Government troops battle insurrectos near Fresno in Mexico
In Chihuahala government forces drove back insurgents four miles west of Fresno as they prepare to reopen the Mexico Northwest railroad. The clash left seven government wounded and seven dead while insurgents withdrew carrying their dead. Madero reports he is unhurt and safe in San Antonio.
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Chihuahula
Mexico
Here
Fresno
Mexico &Northwestern
Parral
Minaca
Madero
San Antonio
Texas
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico City
Laredo
Injured Girl Finds Her Sweetheart Dead After Train Crash
Canton Ohio November 28 Three people are dead and two seriously hurt when a train struck a crowded surrey. Morris Ross was among the dead and Miss Fannie Meyer was among the injured. the couple had planned to wed in January. The survivor crawled to the scene of Ross after awakening and both were taken away in the same ambulance.
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Canton
Ohio
Morris Ross
Fannie Meyer
Ross
Long and Short Haul Controversy at Interstate Commission
Washington, Nov 28. The Interstate Commerce Commission studied the long and short haul issue in railroad traffic and how the law applies to export rates. Western lines argue export coverage, while eastern lines dispute it. Commissioner Lane defined the core rule against favoritism in tariffs.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern and Western
Western Lines
Commissioner Lane
Mexican Fatally Shot in Dance Over Woman
In Trinidad Colorado on November 28 Maximo Lial a Mexican man was shot in the abdomen at Garcia plaza during a dance by Faustin Siote a countryman. Siote accused Lial of being too attentive to Mrs Siote age 15 a former sweetheart of the slain man Slote is under arrest.
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Trinidad, Colo
Maximo Lial
Faustin Siote
Garcia Plaza
Trinidad
Siote
Lial
Slote
Skeleton of Indian Chief Found in Boston Park
Workmen in Dorchester uncovered a skeleton believed to be an Indian chief in a city park. A tomahawk two spears and a jar of beads were found beside the remains.
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Boston
Dorchester
United States Sees Rise in Booze and Cigarette Proceeds
Washington reports a banner year for prohibition era goods with Internal Revenue Bureau figures showing 163,000,000 gallons of distilled spirits and 69,486,111 barrels of fermented liquor, plus 6,590,000,000 cigarettes and vast tobacco products, despite state laws. Revenue totaled over 259 million with Cabell projecting 208 million collected by year end at similar cost.
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Washington
United States
Internal Revenue Bureau
Commiansioner Cabells Organisation
Coat & Penny and & Mibtle
Commineloner Cabell
Cabell
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Government moves to dissolve sugar trust in historic antitrust case
The United States sues the American Sugar Refining Company and 29 related firms under the Sherman Act in New York seeking dissolution of the so called sugar trust. The suit argues unlawful combination and monopoly plans and cites a $10 million Havemeyer stock gift as part of the origin of National Sugar Refining.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Sugar Trust
Henry A. Wise
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
H. O. Havemeyer
National Sugar Refining Company of
Mr. Havemeyer
John E. Parsons
James H. Post
Mr. Post
Post
Havemeyer
Court
American Sugar Refiing Company
National Sugar Refining Company of New Jérsey
Western Sugar Refining Company
Engineers’ Reclamation Report Ready for President
The board of army engineers, authorized by Congress to review reclamation projects with $20,000,000 in certificates of indebtedness, has completed its work. The report was delivered to Secretary Ballinger and will go to the president tomorrow.
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Washington
Board of Army Engineers
Kansas Colorado Road Sold at Receiver's Sale
Pueblo Colo November 28 The one railroad from Pueblo to Turkey Creek quarries was sold to J F Springfield of Hutchinson Kansas and Charles Bultoh of Lawrence Kansas for fifteen thousand dollars The only other bid was four thousand five hundred fifty by George McLagan The property includes twenty two miles of grade long from Pueblo to the Turkey Creek quarries a mile and a half of track and other properties The new owners may complete the line and build from Pueblo to Fowler
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Pueblo
Colo
sus-Colorado Railroad
J. F. Springfield
Hutchinson
Kuw
Charles Bultoh
Lawrence
Kas
George McLagan
Turkey Creek
Accident Haze Claims Deerwood Trapster Cooprider
A. H. Cooprider, a young ranch hand at Deerwood in Laramie Wyoming, accidentally shot himself while cleaning a firearm yesterday afternoon. Coroner Pitch has taken charge of the remains. The incident occurred as Cooprider and others were trapping in canoes in nearby Reavialains.
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Laramie
Wyo
A. H. Cooprider
Deerwood
Cooprider
Reavialains
Thirteen Killed by Mine Gas Explosion in Oklahoma
An explosion at the Jumbo coal mine near Antlers Oklahoma killed thirteen men and left one entombed. Fourteen in the mine were at work when the blast occurred with eight bodies recovered by day’s end. The cause was not yet determined but gas ignition was suspected.
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Antlers
Oklahoma
Jumbo
Here
Tariff Crisis Guides Taft Toward Revision Plans
Washington dispatch says President Taft weighs a tariff revision message as Congress faces a short session with a Democratic House and Republican Senate. He may defer action this session and propose a year hence a reform program backed by tariff board data, while handling fourteen regular appropriation bills totaling about a billion dollars.
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Washington
Taft
House
Senate
Congress
Cald
Democratic House
Tariff Board
Aft
Michael Cudaty Dies After Appendicitis Operation
Chicago reports the death of Michael Cudaty founder of the packing firm bearing his name. He died last night in a city hospital from double pneumonia after an appendicitis operation. He had been reportedly improving before the operation complications arose.
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Michwarl Cudaty
Prom Poul PN Monta
Chicago
Michael Cudahy
Bie Nen
Cudey
Mother sues over forestry death claim filed in Denver
Mary Weilgart claims her son Oscar Welgart was murdered by U.S. Forestry Service officers and not killed by his own action. She cites autopsy reports finding heart wounds not consistent with self-inflicted death and seeks $50,000 plus criminal prosecutions.
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Denver
Colo
United States Forestry Bureau
Mary Weigart
Forestry Service
Secretary of Agriculture
National Forester
Lfe
Oscar Weilgart
Lesserie
Atrenty
W. H. Bock
Bock
Welgart
Wallace
Idaho
Missoula
Mont
Forestry Bureau
Thisron
Bhaive
El Paso Prepares to Flood Ancestral Mexican Towns
Government plans to relocate nearly 2,000 residents to make room for Elephant Butte reservoir near Ragle New Mexico. Six Mexican villages with populations from 50 to 700 will be inundated when water is released. The old Santa Fe trading post town with about 3,000 residents is among those erased.
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el Paso
Tex
Great Elephant Butte
Ragle
N. M
America
Depositors Ruined by Banks Failure in Basin Montana
The He wett State bank at Basin Montana was closed by the state bank examiner. Stockholders overdrawn and the bank failed to pay as an investment. Mel Hewitt, a mining promoter, is president and A B Spriggs is vice president. Capital is 30000 with deposits of 35000. The banking firm Friday & Jenkinsons of Harlowton also closed, placing several local firms into receivership.
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Butter
Mont
Hewett State Bank
Basin
Montana
State Bank Examiner
Mel. Hewitt
Low
A. B. Spriggs
Itg
Friday & Jenkinsons
Harlowton
East Point’s Jail on Wheels Holds Twelve Prisoners
Avanta Ga November 28 East Point a suburb of this city has gained the distinction of being the most accommodating town in this section A portable jail on wheels carries a dozen inmates to the site of offenses and later to the courtroom.
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Avanta
Eeast Point
Beardea
East Point
William Bird Dies After Illness at Private Hospital
Mrs William Bird 70 succumbs to stomach trouble at Private hospital at 10 30 last night. Deceased leaves son William Koegel of Cheyenne and a daughter living in Wisconsin who will reach Cheyenne for the funeral arrangements not yet made.
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William Bird
William Koegel
Wisconsin
Cheyenne
Illinois population hits 5.64 million in thirteenth census
Illinois counts 5,638,501 people in the thirteenth census. The gain from 4,821,550 in 1890 equals 817,?41, or 16.9 percent. The rise from 1850 to 1900 totals 995,199, or 26 percent, according to today’s government release.
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Illinois
Washington
Mllinois
Unsettled Weather With Snow Likely North Regions
Forecasters expect light snow in the north with cooler conditions. Tuesday and Wednesday bring generally colder temperatures and a shift toward fall-like weather in affected areas.
Mulatto Son on Trial Stirs New Jersey Court Scene
In Trenton on November 28, John Sears, self confessed participant in the Rev Dr Amzi L Armstrong and wife murder at the Dutch Neck Presbyterian parsonage, faces trial as the stigma of his mixed race and family scandal loom. His father Thomas Duncan, once wealthy, seeks to mount a defense while Sears cites racial turmoil as motive.
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Trenton
N. J
John
Amzi L. Armstrong
Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church
New Jeresey
John Seary
Thomas Duncan
Peteseney
Duncan
Ediseat
New Jersey
Prosperou
Sears
Armstrong
Locust Corner
Rue
Numver
Yar
Expert Sees Women Grow More Mannish and Men Womanish
Cambridge November 28 A noted Harvard strength expert Dr Dudley A Sugart argues women are evolving toward masculinity while men become more feminine since 1890 The trend he says reflects broader physiques and changing roles with risks of moving toward an extreme before a balanced ideal develops
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Cambridge
Mays
Dudley A. Sugart
Harvard
Wonai
Ole Gues Ion
Sergent Bayer
Uwnstal
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