Great Fire at Armour Plant in Sioux City Attacks Packing Works
A massive blaze at the Armour & Co packing plant in Sioux City began at 12:50 Sunday morning in the fertilizer building. Six hundred workers were left idle for the winter as the fire destroyed the brick complex, with ammonia drums exploding and the hog house housing 4,500 dressed hogs and 2,600,000 pounds of pork. Firefighters battled the flames for hours, but the plant largely burned, though no serious injuries were reported.
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Sioux City
Armour & Co
Stock Yards
Charles W. Lennon
Lennon
Hansen
Chicago St. Paul
Minneapolis
Oreo
Bbg
Mr. Lennon
Kelleg
Bride for Crown Prince Seeks English Princess
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William engagers with King Edward to discuss betrothal of Crown Prince Frederick William to Princess Alice of Albany, 19, a Prussianed British princess. The alliance seen as stabilizing yet politically sensitive between Britain and Germany as Coburg brother studies in Potsdam.
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Xaber
Berlin
William
Frederick William
Alice of Albany
Duchess of Albany
England
Hohenzollern
Sandringham Palace
Alice
Morgan's Vast Interests Guarded By Trust Arrangements
New York Nov. 19 The stroke of his pen creates the North American company with 12 million capital to hold J. P. Morgan’s vast securities. The plan places Morgan holdings under conservative management to protect minority interests if he dies. His empire includes United States Steel and Northern Pacific, with combined controlled or dominated capital and bonds running into billions.
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New York
J. P. Morgan Hogs
Panama Canal
Russell Sage
Morgan
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Northern Securities Company
Io the
International Mercantila Marina Company
Shipping Trust
National Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Chaffee and Wright Arrive in Chicago for Three Day Visit
Major General Adna R. Chaffee and Vice Governor Luke B. Wright of the Philippines arrived in Chicago this morning. They were met by committees from the Union League club Grand hall and the Memorial association. The party will be hosted at receptions dinners banquets and tents across the city during their three day visit.
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Wright
Chicago
Adna R. Chaffee
Luke B. Wright
Philippines
Union League Club
Grand Hall
Memorial Association
Minister Knapp and girl held on abduction charge
An Iowa minister Rev. DB Knapp and 15 year old Misa Leota Teanegy of Guthrie Center were arrested in Atlantic on information from Guthrie Center. He is wanted for seduction and the girl, his housekeeper since his wife's death six months ago, is to be returned home. Knapp, 32, has seven years in the ministry.
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Iowa
Atlantic
DB. B. Knapp
Misa Leota Teanegy
Guthrie Center
Knapp
Local option discussion urged by Springfield churches
Springfield ministers urge a state wide Sunday after legislature convenes to debate local option as self-government. The Ministerial association calls on churches and bastora to back local option as a first step in an anti saloon movement with the Illinois anti-saloon league to run the drive and Sunday observance statewide.
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Springfield
Bastora
Illinois Anti-Saloon League
Beef Trade in Danger Amid South American Competition
London reports rising South American meat shipments threaten U S dominance in Smithfield. Argentine live cattle limits eased as Argentina agrees to terms to reopen British ports for live stock. Experts foresee cheaper meat and potential price drops as South American firms adopt temperature regulated dead meat exports matching American chilled beef.
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London
United States
Smithfield
South America
English Board of Agriculture
England
Chicago
Beef Trust
Argentina
Board of Agriculture
Northern Star Potato Romance Boosts Costs
London November 17 Country Life describes the Northern Star potato as a finance romance. It first appeared in 1901 when a Fifeshire grower sold several tons at 5000 dollars per ton. A Lincolnshire dealer bought two pounds at 2.60 dollars per pound, predicting large future yields. The dealer then purchased more at 2600 dollars per ton for 1902.
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Engilah Farmara
London
Country Life
Will Exp end $200 Million on Rail Improvements in Two Years
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans spending about 200 million dollars by its system and affiliates over the next two years to upgrade trunk lines and branches, build tunnels, and prepare for higher traffic. Allocations include 60 million for a New York terminal and bridges, 6 million for Ward’s Island, 4 million for freight yards in Jersey City, 2 million for track elevation, 10 million for a New Washington terminal, 7.52 million for new equipment, and 24.88 million for improvements east of Pittsburgh plus wage increases and west-of-Pittsburgh upgrades totaling around 100 million.
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Pennsylvania Railway
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
The
Coxboratlona
New Yorke
Tun-Nel
Ward
Pitts- Don
Pittsburg
Pitts- Dove
May End Revolt In Morocco Pretender Captured
Tangiers Nov 17 A Paris dispatch from Fez reports the imperial troops have captured the pretender to the throne. The sultan is said to lead 25,000 men to direct operations against the Kabyle uprising at Zemour. Earlier texts said the Moorish army would move from Fez to quell the revolt started by the pretender and his followers.
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Tangiers
Morocco
Fez
Zemour
Fez Noy
France to Washington envoy departs Copenhagen for Paris
Ambassador Joserand, new French envoy to the United States, and his American wife left Copenhagen for Paris to begin the New Year season and then proceed to Washington in January. Foreign Minister Leuntzer, Ambassador Swenson, Mrs Swenson, and other diplomats attended the farewell with a crowd of friends and floral tributes for Mme Joserand.
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Denmark
France
Washington
Copenhagen
Joserand
United States
Paris
Leuntzer
Swenson
Scarlet Fever Cure Claim Boosts Rockefeller Prize Hope
Montréal November 17 Dr G A Charlton of McGill University is believed to win the Rockefeller prize of 200000 for a scarlet fever cure. He announced a serum meeting all requirements and subsequent tests by coal doctors tend to prove his claim.
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G. A. Charlton
Canada
Rockefeller
Montréal
Que
McGill University
Charlton
John D. Rockefeller
Montreal
Dg. A. Chariton
McGi University
John A Rockefeller
Volcano Erupts On Hawaii In Violent Outbreak
A wireless message from the Island of Hawaii reports Kilauea volcano in its most violent eruption in twenty years. Kilauen has shown mild to intermittent activity since the St. Pierre outbreak.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Island of Hawaii
Kilauea
Kilauen
St. Pierre
Pretty Girl Victim of a Beauty Doctor
Paris cable reports Miss Gladys Deacon daughter of Edward Parker Deason once famed as Europe’s prettiest American girl underwent a cosmetic paraffin treatment for a nasal depression. The procedure led to necrosis of the nose and despite expert interventions the condition progresses, threatening her appearance and life.
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Paris
Chicago Tribune
Gladys Deacon
Edward Parker Deason
Europe
Biarritz
Miss Deacon
Guernagey
Austria
Guernacy
Guernsey
Parla
Germans Loot Warship Lorelei in Piraeus Harbor
In Athong Nov 17 unknown raiders boarded the German war ship Lorelei as it lay undergoing repairs at the Piraeus. They killed a sentry and warrant officer and stole a strong box with papers. The robbers escaped in a Lorelei boat. Five sailors were aboard. the crime went undiscovered until watch change. The thieves left the small boat and the locked fax nearby. workers are suspected. Lorelei serves as the German station vessel at Constantinople.
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Athens
Athong
Lorelei
Piraeus
Constantinople
Canada to settle 50000 on Ontario crown lands
Ontario will settle fifty thousand United States citizens on crown lands over ten years in a planned colonization deal. A Chicago syndicate backed by Judge Utt and J W Wyan aims to form a formal organization and begin operations at once with capital likely exceeding one million dollars. The plan targets at least 12 000 families in New Ontario, mainly English speaking whites, with optional German and Scandinavian settlers if approved.
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Toronto
United States
British Northwest
Ontario
Wan
New Ontario
Ontario Colonization Plan Aims to Settle 12000 U S Families
A company offers to locate 12000 settlers in Ontario under crown land rules, chiefly from United States farming regions. It will run agencies to recruit, transport, and settle migrants, while welcoming Canadian settlers on equal terms and favoring Canadian manufacturers in supplies.
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United States
Ontario
New
Hneyland
Hgan
Egan
Dominion
Bear and Possum. The Menu Served President Roosevelt for Sunday Dinner
On a quiet Sunday at the Little Sunflower camp President Roosevelt and companions ramble forest trails by horse and dine in camp style. Menu lists roast bear pans possum shreet potatoes served on a rough plank table amid light rain as the party enjoys rare freedom from the White House. The cook jokes about cutlery shortages while the group plans a daybreak hunt.
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Roosevelt
White House
New York Banks Under Scrutiny in Collateral Review
A fortnight of examinations of collateral held by New York City national banks shows results: banks are not overloaned and collateral is adequate. Trust companies face tighter scrutiny as the state banking department extends reviews, with possible relief for troubled institutions. Stock bargains last week supported syndicates, aided by gains among Vanderbilts and Standard Oil holdings. High priced potatoes in London attract note as a finance curiosity, with 1901 deals cited at 5 600 per ton and 2 pounds yielding 180 pounds grown this year.
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New York
National Banks of
New York City
Walt
State Banking Department
Cuba urged by powers with new treaty demands
Washington reports say Cuba rejects Washington negotiated terms for a new Havana based treaty. European diplomacy fosters U S Cuba tensions as Col Bliss opens fresh negotiations while Estrada Palma loses support. Jealousy and distrust strain relations with the United States.
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New Republic
America
Washington
DD. C
United States
Cuba
Sam
Hay
Quesada
Havana
Col
Task
A Celestial Visitor Meteor Brilliancy Report
A meteor of great brilliancy fell in Lexington Kentucky tonight with intense light. Another meteor passed over Norwood Ohio this evening, dazzling the countryside for several seconds and creating a spectacle.
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Lexington
Norwood
European interference fuels Cuban reciprocity tensions
The article argues European powers provoke Cuban distrust and manipulate public opinion to hinder U S aims in Cuba. It claims Cubans beg for a reciprocity treaty yet Havana debates it amid fear of Washington's minister, with Britain Germany France and Spain blamed for obstructing U S commercial supremacy.
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Havana
Republic
Washington
United States
Cuba
Itag
Great Britain
Germany
France
Spain
Doctor claims scarlet fever cure wins Rockefeller prize
A Montreal physician from McGill University believes he has developed a scarlet fever serum fulfilling all requirements. Local doctors have tested the serum with results supporting the claim. The Rockefeller Prize, funded by John D. Rockefeller, offers 200 dollars for a scarlet fever cure.
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North American Company
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Searles Science
Bowdoin College
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Agricultural Department
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Sion
Necrosis
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