Health Bureau in New York Vaccinates After Outbreak
New York health officials report a contagious disease outbreak in the All Nations block area between West End Avenue and the railroad tracks on West Sixty-ninth Street. Doctors Benedict and Sendger, with help, began a thorough vaccination drive after confirming cases. A Negro actor from a southern troupe is suspected as the source. Montreal reports along with papal health concerns in an unrelated note. In Waycross, Georgia, deputy sheriff and two Robinson brothers are shot, with another brother injured. police fear retaliation as more kin head to the scene.
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All Health Bureau
New York
Jan Beste
Wrigh
Bette
Bureau of Contagious Diseases
Aol
Sap
All Nations
Betwe
West End Avenue
West Sixty-ninth Street
Frank Kear
West Sixty-eighth Street
Waycross
Neary Robinson
McClellan
Ware County
Mat
Jim Robinson
McClellans
Rebinsons
Troutie
Yosemite Wreck After Guam Typhoon Sinks Cruiser
Novembers typhoon battered Guam Causing the loss of the United States cruiser Yosemite near San Luis d Apra. Seventy eight crew were saved as 138 survivors 26 marines and nine officers were moved to the collier Justin and the vessel later sank. The storm caused extensive damage in Agana with three killed and ten dying of exposure.
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Sataneer
Jeanine
United States
Newark
Iles
Yosemite
Somaye
Swanson
George Aubel
J. L. Mahanery
J. L. Davis
Joseph Anderson
Justin
Agana
Morajan
Guam
Gana
Birs. White
Maj. White
Marine Corps
Seaton Schroeder
Solace
Herbert Winslow
San Francisco
Manila
Schroeder
Daughters of Liberty women escape plunge in West Paterson
A stagecarrying women from Paterson’s Daughters of Liberty toppled from a West Paterson embankment on New Street. Several were injured including Hattie Halstead Edna Bell Edna Howell May Roberts and others. driver George Westervelt failed to avert the fall as the wagon overturned.
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Daughters of Liberty
Paterson
N. J
West Paterson
New Street
Daughters of Liberty of
Little Falls
George Westervelt
Hattie Halstead
Edna Bell
Edna Howell
E. Greer
May Roberts
Barroom Fatality in Norfolk County Hat Dispute Cited
In a Norfolk County saloon last night about 1 oclock Church Lewis and Thomas Fogarty fought over a hat. Fogarty fired three shots, killing Lewis, who died within minutes. Fogarty died on the scene. Coroner's jury ruled Fogarty killed in self defense.
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Norfolk
Church Lewis
Norfolk County
Lewis
Thomas Fogarty
Fogarty
Peet Phebe Hearst Gathedral School Washington
A view of the National Catedral School Mar Girds near Washington shows the Phebe Hearst gift to the Episcopal diocese. The building sits on Oak View near the Cortier home, reflecting the Italian Renaissance style with stucco walls and brick accents. Students study under Lois Adelaide Bangs and Mary Bartlett Whitten.
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Mar Girds
Washingt
Phebe A. Phearst
Episcopal Digeene
Washington
Oak View
Cortier
eg-Prestregtt
Cinttana
School Secon Padodiites
Lod
Puplis Stadds Noster
Lois Adelaide Bangs
Mary Bartlett Whitten
A.B
Army bill proposes 53 924 minimum troops 96 760 max
Washington dispatch reports House Military Affairs Committee releasing Secretary Root's draft for a reorganized army. The plan sets a minimum of 53 924 and maximum about 96 760 enlisted men, with volunteers to be discharged July 1 1901 and regulars cut from 65 090 to 29 025, to cover coast defense borders and posts in Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines.
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Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
Root
War Department
United States
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Congress
Mystery of Missing Clairvoyant in Brooklyn Deepens
New York dispatch reports T thoroughly investigating drugging and kidnapping of Mrs. Mary Taylor, a Brooklyn clairvoyant. She vanished from her home three weeks ago with $1,300 withdrawn and other notes missing. She was found wandering the West Side days later, then recounted being taken to a cellar, beaten, and held as a prisoner while forced to sign papers. Police suspect a nurse Annie Anderson, who was briefly jailed and released.
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Riiaphas Saab
New York
Mary Taylor
Brooklyn
Grants’ Savings Bank
Taylor
West Side
Dewettsdorp Garrison Surrenders Amid Evacuation
London reports Lord Roberts telegraphed from Johannesburg that the Dewetsdorp garrison, with two guns and detachments from Gloucestershire Highlan d Light Infantry and Irish Rifles totaling 400, surrendered at 3 39 p.m. on November 23 after the town was evacuated. Casualties included Major H J Anson and Capt Digby. 2,500 Boers were said to be in the area. Knox’s relief column failed to reach the town, and Boer forces led by Steyn and De Wet were engaged near Vaalbank on November 27 as censorship obscured the full situation in South Africa.
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London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Mewetsdorp
Gloucestershire Regiment
Highlam! Light Infantry
Irish Rifles
H. J. Anson
Digby
Edenburg
Dewetsdorp
Knox
Dewet
Turks prepare to pay up in Armenian indemnity deal
The arrival of the United States battleship Kentucky at Smyrna prompts palace officials to push a settlement pleasing to Washington. Reports say a cruiser purchase at Philadelphia including the $90,000 Armenian indemnity is being arranged as a conciliatory gesture to propitiate the United States while keeping relations with the Porte cordial. Elsewhere, labor news in Pittsburgh notes a new Amalgamated Glassworkers union forming with wage concessions for flatteners and cutters. Two men, a policeman and a union man, were killed in San Antonio amid union tensions. An ointment advertisement claims a three to six night cure for skin diseases.
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Constantinople
United States
Kentucky
Smyroe
Philadelphia
Amnalgamated Glassworkers
Pittsburg
Navy
San Antonio
Tex
William Lacey
C. D. Blanton
Sandy Smith
Lacey
Smith
Pennsylania Triumphs Over Cornell In Thanksgiving Clash
In Philadelphia on Thanksgiving Day a crowd near 25 000 saw the University of Pennsylvania beat Cornell 27 to 0. Captain Starbuck Hare and McCracken suffered injuries as Penn dominated with its guarded back formation. Columbia defeated the Indians 17 to 6 in New York as Weekes and Wright sparked a first touchdown run and a key fumble by Morley altered the game. Chicago defeated Michigan 15 to 6 to end Chicago’s season, while other scores included Lehigh over Swarthmore 17 to 0 and Gettysburg 8 Franklin and Marshall 6. A postal clerk, Kempf, was arrested for stealing letters in New York, and Alabama governor elect Samford took the oath in his sick room.
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Claes
Willlem Aless Beta
San Franciago
Ney
Hadty
Pacific Glass Works
Fifteenth Street
Reddot
Tue
Stadford
University of California
Glass Works
J. A. Mulrooner
W. H. Eckfeldt
Edgar Flarein
T. J
Philadelphia
Yekeem
Pennsylania
Indiana
Uecaleat Volumbia
University of Pennsylvania
Yesterntoy
Cornell
Quaker
Pennsylvania
Old Penn
Quakers
Starbuck
Hare
Pennsylvania Slavey
McCracken
Charles E. Wallace, Jr
Columblia
Indians
New York
Columbia
Carlisle Indians
Weekes
Wright
Carlisle
Morley
Bain
Berrien
Austin
Chicago
Michigan
Navy
University of Chicago
Princeton
Perkins
Sheldon
White
Alabama
Strom Ta
Opelika
Ala
Col
W. J. Samford
Aly
Col. Samford
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Ebert &Sons
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Iour
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Eric White and Blue
Pear’s Soap
Otate Pre
Qorn
A.G. Quynn &Co
West Patrick Street
John N. Clary
Ferond Street
Powlesville, Ltd
Yellow Springs
Madison Street
Third Street
Zacras
Patershire
Diica
Thomas & Son
Generalsurance
Frederick
J. L. Kervand
Eageater
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D. C
Isdiy
Ernest Helfenstein
W. Patrick St
Frederick, Mi
Robles
Montreal
Father Lacombe
Rome
Canadian Northwest
Romie
Holy Father
Grover Graham Kennedy Coatsina
Steiner Brothers
Dr. James
DrBull
Tre Yosemite
Jacksonville
Fla
Henry Raley
Chandler Brooks
Davis and
Forsythe Streets
John Baxter
Baxter
Raley
Brooks
Stl
Galveston
Central Committee
Senator Davis
St. Paul
Capitol
Itera
Tampa
Fia
Farre Mantel Rivera
Resistencia Union
Resistencia
Krauser
Berlin
Paris
Kruger
Cologne
Magdebourg
Chamber of Deputies
Peet the
Phebe Hearst
Gathedral School
Ord
John Weir
Peter Curren
Great Britain
Trades Union Congress
Federation of Labor
Louisville
President Gompers
Federation
Amr
Agnew
L, Pearre
Bethlehem
Lehigh
Swarthmore
Easton
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland
Michael H. Boyiz
Kempf
Sorfath
Massachusetts
Capes
Hampton Roads
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