Kruger Landings Staged in Marseilles Amid Boer Support
Former President Kruger is expected to land in Marseilles with the Gelderland cruiser. Boer delegates urge American sympathy to end the war while avoiding Anglo phobe protests. They claim British cruelties drive Boers to fight until surrender is impossible.
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Marseilles
Kruger
Mediterranean
Ater
la Joliette
Eloff
Gelderland
Kruiser Gelderland
Messrs
Fischer
Wessels
Grobler
Mr. Kruger
France
United States
Councils of Civilized Nations
Important Find in Caucasus Ore Fields
In Elizabethpol Caucasus magnetic iron ores discovered. Estimated reserves reach five billion poods with iron content between 62 and 63 percent.
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St. Petersburg
Elizabethpol
Caucasus
Connecticut Plans Pan-American Exposition Display
Connecticut organizes a large exhibit to showcase farm fruit and dairy interests at the Pan-American Exposition next year. Commissioner Benjamin H. Lee of Hartford leads a committee including N. S. Platt New Haven chair. C. S. Phelps Storrs secretary. J. A. Dubon Poquonock. A. G. Gulley Storrs Agricultural College. E. H. Jenkins New Haven Agricultural Station. J. B. Noble Hartford dairy commissioner. B. C. Patterson Torrington master of state grange.
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Connecticut
Benjamin H. Lee
Hartford
N. S. Platt
New Haven
C. S. Phelps
Storrs
J. A. Dubon
Poquonock
A. G. Gulley
Agricultural College
E. H. Jenkins
Tornado devastates La Grange killing three and destroying property
A tornado tore through La Grange Tennessee on November 21 killing W C Moody and two African American women. Edward Smith a Southern railroad agent was seriously injured. Eight homes and three churches were destroyed and cotton damage is expected to be high.
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la Grange
Tenn
W. C. Moody
Edward Smith
Southern Railroad
Tornado Hits Lavergne and Surrounding Areas
A Nashville note reports a tornado striking Lavergne on the Ashville and Chattanooga line, demolishing the depot and 18 houses. A Robertson man and his child died instantly. a section boss was injured. Coldwater and Batesville saw multiple homes destroyed and serious injuries. Wires were toppled and communication severed along the line.
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Nashville
Nashville and Chattanooga
Lavergne
Ashville
Chattanooga
Here
Robertson
Coldwater
John Guy Wnd
John Dancey
Batesville
Louisville
Tornado Causes Havoc Across Illinois Central Route
Reports from towns along the Illinois Central line in north Mississippi say the tornado caused great damage. Thirteen people are reported killed between Love Station and Cold Water. Trees uprooted fences and outhouses leveled. telegraph and telephone wires down. Details are scarce due to outages.
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Memphis
Illinois Central Railroad
Mississippi
Love Station
Coldwater
Tornado Hits North Mississippi Three Die In Storm
Memphis report says a tornado swept through Tunica county killing three black residents. The storm hurled their bodies three miles, toppled outhouses, and caused widespread crop damage with losses not yet tallied.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
lLulus
Tunica County
Thawed Dynamite Kills Two Men in Cheyenne Camp
In Cheyenne on November 21 George Sander and Pat McCue died when dynamite thawing near a camp fire at Ilmore's grading camp on the Sherman Hill cut off of the Union Pacific caused a premature blast. A nearby narrow gauge engine and several cars were wrecked.
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Cheyenne
George Sander
Pat McCue
Ilmore
Sherman Hill
Union Pacific
Sanders
McCue
English Syndicate Secures Perhena Gold Fields Concession
A London based syndicate with capital of £1,000,000 has won rights to exploit the Perhena gold fields covering 879000 acres in the Amur region. The group may dredge and excavate streams. Marquis of Queensberry and Professor Holloway lead the syndicate.
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St. Petersburg
Perhena
Amur
Marquis of Queensberry
Professor Holloway
Heavy Atlantic Winds Delay Transatlantic Liners Arriving
Heavy winds and rough seas on the Atlantic are delaying a fleet of liners due here from European ports. Vessels include the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse from Bremen, the Rotterdam, the Kensington, the Anchor, the Marquette, the Aller, and the Oceanic.
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Ste Mers
New York
Atlantic
Bremen
Rotterdam
Vessels Grounded in Detroit River Area
Vesselmen report one small propeller aground just outside the mouth of the Detroit river and a large ship fast on the rocks outside Bar Point near Amherstburg Ontario. They lie in dangerous positions if wind develops. Fog remains and many vessels are held up.
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Detroit
Detroit River
Bar Point
Amherstburg
Botha to move to surrender terms in Pretoria dispatch
Commandant General Botha has sent to Lord Roberts a statement of the terms on which he will surrender, according to a dispatch to The Daily Mail from Pretoria.
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London
Botha
Daily Mail
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Reduction in War Tax Aims Abolish Burdens and Free Delivery
Washington report from November 21 says Secretary Gage and Commissioner Wilson told the Ways and Means Committee that revenue could fall about 30 million dollars as the war revenue act yields roughly 100 million. Discussion centered on schedule B taxes including medicinal and proprietary items, perfumery, cosmetics, chewing gum and wines with talk of reform and stamp tax relief. The committee signaled intent to remove the most burdensome taxes and reduce stamp duties where feasible.
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Washington
Gage
Wilson
Internal Revenue Bureau
House Committee On Ways and Means
Expansion of Rural Free Delivery Urged in Post Office Report
In Washington on November 21 an enthusiastic plea for broad rural free delivery expansion is highlighted in W. M. Johnson's annual report. He cites rapid growth over the past year fueled by $450,000 for 1899-1900 and $1,750,000 for 1900-1901, arguing it should be a permanent, expanding postal service. The extension can proceed quickly as Congress directs and as funds permit, with minimal cost to the government.
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Washington
W. M. Johnson
Postal Administration
Congress
Johnson
Next Apportionment Debate Shapes House Growth
Representative Hopkins of Illinois, chair of the census committee, says Congress will not push to reduce southern representation due to negro disfranchisement. He notes a proposed ratio of one member per 198 000 inhabitants could add 15 to 20 members.
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Washington
Hopkins
Illinois
House Committee On Census
House
Congress
Outbreak of Smallpox Endangers Rola Area
Indian Agent Getchel reports a second smallpox outbreak at and near Rola North Dakota. A priest violated quarantine by conducting a public wedding. both bride and groom were sent to the pest house. Crop failures leave residents nearly destitute. aid requested includes sixty thousand pounds of pork and large rations of beans coffee tea and rice.
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Washington
Getchel
Devil’s Lake
Fort Totten
N. D
Interior Department
Rola
Proposals Sought to Remove Maine Wreck in Havana Harbor
Commander Lucien Young of the Havana port calls for bids to raise the Maine wreck from Havana harbor bottom. Bids open December 15. contractor has until April 1 to remove material and must refrain from using explosives. Local dates are November 21.
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Washington
Lucien Young
Havana
Maine
Havana Harbor
Four Hundred Attend New York Chamber Banquet at Delmonico's
Four hundred chamber of commerce members and guests dined at Delmonico's for the annual banquet in New York. Morris K. Jessup presided with Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith and other notables at the head table. A regret letter from President McKinley was read.
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Chamber of Commerce
New York
Chamber
Delmonico
Morris K. Jessup
Charles Emory Smith
Whitelaw Reid
Levi P. Morton
Chauncey M. Depew
Bishop Potter
Lawrence
Massachusetts
McKinley
Rear Admiral Stembel Dies at 89 in New York
Rear Admiral Roger N. Stembel retired died of pneumonia in New York. He would have turned 90 next month. Only Thomas O. Selfridge Younger/older served longer among rear admirals. Stembel had a gallant civil war service record.
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Stembel
New York
Roger N. Stembel
Thomas O. Selfridge
Newport Bank Case Sees $195000 Shortage By Missing Cashier
Cincinnati reports that experts tracing the German National Bank's books at Newport Kentucky find a $195000 shortage in cashier Frank M Brown's accounts. Brown remains missing with no reward offered as the bank sits under Receiver Tucker. A blanket attachment covers $30000 of the shortage and a warrant is issued for Brown's arrest.
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Cincinnati
German National Bank
Newport
Frank M. Brown
Brown
Tucker
Corbett predicts Jeffries bout prospect in New York
James J. Corbett expects a western promoter to arrive with a firm offer for a 20 round bout between Jeffries and himself east of the Mississippi. The promoter allegedly plans a $15,000 purse plus Corbett adding $5,000 making $20,000 total with a winner take all.
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Corbett
New York
James J. Corbett
Jeffries
Mississippi
Missing Steamer William Edwards Overdue 60 Hours
Milwaukee nov. 21. The steamer William Edwards due here with her consort the Golden Age Sunday forenoon has not arrived and is 60 hours overdue. Telegraphs to all lake ports failed to locate the missing coal laden vessels. They are owned by W. C. Richardson of Cleveland.
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Milwaukee
William Edwards
W. C. Richardson
Cleveland
Tragedy in Terra Alta as man slain in cornfield
David A Nine was shot and killed by J Wesley Beatty while husking corn in a field in Terra Alta West Virginia on November 21. Beatty fled after returning home with his gun as officers search for him following the shooting. The motive cited is Beatty’s anger over his son’s arrest and conviction for stealing cider from Nine’s cellar earlier that day. Beatty and Nine are brothers in law.
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Terra Alta
W. Va
David A. Nine
J. Wesley Beatty
Beatty
Nine
Counterfeiters' Den Brought to Light in Spokane
Detectives McDonald and Caffery uncover a counterfeit operation in an old Front avenue building. Part of the outfit seized, with M. J. Williams and Joe Harrison jailed for passing counterfeit dollars. Alleged gang leader believed to have fled.
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Spokane
Wash
McDonald and Caffery
Front Avenue
M. J. Williams
Joe Harrison
Potter refuses police role in pro-cathedral disputes
Bishop Potter says he will not involve the police department in addressing the vicious conditions in the pro-cathedral district or insults directed at the Rev. George L. Paddock last September. He will handle the matter directly with the mayor of New York.
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New York
Potter
George L. Paddock
Famous Confederate Raider Captain Peter Everett Dies
Lexington Kentucky November 21 Captain Peter Everett 65 famed Confederate raider died at the asylum here from erysipelas.
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Lexington, Ky
Peter Everett
American Wall Paper Lead in British Embassy Renovation
The British embassy in Washington is being enlarged and refurnished with materials largely imported from England except the wallpaper. The Washington bureau of the Chicago Record notes the best English samples failed to please Lord Pauncefo te, who chose American wallpaper saying the United States leads the world in wallpaper.
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Washington
England
Chicago Record
Pauncefote
AM OLD SIAN'S DARLING
A poem recalling an aging man guiding his long—loved wife through life. The speaker notes the husband’s slow pace yet enduring care as decades pass, with affection and devotion shown in small acts of support and tenderness. The piece reflects enduring love across time.
Disposition of Religious Properties and Church State Ties in Philippines
In Manila on November 21 General Macabos prepares to pursue Aguinaldo with 100 picked natives aided by American troops. Ex-native leaders in Manila say Aguinaldo is in Northern Luzon. Aglipay asks friends for election news and notes reports that church and state will be separate with full religious freedom.
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Manilla
Macabolos
Aguinaldo
Luzon
Aglipay
Jewelry Store Robbery in Broad Daylight Near Police HQ
Three men entered John J. Hubbard’s jewelry shop in Baltimore and assaulted him before looting the store. The proprietor was found bound and gagged an hour later, lying in a grain bin behind the shop, with all valuables missing.
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Baltimore
John J. Hubbard
Playwright Charles H. Hoyt Dies After Illness in Charlestown
Charles H. Hoyt, the noted playwright, died at his Charlestown home after several months of paresis. He had recently returned to Charlestown from a Hartford private asylum by court order in August, with attendants noting his grave condition and bleak prospects for recovery.
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Charlestown
N. H
Charles H. Hoyt
Hartford
Lind to Contest Vansant Victory in Minnesota
St Paul Nov 21 Governor Lind plans to contest the election of Samuel Vansant. Vansant leads by about 2500 on the face of returns but Democrats claim counting errors warrant a recount to show Lind ahead. Lind returned from a western trip and Democrats met to authorize the contest.
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Lind
St. Paul
Samuel R. Vansant
Vansant
European concert remains intact despite rival speeches
The Times editorializes on Count Von Buelow’s Reichstag remarks and M Delcasse’s French chamber speech, stating that those talks prove the European concert is unbroken and dismiss US suspicions that powers may partition or abandon the open door pledge.
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London
the Times
Count von Buelow
Reichstuzg
M. Delcasse
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Concert of Prayer Appeal from Evangelical Alliance
William E. Dodge and L. T. Chamberlain of the Evangelical Alliance publish an appeal to all Christian people for a concert of prayer on the first Sunday in December. The message notes hopeful times amid widespread unrest and calls for united prayer.
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New York
William E. Dodge
L. T. Chamberlain
The
Evangelical Alliance For the United States
Fatal Freight Wreck Near Gray's Station
Denver officials report a freight wreck on the Denver and Rio Grande line near Gray's Station. Brakeman Charles Shaw was killed instantly. Fireman Albert Brasswell is believed dead beneath the wreckage. Engineer Pat Ryan and brakeman J D Dow and Louis Read are seriously injured.
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Denver
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
Gray's Station
Charles Shaw
Albert Brasswell
Pat Ryan
J. D. Dow
Louis Read
Toledo and Ohio Central to operate Columbus and Northwestern
The Toledo and Ohio Central railroad will begin operating the Columbus and Northwestern as part of its system within the next 0 days, creating a line from Peoria Illinois to St. Marys Ohio. The move connects Peoria to St Marys via Columbus and Northwestern, expanding the T O C network.
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Toledo, Navy
Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad
Columbus and Northwestern
Toledo and Ohio Central
Peoria
Ills
St. Mary's
Attempt at Lynchings In Chicago Mob Clash
A Chicago mob fought 20 police officers in a bid to lynch Harry Evans a colored man accused of assaulting 12 year old Freda Guendal. Hundreds gathered around the girl’s home as Evans was brought for identification. A wagon load of blue coats arrived to stop the crowd and several dozen were reported injured.
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Chicago
Harry Evans
Freda Guendal
Evans
Robbers Frightened Away at Ashley Bank
A dozen professional bank robbers attempted to rob Sperry Warnstaff's deposit bank at Ashley near Delaware Ohio. Nine guards held residents at bay while three planted dynamite. The raid caused about 75000 dollars in property damage or loss. no injuries reported as the gang fled after the first blast.
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Delaware
Sperry & Warnstaff
Ashley
Here
Marengo
Chinese minister Wu Tina Fang criticizes anti foreign sentiment critique
Wu Tina Fang arrives from Washington and tells the American Academy of Political and Social Science that foreigners share blame for anti foreign feeling in China. He says missionaries are unfairly blamed though they have sometimes erred. foreigners’ contempt for Chinese customs fuels hostility.
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Philadelphia
Wu _ Tina Fang
Washington
American Academy of Political and Social Science
China
Fatal Explosion After Oil Improperly Poured
In Ashtabula Ohio on November 21 Mrs John Rodvenski poured oil into a stove to start a fire. The explosion burned her fatally and ended her life.
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Ashtabula, O
John Rodvenski
Market Reports Roundup of Grain and Stock Prices
Nov 20 price notes from Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh Buffalo New York Cincinnati and other hubs show cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb values by grade and region. Highlights include Texas and western cattle, good to prime steers around 5.30 to 5.80, hogs 4.55 to 4.92, and wheat corn oats prices across markets with regional variations.
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Chicago
Texas
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Caittle
New York
Ohio
Cincinnati
Boston
Delaine
Toledo
Baltimore
Weather Outlook Impacts Thursday with Rain Snow Likely
Indications for Thursday show precipitation including rain or snow, colder temperatures, and brisk winds. The report lists a series of "Turf Winners" names and horse racing references tied to San Francisco and Newport venues, suggesting a broad forecast with unsettled conditions.
Strike at Fort Wayne Shirtwaist Factory Demands Rise
Fort Wayne workers strike for higher wages amid Census data in Illinois Florida Rhode Island numbers. Other notes include a Vermont bank cashier report of missing 20000, a mine gas explosion in Ellsworth Pa killing one and injuring three, and a Day ton Ohio bigamy sentence. Will H Brady dies in accidental gun discharge near Detroit while preparing for a hunting trip.
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News of the World
Fort Wayne
Ind
Illinois
Florida
Rhode Island
G. L. Closson
First National Bank
Springfield
Ellsworth
Alvord
New York
Ashtabula
John Rodvenski
Jennie Shoder
Dayton
Will H. Brady
Detroit
Bay State plans strong display at Pan American Expo
Massachusetts prepares a notable exhibit for the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition through a coalition of groups led by Walter Gilman Page. The plan includes recreating the Providence House as a Massachusetts exhibit hub and transferring some 450 items from the Paris Exposition. Ex-Mayor Frederick Posdick and City Treasurer E T Tifft report optimism about a robust Bay State presence.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Buffalo
Sons of the Revolution
Daughters of the Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution
Society of the War of 1812
Massachusetts Pan- American Commission
Walter Gilman Page
Massachusetts
Providence House
Boston
Washington Street
Providence Court
Clark’s Tavern
Massachusetts Commission
Pan-American At
Frederick Posdick
Fitchburg
E. T. Tifft
Springfield
Pan American Exposition Buildings Rapidly Rising
Buildings to house Pan American Exposition displays in Buffalo are nearing completion. Workers Progress on northern grounds and part of Delaware Park amid favorable conditions. The effort aims to set a record for swift construction and full completion before public opening.
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Buffalo
Delaware Park
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