Thanksgiving in London Observes Day by Americans
A Thanksgiving gathering at the Hotel Cecil hosted over four hundred Americans led by Ambassador Reid and Major H. Beacom. Attendees included Lord Fairfax, Lord Mayor Walter Vaughan, and Sir Henry Knight, with toasts honoring the United States and President Roosevelt. The event featured an American eagle motif and a program ending with God Save the King and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Tendion
Spanquet
Hotel
Cecil
Ambassador Reid
C. H. Stockton
Lord Fairfax
I. Buchanan
Douglas Sladen
Yard Hunsiker
United States
Lord Dimsdale
Reid
America
Pitt
Fox
Burke
Daniel Webster
Mr. Reid
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Balfour Cabinet Expected to Resign at Tomorrow Meeting
Reported by London sources that the Balfour Cabinet is set to resign with final steps to be arranged at the upcoming Cabinet meeting tomorrow. The move signals a major political shift in the United Kingdom amid ongoing issues.
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London
Balfour
Big Buenos Ayres Fire Destroys Petroleum Warehouse
Fire swept a Buenos Ayres warehouse housing inflammable merchandise including 109000 cans of petroleum. The blaze, ongoing at dispatch time, caused estimated losses of about 1000000 dollars.
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Big Buenos Ayres
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Mayer Loses Envelopes Amid Election Recount Inquiry
Attorney General Julius M Mayer reported four memoranda envelopes missing and asked New York Police help. An all stations alert was issued as Mayer camps in New York on election work. Authorities would not confirm contents or recipients bei ng unknown.
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Julius M. Mayer
Police Department
Greater
New York
George W. Morgan
Mayer
Information Bureau of Police
Mannion
Army and Navy Football Game Special Trains Announced
Special trains via Pennsylvania Railroad will run to the Army and Navy game on December 2. Trains depart New York at 10 2, pass through Princeton, and return immediately after the game. Round trip fare to be $2.15. Regular trains at same rate.
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Pervania
Parker to Jerome Defends Judges Honor in Esopus Speech
Alton B Parker former Chief Judge condemns District Attorney Jerome's remarks about the First Judicial Department Supreme Court. He praises the bench's integrity and urges bar and public action to nominate and reelect judges of proven character and ability to strengthen the judiciary.
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Esopus
N. Y
Alton B. Parker
Court of Appeals
Jerome
City Club
Supreme Court
First Judicial Department
Parker
United States
Union
Association of the Bar of the
City of
New York
Ingraham
Gildersleeve
Alfonso to wed Princess Ena of Battenberg
London reports King Alfonso is engaged to Princess Ena of Battenberg a niece of King Edward in a Madrid dispatch to The Standard. The claim notes Ena as Alfonso's bride selecting a union with English royal connection.
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London
Madrid
the Standard
Alfonso
Ena of
Battenberg
Edward
Winter Arrives With Plunging Temperatures Across City
Cold snap hits city with 20 degree low and 49 degree high. Windy NW conditions push subway ridership up as forecaster predicts continued chill today and warmer relief by Saturday.
Fatal Football Injury Stuns Bridgeport Teams
In a mass play during a local game between the Thunderbolts and the Berkshires, Leo McNally aged 21 suffered a spine fracture and paralysis from the shoulders. He is not expected to live. McNally regained brief consciousness at St. Vincent's Hospital and said no blame should be attached to anyone.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Leo McNally
McNally
St. Vincent’s Hospital
The
Thunderbolts
Berkshires
Mullen May Lose Control Of City Council
Telegraph report from Cincinnati notes Mike Mullen's bid for total power over legislation faces backlash. City indignation over theft prompts irate constituents to pressure holdover councilmen. Pfaff’s stance unclear as new president-elect's staff may ignore the Mullen resolution.
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Tribune
Cincinnati
Mike Mullen
Mullen
Hve
Pfaff
Jersey Flyer Wrecked Near Mauch Chunk
The Central Railroad of New Jersey New York Flyer crashed at Stony Creek near Mauch Chunk after leaving Scranton. At least two killed, fourteen injured, with the engineer Libert and fireman Detroy among the dead. among the injured were the Rev A T Slater and three newsboys. A relief train was sent and the line blocked.
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Philadelphia
Central Railroad Company of New Jersey
New York Flyer
Scranton
Stony Creek
Libert
Detroy
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Mauch Chunk
Penn Haven
Lehigh River
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Tribune
An En
South Bethlehem
Detro
Charles
Ashley
Penn
Leubert
John
Mauch
Chunk
George Willis
A. T. Slater
Lansford
New York Central
New York
Buffalo
Albany
Tlea
Syracuse
Rochester
Batavia
President in Virginia for Thanksgiving at Plain Dealing
President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt with several children spent Thanksgiving at Plain Dealing in Albemarle County Virginia. They arrived unexpectedly by train on the Southern Railway and will stay until tomorrow afternoon before returning to Washington.
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Red Hill
Roosevelt
Plain Dealing
Albemarle County
Southern Railway
Washington
Wilmers
Alice Roosevelt
Quentin
Miss Roosevelt
Masquerader Killed by Truck in East 75th Street Accident
Eight year old Alaska Velebil, wearing a mask and skirt, stumbled before a heavily loaded iron pipe truck on Istave and 715th streets and was instantly killed. Driver John Reilly surrendered to police on homicide charges after the front wheel crushed her skull. Ambulance declared death at the scene. body moved to East 67th Street station for parental claim.
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Alaska Velebil
No. É41
East 75Th St
Istave
John Reilly
2D Ave
Alaska
Reilly
Delahanty
East List St
Presbyterian Hospital
Baird
East 67Th-St
Judge Hamilton Plans Full Reply To Armstrong Committee
Paris Nov 30 Andrew Harmilton the confidential legislative rep for Albany based insurers discussed his plans and his answer to the Armstrong committee request that he surrender papers and testify He is ill but drafting a formal reply to President McCall of New York Life Insurance Co He may return to the springs if doctors require it and hopes to forward his reply in a few days.
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Paris
Andrew Harmilton
Albany
Armstrong Insurance Committee
New-York
Hamilton
Bad Nauheim
Armstrong
McCall
New-York Life Insurance Company
New York
Resignations and probes hit Mutual Life trustees
Resignations are expected from Mutual Life trustees after Justice Rufus W. Peckham steps down. The housecleaning committee faces drastic recommendations, with likely lawsuits from policyholders and other parties as testimony and turmoil unfold.
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Rufus W. Peckham
Mutual Life
Board of Trustees
Mutual
Jerome
The
Truesdale
United States
John F. Dryden
Prudential Insurance Company
Armstrong
Elevated Train Fire Near Warren Street Station
A motor box fire on the 6th Ave elevated caused bluish smoke and a rush as passengers fled at Warren Street station. Ten to twelve riders escaped uninjured as flames burst from the first car after the train stopped. Firemen arrived too late to cause further damage. damage was trifling.
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6Th-Ave
Warren St
Rector-st
Dozens of Doughnut Wagon Rolls Through City Streets
A horse-drawn wagon delivering bakery goods escaped its driver on 7th Avenue and St Nicholas Avenue, leaving a long trail of rolls and doughnuts along Withers Street to 16th Street. The wagon resumed in Wayne Doyle’s new historical novel advert appears in The Tribune.
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St. Nicholas-ave
John J. Haggerty
Goll & Gunter, Bakers
Lenox-ave
St. Nicholas-rve
16Th-St
Frank White
No. 23
West Itn-St
Ave
Icavies
Arthertonas Doyle
Nigel
the Tribune
Devse
Youth football accident at Prospect Park ends in broken thigh
A 14 year old named John Martin playing halfback with a pick up eleven on the Prospect Park parade grounds was tackled hard and suffered a broken left thigh. An ambulance surgeon attended him and he was taken to Kings County Hospital.
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Brooklyn
John Martin
Prospect Park Parade
Kings County Hospital
Mutiny at Sebastopol Sinks Ships and Seizes City
Russian forces report a fierce Sebastopol battle ending with mutineers surrendering as loyal ships fired on the Otchakoff and other vessels. Admiral Chouknin's fleet fought amid mutineer attacks, fires, and heavy casualties.焦
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Brest
Mutiny in Russian Black Sea Fleet Sparks Telegraphic Dispatch
From Sebastopol Admiral Chouknin reports that mutineers seized torpedo boats and small craft, hoisted red flags, and arrested officers as the fleet was disarmed. Lieutenant Schmidt released prisoners and sailed the Svirepoi amid mixed reactions. The mutineers continue to seize craft along the eastern shore as the plan unfolds.
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Schmidt
Otchakoff
Svirepol
Sacken
Pamyat Merkuriya
Rostislav
Slavotschinsky
7Th Naval Corps
Svirepoi
Leutenant
Panteleimon
Czar's Guard Arrests Signal Growing Army Discontent
In Tsarskoe Selo soldiers from Yellow Cuirassiers Hussars and Lifeguard Riflemen are arrested for presenting petitions against police use of troops. The move signals disaffection within elite regiments loyal to the Emperor though not overt sedition. In Warsaw a postal telegraph strike looms as battalion troops refuse to replace strikers. Prominent figures are seized and exiled without trial amid mounting unrest.
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Tsarskoe-Selo
Hussars
Guard
Lifeguard Riflemen
Treport
Louis XVI
Imperial Park
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Telegraph office strike disrupts Russian cable service
At St Petersburg on November 20 a general telegraph office strike halted outside communications at 3 pm. A ruse allowed a partial reopening by 6 pm. A walking delegate destroyed a bottle of hydrochloric acid to force evacuation while Danish operators stayed at posts. Troops occupied the building. workers fearing repercussions stayed away.
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St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Kauibars
Odessa
Chouknin
Sebastopol
M. Sevastianoff
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Bethlehem
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Otders
Virginia
Imperial Insurance Office
Equitable
Germany
McCurdy
Morristown
N. J
Legislative Insurance Committee
Thomas C. Platt
Mutua Life
Russia
Moscow
Navy Department
Tle
Dnieper
Pateleimon
Baron Meller Gakomelskie
Lery
Novosti
Baron Melier Gakomelskie
Slovo
Bielostok
Russ
Gakomelskie
St. Andrew
Listok
Biriloff
General Kaulbars
Bergel
Admiral Chouknin
Kaulbars
Berger
Czar
Warsaw
Tors
Russian
Poland
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