Transpacific cable terms reach agreement with Roosevelt plan
Washington reports Commercial Pacific Cable Company accepts Roosevelt conditions with one modification to ensure independence and American control. An independent Manila Shanghai line will be built, with revised terms to allow proper noncompetitive exchanges. Attorney General Knox endorses the change while noting safeguards against domination by rival lines.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
China
Manila
Hone Kone
Knox
Commercial Company
Shanghai
Cable Trust
Cable Company
United States of America
Japan
the Tribune
Clarence H. Mackay
George G. Ward
William W. Cook
Feneral
Pacific Cable Company
Mackay
Pacific Cable
Mob Lynches Black Man in Indiana After Identifications
A Black man, James Dillard, involved in assaults on Mrs. Mary Davis of Sullivan County and Mrs. John Lenox of Knox County, was killed by a mob near John Lemon’s farm one mile east of Sullivan. Captured in Lawrenceville, he was transferred to Robinson for safekeeping, brought to Sullivan for identification, and then hanged from a telegraph pole as the crowd mobbed him. Local militia arrived too late to prevent the crime. The mob, mostly farmers from Sullivan and nearby towns, dispersed afterward.
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Sullivan
Ind
James Dillard
Kentucky
Mary Davis
Sullivan County
John Lenox
Knox County
John Lemon
Dillard
Lawrenceville
Robinson
Lemon
Lemon Farm
Vincennes
Oaktown
Girl Hurt In Bridge Rush In Brooklyn
Fourteen year old Eva Goolick of Brooklyn narrowly escaped being ground under a Graham avenue car on the Brooklyn Bridge when she slipped from the front of the vehicle during a stop on the Manhattan side. Officer Jones pulled her clear as three toes on her left foot were crushed and her boot ripped. Traffic halted ten minutes while Dr. Rice treated her injury. she declined hospital care and was taken home by the officer.
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Eva Goolick
Siegel St
Brooklyn
Graham-ave
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
Policeman Jones
Dr. Rice
Hudson Street
Miss Goo
Zaldo and Squiers Confer on Cuban Treaty Talks
Secretary of State Zaldo met with Minister Squiers to finalize schedules for conferences with General Bliss. Palma plans to send any agreed treaty to the Senate, while debate centers on whether the House must also approve. Some Radicals in the House oppose coaling station and the Platt amendment, delaying negotiations.
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Zaldo
Squiers
Bliss
Palma
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Havana Mayor Fires Police Chief Over Strike Orders
The Havana mayor dismissed Police Chief General Cardenas after he ordered dispersal of striking cigar workers against official orders. Officials fear the move could spark unrest though no major disturbances have occurred. Factory managers at Havana Commercial Co. refused to recognize the strikers union and will only deal with individuals. About 10,000 to 15,000 workers are reported on strike.
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General Cardenas
Havana Commercial Company
Castro
Great Britain
United States
Bowen
Bax-Ironsides
Haggard
Maracaibo
Germany
Willemstad
Curacoa
Venezuela
Trinidad
Orinoco River
Matos
Caracas
Orinoco
la Victoria
Knud II Sinks After Tyne Collision
The Danish steamer Knud II from Copenhagen collided with the British steamer Swaledale from Hamburg at the Tyne mouth. Knud II foundered at once, drowning its captain and seven crew members.
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London
Knud II
Hanssen
Copenhagen
Swaledale
Hamburg
Tyne
Editor Nelson Hersh dies in Staten Island trap accident
Nelson Hersh editor of The Sunday World was thrown from his trap and killed while driving from St George to his West New Brighton home. He was 41, with a wife and four children surviving. Funeral at his Manor Road residence at 3 this afternoon. Burial follows at West New Brighton cemetery.
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Sunday World
the Sunday World
St. George
Staten Island
Manor Road
West New Brighton
Adam Scott
Frederick Hilliger
Callahan
Rock Island
Ill
Yale
Commercial Advertiser
The
Herald
Ludlow Street
Mayor Crosby Served Writ In Halifax Library Row
Halifax N 8 Nov 26 A deputy sheriff served a writ of injunction on Mayor Crosby restraining him from acting on the city council’s rescission of the Carnegie library grant and from notifying Andrew Carnegie. The injunction, issued in the Supreme Court at James C Mackintosh’s request, will be heard Tuesday next. aldermen retain lawyers to defend.
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Halifax
Crosby
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Supreme Court
James C. Mackintosh
Orinoco Blockade Unfolds as Bowen Declines Declaring
Castro threatens England as Bowen refuses to join in a declaration. The developing crisis centers on naval pressure near the Orinoco and responses from Britain and allied nations amid rising tensions and possible sanctions.
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Bowen
Castro
England
Venezuelan tensions and a New York nihilist case converge
European diplomats press the American envoy Bowen to join a declaration against the Orinoco blockade, while Venezuela accuses Britain of fomenting unrest. In New Jersey Jersey City police arrest Strubel for nihilist threats and reveal he wrote ten letters to wealthy individuals seeking money, with Hoboken ties and a possible Becker connection.
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Bowen
Orinoco River
Germany
France
Italy
Great Britain
Washington
Legation
W. W. Russell
United States
Marietta
Orinoco
Ciudad Bolivar
Foreign Office
Haggard
Trinidad
Patos
Strubel
Garden St
Hoboken
Murphy
Hamburg
Becker
New York
Titus
New-York
Eli Strubel
Criminal Court
Jersey City
Lne
Samuel B. Davis
Manhattan
General Post
C. C. Morton
Jacob Ganbetz
Fritz Seeber
Frederick Becker
Greenwich St
Yale Men Rush Speculators Over Ticket Plague
A crowd of about five hundred Yale students stormed out of town ticket sellers at New Haven after disapproval of scalpers profits. They forced tickets at two dollars each onto the sellers on the campus and warned them off. The mob then damaged signboards along Chapel Street while police restrained further actions. Most tickets originated from Boston and Yale field seats. Some Yale tickets were found and may trigger actions by football management to publish student ticket holders.
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New-Haven
Conn
Yale
Chapel St
Harvard
Boston
Terribly Burned by 2000 Volts at Edison Plant
George Wolf twenty seven of Jersey City is in New York Hospital in critical condition after a two thousand volt short circuit at the Edison plant 47 West Twenty sixth street. His clothes were torn from his body and he was removed by police and rushed to hospital where doctors expect slim hope of recovery.
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Bella Brown
No. Vilet St
Botho Strubel
Murphy
Jersey City Police Department
Strubel
Lurvey
George Wolf
Bright St
Jersey City
New York Hospital
Edison
West Twentysixth-st
Wolf
No. 47
West Twenty-sixth-st
Policeman Lawless
West Thirtiethst
Lawless
Dr. Lee
Queens
Richmond
Court of General Sessions
Scrimmage in the Commons during Education bill cut
London scene as MPs rush to submit amendments for the report stage with hats flying and a fall on the floor. Lord Hugh Cecil and Sir Charles Dilke among the first to file papers, then a second rush led by Sir Charles Duke. Clerks overwhelmed by amendment papers, hinting at a forthcoming guillotine in Parliament. An advertisement touts four hour trains to Chicago via New York Central, branding it the East West connector.
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London
House of Commons
Hugh Cecil
Charles Dilke
Charles Duke
Balfour
Chicago
Eatry
New York Central
Advt
Reported Bosnian steamer foundered in Black Sea gale
A Bucharest paper cites an unconfirmed report that the steamer Bosnia, owned by Florio and Rubattino, loaded with cereals, sank in a Danube mouth gale off Sulina. One hundred fifty people are said to have died.
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Vienna
Bucharest
Bosnia
Florio and Rubattino Company
Black Sea
Sulina
Danube
President Roosevelt Trains Through Southern States
President Roosevelt's special train swept north from Knoxville to Asheville with brief stops at Chattanooga Stevenson and Ooltewah Junction. Crowds greeted him, including Elizabeth Anderson of Knoxville and children at several stops. He joked about Mississippi bears and reassured locals with brief handshakes and wave.
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Tenn
Roosevelt
Chattanooga
Southern
Elizabeth Anderson
Brodie
Arizona Territory
Rough Riders
Asheville
N. C
Washington
Loyall
Southern Railway
Salisbury
Newport
Stevenson
Ala
Ooltewah Junction
Mississippi
Vote to Call Off Boycott in Schenectady Trades Assembly
The machinery builders section and majority of the Trades Assembly moved to lift the boycott against Schenectady Railway at the next meeting, spanning 31 unions with GE and ALCO workers. Local unions, including typographicals, criticized the boycott while Albany federation sympathy faded and Troy signals remained unclear. Citizens' Club prepares plans as business leaders seek restraint.
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Machinery Builders’ Section
Trades Assembly
Schenectady
Machinery Builders
General Electric
American Locomotive Works
Troy
W. F. Martin
Trades Assembly Press Committee
Saratoga Typographical Union seeks union label on reports
The Saratoga Typographical Union asked the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors to place its union label on the annual report and official proceedings. A special committee will likely adopt a report soon stating the Supervisors cannot act to affect the board's right to award printing to the lowest bidder.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Saratoga Typographical Union
Saratoga County Board of Supervisors
Ar Bc Board
Crowd pursues a colored man in street lynch scare
Police officer rescues Andrew Bernard after mob chases him on Lexington Avenue. Bernard rode in from The Bronx to seek an elevated transfer, claiming conductor Henry Benjamin refused and struck him. Bernard grabbed a switchbar to defend, cutting the conductor, while motor man Ostany Coleman tried to intervene. The crowd threatened violence but did not capture him. A women’s section notes a ladies maid serves Pennsylvania Special passengers between New York and Chicago.
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Boyle
Bronx
Eighth-ave
Fifth-St
Henry Benjamin
Third. Ave
Ostany Coleman
Benjamin
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Ten Months Under Low Shows Improvements Across Departments
R Fulton Cutting, chair of Citizens Union, outlines ten months of city governance results. Highlights include doubled arrears collections, net savings in education and sanitation, reorganization of police, new schools and parks, and improved health services. Notes reductions in costs, expanded public works, and stronger enforcement against abuses.
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R. Fulton Cutting
Citizens Union
Cutting
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