Royal Russian Wedding of Czar Nicholas II and Princess Alix
Crowds line Nevsky Prospect as Czar Nicholas II and Princess Alix are married in St. Petersburg. Troops guard the procession. the ceremony ends at 1 PM with prayers and congratulations. The couple travel in a gilded coach back to the winter palace amid cheering crowds.
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United Press
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Alix
Hesselarmstadt
Nevasky Prospect
Anitchkof Palace
Winter Palace
Imperial Council
St. George's Hall
Prince Delgoroukl
Konostus
Jangscheff
Alexandra Feodorovna
Czarina
Malachite Hall
Hussars
Nicholas Hall
Anitchkoff Palace
Quarrel in Philadelphia Grocery Ends in Fatal Wounding
In Philadelphia, Lee Gon Yeum shot Lee Hung Quong, a Chinatown leader known as Judge, in his Race Street grocery. After a dispute over money tied to legal defense, Lee Gon fired four shots, one of which struck Quong in the head, killing him. Lee Gon was arrested as he fled the scene.
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Lee Gon
Lee Hung Quong
Philadia
Race Street
Lee Gon Yeum
Quong
Chinatown
Gon
Race Strees
Philadelphia
Lottery Fraud Boom Runs Through Express Firms
The post office department reports a sharp rise in lottery schemes run by express companies. Judge John J. Thomas notes the surge for the fiscal year ending June 30, highlighting many firms now operating as lottery conduits.
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Postmaster General
Express Companies
Myr. Thomas
Congress
United Press
Washington
John J. Thomas
Post Office Department
Turkish edict bars American newspapers from Turkey
Constantinople reports an edict seizes foreign papers at the frontier and bans entry of any American newspaper into Turkey. Washington notes the measure may be overdrawn but cites postal union rules allowing exclusion of mail deemed detrimental. Secretary of State and Turkish legation officials discuss the scope and authority.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Washington
Norighlan Effendi
Legation
Mavroyeni Bey
Brooks
Foreign Mail Service
Postal Union
State Department
Debs Denies Fight with Gompers at AFL Convention
Milwaukee Nov 20 Debs president of the American Railway union replies to an Associated Press report claiming the unions would clash with Gompers at the AFL convention in Denver. He says it is untrue that he will fight Gompers or that the railway union will attack the AFL. He asserts mutual respect and says the railway union supports labor solidarity and will aid the AFL if needed.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Associated Press
American Railway Union
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Debs
Iam
Gompera
Chiefs of Police Meet in City Hall for Cooperation
Philadelphia November 24. City police chiefs from Altoona South Bethlehem Pittsburg Reading Bristol Williamsport Chester Scranton McKeesport West Chester met Superintendent Linden president of the national group to foster better cooperation for prompt crime detection and criminal apprehension. The next gathering will be in Reading on the first Thursday after the first Monday in June.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Linden
National Organization
Eity Hall
J. N. Tillard
Altoona
J. A. Fenstermacher
South Bethlehem
Rodger O'Mara
Pittsburg
William D. Rodenbaugh
Norristown
Peter Cullen
Reading
Charles Saxton
Bristol
Evan Russell
Williamsport
James KR
Bagshaw
Chester
William T. Simpson
Scranton
George M. Fehr
McKeesport
Jacob C. Fann
West Chester
Irwin Case Postponed in Habeas Corpus Proceeding
George M. Irwin of Pittsburgh brokerage and his firm’s discretionary pool, which suspended payments on Oct. 24, faced Judge Ingraham in New York on habeas corpus. Attorney Howe said Irwin was summoned to Albany on urgent business and asked for a postponement, with argument moved to Wednesday.
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Albany
United Press
New York
George M. Irwin
George M. Irwin & Co
Pittsburg
Ingraham
Court of Oyer and Termirer
Howe
Keystone Vignettes and Local Developments
Erie to get a new opera house Reading to obtain a 45 00 market house McKenna county to build a workhouse for tramps Winter Toboggan slide planned by William Sport Twelve pardons to be considered today Evangelical Schuylkill seminary possibly located in Myera town Daughters of Liberty form state council in Philadelphia York aims to raise 35000 to back a 1 0 0 0 textile mill and employ 40 D Dawson Construction Co of Toledo contracted for York interior finishing Connellsville brewery interests seek to monopolize beer sales in Payette county by arresting outside agents
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McKenna County
William Sport
Board of Pardons
Evangelical Schuylkill Seminary
Myeratown
Daughters of Liberty
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
York
Philadelphiand
Dawson Construction Company
Toledo
Connellsville
Payette County
Lion Attacks Keeper at Wilkes-Barre Museum
A trained lion named Wallicker attacked Nubian keeper Vena during a performance. Attendants and patrons rushed to secure the cage as the beast mauled his arm and tore clothing before officials freed the keeper. Vena, though badly injured, is expected to recover. The lion reportedly killed three men in a prior season in the South.
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United Press
Wilkes-Barre
Harrington
Wallicker
Veno
Pittston Council Delivers Quirky Meeting in Scranton Tribune
Pittston council action includes ordering the Street Railway to wait for charter approval before switching on Parsonage street. A humorous clash between Hennigan and Mangan ends with Hennigan leaving. A plan to issue a city charter is discussed while Kearney’s resolution on borough street workers’ pay is tabled amid a lengthy debate on wages.
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Scranton Tribune
Pittston
Donnelly
Hennigan
Mangan
Kearney
Addicks Divorce Case Looms in Delaware Senate Bid
Millionaire U S Senate candidate J Edward Addicks of Delaware faces an absolute divorce suit from Rosa Addicks. She charges the statutory ground and names Ida Carr Wilson as co respondent. The court will appoint a commissioner to take private testimony with public hearing only if contested.
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Wilmington
Del
J. Edward Addicks
United States Senate
Delaware
Higgins
Rosatie Addicks
Addicks
Defaulter Clerk Named In Bank of the Republic
News from New York reports a discount clerk named Morgan at the National Bank of the Republic was found last August to be $29,000 short. He was dismissed after the shortage surfaced and relatives are said to have repaid a large portion. Bank president Oliver B. Carter refused to release the clerk’s note.
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New York
National Bank of the Republic
Morgan
Oliver
Carter
Massacre of Armenians Confirmed Implicates Reports
Confirmation arrives that what seemed improbable is true as reports detail the Armenian massacre. Authorities and observers note the scale and seriousness of the violence with growing international concern.
Vast Slaughter Allegedly By Turks Amid Cholera Outbreak
Dispatches from 1894 report mass killings in Bitlis Moosh and surrounding regions with cholera deaths reaching thousands. Observers estimate six to ten thousand killed, consuls sent to investigate, and local officials pressured over public response.
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Bitlis
Harpoot
Van
Erzroom
Alain
Talvereeg
Shoul
No New Developments in Holmes Insurance Case
Developments in the Holmes Insurance conspiracy showed no new progress. Holmes issued a statement from county prison denying any attempt to bar his wife from seeing him. Officers believe Pitzel is alive and will be sought in New York City using money bills provided by Holmes.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Holmes
Holmes No
Pidellty Insurance Company
Pitzel
Fouse
New York City
Gary
Pouse
Niagara Falls
Bank Robbery Case Spurs Bank Bookkeeping Shakeup
New York police offered aid in the Samuel C. Seely defalcation case but were told the matter lay with bank lawyers. Seely remains at large as banks inspect depositor books and the National Shoe and Leather Bank votes a 4 percent stock assessment amid daily cash movements. Frederick Baker secured a $10,000 Connecticut Indemnity Life policy, objecting to a death by own action clause while also listing existing policies with Mutual Life and Equitable Life and a $20,000 policy noted at Equitable.
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United Press
New York
Byrnes
Samuel C. Seely
McLaughlin
President Crane
Crane
United States
Seely
Shoe and Leather Bank
National Shoe and Leather Bank
Clearing House
Connecticut Indemnity Life Insurance Company
Witerbury, Conn
Frederick Baker
Baker
Huber
Connecticut
Mutual Life
Equitable Life
Sale of Government Bonds To Stewart Syndicate
New York reports the Stewart syndicate will procure all of its gold outside the treasury during the sale of 50 million dollars in new government 5 percent bonds. Treasury officials expect at least 50 million in gold gains, with Morgan noting limited allotments to buyers and Rockefeller linked to a ten million stake but limited to five million bonds.
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New York
Stewart Syndicate
Treasury
Stewart
J. Pierpont Morgan
John Dr. Rockefeller
Two Austrians Killed by Lehigh Valley Locomotive
Bethlehem correspondent reports that Thomas Hagay and Walent Kleh, Austrian immigrants in the United States six months, were killed instantly when struck by a locomotive on the Lehigh Valley railroad three miles south of Bethlehem. Frank Ferha escaped.
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Lehigh Valley
United Pros
Bethlehem
Thomas Hagay
Walent Kleh
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Frank Ferha
Ferha
Foreign chat forms in Berlin society of Henry George followers
Parades marked executions of Fenians in Cork and Limerick. An Australian premiere in Hobart will discuss Imperial federation and inter colonial free trade. Helen Wilson, the American pianist, impressed Dresden with a recital. A Hamburg resident was jailed for mocking the Emperor’s song. Kaiser orders release after two weeks of a four month sentence in a duel case.
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Henry George
Berlin
Cork
Limerick
Hobart
Helen Wilson
Dresden Conservatory
Hamburg
Career of Crime Stirs New Indictment in North End
Andrew Smith and Joseph Keturisky were committed to the county jail after a hearing before Alderman Horan for beating Charles Black in a Penn avenue saloon. Black remains under care at Lackawanna hospital with non alarming condition. Witness against Smith three months ago in an accessory murder case linked the motive. Smith allegedly paid $500 to avoid that scrape.
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Andrew Smith
Alderman Horan
North End
Joseph Keturisky
Charles Black
Penn Avenue
Black
Lackawanna Hospital
Smith
Keturisky
Woman fatally mangled in Ontario and Western wreck near Olyphant
A Scranton woman about four years old was killed on the Ontario and Western railroad between Olyphant and Dickson City last evening. She was walking the tracks as an engine and tender approached at speed. efforts to avert the calamity failed. Coroner Kelley was notified.
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Ontario and Western
Olyphant
Scranton
Ontario and Western Railroad
Dickson City
Kelley
Yale and Princeton football clash likely as faculty stays silent
Yale President Dwight said he knew nothing of any faculty meeting to postpone the Yale Princeton game after rough play in the Yale Harvard game. The faculty had voted to let the contest proceed and appears unlikely to change stance despite persistent outcry.
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Bers
Yale
Manaager Ben Cable
Eleven
New Haven
Conn
Dwight
Princeton
Harvard
Thief Arrested in Pittston for Harness Tools Theft
Police officers Day and Marks captured alleged thief Jefersor Huston at midnight at the Jersey Central railroad station with a toolkit on him. Huston, a Pittston harness maker, is accused of stealing harness making tools from Fitzpatrick's livery in Pittston. the theft report reached Boranton at 6 pm yesterday. He will be taken to Pittston for processing.
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Pittston
Day
Marks
Jefersor Huston
Fitzpatrick
Boranton
Jersey Central
Huston
Davies files suit for county treasurer contest
Attorney H. L. Taylor says Thomas Davies will file papers this week against Charles Schadt for the office of county treasurer. Taylor with Taylor & Lewis is handling Davies’s interest as the papers are prepared.
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Thomas Davies
Charles Schadt
H. L. Taylor
Tribune
Taylor
Taylor & Lewis
Davies
Question on Brooks law in Huber case raises constitutional issue
Carlisle Pa November 26 The Brooke high Heen law's constitutionality was raised in the John Huber case with a request for a new trial citing conflict between the tithe and body of the law. Judge Sadler overruled the motion for a new trial but indicated belief the law may be unconstitutional regarding Sunday sales. He did not sentence on that count, but imposed three months in jail and a $600 fine for selling without a license.
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Huber
United Press
Carlisle
Brooks High Heen
John Huber
Sadler
Welsh Murder Trial Sentences Man to Hang
Aberystwith November 20. Thomas Ritch tiis, a man charged with the murder of Mary Davis at Barth near Aberystwith on September 20, was sentenced to be hung. Attempts are being made to procure a reprieve.
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Scranton Tribune
Aberystwith
Thomas Richtiis
Euman
Mary Davis
Barth
Plimmer Wins Boxing Match at Seaside Club
The Seaside Athletic Club bout between Billy Plimmer and Charley Kelley ends in Plimmer’s third round victory for a $2,000 winner take all purse.
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Plimmer
Coney Isand
Seaside Athletic Club
Billy Plimmer
Charley Kelley
Demurrers Filed in Indictments of Shriver and Edwards
From Washington, demurrers to the indictments against newspaper correspondents Shriver and Edwards were filed. The Navy Department proposes to spend half a million dollars to improve the New York Navy Yard. The State Department was notified that Perth has imposed import duties on watches and a duty of 40 percent ad valorem on coal, effectively removing the free flat.
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Shriver
Edwards
Navy Department
New York Navy Yard
State Department
Perth
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