Public alarmed by nine tetanus deaths after vaccination
Nine tetanus deaths linked to Camden New Jersey vaccination trigger official action. Philadelphia officials report cases but no action there, while Bridgeton New Jersey reports a critical patient after recent vaccination. Courts hear vaccine mandates. a high school teacher wins a court appeal.
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Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
Board of Health
Board of Education
H. H. Davis
Connor Dugan
Atlantic City
Ressie Kessler
Oil well at Baku erupts despite danger
A Baku Naphtha Co. oil well on crown land started gushing at about one million poods daily. Operations halted due to fear of fire. In Wisconsin three Sewitzke children died in a Lagladow farm house fire while the mother fetched water. Boer losses reported by Lord Kitchener show 43 killed and 16 wounded with 297 prisoners since November 7. The Indian government abolishes the cavalry sword, issuing a short rifle to mounted troops.
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Baku
Russia
Crown
Baku Naphtha Co
Antigo
Wis
John Sewitzke
Lagladow
London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Pretoria
Ellen Stone Update Hints at Ongoing Ransom Talks
Sofia reports another letter from Ellen M. Stone noting declining health from confinement but optimism for eventual release. US diplomat Dickinson warns brigands seek a higher ransom and immunity, while Bulgaria and Turkey governments remain not bound to any sum. A later cablegram confirms ongoing direct talks with stone’s abductors and agents.
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Sofia
Ellen M. Stone
United States
Bulgaria
Turkey
Washington
Dickinson
Miss Stone
Mr. Dickinson
Census Bureau bulletin details Chinese and Japanese by counties
Washington bulletin shows 119 050 Chinese at the 12th census with 25 767 in Hawaii and 67 729 in the United States proper, and 86 000 Japanese with 61 111 in Hawaii and 23 376 in western states. It notes a decade rise for Japanese and decline for Chinese overall.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Hawaii
Alaska
United States
Trolley car dynamited in Scranton during longtime unrest
A dynamite blast hit the Green Ridge line on Washington avenue near Marion street in Scranton Nov 19. The car wheel and beneath mechanism were damaged along with most windows. Motorman and conductor escaped serious injury though knocked down by flying glass. This marks the fourth similar attack in ten days, suggesting a common tactic.
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Scranton
Green Ridge
Washington Avenue
Marion Street
Death of Col. J. T. K. Hayward in Chicago
Col. J. T. K. Hayward who oversaw the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad construction and served as its president until 1866 died in Chicago on Monday November 19.
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J. T. K. Hayward
Chicago
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Cement Manufacturers Association Planned in Michigan
Grand Rapids states plans under way to form an association of Portland cement manufacturers. The group would include plants in Michigan and states west of Pennsylvania aiming to coordinate industry efforts and standards.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Prince Ching Signals End of Manchurian Treaty Talks
Prince Ching telegraphs from Peking that he has left Kai Fong Fu with the empress' instructions to conclude the Manchurian treaty. The message comes as foreign office reports progress toward a final accord.
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Peking
Prince Ching
Foreign Office
Kai Fong Fu
Engineer sues over alleged false arrest in street car
Norfolk Virginia November 19 E M Burns locomotive engineer sues the Norfolk Railway and Light Company claiming false arrest for spitting in a street car.
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Norfolk, Va
E. M. Burns
Norfolk Railway and Light Co
Deportation Claim Involving Steyn Family
Brussels reports that The Petit Bleu asserts the wife and family of Former President Steyn of the Orange Free State have been deported from South Africa.
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South Africa
Brussels
The
Petit Bleu
Steyn
Orange Free State
New York Bond Purchases Reported by Assistant Treasurer
The assistant treasurer in New York reports purchases totaling 1 715 000 dollars in four percent securities on Monday, with 164 000 dollars in short four percents and 23 000 dollars in five percent issues.
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Washington
New York
Indians on the Warpath at Eagle River Headwaters
Menominee Michigan dispatch reports natives on the warpath near the Eagle River headwaters after saying a white hunter shot a member of their group. The incident prompted heightened tensions and calls for precaution among residents and authorities.
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Menominee, Mich
Eagle River
Sugar Refinery Destroyed in Neufahrwasser Fire
A large sugar refinery at Neufahrwasser in Western Prussia was wiped out by a fire, causing an estimated loss of 4,000,000 marks. Berlin reports the blaze fully consumed the plant with extensive damage.
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Berlin
Neufahrwasser
Prussia
Dartmouth men form club to discuss the doctrine of anarchy
Boston.Nov 19 Dartmouth college students establish an Anarchy Club to study the doctrine and hear various speakers on the subject.
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Boston
Dartmouth College
Most Perfect McKinley Mask Made For Washington
After two months a cast from President McKinley’s dead mask is finished. The federal government owns the mask which will go to Washington for display at the Smithsonian Institute. It is guarded in a safety vault and no photographs are allowed. The plaster weighs twenty eight pounds and the work was done by Edward La Pauch of Hartford Connecticut.
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Buffalo
McKinley
Edward la Pauch
Hartford
Washington
Smithsonian Institute
Napoleon
Drake Arrested in Mexico City on Embezzlement Charge
James Eckert known as Russell B. Drake is in Guadalajara prison on a U S requisition for embezzlement of 50000 and forgery. Drake, about 60, was respected by Americans in Guadalajara. The Tiffin Ohio sheriff will travel to surrender him this week.
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Mexico City
James Eckert
United States
Russell B. Drake
Guadalajara
Tiffin
Wood County
Drake
Police Officer Calls Editor to Mortal Combat in Niles
Niles Michigan November 19 1913 Monday night Jacob J Ulery a police officer issued a challenge through the columns of a local newspaper to F W Cook editor of the Niles Daily Star to meet him in mortal combat with 38 caliber revolvers at ten paces Mayor Bald win has begun a crusade against saloons Ulery enforces closing hours Cook had criticized him for policing efforts and Ulery replied in print
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Niles
Mich
Jacob J. Ulery
F. W. Cook
Niles Daily Star
Baldwin
Ullery
Cook
Ulery
Protection for Navajo land by federal withdrawal order
The president ordered a public sale and settlement withdrawal of 16 townships adjoining the Moqui Indian reservation in Arizona to protect about 200 Navajo residents living there since 1868. The measure stays until occupants are settled under homestead or allotment laws and preserves their ditches and improvements. In Ft. Yates North Dakota, Robert Marshall was fatally shot while deer hunting prompting Indian police to seek Kid Silk and Father Bede for facts.
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Washington
Arizona
Ft. Yates
N. D
Robert Marshall
Kid Silk
Father Bede
Man Killed Mother. Pemberton Captured by Posse
Eureka Springs Arkansas Nov 19 John Pemberton suffered violent mania killed his mother fifteen miles south of town by striking with a rifle and crushing her skull He fled but was captured by a posse and jailed.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
John Pemberton
Here
Largest Shipment of Gold Leaves New York on Steamship
The largest gold shipment ever sent from New York departed on Tuesday. The voyage touched at French and German ports and the total value in engagements reached about 7.05 million dollars in round figures.
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New York
Whitney Nearing Transfer of Stud to Rancocas Farm
William C. Whitney is near finalizing a deal to move the winter quarters of his horse stud from Kentucky to the famed Rancocas Stock Farm in New York. The farm was bequeathed to Mrs. Lillian B. Allen by the late Pierre Lorillard.
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Rancocas Stock Farm
New York
William C. Whitney
Lillian B. Allen
Kentucky
Rancocas
Pierre Lorillard
Peasant Conflicts in Spain Reported in Zamora Province
In Zamora province near Rosales and Hiniegtra clashes by peasants left two dead and eight injured. the Madrid dispatch notes ongoing disturbances in November.
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Spain
Madrid
Rosales
Hiniegtra
Zamora
Isthmian Canal Treaty Signed By State Department
The isthmian canal treaty was signed at 12 05 p m in the diplomatic chamber of the state department. The agreement provides for U S construction of the canal open to ships of commerce and war of all nations with neutrality rules and immunity from attack. The United States becomes the sole guarantor of neutrality and responsible for fortification and protection of the canal.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Biddle brothers seek separate execution days
Edward and Thomas Biddle, sentenced to death in Pittsburg for the robbery murder of Thomas Kahaney, ask Gov Stone to set distinct execution dates. Walter Dorman testified for the state and faces possible sentence, while Ed Biddle offered fierce resistance during arrest and Detective P J Fitzgerald was killed in the clash.
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Harrisburg
Edward
Thomas Biddle
Pittsburg
Stone
Biddles
Walter Dorman
Thomas Kahaney
Dorman
Ed Biddle
P. J. Fitzgerald
Fire Devastates Charlotte Cotton District Burned Firms Named
Fire in Charlotte North Carolina began at 1 30 am in the cotton district destroying J H Sloan s cotton office Oglesby dry goods J H Link wholesale grocer and Bryan Co grocers Water pumps failed cutting water supply by 3 15 am and the blaze spread Damages estimated between 75 600 and 100 000 with extensive losses to multiple businesses.
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Charlotte
N. C
J. H. Sloan
Oglesby
Dry Goods
St. Joseph Man Killed After Holden Up by Footpads
Daniel Sullivan, Burlington railway engineer, was held up near his home in St. Joseph. He fought back and was hurled from a 60 foot bluff onto Burlington tracks, dying from the injuries. Patrick Powers, renowned cut stone contractor, died in St. Joseph at 75 after a brief illness, noted for major city contracts including Chicago.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Daniel Sullivan
Burlington Railway
Burlington
Powers
St. Joseph
Patrick Powers
United States
Chicago
Liverpool Declared Free From Plague
Washington reports that Liverpool has been officially declared free from plague. The cablegram from Past Assistant Surgeon Thomas, sent to Surgeon General Wyman, confirms the city’s status as of Monday.
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Liverpool
Washington
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Thomas
Prices Cut at Fall River Iron Works Mills
Fall River Massachusetts November 19 M C D Borden owner of the iron works mills in this city dropped prices of all kinds of prints one-half cent per yard except shirting which was reduced one-quarter cent
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Fall River
Mass
M. C
D. Borden
Iron Works
Markets Report From Cincinnati and Chicago Grain and Livestock
The Cincinnati market lists flour prices from winter patent to low grade with several quality grades. Wheat futures in Chicago show December and May options with small gains. Live stock in Cincinnati Indianapolis reports cattle and hog price ranges across shipments, butchers, and feeders, with calf and lamb data. Sheep and lamb figures appear alongside notes on export and feeder categories.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Bextra
Indianapolis
Ten Die After Great Northern Freight Collision Near Blair
A Great Northern wreck near Blair Montana on November 19 killed ten men and seriously injured 28 others aboard a work train carrying 41 Japanese laborers. The extra freight struck at speed on a sharp curve, flames erupted, and rescuers worked for hours amid smothered groans and smoldering cars.
Soldier goes on shooting spree in Junction City
An unidentified Fort Riley saddler shot and killed two men in Junction City Kansas on Monday night. City Marshal James White was wounded and died. the gunman fled the scene and remains at large as authorities organize a posse.
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Junction City
Kan
Fort Riley
Yelock
R. & Cooper
Cooper
James White
White
Fatal Dynamite Explosions Hit Two Mines Near Michipicoten
In Sault Ste. Marie on November 19 two deadly dynamite accidents occurred at Helen Iron mine near Michipicoten and at McMillian copper mine near Rock Lake. James Ryan, a powderman, was killed in the first blast as 5,000 pounds of dynamite exploded while drying by fire. houses shattered and several workers injured. At the second site four miners were severely injured while thawing dynamite in a blast hole, with prognosis of total blindness for all and two feared dead.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Canadian Sea
Helen
Michipicoten
James Ryan
McMillian
Rock Lake
Electric line proposed from Chicago to Milwaukee
In Waukegan Illinois on November 19 a plan seeks to build an electric railway from Chicago to Milwaukee independent of existing roads. The proposal aims to connect with the Elgin Joliet and Eastern belt line with Cincinnati investors reported backing the project.
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Waukegan, Ill
Chicago
Milwaukee
Elgin
Manufacturers' Exposition Under American Aids Planned
Mexico City on November 19 reports growing interest in a proposed manufacturers exposition under American auspices. Local agents of European manufacturers will participate as organizers aim for a broad exposition.
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Mexico City
Four Days in a Burning Mine Rescues Miner
Bluefield West Virginia November 19 After four days trapped in the ill fated mine Fritz Molter was rescued Monday morning unharmed He looks ten years older with hair from black to white and says he is glad to be alive following the mine fire incident
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Bluefield
W. Va
Imine
Fritz Molter
Waste Heat Auxiliary Engine Demonstrated at Technical High School
Professor E J osse of the Royal Technical High School in Charlottenburg reports experiments on an auxiliary waste heat engine. The system uses exhaust heat from high and low pressure steam engines to evaporate sulfur dioxide in a cold-vapor cylinder, driving an extra single cylinder engine. Tests since September 1900 show improved power and reduced steam consumption with a 1600 hp plant projected for combined operation.
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Rok. E. Josse
Royal Technical High School
Charlottenburg
Germany
Prof
Jesse
Gerlitz
Technical High School
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Col
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