German Emperor's Visit to Turkey Sparks Territorial Ambitions
Berlin reports from an informed source that Emperor William’s visit to Constantinople led to a German commitment to protect the sultan’s Asiatic possessions in exchange for commercial privileges. The accord, seen as an armed understanding, sparks rumors of railroad concessions and territorial cessions in Syria, Palestine, and along the Tripoli frontier, with reactions from Russia and France. The emperor and empress then traveled to Beyrout and Damascus aboard the Hohenzollern, with William promising protection to German colonists at Jaffa.
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Berlin
The
Frankfort Zeitung
William
Turkey
Germany
Constantinople
Moly Land
Orient
Syria
Mafia
Palestine
Rhodes
Tripoli
Tripoli-Lunis
Asia Minor
Russia
Austria
France
Beyrout
Hohenzollern
Damascus
Jaffa
Nicaragua Canal Report Soon For Hay On Feasibility Costs
Washington reports the Nicaragua canal commission has nearly finished its study under Admiral Walker. It will brief Secretary Hay within a month, presenting a concise, technical cost and feasibility assessment with figures based on careful computations. The panel aims to avoid political detail, focusing on engineering conclusions and the likely government role.
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Washington
Nicaraguacanto Commission
Congress
Hay
Fifteenth Street
Legation
Admiral Walker
Atlantic and
Pacific
Nicaragua
A Walker
Iheport
State Department
Nicaragua Canal Company
United States
Frelinghuysen
Sherman
United States of Central America
Commission
Great Britain
Harden Sentenced for Lese Majesty in Berlin
Maximilian Harden editor of Die Zukunft is sentenced to six months fortress detention on five lese majeste charges. Articles cited include Pudel Majestat An Den Kaisey Der Wahrheit Rache and Grossvater's Uhr. Berlin dispatch notes Die Zukunft circulation tripled to about nine hundred thousand.
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Berlin
Maximilian Harden
Die Zukunft
Herr Harden
Turkish Embarkation Standoff Ends After British Threats
In Crete off Candia Rear Admiral Gerard Noel ordered Turkish troops to embark on a British transport. A Turkish commander halted the move, prompting a siege of the barracks and a threat to force embarkation. The Turkish officer then allowed the process to proceed. Also reported are a Cleveland fire at Standard Car Wheel, insurance losses, San Francisco papers issued during a strike, valuable whale catches arriving in harbor, a Jamaica governor general traveling to New York, and the Trans-Mississippi Exposition stock payout to shareholders in Omaha.
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Candia
Island
Crete
Gerard Henry Noel
Constantinople
Cleveland
Standard Car Wheel Company
Bessemer Avenue
Mine Shaft Disaster Kills Seven in Pennsylvania
A collapse at Exeter colliery near West Pittston, Pennsylvania, on November 5th, caused by disobeyed orders from Engineer David Price, sent three loaded cars into the shaft top. Seven miners died and three were fatally injured, with several survivors listed and described.
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Pennsylvania
Wilkesbarre
Exeter
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
West Pittston
Here
David Price
Michael Smith
Miner
le Andrew Tlika
Aves
Michael Podesibanny
M Michael Braguke
Joseph Culock
Michael Waslowski
Joseph Andrewoski
William Pukos
Toseph Winwler
Trains Die In Shaft Accident At Exeter Breaker
Engineer Price ordered a routine move of loaded cars toward the Exeter shaft breaker. A miscurve at the head of the shaft caused cars to strike a head block, topple into the shaft, and wreck a carriage. Seven men died and three were fatally hurt. others were hospitalized.
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Price
Exeter Breaker
Eter
Engineer Sourbeck Falls From Engine On Fast Train
On a Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago line near Columbus a fireman found Engineer Sourbeck missing from his post as the train ran at high speed. The engineer lay unconscious beside the track with a fractured skull after what may have been a fall from the running board. He is taken to Allegheny hospital. Sourbeck a veteran passenger engineer.
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Sourbeck
Mae
Alleghany Hospital
Japan to probe emperor of China status in Peking mission
Seattle dispatch reports Japan sending Minister Yoo to Peking to demand a direct interview with the Chinese emperor. If refused, Tokyo will declare the emperor dead and back reforms with a fleet buildup. In Cleveland, Ohio, the Fifth Ola regiment was mustered out, paying $108,000 to officers and privates.
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Seattle
Wash
China
Alojum Maru
Yoo
Peking
Kaung
Cleveland
Fifth
Ola Volunteer
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W. H. Streeter
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Sir Augustus William L. Herning
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