Yellow fever panic as Mobile reports new cases
The city braces as Mobile adds eleven new yellow fever cases followed by similar counts, closing stores and suspending business. Leaders like Judge Price Williams stay as others flee. two deaths occur in Edwards Mississippi and New Orleans shows six new cases amid rapid spread. Gaiteras arrives from Mobile with suspicions in Cairo Illinois, but precautions quell risk.
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Mobile
Ala
Sindsy
Mtayor
Price Williams
Atrroken
Edwards, Miss
New Orleans
Board of Health
Qairo
Til
Gaiteras
Marine Hospital
NOAD Congress Adjourns in Knoxville Meeting Next Year Omaha
The national road federation adjourned after a session in Knoxville with discussions on convict labor in road building and general and state aid. Resolutions urged limited convict labor aid and federal, state support. Officers renewed: General Roy Stone president, B Rosewater Omaha vice president. state presidents listed. Next meeting planned for Omaha, pending executive committee call.
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Omaha
Knoxville
Roy
Stone
B. Rosewater
Alabama
Ww. J. Kornochan
Georgia
George W. Harrison
Kentucky
M. H. Crump
Michigan
A, Campbell
Minnesota
William M. Hayas
Tailinis
James A. Mount
Nebraska
O. OC
Turner
South Carolina
W. C. Cain
Virginia
B, Chambers
Wisconsin
Thomas B. Blackstock
Wennoessen
R. L.taylor
Spaniards Resent U S Interest in Evangelina Case
A Havana report notes Spanish authorities resent the interest shown by American women in Evangelina Cisneros. They have blocked the banished maid from contact with friends and imprisoned five women in Santa Clara who prepared a courteous appeal to General Weyler for her release.
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America
Evangelina
New York Herald
Havana
Cuba
Evangelina Cisneros
Sox
Santa Clara
Genral Weyler
Hyange
Tina
Prisoners Attempt Escape at Davidson County Jail in Nashville
Desperate raid by inmates on Thursday afternoon targets the Davidson County jail. Jailer struck with a heavy lock as prisoners rush, several escape but two are recaptured shortly after by officers. The incident highlights a violent jail escape attempt in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Nashville
Davidson County
Colored postmaster in Hogansville shot in late-night ambush
J H Loftin, the Black postmaster of Hogansville Georgia, was shot three times Wednesday night by unidentified assailants. He was found wounded near the post office and carried home by friends as authorities promised an investigation. Loftin had been appointed postmaster about three months ago amid white opposition.
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Loftin
Hoganavills
Dustin
Portien
Hogansville
Florida draws the line against yellow fever infected districts
A proclamation by the state health officer bans entry to Florida from infected areas in Louisiana Alabama and Mississippi. All entrants must carry certificates proving no exposure to quarantinable diseases. Inspectors at St Marys River lines and Tasper crossings will check trains and issue certificates.
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Florida
Choe
State Board of Health
Louisiana
Alabamia
Mississippi
Morida
Florida Central and Peninsular Railway
St. Mary's River
Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad
Georgia Southern and Florids and
Tasper
Attempted murder at Mexican president's independence day procession
An assailant with a poniard attempted to stab President Diaz as he walked from the palace to Alameda to award medals. He was seized by the president's staff and police, disarmed, and taken to the fourth ward station. General Mena and General Berriozabal were nearby. Foreign colonies show intense excitement.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Dias
Alameda
Steamers collide on Volga sinks. forty passengers drown
Advices from St. Petersburg report two steamers the Tsar ayith and ah ha collided Thursday in the Volga near Astrakhan. The first went down and as she sank passengers panicked and leaped into the river. Many reached shore safely, but forty were drowned.
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Linké
St. Petersburg
Russia
T'zarayith
Volga
Astrakhan
Fever fears ease as New Orleans yellow fever cases rise
Washington dispatch lists Surgeon General Wyman directing marine hospital officers to coordinate with state authorities in Alabama Louisiana Georgia and Mississippi to contain fever. New Orleans board reports eight new cases and one death amid hot weather and fears of spread but officials say no imminent epidemic and many patients improving.
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Washington
Wyman
Marine Hospital
Murray
Louisiana
Alabama
Jackson
Vicksburg
Sawtelle
Atlanta
Georgia
Carter
New Orleans
Glennan
Mobile
Burgdon Geddings
Misas
Missisaippi
New Edwards
Miss. Pash
Young
Memphis
Misa
Hunter
State Board of Health
Nuts Yuma
Guiteras
St. Claude
Board of Health of
Board of Health
Riday
Patton
Gulf Coast
Ocean Springs
Terrific Japanese Coast Storm Wrecks Vessels Near Yokohama
Dispatches from San Francisco report a severe hurricane along the Japanese coast. The Norwegian bark Alette sailing from Vancouver to Yokohama was wrecked near Nishis-ka, with some sailors drowned and cargo partly salvaged. The British ships Glenerich and Lonsdale were driven ashore near Oregon and Victoria respectively.
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Merchants’ Exchange
San Francisco
Alette
Vancouver
Yokohama
Nishiska
Glenerich
Oregon
Lonsdale
Victoria
Sultan Accepts Peace With Greece Reported by Viennese Paper
The Neu Freie Presse of Vienna reports in official circles that the Sultan of Turkey and the Ottoman council have accepted the peace terms with Greece arranged by the powers. It is expected that the preliminary treaty will be signed immediately.
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Greece
Neu Freie Presse
Vienna
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Ten Hour Work Day Adopted by D L W Railroad
Advices from Scranton, Pennsylvania report that the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad has placed its hundreds of shop workers in Scranton on ten hours a day, raising daily hours by two compared with the previous eight months.
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D, L, and W. Railroad
Scranton
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Senator Bacon Warns Against Colored Office Appointments
In a signed interview with the New York Herald Senator Bacon of Georgia says appointing colored men to southern offices will provoke race antagonisms and alienation. He argues such moves mostly benefit few blacks while harming the masses by worsening white black relations.
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Senator Bacon
Georgia
New York Herald
South
Refugees Suffer as Brandon Miss Seeks Aid
President McKinley received a telegram from the Brandon Mississippi mayor detailing yellow fever refugees in a dire plight. Quarantines blocked movement, shelters were scarce, and tents were requested though exact numbers were not specified.
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Brandon
Miss
McKinley
President McKinley Eyes Prosecution After Loftin Shooting
The attempted assassination of the colored postmaster of Hogansville Ga arouses national concern with President McKinley directing efforts to punish the would be assailant. District Attorney Angier vows full enforcement of portal laws against ex Postmaster Barnwhy as federal authorities link the Loftin shooting to local boycott pressures and an opposing post office in Hogansville.
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Hoganselle
Hogankville
McKinley
Angier
Hoganaville
Loftin
Postoffice
Hogansville
Hardaway
Washington
Georgia Governor Atkinson Attacks McKinley Over Loftin Shooting
Governor Atkinson of Georgina criticizes President McKinley in a telegram to The New York Herald. He blames the president for conditions leading to the Hogansville postmaster murder attempt, arguing appointments offended property owners and white citizens. He says Georgia law will be enforced without fear or favor.
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Atkinson
Georgina
New York Herald
Loftin
McKinley
Hogansville
Herald
Republican Party
South
Ohio
Georgia
Diaz's Assailant Arroyo Lynched by Mexican Mob
Special report from Mexico City states Arroyo who assaulted President Diaz was lynched Friday night by a mob. About twenty of the lynchers were arrested. The crowd, apparently unorganized, directed by some unknown force, broke into the jail with timber, overpowered guards, and dragged Arroyo from captivity in a dramatic act.
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Mexico City
Arroyo
Diaz
Port Alma Tragedy Takes Three Howard Daughters
Three Howard daughters aged sixteen ten and six perished in a fire at their home in Port Alma Ohio on Lake Eries shore Friday morning. The rest of the family escaped as the blaze consumed the dwelling. One girl who had escaped returned to aid her sisters and died.
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Preston Howard
Port Alma
Ohio
Lake Erie
Mob Hangs Five in Ripley County Lynching Case
An Osgood special reports a mob from Milam and Sunman seized prisoners from the Ripley County jail after midnight. Lyle Levi Bert Andrews Clifford Gordon William Jenkins and Hiney Schuler were lynched at a jail area after being wounded during robbery attempts. Levi a Civil War veteran and others faced a deadly vigilante act amid ongoing rural crime in Versailles region.
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Osgood
Ind
Ripley County
Lyle Levi
Bert Andrews
Clifford Gordon
William Jenkins
Hiney Schuler
Milam
Sunman
Kenan
Andrews
Gordon
Correct
Schuler
Leyi
Jenkins
Bond
Levi
Union
Versailles
Lawleas
Andrews Withdraws Resignation as Brown University President
Benjamin Andrews has withdrawn his resignation as Brown University president after the corporation resolved that the scruple prompting his departure was removed. He informs the corporation he will return to undivided service and notes the surprise at prior reports of his resignation.
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Benjamin Andrawa
Brown University
Pyadneedey
Andrew
Corporation of
A Job for Longstreet in Railroad Board
Georgia Republicans in Washington claim General Longstreet will be appointed railroad commissioner to succeed General Hampton by November. Hampton is compiling his annual report due to Secretary Bliss by November 1, with no desire to disturb him until it is completed.
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Georgia
Five Children Cremated After House Fire Near Richmond
In Little River county Arkansas near the town of Richmond a house caught fire while Mariah Billingley was at church. Five children aged up to eleven were left inside and cremated in the blaze. The incident underscores a tragic accident in the rural area.
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Richmond
Little River County
Ark
Mariah Billingley
Ben Love
Jackson Almost Depopulated Center in Yellow Fever Crisis
Mississippi capital Jackson shows mass exodus as seven yellow fever cases are reported. State board of health bars travel from infected areas, with rail lines now embargoed and widespread alarm though officials note the disease is mild.
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Edwards
State Board of Health
State Board
Investigation Ordered Involving Engineer Captain Carter
A Washington special reports the secretary of war has formed a board of engineer officers to investigate reports that river and harbor work on the Ba vonnah and Gumberland projects assigned to Captain Oberlin M. Carter did not follow the department plans. The board, led by Col Gillespie and including Majors Adams and Raymond, will travel to Savannah, Ga. No irregularity is alleged in Carter’s accounts, only a departure from authorized plans. Carter denies any action not in the U S government’s interest.
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Mr. Carter
Engineer Corps
Washington
Secretary of War
Gillespie
Adams and
Raymond
PES
Savannah
War Départment
Bavonnah River
Gumberland
Oberlin M. Carter
Barat
Department
War Department
Carter
United States
Mississippi River Commission
New York
Adama
Pennsylvania
Flanagan Brought To Bay After Jail Escape
Edward Flanagan, a twice murderer, escaped from Decatur jail Tuesday night. Sheriff Austin discovered him missing at 7 am Wednesday. Flanagan hid in an unused cell, resisted intruders, and was finally captured after a desperate struggle, struck on the head with a tool by a village blacksmith as officers closed in.
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Iacapen
Decatur
Atlanta
Edward Flanagan
Austin
Flanagan
Millions in Gold Dust on Excelsior Arrives After Repairs
The steamer Excelsior, delayed six weeks after leaving St Michaels Alaska for San Francisco, returned to Unalaska for propeller blade repairs and reached port with sixty three passengers and about two million five hundred thousand dollars in gold dust.
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Excelsior
St. Michaels
Alaska
San Francisco
Unalaska
Western Grain for Europe through Charleston
Two cargoes of western grain booked for Liverpool from Kansas City and St Louis by way of Charleston. The shipments enable the new grain elevator at the South Carolina and Georgia railroad terminal to open and establish direct trade with Europe. Grain will move via the South Carolina and Georgia railroad and western connections to Charleston steamers.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Charleston
Liverpool
South Carolina and Georgia
Europe
South Carolina
Tennessee Democrats Confirm Plan For State Party Address
At a Nashville meeting of the Pennedsee state executive committee of the national Democrats several leaders spoke. The group decided to issue an address outlining party principles and to maintain the party organization in the state.
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National Democrats
Nashville
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