Ask Cuba to Enter Union Takes Care of the Debt
Senator Newlands of Nevada introduced a joint resolution inviting Cuba to become a state on equal terms. It proposes Porto Rico become a province of Cuba, preserves current Cuban officers, and transfers Cuba’s 25 million dollar bonds to the state with reduced interest. The plan envisions integrating Cuba’s rural guard into the U.S. army and uses Cuban treasury funds for the new state.
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Washington
Newands
Nevada
Cuba
United States
Porto Rico
Cuban Reciprocity Bill Sparks Senate Debate
Washington November 23 The senate held its longest sitting of the session debating a motion to refer the Cuban reciprocity bill to the committee on foreign relations. Republicans urged reference to foreign relations while Democrats pressed finance. The motion passed without division as leaders disputed motives and cautioned against setting a precedent for revenue measures. Senator Teller denied reports he hoped to block or obstruct the bill. Len Allison and Aldrich favored foreign relations but agreed the decision should not set a tariff reference precedent. Allison denied intent to revise tariffs by reciprocity.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Committee On Finance
Teller
Len- Allison
Aldrich
Igness
Correlations Committee
Allison
Rathbone Repeats Old Cuba Governance Charges
Major Estes G. Rathbone, former Cuba post director, testifies to the senate military committee investigating General Leonard Wood’s bid for major general. He reiterates prior accusations of corruption and accepting money from a gambling concern while Wood governed Cuba, claims personal ties to ex-convicts, and attacks his fitness and legality of actions.
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Wood
Cuba
Washington
Estes G. Trallibone
Senate Committee On Military of
Rges
Leonard Wood
Rathbone
Secretary of War
Senate Committee On
Zion City securities appeal commands million investment
John Alexander Dowie’s Christian Catholic church overseer in Chicago calls followers to sell property and invest in Zion securities or Zion land, claiming a divine command to raise $2,000,000 as Zion Industries expands. He states the capital need stems from high demand for ion products, not business malaise.
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Zion City
Chicazo
John Alexander Kowie
The
Christ In Catholic Church
Zion Industries
Zion Securities
Zion Land
Zion
Japan's Oil Production Largely in American Control
Consular reports from Washington say Japan's oil output is increasingly dictated by Standard Oil through a controlling corporation. Native firms are being absorbed, with plans to consolidate much of Japan's oil industry. The expansion aligns with rising steamship and rail traffic and factory growth, while coal remains a major import.
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American
Standard Oil Company
Wwashington
Japan
Standard Oil
Rae
Ship May Be Lost With Fifty People Aboard
The steamer Discovery, departing Nome October with fifty to sixty on board including thirty-one passengers, has not been sighted since October 28. Shipping men fear the vessel will never reach port.
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Discovery
Nome
Seattle
Wash
Looks Warlike Again Warships clash fears rise in Far East
Reports from St Petersburg and London on November 25 describe Japan reportedly sending warships to block two Russian vessels from reaching Port Arthur. A second dispatch notes unconfirmed claims of a Japanese squadron leaving Ushebo, with warnings to Korea over Yongampho trade. The Seoul minister warns Russia may act, Korea objects, and tensions escalate amid Chemulpo events.
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Russia
Japan
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Davevitch
Bain
Port Cee
London
Port Arthur
Nagasaki
Korea
Daily Mail
Seoul
Yongampho
Chicago streetcar strike violence continues with rioting
Chicago residents report ongoing trouble as state street cable line opens amid strike tensions. Rioters cut Halsted wires and dumped rock on Archer avenue racks while police faced rock-throwing crowds at Forty-First and State Streets and Twenty-Ninth Street. Police fired in self defense as crews cleared obstructions. Earlier, two non-union workers shot two strike sympathizers at the American Hide and Leather plant, with the shooters fleeing.
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Chicago
State Street
Chicago City Railway
Halsted Street
Archer Avenue
Forty-First Street
Forty-First
State Streets
Twenty-Ninth Street
American Hide and Leather Company
Markets Report From Sioux City and Midwest Cattle Trade
Sioux City live stock prices show cattle and calves trading from $1.60 to $4.35 with varied steer, heifer, and yearling values. Hogs receipts around 35,000 with prices mostly $4.15 to $4.40. Chicago and South Omaha markets show steady to firm tone across beef and pork, plus mixed loads. Western cattle and sheep values listed for Kansas City and Minneapolis cash markets with spring, No. 3 white, and other feed ingredients noted alongside commodity quotations.
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Chicago
Y. H
South Omaha
South Omey
Esturtta Hers
Colombia's President Denounces U S Panama Actions
Bogota Nov 24 President Marroquin declares that treaties are violated by Washington marine actions on the isthmus. He appeals to the American people, insisting the United States must honor Colombia's sovereignty and the Panama treaty, while affirming mutual respect and friendship. The statement underscores Colombia's demand to preserve territory and uphold long-standing U S relations.
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Bogota
Marrouin
Associated Press
Colombia
Beaupre
United States Senate
United States
Panama
Marroquin
Globe
Confederate States
Pacific
Washington
Americas
Threats Are Boastful General Salazar Says Colombia Builds Army
Panama reports General Victor Salazar, once Panama governor and Colombian commander on the isthmus, denounces Panama unrest. He claims Colombia will mobilize 1,000 to 1,060 troops led by liberal and conservative chiefs to defend national integrity, and notes American aid to Panama as treason.
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Salazar
Colombia
Panama
Victor Salazar
Department of
Palimbia
Casca
Cauca
Antioquia
Uribe-Uribe
Eneral
Benjamin Nerrara
Nberals
Ithmus
Admiral Casey
United States
Associated Press
New Republic
Duende
Heinze in Mexico plans copper mines deal
August Heinze, Montana copper magnate, has obtained an option on the Ladicha copper mines in Guarrero Mexico, owned by Mitchell Mining and Smelting. George Mitchell is president. W H Blake represents Heinze and will inspect the property before closing. Heinze plans a large smelter and a railroad to Acapulco if the deal proceeds.
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Montana
Austin
Tex
Mexico
August Heinze
Ladicha
Guarrero
Mex
Mitchell Mining and Smelting Company
George Mitchell
W. H. Blake
Heinze
Mr. Heinze
Acapulco
Pacific
Mutiny Ends in Murder Aboard German Vessel Octavia
Los Angeles file reports the German ship Octavia arriving after a mutinous sequence at sea. A sailmaker jailed for murder tied to three crew deaths by poisoned alcohol. three sailors buried at sea. first officer dying on shore. Also mentions Norwegian ship Victorian lost with five bodies found.
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Los Angele
Los Angeles
Cal
Antwerp
Stavanger
Norway
Schwab Offered Bribe in Shipbuilding Case Hearings
Testimony at the United States Shipbuilding Company receivership hearing reveals Schwab offered to buy stock and bonds for Nixon to push the Sheldon plan, with $1,000,000 portions to Nixon, Dresser, and a trust company. Letters from Schwab to Hoadley were introduced as evidence.
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Schwab
New York
Navy
United States
Lewis Nixon
Shipbuilding Company
Bethlehem Company
Max Pam
Nixon, Dresser
Trust Company of the Republic
Nixon
Untermeyer
Sheldon
Joseph H. Hoadley
United States Shipbuilding Company
Charles M. Schwab
Samuel Untermeyer
Bethlehem Steel Company
Mr. Hoadley
Guthrie
Joseph If. Headley
McIntyre & Marshall
Reorganized Company
C. M. Schwab
Corn Products Stocks Lead Industrial Decline On Exchange
New York November 26 industrials weakened with Corn Products preferred dropping more than 12 points and common down 4 1/2 points. Other weak issues included American Locomotive and American Car and Foundry. The Corn Products group controls National Starch and faced criticism over plant closures at Sioux City affecting profitability and policy.
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New York
Common
American Locomotive Preferred
American Car and Foundry
U. S. Steel
The
Corn Products Company
National Starch Company
Sioux City
Big Corn Products Company
Ud. Company
Forest fires sweep cotton belt in smoke plume
MEMPHIS TENN NOV 26 The entire cotton belt region west of the Mississippi and Arkansas is engulfed in dense smoke from severe forest fires. Fires have raged for three days burning large timber areas and spreading quickly. No lives are reported lost but livestock have suffered severely.
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Memphise
Tenn
Missippi
Arkansas
Ex-Governor Drake's Funeral in Centerville, Iowa
Ex Governor A M Drake lay in state three hours at Central Church of Christ, with a 1400-strong procession to Oakwood cemetery. The ceremony featured a vast floral display from national figures and included Drake's sons and daughters among attendees. He served as a Union brigadier general, wounded at Mark's Mills, later practiced law and entered railroad and banking ventures.
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Centerville
A M. Drake
Central Church of Christ
St. Johns Commundery
Knights Templar
Oalkwood
Iowa
Chopin
Des Moines
Drake University
Frank
John A
Chicago
Shantz
Sawyer
Bal Armore
Sturdevant
United States
Kirby Smith
Mark’s Mills
Ark
Fagan
Little Rock
United States Volunteers
Senate
Thayer
St. Charles
Shaler
Duval's Bluff
Drake
A Stirring Career of Soldier and Frontiersman Drake
The article recounts Francis Drake’s early frontier exploits after gold discovery in California, including leading the Drakeville train, fighting 800 Pawnees, and a wreck of the Yankee Blade near Mexico. It covers his return to Iowa, mercantile ventures, Civil War service, and rise to lieutenant colonel in the Thirty sixth Iowa infantry with involvement in Missouri border actions.
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Monhhood
Drake
California
Plains
Eldorado
Ourj River
Council Bluffs
Sacramento
American River
Yuba
Iowa
Point Aguilla
Mexico
San Francisco
Drakeville
John Hamilton
Drake & Sons
Francis
Unionville
Appanoose County
Kirkwood
Moore
Twenty-first Missouri
Memphis
Bloomfield
Missouri
Patton
Cranor
Taylor County
John Edwards
Prentiss
Iowa Infantry
CANNOT FIND THE GROOM. Centerville Wedding Fails
In Centerville Iowa preparations for Grace Brown and W A Magee wedding collapsed as the groom vanished after engaging plans. Decor and gifts were removed while Dr C F Brown, a leading physician, and his wife face public sympathy as Magee’s whereabouts remain unknown.
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Dr. Brown
Centerville
C. F. Brown
Miss Grace Brown
W. A. Magee
Comanche
I. T
St. Louis
New York
New Orleans
Brown
Appanoose County
Miss Grown
Miss Brown
Magee
Texas
Mine Disaster Claims Ten More At Hill Farm Pennsylvania
A 6 30 pm explosion in Ferguson mine near Hill Farm in Connellsville PA traps and burns nineteen miners. Nine escape alive while ten die as rescuers battle flames. bodies badly burned, many unidentifiable. Fire from 1890 incident possibly rekindled. victims include foreigners except James McGuerque, son of the pit boss.
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Hill Farm
State of Pennsylvania
Connellsville
Hill Arm
Ferguson
Ferguson Mines
Dunbar Furnace Company
Ferguson Mine
James McGuerque
Expedition found Swedish Antarctic party by Argentine warship
Argentine warship Uruguay reached Rio Galligo with Nordenskjold expedition members aboard stopping a French search for the Swedish explorers. The Uruguay located Nordenskjold officers on Louis Philippe island and other party members on Seymour island.
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Buenos Ayres
Rio Galligo
Uruguay
Arehot
Louis Phillippe Island
Seymour Island
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