Debates in Berlin Reichstag Over Imperial Interposition
Berlin reports show the Reichstag resuming discussion on the Emperor William interview published in the London Telegraph. Conservatives faulted the emperor’s advisers for not telling the truth, while critics praised no defender of the emperor and warned of a potential move toward a ministry responsible to parliament.
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Berlin
Reichstag
William
London Telegraph
Baron Gamp
Bismarck
London Daily Telegraph
von Barlow Tarexe
Germany
Body of Carmack sent to Columbus after street duel death
In Nashville on November 11 the body of former Senator Edward Ward Carmack was sent to Columbus amid solemn scenes at Union Station. W T U members sang hymns as the casket moved out. Robin Cooper, the shooter, is under arrest in a local hospital with a dangerous wound. In Columbia the late senator was honored with crepe-draped public buildings and simple funeral services, conducted with Masonic rites.
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Nashville
Tenn
Carmack
Robin J. Cooper
Columbus
Union Station
Jesus
Rey. Ka Landreth
Columbia
Tennessee
Edward Ward Carmack
Yardmaster Shot to Death in Chicago Yards
Clarence O. Burton yardmaster of the Wabash railroad was shot by an unknown assassin in the Kenzie avenue yards early today and died at a hospital. Police said the motive was unclear as investigators searched for a suspect amid a troubled city environment.
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Chicago
Clarence O. Burton
Wabash Railroad
Kenzie Avenue
Rumors Fall Flat as Stocks Slump On Rail Dividends
In New York on November 11, rail stocks from Harriman Pacific plunged after rumors of higher dividends. Speculators dumped shares bought on those rumors, only to see them discredited by directors meetings. Regular dividends were declared: Southern Pacific 1.5% quarterly on common and 3% semiannual on preferred, Union Pacific 2% quarterly on common.
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New York
Harriman Pacific Railroads
Southern Pacific Today
Union Pacific
Series of Earthquakes Strain Death Valley Miners
San Bernardino Calif Nov 11 A long quake sequence has shook Death Valley and adjacent mining regions for three weeks culminating Wednesday morning. The shocks caused consternation among miners and many fled their beds as tremors rattled the area.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Death Valley
Chinese minister rides in speeding rival car case
New York and Ossining events tied to Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to the United States, after a chauffeur, Romeo Oliver, was cited for speeding during a late night pursuit down Broadway. Oliver was arrested, fined five dollars by Magistrate Steinert, and released as Secret Service agent Baldwin verified the minister's party.
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New York
Wu Ting Fang
United States
New York City
Bis
Broadway
Manhattan
Romeo Oliver
Secret Service
P. M. Baldwin
Lemmon
Mr. Baldwin
Baldwin
Steinert
Oliver
Henry Clews Favors Out In Tariffs
Indianapolis November 11 Before the Indiana Bankers association Henry Clews New York banker urged tariff revision He argued lower tariffs are essential for manufacturing welfare and foreign trade He warned that radical cuts would disrupt trade and urged gradual reductions over three to six months to allow importers to clear existing stock
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Indianapolis
Thendiana Bankers’ Association
Jenry’ Clews
New York
Steamer Temiskaming Boiler Blast Kills Five at Temiskaming
North Bay Ont November tragedy aboard the Temiskaming when the boiler exploded near the landing. The blast wrecked the steamer, threw passengers and crew into the water, and left several injured. Details are sparse due to remoteness of the scene.
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North Bay
Ont
Temiskaming
Temishkaming
Head of Naval Home Dead: Rear Admiral James Miller
Rear Admiral James Miller, governor of the United States at home here, has died after a brief illness. He was 61, appointed to the navy from Missouri in 1863, and served as head of the Naval Home in Philadelphia.
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James Miller
Philadelphia
Philadelphi
Jar Miller
United States
Miller
Navy
Missouri
Slaughter on the Rail drains many as wreck toll rises
In a rear end collision near New Orleans the New Orleans and Northeastern train was struck by the incoming Great Northern passenger. Fatalities toll rises with nine dead and about twenty wounded reported as fire quickly brought under control and relief trains dispatched. Names listed include Det Anc es Rusth aton La and William Martin Slicell La among the dead.
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New Orleans
New Orleans & Northeastern
Alven
Tank
Little Wood
New Orles
Great Northern
New Orleans and Northeastern
Detances Rusth
Aton
William Martin
Fine Yield of All Crops for the Year
The agriculture department issued a preliminary estimate showing crop production for the year up 9 percent from last year and 2.4 percent above the five year average. The report covers corn and phene cats among eight other principal crops representing about 70 percent of farm crop value.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Labor leaders decline Roosevelt dinner invitation in union split
Denver dispatch reports labor leaders at the American Federation convention saying they cannot attend President Roosevelt's dinner due to timing. Notable figures John Mitchell James Duncan and Daniel Keefe frame the split, with Gompers’ followers opposed to the White House event and Roosevelt critics in opposition. Washington Central Labor Union congratulates Gompers on not being invited, condemning Roosevelt for excluding him and claiming the move will unite labor against the administration.
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Denver
The
American Federation
Roosevelt
Gompers
Federation
Daniel J. Keefe
Long- Shoresmen’s International Organization
White House
President Gompers
Washington
Central
Labor Union of Washington
Whitehouse
Sam de Hodre
Miners recount violent tremor in the Funeral range
Samuel Lawrence, an early miner, described the quake pasting through camps with crags seeming to loiter as the shock hit. Miners were thrown from bunks, camp equipment scattered, horses stampeded, and immense bowlders toppled across the area.
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Samuel Lawrence
Funeral Range
Appeals Court Refuses Morse Bail Pending Appeal
The United States circuit court of appeals yesterday refused to admit Charles W. Morse to bail pending an appeal from the decision of the circuit court convicting him of making false entries in the books and misapplying funds of the National Bank of North America.
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Morse
Decizion
New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles W. Morse
Circuit
Wis
National Bank of North America
Startling Allegations Against Florida East Coast Company
Government presents shocking peonage claims in a U S circuit court trial accusing Florida East Coast Railway employers and agents of kidnapping 3000 men, luring them to the south, locking them in trains, denying food, using force, and enlisting them in a barren Florida wilderness under promises of high wages exchanged for store credit. Named defendants include Francisco Sabbia Edward J Triay David E Harley and Frank A Hugg.
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Florida
United States Circuit Court
Florida East Coast Railway Company
Francisco Sabbia
Edward J. Triay
David E. Harley
Frank A. Hugg
Glenn E. Asted
Florida East Coast Company
South
Jersey City
Asted
John B. Stanchfield
Henry W. Flagler
Chemists Press Keeping Present Tariff On Chemicals
Washington November 11 manufacturing chemists testified at the first meeting of the house committee of ways and means urging retention of the present tariff on chemicals and chemical products. They argued that if not possible the raw materials entering production that are not produced domestically should be placed on the free list.
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Washington
House Committee of Ways and Means
Tariff talk at manufacturers banquet in Chicago
At the National Association of Manufacturers banquet in Chicago the speakers warned that higher prosperity means higher prices and urged a tariff revision to balance trade. Charles Miles of Racine chaired the tariff committee and argued for a tariff favoring U S trade relations. An executive meeting preceded the semi annual meeting in the Auditorium Hotel. A separate note mentions Judge Hough considering peonage charges.
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Chicago
National Association of Case Feeds Manufacturers of America
Auditorium Hotel
Charles Miles
Racine
National Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Pierce Case Is Continued In Austin Bond Posted For Pierce
H Clay Pierce of the Waters Pierce Oil company posted 20000 in bond to appear in court on a false swearing charge and the case was continued to the January term. In St Louis H Clay Pierce was retired from the board of directors for ill health and replaced by George T Boggs with all other directors reelected.
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Austin
Texas
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
San Francisco
George T. Boggs
Rock Island
New York
Terror Reigns in India Murder Fear Revolt
Calcutta reports a wave of political crimes as a Bengal detective is shot by three men on a crowded street. Fear of native reprisals keeps citizens from aiding police, while authorities struggle with violence and unrest in the city.
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Calcutta
Andrew H. L. Fraser
Bengal
Cossans
Alipur
Kansas Minister Urges Bryan to Be Evangelist
Rev. French E. Oliver of Burlington Kansas, while holding revival meetings, issues an open letter to William J Bryan urging him to become an evangelist. Oliver recalls a 12 year old letter urging Bryan to consecrate his talents to God and predicts that Bryan could become a great ambassador of Christ beyond political office. He laments Bryan's presidential defeats and says one ambassador of Christ may be worth more to the nation than 10 000 presidents.
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Burlington
Kan
French E. Oliver
William J. Bryan
Apostle Paul
Oliver
Paul
Christ
Victims in Blackmail Plot Die by Own Hand
Chicago reports J Edwin Stein, slated target of alleged blackmailers, died by his own action after the plot emerged. Three men named as conspirators, including Jacob Merooney and Joseph Rankin, allegedly planned to extort fifty thousand dollars from Stein's father Davis A. Stein by spreading scandalous stories. In another item, Edward Bostwick, former Michigan state senator, killed himself at his sister’s home, with insanity blamed on his wife’s illness. William E Ives, longtime Lee county attorney and former Amboy mayor, died at 87.
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Chicago
J. Edwin Stein
Davis A. Stein
Charles Gerbaum
Jacob Merooney
Joseph Rankin
Marooney
Young Stein
Stein
Palmn
Syracuse
Edward Bostwick
Michigan
Benjamin Clark
Bostwick
Union Springs
Mich
Lee County
Gene
Dixon
William E. Ives
Amboy
Wag &Tate
Woman with dynamite blackmail had large income in Denver
Nov 11 Denver reports Mrs. Allen Reed, wife of a wealthy retired Denver druggist, attempted to extort 100000 from Mrs. Genevieve Chandler Phipps. She swallowed morphine but survived after Chief Hamilton Armstrong intervened. Reed, a daughter of a Springfield woolen magnate, inherits over 12000 monthly, with death leaving large estate to her and sister, reshaping motives.
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Denver
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Allen Reed
Buffalo*Park
T Here
Hamilton Armstrong
Springfield, Mass
Campbell
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