Germany Considers Retaliatory Tariff Measures Against U S
Berlin reports the Reichstag approved a tariff clause allowing retaliation against any country discriminating against German goods. Agrarians urge arming the government for reprisals, notably against U S customs practices. Debates warn of treaty breaches and danger to friendly ties with the United States.
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Reichstag
Agrarians
United States
Brumer
Germany
New York
Dr. Brumer
India
Herr Fischback
Herr Broemel
Associated Press
London
von Buelow
Russia
Bankers' Association Nominates Leaders at New Orleans Meeting
The American Bankers Association gathers in New Orleans with state votes and nominations. Caldwell Hardy of Norfolk National Bank Virginia is named president. Frank G. Bigelow of Milwaukee First National Bank is first vice president. Executive council includes John Skelton Williams Richmond Trust, W T Fenton Chicago, D Sloan Lonaconing, Arthur Reynolds Des Moines, James T. Hayden New Orleans. State vice presidents are to be chosen.
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New Orleans
American Bankers’ Association
California
San Francisco
Washington
Seattle
Caldwell Hardy
Norfolk National Bank
Norfolk
Frank G. Bigelow
First National Bank
Milwaukee
John Skelton Williams
Richmond Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Richmond
W. T. Fenton
First National Bank of the Republic
Chicago
D. Sloan
Lonaconing Savings Bank
Lonaconing
Arthur Reynolds
Des Moines National Bank
Des Moines
James T. Hayden
Whitney National Bank of
Result of a feud sparks fatal shooting in Covington
Cincinnati dispatch reports at Hagener's saloon Covington Ky deputy sheriffs Nicholas Botkin was killed and John McInenery wounded after a fight with policeman Robert Brown. The slaying stems from a political feud with higher tensions and possible more violence anticipated.
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Cincinnati
Hagener
Covington
Nicholas Botkin
John McInenery
Poiceman
Robert Brown
Botkin
McInenery
Kenton County
Rivalry Ends as Unified Push Seeks 15 Million for Mississippi Channel
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association forms a permanent body. First annual convention adjourns in Quincy. A campaign is planned with Davenport hosting the next meeting. Resolutions call for $15,000,000 to maintain a six-foot channel at low water. Executive committee members named from Davenport, Quincy, St. Paul, Burlington, La Crosse, St. Louis.
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Quincy
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Davenport
Congress
Lon Bryson
Lewis B. Boswell
John Espy
St. Paul
Thomas T. Wilkinson
Burlington
John C. Burns
la Crosse
Charles H. Williamson
Isaac H. Mason
St. Louis
President's train speeds to hunting camp through Tennessee
Memphis dispatch reports the presidential train arriving at 9 20 am after a late start and traveling over seventy miles an hour to regain time. The president aims to reach the hunting camp near Smedes Mississippi by mid afternoon and proceed by horseback the rest of the way. The outfit includes a fringed buckskin suit and a Winchester 40 90 with scars from a cougar encounter.
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Memphis
Tenn
Illinois Central
Smedes
Miss
Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Little Missouri
Dakota
Idaho
Montana
Colorado
Cabinet Crisis Causes Friction in Madrid
A hitch in forming the new cabinet arises as Senor Moret wants to relinquish the interior portfolio to Senor Romero Robledo while Premier Sagasta prefers Moret to keep it. After an audience with King Alfonso XIII, Sagasta says the difficulty concerns Robledo’s inclusion and another conference is planned to seek a solution.
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Madrid
Senor Moret
Senor
Romero Robledo
Sagasta
Alfonzo Senor Sagasta
Associated Press
Robledo
Cawley Tragedy Inquest Finds Teenager Murderer
Pittsburg inquest into the Homestead Pa. axe murders concluded with Charles Cawley aged sixteen held for murder of his mother and four siblings. Agnes Cawley ten, survivor, testified she saw Charles strike victims with the axe. He was remanded to jail awaiting grand jury action.
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Pittsburg
Cawley
Homestead
Charles Cawley
Agnes Cawley
Charles
Mascagni's Troubles Seen Not to Involve State Department
Washington reports that Mascagni's troubles have not drawn state department action. Secretary Hay cannot interfere with Massachusetts courts. Italian ambassador des Planches and consul are in Boston to advise the composer on his rights before the Boston courts.
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Washington
Mascagni
State Department
Hay
Massachusetts
Mayor Des Planches
Boston
Wages Advanced Ten Per Cent
Notices signed by J. M. Wallis director general announce a ten percent wage rise for Pennsylvania system workers east of Pittsburgh earning under two hundred dollars monthly. The pay increase takes effect November first, 1902.
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Pittsburg
J. M. Wallis
West Penn Railroad
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Oath Penalty for Highway Robbery Expanded
The United States commission in Manila has passed an act making highway robbery by three or more persons a capital offense. Conviction can occur without proving actual theft if a band of brigands is shown. A sweeping vagrancy act targets natives and foreigners, with famine warnings and promotion of quick growing crops using seeds and public lands.
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Manila
United States Commission
Olyphant Fire Destroys Block After Gas Tank Blast
Fire swept a six block area in Olyphant six miles north of Scranton after a gas tank exploded in Atherton's department store cellar. The blaze destroyed the city hall and jail and damaged many other buildings. Firefighters from neighboring towns aided as the loss neared 200000 dollars. Fireman Pettigrew suffered a severe cut from flying glass.
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Scranton
Olyphant
Atherton
Pettigrew
No Tariff Revision Preferred In Short Session
Washington report quotes Representative Grosvenor stating no amendments to the Dingley tariff act will be attempted. He notes time is the key factor as the 1897 session ran March 15 to late July, a span of over four months, while the upcoming short session lasts about three months. Both chambers then face lengthy appropriation bills.
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Chicago
Washington
The
Chronicle
Grosvenor
Congress
Senate
House
Robber Confesses After Pawnshop Arrest
Patrick Bolan a Holland House porter was caught in a Bowery pawnshop trying to pawn a 35 pearl necklace valued at 2500. He provided information leading to recovery of jewels valued at 12000 stolen from Mrs. W J Matheson’s apartments. Detectives spotted Bolan entering the shop and connected the burglary to a window entry.
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New York
Patrick Bolan
Holland House
Bowery
W. J. Matheson
Bolan
Hanged for Murder by Mob in Tennessee
In Lewisburg Tennessee on November 14 a mob of about 500 hanged John Davis a Black man for the murder of farmer Robert Adair whose severely mutilated body was found near his home. Davis was captured nearby and brought to town where officials and a minister urged restraint but the crowd refused to heed the calls for lawful process.
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Lewisburg
Tenn
John Davis
Robert Adair
Adair
John Royal Harris
Accidental Quail Hunters Shoot Three Near Washington Court House
In Ohio on November 14, Charles McCrea and Charles Kearns fired at a covey of quail as Mabel and Verna Clark and John Dearth rode home from a country school east of the town. Mabel suffered a serious chest and head wound, Verna was shot in the abdomen and face, and the boy was struck on the arm. All three were reported in serious condition.
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Washington Court House
Mabel
Verna Clark
John Dearth
Here
Charles McCrea
Charles Kearns
Counsel Discusses Next Steps on Panama Canal Title
Cromwell, counsel for the Panama Canal Co, met with Secretary Hay at the State Department to plan actions after Attorney General Knox’s view on the canal title. It is believed Congress would amend the Spooner Act to permit U S purchase prior to a treaty, with ongoing negotiations between Hay and Sener Concha advancing toward adjustments of the Colombian treaty proposal.
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Cromwell
Panama Canal Company
State Department
Hay
Knox
United States
Spooner
Colombia
Can Company
Congress
United States Movernent
Rotary Hay
Sener Concha Hav
Smuggling case ties ship Roma crew and Italian aliens
New York officials detain August EB. Melier chief of the steamship Roma and Italian migrant Arnold Cappa after a scheme to dress as crew to evade inspection. Roma had arrived from Naples and Goa last Sunday. Immigration agents search for others involved in the alleged illegal landings.
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New York
August EB. Melier
Roma
Arnold Cappa
Federal
Naples
Goa
Cappa
Agent Missing in Cuba With $10000 In Trust
Colonel Michael J Cady of Brooklyn reports to the detective bureau that his confidential agent in Cuba is missing along with $10000 entrusted for the waterworks project in Cle Juegos. Cady and his wife arrived from New York and learned the agent had been missing for a fortnight. The agent served as a United States crew service agent in Cuba during military occupation.
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New York
Chael J. Cady
Brooklyn
Detective Bureau
Tribune
Hawaii
Cuba
Cle Juegos
Cady
United States Crew Service
Sanction Granted for Masterson Burke Relief Sale
John Burke of New York donated about $4 000 to establish the Masterson Burke relief foundation and conveyed 16 288 acres of Lyon County Minnesota land plus other properties in several states. Court sanction was required before negotiations for the land could close and Judge Hallh issued the order. The sale is expected to net about $4 900.
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New York
John Burke
Masterson Burke
Lyon County
Minnesota
Minesota
Hallh
Penguin rescues crew from wrecked Elingamite raft
British survey steamer Penguin picked up a raft from the British steamer Elingamite after it wrecked on a Three Kings Island off New Zealand’s north coast on November 9. Eight survivors and bodies of eight others were found. the survivors are reported to be doing well.
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Wellington
N. Z
Kin Islands
N Zealand
Eig
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