Renewal of Protest Over Naval Recognition and Reserve Need
The 1900s era report from the secretary of the navy calls for 5,000 more enlisted men, revival of the vice admiral grade, higher shore duty pay, and a national naval reserve. It outlines ironclad armor trade terms, Philippine station needs, and a push to modernize the fleet with new battleships cruisers and transport ships. It also criticizes the current merit rewards system and proposes a clearer honors scheme to properly recognize wartime valor and service.
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Congress
Naval Reserve
Associated. Proan
Washington
Secretary of Theavy
Warrior Plate
Carnegie
Bethlehem
Philippines
Naval Service
Navy Department
Department
Big Railroad Wreck Reported Across West Virginia River Bridge
Reports claim Chesapeake and Ohio train plunged through the Green Brier river bridge after floods. Wires down hinder confirmation. at least one version says 200 aboard with possible loss of life, while officials deny passenger wrecks and note freight derailments nearby. Stations from Hinton to White Sulphur Springs report damaged lines and washed-out approaches, with trains delayed but crews regrouping.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Charleston
W. Va
Saga
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Green Brier River
Icdmond
Chesapeake and Ohio
Green Brier River Bridge
Ronceverte
Green Brier
Allegheny
Hinton
Alderson
White Sulphur Springs
Green River
Columbus
Chagrin Falls
Cambridge
Batavia
Annie Hurd
Ohio River
Ohio
Guyandotte
Guyandotte Valley
Kianawha Falls
Clay
Athens
Chauncey
Chauncey Mine
Ithaca
Ithaca Gorges
Lehigh Valley
Delaware
Lackawanna
West
Boy Killed in Bird-Hunting Accident at Beaver Tail
William Brooks of Jamestown son of Chief Englavey Brooks was accidentally shot and killed while hunting gulls at Beaver Tail. The 16 year old was hidden by a rock when another boy fired. a bullet struck Brooks behind the left ear as he raised his head. He fell into the water and drowned after teammates pulled him to shore.
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Associated Eyes
Newport
William Brooks
Jamestown
Englavey
Brooks
One Man Killed in Train Wreck on Delaware River Bridge
Exclusive wire reports a double wreck on the Delaware river bridge between Trenton and Morriville, Pennsylvania. Frederick McDowell, a train hand, was killed when a beam from the bridge struck him as a hill engine collided with a freight train. a passenger train later ran into the wreckage without further injuries.
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Preae
Trenton
Eatielie
Delaware River
Pentsylvania Rill
Morrinville
Frederick McDowell
Pasenger
Secretary Root Returns With General Wood in Florida
Secretary of War and General Wood arrived in Jacksonville on the dispatch boat Kanawha. They left for Washington at 1 00 a m after an early arrival in the city.
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Associated New
dJavksonville
Fla
General Wood
Kanawha
Washington
Storms Wreak Havoc Across Ohio and Tennessee
A gale of up to sixty miles per hour roared over Lake Erie and northern Ohio causing harbor damage and pier destruction. Flooding followed across Ohio valleys, Tennessee, and New York with deaths, rescues, and rail delays.
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Lake Erie
Tennessee
Lorain
Train Fines For Passengers On Weet Hill Carriage Ride
Train crews enforced fines on fond passengers traveling the Weet Hill route and arranged carriage transport into town for compliance.
Fire and Flood Wreak Havoc on Cross Forks Village
In November reports recount Cross Forks devastation by fire sparked by a stove plus a catastrophic flood. Five stores and several dwellings burned, two barns and an ice house destroyed, total losses around 75000 dollars with insurance. Theft and widespread damage followed as rains swelled Kettle Creek washing out two bridges and damaging the Lackawanna tramway requiring a week to repair.
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Williamsport
Cross Forks
Clinton
Potter County
Jewell
Bodler's
Sostonce
Pele's
Fee House
Holmes
Kettle Creek
Buffalo and
Susquahhanna
Lackawanna Lumber Company
Veterans Visit President to Congratulate After Election
A delegation of Civil War veterans led by General Daniel Sickles called on the president by appointment and conveyed congratulations on the election. About thirty visitors, some Democrats, were received in the library. Sickles urged public acknowledgment of veterans’ services, which the president promised to consider and likely issue.
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Mita
Washington
Mens of
Daniel IX. Sickles
New York
Sickles
Vampalen jJeet
Manchester Is a Fine, Manly Fellow
Exclusive wire reports Eugene Zimmerman, father of the Duke of Manchester’s wife, defends the marriage amid rumors. He says the duke is a bright, capable man, plans to rest a bit then visit Cincinnati, and may settle in America to pursue railroad interests. Debts and private matters are seen as private.
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Associated Ieee
New York
Eugene Zimmerman
Duke of Manchester
England
Cincinnati
Howe
Don
Tie
Aiy Thiughter
America
Tnellisii Jolie
Brunee of
Fonds
Cola
Dowie’s Lacemakers Admitted by Treasury after Controversy
The treasury department decided to admit lacemakers and their families brought by Dr John A Dowie to teach lacemaking. Commissioner General Powderly reversed Philadelphia immigration officers, stating the industry is new and labor could not be sourced locally, with no violation of alien contract laws found. The ruling suggests immigrants are unlikely to become public charges.
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Amodate Prion
Washington
Treasury Department
J. A. Dowle
Zion City
Philapila Immigration
General Powderly
Commissioner of Immigration
Philadelphia
John A. Dowie
Lavemakers
Indians Battle White River Region Over Game Clash
Game Commissioner Johnson and deputies march toward Meeker to push Indians back to the reservation. Adjutant General Overmeyer calls Troop A to Grand Junction for swift action as Indians reportedly abandon the reservation and slaughter deer near the Yuma and White rivers. Johnson plans state line pickets to stop pack trains and seize any deer in possession.
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Nifle
Colo
Johnson
Meeker
Colorado
Denver
Overmeyer
Grand Junction
White River
Yuma
White Rivers
Weather and Notices Patch Scranton Daily Brief
Weather indications today fair with northwest winds. Local court proceedings and school district notes appear amid editorials and finance news. Suburban Scranton reports and northeastern Pennsylvania items fill the page with industrial market updates.
Dying Senator Cushman Davis Clings to Life
The Associated Press reports Senator Cushman K. Davis lies near death at his bedside in St. Paul as hours remain before his passing. Doctors say his dissolution is imminent though not yet certain, and he pleads for a few more years of life to fulfill his duties in the Senate while attendants are moved by his insistence on serving on the Senate floor.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
United States
Cushman EK. Davis
Senate
Fight to a Finish Says Agoncillo
Senor Agoncillo, the Philippines’ head in Europe, will resign as head of the Paris Junta and depart Sunday for Hong Kong via Marseilles. He plans to direct export of arms and ammunition from Shanghai into the Philippines. He asserts McKinley’s election makes future negotiations impossible and vows to push on with the struggle.
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Paris
Senor Agoncillo
Europe
Hong Kong
Marseillus
Philippines
Agoncillo
McNinley
Amicable settlement urged in Lehigh Coal case
Stroudsburg Pa Nov 26 a proposal for an amicable settlement ends and court action will proceed with arguments before Judge Craig tomorrow in the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company suit against Tobyhanna Water Storage and Supply and Poconospring Water Ice. The Navigation Company asserts damming the water blocks power supply.
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Stroudsburne
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Tobyhinna Water Storage and Supply Company
Povono Spring
Craig
Elias
Demands on China From Pekin Dispatches
Offical statements acknowledge dispatches in Washington bear on the China situation. Foreign ministers in Pekin are said to lack discretionary power and act as agents to execute explicit instructions from their governments. Agreement is believed to rest on Secretary Hing's note.
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Waethington
State Department
China
Pekin
Hing
Friends to ask McKinley to appeal for Maybrick release
Norfolk friends of Mrs Florence Maybrick push for U S President McKinley to intervene and appeal to England for her release from Walford prison. The drive follows prior efforts and focuses on securing clemency for the American imprisonment.
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McKinley
England
Associated Press
Norfolk
Norfolk Friends
Florence Maybrick
Iemiun
Walford
Despondent Man Ends Life in Mount Joy Outbuilding
Peter Snyder, despondent for some time, left his home in Mount Joy and was found dead by hanging in an outbuilding. A note to his wife said he would be buried at once and warned not to follow. He had spoken of suicide previously.
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Lancaster
Peter Snyder
Mount Joy
Sryder
Improvement Bonds Are Valid Decree Declares Taxpayer Bond Issue
An exclusive wire report states a county court confirms the validity of improvement bonds. The ruling addresses the levy on property owners and the legality of funding for local improvements. District officials and taxpayers are cited as stakeholders in the bond plan.
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Hellidaystury
Dhgir
Landead
Wali
Boxing Bout Sparks Near Victory at Mana Art Club
Exclusive report from The Associated Press details Tommy West of Brooklyn and Jick Boner of Summit Hill in a six round bout at Mana Art Athletic Club. The winner led the action with a sharp exchange before a late rapid sequence changed momentum.
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Whittelphia
Tommy West
Brooklyn
Jick Boner
Summit Hill
Mana Art Athletic Club
Wonney
Woot
Monterca de
Tuy
Death Roll of a Day Chronicle of Obituaries
Wire report lists multiple deaths with brief biographical notes. Including 80-year-old wool mill magnate in Detroit with two mills and 700 workers, Civil War helper, Erie steamboat disaster survivor, and a St Paul cousin of President McKinley, among others.
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Mirvsa
Att. Mary's Hospital
Lirilv
Jimen Ladorty
Erie
Dil
Aud
Denly
Buffalo
Minneapol
Joanna Robinem
McKinley
St. Paul
Robinson Ton
Saad
Yao
Wire misadventure on New Castle road involves Toney Neal
A color man named Toney Neall from Delaware reports finding a blown telephone wire on the New Castle road. He picked up the wire and felt no shock, while the loose line crossed with a power trolley wire, causing safety concerns on the scene.
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Wilmington
New Castle Road
Toney Neall
Delawaneity
Watler
Neal
New Castle
Dr Garvey Named Bishop Amid Church Jurisdiction Split
A wire dispatch reports Archbishop Keane expects a division of the jurisdiction with a new marriage diocese at Sioux City planned soon. Altoona Pennsylvania may be set as an episcopal see with Dr Garvey noted as presiding bishop candidate. Philadelphia remains referenced in context.
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Garvey
Prem Washington
Keane
Sioux City
Altoona
BP. J. Carvey
St. Charles
Philadelphia
Benator Wellington Defects in Senate Caucus Report
Exclusive wire reports Wellington of Maryland has admitted leaving the Republican caucus. The note comes amid caucus formation discussions in the Senate and signals a notable party switch in the upper chamber.
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Associated Prom
Washington
Senate
Benator Wellington
Maryland
Trade unions declare sympathy strike across 9 locals
An exclusive Associated Mercury report says nine local unions walked out in solidarity, anchoring the trades to halt work. About 1,400 workers are estimated to be affected as the action begins.
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International Drarmakens
Rockefeller Holdings Valued At 266 Million In Current Offer
The Associated Press reports Rockefeller holdings worth about 266 million dollars based on a current offer of 400 a share for Standard Oil. Rockefeller owns 33 000 shares, with total value estimated near 200 million dollars.
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Associated Plan
New York
Standard Oil Alock
John D. Rockefeller
MacVeagh May Mict John Griggs For Attorney General
Exclusive AP report from Philadelphia dated November 2 notes talk that Wayne MacVeagh may nominate John W Griggs as attorney general. The item presents rumor of a possible cabinet appointment and names both figures involved.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Wayne MacVeagh
John W. Griggs
Debts and Secrets Target Gould Family Trust in New York Suit
Anton J. Dittmar seeks to compel the Count and Countess de Castellane and George Gould and others to apply trust income to debts of Anna Gould and her children. The injunction blocks payouts from the Jay Gould estate until the court directs. The case centers on a $385,000 bill with $285,000 past due and large trust assets reported.
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Associated Prep
New York
Samuel Untermyer
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Countess Castellane
George Gould
Edwin Gould
Howarth Gould
Flolen M. Gould
Jay Gould
Ane Gould
Anna Gauld
Anton J. Dittmar
Asier Wertheimer
Wertheimer
Countess de Castellan
Tt F
Werthsimor
George J. Gould
Coutazs de Castellane
Countess de Castellane
Goulds
Dillon
Gould
Paris
Teller sticks to silver policy in post Bryan defeat
Dy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Die Denver November 26 Senator Teller says he will not abandon silver after Bryan's defeat. He asserts the silver issue remains central in American politics for years and predicts the nation will eventually return to bimetallism.
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Denver
Teller
Bryan
Bryan to Speak in Chicago
Chicago wires say William Jennings Bryan left for his home in Lincoln Nebraska and promised to attend the Dixie Day Sinaiet meeting. It is believed he will address the Democratic party and discuss the party’s plans.
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Bryan
Chicago
New
William J Bryan
Lchneols
Unclear Title From Damaged OCR
No coherent events or identifiable persons present due to corrupted text. Unable to extract verifiable entities or a concrete news item.
Washing family tragedy shocks Harrisburg
An error-filled report from Harrisburg notes Rebecca Frownfelter died while washing when the Washtub collapsed. The fragment suggests others in the household may have died earlier or were involved, but details are unclear and names are partially garbled.
Weather Forecast for Eastern Mountains Tuesday and Wednesday
Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday calls for fair skies with fresh north week winds. The forecast notes a warning for cool temperatures across the eastern mountains.
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Washington
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