Transport Hancock Ashore Amid Global News Ledger
The week’s key events include the Hancock ashore in Japanese waters and more shipwrecks off the English coast. A mounted Cape Dutch force moves toward the Boers as Erzroum records twenty earthquake deaths. Aguinaldo rejects an American lawyer’s release offer while Oregon plans arid land surveys. An insane man kills an officer at Cosmopolis and wounds another. Tom Considine testifies in a Seattle murder trial.
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Hancock
Erzroum
Manila
Cosmopolis
Wash
Tom Considine
Seattle
Fire and crime news across early 20th century cities
A scattered report set notes a Boston fire destroying property worth 100000, a bank burglary at Chatham Tl, and Berlin Md fire losses of 90000. Other items mention treason arrest in Tacloban Leyte, Koh I Noor diamond plans, mining and railroad notes, and a spate of accidents and robberies across Europe and America.
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Retrutoum
Ghrthteia
Arcs
Davo
Rusto
Dobeque
Edward
Alexandra
Tacloban
Leyte
Count von Hatsfeldt
England
United States
Hart
Stage Hugging Sparks Pearl of Comic Conscience
Mies Julia Marlowe writes in Collier's Weekly that a stage embrace should be refused if it lacks mutual consent. She asserts a plain question requires a fair degree of common sense to yield a negative answer.
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Mies
Julia Marlowe
Collier’a Weekly
Liice
Governor Geer Proclaims November 28 1901 Thanksgiving Day
Oregon governor issues a Thanksgiving proclamation calling on November 28 1901 to be observed with prayer and gifts to the poor. He cites national tragedy and calls for unity, gratitude, and devotion across the state, urging worship and remembrance.
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Salem
Geer
Band of
United Statons
Ors
State of
Oregon
T T Geer
L. Dunbar
Diaz Doctrine Cheers Unity of Americas in Mexico Banquet
Alfred Canavero, speaking for the Mexican delegation, praised U S aid against Nueponteon ambitions and framed the Diaz Doctrine as a supplement to the Monroe Doctrine. He defined the Americas' international law as peace based on respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of all republics.
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City of
Mexico
Alfred Canavero
United States
Canave
Nuepoteon
New World
Americas
America
City ledgers missing for Chicago 1876 to 1884
Chicago finance committee reports missing ledgers covering city accounts from 1876 through 1884. The sinking fund accounts show a discrepancy exceeding 3.1 million dollars and police accuse prior administrations of borrowing from the fund for other corporate uses with no returns. No records exist showing the purpose of these eight years of loans, per the City Controller.
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Chicago
Schley Court Holds Overtime Sessions
The Schley court of inquiry opened with twice daily hearings. Afternoon sessions will run from 3 to 4 o’clock to speed progress and deliver findings as early as possible.
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Washington
Schley Court of Inquiry
Exchange of Prisoners Reported in Panama Conflict
New York dispatch says negotiations are under way for a prisoner exchange. General Domingo Diaz, leader of the rebellion in the Panama Department, sent a committee to meet General Alban and deliver a letter.
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New York
Frst
Saya
Panama
The
Herald
Domingo Diaz
Revelutionary
Department of Panama
Alban
President Warns Against Political Influence in Army Appointments
The War Department announces that naming officers to Brigadier General vacancies will wait until Congress convenes. The President and Vice Secretary of War discouraged reliance on political friends to secure status changes, urging records to guide selections and stressing merit over influence.
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Washington
War Department
Wwe
Olicurs
Congress
Hancock Aground in Japanese Waters Near Nagasaki
The US transport Hancock ran ashore on the south side of the Strait of Shimonoeski in Nagasaki harbor. A German gunboat assisted. This marks the third U S transport to meet with misfortune in Japanese waters recently after the Sheridan and the Congress party vessel. The Hancock was to pick up delayed passengers from Nagasaki.
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Nagasaki
Japan
United States
Hancock
Shimonoeski
Warren
Insane Sea
Manila
Cabinet Crisis In Chile, New York
A brief item reports a cabinet crisis in Chile with related coverage from New York dated November 18. Key figures or exact actions are not specified in the fragment.
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Chile
New York
Disturbances and Boer Movements Reach Cape Town Area
Details from Middleburg Cape Colony report increased Boer activity near Cape Town with raids on Hopefield and Midbury Siding. Troops surrendered or were overwhelmed. Captain believes surrender prearranged. London dispatch notes Kitchener reports 300 Boers surrounding yeomanry at Brakspruit with casualties and Byng column losses near Hilbran.
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Middleburg
Cape Colony
Smuts
Br Mae
New York
Losbian Times
New York Times
Cape Town
Hopefield
Darling
Fouche
Midbury
Jamestown
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Brakspruit
Transvaal
Byng
Hilbran
Orange River Colony
Fifty Vessels Wrecked in Prolonged British Gale
London reports a protracted gale causing heavy loss of life and property along the British coast. About 50 vessels wrecked, 34 completely, with over 180 presumed drowned. the Yarmouth lifeboat disaster leaves 44 widows and orphans. Weather worsens with snow in Scotland and a coming Scandinavian blizzard.
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London
Yarmouth
United Kingdom
Scandinavia
Great Britain
Scotland
Panic Fire Destroys Factory Row at 354 Madison Street
A blaze at the Fire Story building on 354 Madison street in Chicago caused about 50000 in losses spread across six small firms. Five hundred Schultz paper box factory workers in the building were panic struck. many were trampled and bruised, but none seriously injured in the evacuation.
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Chicago Firs
Chicago
Madison Street
Schultz Paper Box
Japanese Gunboat Order Reported by Urga Reef Co
Washington reports an unconfirmed item that the United States government may have placed an order for six gunboats with the Urga Reef Company. The claim appears in dispatches from Tokyo and lacks official confirmation from U S sources.
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Washington
Japan
United Dates
Urga Reef Company
Dawn in the Caves Condemned by Ian Chelea
The fragment notes a dawn event in caves where Ian Chelea condemns actions seen as condoned there. The readable text is sparse and unclear but points to a judgment or stance by Chelea regarding cave objects or events.
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Ian Chelea
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Prussia
Jeon
Berlin
United States Steel Corporation
Nore
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Plymouth
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