President Roosevelt chairs cabinet meeting in Washington
The president resumed his duties at the White House presiding over a cabinet session attended by all members. The Panama question dominated discussion as Metcalf briefed on Japanese affairs in San Francisco and carried a large portfolio possibly containing his Frisco schools report.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Panama
Metcalf
San Francisco
White House
Townas
Isthmus
Frisco
Grace Brown Suicide Case: New Testimony Emerges
Medical experts testified that Grace Brown would have become a mother and that she was alive at the time she is alleged to have died last week, as details in the Herkimer case against her lover unfold.
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Scripps News Association
Herkimer
Grace Brown
Douglas
Whaling Expands in South Atlantic Near South Georgia
A South Atlantic whaler reports rising activity around the Falkland Islands with 135 sea whales and ten sperm whales taken in three months near South Georgia.
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Scripps News Association
Montevideo
South Atlantic
Falkland Islands
South Georgia
Pitchfork Tillman Addresses crowd under guard in Chicago
Senator Pitchfork Tillman arrives with police protection as hundreds gather near the station. At the Iroquois Theatre he rails at alleged attempts to curtail free speech by “the negroes” and urges warlike yet “undemocratic” but white-focused policies amid a tense crowd fears of an armed attack.
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Ghidigm
Pitchfork
Keller
Iroquois Theatre
Hullabaloo
Chicago
Sweet Marie Trotter Sells at Madison Garden Show
The invisible trotter Sweet Marie owned by William Garland of Los Angeles is for sale after an exhibition at the Madison Garden Horse Show. Once undefeated and highly celebrated, the mare is described as perfectly sound and healthy, with many wealthy patrons already negotiating for her.
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Scripps News
New York
Sweet Marie
William Garland
Los Angeles
Cal
Madison Garden
Ten Million Shares Subscribed in New United Golbat Co
Jersey City reports that ten million dollars in shares of the New United Golbat Exploration Company are fully subscribed. At a stockholders meeting, it was announced the firm holds options on 34 mines totaling about 1500 acres with developed properties and indications of rich ore.
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Scripps News Association
Jersey City
New United Golbat Exploration Company
Largest Bridge Under Construction Over Spokane River
Spokane workers begin a monumental steel bridge over the Spokane river north of Fort Wright. Engineers call it the world’s largest with 800 feet clear span and 280 feet rise, part of a Spokane to Puget Sound line. Budget about 700000, two years to finish. Northern Pacific plans a 1500 foot long 280 foot high bridge southeast of Spokane, cost 250000, ready in spring.
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Spokane
Fort Wright
Hill
Pugee Sound
Pacfic
Lawyers Canon
Seattle Sees Gold Record Break With Northern Shipments
Seattle reports several large gold shipments remain from the North and hints a district production record will be surpassed by millions. Through October first this year the local assay office logged 21.7 million dollars, nearly all from northern sources, with some from British Columbia and other states.
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Scripps News Association
Seattle
United States
Columbia
States
Great Gathering of Baptists in Spartanburg Convention
Five hundred delegates representing 110000 Baptists from South Carolina attended the state Baptist convention in Spartanburg starting today. Prominent Baptists from several Southern states joined discussions on church conduct and related questions.
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Cripps News Association
Spartanburg, S. G
South
Cloudburst Destroys Mountain Slope. Seven Drowned
A cloudburst struck Fain mountain near Murphay North Carolina at 3 AM sweeping houses and beds away. Seven people were drowned as the storm carried structures several miles.
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Murphay
N.C
Fain Mountain
Indictments delayed as grand jury delves into Belvedere case
In San Francisco the grand jury resumed this morning and examined Belvedere restaurant evidence. Prosecutors say newly discovered material could support perjury and extortion indictments. Schmitz to be examined Friday, delays until then. Washington reports Mary Digges Lee wed Outerbridge Hously in Maryland. Baltimore & Ohio raises switchmen wages by four cents hourly in Cincinnati.
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San Francisco
Grand
Belvedere Restaurant
Simi
Schmitz
Sultan Fights Tanger as Warships Staged for Landing
Nov 27 report from Chicago notes tribesmen and Sultan’s troops clashing near the city with heavy fighting. Foreign warships stand ready to land troops to protect subjects of other powers, signaling broader stakes abroad.
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Scripps News Association
Tanger
Fuel Relief Effort Formed at La Grande Meeting
A Citizens Mass Meeting at the Commercial Club in La Grande organized a empowered committee led by Wm. Miller to relieve the coal famine. The panel will pursue coal from mines and manage funds through Geo. L. Cleaver as fiscal agent with prefunding deposits applied to coal deliveries.
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Wm. Miller
la Granda
la Grande
Miller
J. A. Thronson
Turner Oliver
J. E. Reynolds
Mr. Cleaver
Theas Ao
Imbler
Returned Kidnapped Boy Traced to Sweatshops in Baltimore
Floyd Burner twelve years old and son of Mrs. Leon Burner was returned to his mother today by Elmer Brown of Omaha who traced the child after a kidnapping by a traveling salesman. He followed the boy through several cities to the sweatshops of Baltimore.
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Scripps News Association
Grand Island
Nab
Floyd Burner
Leon Burner
Elmer Brown
Omaha
Baltimore
Newfoundland Canada Tunnel Plan To Link Isle Strait
A charter is secured to build a ten mile tunnel under Belle Isle straits to connect Newfoundland with Canada. The franchise spans twenty years for construction with the Newfoundland government contributing 75,000 dollars annually.
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Scripps News Association
Montreal
Belle Isle Straits
Newfoundland
Canada
Engineers Hear Plans for Fourteen Foot Channel to St Louis
In St Louis on November 2 a hearing by the board of engineers of the rivers and harbors committee opened. The group is shaping plans for a fourteen foot navigation channel to the city.
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Scripps News Association
St Louis
Board of Engineers of the Rivers and Harbors Committee
St. Louis
DA Secures Warrant to Search Large New York Gambling House
District Attorney Jerome obtains a warrant to raid a major New York gambling establishment as authorities prepare a crackdown. Operators warned that the attorney will pursue their deeds with renewed vigor, suggesting a citywide crackdown may follow.
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Scripps News Association
New York
Jerome
Sugar Refining Firm Fined for Rebates in New York
The American Sugar Refining Company was fined eighteen thousand dollars for accepting rebates from the New York Central. The railroad faced the same penalty last week for offering rebates to the sugar firm.
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Scorlpp
A News Association
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
New York Gentral
Sugar
Post Office Clerks Form Union in St Louis
Thirty five clerks at the St Louis post office organize a union affiliated with the federation of labor to seek higher wages. Many others decline to join, fearing government displeasure.
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Scripps News Association
St Louis
Federation of of Labor
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