Mutineers in Brazil's Navy Seek Amnesty
Rio de Janeiro reports mutineers aboard battleships Minas Geraes Saopaulo and Bahia seek amnesty after seizing control and demanding pay raises and end to corporal punishment. Congress approves amnesty. bombardment of the city continues with civilian casualties.
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Rio Janeiro
Senate
Congresy
Fonseca
Mina Geraes
Congress
Rio Janiero
Thas
Minas Geraes
Neves
Saopaulo
Bahia
Jean Candido
Floriana
Carvalho
Mies
Madero Rebel Leader Shot Down in Battle
Eagle Pass Tex November 24 The Mexican commander at Ciudad Por firio Diaz informed American officers that Madero was severely wounded in a fight between his forces and 200 rurales under Colonel Fuentes Madero was reportedly leading his troops when he fell from his horse The nature of his wounds is unknown
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Ciudad Porfiriio Diaz
Madero
Guerrero
Fuentes
Glacial Flood Destroys Behring Valley Homes
A Behring glacier flood in Cordova Alaska sweeps Behring River valley washing away miners cabins and threatening lives. Gigantic icebergs break off and move down the valley as relief teams from Katalla are dispatched to aid affected settlers.
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Behring Valley
Cordova
Alaska
Behring
Behring River
Katalla
Arizona body adopts juvenile court clause at convention
Phoenix date nov 24 the constitutional convention adopted a juvenile court provision and a bureau of legislative research modeled after Wisconsin law. strong opposition emerged to a proposal to conserve all public bands for 26 years. Weather outlook unsettled with colder Friday and Saturday.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Bureau of Legislative Research
Woman slain after fortune notice in New Work
Lucie Chavenet of Ridgfield Park New Jersey, 36, was shot dead five minutes after receiving news of a coming fortune in France. A man fired at a companion, then fled east on Twenty eighth street. two two carat diamond rings were stolen from the victim before police arrived.
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France
Lucie Chavenet
Ridglefield Park
N. J
Twenty-eighth Street
Weat Thirtieth Street
Eighth Street
Postmaster in Jail Shakes Dumont Community
Georgetown Colorado November 24 Rich ard P Chinn postmaster at Dumont is jailed in Georgetown County jail with no deputy. The arrest stems from a warrant by P H Stanhope Blue Ridge mine manager over a feud tied to property near Columbia mountain. Chinn a Dumont store owner and influential Republican faces no bond request and has not spoken on the case.
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Georgetown
Colo
Richard P. Chinn
Dirmont
Chinn
P. H. Stanhope
Blue Ridge
Columbia Mountain
Stanhope
Btanhope
Clear Creek County
Dumont
Iowa City Eyes $26 000 Five Year Advertising Fund
Iowa City through the Commercial club may spend 26000 dollars over the next five years for municipal advertising aimed at boosting the university and manufacturing industries. The club ponders a plan to raise the funds and allocate 5000 dollars annually.
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Iowa City
Ite Commercial Club
Famous art treasure found in woman's collection
News reports reveal the watercolor portrait A Persian Prince by Cantile Bellini, missing for three years, was in the possession of Mrs. Joan K. Gardner. Her museum Venway has exhibited the work since 1907, with renewed demand from European galleries and the board unable to disclose its return earlier.
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Woman's
Boston
Gardner
Canadian girl in Chicago tragedy inspires ruined painting
A Canadian girl Marion McKenzie comes to Chicago seeking a better life but falls on hard times. She models for artist Wellington Reynolds who completes a nude study titled The Asphodel Gatherer. When confronted with the finished work she cries and begs destruction, and Reynolds destroys the painting.
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Chicago
Bohemia
Robert W. Chambers
Marion McKenzie
Windsor
Canada
Trongtt
Wellington Reynolds
Tree
State and
Ontario
Reynolds
Post Office Staff Parade Large Family Counts
Washington reports that sixty two postal workers have 722 children among them with average earnings just over 1000 dollars. The top earner is a colored elevator conductor with nineteen children on a 720 dollar yearly salary. White engine room official earns 990 dollars with seventeen children. Others range from ten to fourteen children. fifty five have two or more under twelve.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Wal
Shaw
Gompers Accused Of Meddling In Newspaper Ban Debate
Samuel Gompers faced charges that the Federation of Labor leadership was influenced by the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. A committee supported the executive council's action to prevent a boycott. The San Francisco Call reported on the union solicitation debate without clear resolution.
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Gompers
St. Louis
Samuel Gompers
Ecounel
Federation of Labor
Americal
Publishers’ Association
San Francisco Call
Solicitom Union
Penn
Giant strike may follow conference in railroad industry
Denver reports that unions representing trainmen, conductors, and engineers may strike after meetings with the General Managers' association. Demands include 10 to 20 percent raise and an eight hour day. Management expects to oppose the demands and warns of potential nationwide paralysis and arbitration under the Erdman act.
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Chicago
Weet
General Managers’ Association
Denver
Managers’ Committee
Erdman
West
Old Preacher Shot. Wife Slain Near Princeton Farm
On a Dutch Neck farm near Princeton New Jersey Rev A L Armstrong 40 and his wife Ancle 45 were shot to death after supper by robbers believed to have fled in an automobile. The bodies were found in separate rooms the shotgun beside Armstrong. John Sears a local worker and his mother were questioned as suspects.
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Princeton
N. J
Dutch Neck
A. L. Armstrong
Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church
Ancle Armstrong
Armstrong
John Sears
Sears
Demented Patient Attacks Doctor in County Hospital
In Denver on Nov 24 Joseph Kohler a demented patient attacked Dr William Whiting the physician in charge with a knife. He was subdued after Frank Hendricks another point was badly beaten by Kohler in the county hospital incident.
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Denver
Joseph Kohler
Dement
County Hospita
William 7
Whiting
Frank Hendricks
Kohler
Thirteen Year Old Weighs Fourteen Pounds in Canyonville
Nov 24 report from Canyonville Ofe states thirteen year old Pickett, weighing fourteen pounds, was fed today. Authorities believed she may be the most emaciated child of her age.
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Canyonville
Ofe
Minfie Pickett
Youth Hunter Hurt By Accident Near Middleton
Nov 24 in Middleton Ohio Wilila Jake of Nlonville waited while hunting yesterday. Another boy Wetjamin Jones fell on a twig causing a discharged gun to fire. The report notes a single injury without details of location or outcome.
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Killa
Middleton
Wilila Jake
Nlonville
Wetjamin Jones
Young
Wrights contest Wrights record as flight altitude dispute
In San Francisco Thomas P. Jackson for the Wright brothers protests Drexel's altitude record. He cites that the ascent must be observed by judges and the aircraft must land near its takeoff point. In Philadelphia J Armstrong Drexel attempts to fly back from Orlando misjudges river and lands at Trenton Junction after 20 mile flight.
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San Francisco
Thomas P. Jackson
Wright Bros
Wrights
Drexel
Jackson
Philadelpha
J. Armstrong Drexel
Philadelphia
Orland
Delaware River
Schuylkill
Trenton Junction
New Jersey
Ravages of Olive Fly Cut Mediterranean Olive Crop Outlook
Washington reports from consular sources indicate the olive fly has devastated crops in Mediterranean countries despite efforts to eradicate it. The olive yield this year is expected to be around 45 percent of normal, signaling a sharp decline.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Clare Leneve Laughs At Questions On America Departure
London reports reveal Ethel Clare Leneve, linked to Crippen case, laughed when asked about sailing to America on the Mauretania. She plans to start anew alone with her sorrow, while wardens claim Crippen attempted suicide to avoid hanging. Leneve may claim Crippen’s possessions as affairs wind down.
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London
Ethel Clare Leneve
Hawley H. Crippen
Belle Elmore
America
Dr. Crippen
Bentonville
Stone
Crippers
Leneve
Emperor William Urges Temperate Cadets at Naval Academy
In Flensburg on November 24 Emperor William spoke at the opening of the Naval Academy urging "times call for true heart men." He warned cadets against excess drinking, urged total abstinence, and said moral fiber and strong nerves are essential for the naval service and the nation’s future leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flensburg
Germany
Times
William
New
Naval Academy
Fire at Swift & Co Lard Refinery Claims One Life
Chicago news reports a blaze at the Swift & Co lard refinery causing $75 000 damage. John Jutley, chief of Swift & Co private fire department, died in the flames and about fifty city firefighters were overcome by smoke.
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Chicago
John Jutley
Swift & Co
Mary Garden Invades a North Shore Coming Out Party
Mary Garden, heavily hobbling, arrives by car to a North Shore society welcome at Edgewater Country Club. Amid a crowd of debutantes in jeweled gowns she navigates an awkward entrance and engages in festive chatter before retreating amid the confusion.
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Mary Garden
Licago
North Shore
Edgewater Country Club
Wistake
EU Club
North End
Ming Garden
Anxle
Mice Garden
Wing Garden
Aomie
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Chamber
Reyes
Paris
Bernardo Reyes
Mexico
Diaz
Joseph Limantour
Algo
Benito Juarez
Laredo
T.x
Diebold
Chihuahua
Villar
Mexican
Matamoros
Columbia
San Antonio
Texas
Francisco I. Madero
Rio Grande
San Luis Potosi
Juan
Soma
Little
Colorado
Valerie West
LFE
Postomfican
All West
J. Drexel “Riddle
Clare Leneve
Crippen
Emperror
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