Secretary Wilson Reports Gains in Weather Service and Farm Aid
Secretary Wilson of the Agriculture Department outlines major weather bureau extensions and improved forecasts. He notes trials in wireless telegraphy, large cattle movements during quarantine, extensive sheep inspections, hog cholera serum work, and dairy product shipments to Cuba and Porto Rico. He urges federal food adulteration laws and discusses wheat imports and potential yield gains.
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Wilson
Agricultural Department
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Bureau
Texas
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
Russian
Hungary
Austria
Asia
Fica
Orient
Surrender to Boers and British Defeat Reported
dispatch from Johannesburg notes the Dewetsdorp garrison of two guns and detachments from Gloucestershire Highland Light Infantry and Trish Rifles totaling 400 surrender at 5 30 p m on Nov 23. British losses amid the surrender include 15 killed and 42 wounded.
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London
Dewetsdorp
Dewet
England
Johannesburg
Lord Roberts
Gloucestershire Regiment
Highland Light Infantry
Trish Rifles
H. J. Anson
Digby
Hadenburg
Knox
Steyn
de Wet
Vaalbank
Senator Cushman Davis Dies After Prolonged Illness
Cushman Kellogg Davis longtime chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Paris Peace Commission member died at his St Paul home after a illness that began with a foot abrasion and developed into blood poisoning and nephritis. His life included Minnesota governor terms and key roles in Hawaiian annexation and the Spanish-American War era diplomacy. The death leaves the Foreign Relations Committee chair vacant and prompts possible reshuffling of Senate leadership.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paris Peace Commission
Cushman Wellogg Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
St. Paul
Minn
United States
Evans
Philippines
Spain
Cushman Kellogg Davis
Henderson
Jefferson County
N. Y
Waukesha
Wis
Ann Arbor University
Minnesota
J. 8. R. McMillan
Davis
Hawaiian Islands
McKinley
Maine
Foreign Relations Committee
State Day
Paris
V. Cancy
Frye
Western football muddle after Thanksgiving games
The Thanksgiving results leave the Western grid in a tangle with Chicago beating Michigan and Northwestern tying Iowa. Iowa claims the title while Minnesota Wisconsin and Northwestern contest it. Many players and several fatalities are listed from the 1900 season as teams argue over the champion.
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Chicago
Michigan
Northwestern
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Hawkeyes
Illinois
Gophers
Millers
Towa
Stagg
Maroons
Nebraska
Iowa State
Iowa University
Lawrence Pierson
Lake Iorest
Wilcox named Hawaii's first congressional representative
Robert W. Wilcox defeated Samuel Parker to become Hawaii’s delegate to Congress. The 45 year old son of a Newport sea captain and a Honolulu native woman previously served in the Hawaiian Legislature and studied in Italy where he married a princess. Critics question his 1887 divorce claim and fear his past monarchist ties.
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Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Robert W. Wilcox
Samuel Parker
Congress
Wilcox
Newport
R. L
Honolulu
Kalakaua
Italy
Aguinaldo in Long Distance Foot Race Reported
Ma nila sources note Aguinaldo again entered in a long distance foot race. The piece also mocks Chicago crime efforts with a police sweep and jail-building plan. The Boers and Duke of Manchester are referenced in a curio of international notes.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Chicago
Duke of Manchester
America
Cable
Flood Damage Racks Up Across Ohio Valley
Devastating storms along the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers and the Ohio River cause extensive damage in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, with widespread property loss, job stoppages, and flooding as far west as Ohio. Trains delayed, towns inundated, and railroad bridges damaged, notably Chauncey, Charleston, and Camden areas.
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Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Atlantic Seaboard
Eastern Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Columbus
Chagrin Falls
Cambridge
Chauncey
Tennessee
Paducah
Nashville and
Chattanooga
Charleston
Guyandotte Valley
Guyandotte Valley Railroad
Barboursville
Salt Rock
Secretary Long Seeks New Naval Ships in Annual Report
Secretary of the Navy Long asks Congress for two new battleships two armored cruisers six gunboats and about a dozen smaller vessels as part of a moderate plan to grow the fleet. He notes current yards build eight battleships and forty five other vessels and cites needs for a dry dock in the Philippines a public records hall and a Porter statue.
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Long
Congress
Alabama
Khearsarge
Kentucky
Albany
Navy Department
Philippines
Admiral Porter
Veteran voters recount long election histories and marriage plea
Maine's Uncle Eben Lancaster, 101, voted in Bowdoinham for James Madison in 1817 and has cast ballots for every president since. Iowa centenarian William Zimmer, born 1799, first voted for James Monroe in 1820 and remains active in Clinton. Ohio widow Lillian Edgerton, 80,000 estate tied to singleness and remarriage conditions, faces a farmhand partner Frank Baredon as she risks losing most wealth if she remarries.
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Maine
Iowa
Bowdoinham
Eben Lancaster
James Madison
Eben
William Zimmer
Clinton
James Monroe
Schoharie County
New York
Lillian T. Edgerton
Plantsville
Ohio
Gunshot Wound Comparisons Highlight Civil War vs Later Conflicts
Brig Gen George R Sternberg surgeon general compares gunshot wounds in the Spanish American and Philippine wars with Civil War injuries. He notes that modern small caliber bullets are less deadly than old rifle ball wounds, based on annual report records.
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George R. Sternberg
Army
Tragic Glass Factory Roof Collapse Attracts Calamity Scene
A San Francisco glass factory roof collapsed during a Stanford vs UC football game, killing thirteen and injuring nearly a hundred. Victims, many boys aged 9 to 16, were hurled into molten glass vats as fires erupted and workers struggled to escape the searing heat.
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San Francisco
Leland Stanford
University of California
Yosemite Sunk in Guam Typhoon Big Cruise Ship Disaster
A powerful typhoon near Guam wrecked the United States auxiliary cruiser Yosemite. The ship struck reefs and sank after failed tow attempts. 188 crew and 26 marines were rescued to the collier Justin, funds and guns were salvaged, with many casualties reported among local towns.
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Yosemite
Guam
United States
Gov. Schroeder
Indrajan
Terrafora
Somaye
Justin
Morgan Line
Spain
el Sud
Newport News
Cuba
Aval
Michigan
Negotiations Shift as Pekin Agreement Faces Moderate Shift
Washington reports indicate a pause in pushing harsh terms with Conger and ministers seeking changes to the Pekin Agreement. Britain Russia Japan and France press for moderation while Germany outlines radical demands including indemnities and reforms to foreign affairs and trade.
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Pekinati
Washington
Sovernyi
Unite States
Popeck
Minter Conger
Conger
Great Britain
Russia
Japan
France
Germany
Count von Buelow
Reichstag
Baron Y Ketteler
Berlin
Jose
Tsung-Kyamen Yi
Pekin
China
Mrs Lease Seeks Divorce Over Non Support and Incompatibility
Mary E Lease files in Wichita district court for divorce from Charles Lease citing non support and incompatibility. The article notes her political prominence, move to New York with her children, and remarks from Lease about her. It mentions her Kansas origins, Populist leadership, and opposition to John Izalls and Weaver.
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Mary E. Lise
Sais
District Court of
Wichit
Charles — Leas
Lease
Mary E. Lease
Togeth
New York
Liv
Hay
Learn
Pennsylvis
Wichita
Kansas
John Inzalls
United States Senate
South
Gen
Weaver
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Omaha
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Railroad
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Billings
Mont
Senator Davis
Minnesota Statesman
W. ©. Jones
First Congregational Church
Sharon
Vic
Jones
Round Prairie
Charles Henabry
Boston, Mass
Preston Todd
Captain Watson
Williamstown
Mass
William Jaber
Aurora
Ill
Edgar L. Newschwander
Ripon
John McQuade
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Tenny
Philadelphia
Cornell
Indiana
Purdue
Detroit A. C
Yale Consol
Beloit
Notre Dame
Columbia
Carlisle Indians
Stanford
California
Com
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WM. Zimmer
Caesar Turner
Norfolk
Via
Transvaal
Sir
Thetis Lipton
Shamirack TL
Flas Grow
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Grenville M. Dodge
St. Petersburg
Chas
Lea
T. H. Caswell
Sanvisco
Amos Shallcross
Philadelph
Fourteenth Infantry
Annie Roedde
Finnland Gazette
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