Field filled with bodies near Juarez
News from El Paso reports heavy fighting near Juarez with rebels claiming victory as federals retreat south. Doctors struggle with scarce supplies while hundreds of wounded and prisoners flood Juarez hospitals, and a border-wide isolation leaves the capital cut off.
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el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Juarez Jockey Club
General Villa
Jiapute Villa
Chihuahue
Pein
Juares
Huerta
United States
Mexico
Chihuahuas
Chihuahua City
Spotters Catch Twenty Car Men at Joliet
Joliet Illinois November 26 detection of a long running theft ring on the Chicago and Joliet traction line led detectives and deputies to arrest twenty conductors on charges of larceny embezzlement and conspiracy. They allegedly exploited transfers and cash fares to net excess profits of about 1.55 per hour. The raids followed by a mob at the annual ball and mark a major cleanup of the street car staff. Also today Henry Pindell nomination to Russia was sent to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for referral and possible inquiry into related correspondence.
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Joliet
Chicago and Joliet
Flec Ric
J. R. Blackhall
Will County
Blackhall
Condurtore
Toledo
Pindell
Washington
Henry Pindell
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pindell- Lewis
General Bramwell Booth Sails for England
General Bramwell Booth of the Salvation Army sails for his England home from New York on November 26 as a drunken man is the last to shake his hands.
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Booth Salis
New York
Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
England
Kirkman Statue Placed in Statuary Hall
Washington dispatch reports a bronze statue of former Iowa Senator Kirkman was installed today in Statuary Hall. The ceremony drew state officials and dignitaries noting the choice honors his legislative service and contributions to the nation.
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Kirkman
Washington
Iowa
Weather forecast for Rock Island area unsettled with showers
Night tonight and Thursday bring unsettled weather with likely showers. Temperature remains near 45 to 53 with light winds. Humidity about 52 percent at 7 p.m. and 100 percent at 7 a.m. No precipitation yesterday. no change in the past 24 hours. Astronomical notes list Jupiter evening star and Mars Mercury Venus Saturn morning. Conjunction of Venus at 7:33 p.m.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Promet Venus
Unifon
Illinois 74 to 75 Cent State Tax Rate Debated
Chicago November 26 The Illinois general state levy rate for 1900 may be fixed at 74 to 75 cents on the 190 valuation. Governor Dunne State Treasurer Ryan and State Auditor Brady meet in Springfield for the final session to decide the rate amid debate over past administrations and current Democratic aims.
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Chicago
Dunné
Ryan
Brady
Springfield
Deneen
Appropriations
Senate
House
Dunne
Thy
State Treasure
Iti
Railroaders seek ruling on anti pass law in Illinois
Chicago authorities consider the construction of the new public utilities act anti pass provisions effective January 1. Railroad employes seek Attorney General Lucey’s ruling to test clauses in wage settlement agreements and to gauge the effect of railroad circulars enforcing anti pass rules. The issue pits democratic administration against anti pass enforcement amid a looming election. Portland brief notes a missing 18 year old teacher and alleged drugged abduction.
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Chicago
Patrick J. Lucey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burington
Burlington
Lucey
Auto Wreck on a Joyride Fatal for Two in Bronx
In New York on November 26, a head on crash in the Bronx killed Thomas F. Dennis Democratic member of the assembly for the Nineteenth district Leonard Cohen a dress goods manufacturer and two young women. Eight others were injured including Bert Rich chauffeur J Mahoney and Richard Rogers the Cohen car driver. Witnesses describe a violent impact with wreckage strewn along Pennham Parkway.
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New York
Thomas F. Dennis
Assembly
Leonard Cohen
Bronx
Cohen
Bert Rich
J. Mahoney
Richard Rogers
Rich Machine
Rich
Estelle Norton
Mahoney
William Morris
Pennham Parkway
Tonneau
Joseph Flaun
Conrad Loos
Nannie
Loos
Helen Schaffer
Ban on Tables in St Louis Saloons Declared
In St Louis Mo on November 26 R J Fine a progressive member of the county board banned all card tables chairs and music from saloons calling it a silent invitation to enter Fine says the measure will deter loungers who linger and await offers to treat
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St. Louis County
R. J. Fine
Fine
Blumenberg Death Noted Amid Lori Mer Investigation
Milton Blumenberg former Senate stenographer and figure in the Lori Mer inquiry died Friday in Chicago. The death became generally known today as Chicago faced a dark day with smoke and still air. Also reported: Speaker McKinley and Miss Catherine Riley wed. Emmiline Pankhurst sails home with $20,000 from lectures. Wilson approves dismissal sentence for Lt Joseph W Strachan in Manila for drunkenness on duty.
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Chicago
Milton Blumenberg
United States Senate
Lorimer
Washington
Wilson
Joseph W. Strachan
Philippine Scouts
Manila
Senate May Labor Christmas Week
Washington November 26 The Senate Democratic majority decided to hold no Christmas recess unless the administration currency bill passed.
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Senate
Washington
Peck Reelected President Of National Conservation Congress
Charles Lathrop Peck of Cleveland Ohio was unanimously reelected president at the annual Washington meeting. He denies rumors of a rift with Gifford Pinchot the association’s founder.
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Charles Lathrop Peck
Cleveland
Ohio
National Conservation Congress
Washington
Peck
Gifford Pinchot
Sayre and Bride on Wedding Trip
Washington on Nov 26 reports Mr and Mrs Francis Bowes Sayre began their honeymoon as White House staff restore normal routines The wedding gifts list is extensive with notable items from the House and Senate and gifts from diplomats and private figures including silverware tea services and a Louis XV silver tray Many foreign ambassadors and notable individuals made contributions with various silver pieces and jeweled items
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Washington
Francis Bowes Sayre
White House
Sayres
Jessie Wilson
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
Princeton University
Wilson
Goucher College
Williamstown
Bryan
Mme. Jusserand
Marchesi Cusani
Germany
Countess von Bernstorff
Mme. Bakhmetieff
Uruguay
Mme. de Pena
Mine Owner Probe Plans to Go Deeper
Washington reports a McDonald resolution seeks a federal probe into private natural resource ownership tied to the copper strike at Calumet. Gifford Pinchot endorses the move as officials discuss alleged judicial and governmental interference with the situation.
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Washington
Calumet
McDonald
Michigan
Gifford Pinchot
White House Circular Delights Guests With Gift Hammock
Blindly presented Misa Wilson with a white knitted hammock. Many gifts prepared for shipment to Williamstown Massachusetts where the couple will establish their home. Other presents remain private within the White House circle.
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Blind
Misa Wilson
Williamstown
Mass
White House Circle
Clerk Absconds With A Fortune
James Edward Foye, former clerk to John Gates, faces arraignment on charges of stealing securities valued at $250,000 from an unnamed victim. He was arrested after stepping off a Philadelphia train with $97,000 in certified funds and $5,000 in banknotes. Securities alleged to be involved were General Electric stock placed in Farmers Loan & Trust vaults where he worked temporarily.
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New York
James Edward Foye
John Gates
Philadelphia
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
General Electric Company
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company
Grand Trunk Shops Destroyed in Major Blaze
Grand Trunk Railway shops in Port Huron Michigan were razed by fire. Losses near 1 million dollars, with about one thousand workers left temporarily unemployed. Origin undetermined. Akron Woods block in central business district also burned, losses around 500 thousand dollars, two firefighters injured. Fire cause unknown. Edmonton wholesale district suffered a large fire last night causing extensive damage around 250 thousand dollars.
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Port Huron
Mich
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Akron
Ohio
Woods
Edmonton
Alta
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Red Orne
Villa
Staf
Juan Medica
Sierra Blanca
Salazar
Fauche
Tierra Blanca
Madison
Wis
M. P. Ravenal
University of Wisconsin
Taree
Treasury
Portland
Louise Piper
Kingsbury B. Piper
Democratic State Committee
Fairfield
Piper
Boston
ST. Louis
Blumenberg
Weather Office
McKinley A Benedict
McKinley
Illinois House
Catherine Riley
Lathrop Pack
Sayre
Bride
M'Donald
Pinchot
Schenectady
N. Y
Trinidad
Colo
Doyle
United Mine Workers
McGary
Des Moines
Louis
Colorado
Ammon
James E. Foye
Grand Trunk
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