Severe Southern Storm Leaves 77 Dead in Mississippi and Tennessee
Nashville reports a tornado sweeping Northern Mississippi into Central and Eastern Tennessee. Death toll reaches 74 with over 70 injured. widespread destruction across Columbia Nolansville Lavergne and Galatia. Damage extends to Nashville suburbs, arsenals and homes of the poor.
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Nashville
Tenn
Mississippi
Tennessee
Columbia
Maury County
Lavergne
Nolansville
Galatia
Cumberland Mountain
Arsenal Grounds
Capt. Ardelott
the Farrells
Storm on the Lakes disrupts telegraph service
Meveland Ohio November 22 telegraph lines between Cleveland Chicago Buffalo and Columbus crippled by fierce wind storms across the great lakes and northern Ohio an army of linemen dispatched to repair damage steamers faced greater disruption with only two making Cleveland trips from Detroit and Detroit noted as the departure point for several vessels
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Meveland
Cleveland
Chicago
Buffalo
Columbus
Great Lakes
Ohio
Britton
Detroit
Seamen Rescued After Schooner St. Lawrence Grounding
In a northwest gale the schooner St. Lawrence from Cleveland to Amherstburg ran ashore near Kellys Island. The Cleveland life saving crew, aided by the tug Chris Grover, rescued four drenched seamen Norman Graham Martin Magnan Aleck Blakely and a Cleveland boy named Jiminy after lines and a surfboat were used.
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Lorain, O
Cleveland
J. A. Barker
C. L. Plitseh
Cleveland Life Saving Station
Nottley
Norman Graham
Canada
Martin Magnan
Detroit
Aleck Blakely
Toledo
Severe wind storm damages property across Ohio and Colorado
A broad late November wind storm lashed Western and Northern Ohio causing extensive property damage with no deaths. Structures hit include Tippeerance City sheds and Masonic hall, Bucyrus church, Conneaut residence, Mohicanville church, and oil derricks. Colorado Springs also reports major damage to the Electric Co plant, high school, and Temple theater roof.
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Columbus
Ohio
Tippeerance City
Troy & Shearer
Masonic Hall
Bucyrus
German Lutheran Church
Ohio Central
Conneaut
Frank Kennedy
Byron Caples
Mohicanville
Ashland
Colorado Springs
Col
Colorado Springs Electric Co
Temple Theater
Kruger Arrives in Marseilles Aboard Gelderland
Paul Kruger former president of the Transvaal arrived in Marseilles on the Gelderland at 8:20 a.m. Thursday to cheers from onlookers. The report notes Kruger's successor General Schalkberger has died of wounds in Johannesburg hospital.
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Paul Kruger
Transvaal Republic
Marseilles
Gelderland
Transvaal
Kruger
Cape Town
Gen. Schalkberger
Johannesburg
Russian Prince Vechtomsky cites czar’s troop withdrawal
The Peking correspondent reports Prince Vechtomsky's claim that the czar pulled back Russian troops after foreign press accusations of plunder and outrage. A meeting of foreign envoys in Peking has halted negotiations and will be referred to home governments, with possible delays. Li Ming Chang sought ministers' views on reducing punishment for Chinese officials but received no support. Reports also say a German and Italian column is burning villages northward.
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London
Vechtomsky
Peking
Daily News
Shanghai
Li Ming Chang
Ways and Means Advances War Revenue Bill Cutting 20 Million
Washington reporters say the Ways and Means Committee progressed on the war revenue bill and aims to finish the first draft by Thursday night. The plan seeks a annual reduction of twenty million dollars, a proposal aligned with Secretary Gage and the president’s views. No hearings were held as briefs arrive, and Gen. Grosvenor was away in Ohio.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Wennesday
Gage
Grosvenor
Ohio
Standing Army Favored by Gen MacArthur for Philippines
General MacArthur backs a standing army of 75 000 to 100 000 in the Philippines to replace 35 000 volunteers. He notes the return of troops from China will raise forces to about 70 000 and cites better roads, end of rainy season, and troop term expirations as drivers of an active campaign. Reinforcements are sent to Panay and Southern Luzon as coasting transport delays and congested warehouses hinder commerce.
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MacArthur
Hughes
Panay
Luzon
Manila
United States
China
Young
Indiana
Sells divorce case witness Mary Kerwin testifies on cross
In Columbus Ohio on November 22 the Sells divorce case features Mary Kerwin on the stand for cross examination. The defense fails to weaken her testimony under rigid scrutiny as James Watson describes hotel apartments where the Sells lived. Neither spouse is present at opening. two young women peek in but leave. Witness list includes Peter Walsh C M Nichols Harry Cross Elizabeth Donahue and Squire E W Tuller.
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Columbus
Sells
Mary Kerwin
James Watson
Park Hotel
Wind storm damages wires with no fatalities reported
The Nov 29 Pittsburgh wind storm prostrated telegraph and telephone lines and partially unroofed homes across Western Pennsylvania. Reports cite the storm as the heaviest in years. In Peoria, Illinois, Mrs. Tobay Geldsberg found her husband in custody for bigamy after a decade of searching in Germany and five more years in the United States.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Peoria
Ill
Navy
Tobay Geldsberg
Germany
United States
Indiana police seek address of clairvoyant Hess
Indianapolis report says Dr. Herman Hess, a clairvoyant and trance medium, used a spirit slate to take money from 100s of victims for supposed cures and communications. A woman posing as his sister helped solicit funds, with cases ranging from $5 to $100 and other valuables. Hess, about 50, and a woman about 30, were well dressed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Herman Hess
Mary Stewart
Lottie Milburn
Anna Cole
Lillie E. Carpenter
Hess
Dr. Hess
Gold Strike Draws Prospectors to Warwick County
Dr. G O Wilde on a farm near Lynnville unearthed placer gold in northern Warwick county. Quartz assay shows gold and silver in paying quantities. Boonville and Lynnville teem with speculators as Wilde forms a mining company with 100000 capital. Indianapolis residents invest.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Boonville
Warwick County
Lynnville
G. O. Wilde
Little Hoosier Village
Lord Roberts’ Ride Ends With Minor Injuries
London reports that last Sunday Lord Roberts fell from his horse and was shaken and bruised but not seriously hurt. He has since sent dispatches to the war office, leading to belief he is continuing his duties without noting the accident.
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London
Lord Roberts
War Office
New York State Population Growth Through Decades
Population figures released show New York reaching 7,268,012 in 1900, up from 5,997,853 in 1890, a rise of 1,270,159 or 21.1 percent. From 1880 to 1890 the population grew from 5,082,871 to 5,997,853, an increase of 914,982 or 18 percent.
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Washington
State of
New York
New Union Passenger Station Planned for Muncie
Muncie Indiana November 22 railroad officials announce a new union passenger station for the Big Four and the Lake Erie Western to cost about 15000 dollars. The depot will sit east of the current Big Four station on South Walnut street with a short track for Lake Erie Western and Fort Wayne Cincinnati Louisville trains on the north side.
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Muncie
Ind
Big Four
Lake Erie & Western
Walnut Street
Ft. Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville
Five Masked Robbers Hold Up Train Near Gifford Station
Northbound St L E M S railway train No 56 was held up near Gifford Station forty miles south of Little Rock. The express car door was blown open injuring L D Avery of St Louis. Five robbers failed to blast the safe and fled with about 300 dollars as a posse pursued the bandits. Gov. Jones offered rewards for their capture.
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Little Rock
Ark
Malvern
Gov. Jones
Dowie Leaves Manchester Amid Student Demonstration
London reports Mr John Alexander Dowie, the Chicago Zionist, abandoned his Manchester meeting and hurriedly left the city Wednesday evening due to a threatening demonstration by Owens College students, several arrests reported. Nelson Expires in St Louis Knights of Honor voice dies at home after stomach ailment. familiar in Masonic circles.
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London
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Manchester
Owens College
Supreme
Nelson
St. Louis
B. K. Nelson
The
Knights of Honor
Boy baby found near Vandalia tracks in Indiana
Charles Ackery hunting found a dead boy baby near Vandalia tracks in Brazil Indiana. He buried the child and notified Coroner Mershon who with two detectives seeks the mother. It is believed the infant was thrown from a through passenger train during the night.
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Brazil
Ind
Charles Ackery
Vandalia
Ackery
Mershon
Funding Operations Suspended Order Issued
Washington reports Secretary Gage issued an order suspending funding operations starting December 21, 1900. The action affects financial disbursements and related government funding processes.
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Washington
Gage
Two Women Murdered and Bodies Burned Near Charlotte
In Charlotte North Carolina on November 22 two elderly women Violet Colley 75 and her niece Jane Gath Colley living five miles from the city were murdered robbed and their bodies burned The women were widely reported to be wealthy indicating a possible motive for the crime and fire evidence is being pursued by authorities
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Charlotte, N. C
Violet Colley
Jane Gath Colley
Charlotte
Miner Is Killed After Mine Argument at Dawson
Springfield Illinois, Nov 22. Frank S. Stout head engineer at the Wabash Coal Co. mine in Dawson shot and killed John Wilson a miner employed by the company on Wednesday afternoon. The killing followed an argument last Tuesday.
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Springfield, Iil
Frank S. Stout
Wabash Coal Co
Dawson
John Wilson
Householder Shot Burglary Suspect in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas November 22 Guy Hartshorn of Wartshorn Bros upholstery firm fired at a burglar who was cutting glass from a door early Wednesday morning inflicting fatal injuries and killing the intruder at the scene.
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Ft. Worth
Tex
Guy Hartshorn
Wartshorn Bros
Markets and grain prices across multiple cities dated November 21
Cincinnati reports flour and grain prices with various grades and futures, including spring patent at 3.90 to 4.30 and rye at 2.90 to 3.10. Wheat futures show November 70 to 71?4 cents, corn at 37 to 41 cents, oats around 21 to 24 cents. Livestock prices list hogs from 3.50 to 4.90, cattle from 3.50 to 4.85, sheep 1.25 to 3.50, lambs 3.00 to 5.25, with regional quotes from Indianapolis and Buffalo as well.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
Ind
Fire destroys Lindenville scale board factory and stock
Warren, Nov 22. A Wednesday night blaze at Lindenville near Kinsman destroyed the scale board factory of Q O B Fobes along with contents and a car of stock. Loss put at 5000 to 6000 dollars with no insurance.
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Warren, C
Lindenville
Kins‘man
Scale Board
QO. B. Fobes
Steamer Fife Lost in Belle Isle Straits Storm
The new mail boat Fife from Mr. Reid’s eight-ship fleet went missing in the Belle Isle straits Sunday amid a heavy snowstorm. Worth about $100,000, it is believed the vessel was uninsured. No lives were lost.
Typhus Epidemic Grows in Copenhagen
Copenhagen reports twenty new and serious typhus cases Wednesday as the epidemic continues to worsen. Public health officials urge caution and increased sanitary measures amid the surge in infections.
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Copenhagen
Severe wind storm devastates eastern Monroe county
Clarendon Arkansas reports the severest wind storm to strike the area as it moved through the eastern part of Monroe county on Tuesday afternoon. The storm's path ranged from 300 yards to a quarter of a mile wide and leveled nearly all in its stretch.
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Nolansville
Lavergne
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Clarendon
Ark
Monroe County
Five Die In Santa Barbara Stage Crash
A Santa Barbara report says five people were killed when a stage overturned near there on Wednesday. No further details are available yet.
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San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Wind storm in Sandusky causes heavy damage
A terrific wind storm swept Sandusky on Wednesday causing substantial destruction worth thousands of dollars. Six large ice houses were blown down, several small vessels grounded on the shore, and multiple buildings lost their roofs.
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First Presbyterian Church
Toledo
Sandusky
Resignation Tendered by Col. Geo D Wick
Youngstown Ohio November 22 Col George D Wick vice president of the Republic Iron and Steel Co has tendered his resignation to take effect December 1 In this terse business note the leadership change signals a shift in the companys top management during the year end period
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Youngstown, C
Col. Geo.d., Wick
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Jury Convicts Lutz of First Degree Wife Murder
Wilkesbarre Pa November 22 The jury in the case of John Lutz on trial for wife murder rendered a verdict of murder in the first degree after a four day deliberation.
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Wilkesharre
John Lutz
Snow Storms Reported Across Colorado Idaho and B C
Heavy snowstorms are reported across Colorado and Idaho with impacts in British Columbia. At Donald in British Columbia the temperature is 30 degrees below zero.
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Chicago
Colorado
Idaho
British Columbia
Donald
B. C
Baron Farnham Wires From London on Birth Date
London dispatch says Baron Farnham wired from London on Wednesday. He was born March in 1849.
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London
Indiana Farmer Dies From Insanity Linked To Fear Of Hydrophobia
Warsaw prominent farmer William George died Wednesday from insanity believed caused by a bite he took to be from a mad dog. He had moved from Payne County two years ago. Martinsville Republican committee backs A. M. Bain for postmaster at Martinsville where H. H. Nutter's term ends next September with a $2400 salary and four carrier free delivery.
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Warsaw
Ind
William George
Payne, C
Martinsville
Republican Executive Committee
A. M. Bain
Bain
H H. Nutter
Pires
Sunnyside Mine Locked Doors Trigger General Strike
In Evansville Indiana on November 22 a door left open in Sunnyside coal mine let in bad air, keeping 75 men from work and forcing 70 more diggers to quit. The miners formed a committee, was discharged, and a general strike followed as state officers were appealed to.
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Evansville
Ind
Sunnyside
Miss Jessie Crow Found Dead in Muncie Barber Shop
Miss Jessie Crow of Pennville, 20, employed as a waitress at a Muncie hotel, was found dead in Harry Gallo way's barber shop on Wednesday. Police detain Galloway pending coroner's investigation.
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Muncie
Ind
Jessie Crow
Pennville
Harry ‘Galloway
Galloway
New Apportionment Plan Discussed in Indianapolis Meeting
A Nov meeting in Indianapolis discusses state apportionment changes. Committees are trimmed and a practically new apportionment proposal is described by the federation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fepiebeda
Paris Exposition Notes on Attendance and Features
Paris exposition notes admit the event was too large and unevenly localized. Attendance shifted with Germans and Belgians surpassing prior British totals, while a German brewer earned six gold medals in Mexico for beer.
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Mexico
Lace and notable figures of fashionable society
The piece surveys fashionable trims led by lace and highlights notable women and figures. Mrs Henry Fawcett of London is praised as a leading public speaker. Helen Keller is elected vice president of Radcliffe freshman class. Madame Patti shows off a silver bath in her traveling car. Baroness Cederström praises happiness as beauty’s key, and Queen Victoria is noted as still holding the title Duke of Lancaster.
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Henry Fawcett
London
Helen Keller
Radcliffe College
Mme. Patti
Baroness Cederstrom
Adelina Patti
Prominent People Mentioned in News Notes
President McKinley earns praise from autographs fans while Dr. Stanton Coit, England’s ethical culture leader and Amherst graduate, is noted as American. Sir William Lyne offers 2500 dollars for Australia ode. William Dean Howells plans a New Orleans winter to frame his next novel. John Sherman’s ascent is linked to a tall lineage. Sir James Joicey, coal magnate and Parliament figure, earns about 5 million a year.
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President McKinley
Stanton Coit
England
Amherst
William Lyne
Commonwealth of Australia
William Dean Howells
New Orleans
John Sherman
Ohio
James Joicey
Sir James
Newcastle
The czar and czarina in imperial household details
The czarina personally oversees home care and charity, with a specialized directorate for gifts. A six‑man advance guard of married craftsmen checks walls floors and furnishings prior to the czar’s occupancy and travel.
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Russia
Imperial Charities
Odds and Ends on Polo's Early Global Spread
Fragments discuss polo's ancient origins in Asia during the tenth century and its spread to later regions, mentioning Persia India and Japan as early centers of play. The text hints at a long tradition and dates in a rough, interrupted OCR style.
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Asia
Persia
India
Japan
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