Yellow fever deaths surge as city boards debate cause
A record daily yellow fever death toll shocks New Orleans physicians amid claims of concealment and board of health resistance. Mobile reports seven new city cases and six from Magazine Point as doctors note recoveries and debate whether a sharper strain or shifting conditions drive the spike. Galveston suspicions vanish, while Mobile officials pursue expert investigation to monitor Texas towns and prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Board of Health
Mobile
Magazine Point
Ala
Guiteras
Galveston
Wyman
Caiterns Yettin
Texaa
Guiteraa
Summons for Evangelina Cisneros Read in Havana Gazette
A military judge issues a call in Havana official gazette for Evangelina Cisneros to surrender within fifteen days. Civil and military authorities are ordered to apprehend her and send her to Havana jail if captured. Reports state she arrived in New York aboard the Ward Line steamer Seneca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Evanj
Elina Cisneros
New York
Ward Line
Seneca
Bride 18 Only Ninety Venerable Groom to Wed
Benjamin F. Hunt, aged about eighty eight and a former Rochester resident now in Boston, plans to marry Julia A. Sherman of Watertown, aged ninety. The bride is said to possess a fortune exceeding 1,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Hunt
Rochester
Julia A. Sherman
Watertown
Hunt
Boston
Robbers Located Near Tulsa In Hideout
Traspector Houck of the post office department was notified that the man who recently held up and robbed a Rock Island train is hiding about twenty miles from Tulsa. Officers including Houck left Tulsa Wednesday for the scene and expect to capture the desperadoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houck
Post Office
Rock Island
Tulsa
I. T. Honk
Hie
Kentucky Ravisher Indictments Reported by Campbell Jury
Campbell county Kentucky special jury on Thursday night reported indictments against a gang for the assault on Mrs William Gleason on October 6. Beven and six others face charges of complicity. Indictments carry death penalty for criminal assault and ten to twenty one years for complicity. John Shannon Matt Meenin Hubert Metter and William Shorely were released. All indicted remain in jail with speedy trials promised.
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Campbell County
William Gleason
Beven
Kentucky
John Shannon
Matt Meenin
Hubert Metter
William Shorely
Pardon for Cuban exiles and reform decree suspended
The Spanish cabinet in Madrid on Thursday decided to pardon all Cuban exiles not covered by prior provisions and to suspend the September 12 decree on reforms in the Philippines. The decree had ordered a sharp suppression of political associations and blood pact societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Philippine Islands
Ralph Ellison Convicted In Bohannon Gang Case
Dalton Georgia court heard multiple Bohannon gang members plead guilty to indictments for stolen goods. Ralph Ellison, described as a fence, was convicted after a trial. several co-defendants, including Tom Peeples and Drew Poeples, faced charges or fled. Langston received a suspended sentence after admitting purchases in good faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohannor
Ralph Hilison
Bender
Jesse Langeton
Murray County
Bilison
Tom Peeples
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Dalton
Drew N. Poeples
New Orleans
Western and Atlantic
Drew Poeples
Drew
Tom
Glee Cumby
Jesse Langston
Langston
Bohannon
Ex Senator Robertson of South Carolina Dies in Columbia
Ex Senator Thomas J. Robertson of South Carolina died in Columbia on Wednesday after years of paralysis. A Unionist during the Civil War, he helped shape the state constitutional convention after Reconstruction and served in the U S Senate from 1868 to 1877, chairing the Manufacturers Committee. His estate valued at nearly a million dollars.
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T. J. Robertson
South Carolina
Eix
United States
Robertson
Columbia
Butler
Senate
Committee of Manufacturers
Mrs Atkinson Disappointed in Mistrial in Forgery Case
A mistrial was declared in Glenville West Virginia on the forgery case against Mrs. Atkinson. Jurors failed to reach a verdict after a long deliberation with seven favoring acquittal and five favoring conviction. The judge adjourned the case, leaving supporters hopeful for an acquittal.
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Sury
Burgery
Glenville
W. Va
Atkinson
Casas
New U S Consuls and Customs Collectors Named
President McKinley issued appointments on Wednesday naming Patriot J. Albert of Maryland consul at Brunswick Germany and William A. Prickett of New Jersey consul at Rheims France. John S. Bathall named collector of customs for Richmond Virginia Jeane W Elliott for Newport News Virginia and William B Shepard for the Apalachicolo district in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
United States
J. Albert
Maryland
Brunswick
Germany
William A. Prickett
New Jersey
Rheims
France
John 8. Bathall
Richmond
Jeane W. Elliott
Newport. News
William B. Shepard
Apalachicolo
Tila
New York's Fourth Day Of Registration Totals
On Saturday the final registration day for Greater New York reached 570,749. New York City registered 394,806, up from 330,618 last year. Brooklyn stood at 204,508, compared with 207,272 in 1896. Long Island City registered 8,572, Staten Island 12,678, about 1,500 more than last year. Overall the total is a few thousand below last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greater New York
New York City
Brooklyn
Long Island City
Staten Island
Quadruplets Born to Olmstead Family in Albia Suburb
Mrs. William J. Olmstead, wife of a Troy City railroad motorman, gave birth at home in Albia to four children, two boys and two girls. The mother and children are reported doing well. Each baby weighed six and a half pounds. The Olmstead family previously has four other children.
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Olmstead
William J. Olmstead
Mnotorman
Troy City
Troy
Albia
RAILROADS AY WARD AGAIN IN RATE WAR TILT
Seaboard Air Line renews battle with Southern and rivals by issuing a differential passenger tariff cutting fares by 88 1 3 percent to match competitors. The plan aims to balance rates for through and local service and to secure equal facilities long denied by connections. Rates go into effect October 25 and have been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
Southern Railway
Anderson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beaboard Air Line
New York
Atlanta
New Orlenns
Chicago
St. Loui
Cincinnati
Trunk Line Association
Tammany Ratifies Nomination At Wigwam Meeting
Tammany Hall approved its municipal candidates for Greater New York at a Wigwam gathering. The hall was well filled, but thousands stood outside the headquarters of the regular democracy as ex governor Campbell of Ohio and Colonel William L Brown sent regrets to speak.
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Tammany Hall
Greater
New York
Regular Democracy
Campbell
Ohio
William L. Brown
Brotherhood Plan for International Railroad Federation
The Peoria meeting of the four railroad brotherhoods ended at 11 10 p m after agreeing on a plan for an international federation to be submitted to trainmen telegraphers conductors and firemen lodges in the United States Canada and Mexico with returns not due until January first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
United States
Canada
Mexico
Eight Hour Law Paralyzed By Kansas City Judge’s Ruling
Judge Wells of the Kansas Court of Appeals declares the eight hour law practically a dead letter. A contractor and Billingsley assigned men in Marshall County to ten hours daily and claimed two extra hours, which the commissioners refused. Wells holds that working over eight hours could lead to prosecution of both Billingsley and the commission.
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Kansae City
Aagisien
Wells
Kansas Court of Appeals
Billingsley
Marshall County
Tudge Wells
Commissionéra
Memorial to Chancellor on anti bimetallism presented in London
In London on Friday a memorial opposing bimetallism was presented to Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, after signing by leading London banking houses and mercantile firms. A copy of the Canadian Bankers Association resolutions against bi metallism dated October 6 was also presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Michael Hicksa Beach
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Duel Ends in Death as Constable and Negro Die
Perry Georgia report details a duel between William Likgenby a justice court bailiff and Bartley Amos a black man over an attempted property levy. Both men were killed within minutes after Amos fired with a shotgun, striking Likgenby in the breast then firing again as Likgenby shot back. Rigsby, Amos's landlord, witnessed the clash and had previously secured an attachment against Amos's property.
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Hui Eis
Perry
William Likgenby
Justice Court
Bartley Amos
Litzenby
William Rigsby
Amos
Rigsbyre
Hin Yintim
Lizzenby
Ligzenby
Ovation to Evangelina in New York crowds massive
New Yorkers packed Madison Square Park Broadway and Fifth Avenue to honor Evangelina Cisneros de Oianaros on Saturday night. Spectators included Delmonico's guests former Ambassador Eustis Colonel Ethan Allen and Charles Dana Gibson as Cuban colony leaders joined in celebrations drawing about 60 000 people and a Seventh Regiment band.
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Mise Olencron
Hor Monouer
Evangelina Coasio Y Oianaros
New York
Madison Square Park
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Worth Monument
Seventh Regiment
Decker
Cassio Cisnero
Editor Dana Passes Away After Long Public Service
Charles A. Dana editor of the New York Sun died at his Glen Cove Long Island home at 1 20 Sunday afternoon after a lengthy illness. He was seventy eight and had long shaped journalism criticism history and politics. His death came after a series of declining health moments with feeble rallies and a final decline beginning June 9 when he fell ill.
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Charles A. Dana
The
New York Sun
Glen Gore
Long Island
Mr. Dana
Mr. Dann
Ay York
Durham Tobacco Blaze Destroys Warehouses and Homes
A major fire in Durham North Carolina on Thursday afternoon gutted three American Tobacco Company buildings and eight cottages. Loss estimated around 400000 dollars with 200000 coverage, destroying about two and a half million pounds of tobacco in three houses. W T Carrington reported about 500000 pounds of tobacco and 20000 dollars in insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N. C
American Tobacco Company
W. T. Carrington
French Ambassadors Appointments Named in Paris Council
In Paris Thursday President Faure signed the appointment of M. Jules Patenotre as French ambassador to Madrid, replacing the retiring envoy from Washington. Jules Gambon, former governor general of Algeria, is named as French ambassador to Washington.
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Paris
Faure
M. Jules Patenotre
Washington
Madrid
M. Jules Gambon
Algeria
Trench
Dalton Car Robbery Case Dominates Dalton Court
In Dalton Georgia Thursday and Friday a major trial for Captain I J Peeples agent of the Western and Atlantic railroad drew crowds as the jury found him guilty. The case tied to a carpet sale from Walter Bohannon with Boothannon claiming payment and Peeples defending himself amid a street of accuseds including Anderson Giddings and Mack Cannon. The Bohannon gang associated with North Georgia robberies and a Baltimore Clothing House bundle led to arrests and indictments while locals debate the breadth of the crime network and the fate awaiting Cannon and others.
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Dalton
I. J. Peeples
Western and Atlantis Railroad
Peeples
Fite
Bohannon
Alraady
Chaingang
Captain Peeples
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Drew
Chattanooga
Anderson Giddings
Tunnel Hill
Bina
Bentence
Mack Cannon
Cannon
Knoxville
North Georgia
Baltimore Clothing Horse
W. B. McCarnon
North
O. G. Betts
Drew Peeples
Buckholtz
Tadlen
Whitfield
Lea Atwood
Arwood
Mite
Son Charged With Murder In Camden Case
At Camden New Jersey Friday Dili Shay was arrested by police and formally charged with the murder of his mother Mrs Sarah Shaw and grandmother Mrs Emma Zane. The arrest follows new evidence including an 82 caliber revolver with two fired chambers found at the bottom of a chimney. The pistol was thrust into the chimney through a stove hole in the third story room once occupied by Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Dili Shay
Sarah Shaw
Emma Zane
Shaw
Gorman Offers to Step Down in Maryland Democracy
Baltimore special reports United States Senator Gorman issued an open letter Friday to Hain Abell publisher of the Baltimore Ban offering to relinquish leadership of the democracy in Maryland if Abell will accept and back the democratic ticket in the state’s fiscal and legislative campaign.
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Baltimore
United States
Gorman
Hain Abell
Democracy In
Maryland
Abell
President Accepts Resignation From Associate Justice
An 1807 era letter shows Associate Justice resigning from the Supreme Court, effective December 1, after thirty four years and seven months on the bench. The President accepts with high regard, noting service began in May 1863 and lasting over forty years of judicial life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associats Tustica Field
Wield
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington D.C
Jhstios
Bir
Puller
Justice Brower
Supremé Doarth
United States
Abraham Tincols
Wintrase
Feud in Selma District Sparks Serial Murders
A string of assassinations in Selma Alabama follows a feud between Ethridge and Coleman figures. Wealthy farmer Allis Coleman was killed by a double barreled shotgun, eluding arrest. Barrett Dushworth, a Coleman servant, was found dead in his home. Shelley Sumer, Ethridge’s nephew, was killed by Charles Nelson, a Dickworth relative. Frank Banke, allied with Nelson, was shot at his doorway. No arrests yet, despite raids. motive tied to the Ethridge Coleman killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Disaster at Cambria Sugar Factory in France Kills Fourteen
A Lille dispatch reports fourteen men crushed or burned when a large vat at the Central Sugar factory collapsed at Cambria, thirty two miles from Lille. Two injured workers have died and more fatalities are expected as rescue teams work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dabris
Tywo
Lille
France
Nord
Cambria
Thief and Murderer Accusations Hit McCullough Family
Kimsey Jones, John McCullough’s brother in law, levels strong charges claiming McCullough is the first thief and then a murderer. He says the forthcoming trial will reveal evidence not presented in the last hearing and promise a case twice as strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCullough
Kimsey Jones
McCullough
Jones
Fatal House Attack Sparks Tragedy Near Milan Lenni
A Black resident near Milan Lenni fired into Dot Price's home Tuesday night prompting return fire from William, a white man. Four others were fatally injured. The incident stunned residents with no war expected.
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Whitecaps
Dot Price
Milan
Lenni
William Fires
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