TWO BODIES WASHED ASHORE FEARED FORTY PER SONS DIE
The coast ing steamer J. H. Jones owned by Crawford Tae company foundered off Cape Cocker. Twelve crew from Wiarton and at least sixteen passengers were aboard. Parts of the cabin and lifeboat were recovered. Death toll may reach forty. The vessel was built in 1888, 107 feet long, 152 tons. Authorities in Owen Sound Penetanguishish and Parry Sound searched for survivors as crews and Indians scoured the north shore.
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Jones
T. J. Donaldson
I.von
Lyon
Fox
Frank
Perot
Scandal in Pittsburg as Councilmen Accused of Defrauding Railroad
Pittsburg nov 28 police arrest C S Cameron president of the Tuba City railroad and councilman William A Martin on conspiracy to defraud the railroad of 70906 with mayor Guthrie taking charge of the probe. police vow more arrests as 47 select council members are named in a graft scheme involving 79000 divided among councilmen and agents.
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C.S. Cameron
Tuba City
William A. Martin
George W.’. Guthrie
Cameron
Martin
Select Council
Guthrie
Tube City Railroad
Roosevelt discusses San Francisco Japanese school discrimination report
President Roosevelt held a lengthy meeting with Secretary Metcalf on the San Francisco Japanese discrimination case. Metcalf’s forthcoming report reportedly argues local administration defended school arrangements as within rights, with a public release decision pending. The president seeks to remove Japanese complaints and achieve a settlement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Metcalf
San Francisco
Roosevelt on Louisiana tour chats with crew in Panama voyage
President Roosevelt mingled with officers and men aboard the battleship Louisiana during a Panama trip. He spoke highly of the crew, joined the chief petty officers mess, visited the Army and Navy union branch, watched a shipboard vaudeville, and delivered a closing speech near the Virginia Capes.
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Roosevelt
Ood
Panama
Louisiana
Army and Navy Union
Hatteras
Engineer Department
Virginia Capes
Floating mine from Russo Japanese war explodes on West Coast
Kobe correspondent reports a floating mine washed ashore at Akita on the west coast killing ten villagers and wounding fifty six.
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London
Kobe Corres
Akita
Bronx cave-in traps workers at Charomony Park night
A gang of laborers were caught in a cave-in at Charomony Park in the Bronx at night. Two men were killed and three others believed buried under the earth.
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New? York
Ctarmomy Park
Bronx
Burlington tragedy ends in wife’s self defense shooting
Captain Horatio N. Read was shot and killed at his Burlington area home. His wife, Mrs. Read, says he threatened to kill her and she fired in self defense. Local authorities investigate the fatal shooting near Burlington, Kansas.
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Horatio N. Read
French Squadron Sails for Tangier Under Naval Orders
Toulon dispatches report Admiral Tou chard leading a French squadron at 12 30 a m. leaving for Tangier Morocco after receiving ministry of marine instructions.
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Touchard
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Ministry of Marine
Infernal Machine Sent to Pennsylvania Man
Washington Pa Nov 28 an attempt to kill Burgess A C Marsh by infernal machine sent through the mail was credited to the Black Hand society active in Washington county which Marsh has sought to break up.
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Burgess A. C. Marsh
Black Hand Society
Washington County
Burgess Marsh
Pittsburg Woman Ends Life in Secluded Home
Pittsburg on Fifth Avenue reports Mrs Addison H Gibson a 41 year old wife of a wealthy oil operator dead on the third floor after she shot herself twice and took arsenic prompting hospital searches and police inquiry as family alerted authorities.
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Addison H. Gibson
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Arseni
Full attendance at cabinet meeting amid Cuban talks
Washington November 28. For the first time in months there was a full attendance at the cabinet meeting. The session lasted nearly three hours and covered several topics including a feature of the Cuban situation, though no statement was obtainable on the subject.
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Washington
Prison mutiny frees 35 in Vladimir escape
In Vladimir Russia on Nov 28 prisoners mutinied and 35 escaped. They overran the prison, bound the governor and officials, looted arms and civilian clothes, and fled in a coordinated breakout. A large portion of the guards were overwhelmed during the escape.
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Vladimir
Russia
Newark man found dead in Century Building office
R L Barrington was discovered on the floor of his Century building office in Newark with a revolver beside him and a bullet through the head from left to right. Police believe death by own action.
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Newark
N. J
R. L. Barerington
Century
Hearings End On Niagara River Power Transfers
Washington report says hearings on applications to transmit Niagara river power to the United States have closed. Secretary Taft will consult with Secretary Root before deciding, to avoid affecting the international treaty protecting Niagara Falls. A decision, possible around January 1, will aim to equitably allocate 157,500 horsepower among several corporations.
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Secretary of War
United States
Niagara River
Taft
Root
Niagara Falls
Roosevelt Reports Broad Panama Project Satisfaction
President Roosevelt, after a three day inspection of the Isthmus of Panama project, expresses general satisfaction with progress and conditions. He cites two exceptions including the sanitary quarters for bachelor negro laborers, which should be promptly remedied. He has not decided on recommending special legislation in a forthcoming message to Congress.
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Washington
Panama
Roosevelt
Congress
Illness of Col. J. Carmody Shocks Washington News
New York November 28 Colonel J Carmody assistant United States attorney for the Southern district of New York and son in law of Senator Thomas C Platt is dangerously ill in Washington and not expected to live His mother has arrived from Minneapolis
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J. Carmody
United States
Southern District of
Thomas C. Platt
Washington
Minneapolis
Illinois student jailed over bogus bank check scam
Peoria reports Elsie Jacobs an eighteen year old Mount Pleasant Indiana student was sentenced in Galesburg circuit court to an indeterminate term in the penitentiary for attempting to defraud the First National Bank of Galesburg with a counterfeit check.
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Peoria
Elsie Jacobs
Mount Pleasant
First National Bank of
Galesburg
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