Cabinet dedicates session to Cuba treaty and Colombia canal talks
Washington cabinet met with all members except Secretary Root to review the reciprocity treaty with Cuba and the canal treaty with Colombia. Hay reported no progress. Colombia rejects the last U S proposal, signaling a deadlock and possible shift to Nicaragua and Costa Rica routes. The president’s annual message to Congress was completed and sent to printers as the White House noted dinner hosting and personnel changes.
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Washington
Cuba
Colombia
Hay
Concha
State Department
United States
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Panama Canal Company
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary Root
Castro Looks to Uncle Sam in Venezuela Talks
President Castro in an interview says the revolution suffered a fatal blow at La Victoria and that campaigns against Barcelona and Cuidad Bolivar will likely succeed. He hopes to proclaim peace by January 1 and seeks strong U S relations under the Monroe Doctrine.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
la Victoria
Barcelona
Cuidad Bolivar
United States
Coal Strike Talks Collapse Prepares for Commission Hearing
Washington, Nov 26. Prospect for an agreement between United Mine Workers and coal operators outside the anthracite strike commission ends as New York meeting rejects plans for Friday talks. The arbitration hearing will resume Tuesday as the operators and miners return to Scranton to face the commission.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Wayne MacVeagh
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Hillside Coal and Iron Company
New York
Mitchell
Darrow
Willard’s
Scranton
MacVeagh
Augeestel
Nim
Lloyd
Messrs
Wlford
Pennsylvania Railroad
Window Glass Makers and Jobbers Reach Term Agreement
An agreement unites American Window Glass company Federation Window Glass company Independent Window Glass company and American Window Glass Jobbers association. Jobbers will take not less than 450000 boxes monthly for six months with price frozen for two months then rising monthly as agreed. Factories expect to keep a large surplus despite limited workmen and fuel.
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Muncie
Ind
American Window Glass Company
Federation Window Glass Company
Independent Window Glass Company
American Window Glass Jobbers’ Association
Deaths of a Day Colonel Ochiltree and others
In Hot Springs Virginia Colonel Thomas Ochiltree died at 1 o clock yesterday from heart trouble. In New York Francis G Meyers chief of the coin division at the sub treasury died yesterday at 57. In San Francisco Captain A Mordaunt who first reported pay gold at Nome died yesterday.
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Thomas Ochiltree
Hot Springs
Francis G. Meyers
New York
Sub-Treasury
Mordaunt
San Francisco
A. . Mordaunt
Nome
Ohio Municipal Code Law Upheld in Ohio Court
Cincinnati November 26 Judge Murphy overruled the plaintiff's demurrer and sustained the constitutionality of the recently enacted municipal code bill for Ohio on all points raised. The suit, brought by a taxpayer to test uniform operation and legal passage, failed.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
Murphy
Cleveland Accepts Invitation to Berean School Meeting
Philadelphia announces former President Grover Cleveland has accepted to preside at a December 11 public meeting supporting the Berean Manual Training and Industrial School for colored people. Also speaking will be Charles Emory Smith Colonel A. K. McClure and Booker T. Washington.
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Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
Berean Manual
Cleveland
Charles Emory Smith
A. K. McClure
Booker T. Washington
Phi ladelphian Society to mark 25th Y M C A movement anniversary
Princeton N J Nov 26 The Phi delphian society will hold commemorative exercises on Dec 6 to celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of the American and Canadian Student Young Men's Christian association movement originated in Princeton in 1877 Representatives from nearly all student associations in the United States and Canada will attend.
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Princeton
N. J
Phildelphian Society
Student Young Men's Christian Association
United States
Canada
Non-Union Barber Shot in Wellston Barbers' Dispute
Adam McClung, an elderly Wellston barber not affiliated with the Jackson County Barbers' union, lies near death in a hospital after being shot three times by David Wills in Kuebler's barber shop. The incident stems from ongoing union tensions. A separate item notes the Twentieth Century Limited setting a Chicago to Elkhart rail record, completing 107 miles in 100 minutes with six Pullman cars.
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Wellston
Adam McClung
David Wills
Jackson County Barbers’ Union
Kuebler
McClung
Union
Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
Lake Shor
Elkhart
Jack the Grabber Caught in Steubenville
Steubenville residents identify Matthew W. Curry as "Jack the Grabber" who has terrorized Sixth Street for two nights. Curry, from Paria, Pennsylvania, will be sent to the workhouse.
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Jack the Grabber
Steubenville
Matthew W. Curry
Whrla
Sixth Street
Paria
Railways report shows strong earnings and higher surplus
Preliminary ICC figures cover 195 945 miles and reveal passenger earnings of 472 429 165 dollars and weight earnings of 1 200 884 603 dollars. Net earnings reach 605 016 795 dollars, or 3 091 dollars per mile, up 51 395 421 from the prior year, with total operating income at 628 331 287 dollars and a 79 185 267 dollar operating surplus.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Resignation of United Mine Workers Leader in West Virginia
John Richards, president of District 17 UMW, tendered his resignation under pressure from conferees who said he stood between miners and operators in the New River fields strike. Some miners with families remain out, camping on hillsides in cold weather as operators refuse to treat while Richards remains a stumbling block to a settlement.
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Charleston
W. Va
John Richards
District 17
United Mine Workers
New River Fields
Richards
President appoints judges to fill vacancies in Illinois and DC
Washington November 26 the president decided to appoint Judge Jencis M Wright now judge of the heart court and appellate court of Illinois to the vacancy on the court of appeals caused by the death of folly The president also announced the appointment of Ashby M Gould of this city district attorney for the district of Columbia as associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia
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Washington
Jencis M. Wright
Heart Court
Ilinois
Ashby M. Gould
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of
Indiana Supreme Court upholds weekly wage law in part
Indiana Supreme Court decided the 1899 act requiring weekly wage payments is constitutional for the assignment ban on future wages, but invalidates the 1901 law against Pluck Me stores. The decision notes wages earned cannot be assigned for tokens payable outside lawful money of the United States.
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Supreme Court
United States
Death Investigated as Possible Paris Green Poisoning
Lancaster report of Deputy Coroner Charles Wedrick investigating the death of 75 year old Civil War veteran John Bishop. Evidence suggests he may have been given paris green in whisky, with a full inquiry to follow.
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Lancaster
Charles Dpd
Wedrick
Klewfeltsville
John Bishop
Cuban Strike Ends in Havana as Workers Return
In Havana on November 2, the Central Labor union voted to end the strike and formed committees to inform unions. Despite potential friction with local unions, the strike backbone is broken and most workers returned to work today.
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Havana
Central Labor Union
Mitchell to Write Book on Labor Strife for UMW
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers announced to a Scranton committee of personal friends that he will write a book. The work will discuss cayet and labor and provide the detailed theory of the 1900 and 1902 strikes. A Chicago publishing firm is to publish it.
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Scranton
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Don
Cayet
Chicago
Ex-Minister Wu Sails for Home
San Vranksen reports Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese minister, sailed for China yesterday aboard the steamship Hong Kong Maru. The voyage marks a return home after diplomatic service with remarks on domestic affairs.
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San Vranksen
Wu Ting Fang
China
Hong Kong
Persecution of Jews Startle the World in Roumania
Ambassador White, in a private letter to Henry Seligman, reports Roumanian atrocities against Jews as monstrous, compares them to Louis XIV’s persecutions of Huguenots, and urges civilized powers to oppose the cruelty. He plans to present recall letters to Emperor William shortly and dine with the imperial couple.
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Berlin
Ambassador White
Henry Seligman
Frankfort-on-the- Main
Roumania
Frankfurter Zeitung
Bulletin
White
William
Foreign intel brief notes from Europe and Africa
The Marquis of Salisbury returns to London in improved health after Beaulieu. Major Otto Von Etzel named to a Berlin post. Germany considers data gathering on insurance and unemployment. Ex-chairman Dot Wessels leaves Rotterdam for England, due home Nov. 29. A.P. reports a possible frontier compromise in the Chile Argentina dispute. Chile and Argentina likely to receive about 24,440 square miles each from a GS 74 square mile area dispute.
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Marquis of Salisbury
London
Rivera
Beaulieu
Berlin
Otto von Etzel
Germany
Washington
von Buelow
Imperial Statis Hal Cfice
Dot Wessels
Oranee Free State
Rand
Fooo
South Africa
Rotterdam
England
Peerlin’ Tagetlatt
Chile
Tha Iward
Chitahont
Argentina
Gore tragedy autopsy leans to accident theory
Paris reports officials and American doctors prefer an accidental cause for Mrs. Efen Gore's death. Despite secrecy, sources indicate the autopsy may officially support accident conclusions, aligning French and American investigations as Consul Gowdy records witness depositions. The Temps notes Russian colony influence in lobbying for De Redewski.
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Paris
E Fen Gore
New York Stock Market Activity and Roosevelt Message Anticipation
The New York stock market opened light with many traders staying out awaiting President Roosevelt's annual message and tariff trust recommendations. Foreign exchange rose to new highs before retreating, while shares in New York Central, St. Paul, Union Pacific, Reading, and Sugar fell. Reading drew attention with large purchases around 61 but closed among declines as the market steadied. London trading showed around 12,000 shares bought.
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New York
Rooosevelt
New York Central
St. Paul
Unitn Pacifi
Reading
London Tt
Foel Wabash Dabentae Bs
United States
Steamer Adte Ashore Near Lorain in Gale
A steamer named Adte ran ashore while attempting to reach Cleveland from Escanaba during a northeast gale. The captain and 12 crew members and the steward were rescued. two engineers and two mates remained in the engine room until assistance arrived from the Cleveland life saving station. A rescue boat later sprang a leak and the remaining three crewmen were reported to be on the beach as the vessel pounded ashore.
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Lorain
Adte
Escanaba
Levidland
Meveland
Ibis
Teveland
Cleveland
Shooting Declared Accidental in Caribbean Vessel Incident
In Portofino area on November 26 Captain A Stevens of the Amer Iran recon Jom J Snow arrived at Fort Aguado after a pilot named Rank Stecdard was fatally shot. Authorities say the shooting was accidental. Stevens has been arrested and the case moved from local to U S court where prosecution has begun.
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San Juan
Portofice
Doth
A. Stevens
Amer Iran
Jom
Vagrancy Sale Orders From Sheriff At Lapraster
Lapraster Kentucky November 26 two black women and one black man to be sold by the sheriff to the highest bidder before the courthouse Friday one for three months and the others for two and three years respectively they were convicted of vagrancy to the circuit court. Rearing Pennsylvania November 26 John Blank enhorn age 1 found dead Monday night in his home with marks of violence post mortem examination to be conducted. A warrant issued yesterday on John Blank enhomn Jr charging aggravated assault on his father.
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Lapraster Ky
Rearing
John Blankenhorn
Moyer
John Blankenhomn, Jr
Serious Injury To Roanoke Coal Operator Houston
Roanoke Va Nov 26 T E B Houston a millionaire coal operator of the Inora district was struck by a small coal hauling locomotive while at a mine yesterday. He sustained internal injuries and several ribs were broken.
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Roanoke
T. EB. Houst
Inora
Wo Va
Houston
Assailant Sought After Coal Miner Attack Near Star City
Ivan November item reports coal miners in Star City searching the creek bottoms for William McCloney who attacked a crippled miner and left him nearly dead under rock. Scranton miners face a fatal cave in Capouse colliery with Hopkins dead and two Poles injured after a 20 ton rock fall.
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Scranton
Fourd With Throats Cut in Texarkana Hotel
Lee Weisel and his wife were found in their Cosmopolitan hotel room with their throats cut. The woman is dead. A bloody razor lies near the bed. Weisel was taken to a sanitarium and is conscious but refuses to speak.
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Texarkana
Ark
Lee Weisel
Cosmopolitan
Weigel
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