Senator Isidor Rayner Dies After Long Illness
Isidor Rayner of Maryland, a leading Democrat and former attorney general, died in Washington after a six week illness from neuritis. His death creates a Senate vacancy likely to be filled by a Republican appointment by Governor Goldsborough, affecting party control ahead of the 1914 session.
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Washington
Isidor Rayner
Maryland
United States Senate
Baltimore
William J. Bryan
Rayner
Bourke Cochran
Senate
Admiral Schley
Naval Court of Inquiry
Admiral Cervera
National
House of Representatives
America
Russia
Goldsborough
Po Eer
Congress
Rock Creek
Governor Likely Picks Maryland National Committee Member
Baltimore Maryland November 25 Governor Goldsborough is expected to appoint a member to the national committee. The announcement signals ongoing efforts to fill a key party post and shape national party alignment.
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National Committee
Baltimore
Goldsborough
Weather Roundup and Political Appointments Note
Observations at 8 am show temperatures from 20 to 38 across cities with varying skies and winds. The piece notes delay in naming a successor to the late United States Senator Rayner until after his funeral and cites William P. Jackson as a potential Maryland Republican appointee.
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United States
Rayner
William P. Jackson
Maryland
Republican National Committee
Mrs. Agnes Orner Confident Ahead of Third Trial
In Pecos Texas the third trial of Mrs Agnes Orner for the murder of her daughter Lillie opened with jurors to be selected shortly She had previously been sentenced to life in El Paso then a supreme court reversal This time she says she is confident of acquittal and her spirits and health are reported improved despite two years in jail Her husband and another child died suddenly, and Lillie died February 18 1911 in a string of family tragedies.
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Pecos
Tex
Agnes Orner
Lillie
Progressive Lasater Predicts Growth for Party
E. C. Lasater, Texas progressive candidate for governor, says the party will grow if Democrats mishandle national government in the next four years. He arrived in San Antonio from the north and notes the progressives rose quickly and could become the main opposition in future elections.
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E. C. Lasater
Texas
Progressive
Democratic Party
Lasater
Progressive Party
San Antonio
Falfurrias
Chicago
Mr. Lasater
Representative Kennedy Seeks Election Law Changes
A. M. Kennedy of Kerr County writes to Texas house members seeking opinions on amendments to current election laws. He plans to introduce a comprehensive election bill covering all phases of state elections.
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Austin
Tex
A. M. Kennedy
Kerr County
House of Representatives
Brick Paving Repair Under Ten Year Maintenance Contract
West Commerce Street between Main Plaza and Yturri Street undergoes repairs on brick paving laid in 1905. The contractor is under bond to maintain the surface for ten years.
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West Commerce Street
Main Plaza
Yturri Street
Sneed Testimony in Fort Worth Murder Case For Amarillo Phone Records
In Fort Worth the Sneed murder trial heard Christine Jones Peak Amarillo long distance operator testify about numerous calls by Boyce during key periods. Amarillo phone manager had given similar evidence. Judge Swayne will censor his mail to avoid influence as the trial proceeds with Sneed expected to testify in the afternoon.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Christine Jones Peak
Amarillo
Boyce
Swayne
Sneed
Schrank Confined in Oshkosh Asylum for Insanity
John Schrank who shot Colonel Roosevelt is committed to the Northern Hospital for the Insane near Oshkosh by Judge Backus after a commission of alienists found him insane. His chronic paranoia is deemed incurable, likely keeping him in the asylum for life unless a cure is later declared, at which point he would be returned to Milwaukee for trial.
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Milwaukee
John Schrank
Colonel Roosevelt
Northern Hospital
Oshkosh
Backus
Schrank
Mr. Roosevelt
Gompers Seriously Ill in Rochester Hotel
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor is seriously ill at his Rochester hotel with threat of pneumonia. He was to greet delegates at the building trades department annual convention, but Vice President Duncan announced his illness from the platform. Physicians ordered quiet for him.
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Rochester
N. Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Building Trades Department
Duncan
Gibson Case to Jury in Hopes of Late Verdict
In Goshen New York Burton W Gibson the New York lawyer faces a jury over the death of client Mrs Rosa Menschik Szabo by drowning in Greenwood lake A defense witness is to be examined and the state will be closed by Isidor Wasservogel before Judge Tompkins charges the jury.
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Goshen
N. Y
Burton W. Gibson
New York
Rosa Menschik-Szabo
Greenwood Lake
Gibson
Isidor Wasservogel
Tompkins
Twelve Reported Killed in Waukegan Plant Explosion
In Waukegan Illinois on November 25 twelve men were reported killed and more than 100 injured in an explosion at the Corn Products company starch plant. The blast occurred in the starch house and sent workers fleeing.
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Starch House of Illinois
Waukegan
Ill
Corn Products Company
Governor Colquitt To Attend Cuero Turkey Trot Events
Governor O B Colquitt and staff travel from Austin to Cuero for the famed turkey trot. A special car will accompany the Davy Crockett to Cuero tonight with a welcome by Cuero’s commercial delegation. A noon turkey dinner, a 10 000 turkey drive, and an evening banquet with speeches by Colquitt and Cols Wolters Chapa Williams are planned.
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O. B. Colquitt
San Antonio
Cuero
Davy Crockett
Commercial Organization
Colquitt
Jake Wolters
F. A. Chapa
Austin
Dallas Matthews
Houston
J. L. Peeler
Ed York
J. Sheb Williams
Paris
Otto Wahrmund
F. A. Ogra
Chapa
Sabel
Cuero Plans Thanksgiving Turkey Trot Parade
Cuero Texas opens three day Thanksgiving events with a Turkey Trot festival. Tomorrow thousands of turkeys will be paraded through downtown led by Governor O. B. Colquitt and his staff, marking the main celebration.
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Cuero
Tex
O. B. Colquitt
No More Sessions For Senate Mexico Probe
A telegram to Fred Ireland announces no committee meeting until after Congress, delaying planned travel to San Antonio for the next session. The senate sub committee on Mexican affairs had been preparing to leave for Texas.
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EL Paso
Tex
Fred Ireland
Senate
Washington
Ireland
San Antonio
Miss Farley to Wed Quigbey in Los Angeles
Miss Cecelia Farley Ohio state house stenographer who was acquitted last Saturday of Zollinger murders is expected to arrive in Los Angeles Thursday to marry Jerome Quigley, a figure in the trial, per her father James Farley.
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Miss Farley
Quigbey
Los Angeles
Cal
Cecelia Farley
Ohio State House
Alvin BE. Zollinger
James Farley
Jerome Quigley
Plot Made 10 Delacy Locks of the Canal
Witnesses in the McNamara dynamite conspiracy trial recount planned wholesale explosions to destroy the Panama Canal locks, a Pittsburg office, and an aqueduct in Los Angeles. They describe plots to blow a sleeping car to murder a stenographer, and detail tactics and bribes involving J J and James B McNamara, Ortie McManigal, and others.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Los Angeles
Iron Workers’ Union
Ortie E. McMant- Gal
Panama
J. J. McNamara
Miller
Frick
Pittsburg
Iron and Steel
Mary C. Dye
Lindsey L. Jewell
Herbert
Hockin
Jewell
James
Los Angeles Times
William J. Burns
Los Angeles Dynamiters
California
Kern
McNamara
Ryan
Times
Burns
Miss Dye
Ortie E. McManigal
J. J
J. B
Pacific
San Francisco
McManigal
Detroit
James B
Chicago
Guy Biddinger
Biddinger
Clarence Darrow
Pug. B
McNamara confession ties to Kern cross examination
McManigal testified that James B. McNamara admitted intent to kill him in Wisconsin woods. Senator Kern cross examined as Judge Anderson said he would not increase bonds except for Mockin and would pass the motion for now. William J. Burns was contacted and a full confession was given to him, then reported to authorities in Los Angeles.
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William J. Burns
Los Angeles
Kern
McManigal
James B. McNamara
Wiseconsin Woods
Anderson
Mockin
Trash is Needed to Keep Wagons Full in City
The citys sanitation chief reports garbage wagons have carried only three quarter loads. Residents are urged to place trash out as drivers struggle to fill two daily trips to the garbage pit. If trash pickup remains dull, wagons may be taken off. In a separate note, Waco debate on Sunday film shows grows with calls for higher fines, as cities seek to curb weekend screenings and new fines of 20 dollars have been issued.
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Rubiola
Waco
Tex
Shaw Re elected President of National American Suffrage Association
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw was re elected president with 291 votes to Laura Clay 20 Catherine W McCullough 13 and Jane Addams 11. The unanimous re election followed a morning of routine business and a contentious credential transfer for Maud Wood Parks amid a broader debate on representation and funding.
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Anna Howard Shaw
National American Suffrage Association
Jane Addams
Dr. Shaw
Philadelphia
Laura Clay
Kentucky
Catherine W. McCullough
Illinois
Chicago
Shaw
Maud Wood Parks
Boston
Colorado Equal Suffrage League
Massachusetts
Governor Colquitt Urges Texas Count Returns
The Texas canvassing board opened the statewide tally of presidential electors from the November 5 election. Forty six counties had not reported. Governor Colquitt telegrammed delinquent county judges to certify and forward returns or face misdemeanor prosecution.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Secretary of State
Ees Colquitt
Provisions Captured From Rebels Near Mexican Border
Three wagonloads of provisions bound for General Salazar's rebel force were captured at Fort Bliss by General Steever. The cargo, in charge of Antonio Larra, was paid for by Roque Gomez. Salazar, advancing on Casas Grandes, predicted capture within five days and entry into Juarez within twenty-five. Rebels tracked the Guchopala ranch in Durango.
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Washington
Columbus
N. M
Salazar
Steever
Fort Bliss
Tex
War Department
Antonio Larra
Roque Gomez
Ultimatum Expected as Tension Rises in War Crisis
Berlin dispatch says Austria Hungary mobilization continues with five corps in, reserves called up, and Vienna hinting at an ultimatum to Serbia within days. Russia shifts stance after Sazonoff abandons prior basis for talks, raising likelihood of war as Austrian leadership prepares for decisive action.
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Berlin
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Neue Geschaftliche Korrespondenz
Servia
Attitud
Russia
Sergius Sazonoff
Havin
Posal
Servia Aif
Adriatic Sea
Albania
Austria
Delegates Plan Armistion Talks In Balkans
Plenipotentiaries from Turkey and Balkan nations meet at Baghtche to discuss armistice terms and evacuation of trenches. Discussions hint at Turkish Adrianople honors, while Servia seeks economic independence and a corridor to the Adriatic, complicating broader near eastern settlement prospects.
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London
Turkey
Balkan
Baghtche
Biyah Chekmendye
Tchataldja
Adrianople
Etna
Saan
Vienna
Servian War Office
Priszend
Monastir
Servia
Johige Pachitch
Adriatic Sea
Albania
German Foreign Office Sees Amicable Balkan Settlement
Berlin reports the German Foreign Office expects an amicable settlement to the Austro-Servian crisis. A Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung note denies alarming rumors that Russia altered its stance on Servia’s demand for an act. The paper says Austria has mobilized corps and refutes claims of a unilateral Balkan solution.
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Berlin
Ger
Nortd Deutsch Allgem: Zeitung
Russia
Servia
Pew
Balkan
Nord Deustehe
Austria
Mobil Corps
An A
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Hyde
Joseph G. Robin
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