Big Cruiser Links Disaster At Sea During Typhoon
Reports confirm the Yosemite sank after a November typhoon near Guam. 138 crewmen and nine officers were saved to the Justin, while losses included marines, engineers, and water-logged compartments. Agana and Moranjan suffered destruction with many killed or injured.
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Yosemite
Agito
Miny Poraipe
Ngeu
Aganairre
Ted Ant
Moranjan
Guam
Agina
White
Maj. White
Marine Corps
Mnly
Agena
Lenion Schroeder
Hum
Secretary Wilson Reports Growth in Agricultural Dept
Washington November 9 The annual report of Secretary Wilson highlights the department's increased efficiency and value as an investment. It notes weather service improvements, successful wireless experiments, and extensive cattle movement under quarantine supervision. It covers sheep scab control, hog cholera vaccines, black leg cattle, dairy product inspections, and stronger food adulteration laws. It also discusses forestry, road and irrigation studies, and expanding export markets to Asia, Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines.
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Washington
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Secretart
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Europe
Qhosn
Cuba
Varto Rico
United States
Prussia
Hungary
Austria
California
Utah
Colorado
Missouri
Wisconsin
Union
Orient
Asia
Ocraniea
Porto Filca
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Death of Leorme Griffiths Reveals Large Embezzlement
Nov. 10 report from Mucimini states Leorme Griffiths, long-time clerk of the board of education, faced death while investigations suggest embezzlement exceeding 100,000 dollars. For years cash books were forged or misentered, with forged signatures and forged payments linked to state funds. The scheme allegedly involved livestock and farm estate assets, with widespread financial misstatements across accounts.
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Mucimini
Leorme TR Griffiths
Jose
Big Coal Shipments From Pittsburgh District
The Monongahela Consolidated and Coke Company will close its stockholders week with a large coal shipment. About 17,900,000 bushels of oil mine mint in the Pittsburgh district head south, with 3,000,000 bushels started before the flood. 290 coal boats and 4 barges will depart harbor carrying 12.5 million bushels. A national linen monument project advances at Spring Hill, with completion and inauguration details. An explosion at the Glio Sugar Refining plant killed four and injured five.
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Titlsbirgh
al and Coke Company
Pittsburgh
Dalges
Comptroller Dawes Reports On National Banks
The annual Dawes report to Congress summarizes 1902 national bank conditions. It cites $5.098 billion in resources from 3871 banks reporting September 5, 1902, with loans and discounts rising to $3.468 trillion and deposits at $2.608 billion. The piece notes 4,935 banks in operation, total capital $603.502 million, and calls for tighter controls on loans to directors and officers, urging passage of the Bypsius law to curb director indebtedness and require formal approval for officer loans.
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Wesblegion
Charles G. Dawes
Congress
Naional
National Banka
Lnans
Compirone
American Victory at Geronimo Fortress in Philippines
Manila reports a U S victory as forts at Pinauran near Manila fall after a siege by Col Thompson's forces, with Geronimo and many rebels escaping. Casualties: two U S soldiers killed, twelve wounded, plus two native scouts. Earlier, a Third Infantry detachment was ambushed near Malolos, with two soldiers killed and three wounded.
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Geronimy
Pinauran
Fourth Cavalry
Thompson
Geronimo
San Mateo
Montalban W
Novaliches
Tuzon
Hart
Koppner
Third United States Infantry
Malolos
Tadrones
Treasury Official Dead in Washington
Washington reports the death of George W. Wilson, 65, commissioner of internal revenue, from Brights disease with asthma. A Ohio native and Civil War veteran, he rose from private to first lieutenant and later led the bureau, renowned as the most informed taxpayer expert before Congress.
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George W. Wilson
Internal Revenue
Riggs Houge
Bright
George Washington Wilson
Ohio
Fifty-Fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Finass
Internal Revenue Service
Wilson
Congress
Navy Long report praises sailors in China siege and calls for naval expansion
Washington reports Secretary Long’s annual Navy statement highlights American sailors and Marines during the Boxer Uprising siege in Peking, notes guard duties and wall defense, and honors Capt. McCalla. It urges increases in personnel and ships, including two battleships, two armored cruisers, gunboats, and support vessels, plus overhaul of shore duty pay and enlistment terms.
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Secretary of the Navy
Long Costalos
Peking
Offeer
Long Saya
Annals of History
United States Legation
Tartar
McCalla
Admiral Seymour
Oliver
Taka
Tientsin Ti
Col
R. Vs. Moud
Marine Corps
Long
Tentsin
Enliverol
Navy
Philippines
Bayst
Bureau of Navigation
Dewey Ie Presdent
Army
United States
Night Express Plunge At Beaver River Drowns Messenger
A Cleveland to Pittsburgh night express was derailed into the river near Beaver. One man died, four were injured. The deceased was Adams Express messenger Casey of Cleveland. Also noted: David Rohrer Leeper, former Indiana official, died after illness in South Bend. Army plan discussed by Secretary Root proposing 103000 standing troops with presidential power to reduce.
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Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Cleveland & Pittsburgh
Beaver
Adams Express Messenger
Casey
Mead
South Bend
Ind
David Rohrer Leeper
Urich
Dik
Diana
Generst Assembly
Lapeer
Washington
Root
Flood and storm damage across several states report losses
Meager casualty counts from West Tennessee after floodwaters drown a woman and two children near Dyersburg. In Ohio a drowning occurs near Caney Creek and a rail worker dies in Lauderdale. Ohio River rising as floods hit Cambridge Batavia and Chagrin Falls. Guyandotte Valley reports unprecedented floods with damaged bridges and railroad tracks. In Pennsylvania floods force mine closures and submerge homes. Pittsburgh area rivers surge, causing property losses and job cuts.
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Tenn
Tennessee
Dyersburg
Deer River
Caney Creek
Olympic
Lauderdale County
Columbus
Chagrin Palla
Cambridge
Batavia
Guyandotte
W.va
Guyandotte Valley
Rayboursville
Tn Salt Rock
Dirbois
Pittsburgh
Monongalela
Allegheny
Welcomed to Paris reception for Kruger in Paris
Paris on November 21 reports Mr. Kruger arrived at 10 40 am to a magnificent welcome crowds packed the boulevards. He and his party boarded a train at Dijon at 1 00 am his balloon cars attached to the train de Luxe from the Riviera to Paris. In spite of the hour many gathered to hear the welcome and he thanked the city. Across the route similar scenes occurred with crowds waving hats and cheering while the train sped by.
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Kruger
Dijon
Riviera
Eviday
Enger
Detousse
Tondon
Viena
Daily Chronicle
Thanksgiving Day Observed in Cities Across Nations
Thanksgiving observances ran through New York Washington and Berlin with services and charitable meals. In New York churches held sermons while meals for newsboys and cripples were funded by donors. President McKinley attended a service at Metropolitan Church in Washington as government offices closed. In Berlin a large American colony banquet featured scholars from Dartmouth and Princeton with a cable to McKinley and songs of patriotism.
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New York
W.W. Astor
William EB
Dodge
East Thirty-fourth Street
Helen Gould
Washington
White House
McKinley
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank M. Bristol
Berlin
Kaiserlot
Bishee
Dartmouth College
McMiilan
Princeton University
United States
Charles Barnes
Cologne
Nl. Piteujvue
Minburg
J. C. Monaghan
Chemnity
Frank W. Mahin
Reichenberg
Austria
Ambuseacor White
Candidate Hanna Backed by Cleveland Republicans
A Cleveland Republican club delegation met Senator Hanna to endorse him for president, praising his leadership as the Herculean figure of the party. Hanna declined, saying he seeks no public office, plans retirement after his term, and that a presidential bid is out of the question.
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Cleveland
M.A. Hanna
Republican Club
M. A. Hanna
Gallagher
Ingo
United States
Hanna
McKimley
Hannan
A Mine Disaster At Aniche In France
A dispatch from Aniche near Bonnl reports a gas or coal dust explosion at the bottom of a coal mine on Wednesday. Sixteen miners were killed and between 36 and 40 wounded. Rescue efforts show bodies in a horrifying condition, many torn and unreadable. Nearby, Captain John Glenn, a 90 year old river captain who commanded Mississippi steamers, died in Quincy. In Arkansas, two men were killed and four seriously injured by a boiler explosion at Elia Short's planing mill in Polk County.
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Aniche
Bonnl
Owl River
Caplain
Quncy
Joan, Glenn
Glenn
Butshureh
Marquis Lafayette
America
Frial Hzprintin
Ark
Nove
Tiwo
Rams
Polk County
Elia Short
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Glico Sugar Refining Company
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Ave
Comptroller
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Luc Eon
Treasury
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Waahioglun
Joly Alexander
Divine Heater
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Zlom
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Messen
Agniele Ki
Wort
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Dilemotty Pala
State Department
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Guatemala City
Una
Frank Pears
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Sula
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Senatus Hanna
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