Storm Harvest Ol The Great Lakes Shipwrecks Survive Gale
A violent storm and blizzard battered the Great Lakes with 65 mph winds and heavy snow. The ore carrier Mataafa wrecked near Duluth with 27 crew aboard, one dead and three missing, as hundreds watched rescue attempts fail overnight. Weather tied up vessels from Port Huron to Sault Ste. Marie. Alpena and Marquette reports heavy damage and multiple vessels separated or ashore.
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Port Huron
Lake Huron
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior
Shelte
St. Mary’s River
Whitefish Point
Soo Canal
Duluth
Marquette
Marquette Harbor
Alpena
Trarvey Bissell
Vinland
City of Tollind
Rogers City
Thunder Bay Island
Three Disasters Hit Duluth Lakes as Vessels Go Ashore
The Matanfa, Crescent City, and Rh. W. England, guided by Captains Thumble, Rice, and England, ran aground in a late day gale on Duluth harbor shores. Matanfa struck the north pier with nose battered, then beached after tow separation. Crescent City ran aground six to seven miles from Duluth. all 26 crew members escaped, aided by a rock-side landing. England struck during a heavy snowstorm, lies stern to the waves on Minnesota Point with ballast taken, no immediate danger of breakup.
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Duluth
Minn
Mataafa
Pittsburg Steamship Company
Can Pier
Crescent City
Rh. W
England
Mataafat
Nasmyth
R. F. Thumble
Frank Rice
Biel
Enghind
Minnesota Point
Find
Swept by a Boreas across Lakes Superior and Michigan
A Detroit report from November 20 describes a severe gale sweeping Lake Superior from Duluth to the Soo and across the upper peninsula of Michigan and the Upper and Southern Michigan counties. The weather system named Boreas shuts in shores and threatens shipping on all connected waters.
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Lakes Superior
Michigan
Huron
Boreas
Detroit
Lake Superior
Duluth
Soa
Upper Peninsula
Laikes Turon
Lower Michigan
Nineteen Vessels Wrecked In North American Storm
Reported storm losses list nineteen vessels wrecked or missing across the Great Lakes and Lake Ontario. One life confirmed lost with eight feared dead and six vessels unaccounted for. Names include Crescent City and W. England near Duluth, Rosemount near Fort William, City of Holland at Rogers City, Vinland at Alpena, and many others.
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Chicago
Crescent City
Duluth
Matuafa
W. England
Rosemount
Fort William
Ont
Sane L. Elwood
Outhwaite
Cheboygan
Mich
City of Holland
Rogers City
D. C. Whitney
Port Washington
Wis
J. M. Spaulding
Port Haron
Harsell
I. A
Alpena
Presque Isle
Lake Turon
Charles M. Warner
Nine-Mile Point
Maripost
Split Rock
Geo
Herbert
Lake Superior
Kary Mitchell
Lake Erie
James Mowatt
Judd
Mohegan
Alcona
Mid Barges
Green Bay
Snowstorm Hits Upper Midwest With Deep Drifts
November storm blankets Ashland Washburn and St Paul with heavy snow. In Duluth and Superior streets and railways shut down as drifts reach high levels. Winds howl as prairie towns report widespread blizzard conditions across North and South Dakota and Minnesota.
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Milwaukee
Ashland
Wis
Washburn
Mackinaw City
Mich
St. Paul
North
South Dakota
Red River Valley
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Duluth
Superior
Shoe Factory Burned in Pelmyria Lebanon County
A Landis Shoe Company factory in Pelmyria Lebanon County caught fire and was entirely consumed. Loss estimated around two figures. partial insurance coverage. Fire likely started by an explosion in the basement.
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Pelmyria
Landis Shoe Company
Lebanon
Nothing Sensational Insurance Probe Still Unclear
New York on November 20 details emerge from an insurance policy case before the Insurance Investigation. George T. D. Eldridge of Mutual Reserve Life testifies that few such policies exist and whether the requirement is stated fully remains disputed. Edmund D. Randolph of New York Life confirms the removal of 700000 in non taxable bonds to dodge taxes. W S Fanshawe comments on the Widder Peabody & Co. deal with limited interest. George H. Squire’s deposition adds stock and bond deal details. A separate note says New York University will host a conference of twenty colleges to discuss NCAA football and may push abolishing the sport.
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New York
George TD. Eldridge
Mutual Reserve Life
Hughes
Edmund D. Randolph
The
New York Life
W. S. Fanshawe
Widder, Peabody & Co
George H. Squire
Bath
New York University
Four Prisoners Escape From County Jail
Superior Wisconsin reports four inmates broke through a brick wall during a storm distraction. The escapees are named Joe Murphy John Malarkey John Michael and A Duval. Authorities pursue leads amid confusion and damage from the storm.
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Superior
Wis
Joe Murphy
John Malarkey
John Michael
A. Duval
Chicago Board of Trade Quotes and Live Stock Notes
Chicago markets report mixed quotations across Wheat Corn Oats and Hog Lamb and Cattle sectors with varied opens highs and closes. Live Stock sections show receipts estimates by region, price ranges for steers cows calves and sheep, and noted market steadiness in some categories.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Close
Dee
Turkey chekens, fowls, 8 roosters, springs, ge per Ilucks, MWAG@ Le; Heese
Hay
Mutiny Turmoil in Russian Navy Sparks Widespread Concern
Dispatches report mutinous sailors at Sebastopol and Pavlovsky troops arrested at the fortress of Ss Peter and Paul. Disorder spreads through the empire as troops resist orders to fire on comrades, with mutiny threatening to paralyze the czarist state and challenge naval discipline.
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St. Petersburg
Military School of Electricity
Pavlovsky Regiment
SS Peter and St. Paul
Nepinof
Mmpthiners
Baron Meller Cukomolakie
Rusein
Austria in upheaval as calls for universal suffrage surge
Vienna reports mass demonstrations across Austria demanding equal suffrage with Premier von Brankenthorn promising to push a full universal suffrage bill by February. Crown and parliament clash as crowds of hundreds of thousands fill streets. violence reported in only one town with two dead and thirty wounded.
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Brancis Joseph
Vienna
Wis
Daron
Suitely von Brankenthorn
Parla
Ting
Austria
Oon
Baron Guanteh von Frankenthurn
Cossacks Reach Accord Amid Revolutionary Moves
The piece notes cossack officers in Selkistopol backed by the service corte and a Drang from Conia in a marked shift. It mentions questioning leaders and demands that regiments be paid fairly, while a significant general strike gains momentum and spreads.
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Selkistopol
Cossielos
Conia
Iter
Strikes Spread as Moscow Officials Prepare Response
Telegraph officials in Moscow report the strike expanding to twelve elites as the general workmen's council plans a conference for tomorrow to discuss a nationwide sympathy walkout with St. Petersburg workers. Strong opposition to a nationwide action is noted due to workers' poverty and potential disruption of a major January strike.
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Moscow
St. Petersburg
Lhcre
Professor Visky
Nusha Shisa
Iemlir
Gabon
Russia
Football is Abolished at Columbia University
Columbia University has abolished the game of football as played, barring student participation without committee consent. The university committee on student organizations voted at the campus meeting, with Professor Lord chairing and President Butler and Dean Kirnehy among the attendees. Students defying the rule risk expulsion.
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New York
Columbia University
Lord
Mitchell
Odell
Butler
Kirehney
Bogert
Secretary Root declares Isle of Pines belongs to Cuba
Washington Nov 29 Secretary Root writes to Charles Raynard president of the American Society of the Isle of Pines affirming the isle lies with Cuba not the United States. He says the pending treaty before the Senate grants Cuba what is hers under international law and justice and that Isle of Pines has never been U.S. territory.
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Washington
Root
Charles Raynard
American Society of the Isle of Pines
Isle of Pines
Cuba
United States
Tle
Senate
Isle
Railway unions to line up against rate regulation
Four big railroad brotherhoods plan concerted action against government regulation of rates says Warren Stone grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Circulars will be printed and distributed to explain opposition to government rate control. Also Columbia University to abolish Coot bell as a student sport at meeting of the committee on organizations.
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Thutfalo
N. Y
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Engineers
Fremen
Columbia
New York
Columbia University Committee On Students’ Organizations
Coot Bell
President Roosevelts annual game set for Srbie day at Princeton
Reported events include a football match between West Point and Annapolis academies to be witnessed by President Roosevelts at Princeton fied on Srbie day. other items note California oranges shipped to London, a 142 piece 750 pound silver service gifted to the Pennsylvania, and wage talks of the United Mine Workers in Indianapolis.
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Roogevelt
Princeton
West Point
Anenapolis
Sante Weyond Southern Taelic
California
London
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
William
Charles M. Stings
Oscar A
Ricketts
Jin Lonsesiliis
New York
Steubel
Hais
Norway
Charles of
Troumiila
Rocca Scruggio
Diner
Italy
Latiistip
Charles M. Alexander
Mysntr
Arkwis
McCurdy Resigns as Mutual Life Trustee Amid Probe
New York November 29 The Mutual Life Insurance board accepted Richard McCurdy’s resignation and appointed Frederick Cromwell as temporary treasurer. Former Senator Charl D P McClelland testified in the insurance investigation about dealings with the Mutual Life agency and Hamilton related expenses, while John C McCall disclosed voucher signatures and planned a European trip for Hamilton accounting. Senator Armstrong urged policy holders not to let policies lapse despite disclosures, stating holders are in better shape now.
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Tribune
New York
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Richard McCurdy
Frederick Cromwell
Opuny
Tracuns
Charl D P. McClelland
Dalla Voory
Lye
Andrew C. Fields
Mutant Life Tasmeaincee
Jara
Cal ‘Bivius
Nev
Fields
Dobbs Perry
Bields T
Mutual
John C. McCall
New York Life
Tle
J.P. Morgan & Co
Andrew Hamilton
Europe
Bad Vimes in Mussia Sits Cut Off From Interior
Special to the Tribune reports St. Petersburg scenes of isolation as the city loses all communication with the interior. Frantic stock selling hits the market with prices slumping to new lows amid a deepening crisis and uncertainty.
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Tribune
St. Petersburg
Stock Exchange
Weather Pareens Chicago Nav 20 Weather incli cations
A fire destroyed an ice house south of Milwaukee yards threatening all box cars. Wind from the south carried embers to the freight house and twenty box cars burned briefly. Cars were moved away and origin is unknown. Loss to cars about 400 dollars. building loss heavy for 000 tons of ice.
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Milwaukee Yards
Deer hunting trip ends with nineteen deer found
Roy Parnell and CL Nelson of Leak return Tuesday morning from a three weeks hunting trip in northern Wisconsin. The twelve in the party killed nineteen deer and other game. Mr Barwell brought three large deer bucks with him.
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Roy Parnell
CL. Nelson of
Leak
Wisconsin
Mr. Barwell
Illinois firms stock value shocks tax board report
A. Booth & Co of Chicago filed its property schedule with Illinois state board of equalization showing $5,500,000 capital stock with market value of $8,400,000 and $1,336,011.96 in notes. The filing implies potential taxation on stock and franchise far above the stock and debt, with Illinois and other states listed for additional property values. In other news, Springfield acts on sheriff vacancy by special election, a manslaughter verdict in a saloon shooting, a Cook County circuit court judge election, a proclamation, and record warmth in November in the capital.
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Springfield
Cucago
A. Booth & Co
Otcago
State Board of Equalization
Iinota
Utnots i
Illinois
William Thompson
Crawford County
Stead
Kam Douglas
Chas
Casson
James Hingind
Brand
Bungamon
Springfeld
Deneen
Merritt W. Pinckney
Circuit Court
Cook County
Edward FP. Dunne
Bpringfeld
Propriety of Mourning Quashes Tutored Marriage Claim
In Chicago Naperville Mrs. J Hammersmith was questioned over marrying after her first husband’s death. The Juvenile court upheld Mrs Wilford's mourning period and rejected the claim to custody, affirming the propriety of waiting three months. Other items report suicides, a hotel fire death, a bank dynamiting trial date set, and an attempted train wreck in Illinois and nearby states.
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Chicago
Aira. Brleda Wilford
Naperville
J. Hammersmith
Aira. Hammesmith
Baddle
Wuford
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Harebor
Dakotas
Mataafa, R. W. Land
Here
Toledo
Michigan Central Railroad
Neenah
Dewiltt C. Vanostrand
James DB
Oliver
Pittsburg
James Olver
Oliver Iron and Steel Company
East Buflalo
Must Butalo
N.Y
Dunning & Stevens
East Builalo
Fallowes
Lescelpta
iTogesa
Taghloos Wetluns
Stato
Colyes
Czar
Navy
Francis Joseph
St. Petemburg
Sebastopol
Sirouatiolg
Taek Sea
Ulmcult
Schmidt
Otelakot
Kruge
Kalaz Potemkine
Panteleimon
Odessa
de Witte
Professor Molsky
Uncle Sam
Cain
Hoosevelt
Mutual Life
Tels
Mutuals Lepisituve
Bad Vimes
Mussia
Cicod
Greast
Tranunee Bloomington
Til
Geo. Sackett
Colfax
Doupherty
Veorin
N.C. Dougherty
Joliet
Devin
Nav
Savanna
Booth & Co
Priirie
Miscellaneous State News
C. Ls
John H. Croney
Cascade
East St. Loui
South Mand
Patrick Moxner
Howard Rheimtrenk
Walter Juntgen
Parly
Edgar County National Bank
Craig
Vandalia
Tower House
Dreman
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