Jews Persecution Letter to President McKinley Reported
New York readers saw Leopold Cohn of Brooklyn deliver a New Year letter to President McKinley outlining rising anti Semitic prejudice in Manhattan and Brooklyn. He cites mob violence, insults, beards tugged in public, and Jews robbed as a streetcar nuisance. He urges action and notes Armenian and Turkish context while praising U S missionary work and urging continued outreach to leaders.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
McKinley
Leopold Cohn
Baptist Church
Cohn
Pease Quarter
Niswasa
Yong Monelie
Andressors
Turkish missions in Turkey and Armenian tragedy
Dr Angell of Michigan spoke in Brooklyn on Turkish mission policy and the fate of Armenians. He traced earlier aid by missionaries, the shift to reviving Greek and Georgian churches, and later Bulgarian and Syrian Nestorian efforts. He noted official jealousy, persecution, and the 1893 95 massacres amid rising strains between Turks and Armenians.
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Europe
Dr. Angell
Constantinople
Armenia
Harput
Barnum
Corilla Shattuck
Orfs
Turkey
New York
Db. Angell
University of Michigan Aid
X-mihleter
Central
Conaregational Church
Brooklyn
Ansell
Munhants
Federal protection for California fruit urged at meeting
At a conference of state university regents and San Francisco business leaders, officials urged entrusting California fruit protection to the federal government after the German rejection of a local fruit consignment. The meeting strongly endorsed Congressman Barlow’s bill regulating nursery stock and fruit imports.
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San Francisco
Jan
Regents
the State University
California
Barlow
Central Church Considers Retaining Dr Hillis as Pastor
Chicago trustees urge to keep Dr Hillis as pastor as he travels to Brooklyn to preach at Plymouth Church next Wednesday. He will stay until the following Tuesday to declare his decision to Central Church. Trustees weigh enlarging his mission field and starting a Sunday school if he stays.
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Chicago
Central Church
Hillis
Brooklyn
Plymouth Church
Hiltis
Troops to Manila sail from fort on transports Mao Hawk and Mobile
In New York on September 11 15 the government announced troops to be sent to Manila will sail around September 17. The Fourth infantry from Jefferson Barracks Missouri and the Seventeenth infantry from Columbus Barracks Ohio are selected. They will proceed via the Sea Canal under General Lawton.
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New York
Gan
Manila
Mobile
Jefferson Barracks
Seventeenth Infantry
Columbus Barracks
Columbus
Sea Canal
Lawton
Petition Filed in Voluntary Bankruptcy Against M A Spencer
New York Jan 5 A petition in voluntary bankruptcy has been filed against M A Spencer and Co dry goods merchants with liabilities said to exceed 1000 dollars.
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New York
M. A. Spencer & Co
Gatling Gun Burst During Test at Sandy Hook Proving Ground
New York reports a Gatling gun test at Sandy Hook where an eight inch steel gun exploded during a powder charge. No one was injured though pieces flew about the bombproof shelter. Maj Phipps declined to comment while Advices say the weapon burst on the last charge. Dr. Gatling could not attend due to business commitments.
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New York
the Herald
Gatling
Miles
Coast Defense Artillery
Sandy Hook Proving Ground
Phipps
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Washington
Gen. Miles
Dr. Gatling
Wires Battle Over City Ordinance In St Louis
In St Louis the Keys ordinance ordered undergrounding of telegraph wires and pole removal by December 31. Western Union defied the rule, arguing prior court rulings made the rental and undergrounding provisions unconstitutional. City officials weigh cutting remaining poles while a separate fatal incident reports the drowning of William Whitlin, second mate of the Spartan, after he fell from a ship’s forecastle during a perilous tow.
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St. Louis
Jan
Twenty-second Street
River
Washington and
Spruce Streets
Western Union Telegraph Company
Schnurmacher
Keyrs
Oii
Supreme Court of the United States
San Francisco
William Whitlin
Spartan
Clallam Bay
Tu Wanderer
Straits of Fuca
Whirlan
San Francisco to Host International Exposition in 1901
At a San Francisco meeting on January 5 citizens decided to stage an International exposition in 1901 opening in June. The city state and nation will be asked for appropriations. The cornerstone of the first building is planned for September 9, 1900.
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San Francisco
Metropolitan Market Ad Says Cash Basis Only
Notice by Owen Williams proprietor at 43 West Park Street that Metropolitan Market will operate on a strict cash basis from December 1. No books kept, prices claimed as the lowest due to cash sales, meats guaranteed as the best in the city, and a pledge to merit continued patronage. Metropolitan Market at 3 West Park Street.
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Metropolitan Market
Owen Williams
West Park Street
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East Broadway
Notich
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John YP. Byrne
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New York City
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Ron
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Johnson, Reid & Kennedy
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Coorado
Broadway
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McDermott Hotel
South Main
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M, & B. Block
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Granite Street
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EH. Broadway
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Larson
Main
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Lenox
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Holiday and Toy Store
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Butte, Mont
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