Yellow fever alarms at Soldiers' Home amid city panic
Newport News reports thirty yellow fever cases and ten deaths at the Hampton Soldiers' Home over ten days, prompting quarantines by Hampton Old Point and Newport News. Excursion parties spread the illness, with four thousand Civil War veterans in residence heightening concern. Washington officials plan possible isolation hospital use and stricter measures to halt an epidemic.
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Four on One Scaffold in Baltimore Murder Case
Four men Joseph Bryan Cornelius Gardner Chas James and John Meyers were hanged together at 6:18 this morning for the brutal assault on Annie Bailey a thirteen year old colored girl. She suffered severe injuries and convulsions for days. A fifth defendant from the Daniel Rodgers murder case had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment and remains in the state penitentiary.
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John Meyers
Annie Bailey
Daniel Rodgers
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WIFE AIDED Mysterious assault case shocks Chattanooga
Sheriff Bush left for Memphis to bring C C Bice and his wife back on warrants charging Bice with enticing sixteen year old Miss Alice Lincoln to Lookout Mountain and assaulting her. The girl told her mother and prompted warrants. Bice threatened murder if she spoke. The Lincolns' kinship to President Lincoln stirs local sentiment. Bice a Cincinnati-born molder.
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Fights and Changes Mark Early August News from Manila to Omaha
Reports from Manila describe a fierce clash at Calaba where American forces met a thousand insurgents, with seven Americans killed and twenty wounded and sixteen insurgents dead. Elihu Root is sworn in as Secretary of War in Washington. A Northwestern train wreck near Boone Iowa results in multiple deaths and injuries as the entire train derails between Omaha and Boone.
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Hart's EsseNCE OF GINGER Remedy Ad
A minute dose of Hart's EsseNCE OF GINGER relieves colic cramps and nausea. Unexcelled for diarrhoea cholera morbus and summer complaints. Sold by B W Hargrave.
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Storm Howls Through St Michaels Dashing Old Yukon Ships
Advices from St Michaels dated the eighteenth report the most severe storm of many sweeping in from morning to night. Several boats were dashed to pieces or swept out to sea while anchored. The damaged vessels were idle Yukon rush steamers from 1897. Losses run into thousands of dollars as owners despaired of selling them. Seattle reports delay to Japan Italy treaty effects July 17 to August 4, angering citizens over loss of treaty limits and consular jurisdiction.
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Female brigands captured near Benevento face murder charges
A band of four women brigands was captured near Benevento on murder and three attempted assassinations plus three cases of serious wounding and robberies. Leader Femara Savene named. authorities reveal further charges as the case unfolds.
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Beneveeto
Femara Savene
Easing Up in Cleveland Troops Withdrawals Planned
Cleveland July 31 preparations began for the withdrawal of troops as policemen are appointed. Two military companies were relieved today and Adjt. Gen. Axline praised the progress while delaying the withdrawal of outside units for later steps.
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Electrocution at Sing Sing Executions Reported
Sing Sing July 31 two inmates were executed in quick succession. Lewis Patterson, a Black man, died fifty five seconds after the electric chair was switched on at 8 22 this morning after an autopsy was performed. Michael McDonald followed shortly after with a swift death.
Plague Victims Rise in Bombay and Poonah
In Bombay and Poonah within fifty eight hours fifty nine bubonic plague cases and fifty six deaths are reported. New cases appear at the cantonment and a large death toll continues. In Concord North Carolina Floyd Utley, 18, attempted a criminal assault on a Black girl near China Grove. he was jailed in Salisbury to await trial.
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Sampson Resumes Command of North Atlantic Squadron
Admiral Samp son resumes command of the North Atlantic Squadron at Newport after a three month leave of absence. He spent the interval with his family at Glen Ridge and now returns to duty aboard the flagship for the new assignment.
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Sampson
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Elevator Collapse At Funk & Wagnall Building
In New York on July 3 an elevator in Funk and Wagnall’s building fell and injured several people. Three girls were rescued unconscious and the elevator man plus three other men sustained injuries.
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Funk & Wagnal
David Lee Gives His Life For 4
A crowd at a river near Charlotte, North Carolina, on a July afternoon saw David Lee Brown and Ben Elion among several boys fall into the water. Lee attempted to rescue Brown but exhausted himself and could not reach him. Elliott could not aid either. A rescuing party arrived too late as Brown and others sank, and Brown was pulled from the mud lifeless after surrounding boys failed to save him.
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Ben Elion
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Dominican Exiles Rejoice After Heureaux Assassination
The Dominican exiles celebrate the death of President Heureaux in Santa Las Caballeros burial last night. Reports say government adversaries attacked the city of Moca last night as exiles prepare to return with Jimenez joining them. The government braces for large scale actions to maintain control.
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Heureaux
Santo Domingo
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Shamrock Set to Sail for New York on Thursday
Glasgow July 31 The Shamrock will sail for New York on Thursday. There is strong word that Capt Ben Parker of the Kaiser's yacht Meteor will sail the Shamrock against the Columbia. Trieste July 31 Admiral Dewey leaves for home tomorrow afternoon. The Olympians may visit Naples Leghorn Genoa Toulon and Gibraltar.
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Naples
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