Zelaya Signals Possible Retirement If He Names Successor
Washington reports Zelaya has sent overtures to Nicaraguan revolutionists suggesting retirement if a successor is named, with a provisional government to be chosen by a congress controlled by his allies. General Estrada rejects terms other than recognition of a provisional regime. France warns as Costa Rica case sparks protest. Panama-bound marines may be deployed if Zelaya’s regime faces action.
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Washington
Zelaya
Nicaragua
United States
Bluefields
Bamedini
General Estrada
Estrad
Liberal Party
New Orleans
A_ caile
San Jose
Costa Rica
Faustino Montiel
Weather and river outlook with historical notes and tennis result
Unsettled weather expected tonight and Wednesday with showers and warmer by Wednesday. Temperatures show a 7 am reading of 33 with a 24 hour high of 43 and a low of 32. no precipitation in 24 hours. humidity around 79 last evening and 04 this morning. river stages nearly stationary below Dubuque to Muscatine. Also noted are historical events from 1782, 1819, and 1905, astronomical details, and a report that Australian defenders won the challenge cup in tennis defeating the Americans in today’s final matches.
Stay Granted to Labor Heads Pending Appeal
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals granted a stay of the contempt mandate against Gompers Mitchell and Morrison. The execution of the mandate sending them to jail is stayed indefinitely pending their appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Washington
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Supreme Court of the United States
Sugar jury is completed in Williamsburg fraud trial
New York November 30 the sugar weighing fraud trial of James F Bendernagel former manager at the American Sugar Refining company Williamsburg plant and five other employees hears opening statements as the jury is completed.
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New York
James F. Bendernagel
American Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg
Guard John D. From Possible Attack
Cleveland police guarded John D Rockefeller’s home after a rumor of a plot to assassinate him. Two suspicious men were ordered away and Rockefeller skipped a planned church banquet. Extra precautions accompanied his departure for New York.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Spon
Sawyer Smith
Minerva
Alliance
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York
Cook Defends Polar Plans Amid Pole Debate
Maurice Connell, observer at the United States Weather Bureau and Greely expedition survivor, defends Cook against Walter Wellman’s charges. Connell argues Cook’s minimal expedition is advantageous, ridicules timing claims, and asserts Peary backed Cook. Rector Torp in Copenhagen invited to witness Cook’s polar records, due on the United States steamer by December 6.
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San Jose
Cal
Maurice Connell
United States Weather Bureau
Greely North Pole
Cook
Walter Wellman
Wellman
Pole
Connell
Peary
Copenhagen
Torp
University of Copenhagen
United States
Egan
Appleton Man Refuses Clothes in Street Demonstration
William L. Wilson of Appleton Wisconsin, deemed sane except for this, is confined in Kansas City Kansas after a street demonstration in which he demanded the time had come to abandon clothing. He was arrested Saturday night and has since torn all his garments to pieces.
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Kansas City
William L. Wilson
Appleton
Wis
Kan
Jal
Wilson
Wright for the bench in sixth district vacancy
Washington Nov 30 Luke E Wright former secretary of war under Roosevelt will be nominated to fill the vacancy in the sixth judicial district created by Horace H Lurton's elevation to the supreme court The nomination to the senate will be sent next week followed by Wrights nomination to the bench
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Judge Lurton
Washington
Luke E. Wright
Tennessee
W. H. Taft
Roosevelt
Sixth Judicial District
Horace H. Lurton
Supreme Court of the United States
Lurton
Supreme Court
Senate
Wright
Japanese Vessel Kisakata Maru Lost in Fierce Storm
A fierce storm swept the sea near Shimonosen. Kisakata Maru was foundered and all aboard feared dead. Twenty five bodies washed ashore with many fishing boats wrecked in the region.
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Tokio
Shimonosen
Switchmen of Northwest Direction to Strike at Six
St Paul reports a strike order issued by Frank T. Hawley president of the Switchmen's Union of North America. The walkout takes effect at 6 pm and covers all union switchmen from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast on Northwest railroads unless countermanded. Mediators Knap and Neill have failed to secure a deal as railroad promises remain the only result.
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St. Paul
Frank T. Hawley
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Lake Superior
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Martin A. Knap
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles P. Neill
United States
sweeping changes to navy department reforms proposed
Washington announces Secretary Meyer will launch sweeping changes in the navy department to run on a business basis. Key steps include four advisers, two divisions for material and personnel, a fleet operations division, a modern cost system, split yard divisions, and abolition of the board of construction and bureau of equipment. The coroner’s inquest into the Cherry mine disaster begins with victim identifications as rescue and payout issues unfold.
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Washington
Moyer
Navy Department
New England
Navy Yards
Navy Yard
Board of Construction
Bureau of Equipment
Rights clash over killing of Americans in Honduras
Washington observers differ on whether General Grant's remarks justify action by the War Department. Legal authorities say no justification exists for killing Cannon and Grace, arguing belligerent rights arise only when rebellion is organized and on Wheaton's standard the classification hinges on how the conflict is conducted.
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Washington
Grant
Zelaya
Cannon
Grace
Tion
Ete
Wheaton
Roosevelt Party Impresses with Spear Display in Africa
Colonel Roosevelt Kermit Roosevelt Edmund Heller and Leslie A. Tarleton arrived at Londiana in British East Africa after a hunt on the Guas Inghisu plateau. They report good health and describe a Mandi spear display as a thrilling sight before guesting with Lord Delamere at Njaro until December 10, then onward to Natrobi.
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Londiana
British East Africa
Colonel Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Edmund Heller
Leslie A. Tarlton
Guas Inghisu
Njaro
Lord Delamere
Natrobi
Perpetual prohibition rejected in Alabama reads as reform
The navy department gains influence with chosen men as official eyes and ears for the secretary. The secretary retains executive power. Reforms take effect December 1 excluding the bureau of equipment. Admirals Wainwright Potter Swift and Captain Ward lead new aids. Nicholson becomes chief of navigation.
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Navy Department
Navy
Atlantic Fleet
W. P. Potter
Bureau of Navigation
William Swift
Boston Navy Yard
Aaron Ward
New York Harbor
Reginald F. Nicholson
Board of Inspection and Survey
Potter
Majority Against Constitutional Amendment Dominates Alabama Vote
In Birmingham and statewide, early returns show a roughly twenty thousand vote margin against the prohibition constitutional amendment. Jefferson County,Birmingham.Mobile,Montgomery and Cullman counties back the anti amendment while only Talladega,Macon and Sumter remain in doubt. Amid celebrations crowds hailed the result as widespread sentiment against the measure despite political intrigue and factional lines.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
J. Lee Long
Jefferson
Jefferson County
Mobile
Montgomery
Cullman
Talladega
Macon
Sumter
Lee
B. B. Comer
D. Weakley
Weakley
Ways Greased for Passage of Ship Subsidy Bill
Washington dispatch argues ship subsidy legislation will pass Congress aided by moneyed interests. It claims subsidies favor private shipowners, cites tariff and registry laws, notes British price advantage, and quotes Newport News and a Scotch shipbuilder on registry and costs.
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Congress
TAV
The
Argus
Washington
Aldrich
House
Senate
Orlott
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
United States Commission of Mercantile Marine
America
Prorogation Expected for Parliament Amid Speech Plans
London reports indicate the cabinet met to decide the form of the king's speech as Parliament faces prorogation. While no adjournment decision has been announced, sources suggest prorogation is the likely course.
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London
Eight May Be Dead In Copper Mine Fire
Eight men are trapped in a copper mine cavern at Copper Hill Tennessee as a fire rages nearby. Officials say the fire is under control and rescuers work against time with hopes the miners survive.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Copper Hill
McCann Fails in Effort to Gain New Trial
Chicago police inspector McCann, recently convicted of taking money from improper persons in his district for alleged protection, was denied a new trial by Jorge Barnes. A penitentiary sentence under the indeterminate sentence act will be pronounced next Thursday. He sought a new trial on grounds of alleged improper remarks by the state's attorney and improper indictment phrasing claiming he was not a city officer. An appeal to upper courts will follow the ruling.
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Chicago
McCann
Jorge Barnes
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Pichilinque Bay
Mexico
Buffalo
Panama
Corinto
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Prairie du Chien
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LeClaire
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Mississippi River
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J. M. Sherier
Great Britain
Benjamin Franklin
Paris
Cyrus West Field
Far East
Japan
LABOR
John D
Sydney
S. W
West
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Pittsburg
William c. Lilley
Secretary of Navy
Meyer
Cherry
St. Paul Company
Cenfer
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Illinois Mine Investigating Commission
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Peoria
Stock
Department of Mining
University of Illinois
J. W. Miler
Gillespie
Glen W. Traer
Coromer
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