Pittsburg Flood Drives Death Toll and Destruction
A massive November flood in Pittsburg raised the Monongahela and near rivers to dangerous levels, killing at least six people, displacing thousands, and wrecking property. Residents fled to upper floors as skiffs carried people to safety and a Neville Island bridge under construction was swept away.
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the Times
Pittsburg
Monongahela
Etna
Allegheny
Davis Island Dam
Neville Island
American Steel and Wire Company
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Company
Millionaires Seek United Front Against Vice in New York
In New York, a Chamber of Commerce meeting gathers wealthy backers to form a strong anti vice campaign. Ex mayor Hewitt declines leadership for clergy and calls for a lay committee of 3 to 5 to coordinate forces. Richard Croker criticizes reformers while noting political stakes and police leadership.
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New York
Chamber of Commerce
Bishop Potter
Denar
Hewitt
van Wyck
John S. Kennedy
Charlies Stewart Smith
Richard Croker
Parkhurst
Strong
London
Paris
Unprecedented Flood Strikes as Mountains Face Rare Rainfall
After three days of heavy rain in the mountains a flood roared through the region. The event, described as unprecedented for the season, caused widespread damage and prompted emergency responses from local authorities.
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Pittsburg
Glad Welcome Awaits Duke and Duchess in Cincinnati
Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati awaits the Duke and Duchess on the steamship St Louis. Zimmerman, VP of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, plans a reception at Mount Auburn. The couple will tour the South and Pacific coast after honeymoon. a private car will convey them to Cincinnati.>The marriage is described as a pure love match with political prospects for the Duke after returning to England.
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Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Duke of Manchester
New York
St. Louis
Mr. Zimmerman
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company
Mount Auburn
Zimmerman
South
Pacific Coast
Bethany Brotherhood Dedicates New Home
The Bethany Brotherhood dedicates its new Bethany Presbyterian Church house at 2121 South Street. Rev. William Patterson presided, with addresses by Rev. Henry M. McCook and others. Mr. Wanamaker presented and funded the remodeled building, featuring a billiard room library and roof garden.
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Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip
Bethany Presbyterian Church
South Street
William Patterson
Bethany Church
The
Brotherhood
John Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Henry M. McCook
J. Russell Miller
D. D
John ©. Thompson
George van Deurs
Wwnamaker
Big Increase in Philadelphia Mercantile Tax
Special Telegram to Times from Harrisburg reports Philadelphia mercantile tax assessment rising to 401 087.46 for the current year under the 1900 law. The 1890 assessment stood at 250 958, marking a substantial increase in the tax burden for Philadelphia County.
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Tas Times
Harrisburg
Auditor General's Department
Philadelphia
City News Notes on Courts Accidents and Elections
At creditors meetings for William Browne & Son and Phoenix Mills Co. list names of attendees. Andrew N. Ducy’s ashes dumping trial postponed as lawyer busy. Horse wagon collision injures Adams of Alder 1754. 11 year old Hugh Dougherty struck by trolley at Ridge and Queen Lane, taken to St Timothy’s. Common Pleas debated motions by Solace Jones. decision reserved. Mosbey suit against McCrea. August 138 references. Various government and election petition notes for assessors and ward vacancies in multiple wards and divisions.
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Ridge Avenue
Queen Lane
Hugh Dougherty
St. Timothy's Hospital
Patrick Mognes
Common Pleas Court
John McCrea
Daniel Mosbey
Heeatin
Daniel Mooney
Rtg
Germantown Avenue
Mermade Bane
Czar’s Condition Improves in Bullets From Livadia
Livadia reports show the Czar had a good day with temperature at 97.9 and 96.8 by morning, pulse 66, and overall strength satisfactory. Attendants named are Dr. Hirsch court surgeon Dr. Popoff honorary court physician and Dr. Tikhonoff a country practitioner later adopted by Grand Duke Peter Nicolaievitch.
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Livadia
European
Russia
St. Petersburg
Hirsch
Popoff
Tikhonoff
Biajsk
Riazan
Peter Nicolaievitch
Grand Duke
Crimean
Yalta
Nicholas
Schooner Hattie V. Kelsey Rescued After Gale
The schooner Hattie V. Kelsey sailing from Norfolk to New Haven with coal endured a heavy easterly gale off Chincoteague and a long night of rough seas. Pumps labored to keep afloat until the Merritt wrecking steamer towed her to Spring Lake, New Jersey, and she reached port safely.
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New York
Hattie V. Kelsey
Norfolk
New Haven
Rulon
Chincoteague
Jersey
Spring Lake
Merritt
I. J. Merritt
Divorce Granted to Julia Selby Wife of Kid McCoy
Special Telegram from the Tres Muskegon: Mrs Julia EB Selby wife of Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy, the pugilist, today received her decree of absolute divorce from her husband. The decree awards no alimony, but it is understood McCoy will furnish a substantial sum to his wife at or near the time of the settlement.
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Tres
New York
Mra
Julia’ EB. Selby
Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
Selby
Mcfoy
Army Bill Requests 96000-Man Force and Staff Details
The House military committee reviewed the War Department draft for an army of maximum 96000 with a minimum 000 and brigadier general per 4000 men. It outlines 30 infantry regiments, 15 cavalry regiments, artillery growth to 18000, and staff details with line details for vacancies. Also notes volunteer officers’ path to regular ranks and transfers. Washington
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WasHina Ton
House Military Committee
Republian
War Department
Root
Medical Corps
Engineers
Volunteer Army
Regular Army
Washington
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Morgan Re elected to Fifth U S Senate Term in Alabama
General John T. Morgan was re elected to the United States Senate by the Alabama Legislature in a separate session. He will begin his fifth term on March 4 and has served since 1877 with a Civil War record including service under General Lee and a brigadier general rank in 1863.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
John T. Morgan
United States Senate
Senator Morgan
State Senate
United States
Athens
Tenn
Lee
Senate
Admits She Stole Her Wedding Trousseau
Miss Mabel Carpenter, 17, of Chester, admitted taking silk waists and jewelry from Harry Farson’s home on November 15 while employed as a domestic. Arrested with $300 bail, she confessed to stealing items for her upcoming wedding to Albert Miley.
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Chester
Mabel Carpenter
William H. Carpenter
Sanville Avenue
Chester Pike
Mabel
Harry Farson
Mary Ellen Lease Seeks Divorce From Charles Lease
Special Telegram reports in Wichita that Mary Ellen Lease the lawyer stateswoman and orator will file a divorce suit this week in Sedgwick County District Court against Charles Lease. The petition lists incompatibility failure to provide and other statutory charges. The Leases married at Osage Mission Kansas in July 1873 and have four children two sons and two daughters all but one of whom are of age.
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Wichita
Kan
Mary Ellen Lease
Charles Leage
Sedgwick County
Charlies Lease
Lease
Osage Mission
Kansas
Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis Dies After Illness
United States Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis, long-time chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, died at his Minneapolis home after a two month illness. Archdeacon Appleby and Rev. Sedgwick attended him. Bishop Whipple could not come as he was in Florida. The death, anticipated for days, came as a shock to Davis and his wife, who remained at his bedside. Continued on Fifth Page.
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Sr. Pain
United States
Cushman Kellogg Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
The
Senate
Minnesota
Theodore Sedgwick
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Whipple
Florida
Appleby
Sedgwick
Davis
Grinning Skeleton Guest of Honor at College Lab Dinner
A novelty medieval style feast at Bennett Hall features a real grinning skeleton as guest of honor among Woman's College students. The laboratory supper uses science themed invitations and decorations like blood color motifs, a cell wall, flasks as candelabra, and beaker serving vessels.
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the Times
Baltimore
Woman's College
Bennett Hall
Engagement Announced Miss Langham to Baron Sternberg
Special Telegram to The Times from Louisville announces the engagement of Miss Lillian May Langham to Baron Hermann Sternberg. The couple plan to marry December 5 at St George's Hanover Square London and sail December 26 from Genoa for India. Sternberg, once First Secretary of the German Legation in Washington, is a noted figure in American society.
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the Times
Louisville
Lillian May Langham
Hermen Spek von Sternberg
St. George's
Hanover Square
London
Genoa
India
Sternburg
Baron Sternburg
Washington
Scranton Street Car Men to Organize
Nine hundred street car workers at Scranton Railway Company in Lackawanna county plan to form a union at a 2 o clock meeting in the Gaiety Theatre auditorium. Organizer Fred Ditcher, famed for organizing miners, will lead the effort to secure workers' rights and push for redress, with a strike possible if grievances remain.
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the Times
Scranton
Scranton Railway Company
Lackawanna County
Gaiety Theatre
Fred Ditcher
Three Boys Die In Explosive Accident Near Wheeling
At Leaseerville, twenty miles above Wheeling, a driftwood fire exposed a nitroglycerin can in debris. An explosion killed Harmon Finley 13, Robert Finley 15, and Willie Davis 9, while injuring fourteen others. an infant also died minutes later.
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Wheeling
Willie Davis
Robert Finley
Harry
Herman Arbogast
Will Nangle
Will Blackburn
Wesley Cuscick
James Jones
Theodore
Alexander
Crew Gone From Ship s Rigging At Point Pelee Wreck
Daybreak revealed no sign of the men lashed to the rigging of the wrecked schooner as the tug Home Rule departed for Kingsville. The sea has subsided and another attempt will be made to reach the vessel from the middle ground.
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Point Pelee
Ont
Home Rule
Kingsville
Our $3.00 Three Sale Shoes Offer
Winter footwear ad highlights Box Calf Enamel Calf Velour Calf and Patent Leather shoes selling at three dollars. Emphasizes all leather styles and rugged winter wear. Limited details due to damaged OCR text.
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Ian Si Ion Beh Ee
Weather report for mid-Atlantic states November 27 1900
Weather overview for Eastern New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland fair on Wednesday and Thursday with northerly winds. Western regions expect fair days with northeasterly then variable winds. U S Weather Bureau Philadelphia notes cloudiness temperatures and rainfall figures with daily high and low temperatures and seasonal accumulations.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
U. S. Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Quay Defeated Says Representative Acheson in Washington
The Times reports Representative Acheson of Pennsylvania arrived in Washington with strong anti Quay sentiment. He predicted Quay would fall short of the 128 votes needed for Senate confirmation and fail to secure a House majority. He argues Quay narrowly survived due to a Presidential year, implying a decisive defeat in a non presidential year.
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Washington
Acheson
Pennsylvania
Quay
House
Senate
Wanamaker Overcoats Put In Forefront Of Philadelphia Stores
The advertisement touts WM Wanamaker overcoats as superior to rivals with a large selection and high prices. It claims outclassing made to order coats and predicts strong sales at Franklin Field for a football game. Bargain coats priced from 7.50 to 18 are offered as value лидers.
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Penn
WM. H. Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Franklin Field
Thanksgiving Day Clothes Sale at Perry Bro
J Warner Hutchins advertises a big Thanksgiving eve sale at 225 S Eighth St urging shoppers to visit Perry & Co at 1520 Chestnut St for men s suits and overcoats. It promises vast new styles, superior fit, and "We Sell Cheaply" with Thanksgiving hours up to 1 pm.
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Allegheny Rivers
Potter
Croker
H. ©. Porter
Duke
Manchester
Bethany Brotherhood
City News
William Browne & Son
Phoenix Mills Couoe
Keene
Thomas Wolstenholme
Nate. Lee
James BE. Mitchell
Andrew N. Ducy
Schuylkill River
United States District Court
Spring Garden Street
Adams
Alder
Arch Street
No. 4
Ttorney Pichholz
Solace Jones
Dney Origet
Court of Common Pleas
Hay Pith Pak SG
Czar
McCoy
Rivers and Harbors Committee
J. T. Morgan
Trousseau
C. K. Davis
Senator Cushman K. Davis
Minnesota Statesman
Stone
Woman’s College In
Baron von Sternberg
Sanford
Jacksonville
Barbara A. Fry
Gabrella
Fla
Dodger
George Pily
Conavoe Street
Manayunk
Mena
Lake Huron
N.W
Noruwattain
Novamhar
Matthew S. Quay
Beaver Man
Times Bureau
Wm. IH. Wanamaker
Perry 4
Chestnut Street
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