Ex-Mayor Hewitt Leads Call to Tackle City Vice
An open 3 PM Chamber of Commerce meeting will discuss suppressing and regulating vice amid Tammany Hall criticism. Abram Hewitt Charles Stewart Smith and Will Baldwin Jr head signers as Bishop Potter expected to speak with clergy involvement and possible resolutions and future committees.
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Chamber of Commerce
Abram$. Hewitt
Charles Stewart Smith
Will
Sam H. Baldwin, Jr
Bishop Potter
New York
Lexow Committee
Smith
Tammany Hall
Hewitt
Tammany
Mr. Hewitt
Croker
van Wyck
Mr. Croker
Police Department
Mr. Smith
Chamber
Tammany Committee
Police
John E. Parsons
Parsons, Shepard & Ogden
Parsons
Church
William H. Baldwin, Jr
George Foster Peabody
Index to Departments Highlights and Notices
The page lists sections and page numbers across topics from Stocks and Wheat to Railroads and Real Estate. It promotes the new fast $17 train to Chicago via West Shore Railroad at 1:00 PM daily with an advertisement.
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Marine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
Chicago
West Shore Railroad
Hopkins County Miners Refuse to Strike Despite District Action
In Madisonville Kentucky on November 26 miners in District 23 react to United Mine Workers President John Mitchell’s demand for a district wide strike. Hopkins County miners reject the inter state scale and 2,000 are cited as satisfied with the current terms. Rumors of marching intimidation surface, Sheriff Hawkins orders restraint and pledges protection with deputies. Operators celebrate while residents fear possible trouble as the district strike collapses.
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Madisonville
Hopkins County
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio River
Iniana
United Mine Workers
T. N. Hawkins
Strike On In Tampa Causes Work Halt Across City
In Tampa on November 26 the Trades Assembly reversed a prior position and many union men quit work. Construction stands still as hundreds of buildings face stoppage. Laborers from all trades except the typographical union walk out while organizers plan to mobilize 1500 unorganized supporters by tomorrow night. Resistencia Union members continue working.
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Tampa
Fla
Trades Assembly
Resistencia Union
Odell to Name Oyster Bay Lawyer as Legal Adviser
Albany reports William J. Youngs of Oyster Bay, longtime Gov. Roosevelt assistant, will be legal adviser to Gov elect Odell at 5000 dollars. He would replace Charles Z. Lincoln, who has held the dual role since 1895, with Lincoln’s future status undecided.
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Albany
William J. Youngs
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Odell
Charles Z. Lincoln
Little Valley
Statutory Revision Commission
Lincoln
Reverend Snedeker Likely to Take Cincinnati Rector Post
The Rev Charles H. Snedeker of St. Bartholomew's New York has been formally called to be rector and Dean of St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral in Cincinnati. He is guest of Bishop Vincent and preached at St. Paul's, with favorable impressions of Cincinnati and a probable early departure from New York.
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New York Times
Springfield
Ohio
Charles H. Snedeker
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
New York
St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral
Cincinnati
Snedeker
Vincent
City
St. Paul’s
Annapolis Thanksgiving Day Order Issued by Commander
The Naval Academy suspends studies and exercises from 4 PM Wednesday to evening rollcall Thursday under Commander Wainwright. Cadets in first conduct grade may visit Annapolis and officers’ quarters from 4 to 9 30 PM Wednesday. Leave within limits to Annapolis is allowed for all cadets not under restriction on Thursday. Service at 9 30 AM in the chapel. Athletic events to resume after the service.
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Annapolis
Wainwright
Naval Academy
Thanksgiving Turkey and Ballantine IPA Pairing Note
The Thanksgiving turkey will go with added zest with Ballantine s India Pale Ale.
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Ballantine
Creditors Challenge Castellane Income Suit in New York
Creditors of Count Boni de Castellane and Anna Gould de Castellane seek to limit the Countess’s income from the Gould estate until debts totaling several million dollars are paid. They obtained a temporary injunction to stop George Gould and trustees from paying income pending a permanent order and a possible receiver. The case, a test action, aims to force the estate to apply surplus income to debts while defending the Countess’s right to a defined annual allowance.
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Boni de Castellane
Countess de Castellane
Anna Gould
George Gould
Gould
Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Marshall
Anton J. Dittmar
Count Boni
Asher Wertheimer
London
England
Bric-Abrac
Wertheimer
Beni’ de Castellane
France
United States
Mr. Dittmar
Count de Castellane
Castellane
Untermyer
George J. Gould
Goulds
John F. Dillon
Mr. Untermyer
Dillon
Jay Gould
Anna
Paris
Curio
Contentions on income arrangements for debt repayment
The text argues that 250000 a year could suffice for the Count and Countess. they may arrange to place the remaining annual income with a receiver for their benefit. It would take about five years to pay the debts currently due.
Pension Office Speak Easy Discovered in Washington
Pension Commissioner Evans exposed a cooperative speak easy run by about fifty clerks in the Pension Building. The Fire Room served as the bar, with designated hours and pooled liquor costs, as workers drank during office hours yet arrived sober. An inquiry followed a drunken employee carried home, leading to wider scrutiny of the clerks involved.
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Washington
Evans
Pension Bureau
United States
Pension Building
Pension
A Lucky Infant Inherits Vast Estate In Newport
Mrs. Natalie Bay ard Brown, guardian of her infant son John Nicholas Brown, files an inventory showing total estate worth 1 943 690 31. Real estate in Providence valued at 167 740. Personal property includes 227 shares Lonsdale Company worth 1 475 500, 68 shares Hope Company 149 600, 23 Blackstone Manufacturing 57 500, 10 Berkley Company 15 000, and cash 78 350 31. Uncle Harold Brown’s estate to be inventoried and should nearly match the paternal share.
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Newport
Natalie Bayard Brown
John Nicholas Brown
Providence
Lonsdale Company
Hope Company
Blackstone Manufacturing Company
Berkley Company
Harold Brown
Newport Thanksgiving Dinner For Newsboys At Masonic Hall
Miss Tanner heads arrangements for a Newport Thanksgiving dinner at Masonic Hall hosted by Mrs. F. W. Vanderbilt. About 300 boys will receive turkey vegetables fruits cream and candy. The King's Daughters will assist. Rev Henry Morgan Stone will offer prayer and Rev Emery H Porter will speak. A vocal quartet and Naval Training Station apprentices choir will perform.
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Newport
Miss Tanner
Masonic Hall
F. W. Vanderbilt
King’s Daughters
Henry Morgan Stone
Emery H. Porter
Naval Training Station
Indian Raid in Colorado Spurs Meeker Dispatch
Game Commissioner Johnson and deputies rode to Meeker by stage to force Indians who are slaughtering Colorado game back to their reservation. The action follows reports of ongoing depredations and seeks to protect game preserves in the region.
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Rifle
Johnson
Meeker
Colorado
Troop A Cavalry Readied Over Indian Raid Threat
Adjt Gen Overmeyer ordered Troop A Cavalry at Grand Junction to prepare for immediate call if Game Commissioner Johnson fails to match Indian forces. Johnson plans to attack with relative odds, stationing pickets at the state line to stop pack trains and seize game to test raid laws.
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Denver
Overmeyer
Grand Junction
Johnson
White Rivers
Yuma
Senator Cushman Davis Nears Death in Minnesota
Senator Cushman K. Davis of Minnesota remains near death as his condition worsens at the bedside in St. Paul. Physicians report little hope, and family members watch with concern while he pleads to live and fulfill his duties in the Senate.
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Senate
ST. Paul, Minn
United States
Cushman K. Davis
California Excursions Daily Tourist Cars Thursday
Daily excursions offered on the Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line with two fast trains from Chicago at 6 30 PM and 10 30 PM. Personally conducted each Thursday with no change of cars. Tickets and information at the Chicago and Northwestern Office 441 Broadway. Adv.
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California
Chicago, Union Pacific and
Northwestern Line
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Broadway
Phillips Corn Corner Rules Market At Fifty Cents
Chicago traders watched George A Phillips press a November corn corner to fifty cents a bushel with shorts buying and bears trying to drag the price down. Phillips sold 300000 bushels and bought 100000 to cap the day at 49 cents, aiming to hold the settling price around 50 cents amid large receipts and reports of a damp, undergrade crop.
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Chicago
George H. Phillips
Shorts
Phillips
Envy Phillips
Bears
George A. Seaverns
Seaverns
Phillips Corner
Col Alfred C Barnes elected Colonel of Twenty third NYNG
Gen Alfred C Barnes was unanimously chosen colonel of the Twenty third Regiment National Guard of New York in Brooklyn. Capt Jasper Ewing Brady US Army was elected lieutenant colonel, succeeding officers who had long vacancies. An informal dinner followed at the Union League Club.
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Alfred C. Barnes
Twenty-third Regiment
Brooklyn
Jasper Ewing Brady
United States Army
Union League Club
Barnes
Alexis C. Smith
Brady
Ezra de Forest
Twenty-third
Twentythird
Gov. Cornell
National Guard
Capt
Navy
Boston
Army
Eighteenth Infantry
Nineteenth
Liscum
China
United States Signal Corps
Santiago
Lawton and
Wood
Divorce mill records set in St. Louis court
In St. Louis Circuit Court today one hundred divorce cases were disposed of with seventy granted and thirty taken under advisement. The busy session breaks all prior local divorce mill records.
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St. Louis
Pittsburg Limited Train to Pittsburg From New York
Train advertising a passenger run from New York South Ferry at 6 55 P M and Liberty Street at 7 00 P M arriving Pittsburg at 8 55 A M. First class nine dollars second class eight fifty. Pullman drawing room sleeping cars. Advertisement notes Ballantine's India Pale Ale flavor.
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Pittsburg
New York
Baltimore and
Ohio
R. R
Pittsburg Limited
South Ferry
Liberty Street
Pullman
Carnegie plans move against American Sheet Steel reported
A telegram based report claimed Andrew Carnegie would back a new opposition steel firm by luring a major American Sheet Steel Company member to withdraw from the combine and start a rival with Carnegie capital. Richard G. Wood of Dewes Wood Co. denied the claim and said no truth exists in the rumor. The American Sheet Steel Co. is valued near $50 million and includes many large Ohio and Pennsylvania firms.
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Andrew Carnegie
American Sheet Steel Company
McKeesport
Penn
Carnegie
Carnegie Capital
Richard G. Wood
Dewes-Wood Company
Mr. Wood
Holland House
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois Steel rod mill restart aids 300 workers
Rod Mill No. 2 at Illinois Steel Company began operations this morning in Joliet, employing about 300 men. The other two mills remain idle but are expected to resume soon, with a new wire mill reportedly planned for construction in the near future.
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Joliet
Ill
Illinois Steel Company
Thorp
Czar Patience Is Noted In Russia Bulletin
A bulletin from Livadia reports the Czar had a good day with sleep and perspiration. Temperature and pulse readings show slight variation, and the general illness course shows distinct improvement. Paris and London brokers have begun announcing the Czar’s death, fueling a sensational market rumor.
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Livadia
European
Russia
Czarina Near Confinement Reported by Livadia
Danish Court receives advices from Livadia that the confinement of the Czarina is fast approaching near Copenhagen on November 26.
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Copenhagen
Livadia
Secretary Root in a Storm Heads to Jacksonville
Gen. Leonard Wood and Secretary of War Root reached Jacksonville aboard the Kanawha after a night at sea in the severest coast storm since the Galveston hurricane. The Kanawha faced bar dangers delaying the crossing to St. Augustine and then Jacksonville where Root boarded a northbound train at 10:20. Commander Miller praised the ship's performance despite the gale.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Leonard Wood
War Root
Galveston
St. Augustine
Root
Fort George
Kanawha
Miller
Philadelphia Social Figure Weds French Vicomte in Quiet Ceremony
Miss Adele Atlee, a Philadelphia debutante, married Louis Vicomte de Branges de Bourcia in a dawn ceremony at the Church of St. John the Evangelist. The groom renounced his title. they left for Dr. Atlee's Wayne country seat to start married life.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Adele Atlee
Louis Vicomte de Branges de Bourcia
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Father McPhilomy
Vicomte
Miss Atlee
Walter Atlee
Dr. Atlee
Wayne
de Branges
France
Alice
Rails for English Road
The Times prints correspondence between Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent MP and Lord Claud Hamilton showing the Great Eastern Railway compelled to place a large steel rail order with the Carnegie concern due to arrears by English firms. Lord Claud notes Carnegie price was lower than English suppliers.
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London
the Times
Charles Edward Howard Vincent
Sheffield
Lord Claud John Hamilton
Great Eastern Railway
Carnegie
Claud
Live Stock Exposition Opens in Chicago December
Reduced rail rates to Chicago for the International Live Stock Exposition run Dec 1 to Dec 8. A single fare plus $2 ticket valid ten days, extendable eleven more days by depositing with the Joint Agent. No local hotels will advance exposition rates.
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Chicago
New York Times
United States
Niagara Falls and Return via Iackavanna Railroad
Tickets good going November 28 with return limit December 3. Adv.
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Niagara Falls
Iackavanna Railroad
Flooded Greenbrier bridge wreck tale disputed by railway
A Charleston dispatch reports a westbound Chesapeake and Ohio train may have plunged at the Greenbrier River bridge after floods, with about 200 aboard and possible deaths. C O railway officials deny any loss of life and cite a landslide causing transfers, while Richmond counters the rumor as untrue.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Charleston
West Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Green Brier River
Richmond
Ohio
Greenbrier River Bridge
Ronceverte
Greenbrier
Allegheny
Wreck Rumor Dismissed on Chesapeake and Ohio Line
Telegraph operator at Hinton reports no wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio near that place. Specials say the west-bound C and O train due Charleston early today and Cincinnati tonight remains uninjured.
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Washington
Hinton
Chesapeake and Ohio
Charleston
Cincinnati
Heavy Floods Ravage New York State Cities
In Rome and Ithaca New York heavy rains swollen the Mohawk and Wood Creek rivers inundating streets and basements. Flooding wrecked several industrial sites including a bottling works and canning plant while roads bridges and rail lines faced disruption and danger along the Six Mile Creek and through Ithaca.
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Rome
N. Y
Mohawk
Wood Creek
Black River Canal
East Dominick
Thron
United States Canning Company
Egger & Nichols
Ithaca
Ithaca Gorges
Fair Grounds
Six Mile Creek
Lehigh Valley
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
State Street
Cornell University
Flood rains devastate orchards and cut lines in Bath area
Rain for over two days causes widespread damage from Bath to Cameron. Orchards lost many trees, timber trees broken by freezing rain. Rural telephone lines are down, crippling communication and utility services.
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Rome
Bath
N. Y
Cameron
Northern New York Snowstorm Hits Hardest in November
A massive snowstorm began Saturday night and has dumped about twenty four inches over northern New York Canada Vermont and the Adirondack region for 36 hours. Saranac Lake and Malone saw about two feet of snow before rain fell as temperatures hovered near freezing. It is described as the worst November storm in fifteen years.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
New York
Canada
Vermont
Adirondack
Saranac Lake
Malone
Severe Chemung River Flood Bites Elmira Fire Units Aid
Elmira New York reports the Chemung River at 14 feet 6 inches and rising at 9 30 PM with widespread basement flooding in the business district. Fire and Police departments conduct rescues as property losses mount and messages note the flood severity second only to 1889. Nearby Knoxville Pennsylvania suffers railroad bridge destruction. Cowanesque branch traffic disrupted.
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Elmira
N. Y
Chemung
Knoxville
Penn
Cowanesque Branch
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Newark
John. E. Parsons
Kentucky
Mitchell
The
MR. Odell
Castellanes
Pension Office
Newport Boys
Davis
Chicago Board of Trade
Phillips’s Mercy
Adv
American Sheet Steel Co
R. G. Wood
Czar
Czarina
Secretary Root
Ina
New, York Times
Great Eastern
America
West Virginia
Acci
Aster
McCorkle
Sherrill
Alexander M. Miller
Greenbrier River
Charles B. Ryan
White Sulphur Springs
Alverson
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