Fighting on Isthmus near Barbacoa Bridge in Colombia
Nov. 26 report from Colon notes General Alban with about three hundred government troops crossed Barbacoa Bridge and rests at Tavern a as Liberals retreat citing lack of ammunition. Passengers say Conservatives suffered heavier losses. Uribe Uribe aids rebels. No Alliance arrival. a Liberal dispatch in Colon is received by Dr. Restrepo.
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Colon
Colombia
Alban
Barbacoa Bridge
Taverna
Barbacoa
Uribe Uribe
Rauel Prez
Restrepo
Philippines
United States
Cana
Panama Railroad Company
Alliance
Domingo Diaz
Liberal Junta
Milner interview cited on compensation and war progress in South Africa
Durban reports a committee interview with Lord Milner stating general compensation for British subjects would be impractical due to immense costs. Milner is quoted predicting a decisive engagement near Gatun Station as forces approach Colon. Liberals retreat from Emperador amid ammunition shortages. government losses exceed Liberals at roughly 150 killed and wounded. An armored train with Captain Perry and U.S. flags is shown as a display, not a daily feature. Marinos guard passenger trains. Panama-bound travelers proceed, ships dock at Portobello. Colombian gunboat Pinzon appears. remainder of troops land to join government forces under Alban. Ground distances and movements outlined. reports of Portobello action deemed unauthentic.
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Durban
Outlander Committee
Lord Alfred Milner
Transvaal
South Africa
Lord Milner
Gatun Station
Colon
Menke
Hill Cemetery
Emperador
Coleone
Oyas
Perry
Iowa
Panama
Orizaba
Prizon
General Pinzon
Colon Harbor
Portobello
Ceren
Alban Me Mamei
Delay in Miss Stone's Release in Sofia
Sofia Bulgaria November 26 brigands wait for snow melt to resume talks for Ellen M Stone American missionary and Mme Tsilka release. Release prospects hindered by Dickinson departure to Constantinople and ransom negotiation difficulties. Washington November 2 Mr Leishman receives fresh instructions before resuming post in Turkey amid Miss Stone case developments.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Mr. Dickinson
Constantinople
Washington
Leishman
United
Turkepartment
Turkey
Miss Stone
Central America course shows U S as key player
Lonica reports via The Pall Mall Gazette that events in Central America reveal the United States as the principal actor in isthmian affairs. The piece notes it is fitting that the U S and Britain have resolved disputes and now collaborate to safeguard an open sea.
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Lonica
Central America
Pall Mall Gazette
United States
Railway clash clouding isthmus actions cited by U S officer
Washington reports a naval officer in command on the isthmus may have allowed Colombian or rebel forces to use the railway. Colombia contends the road lies on sovereign land operated under a concession with a $250000 stake, and says rebels lack belligerent recognition. Consul General dispatch notes traffic is more heavy but gives few details.
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Washington
Camain Perry
United States
Wterstin
Colombia
Ger
Panama
Colombian General Discusses Isthmus Situation and Forces
General Diego A de Castro, in Barranquilla on a secret mission, met Consul General de Brigard and commented on the isthmus unrest. He cited Colombia's 22,000 troops, with 16,000 on the Venezuelan border and others near Bogota, Sarin guilla, Cartezen a, and Rio Hacha. He noted 1,102 picked soldiers could support Alban at Colon, but urged no attack now.
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Diego A. de Castro
Barranquilla
de Brigard
al de Castro
Alban
General de Castro
Washington
Colombia
Valencia
Venzuelan
Santander
Bogota
Sarringuilla
Cartezena
Rio Hacha
Aiban
de Castro
Colon
Aron
Bester
Liberal Junta
Free Masons
United States
Missing Swift & Co. official Hayden arrested in Wilmington
John T. Hayden, secretary treasurer of Swift & Co. New York, was seized at the Practical Farmer hotel by Captain Kane after arriving from New York as Charles Ryan. Detected embezzlement totaling about $20,000 with a $10,300 check cashed at Gansevoort Bank. William H. Kinsler will accompany him to New York after a preliminary hearing. Hayden had eluded detectives visiting amusements since his arrival.
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BRY Telegraph
Tribune
Wilmington
Del
John T. Hayden
New- York
Swift & Co
Practical Farmer
Philadelphia
Thomas Kane
Titus
New-York
Hayden
Central Hotel
Charles Ryan
Captain Kane
William H. Kinsler
New York
Gansevoort Bank
Arbitration Pact Between Peru and Bolivia Signed
In La Paz, Nov The Peruvian Minister Sefer Osma and Bolivia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs signed a protocol submitting the pending bilateral questions to arbitration marking a step toward resolving long standing disputes between Peru and Bolivia.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Sefer Osma
Berlin Navy Budget Approved for 192 Estimates
The Bundesrath adopted the 192 budget proposal totaling 209 million marks for the navy, cutting 3.4 million marks from the budget committee’s earlier estimates. The decision reflects ongoing postwar defense budgeting by German authorities in Berlin.
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Berlin
Bundesrath
Budget Committee
Despondent Man Dies After Drinking Carbolic Acid
A man named Bertram Savage, 23, swallowed carbolic acid in John Kempton’s restaurant at 37 Fifth Ave Brooklyn and died after writhing on the floor. He lived at 306 Sixth Ave and reportedly quarreled with his sister over family matters. An advertisement notes Frank Jones Portsmouth Ale-Brewen offered by Rock Harris at 82 Cortlandt St New York City.
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John Kempton
Fifth Ave
Brooklyn
Bertram Savage
Sixth-ave
Frank Jones
Portsmouth
Rock & Harris
Cortlandt St
Newrk City
Advt
Plan A Blow At Croker Real Estate Selloff Rumors
City real estate market rumors swirl around Richard Croker and Peter F. Meyer as bidders push for Meyer's removal as city auctioneer. Real estate interests seek to move auction rooms from No 111 Broadway to a better, airier site, requiring a Supreme Court majority order. Trinity Church leases end as plans for a new 115 Broadway exchange and a larger office building surface.
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Richard Croker
ePter F. Meyer
Croker
Mr. Meyer
Grout
No. 111 Broadway
Supreme Court
Meyer
Auctioneers’ Association
Heal Estate Board of Brokers
Broadway
Larry” Delmour
Feilner
England
Tesla and Telegraphy at Wardenclyffe Progress Report
Tesla continues preparations for a wireless telegraph station at Wardenclyffe Long Island. A 150 foot tower rises as foundations are laid while power plants and laboratories take shape. Tesla notes delays and forecasts erection within weeks, with plans to supply instruments from his shops and to test long distance transmission.
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Mr. Tesla
Wardencliffe
Long Island
Tesla
Eiffel Tower
Port Jefferson
Brooklyn
Long Island Railway
Wading River
Children riot in Harlem over potato ad show
Red cards advertised a potato admission to a Colonial Hall performance for a children’s home. About 1200 youngsters arrived with potatoes, pelted the stage, broke glass, and cluttered the room. Proprietor Steele, lacking a license, was arrested as officers cleared the crowd and returned money to furious parents.
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West One
New York
East Sixteenth-st
Oscar B. Stevieton
Hunchildren
Goto
Steele
Thuilman
Schmittberger
Harlem
Nurse Hannah Tunison Fatally Falls in Insurance Office
Mrs. Hannah Tunison, a 52 year old Brooklyn nurse of 284 Central Avenue, collapsed and died in the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company office at No INT Broadway shortly after arriving to inquire about a life policy. She died before medical aid could reach her and was not identified for hours.
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Hannah Tunison
Central Ave
Brooklyn
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Broadway
Brigands Seize Convent as Turkish Troops Surround
Costaki Anthopulo Pacha, Turkey’s ambassador to Great Britain, outlines the Porte’s account of Armenian revolutionaries seizing a Mush near convent. Turkish troops surrounded the building to protect sixty women and children, two brigands and a Turkish corporal were killed, and brigands later fled while troops withdrew.
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London
Costaki Anthopulo Pacha
Great Britain
Mush
Andramik
Constantinople
Bassador
Reichstag Reopens as Tariff Bill Deliberations Begin
Full attendance marks the Reichstag reassembly with President von Balle strem praising the late mother of the emperor and acknowledging condolences to Berlin and the United States over McKinley’s death. Tariff bill copies were laid out yesterday. debate to start on a committee-decided date.
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Count von Ballestrem
Frederick
Reichstag
Berlin
McKinley
Kiel
National Union Conservatives Back Ireland Over Representation Measure
The annual conference of the National Union of Conservative Associations in Wolverhampton today unanimously endorsed introducing a bill in Parliament to abolish the injustice of Ireland's over-representation. The notice also includes an advertisement for Jaynes Expectorant.
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London
National Union of Conservative Associations
Wolverhampton
Ireland
Notorious thief Kane shot while eluding officers in New Rochelle
John Kane a 40 year old professional burglar horse thief and mail robber lies fatally injured after a clash with officers while attempting to flee with stolen oxen from Greenwich. He credits the hoodoo of the oxen for his downfall. Kane, identified by Detective Dillon, has a history of burglaries and horse theft and heads a suspected gang in Westchester and Connecticut.
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John Kane
New Rochelle
Kane
Greenwich
John Vorhis
East Port Chester
Fitzroy
New Rochelle Hospital
E. C. Benedict
Indian Harbor
Sound Beach
John Dillon
Thirty-eighth Precinct
Rogues’ Gallery
Connecticut
West Chester County
Diamond Jury Locked Up over Disorderly House Case
Albany reports Captain Thomas J. Diamond of the New York Police Department faces a jury on neglect of duty for failing to suppress a disorderly house in his Fifteenth Precinct. The jury retired without agreement and was locked in for the night as defense and prosecution argued over evidence and witness inclusion.
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Albany
Thomas J. Diamond
Fifteenth Precinct
New York Police Department
Justice Herrick
Supreme Court
Li Oelock
Philbin
New York
Devery
George Bissert
Chilbin
Bissert
Diamond
Osborne
J. Rider Cady
Hudson
Cady
Osborne and
Gans
Captain Diamond
Frederick B. House
H. ©. Henderson
Herrick
Stuyvesant St
Lena Schmidt
No. 27
Stuyvesantst
Ito Arrives in St Peters burg as Japan Eyes Russia
St Petersburg date November 26 The remarkable arrival of Marquis Ito the Japanese statesman has the capital buzzing with the belief that his real objective is St Petersburg The theory rests on the view that Japan seeks Russian friendship or at least an understanding as Britain shows reluctance to back Japan against Russia The story notes Britain’s limited support for Japan in opposing Russian plans.
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St. Petersburg
Ito
Japan
Russia
Great Britain
Wilmot & Hobbs Mill Sold to American Tube and Stamping
Bridgeport announces the Wilmot and Hobbs Manufacturing Company, owner of the state's largest rolling mill, has been absorbed by the American Tube and Stamping Company. Key figures include Edwin Langdon of Central National Bank of New Sea and Henry W. Nutt, ex assistant general sales agent of the American Steel Hoop Company, involved in the sale.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Wilmot & Hobbs Manufacturing Company
American Tube and Stamping Company
Edwin Langdon
Central National Bank of New Sea
Henry W. Nutt
American Steel Hoop Company
Sugar Duties in Philippines and Cuba May Be Cut
Washington reports anticipate President will urge substantial cuts in raw sugar duties from the Philippines and Cuba with a possible full abolition debated by Congress. Opponents led by Oxnard heirs argue for continued protection for beet sugar and Louisiana cane, while supporters claim free sugar could hasten pacification in the Philippines and boost local plantations. The debate centers on finance, policy, and national interests as Congress weighs changes.
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Washington
Congress
Philippines
Cuba
Oxnards
Luzon
Cebu
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TION
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