Boers demand full autonomy and Cape control claimed
The Times reports Sandberg, aide to Boer General Louis Botha, asserting ultimate Boer victory and insisting on British quit from South Africa for peace. He says autonomy is insufficient and they must control the Cape and Transvaal, shaping terms amid Campbell-Bannerman’s disappointing stance to French pro Boers.
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New York Times
the Times Today
Auveres
Nantes
Sandberg
Louis Botha
South Africa
Cape
Trans- Vaal
Paris
The
Times
Henry 5
Campbell Babnerman
House of Commons
Sir Henry
Ming
Hustling the Boers in Narrowed Fronts at Pretoria
London Times reports from Pretoria that Boers are confined to smaller areas and less able to avoid British troops. About 60 to 400 men per commando, with 26 in the Transvaal, 31 in the Orange Free State, and 13 in Cape Colony. British forces numbered 45,000, while Knox reports capturing 56 Buys’s command members including Joubert wounded, and Wolmarans and Diedriks among prisoners.
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London TimEs
New York Times
London
Times
Pretoria
Transvaal
Orange River Colony
Cape Colony
Associated Press
Lord Kitchener
Knox
Buys
Joubert
Wolmarans
Diedriks
Italian Political Outlook in The Times Chicago
Rome correspondent reports cabinet likely to hold a majority at the opening of the Chamber despite Republican defections. Labor strikes ease. Signor Giolitti praised for nine months in office. Giolitti and the Socialists drive policy while Premier Zanardelli and the King restrain the crown.
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NEW York Times
London
Rome
the Times
Theublican
Signor Gioti
Interior
Signor Giolitti
Zanardelli
Signor Zanardelli
Wheat and corn prices linked in irregular stock report
Irregular stock notes record prices for No. 2 red wheat at 82 1/4 cents, No. 2 mixed corn and other grains with small totals. The listing covers cotton middling and various futures while directing readers to related pages for markets, insurance, real estate and weather updates.
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Sciron
United Service
Weather Report
Session Notes Highlight Finances and Food Duty Debate
The correspondent reports on the Cabinet and Prime Minister as supreme moderator. The session’s tense moments include the Finance Minister's statement and the bill to gradually abolish municipal duties on foodstuffs. The Finance Minister projects a $10,000,000 surplus for the year and a sizable future surplus.
King Edwards tact pleases the Germans
Berlin reports that full military honors for Count von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg at the London embassy arouse German praise and show a milder anti British tone. Papers note King Edwards tribute as a factor, while The Times and Neueste Nachrichten discuss Cham berlain and political maneuvering. A requiem for the count was held in London with diplomatic attendance.
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Lonpox Times
New York Times
T Gndon
Berlin
The
Times
Count von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg
St. James
London Emassy
Germany
William
Neueste Nachrichten
Edward
Vossische Zeitung
Chamberlain
Associated Press
Count. von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg
Mrs Chamberlain
Edinburgh
Loxdon
King Hadward
Earl of Clarendon
Lord Salisbury
Irish M P OBrien Prods at Bray Speech
Patrick O'Brien M P told a Bray gathering that Germany is mad to fight England unless William II is linked to the English throne. He claimed Russia ousted England in China and the Americans despised her, while Ireland was urged to resist with men entering Parliament to challenge the government.
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Patrick O’brien
England
Loxton Times
NEW York Times
Ceelezram
London
United Irish League
Bray
Dublin
Times
M. P
William
Russia
O’brien
China
Pitiful Condition of Moroccan Prisoners
A Times dispatch from London via Alan Lennox describes 200 political prisoners in two damp ground dungeons in Marrakech. They endure filth and disease with scarce food and no clothing, awaiting death or political change. Lennox portrays the Sultan as well meaning but hindered by native officials and European powers.
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London Times
York Times
Cabiegran
London
the Times
Alan Lennox
Marakesh
City of
Morocco
Mr. Lennox
Mulai Abdul el Aziz
Lennox
Sugar Bounties Conference Set to Meet December 16
Brussels correspondent reports The Times that the Sugar Bounties Conference will convene in London on December 16 after a formal arrangement confirmed yesterday.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Brussels
The
Times
Ibsen Seriously Ill in Copenhagen Dispatch
A Daily Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reports Henrik Ibsen the Norwegian dramatist is seriously ill after a period of ill health. He cannot walk and there is no hope for his recovery.
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London
Copenhagen
Daily Telegraph
Henrik Ibsen
Ibsen
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ady Endorsed
An advertisement touts Deerfoot Farm Sausages made from tender pork and fine spices. It claims unmatched quality and urges customers to try the product, warning against imitations.
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Deerfoot Farm
Ady
Stronger Chinese exclusion law likely in Congress
The New York Times reported Washington expects a law to further exclude Chinese could be enacted, with stricter evasion penalties and broad support for exclusion. Hawaii sugar interests push for labor import tweaks. Chinese Minister Wu Denounces proposals and defends equality while denying citizenship.
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Washington
Congress
Hawaii
Hitt
Mr. Wu
Earness
Miss Stone Death Rumor Circles Washington
Dispatch from Constantinople repeats a rumor that Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mme. Tsitka are dead. The reports lack confirmation and are not credited by Spencer Eddy or Mr. Dickinson. Officials say Tsilka’s death likely stems from childbirth and Stone’s from grief, with Salonika as the source.
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Salonika
Mme. Tsitka
Dickinson
Washington
Hay
Constantinople
Ellen M. Stone
Spencer Eddy
Mr. Dickinson
Miss Stone
Mme. Tsilka
eRe
Mutual Insurance Reserve Funds Taxable
The Ohio reserve fund of mutual insurance companies is taxable per Judge Rufus B. Smith. Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, previously escaped taxation and must now pay. The decision in the German Mutual Life Insurance Company case holds that the reserve fund is not a debt for policy holders, and will likely be upheld on appeal.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Rufus B. Smith
Tilden R. French
German Mutual Life Insurance Company
Holiday book edition of The New York Times Saturday Review
The December 7 issue will publish a list of the year’s best one hundred books, with semi critical notices and distinctive literary features. Readers are urged to order from their newsdealer in advance as unsold copies are not returnable.
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NEW York Times Saturday Review
Saturday Review
Turkeys for the President Reach the White House
Two turkeys, one thirty pounds and another thirty two pounds, arrive at the White House as Thanksgiving gifts. The lighter bird comes from Horace Vose of Rhode Island who has sent birds for years. The heavier bird is from Mrs Lizzie E Nissley of Lobata Pennsylvania. The President will be served by the steward based on judgment.
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Washington
White House
Horace Vose
Rhode Island
Cleaning the Capitol Bath Brings Fresh Washington Shine
A large cleaning force scrubs the National Capitol from top to foundations under steam engine power. Water streams wash the exterior while birds that sheltered on the roof lose homes as the work continues through the day and into tonight.
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Washington
National Capitol
Capitol
Col Partridge says no letter from Mr Low offered Police Chief post
Col John N Partridge arrived from Albany and denied receiving any letter offering him the Police Commissioner position. He said reports misled by a letter from Mr Love to Gov Odell asking release from state duties. Love declined to discuss politics and will spend Thanksgiving at Lakewood.
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Mr. Low
Sinie
Albany
Partride
Low
Loue
Odell
Love
Col. Partridge
Robert
Morris
Republican County Committee
Lakewood
Foraker and Bushnell to Control Patronage
Springfield Ohio reports a Roosevelt patronage plan centered on Senator Foraker and ex Governor Bushnell. Walter Weaver’s rejection as State Pension Examiner signals Hanna alignment against Weaver and Bushnell. Postmaster Harry Rabbits, a Hanna ally turned Weaver supporter, is slated for removal next spring per a Washington letter to ex Representative Frank McGrew.
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Springfield
Ohio
Rooosevelt
Foraker
Bushnell
Walter Weaver
State
Hanna
Cleveland
Weaver
Bradley
Kentucky
Harry Rabbits
Frank McGrew
George M. Pullman III Ill in California
George M. Pullman III of Redwood City California is ill with acute pneumonia at San Mateo. His mother has been summoned as his condition worsens. He arrived recently and fell ill a few days after arrival. His wife, whom he recently married, has been nursing him and summoned his twin brother Roger to his side.
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Redwood City
Cal
George M. Pullman
San Mateo
Mr. Pullman
California
Roger
Woman Arrested in Wholesale Fur Theft Case
Mrs Galicia Harris, 34, tied to a fur shop at 110 Fast Twenty-eighth Street, faces charges for stealing about $1000 worth of furs with husband James Harris. She held on $5000 bail. police later found furs with three children in a room on East Seventy-fourth Street.
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Galicia Harris
James Harris
Fast Twenty-eighth Street
Yorkville
M. J. McQuade
East Twelfth Street
Harris
East Seventy-fourth Street
East Sixty-seventh Street
Society For the Protection of Children
Seaboard Air Line Offers Café Dining Cars on All Trains
Inauguration of café dining cars on every Seaboard Air Line train promises a delightful meal at nominal cost with access to delicacies from Eastern markets.
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Jon
Seaboard Air Line
City Treasurer Stuart Young Ends Life After Exposure Reports
Louisville City Treasurer Stuart R. Young killed himself after reports that his books were under examination and a $50,000 discrepancy existed. The prominent 35 year old Princeton graduate was married last July to Bessie Wymond and leaves a noted family, including his Confederate veteran father Col. Bennet H. Young and brother Lawrence of Chicago. An inquest will be held as investigators review the sudden tragedy.
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Louisville
Stuart R. Young
Mr. Young
Johnson
Young Syng
Young
Col
Bennett H. Young
al Young
Princeton University
Col. Young
Lawrence Young
Chicago
Western Jockey Club
Bessie Wymond
Kentucky
L. H. Wymond
Hungarian Absconder Held on Ellis Island
Immigration officers detained Joseph Jaros and Agnes Galambosy aboard the Red Star liner Zeeland after a European embezzlement report led to a Ellis Island seizure. Jaros, a 27-year-old Austro-Hungarian Army officer, faces deportation for stealing about 21,000 kroners plus 2,000 kroners in bonds from a Munkacs bank. Galambosy, 16, admitted her link to him and possession of part of the loot.
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Inhis Island
Joseph Jaros
Agnes Galambosy
Janesi Rigo
Clara Ward
Prince Joseph de Chimey
Belgium
Jaros
Zeeland
Antwerp
Munkacs
Hungary
Europe
United States
Bureau of Immigration
Ellis Island
Joan Lederhilger
Lederhilger
John Ordani
Ordani
Crdani
Ife
Vienna
Switzerland
Innsbruck
Austria
Munich
Cologne
America
Lederbilger
Whitney Hay Betrothal Prompts Quiet February Wedding
Washington November 27 The engagement of Miss Helen Hay eldest daughter of the Secretary of State to Payne Whitney second son of William C Whitney ex Secretary of the Navy is announced Their wedding is planned for early February in Washington with a quiet home ceremony due to family mourning Miss Hay known for culture beauty and verse Payne Whitney a Yale graduate from the Whitney family inherits a large fortune He is active in several clubs including the Union Club Racquet Club and New York Yacht Club
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Helen Hay
Payne Whitney
William C. Whitney
Navy
Miss Hay
Adelbert Hay
New Haven
London
New York
Miss Payne
Yale
Harry Payne Whitney
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Pauline Payne Whitney
Almeric Hugh Paget
Dorothy Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Wnickerbocker
the Racquet
New York Yacht
The
Strollers
Naval Board opposes superposed turrets on new ships
Washington Nov 27 The Naval Board of Construction completed Congress mandated recommendations for two 16 000 ton battleships and two 14 500 ton armored cruisers. They call for four 12 inch guns in two forward aft turrets on battleships and eight 8 inch and twelve 6 inch guns with multiple turrets. Both vessel classes drop superposed turrets and abandon torpedo tubes on heavy ships, preferring torpedoes on smaller craft. Sheathing is advised against.
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Washington
Naval Board of Construction
Congress
Packing Company Will Move to Chicago Stock Yards
The G. H. Hammond Company plans to relocate its large Hammond Indiana plant to the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. A modern facility costing 1.5 to 2 million dollars will be built, expanding capacity as the company leaves Indiana after thirty four years for better Chicago business prospects amid tax and labor concerns.
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Chicago
G. H. Hammond Company
Hammond
Ind
Union Stock Yards
Hammond Company
Indiana
No Pull For Army And Navy Says Roosevelt
Washington reports President Roosevelt reaffirmed that the era of the pull in army and navy promotions is over. Senators seeking favors were told there would be no promotions or appointments unless merit and unqualified fitness justify them.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Bey
Mayor Mulvihill Wins Out In City Hall Plan
Bridgeport Connecticut November 27 Mayor Mulvihill scores a complete victory against building a new City Hall. The project committee announced it would indefinitely postpone the plans and wind up affairs with New York architects. Ex Mayor Stirling as committee chairman said opposition locally made it unwise to push ahead.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Mulvihill
New York
Stirling
Strates Authority
Barnett's Vanilla Extract Tops Grocers Ad
The ad exalts Barnett's Vanilla Extract as the best, urging shoppers at grocers to insist on having it. The concise promotion stresses quality and consumer demand in a period-appropriate voice.
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Barnett
Adv
Train Wreck and Fire Kill 100 in Michigan
A head on collision on the Wabash Railroad near Seneca Michigan at 6 40 pm killed around 100 passengers many immigrants. Train No 13 carried 141 passengers from New York to western points and No 4 carried Chicago and St. Louis travelers. Fire and wreckage spread as crews from Detroit Adrian Montpelier and other cities rushed to assist. survivors were treated in hospitals and residences as wrecking trains responded.
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Detroit
Seneca
Mich
Chicago and
St. Louis
New York
Western Points
Wabash
No. 4
Nderhave
Pener
Montpelier
Ohio
Adrian
Michigan
Battle Creek
Bierns
Peru
Arian
Ter
Missing Helen Cropsey case continues in New York
The New York scene reports Helen Cropsey remains missing with the Pasquotank River search to resume tomorrow. Mr. Cropsey holds hope his daughter is alive, but local authorities believe she has been drowned.
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Nlt
Helen Cropsey
Pasquotank
Cropsey
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Whitney-Hay Betrothal
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