Roosevelt Pledges Fair Reciprocity in Cuban Talks
A Chicago Tribune summary notes Roosevelt backs McKinley era reciprocity while urging careful, business led action. The National Reciprocity Convention will frame Congress's approach to trade with Cuba and other nations, balancing Platt amendment constraints with preferential duties on tobacco and sugar to aid Cuban industry and U.S. producers.
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United States
Suuke
Cuba
Tribune Meaty
Senate
Havana
Lodge Chubat
Representative Manufacta
Washington
France Reciprocity Arrangement Returns to Light After Three Years
Consul General Skinner reports to the State Department on the French reciprocity plan under the Dingley act of 1897. After three years, exports of argols and other favored goods from Marseilles show rising then falling trends, with argols moving from about 200000 to 495000 before settling near 322000 in 1901.
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Washington
Skinner
Marseilles
State Department
Business Men To Interview President On Trade With Canada
Boston November 12 An important interview with President Roosevelt is to be held in Washington tomorrow by Boston Chamber of Commerce representatives and business men from across the country. They advocate closer trade relations with Canada and will present views on reciprocal relations. Secretary Long arranged the interview.
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Presifer Roosevelt
McKinley
Buffalo
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Boston
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Chamber of Commerce
Long
Elmst
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Vreeland
Metropolitan
Richard Croker
Democratic Club
Waldorf-Astoria
City Hall
Brooklyn
Im St
Thrugh Elmst
Brooklyn Terminal
Lafayette Place
Astor Place
Jefferson Market Court
West Tenthst
Sixth-ave
Greenwich-ave
Mr. Vreeland
Wall Street
Whitney
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Manhattan
Rochester Up In Arms Over New Railway Rule
Rochester residents condemn a new Rochester Railway Company rule requiring a $2 deposit from complainers. If the complaint is upheld the money is refunded to the complainant. if groundless it goes to the accused employee. Critics fear worse service and constitutional issues, while the general manager defends the measure as a curb on petty complaints. The city previously faced reform promises from officials and a stalled ordinance to investigate the street railway’s methods.
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Tribune
Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Railway Company
T. J. Nichols
Albany Screened Complaints Rule Draws McNamara Comment
Albany telegraph report quotes John W McNamara president of United Traction Company on Rochester Street Railway s policy requiring complainants against employees to post a $2 fee. He argues the fee would deter complaints and notes his firm absorbs costs by paying staff during investigations. He adds most complaints come from passengers and inspectors and require the complainant to visit the central office.
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Tribune
Albany
John W McNamara
United Traction Company
Troy
Watervilet
Cohoes
Rensselaer
Rochester Street Railway Company
McNamara
Sntorman
Eleven Banks to Be United in Boston Consolidation Plan
A persistent rumor in Boston financial circles says eleven banks plan a major consolidation, with Third National as a principal figure. The group includes Boylston National, Commerce, Exchange, First National, Hide and Leather, Eliot, Mechanics, National Bank of Redemption, Republic, Second National, and Third National, totaling 12.55 million in capital.
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the Tribune
Boston
Francis B. Sears
Eliot National
Harry C. Burrage
Sears
Third National
Boylston National
Commerce, Exchange
First National
Hide and Leather
Eliot
Mechanics
National Bank of Redemption
Republic
Second National
Diamond Thieves Plot Leads to Prolonged Pursuit
A complex diamond theft case unfolds as a long duration chase follows a calculated plot. Police pursued suspects across multiple locations, tracing routes and gathering evidence to dismantle the theft ring and recover the missing stones.
Jewelry Heist to Crack Diamond Tray Ends in Capture
A bold jewel heist at Charles Hoenninger’s No 579 Third Ave ended with a chase and capture. A thief smashed a plate glass window and reached for a diamond tray valued at thousands while Hoenninger and clerk Ant hony Novey pursued. The suspect, Henry Nelson alias Henry Myers alias Harry Lyons, was nabbed after a stair chase. one diamond worth 90 dollars remains missing.
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Charles Hoenninger
Third-ave
Thirty-fifth-st
Hoenninger
Anthony Novey
Thirty-fifth
John H. Quinlan
William T. Meehan
Lelaney
Novey
Secondave
Thirty-fourth-st
Second-ave
Henry Nelson
Nelson
Henry Myers
Harry Lyons
Rogues’ Gallery
Sing Sing
Trenton
Tll
Music teacher survives brutal assault in Mount Vernon
Miss Sarah Jones from New London, a music teacher, was attacked on Primrose Ave by a tall highwayman. She fought with an umbrella and hair, resisted violent blows, and neighbors arrived to aid her. She was taken to a physician and later to her boarding house with facial scratches and eye injuries. Police search the woods for the suspect.
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Sarah Jones
New London
Miss Jones
Mart D. Stiles
Hunt's
Stiles
Mount Vernon
Tribune
Why Sheehan Retires From Active Politics
John C. Sheehan announced to friends he will leave active politics for several years, staying only as a private in the ranks. He said Croker’s downfall ends his bid to fight Tammany Hall, predicts the party may never regain power under current leaders, and notes his own focus will shift to business affairs. William Hepburn Russell may succeed him as Greater New York Democracy leader and Sheehan will remain a district leader ready to aid Tammany when needed.
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John C. Sheehan
Greater New York
Sheehan
Croker
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Mr. Sheehan
William Hepburn Russell
Ikely
Greater
Nurse Lost in Adirondacks Tracked by Bloodhounds
Utica New York November 12 Miss Margaret McConnell twenty six a trained nurse who went to McKeever Adirondacks for her health two months ago is lost in the woods with little chance of survival A party of about 100 men hunted for her since yesterday morning but found no trace Bloodhounds have been sent from Elmira to aid the search հոգ
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Utica
N. Y
Margaret McConnell
McKeever
Adirondacks
Elmira
Double Burial as Children Lament Loss of Parents in Brooklyn
In Greenwood Cemetery three Streller siblings mourn a double death. Herman, Frederick and George Streller of 365 Seventeenth Street, Brooklyn, watched as their father Herman A Streller and mother were laid to rest after a kidney illness and post appendicitis complications. The couple, natives of Saxony and Bavaria, had lived in Greenpoint. The double funeral followed a week of illness and worry.
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Brooklyn
Greenwood Cemetery
Herman A. Streller
Frederick C. Streller
George M. Streller
No. 365
Seventeenth-st Hermann
Streller
Aueice Aan
Saxony
Bavaria
Greenpoint
Croker Down Sheehan Quits After Victory and Talks Excise
John C. Sheehan quits politics after aiding Croker’s overthrow as Greater New York Democracy leader. The Tribune reports debate on amending excise law to allow Sunday saloons. Mayor-elect Low to meet Governor Odell in Albany. election expense figures show Shepard spent over $900 more than Low.
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John C. Sheehan
Greater New York Democracy
Richard Croker
the Tribune
Low
Odell
Albany
Mr. Shepard
Shepard
Church Temperance Society
Church Mission House
Fourth-ave
Robert Graham
Carnegie Hall
Jerome
Commonwealth
Hilton's House Attached in Greenwich Legal Action
Deputy Sheriff attached Otter Rocks Otter Rocks A B Hilton's summer home in Greenwich in a debt suit filed by Frederick A Hubbard of Greenwich for Maitland Armstrong Co New York seeking 544 The estate valued at 100000 was built for Caleb Maltby and leased last summer to W B Leeds of US Steel Corp for 5000 The Hilton family lawyer Horace Russell said he knew nothing about the attachments
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Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Fitzroy
Otter Rocks
A. B. Hilton
Frederick A. Hubbard
Maitland, Armstrong & Co
New York
Superior Court
Caleb Maltby
Baltimore
W. B. Leeds
United States Steel Corporation
Anna Anderson
London
Horace Russell
Hilton
Multiple U.S. towns report robberies and disasters
Nov 12 dispatches from Plymouth Marionville Van Wert Trenton Bluefield Prescott Bristol and more describe bank vault breakins mail thefts post office robberies and deadly accidents. Notable incidents include a $1500 bank take in Plymouth a fatal powder explosion at Bluefield and a derailed wreck near Prescott killing three and wounding eighteen all Negro workers.
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Trenton
Bluefield
W. Va
Thomas Sykes
Sam” Davis
William Woodson
Prescott
Ark
Here
Iron Mountain
Arkansas
Bristol
Ind
Posice
Co. B. Bickel
Low aims to loosen excise law and repeal Raines hotels
Reported plan centers on amending the excise statute at the next legislature in January. Mayor-elect Low seeks liberalization, opposing Sunday sale bans and the Raines hotel provision. He will discuss the issue with Governor Albany and gauge legislative support before defining a path.
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Albany
Raines Law
Law
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