Crusades Against Art Move to Reform Opera Dress
New York social purity advocates led by Mrs Grannis protest opera attire as indecent and push for changes in dress codes. Police pursue action against living pictures while officials clash with society leaders over decency standards at the Grand and Metropolitan opera houses.
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United Press
New York
Mia
Elizabeth J. Granny
Max Behmilvtberrer
Tenterloin
Max Schmittberger
New York Police
Lexow Committee
Metropolitan Police
Byrnes
Conlin
Cipial Semleberzer
London
Begb. Grannis
Grannis
Hegan
Schmittberger
Tenderloin
Justiquekoran
Higan
Bouiety
Mra
Sald
Europe
Minner
Woman vows to watch tonight's performance over morals
Mrs Grannis says she will serve as a spectator and investigate the event herself. She warns she will expose the results tomorrow and may involve the police if society ignores her admonition. She cites a law to suppress immodest exposures corrupting public morals.
Princeton Football Team to Face Yale Tomorrow
Princeton's eleven, leaving at 4 PM, finalized its lineup on the eve of the Yale game. The order lists Brown at left end Holly left tackle Wheeler center Riggs Hecht guard Rhedes right tackle Taylor Cochran quarterback Ward Rosengarten Poe left halfback Trench end.
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Princeton
Yale
Brown
Holly
Wheeler
Riggs
Rhedes
Taylors
Cochran
Ward
Rosengarten
Poe
Trenchend
Bayard Praises Queen and Scottish Corporation at London Dinner
United States Ambassador Thomas F. Bayard spoke at the London Scottish corporation dinner praising the Queen for domestic virtue and dignified private life. He lauded the union of rose, thistle, and shamrock and defended constitutional protections for minorities while noting the corporation's 200 year history.
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Rothesay
United States
Corporation
Bayard
Beistende
Supreme Court Rules Marriage Contracts to Be Businesslike
The full bench sustains the defendant in the Van Kiu ten Morse breach case. Miss Van Houten, from Spokane, sought 60 000 dollars and won 40 000. The court holds marriage contracts as business affairs and allows misrepresentations to inform verdicts.
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Loston
Supreme Court
van Kiuten-Morse
Miss van Houten
A. P. Morse
Cambridge
Morse
Misa Vii Houten
Bpokane
Wash
Pennsylvanias Challenge Yale Hinges On Princeton Result
Philadelphia November 30 A rumor spread that the University of Pennsylvania may challenge Yale to settle the championship but no action will be taken until after tomorrow’s Princeton Yale game A meeting of the athletic association would determine the course if Princeton loses Princeton has already defeated Yale decisively making a challenge unlikely if Princeton wins.
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Princeton
United Press
Philadelphia
Armimoer
University of Pennsylvania
Yale
Tigers
Officials Go to Jail Over Fidelity Loan Case
Pittsburg November 10. Attorney Henry and Judge Moulton failed to secure bail for clients Andrew Wall R H Mitchell and H J Holden of the Fidelity Building Loan and Investment association. They were moved from Central police station to the county jail on magistrate Dougherty's commitments.
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Fidelity Loan
Pittsburg
United Press
Henry
Moulton
Andrew Wall
R. H. Mitchell
H. J. Holden
Amcrate
Fidelity Building, Loan and Investment Association
Central Police Station
Dougherty
Cholera Epidemic Declining in Brazil Report
Brazilian government reports to Minister Mendonen in Washington that cholera is waning across the country with no new cases in several states and the epidemic seen as declining. The cable from Rio Janeiro communicates improved conditions and a drop in outbreaks.
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Washington
Fenor Mendonen
Rio Janeiro
Brasil
Local Traps, Trials Highlight Burleson Notes
Frank Gilbert of Gilbertaville Berks county reports a two pound catch in a trap. Survivors of the Seventh Pennsylvania Reserve Corps held a pension at Carlisle. Naulty killed in a coal din at Philadelphia and Reading storage yard Landingville. Henry Miller, a chicken thief in Boston jail, declared feigning insanity after scientific tests.
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Frank Gilbert
Gilbertaville
Berks County
Seventh Regiment
Carlile
Philadelphia
Reading
Landingville
Henry Miller
Boston
Fane
Moonshiner Opens Fire in U S Courtroom Shooting Witness
In Mt Sterling Kentucky a moonshiner named Sturgall or Sturgall leads to a deadly courtroom shooting during a U S Commissioner Thadvers session. Witness Atkins shoots at Watkins. bullets fly as court guards intervene. Watkins wounded fatally. Atkins dies? injured. court drama echoes local feuds.
HUNTING FOR GERMS SPECIAL TO SCRANTON TRIBUNE
Medical Inspector Knapp of the state board of health visited Montrose on Thanks giving Day with local health officials and physicians. They toured the town to identify typhoid fever sources and collected water from wells and the city supply for testing. A report is expected in a few days.
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Scranton Tribune
Montrose
Knapp
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Geome
Fatal family quarrel ends in triple shooting
Frederick Frelsch of 430 North Ashland avenue quarreled with his son in law Theodore Eckhardt. Lena Frelsch shot her father then he shot Lena and Eckhardt in the head. Frelsch then killed himself. All three were taken to the hospital.
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United Press
Chicago
Frederick Frelsch
Ashland Avenue
Theodore Eckhardt
Frelsch
Lena
Do Not Desire Scalps Colorado Tridlans Fall Hunting Trip
A United Press dispatch from Washington dated November 30 reports General McCook, commander of the Colorado Department, stating Utah afflictions are quiet and there is no occasion for alarm. The Indians are on their fall hunting trip according to the telegram received by the War Department.
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Colorado
United Press
Washington
War Department
McCook
Department of Colorado
Utah
Canada banker Seely tied to empty strong box mystery
Reporters confirm Seely’s link to a Canada trip and a high profile Safe deposit robbery. The Park Life Vaults opened a box of Frederick Baker’s estate to reveal emptiness fueling further questions about involvement of multiple parties and the mystery of the missing evidence.
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Prev
New York
Ricward A. Brueh
W. W. Morrison
Erie Railroad
Jersey City
Middletown Dispatch
Seely
Canada
H. M. Baker
Eal
Hamilton
Montreal
Toronto
Park Life Depot
Baker
Ogden
Brederick Baker
Sein
Park’ Safe Depaalt Company
Prederick Baker
Ines
Postmaster General reviews prepaid reply international letter plan
The French government asked the US to enter an agreement allowing a prepaid reply postal letter. It would cost MW cents for the original and reply in international service and 6 cents domestically in France. The US would only receive and acknowledge the prepaid reply, not use it domestically. Postmaster General Bissell favors an international stamp and a decision is expected soon.
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United Reds
Washington, Navy
Bissell
United States
France
Georgetown to Halt Football Contests After Spine Injury
Georgetown College football star G I Tuhon suffered a serious spinal injury in the Georgetown College Columbia Athletic Club game on Thanksgiving Day. Rumors of death were denied today as other Georgetown players recovered. the Georgetown faculty then voted to ban future football contests between the two teams.
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Georgetown
Washington
G. I. Tuhon
Georgetown College-Columbia
Georgetown University
Colonization Scheme Grows in Pittsburgh Region
An Allegheny firm with Tom Johnston & Co organizes a large colonization scheme to emigrate farmers, gardeners, and mechanics to North Carolina. Backed by a mandate, the projected colony aims to attract substantial settlement.
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North Carolina
Craver County
Trent
Aire Timers
Nd Mechanics
Pittsburg
United Preas
Allegheny
Tom Johnston & Co
Churgsa
Tried in Germany and Better Than the Trolley
A report to the state department from Frimk Moron, US consul in Dresden, describes 48 motorcars as a future street car propulsion method. It notes lower cost per mile versus horse power, simple maintenance, and potential suitability for high-traffic urban lines with consistent work demands.
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Germany
United Iresa
Washington
Frimk Moron
United States
Ener
Dresden
Gormington Polit
Tras
Tara
Thieves Form A Club Organized for Plunder Discovered
Police uncovered an organized theft ring named the Thiever Protective and Mutual Benefit Club with about twenty members and ten arrests. Members were former criminals and plunder was split equally. Officers traced the hideout by overhearing a password from a rooftop observation and found over 400 dollars in stolen items.
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Eib
Cime
Chub
Chute
Object Lesson In Tariff Inference On Revenue Powers
Washington nov. That the Cor man-Wisson tariff bill would be a failure in counting revenue has been stated from the beginning. It is three months today since the bill went into effect and there has already been a deficit of 1 046 792 while for the same period under the McKinley bill there was a surplus of 490 470. For the first three months of the McKinley bill receipts were 9 007 012 and under the Gorman-Wilson bill cut 61 084 276. Expenditures of the government in the fast three months of the McKinley bill were 44 104 198 and under the Gorman-Wilson bill for the same period 92 831 178. The figures tell their own story.
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Washington
Irwin Waives Hearing in December Court Term
George Mc Irwin waived a hearing for charges against him at the December term. The step followed long deliberation by lawyers on both sides. He remains under a bond of 10,700 furnished by Mercantile Trust Company of Pittsburgh, with little chance the bond will be increased even if informations are filed.
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United
Mitteburg
George Mc Irwin
Trink
Eight Hours Policy Adopted at Reading Shops
The Reading Commins posted notices stating that from tomorrow employees will work eight hours daily. Machines previously ran five ten hour days and the shops operated six ten hour days.
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United Press
Ex-Senator Crown Dies at 73 Former Georgia Leader
By United Press Atlanta Nov. Ex-Senator Joseph E Crown died today in Atlanta. He served as Georgia's wartime governor and later chief justice of the supreme court. Since the war he was a U S editor. He had been in poor health for some time and was 73 years old.
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United Prom
Atlanta
Jowph E. Crown
Georgia
Eupreme Court
Wes
United Stiten Aditor
Peace Talks Near as War Ends Loom in China Japan
A Pall Mall Gazette report via Chefoo claims peace terms between China and Japan are nearly settled with US mediation. Foreigners return to Pekin as Shanghai reports heavy troop movements and Britain's naval presence near the Tiangen estuary signals stronger involvement. Li Hung Chang is urged to lead the army he mobilized, with thousands of troops converging from across the country.
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United Press
London
Chefoo
China
Japan
United States
Pekin
Shanghai
Tien
Tang-Kiting le Weld
Britain
Requisition Not Honored in Rockefeller Texas Surrender Case
Albany dispatch reports Governor Flower refused to honor a requisition for John D Rockefeller and others over alleged petroleum price fixing. The Texas governor’s papers cited incomplete affidavits and a protest claiming the suspects were not in Texas when the alleged offenses occurred, delaying extradition proceedings.
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John D. Rockefeller
Texas
Albany
N. Y
Flower
Governor Hogg
John DD. Rockefeller
Standaard OH Company
Nly
Texda
Bonds Sell Fast As Syndicate Deposits Vast Gold Total
The Stewart bond syndicate deposited 85,839,028 gold in the sub treasury on bond account, bringing total gold deposited to 47,771,616. Agents have sold between 12,000,000 and 14,000,000 of the bonds and market demand remains strong.
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New York
Stewart Bond Syndicate
Sub-Treasury
Jake Means Business at Regatta Quest to Royal Match
The piece notes Jake Gawatur from Hamilton Ontario after a Texas regatta plans to travel to Maryland to compel Bullivan to race or forfeit the English championship.
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Jake
United Prom
Hamilton
Ont
Nev
Jake Gawatur
Dlrtman
Texas
Mayland
Bullivan
Notable crimes and disasters reported in scattered items
A jumble of crime and accident notes includes burglary at Teonderoga New York with diapers stolen, the death of William McMahan linked to Jacob Kroner of New York, a husband and wife tragedy, a New Britain man named John Windiveh, a $300,000 mythical loss, a diver searching a Hartford pond, a train death of four unknown youths between Hinird and Sacramento, and a proposal for a Great Lakes to Atlantic ship canal favored by Toronto delegates.
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Teonderoga
Nyc Poxtonce Gate
William McMahan
Dacob Kroner
New York
Inzane
Hlinird
Cal
Sacramento
Great Lake
Toronto
Eastern Pennsylvania Sees Warmth and Showers Likely
Forecast for eastern Pennsylvania calls for favorable showers with warmer conditions and winds shifting to the south.
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Pennsylvania
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Eliott County
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Sturcall
Elmett County
Sturgall
Green Atkins
Sturnall
Charles Watkins
Carter County
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Wilkins
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Unite States
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Watking
Tatkhof
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Sturgill
Inspector Knapp
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Bahen
Nigne Organization
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Irwin
Vicwery
Finley
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