Roof collapse at San Francisco glass works kills many
A crowd of about 500 people on the roof of the San Francisco and Pacific Glass Works watched a Stanford UC football game before a roof fell. About 12 killed and many injured were removed to nearby hospitals as chaos spread. one man was burned nearly to a crisp amid the furnace debris.
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San Francisco
San Francisco and
Pacific Glass Works
15Th
Bryant Streets
Stanford
University of California
Oelock
Essnann
Southern Pacific Hospital
Glass Works
St. Luke’s
Joseph Gumper
Local Boxing Results Show Fast Wins in 26 Rounds
Youngstown substitute Dave Berry faced Eddie Burns of Detroit in a 26 round match at the M o rn ing athletic club. Burns was knocked out in the first round, while Art Simms of Akron was awarded the decision in Erie after 20 fast rounds. Simms dominated the fight throughout.
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Youngstown
Dave Berry
Chiagago Jack Daly
Eddie Burns
Detroit
Manoring Athletic Club
Erry
Burns
Erie
Lakes City Athletic Club
Art Simms
Akron
Simms
No Constitutional Convention In Des Moines Vote
Des Moines Iowa voters reject the proposal for a constitutional convention by a large majority 555 to 306 in the November ballot. No convention will be held.
Russia to Demand Revision of Death Penalty Clause
Dr. Morrison reports that M Giers now insists Russia may seek a revised death penalty provision or a non irrevocable note, while China stays informed and Li Hung Chang may attend ministerial conferences. Japan wants the note amended to require China to erect a monument to Sugiyama. A French detachment sits on Shan Si frontier ready to move toward Tai Yuen Tu.
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Russia
Japan
London
Morrison
Times
Peking
M. DeGiers
China
Li Hung Chang
Sugiyama
Segation
Shan Si
Tine
Tai Yuen Tu
Tuans Rebellion Gains Troops From Tung Fu Msiang Forces
A Kan Su missionary reports 10 400 Tung Fu Msiang troops joined Prince Tuan against the emperor. Shan Si governor seeks eight quick firing guns from Wu Chang viceroy while Hsu Tung, guardian of the heir apparent, is rumored alive and hidden near Peking. Vice Admiral Seymour's Yang Tse viceroy visit is said to be satisfactory.
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Shanghai
Kan Su
Tung Fu Msiang
Prince Tuan
Tung
Svechion
Shan Si
Wu Chang
Hsu Tung
Peking
Adm
Seyimour
Battle Between Two Families Leaves One Dead In Georgia
Waycross Georgia November 30 Henry Robinson a well known young man was shot through the heart and killed during a fight between four Robinson brothers and three McClellan brothers. Deputy Sheriff Joseph McClellan was knocked down and his pistol taken. Later the two sides clashed again with Jesse McClellan reportedly killing Henry Robinson and Jim or Mott Robinson badly wounded. All involved were bonded pending further action.
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Waycross
Henry Robinson
Joseph McClelan
Warren County
Matt
Curt
Jim
McClelliar
McClellan Brothers
Robinsons
Jesse McClean
Mott
Jim Robinson
McClellans
Two Killed in Jacksonville Shooting at Forsyth Street
Police officer Tierry Raley and Chandler Brooks were shot dead by John Baxter at the corner of Davis and Forsyth streets. Baxter fled after the confrontation, later captured, while ex-policeman Rucker was severely wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Tierry Raley O
Chandler Brooks
Davis and
Forsyth Streets
John Baxter
Raley
Baxter
Brooks
Rucker
Striking Elec Workers Turn Violent in San Antonio Killings
In San Antonio Texas on Thursday Wm Lacey a policeman and C D Blanton a union lineman were shot and killed by Sandy Smith a non union worker. The killings stem from a clash between union and non union electrical workers as Officer Lacey attempted an arrest.
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San Antonio
Tex
Wm. Lacey
C. D. Blanton
Sandy Smith
Lacey
Smith
Burglars dynamite Girard post office safe
Rayville Washington Nov 30 burglars blew the Girard post office safe and took several hundred dollars and many stamps. The sheriff with bloodhounds pursues the robbers. Earlier Monday a safe was blown open at Collinston.
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Rayville
Girard
Here
Collinston
British Defeat at De Wetsdorp Hurts British at War Front
London reports say De Wetsdorp garrison of 400 with two guns and units from Gloucestershire Highland Light Infantry and Irish Rifles surrendered at 5:30 p m on November 23. British losses totaled 15 killed and 4 wounded and the Boers were reportedly 2,500 strong. Knox pursued and engaged Steyn and De Wet near Vaalbank, but details remain scarce amid censoring and rumors of wider unrest.
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London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
de Wetsdorp
68Th
Gloucestershire Regiment
Highland Light Infantry
Irish Rifles
Hensen
Digby
Edenburg
Knox
Dr Wetsdorp
Steyn
de Wet
Vaalbank
Southwes
Five Hours Fighting Near Luehoff Redirects Boer Advance
Orange River reporting Friday reveals Herzog’s commando of about 500 held a steep kopje position near Luehoff and repelled Col. Henry Hamilton Settle’s British force after a five hour clash. British losses were light as they used Boer tactics. Settle moved into Luchoft and found 800 horses en route to De Wet, who is said to be nearby. The Boer commander boasted of killing 200 natives for aiding the British.
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Orange River
Herzog
Luehoff
Henry Hamilton Settle
Settle
Luchoft
de Wet
James J. Baker Seeks Final Delay in Wife Murder Case
James J. Baker, sentenced to death for the murder of his wife in Atlanta, received a third respite on Thursday. The next date is fixed for January 18. Baker is 70 years old and killed his wife aged 60 due to jealousy of a younger man aged 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
James J. Baker
Baker
Doings in the Hoosier State Murder Case
Indianapolis patrolman Iley Lowe arrested Carl Frazier alias Montgomery after a struggle to summon a patrol wagon. David Stallcup, a convicted murderer, grabbed the officer s club and struck Lowe twice, then kicked him unconscious. Stallcup was subdued and detained. Frazier also faced arrest for attempted murder. Lowe suffered a head injury and possible brain congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Iley Lowe
Metropolitan Police Force
Carl Frazier
Montgomery
Frazier
David Stallcup
Lowe
Stallcup
Wallace
Poor Old Soldier of Morristown Dies After Pension Decline
Looney L. Salley aged 70 of Freeport died after his pension was cut for three years following an investigation that refused an increase. He refused medical help and starved for three weeks before his death on Thursday, to be buried by the local Odd Fellows.
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Morristown
Ind
Odd Fellows
Indiana Christian Endeavor holds 18th convention in Lafayette
The 18th Indiana Christian Endeavor convention opened at Trinity church Lafayette with about 500 delegates registered. Opening ceremonies featured a song service led by Prof Y S Berpen and a welcoming address by Purdue President C Q Stone. Dr G B Wilcox of Colorado Springs is to deliver the convention sermon Sunday evening. Four hundred delegates arrived Friday alongside many prominent evangelists.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana Christian Endeavor Societies
Trinity Church
Y.S. Berpen
C. Q. Stone
Purdue
R. V. Hunter
Indianapolis
G. B. Wilcox
Colorado Springs
Fire on film at Yeuck's Empire theater
In Indianapolis on Thursday afternoon a film on the picture machine at Yeuck's Empire theater caught fire causing a flash and a panicked exit by about a hundred patrons. The employer's quick actions restored order and the audience returned to finish the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Yeuck
Empire Theater
Employer
Indiana Retains State Title Over Purdue 24 to 5
In Lafayette Indiana on Thursday Indiana beat Purdue 24 to 5 to defend the state championship. Robertson kicked a field goal for Purdue preventing a shutout as about 4 000 spectators watched the game.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Purdue
Robertson
Safe blowers raid Thornburgh Milling Co office
In Martinsville Indiana on November 30 thieves entered the Thornburgh Milling Co office and used nitroglycerine to blow the safe door open. They secured only a few dollars before fleeing. Nearby Rushville and Knightstown high schools faced off later that day at Riverside Park with Knightstown winning 17 to ?.
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Martinsville
Ind
Thornburgh Milling Co
Marion High Defeats Hartford City 34 to 0 in Football
Marion Indiana reports Marion high school routed Hartford City high school 34 to 0. Owl club of Marion beat Athletic club of Anderson 17 to 0.Rose Polytechnic Institute of Terre Haute defeated Vincennes University 6 to 0. Massachusetts battleship anchored at Norfolk on Thursday.
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Marion
Ind
Marion High School
Hartford City High School
Owl Club
Athletic Club
Anderson
Vincennes
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Terre Haute
Vincennes ‘University
Norfolk, Way
Massachusetts
Weather Bureau report outlines disease eradication and warnings
The 1899 annual report by Secretary Wilson highlights improved forecast services and warnings, cattle tick controls, sheep disease efforts, hog cholera research, and black leg vaccination. It notes dairy exports, forest plans, and international markets, with warnings on Belgian hares and prairie dogs. Also mentions livestock convention, Nellie McKay Humphreys marriage, a Denver homicide, and Puebla cotton loan plans.
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Washington
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Texas
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
City clerk Griffiths faults in education funds shortage
Cincinnati reports Geo R Griffiths former board of education clerk is about 100000 short in his accounts. Auditors have not concluded the discrepancy and a special board meeting is set for Friday at 3 p m to review the case and consider actions against Griffiths estate.
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Cincinnati
R. Griffiths
Board of Education
Griffiths
Frank Brown
Newport
Penn and Cornell meet in Thanksgiving grid clash
In Philadelphia a crowd near record attendance watched the University of Pennsylvania defeat Cornell 27 to 0. Minnesota toppled Nebraska 20 to 12 in Lincoln. Columbia beat Carlisle 17 to 6 in New York. Preston Todd, 23, died after collapsing during a Chicago football game.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell
Ithaca
Lincoln
Neb
Minnesota
Nebraska
Murderous Jealousy Ends In Double Tragedy At Hotel
In Chicago at the Vickery hotel Mrs Belle Walker Hudson formerly of Indianapolis was murdered Thursday by her husband F A Hudson who then shot himself in an attempt suicide. After three bullets and a hammer crushing her skull the husband fired twice at himself and was saved by hotel staff. Mrs Hudson had moved from Minneapolis about three years ago.
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Chicago
F. A. Hudson
Belle Walker
Indianapolis
Hudsons
Vickery Hotel
Hudson
Minneapolis
Storm victims buried on Galveston island after wreck
Forty five bodies of storm victims have been found and buried on the island beyond the city limits this week. Earlier burials by volunteers left 50 or 73 corpses unaccounted as bodies decomposed and pockets emptied, with the force planning to search the mainland soon.
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Galveston
Tex
Central Committee
Funeral on Saturday for Cushman K. Davis in St Paul
Washington reports that the House and Senate committees will travel to St Paul to attend the funeral of late Senator Cushman K. Davis. The memorial will be held at 1 pm, with plans noting seat changes and committee arrangements affecting attendance. Notables and foreign diplomats sent condolences.
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St. Paul
Minn
United States
Cushman K. Davis
McKinley
Congress
Senate
Washington
Frye
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Nelson
Cullom
Clark
Wyoming
Bacon
Hansbrough
Spooner
Pettigrew
Carter
Foster
House
Ways and Means Committee
Tawney
Minnesota
Gen. Grosvenor
Hanna
Old captain Glenn dies at ninety in Quincy
Quincy Tl November 29 Captain John G Glenn aged 90 died here on Wednesday. He once commanded Mississippi steamboats and had a noted encounter with President Andrew Jackson who rode aboard his boat from Louisville to Nashville. Jackson offered a ten dollar bill for passage which Glenn declined after Jackson refused to renew the U S bank charter in Philadelphia. Glenn was born in Pittsburgh and as a boy welcomed Marquis de Lafayette visiting America.
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Quincy
John G. Glenn
Andrew Jackson
Glenn
Louisville
Nashville
Jackson
United States Bank
Gen.Jackson
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Marquis Lafayette
America
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Jae
Fila
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England
Germany
Lord Kitchener
Kruger
Chamber of Deputies
The
Daily Mail
Zedtsman
Cape Assembly
Vigilance Committee
Graef Reinet
Stekenbosch
Worcester
Aerl
Morning Post
de Wetsdorp Et
Hoosier State
Freeport
Christian Endeavorers
State Societies
James Fritz
Ashland
Charles F. Pfeiffer
Senate Avenue
Pfeiffer
Alosta Pante
Knightstown
Rushville
Riverside Park
Rose
Salt Lake
Utah
Charles F. Martin
National Live Stock Association
Assembly ‘Hall
Marrica
Seattle
Wash
Nelle McKay-Humphreys
Nell Humphreys
Montana
Tanterri
Genoa
Italy
Nome
Denver
Col
Thomas J. Taylor
Taylor
Mexico City
Puebla
Short
George R. Grifiths
Carlisle Indians
New York
Columbia
Columbia Field
Preston Todd
Todd
F. A
Victoria
B. C
Inoa
Davenport
Asia
Glucose Sugar ‘Refining Co
Globe
S ¥. Paul
Senator Haoka
Wu Ting Fang
Luis F. Coree
Nicaragua
M. de Aziporoz
the Lady! Maccabees
Mich
Stevens
Great
Hive of the Ladies of the Maccabees
Paris
Coun Cil
Seine ‘Wedneads
Accordi Pines
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