Peace terms for China ministers in Peking agreed
Dr Morrison reports envoys have agreed to a joint note pending government approval. Terms include erecting a monument for Baron von Ketteler, sending an Imperial Prince to Germany, executions of eleven princes and officials, suspending provincial exams for five years, dismissing officials who fail to prevent outrages, paying indemnity, abolishing the Tsung-li Yamen, opening rational intercourse with the Emperor, razing forts at Taku, prohibiting arms imports, maintaining legation guards, and suppressing Boxers with imperial proclamations for two years.
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Dr. Morrison
China
Conger
Germany
Council
Windsor
Foreign Office
Lord Lansdowne
Empress Beheads Officials Over Secret Message
Shanghai telegrams report Hankow natives saying the Empress executed telegraph officials who accepted a secret message from Emperor Kwangfu to Count von Waldersee about the emperor’s imprisonment. The dispatch dated November 8 notes Von Waldersee’s column clashing with Boxers near Tung-Pa and Peking, with Russian and British forces active nearby.
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Hankow
Emperor Kwang Fu
Count von Weldersee
Peking
Count von Waldersee
Chinese Officials Aroused by Executions in Peace Talks
Washington reports that Chinese authorities in Peking are deeply stirred by recent executions of high officials during ongoing peace negotiations. The act of killing the Acting Viceroy of Pe-Chi-Li, who cooperated with allied forces, sparked official regret and concern, with Li Hung Chang’s circle informed but not commenting. The incident heightens tensions as negotiations continue and punishment questions arise.
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Washington
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Yamen
Earl Li
Pao-Ting-Fu
China
Hay
Pe-Chi- Li
Times reports new undersecretaries and growing cabinet
London November 13 The Times reports Lord Raglan as Under Secretary of State for War The Earl of Onslow as Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and The Earl of Hardwickes as Under Secretary of State for India It adds the cabinet will be twenty members the largest in recent history and seen as inevitable by Lord Salisbury while viewed as unfortunate by the editor
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London
the Times
Lord Raglan
Earl OF Onslow
Earl OF Hardwicks
Inét
Times
Lord Salisbury
Ministers at Windsor surrender seals amid cabinet changes
London dispatch notes Lord Salisbury the Marquis of Lansdowne and Cabinet Ministers arriving at Windsor. Retiring or changing office ministers surrender seals to new officials and share formal goodbyes as transitions occur. A train listing promotes the St Louis Limousine comfort by Grand Central Station with evening departure and late arrival.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Marquis of Lansdowne
Windsor
ST. Louis Aves
Grand Central Station
St. Louis
New York Central
Lake Shore
Big
Delagoa Bay Railroad Award Finally Settled
London reports the Delagoa Bay Railroad award was finally settled today after the function they lunched at the Castle, returning to London by special train. The note appears amid other terse dispatches from Nov. 12.
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London
paIp
Delagoa Bay Railroad
London Day by Day War News From South Africa Update
London dispatch reports renewed but costly fighting in South Africa from Orange River to Lydenburg. Boer resistance remains strong yet hampered by British mobility and missteps. Lord Salisbury considers Parliament to address war costs. Cabinet reshuffles underway. Buller honored. imperial ties tighten. Society events and transport plans in London outline a broader imperial context. Commissioner Young returns to London after a perilous world voyage.
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The
New-York Tribune
CABLE
the Tribune
London
South Africa
Orange River
Lydenburg
Lycenburg
Plumer
de Wet
England
War Office
War Office dispatch on Roberts raids in South Africa
London reports from Johannesburg describe Methuen trapping Commandants Snyman and Vermass near Lichtenberg with three dead Boers, thirty prisoners, and wagons seized while Major Mackintosh of the Seaforth Highlanders occupies Philippolis. Kitchener night raid near the Boers and Chetwode's force rout overwhelm Boer positions. Prinsloo and Fourie killed, Grobelaar wounded, with gallant Hussars and mounted infantry advancing at moonlight.
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Johannesburg
Chetwode
Smith-Dorrien
Prinsloo
Fourie
Grobelaar
Citizens Union Declares Nonpartisan Campaign Plan in 1901 NYC
The Citizens Union announces a nonpartisan approach for the 1901 mayoral race in New York City. It seeks broad civic cooperation, rejects a three ticket fight, and calls for a single reform ticket led by trusted leaders backed by district units and a forthcoming Convention of delegates.
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Citizens Union
Central City Committee
East Twenty-third Set
R. Fulton Cutting
The
Friends of Good Government
Committee of Seventy
New York City
Nextar
Union
Manhattan
Haight
Brooklyn
John W. Weed
Queens
E. R. L. Gould
Thomas A. Fulton
State Constabulary Fight Shapes NY GOP Rift
Stormy times grip the Republican setup as Senator Platt pushes a state constabulary bill aimed at first and second class cities. Governor elect Odell signals firm opposition, while ex governor Black and leaders in Troy rally against the plan. Opposition fears mass defections and a 1992 shift, with Odell avoiding comments until February.
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Platt
Odell
Black
Troy
Louis. F. Payn
Chatham
George W. Aldridg
Parsons and Armstrong
Rochester
Wilcox
Cayuga County
Buffalo
Senate
Assembly
Lightship Found Off Cornfield Shoals After Gale
The Cornfield Shoals lightship, reported missing by steamship pilots after a gale, was located by the lighthouse steamer Cactus three miles east of its station and returned to service uninjured. The ship had broken its moorings during the storm.
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Sivbrook
Conn
Cornfield Shoals
Here
Cactus
Big Order for Freight Cars
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company announced orders for 2 400 freight cars, bringing total orders in a week to 5 400. Orders include 500 gondola cars to Allison Manufacturing and 500 to Pullman Company, 700 box cars to Barney & Smith and 700 to Illinois Car and Equipment, with 1 000 flat cars already bid but not placed. Last week 3 000 pressed steel hopper coal cars were ordered from Pressed Steel Car Company.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Allison Manufacturing Company
Pullman Company
Illinois
Barney & Smith Company
Dayton
Ohio
Ilinois Car and Equipment Company
Chicago
Pressed Steel Car Company
Pittsburg
Ex Governor Stone Faces Losses Over McKinley Plurality
Ex-Governor William J. Stone, Missouri DNC vice-chairman, returns to St Louis disgusted with Croker and the election. Stone reportedly lost about 10000 in bets on McKinley’s statewide plurality, later seeing nearly 150000 for McKinley and Roosevelt. His friends expect a cool reception in St Louis. Also: Columbus monument moves near Fifty-ninth Street and Eighth Avenue due to tunnel work at Central Park Shelter site. Naughton & Co. contracted to dig for a rapid transit tunnel, requiring the monument to be shifted. Deerfoot Farm Sausages advertise tender pork product.
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William J. Stone
Missouri
Democratic National Committee
Hoffman House
St. Louis
Richard Croker
Stone
Croker
Missourian
McKinley
Democratic State Committee
Roosevelt
Ryan
James K. McGuire
Bronx
Tammany Hall
Fifty-ninth-st
Eighth-ave
Central Park
Naughton & Co
Girl Saves Babies At West Forty Eighth Fire
A five story double tenement at 501 West Fortieth Eighth Street burned with clothing store on the first floor. A 12 year old girl on the fifth floor carried two young children to safety before escaping to the roof. Nurse Lavinia Irwin and helper rescued a sick woman, who is reported in critical condition. Firemen from Engine Companies 34 and 22 extinguished the blaze. cause under investigation. Damages about $2,000.
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George W. Prager & Co
McNichols and Fuerstein
Peter Ginch
Joseph Heslin
Olga
Hobson
Patrick Tipping
Annie Tipping
Lavinia Irwin
Rutherford
N. J
Thomas Calligan
Bella Taylor
John Degan
No. Tos
Seattle
Miss Irwin
Martin Hecker
West Fiftieth St
Funk
Roosevelt Hospital
Usc
Irwin
Wilson And Moore To Go As Brooklyn Officials Face Ouster
Postmaster Francis H. Wilson and Internal Revenue Collector Frank A. Moore of Brooklyn are targeted for removal by National and State Republican leaders amid pressure to appoint new successors. The article notes Wilson’s controversial choices and past campaigns, including his resignation from Congress and clashes with leaders, and states that both officials are unlikely to win second terms.
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Francis H. Wilson
Internal Revenue
Frank A. Moore
Brooklyn
Wilson
Walter B. Atterbury
Ilid
Edmund H. Driggs
William A. Prendergast
Prendergast
Driggs
Congress
Philadelphia
Woodruff
Lesantos N. B. Scott
Republican National Committee
Senate
Internal Revenue Office
Moore
Scott
Messrs
Mr. Moore
Divorce Mill Scandal Leads Grand Jury Indictments
The district attorney’s office pushed a divorce mill case as grand jurors hear testimonies against W. Waldo Maison his aide Henry Zeimer and attorney Henry Zeimer. Women including Mrs Mary H Thompson alias Tompkins and Mrs Byrde Herrick faced perjury and subornation charges while others may be indicted. Witnesses describe fake proceedings and perjured testimony used to obtain bogus divorces with corespondents memorizing dates and cases at Maison’s Broadway office.
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Henry W. Unger
James Lindsay Gordon
W. Waldo Maison
Henry Zeimer
Frank Wilson
Mary H. Thompson
Tompkins
Byrde G. Herrick
Grand Jury
Zeimer
Miss Galway
Kosciusko St
Brooklyn
Sadie L. Gardner
Chester L. Gardner
Charlies Donahue
Morton House
Wilson
Frank Barrett
Herrick
Maison
Broadway
Thompson
Zeitmer
Criminal Courts
Messrs. Unger
Lindsay
Unger
Lawyer badly hurt on a car in New York city
Edgar F Randolph twenty five year old Morristown New Jersey lawyer was fatally injured when he leaned from a Columbus avenue northbound car near Fighty first street and struck an elevated railroad pillar. He was unconscious at Roosevelt Hospital with a compound skull fracture. His family learned of the accident and headed to New York.
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Edgar F. Randolph
Ninety-first-st
Columbus-ave
Randolph
Morristown
Fighty-first-st
Roosevelt Hospital
N. J
New York
Theodore F. Randolph
New Jersey
Pierson
A Wilson liner Angelo ashore near Withernsea
The Wilson Line steamer Angelo bound from Christiania to Hull went aground Sunday night near Withernsea on the Yorkshire coast. One hundred Norwegian emigrants to the United States were aboard. The crew waded ashore after jettisoning cargo as the ship faced a precarious position in fog and calm seas.
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Wilson Line
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Chrstiania
Norway
Hull
Withernsea
Yorkshire
United States
Rocket
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James Thomson Queens
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Louis Windmuller
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William F. Wyckoff Richmond
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