Yosemite Glass Works Roof Collapse Kills Nine
A packed football crowd of about 20 000 watched Stanford vs California when the sheet iron roof at the Pacific Glass works on Fifteenth Street collapsed. Nine died and fifty were badly injured as 75 people fell onto furnaces and glass vats, many burned. Rescue crews were overwhelmed and ambulances overflowed with injured workers and spectators.
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San Francisco
Pacific Glass Works
Fifteenth
J. A. Mulrooney
W. H.I. Eckfeldt
Edgar Flahlin
T. J. Rippon
William Valencia
M. Vandina
Walter Keenfin
George Campbell
George Miller
Lewis Cooper
John Lane
L. B. Macauley
V. Frechtler
Jesse Cohen
Clarence Burns
Harold Palmer
Martin Traynor
Stanford
University of California
Unclear fragments from Guam disaster report
The text notes that many people were injured in Kuied Sun and reports widespread loss of life in Guam with crops destroyed. Mrs White, wife of Major White, sheltered with her husband and Commander Seaton Schroeder in the cellar of the naval governor’s mansion, which was already flooded.
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Guam
White
Major White
Marine Corps
Agana
Seaton Schroeder
Dead Senator Cushman Davis Buried With Simple Services
The body of United States Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis rests at his home in St Paul and will lie in state at the capitol Thursday. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at the residence, with a brief rite led by Rev. C D Andrews and Rev. Theodore Sedgwick. Interment is at Calvary cemetery. Governor Lind calls for business suspension between 10 and 2 on funeral day. Messages of sympathy pour in from around the world.
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John Lind
National Guard
Calvary Cemetery
St. Paul
United States
Davis
McKinley
Washington
Police scandal in Racine linked to extortion claims
In Racine Wisconsin a resort keeper who charged police with extortion fled by midnight train possibly to Milwaukee. The city council police committee reviewed the accusations, planning to hand them to the city attorney, who will prepare charges for the police and fire commissioners to try. Also Indianapolis reports two constitutional amendments failed to pass statewide due to voter ignorance and carelessness.
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Racine
Wis
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Ind
Mount
Indiana
Disaster tale of Yosemite wreck after Guam typhoon
Rear Admiral Remey had no official report on the loss of the US auxiliary cruiser Yosemite after it struck a reef off San Luis d'Apra Guam during the Nov 13 typhoon and sank on Nov 15. The USS Newark sails to investigate. 138 crew, 26 marines, 9 officers saved to the Justin with $68,000 Mexican dollars. Many islanders killed or injured. Agana and Moranjan suffer deaths and destruction.
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Manila
Remey
United States
Yosemite
San Luis d’Apra
Guam
Newark
Somaye
Swanson
George Aubel
J. L. Mahanery
J. L. Davis
Joseph Anderson
Justin
Agana
Moranjan
Wolff sisters rifle accident in Elkhart Lake
In Elkhart Lake Wisconsin Sylvia Wolff daughter of Senator elect George W Wolff was accidentally shot by her sister Valeska when a rifle on a table was fired as Valeska passed by The ball entered the thigh and has not yet been located The sisters are skilled with rifles. In Chicago Tommy Ryan defeated Kid Carter at Tattersalls before 5000 spectators with Carter badly battered but finishing the six rounds
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Elkhart Lake
Wis
Sylvea Wolff
George W. Wolff
Rhine
Valeska
Chicago
Tommy Ryan
Kid Carter
Brooklyn
Ryan
Carter
Salt Lake City
Pacheco
Mexico
United States
President Snow
George Q. Cannon
Apostle Woodruff
Colonia
Juarez
Indiana Supreme Court strikes down gas pipeline ban
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled the 1898 act prohibiting piping natural gas out of state unconstitutional. The decision, prompted by Marion County manufacturers seeking to cut gas flow to Chicago and Ohio, challenges cross state supply. A garbled Michigan report follows about a murder near Kindertrack, with Will McNall named as a farmer's son.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme Court of Indiana
Indiana
Marion
Chicago
Ohio
Coldwater
Mich
Will McNall
Irving McNall
Kindertrack
Capture of British Four Hundred Men Surrender
From Johannesburg Nov 28 Lord Roberts reports the DeWetsdorp garrison of 400 men with two guns surrendered Nov 23. British losses total 15 killed and 42 wounded. The Boers, 2,500 strong, pursued and retreated west. Knox engaged DeWet near Vaalbank on Nov 27. Steyn and DeWet remain at large with followers fleeing east and west.
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London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
DeWetsdorp
Gloucestershire Regiment
Highland Light Infantry
Irish Rifles
Hansen
Digby
Edenburg
Knox
Steyn
DeWet
Vaalbank
Pilcher
Cape Town
Col. Pilcher
de Wetsdorp
Deputies Adopt Sympathy for Kruger Motions
In Paris the chamber of deputies adopted unanimously a motion by M Denys Cochin expressing sympathy to President Kruger on the arrival of the Transvaal leader in France. M Fourniere withdrew his motion after protests while Kruger met deputations and then prepared to depart the city.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Cochery
M. Denys Cochin
M. Delcasse
M. Denys
Kruger
M. Fourniere
Chamber
Cincinnati Clerk’s Theft Hits $200000 Shortfall
The estate of George R. Griffiths, longtime clerk of Cincinnati’s board of education, faces a deficit of at least $100000 with investigators predicting the loss may double. Auditors say tuition fees from non residents since 1803 were misappropriated, using four fraudulent ledgers and forged receipts to fake payments to the city treasury.
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Cincinnati
George R. Griffiths
Board of Education
Red Hot Sausage Faces Baltimore Adulteration Case
Baltimore court fines four sellers ten dollars each after test showing aniline dye colored sausages for sale. Professor Wyman testifies the dye is harmful. defense argues coal tar basis with no arsenic. Jury finds the frankfurter unhealthy and the judge imposes fines.
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Baltimore
Dennis
Herman Frank
Harry Kiplan
Louis Sachs
Moses Gebhard
Wyman
Chicago
Civilian hunt for John Gibson after child torture case
In Catlettsburg Kentucky citizens search town and surrounding area for John Gibson who allegedly tortured his stepdaughter with a red hot poker until the child died. The stepmother Mrs. Gibson is under arrest amid reports of ongoing abuse and a smallpox health inspection at the home. In Livadia the czar’s physicians report improving strength and stable vitals as the ruler rests and recovers.
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Catlettsburg
John Gibson
Gibson
Livadia
Mystery figures surface in Cape Town occult scene
Muleteers returning from South Africa report Ann O Delia Diss de Bar in Cape Town under a different name but same occult spiritualism. Diss de Bar appeared in New Orleans as Jackson’s wife about a year ago.
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New Orleans
South Africa
Moncalm
Ann O’ Delia Diss de Bar
Cape Town
New York
Diss de Bar
Jackson
Sailor Husband Dies at Thanksgiving Home
Chicago widow Mrs. William J. Smith mourns as her sailor husband, First Mate William Smith, aged 86, perishes with the Maumee Valley crew after the ship sinks off Toledo. He had promised to return for a Chicago Thanksgiving dinner, leaving his wife to await news at their West Chicago Avenue home.
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Chicago
William J. Smith
Chicago Avenue
Toledo
Maumee Valley
Buffalo
N.Y
Henry Scranton
Smith
Edith L
Mackinac Island
Iss
Himema Warren
Dodge County
Minn
William Smith
Duluth
Seamen's Union
Shortage alleged at Seaboard agent post in Fernandina
Fernandina Florida reports Rh Lukenbill Seaboard agent resigned November 3 after a preliminary review found an estimated 50 000 shortage. He was bonded 38 000 and a December 17 hearing set after postponement. Attorneys deny any shortage and describe the issue as a cursory internal check. Joliet Illinois introduces an electric pig iron landing system replacing sand molds and reducing labor.
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Fernandina
Fla
Lukenbill
Seaboard
Joliet
Ills
Illinois Steel Company
Polk County Probate Judge Ole Larson Dies
Osceola Wisconsin November 30 Ole Larson probate judge of Polk county for two years died Wednesday of heart disease He was presidential elector at large in 1892 and a member of the state board of immigration under Governor Upham
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Osceola
Wis
Ole Larson
Polk County
State Board of Immigration
Upham
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RR. B. Essman
William Hausch
Leon Gerard
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Fred Bewinkle
George C. Miller
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John Houser
Theodore Baker
George Cepelle
Ed Horns
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Carroll Harold S’almer
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Albert Loux
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Joseph Burke
Clinton
Modern Woodmen of America
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Martin Doland
Charles W. Beeby
Burke
Woodmen Lodge
Charlotte
Michigan
Joe Mulhatton
Transvaal
Ceneral Knox
Orange River
Hertyog
Boomplaatze
General DeWet
Helvetia
Colesberg
Cape Colony
Sand Rift
Cologne
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Berlin
Worcester
J. W. Sauer
Paarl
Great Britain
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Transvaal Colony
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Natal
Vass
Africa
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Wheaton, Il
Chas, A. Blanchard
Wheaton College
Leland County
Tle
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Hington
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Frank Sthwart
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M. Krex
M. L. Logan
A. S. Hays
Temple Building
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O. F. Haight
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Nicola
H. Knecht
Journal
Johnson Baker
Harwood
South Side
Baird & Bailey
T. J. Dempsey
S 'Galeys
J. WI Lson
Attorney At Law
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Alberson's Grocery
Washington, Lowa
W. H. Butterfield
Orat'satore
Washtarton Town
Swellfirat
Hotel Allen
W. E. Anderson
Klein's
Iowa
Kratchwil
la Wis
Wisconsin
China
Jino
G Fariter
AGP & TA
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Cedar Rapids
Town
Frank Rogers
Marsh W. Bailey
Qofesor
City Hall
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
National Bank
Washington, Iowa
W. ER. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Ouaashiar
J.T. Anderson
Paynterest
Don General Banking
D. Wallace
A. Warr
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
Co. H. Keck
D. Robinson
Frank Stewart
J. ¥. Keftersee
Gunther
Kemble
Emble Flower Co
Oskaloosa
Lowa
Madison Medicine Co
Madison
R. F. Riley
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