
Hull
Loomis
Columbus
Nning Ad
Sonoma
San Francisco
Sidney
von Oterdorp
Island
Fanatical Doukhobors March Into Canadian Town
Six hundred Doukhobor men women and children arrived at Yorkton singing a strange hymn and carrying the sick on stretchers. They seek food and warmer clothing as weather cools. Ottawa reports a religious mania affecting perhaps a thousand Doukhobors roaming villages and restraining animals. Government has seized cattle and horses to fund care for the winter.
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ST. Paul
Pioneer Press
Yorkton
Assinaboia
Winnipeg Dispatch
Ottawa
Ontario
Rerereed
Court Upholds Western Union Right to News Ticker Data
The United States Court of Appeals rules Western Union Telegraph Company owns a property right in gathered news and its use of ticker quotations by patrons must be limited. The ruling enjoins the National Telegraph News Company and others from misappropriating the quotations, emphasizing that the carrier provides early access to information and cannot have its service undermined.
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Chicago
Jenkins, Grosscup, Baker and Bunn
United States Court of Appeals
Western Union Telegraph Company
Court of Appeals
National Telegraph News Company
Illinois Commission Company
Appellee
Ranchman James Corn Shot at Home in Bear Mouth Death
Butte dispatch reports James Corn a Willow Creek ranchman found shot to death in his home. His mother lay nearby with a crushed skull and cannot live. Police believe the lone bandit who held up the Northeast limited Friday morning is the killer.
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Butte
Mont
James Corn
Willow Creek
Congressman Cousins Hospitalized After Abscess
CHICAGO Oct 3 Congressman G Cousins of Iowa arrived in Caceres five days ago and went to the Chicago Hospital where he was treated for a neck abscess. He was reported late tonight free from pain and resting comfortably.
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Chicago
G. Cousins
Iowa
Caceres
Chicago Hospital
Monroe County Sheriff Responds to Telegraph Pole Dispute
The Monroe County sheriff with five deputies was called to Mum yesterday over a clash involving telegraph linemen. Workers set poles in a center path and were ordered off by the superintendent of side paths, leading to claims of mistreatment amid tensions among local farmers.
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Monroe County
New Y
Mum
Cel Ph
Unclear Health Claims From Aged Advertisement
Fragmentary OCR text describes a tonic claimed to aid mothers and children, boasting long use and supposed cures for upset stomach and diarrhea. It references a cough remedy and mentions honey of something, but the passage is garbled with misreads and lacks verifiable details or context.
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Hibben, Hollweg & CO
J. F. Wild & CO
Steveney Etaars
Invalid
WM. H. Armstrong & CO
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Orient
Africa
Philippines
Egypt
Kamtchatka
Rata
General Labor News
Richard B. Molineux
Attorney Black
Defente
Harry Cornish
Judge Lambert
R. B. Molineux
Book of
Foyous
James Whitcomb Riley
Charles Scribners’ Sons
King Oscar
National Capital Notes
the “Prince OF Pilsen” Company
Yale University
John Hamburg, Jr
Westmoreland Coal Company
West Irwin
Brodhead
Post Office
J. R. Cass
C. H. Frith
J. H. Laneman
William Shattuck
South Londonderry
Clifford Johnson
Melvin
William
A. R. Chaffee
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Association
Pacific Coast
Russia
United
States Court of Appeals
Western Union
THE
Telegraph Company
Man Cousins
Mrs. Winslow
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